“Techland should have been more transparent,” said user bza4207 in a comment. The move was said to be deceitful and dishonest. One complaint cited is the announcement of having Denuvo very close to the game launch. It even reached the point where the mods were forced to lock comments. Techland’s Dying Light subreddit has been bombarded with complaints about the Denvo integration. Player’s Reactions on Reddit To Dying Light 2 Having Denuvo The concerns of players is understandable.
So even though the idea of DRM is nice because it will stop cracked Dying Light 2 from spreading. Overlord Gaming made a benchmark that suggests that games integrated with Denuvo drop about 50%. The issues reported were FPS drops and slow load times. Katsuhiro Harada, the game’s director says that the game’s poor performance is because of Denuvo’s anti-tamper software.
If you think about it, Denuvo is something that developers should love but it causes some performance issues in games.Ī popular game that experienced problems with Denuvo is TEKKEN 7. What this means is that Techland would want to have a few months of Dying Light 2 to be unavailable for piracy and after that, it could already be cracked and free to be downloaded.
Denuvo is DRM or a digital rights management system that prevents the piracy of games.ĭenuvo is the world’s leading DRM system and promises to make the longest Dying Light 2 crack-free launch but it is not a long-term solution to the problem.