but the linux circlejerk swears game support is on par with windows!
‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ DRM Is Locking Out Linux Users Who Bought the Game
Submitted 10 months ago by Hubi@feddit.org to games@lemmy.world
https://www.404media.co/doom-the-dark-ages-drm-is-locking-out-linux-users-who-bought-the-game/
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td_sp@lemmynsfw.com 10 months ago
MITM0@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It is if anti-cheats & DRMs are not included in the package
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And the windows circlejerk says private, secure, performant OSes that also play most games are trash not worth trying. Hm.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s not a circlejerk to want to play a game I’ve paid for
bassomitron@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m not a huge Linux stan, but it’s pretty damn close to it. I rarely run into compatibility issues, and when I do, there’s a very high chance a workaround exists. Hell, there’s even times when a game actually runs smoother on Linux.
In regards to the topic at hand, Denuvo’s activation limit fucks over Windows users, too. It just happens far more often due to the compatibility layer (e.g. proton, wine, etc) making it look like it’s a new computer trying to access the Denuvo servers for a game each time you change it when testing (e.g. proton v8, v9, experimental, etc).
catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
You seem like a sad and angry person
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Rule 1 of Lemmy: Worship Linux, or be subjected to poor treatment, unfortunately.
vividspecter@lemm.ee 10 months ago
It’s because of testing the game on different versions of Proton, which is treated as a hardware change. The fault lies entirely with Denuvo, and with anti-consumer DRM in general.
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It is, except for the ones that come with built in APTs.
secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Refund and wait for a crack. Fuck Denuvo and fuck Bethesda for using them
CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
It’s not really Bethesda anymore though is it? Either ID software or Microsoft, no?
secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
I completely forgot Microsoft bought Bethesda lol explains a lot
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Well cool, now I know not to pick up the game yet.
tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Looks like sailing is back on the menu, boys!
MITM0@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Why pirate when you can look for alternatives
ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
It’s not, newest Doom has Denuvo
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Sailing is back on the menu once Empress decides, I guess? Is Empress still the only one cracking Denuvo, or has the Denuvo Cracking scene changed much in the last 5-10 years? I don’t really keep up with it much.
tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 10 months ago
We’ll get it, comrade.
yesman@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Just another reason to wait long after release to buy a game. Denuvo charges games companies to administer the DRM infrastructure and most developers will strip it out of their games after it’s been out for a while.
Buying games on launch is one of the most anti-customer experiences you can get. And that’s saying something in our wonderful capitalist economy
piefood@feddit.online 10 months ago
Patient gamers represent! The older I get, the less I care about FOMO. The less I care about FOMO, the happier I am. It's a beautiful cycle.
/me goes back to playing snes games on an emulator
JayGray91@piefed.social 10 months ago
A lot of things in life are improved once you excise the FOMO mind cancer.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah, there’s so many good games and so little time, I don’t understand how anyone wouldn’t have a big backlog anyway.
Sabin10@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They also typically go on really good sales right around the time denuvo gets removed.
TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Buying a game post-launch:
- Better prices; often on sale.
- Fixed and patched up.
- Extra content often included.
- DRM often removed.
No brainer, imo.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Remember when games used to, at least sometimes… do actual internal beta testing to iron out performance bugs and such?
Now we are all alpha and beta testers, all the time.
Sometimes even AAA and ‘AAAA’ games release, and then unrelease before the alpha or beta is even done!
Yeah, patient gaming for me, haven’t preordered or gone into an early access game in almost a decade now…
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Cons:
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maybe multiplayer isn’t very populated if you wait too long
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???
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endeavor@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Preordering games: I need this digital product before jt goes up in price or runs out of copies!
Agrivar@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You forgot a bonus point:
- Hardware requirements are now easier/cheaper to meet/exceed.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Pirating single player games is unfortunately the way to go, considering you BUY a single player game and STILL get fucked on it.
shiroininja@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Pirating is getting so hard for me that it’s becoming not an option. Comcast has started blocking vpn nodes for me, but only of I am torrenting. And if I turn off the vpn, DMCA notices out the ass. I’m kinda stuck.
CybranM@feddit.nu 10 months ago
Disagree, like yesman (lol) said it’s best to wait. I’m not that worried about playing games day one but I still want to sort the Devs, after they’ve patched out the bugs and removed DRM preferably
giacomo@lemm.ee 10 months ago
anti-consumer feature is anti-consumer. more news at 11