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A lot of really old games were unplayable without the manuals - most of these have gotten fan-patches to disable the security checks. I imagine we'll see somet
by munk-a 5y ago
A lot of really old games were unplayable without the manuals - most of these have gotten fan-patches to disable the security checks. I imagine we'll see something similar with more modern games but for the always online features.
Usually with enough dedication you can track down and hack out the activated code - and if an old DRM system falls into disuse a lot of companies will just release the details on it making it even easier to patch out.
- dmos62 5y agoAn example I ran into recently is Far Cry 3. It's not that old either. It has a coop campaign that's now unplayable due to server disrepair. Invitations to lobby do not work.
- hsbauauvhabzb 5y agoHow many games didn’t get these patches? Let’s not forget cracking an 80s game is significantly easier than a modern title, too.
- krageon 5y agoMost games get cracked within 1-3 months after release. For specific deep denuvo integration titles it can take a bit longer (or it might never happen if the game is bad or nobody cares about it, but that rarely happens). For smaller titles that use off-the shelf DRM related to a specific store, there are general-purpose bypasses that work fine in basically every case. In summary I would say that the coverage is a lot more complete than you'd expect :)