Rime: The Denuvo Story.


So, Rime is a game that was relatively anticipated. With its team ICO style gameplay and vibrant colour pallet it seemed like a game that would be a delightfully calm and intriguing experience. Despite this people were talking more about the games DRM polices than the game itself.

So let's begin with what the developers said that stirred so many people up the wrong way. Near release the developers made a statement regarding the game and its use of DRM. The developers made a post that said
“Rime is a very personal experience told through both sight and sound. When a game is cracked, it runs the risk of creating issues with both of those items, and we want to do everything we can to preserve this quality in Rime.” This alone is a strange statement to make. In no way could Denuvo or any other form of DRM actually make a difference to the way the game plays beyond maybe tampering the performance. All they do is lock the game behind a licence, they don't add to the sight and sound of the game.
Beyond this strange statement they also stated “We are very committed to this, but also to the simple fact that nothing is infallible. That being said, if RIME is cracked we will release a Denuvo free version of RiME and update existing platforms.” other developers have done this such as last year's “Inside” developers “Playdead”. The developers of Rime (Grey Box) however wrote the post in such a way that seems like a challenge to crackers. Having seen this I'm sure the crackers were straight onto this one, if anything just to prove a point. The game was cracked and uploaded on the 1st of June and the developers have now on the 2nd of June released the Denuvo free version.

Denuvo has been cracked faster and faster this year with Resident Evil 7’s crack being only days after its release. Nearly every major game that has used Denuvo has been cracked at this point and it's use as a anti tamper service is becoming more and more questionable as a worthy investment for developers and publishers. It was inevitable that crackers would get into Rime after the developers “challenge” to them. What the developers had said about preserving the game with Denuvo was in the most polite way…  horseshit. If this was the case they would never make a Denuvo free version as the game would be compromised. By releasing the Denuvo free version they are admitting the irrelevance of Denuvo on the games overall feel.
This all being said, I have to take my hat off to the developers for following through on their word and releasing the Denuvo free version and because of the whole situation I've paid more attention to the game and may even get a copy. So it's all some pretty good free press for the game even if it isn't entirely in their favour.

Rime is on steam now for £29.99.


I'd also like to point out that I'm not going to say whether you should or shouldn't pirate games as there's many factors to these things. What I will say though is if you enjoy a game, support the developers.

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