Mirage after the opinions – WGB, Residence of AWESOME Opinions

Ubisoft has put out a day-1 patch for Murderer’s Creed: Mirage and eagle-eyed gamers have famous that it seems so as to add Denuvo to the sport, a controversial anti-cheat system that has lengthy been argued causes efficiency issues.

Timo Schmidt famous the point out of Denuvo within the patch notes and needed to conform to the usage of Denuovo in up to date phrases and circumstances. On paper, Denuvo is meant to assist cease piracy by making it more durable for folks to crack the sport after which distribute it, although in actuality Denuvo solely tends to behave extra like a velocity bump. The larger concern is that for years there was fierce debate over whether or not Denuvo drastically impacts a sport’s efficiency, particularly on lower-end {hardware}.

Honestly, it’s a debated subject for a cause. Some assessments appear to point that Denuvo barely impacts efficiency whereas others appear to indicate bigger points. Some customers are adamant that it negatively impacts their expertise, whereas others say they haven’t had an issue.

Maybe one of the best argument in opposition to Denuvo got here in 2021 when a ‘cracked’ model of Resident Evil Village grew to become accessible. Richard Leadbetter of Digital Foundry examined the official launch with Denuvo and the pirated model and located that the cracked model ran much better.

It’s a little odd that Ubisoft opted so as to add Denuvo to Murderer’s Creed: Mirage in spite of everything the key retailers had already revealed their opinions. If you happen to wished to be cynical you could possibly actually speculate that this was finished so reviewers would get the easiest efficiency attainable to assist hold the evaluation scores as excessive as attainable. AC: Mirage received a reasonably good reception total.

What do you guys suppose? Is it suspicious that Ubisoft withheld Denuvo till after the key opinions went stay? And do you suppose Denuvo really has any vital efficiency influence?