"Sonic Mania" was released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on Aug. The game also received unanimous praise from critics - until the DRM problem, that is. This doesn't bode well for both SEGA and its game, the first "Sonic" game to be released in nearly a decade. This stuff should be made public before we even get to purchase it," one user wrote.Īnother unsatisfied player said, "I was planning to buy this game when I get paid this weekend, but with the inclusion of Denuvo DRM, I'll just wait for a cracked copy." "Not a fan of an unknown entity logging my activity every now and again without my consent really either. The fans remain unhappy, voicing their protests online on the very blog post that SEGA wrote. We've found the problem within the game code that was stopping people playing offline and it's been corrected," the developer said in a Facebook post. "We'd like to thank the community for their honest feedback with regards to 'Sonic Mania' on PC. Definition of 'DRM-free on Steam' DRM-free on Steam does not refer to games which dont use third-party DRM the Steam client is DRM if it is required to run the game. 31, SEGA then posted that the issue had been fixed, telling fans that DRM wasn't the game's issue, but some other bug. SEGA public relations and social media manager Aaron Webber had told fans to "make their voices heard." The company acknowledged the game's problems in a blog post on Steam on Aug. This means the DRM service isn't exactly safe, after all. Denuvo has also been reported to be easy to crack and difficult to remove from a PC, even after the game requiring it is uninstalled. This was an unwelcome development as "Sonic Mania" was released as an offline game. "Sonic Mania" is the latest video game to make use of the controversial digital rights management (DRM) service Denuvo, and fans aren't thrilled.Īlthough developer SEGA has since apologized, it was reported earlier that "Sonic Mania" was shipped for PC with Denuvo as its DRM, requiring players to be online so they can run the game. It's foolish to keep claiming you're against the community when that's demonstrably false."Sonic Mania," the latest exciting addition to the popular "Sonic" side-scrolling game franchise, has finally arrived. ![]() I just meant that it's kinda clear where your priorities are based on your work and your background. There's no wiggle room in a thread called "is DRM gone?" to start assuming that you know what the person is asking, especially when weighed against the knowledge that most people do not know what DRM is provided by. so if we were having a discussion over some matter of opinion regarding what makes something bad, it may or may not help. Sonic Mania is a 2017 platform game published by Sega for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows.Produced in commemoration of the Sonic the Hedgehog series 25th anniversary, Sonic Mania pays homage to the original Sega Genesis Sonic games, featuring speedy side-scrolling gameplay. At best, what it does is illustrate that I change things I find inconvenient. I may have a large catalog of games I have worked on, many of them use Denuvo, Steamworks and various other DRM-related tech as a matter of fact, but that does not make me any more qualified than anyone else to point anything out. That's an appeal to authority fallacy, unfortunately. ![]() ![]() Mr Windblade původně napsal:I'm still amazed that no one has recognized Kaldaien's modding work and realized they're barking up the wrong tree.īatman™: Arkham Knight, DARK SOULS™ III, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™, Disgaea PC, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Fallout 4, FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster, LEGO® City Undercover, NieR:Automata™, RiME, Tales of Berseria, Tales of Symphonia, Tales of Zestiria, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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