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Mass Effect Update Leaves Pirates With Rough Facial Animation

posted by on Wednesday April 12 2017, @09:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the yo-ho-ho-and-a-bottle-of-DRM dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

In announcing its first major patch for Mass Effect: Andromeda last week, BioWare highlighted fixes to the game's much-maligned facial animations, as well as gameplay tweaks like larger inventories and skippable cutscenes. One thing BioWare forgot to mention in its patch notes, though, is an improved version of Denuvo DRM that is forcing pirates to use an outdated version of the game... at least for now.

[...] It's unclear why Mass Effect: Andromeda didn't feature the latest version of Denuvo in its initial release. In any case, the updated DRM leaves pirates stuck with a much less polished version of the game, and it could keep them away from months of further patches that are already in the works. It's a situation that reminds us a bit of Game Dev Tycoon and other games that intentionally make pirated versions inferior to legitimately purchased copies.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday April 12 2017, @11:24AM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Wednesday April 12 2017, @11:24AM (#492691) Journal

    You're describing an enhancement to the game's difficulty: Pirate Mode. Many games hurt your luck/dice rolls/etc. based on a difficulty selection or slider(s).

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 12 2017, @12:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 12 2017, @12:30PM (#492710)

    And he'd even be encouraging it.

    Anyone who has both the "I'm a pirate" and "Completed the game" achievements beat it on "pirate" difficulty.

    Soon hardcore gamers will be using the term "casual gamers" about anyone who only beat the game on "legal" difficulty.