Doom Eternal's Controversial Anti-Cheat Is Being Removed

Doom MP? Loool.

I can imagine the same people review bombing the game when cheaters appear in droves in mp :/

How about you revert the VRAM allocation changes and leave the Denuvo for a short time and finally prove it isn't the DRM....? funny how every time this happens there's some sort of excuse and they never take the time to do such a simple test to prove it to the public. Makes one thonk.

IMO, this backlash is because of the name "Denuvo" being associated with the anti-cheat.

There are several other anti-cheat programs that grant kernel access just like DAC that dont get this level of feedback.

Denuvo has earned the hate, because they've been so dishonest about the anti-tamper product which absolutely reduces performance for almost every game it's on. When you dont give people the straight dope you deserve this level of scrutiny.

I personally dont have a problem with kernel level anti-cheat programs, because they work better at stopping cheating. Just not from Denuvo.

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"Many have unfortunately related the performance and stability issues introduced in Update 1 to the introduction of anti-cheat," he said. "They are not related."

"We believe the performance issues some players have experienced on PC are based on a code change we made around VRAM allocation," Stratton continued. "We have reverted this change in our next update and expect the game to perform as it did at launch.""

Alas, how many times have we've seen devs say something like this only to discover that they were lying?

Sometimes it feels like there are no honest devs left.

Cheating on PC is bad... Really bad. So bad that I've bought games twice to play the campaign on PC and mp on Xbox one X.

That being said, a kernel level anti cheat system is not the answer. Things like that open you up to security risks plus God knows what else they are doing with above admin level access.

Instead of paying denuvo even more money for the crap protection software that gamers hate because it hurts performance on 4 core CPU's (most of all anyways) why don't they start using dedicated servers for mp again. If they could afford it in the 90s and early 2000s then they certainly can now and it would help a great deal. People might get away with cheating but not for long...

Another game in a sad state that's just going to get worse is gta5. The free copy being given away on epic is like cheater heaven. They are registering 10+ accounts on epic and claiming 10+ copies of the game so they can cheat, get banned and load up a new copy.

I forget what company just implemented it but a 2 factor based account system is definitely helpful. If you don't have a phone number that hasn't been banned then you can't play... End of story

It's also about time the publishers and devs start sharing what user accounts cheated with each other and just instantly ban people who have been banned for cheating in multiple games. They would only need to share an email address long enough to ban it...

Obviously steps outside of simple anti cheat software need to be taken (like sms 2fa) because cheating is out of control and not only does it ruin the game for legit players they can also end up getting banned. People got banned in red dead 2 for picking up gold even if they had no idea where it came from, in gta they got banned for hackers adding money to their accounts even though there was no way they could prevent it and it's effected more than just 2 Rockstar games, they were just examples that are easily verified and in popular games.

If only Riot Games would learn from this with Valorant and remove their malware from the game. Or at least make it only open and close with the game instead.

Good news.

Let's hope other developers don't try the same thing in the future.