Ah yes. That. Was wonderin' if someone was gonna bring that bit up, or the fact that this was appearently done without SoA or SoJ knowing a dang thing.
Who, if my sources are correct, also happen to be just as miffed as everyone else about this, might I add.
...Ah well. Just to play safe, I've un-installed the game for now (It's still in my library) and ran a full AV scan for good measure. Guess I'll wait until either this is solved, or someone finds some sort of trick to play it without this Denuvo kickin' in.
EDIT: Or I can just say "Screw this" and, after some deliberation, undo my impulsive move, put in for a refund (Which arrived in record time, btw) and stick back to the original plan for Mania. It's not like I would've been able to, y'know, play the game anytime soon anyway.
Either way, this experience more or less taught me a very valuable lesson, and an observation I'm sure many have already thrown by this point.
1. There's a reason why I usually stick to consoles when it comes to Sonic games. This wasn't it, though it's now a definite close second.
2. Readin' up on this entire controversy, I'm just... Wow. Simply wow. So not only do you stuff the game with potentially dangerous malware behind everyone else's back, but then you try and weasel out of the fact that yeah, ya done goof'd royal, and then pin it on the devs...
...Which is doubly stupid when you consider that you're also pinnin' it on, oh I don't know, IIZUKA
WHO WORKED WITH WHITEHEAD AND THE OTHERS TO BRING THIS GAME TO LIFE
Sweet merciful funknuggets. Forget the Darwin awards, that is some serious 1000 Ways to Die worthy jitt right there.
...So just to recap for those who, like me, missed it. SEGA had something legit good going, with Mania meeting near-universal acclaim on the console front... and then SoE screwed the pooch royal on the PC front. G.J., SoE. G. effin' J.
Who, if my sources are correct, also happen to be just as miffed as everyone else about this, might I add.
...Ah well. Just to play safe, I've un-installed the game for now (It's still in my library) and ran a full AV scan for good measure. Guess I'll wait until either this is solved, or someone finds some sort of trick to play it without this Denuvo kickin' in.
EDIT: Or I can just say "Screw this" and, after some deliberation, undo my impulsive move, put in for a refund (Which arrived in record time, btw) and stick back to the original plan for Mania. It's not like I would've been able to, y'know, play the game anytime soon anyway.
Either way, this experience more or less taught me a very valuable lesson, and an observation I'm sure many have already thrown by this point.
1. There's a reason why I usually stick to consoles when it comes to Sonic games. This wasn't it, though it's now a definite close second.
2. Readin' up on this entire controversy, I'm just... Wow. Simply wow. So not only do you stuff the game with potentially dangerous malware behind everyone else's back, but then you try and weasel out of the fact that yeah, ya done goof'd royal, and then pin it on the devs...
...Which is doubly stupid when you consider that you're also pinnin' it on, oh I don't know, IIZUKA
WHO WORKED WITH WHITEHEAD AND THE OTHERS TO BRING THIS GAME TO LIFE
Sweet merciful funknuggets. Forget the Darwin awards, that is some serious 1000 Ways to Die worthy jitt right there.
...So just to recap for those who, like me, missed it. SEGA had something legit good going, with Mania meeting near-universal acclaim on the console front... and then SoE screwed the pooch royal on the PC front. G.J., SoE. G. effin' J.
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