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I noticed that Dragon Age: Inquisition is currently on sale for $9.99 USD on Steam. I also noticed that Denuvo is not mentioned in the section with the various other 3rd Party Accounts/EULA/DRM, etc.[1] even though the game was known to be infested with that malware.
However, a notification from the "Denuvo Games" curator that I follow still shows up on the page claiming it is still infected with the malware.[2] And I saw no threads on the Steam forums celebrating the removal of Denuvo, which I'm pretty sure would have been the case if it had been removed. As such, I made a post asking about this on the Steam forums, and the first response was "still there."
So, basically, if Denuvo is still in the game, which seems highly likely, then EA and/or Steam are being scuzzy about it by not putting a notification about it on the Store page. Oh well. If I could be sure that Denuvo was definitely not in the game, I'd buy it in a hot second, especially at that price, but as it is, I'm just not going to risk it. For the time being, Dragon Age: Inquisition can continue to fuck off forever, as far as I am concerned.
[1] - For reference, what shows up there for me is:
Incorporates 3rd-party DRM: EA on-line activation and Origin client software installation and background use required.
Requires 3rd-Party Account: EA Account (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA
Dragon Age™ Inquisition EULA
EA Play subscription requires acceptance of
EA Play Terms
...which is bad enough for a Steam game, but that alone wouldn't have been a dealbreaker for me in the same way that Denuvo is a dealbreaker, considering that I already have Origin and an EA account and all that shit (and, as such, if I ever did buy DA:I, if/when the Denuvo badware is ever confirmed to actually be removed, I'd most likely just buy it off of Origin directly, rather than going through Steam).
[2] - Though the "full review" link associated with that just leads to a "This file does not exist" Gofile page, about which I left a message on their group page.
However, a notification from the "Denuvo Games" curator that I follow still shows up on the page claiming it is still infected with the malware.[2] And I saw no threads on the Steam forums celebrating the removal of Denuvo, which I'm pretty sure would have been the case if it had been removed. As such, I made a post asking about this on the Steam forums, and the first response was "still there."
So, basically, if Denuvo is still in the game, which seems highly likely, then EA and/or Steam are being scuzzy about it by not putting a notification about it on the Store page. Oh well. If I could be sure that Denuvo was definitely not in the game, I'd buy it in a hot second, especially at that price, but as it is, I'm just not going to risk it. For the time being, Dragon Age: Inquisition can continue to fuck off forever, as far as I am concerned.
[1] - For reference, what shows up there for me is:
Incorporates 3rd-party DRM: EA on-line activation and Origin client software installation and background use required.
Requires 3rd-Party Account: EA Account (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA
Dragon Age™ Inquisition EULA
EA Play subscription requires acceptance of
EA Play Terms
...which is bad enough for a Steam game, but that alone wouldn't have been a dealbreaker for me in the same way that Denuvo is a dealbreaker, considering that I already have Origin and an EA account and all that shit (and, as such, if I ever did buy DA:I, if/when the Denuvo badware is ever confirmed to actually be removed, I'd most likely just buy it off of Origin directly, rather than going through Steam).
[2] - Though the "full review" link associated with that just leads to a "This file does not exist" Gofile page, about which I left a message on their group page.
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Date: 2021-07-25 10:37 pm (UTC)From:So I perma-ignored Bioware as well. Why take the risk amirite?
Also, I find it scummy that the drop-down menu for ignoring creators/publishers on their pages has a font so lightly colored that it's difficult to read. It's like very light gray on white background.
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Date: 2021-07-25 11:10 pm (UTC)From:The main thing I hate about Ignoring dev/pub pages on Steam is that Steam still completely ignores that as far as Discovery Queue is concerned, as I'm still seeing a bunch of shit showing up there from ones that I've long ago Ignored, basically making the Ignore feature all but useless.
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Date: 2021-07-26 12:13 am (UTC)From:Would be a LOT more helpful if they just didn't waste screen space for shit I've already decided to never look at and instead fill it up with other shit they know I'll never look at, but at the same time they can't be sure I'd ignore it.
Same with searches and sales honestly. If I ignored it, I ignored it for a reason, stop showing it to me. The only time I'd be ok with them bringing an ignored game up like that is if I'm doing an explicit keyword search. As at that point I might actually be looking for the game because someone mentioned something was happening in say the discussion I should look at, or I want to see if it's improved from the state it was in that made me originally ignore it etc. But beyond that, it fucking well shouldn't be recommending it to me on it's own.
>_>