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Around a month ago, Capcom updated Resident Evil 4 Remake to remove the Denuvo DRM from the game... Only for it to be replaced by yet another DRM in its place, Enigma.

Since the Enigma DRM update, many users were keen enough to notice that the performance for the game had significantly dropped, even compared to that of the original Denuvo DRM version, with some people even reporting up to a 40% drop in performance with the Enigma DRM version of the game, although such a huge performance drop varies from hardware to hardware, with the culprit being that the drops occurred mostly when any kind of enemy AI was being called into the game. With that, overall it could end up being a 10% drop on average.

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Due to the hit in performance, many users opted to use the old EXE of the game, as, even when it sounds crazy, the Denuvo DRM performed better that the updated EXE with the Enigma DRM, and some even opted to just use the cracked EXE of the game to completely get rid of any kind of DRM that could negatively impact performance.

Thankfully, that didn't last long, as yesterday Capcom updated RE4R yet again, but this time, instead of throwing another DRM surprise, they opted to instead remove any trace of DRM within the game's executable, making the game finally DRM-free, solving the performance issues that players were experiencing during the last month.

The update for RE4R is now live on Steam.

Resident Evil 4 Remake on Steam
Resident Evil 4 Remake Update DB

 

[MarkDarkness]

Pirates will pirate... when the fuck will Japanese companies learn that...

 

[brunocar]

People keep missing the forest for the trees here, not all DRM is anti piracy, this is a case where it isnt, ITS AN ANTI MOD DRM.

this is not speculation, its what enigma is for, look it up, its not a coincidence that capcom started doing this shit roughly 3 months after a street fighter pro flashed a nude chun li mod on an official broadcast.

 

[HarveyHouston]

Interesting move; had no idea it had DRM in the first place.

 

[Quellez]

I’ve been keeping tabs on new releases, and checking updates through resident evil requiem has been handy for seeing what protections a game ships with and planning my buys. I like having everything in one spot so I don’t have to hunt around different stores or forums, and it helped me time a couple of discounted purchases without missing anything.

 

[Chellarina]

Anyone know if they reversed the stupid Denuvo of Ace Attorney: The original trilogy?
People basically only still buy it to mod it, as it's so ancient at this point. And like... Who does it actually harm? Watching Ace Attorney Smooth Criminal makes me want to give Capcom money!