Resident Evil Village collected quite positive feedback (the desktop version was positively rated by 86% of Metacritic users), but the PC edition suffers from some drawback in the form of a liquidity decrease. Capcom has yet to deal with this problem, but apparently crackers did, because the pirated copy works better than the original.
According to Dark Side Of Gaming, the computer edition of Resident Evil Village launched on a crack without anti-piracy protection has improved performance. We know from the information available that Capcom uses its own DRM tool. “Any jams, such as after eliminating zombies, are fixed because the Capcom DRM entry points have been patched. This results in a much smoother gameplay,” says the EMPRESS group message. So it turns out that the security had a negative impact on the performance of the title, which is confirmed by tests carried out by DSOG. The drops were noticeable especially in the Dimitrescu castle during duels with opponents. This is perfectly illustrated by the material prepared by Santiago Santiago, shown below, which compares the original version with Steam and the edition with the implemented crack.
The tests show that Resident Evil Village works better on the pirated version without DRM protection.
For owners of the original Resident Evil Village edition, there is nothing else to do but wait for an efficient update to eliminate all bugs. Although, who knows, perhaps only removing the anti-piracy protection will help to improve performance? When it comes to problems with liquidity, the first thing that comes to mind is Denuvo, gaining infamy not only by negatively affecting the efficiency of the protected productions, but also by efficiency. There were cases when games with this DRM crashed even a few days after the debut, although we know that there are no fully effective tools, such a result does not satisfy game publishers.
Capcom revealed that Resident Evil Village sold 4.5 million copies two months after its premiere, beating by 500,000 copies of Resident Evil 2 Remake, which hit stores in early 2019. The eighth episode is currently one of the best-selling representatives of the Caprom series, for example Resident Evil 7 reached 3.5 million recipients. Statistics include boxed and digital editions. The interest in RE8 should be even greater after the publication of the announced add-on, although we do not know its details. It will probably expand the story with a new storyline.
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