It could be a mistake with the way the game is interfacing with the Steam API (IIRC, some other games have created problems along those lines in the past); the launcher is a separate application and shouldn't have any reason to utilize the API, so it working as usual is expected. If they were truly going to add DRM, they'd just add Denuvo.
I've never heard of games being able to launch their launcher but not the game itself if it's a Steam API issue. Launching the launcher counts as launching the game in Steam's eyes, so surely the launcher should fail to launch as well? It sounds like the game is doing additional checks beyond the check Steam does to check if the game can run (run license-wise). Can you cite one of those games that had a similar issue, I'd be interested in learning more
I edited it to be clearer, sorry.
Is this one of Steam's launcher things where you select an option from the menu before the game actually starts, or is this a SE made separate exe launcher we're talking about? If it's the latter, it should surely still touch the API at some point to check that you own the game, I'm not sure Steam differentiates between launching a launcher exe and launching a game exe
I'm leaning towards it being a bug, but it's at almost three weeks and counting without even an acknowledgement, much less a fix. It's possible that SE might never fix this, given their track record
There are instructions to downgrade to v1.0.0 in the OP which should alleviate this problem for you, if you're willing to jump through the hoops
Valve updated how user reviews work to hide negative reviews from store pages if those reviews are just related to DRM.
I know what they did. I'm saying this is why people review bomb.
Also, this. More reasons that you should use "unplayable offline/in Offline Mode" or "requires internet connection" instead of using the phrase "DRM"
We have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called
Excellent, now we're at least two who have done that. I find far too often when issues like these arise that people forget to actually contact the companies in question.
There was one person in the comments on the patch post who contacted SE, apparently support was not helpful, they were basically just walked through troubleshooting steps
But the pirated copies would still be playable offline. Things like this only punish paying customers.
World of Goo released on PC 11 years ago.
Oh hell. IIRC, that's similar to what SE said about Nier Automata not being patched, that it was something only Nvidia/AMD could fix on their end or some nonsense. A few issues were actually able to be corrected that way, but obviously not all of them. Square basically just tried to absolve themselves as quickly as possible and move on to other things.
I mean, pinch of salt coming from a rep, but if that's the line SE are going with then that's a bad sign.
S. Enix don't even need DRM at this point. Just release a broken game and blame others.
I was torn between Tidus laughing and Shinji Hashimoto laughing at the FF7 port announcement. It was a tough call.
As someone who dislikes FFX and FFX-2, I hope SE fixes the bug where the games are playable when connected to the internet /s
If only you could just download music_fix.dll to your Switch SD card...
If only SE could just produce competent ports in the first place. A lofty dream, I know
Yeah, you can, and it is the best experience still (v1.0.0 > offline capable v1.0.1) , but it's a few hoops to jump through (see above)
Stupid bug, worth of ridicule. But the blow ups in this thread were hilarious in retrospect. That said, they got the job done!
