"In early February, without any warning or heads up, Capcom removed Denuvo DRM from the Resident Evil 4 remake and replaced it with Enigma, a DRM solution that is even more hated than the controversial Denuvo. And almost immediately after making this change to the PC version of RE4, players began noticing performance drops that hadn't been happening before."
"YouTuber ItalicMaze used a mod to restore the game's previous version on Steam and then compared how the game runs with and without Enigma. The results were bad, with the new DRM seemingly causing significant FPS drops, especially during action-heavy moments. Digital Foundry did similar testing and found a roughly 20-percent drop in performance."
"On March 3, just 28 days after updating RE4 and adding Enigma, Capcom updated the game again, this time removing the new DRM from it. This can be spotted via SteamDB's changelog for Resident Evil 4 remake. It now seems like RE4 on Steam has no DRM."
Capcom replaced Denuvo DRM with Enigma in Resident Evil 4 remake on Steam in early February, causing significant performance issues for players. Testing revealed approximately 20-percent FPS drops, particularly during action-heavy sequences. After widespread player complaints, Capcom removed Enigma entirely within 28 days, leaving RE4 without DRM protection. This mirrors a similar incident with Resident Evil Village in 2021, where pirated versions performed better than the official release due to DRM overhead. Capcom eventually removed Denuvo from Village in April 2023 without replacement. The publisher has not yet confirmed whether Enigma will return to RE4.
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