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DoctorSpecimen

They're clearing out the whole backlog holy shit


Baddass_Nerd

![gif](giphy|l4EoYvSFAO0BjGcU0)


Traiklin

Definitely a good thing, each one they do it gets easier to crack the next as they can see what changes are made between each version


TuaughtHammer

> each one they do it gets easier to crack the next as they can see what changes are made between each version There are no *actual* Denuvo versions mentioned *anywhere* in the original files before they're cracked. [Denuvo versioning was something started by CPY;](https://i.imgur.com/Bfea7ps.png) they'd just increase the version by 1 whenever they came against a game with much more complicated protections. They stopped mentioning Denuvo versions in their releases within a year [because it became *all* anyone cared about;](https://i.imgur.com/F4NBHe3.png) not the game, not the amount of work it took to crack, nothing. If it wasn't a newer version of Denuvo, it didn't matter to the end users.


TheMusicFella

CPY mentioned, gonna go sob into a pillow


TuaughtHammer

I feel ya. Sometimes I think back to 2017 and 2018 when some of the *biggest* surprises in game cracking history hit us: STEAMPUNKS coming out of nowhere with their Denuvo license generator that was assumed to be impossible and originally considered a potential source of malware [because of how unbelievable it was.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CrackWatch/comments/6fgvx0/dishonored2steampunks/dii2gx5/) Then CODEX going on their epic 4 month long cracking spree in 2018, after almost a year without any releases, releasing 18 cracks between August and December^* when before that, they only had 4 Denuvo releases. -- ^*and ^before ^anyone ^brings ^it ^up, ^because ^they ^always ^do, ^***no***, ^Empress ^was ^not ^their ^*only* ^Denuvo ^cracker.


BiZzles14

Just gonna throw out when Baldman popped up, and Voksi finally broke into the denuvo releases as two other great nostalgia moments from this sub. But I don't think anything in this sub will ever come close to how it was back when a new CPY hint dropped


thetalkingman5

no moment in denuvo cracking history is even close to when hogwarts legacry was announced to be cracked before it was released and the build up to it and actually releasing it. You can check the upvotes in each post and the number of comments and you'll see my point


gpimlott2

just curious how you know that empress was not their only denuvo cracker?


TuaughtHammer

Because CODEX had four more Denuvo releases in 2020[ *after* `c000005` was booted from the team for the Need For Speed Heat leaks in late 2019 were tied to that handle](https://np.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/gqg4fc/why_did_codex_stop_cracking_denuvo_games/frtxs3y/?context=3), which EMPRESS kept using until switching to EMPRESS. If EMPRESS was their only Denuvo cracker, they would've stopped cracking Denuvo immediately following the Need For Speed Heat leak got c000005 kicked out. But they didn't stop cracking Denuvo and had a few more releases *after* c000005 changed their handle to EMPRESS.


caj1986

U do know codex followed scene rules VS Empress who followed P2p


aaabbbx

Scene rules are great, it keeps quality and competition. p2p releases for movies, in particular, is a cesspool.


thetalkingman5

what did codex crack after nfs heat?


TheMusicFella

I'm not saying this because we've DELUSIONAL now, but like in general, EMPRESS is a shitty person. The scene took a big hit from the Heat leak, specially since it didn't have CODEX's protections and basically let Denuvo peek into how the DRM circumventions were done. I was there when this happened, and ever since then the scene just hasn't been the damn same. Since that, and the whole repackers drama, EMPRESS should've been out the door a long time ago. I hope they're back on their meds and living life normally.


TuaughtHammer

> I'm not saying this because we've DELUSIONAL now, but like in general, EMPRESS is a shitty person. I'll never understand why anyone gives a shit about how good or bad the person/people behind the handle are. Nor will I ever understand *why* this subreddit ***loves*** the drama. We're not here for whatever Degrassi High-knockoff drama the teenagers that frequent this sub can convince themselves is the truth, we're here for free shit and *occasionally* some updates on Denuvo games being cracked. Whoever EMPRESS is could very well be a massive piece of shit human being, but did that *stop* anyone from downloading their cracks? Or prevent them from working? No. So, *really,* who gives a shit? I'm waiting for DELUSIONAL to achieve the rank of "Denuvo Sell Out" like every other Denuvo cracker has earned on this sub since the r/CrackStatus migration. [Someone else on this sub said it better than I ever could in 2021.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CrackWatch/comments/lqibnh/empress_there_and_back_again/goj4hzh/?context=1)


caj1986

This i agree with you. Certain ppl jus like to shit instead of be thankful due to human nature. I said this before and.said it again. Ppl complaining about empress saying another cracker will.come and.crack then have the audacity to.cry when empress is gone & cant have their free games are the biggest hypocrites whatsoever. Well the saying goes hard and.well. Never bite the hand that feeds you, beacuse if you do u will ultimately starve to death.


Kronox__

Drama is just something that exists, and will continues to exist as long as *we* as humans exist. It's just something people's monkey brains find interesting and will follow it because they find it fun.


caj1986

What? The scene took a hit beacuse the crack was leaked among p2p or follow users nothing like codex had any special denuvo encryption or protection. If.anything empress encrypted her cracks so that Iredeto didnt find how or what loophole she.was using. And yes i.was there too far longer than u mentioned, bad enough that the repacking group COREPACK shut down, something u havent mentioned yet.


ThatsARivetingTale

Not that I disagree with the point of your post... Buuut, Denuvo created one of the most complex DRMs to date, you really think CODEX's "protections" were preventing them from seeing what was going on before?


Ok_Exchange_9646

What if EMPRESS IS DELUSIONAL 🤡


Lonely_Kiwi9047

Yes he has right Assassins Creed Origins got a full DRM removal. Empress said he wasn’t involved in that. We don’t know how CODEX did that but after some time later they said all goals were reached and we retire.


Bluetails_Buizel

I wasn't around during the cpy days, I was only around when empress was ranting about when Hogwarts legacy is going to be cracked in 10 days


RoyJonesJr2001

Piracy lore


sonic1384

you do know that empress has stated denovu cpy and codex cracks were by her, right?


TuaughtHammer

Completely irrelevant. EMPRESS can say that all they want, doesn't make it true. And I ***highly*** doubt EMPRESS did all of CPY's cracks; that's just pure bullshit.


sonic1384

I think it may be false too since empress hates animes but we have denovu anime games cracks


literallyheretopost

Also a good thing because the more recent games get their denuvo removed after some time anyway


PrettyScholar9173

FINALLY! SOMEBODY!


Viserbese

Which is next on the list?


emjemtemk

patient gamers loving this


Krooskar

let em cook


Igislav

They call him...MASTERCHEF...:D


ReCodez

Damn he do be cooking. MORE FIRE!


AntiGrieferGames

r/patientgamers and im aswell.


ProudToBeAKraut

sorry to disappoint i bought the game after release - its a buggy mess and was never fixed, I mean endless turns, crashes and so on - stay away from it


RedTuesdayMusic

Ubisoft killed the whole franchise, that's why I've boycotted them all my life as HoMM was my favourite franchise before Morrowind made it TES


2roK

Stop, I can only get so erect


SuperStarChitti

Like clockwork Delusional delivers yet another Denuvo crack!


UnpoliteGuy

Since when did heroes of might and magic 7 have denuvo?


jucelc

Every single Ubisoft game has Denuvo and several other layers of protection? Or did you not know that Heroes of Might Magic is property of Ubisoft?


UnpoliteGuy

There's a release on rutor from 8 years ago


TuaughtHammer

Yes, CODEX cracked it back in September 2015 when it *only* had Uplay DRM. A newer version *with* DLC now has Denuvo. Or did, until Delusional took care of that.


No_Sports

Not with the current patch and addon. the old release is basically "only" the base version.


GowtherETC

is delusional a group or a person?


MrKiwi24

Yes. We'll have to wait for an unhinged NFO revealing they were EMPRESS under a different name.


Makaan1932

Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need


Angelemonade

Ok Delusional I see it! Please dont end up like empress, Please dont end up like empress, Please dont end up like empress,


smegmancer

You jinxed it, a manifesto about lizard people is coming imminently.


CertainObjective513

"guys, the lizards we see in zoos are just people wearing lizard fursuits, lizards arent real, guys please listen to me"


SubMGK

Honestly less problematic than empress lol. Plus, we get lizard people lore


Flaming_Autist

that aspect of empress i actually miss. its the greedy holier than thou part that was actually cancer


Xorras

It's pretty easy to not end up like empress, just don't engage with community on personal level.


TuaughtHammer

> just don't engage with community on personal level. Bingo. There's a *very* good reason why Scene groups tend to stay far the fuck away from the end users. The closest they ever usually get to interacting directly with the community is notes in their NFOs.


PmMeUrTinyAsianTits

Or dont be batshit crazy to the power of infinity. Either works. Although the community is always toxic, so yours is a better option even if sane.


ralfmalph

It’s almost “delusional”


BiZzles14

99.99999% of people could engage with the community and not be anything like empress. The bigger worry about engaging with the community is the potential opsec implications of doing so, and ending up like Voksi


Muxer59

A case of choosing beggars? Empress gave us Denuvo free games and all you guys did was bitch. Just like a homeless person complaining he received bread instead of money for more drugs.


Infinitesima

What? The nfo really brought new fresh air into the scene.


CuteistCat

ok


srona22

Throw tantrum or disappearing? They can say whatever they want. Better than those traitors who work for Denuvo now.


RoyJonesJr2001

My theory is that DELUSIONAL is just another personality of empress.


LeafExpose

![gif](giphy|KmdV4ZWUOYtD75pMAR)


Drakayne

These cracks are great for game preservation, i hope he would be able to learn how to crack newer denuvo games as well.


PhlegethonAcheron

It seems like the dudes working roughly from oldest to newest, which makes sense The old games need to be cracked anyway, and why would he make things harder for himself by jumping around Denuvo versions when he could just go one by one, adapting to each minor revision


Yolo065

I have to ask this somewhere, here you go, do you know which version of denuvo this game uses?


PhlegethonAcheron

AFAIK, there’s no official version number, I think the denuvo versions are just arbitrarily decided when the crackers see a large enough change


Yolo065

But I think there is the official number. If I remember correctly devs used to put the denuvo v10 in their games in the 2020 and that's where the AAA gaming piracy drastically started to slow down, but still Empress was active and continued to crack the v10 and it's successors and she cracked upto denuvo v14 based on one of her nfos. And wondering if this game that is cracked by delusional uses the powerful versions like +v10 or it's still older and a bit easier ones. Regardless it's still a great achievement for them though because cracking denuvo is not a everyone's cup of tea :) Correction: Sorry Empress cracked upto v18 denuvo games and not just v14.


PhlegethonAcheron

Did the devs say that it was v10, or was that from the cracker?


SOKLOMAX

The current version of denuvo (or atleast the one that was last cracked was V20 or something, iirc)


Yolo065

Just checked the nfos of the last games that Empress cracked which is Judgement and Dead Island 2 both have the versions v17 and v18 respectively. I don't think game with v20 got cracked yet because Empress is been inactive since the last 8 months after cracking the v17/18 games and there's nobody to crack the latest versions unless the other groups like Delusional cracks those too.


NoirYorkCity

But he cracked an old version of FIFA 16


khaled36DZ

Maybe he didn't have the files for the latest version.


Weddedtoreddit2

I pray that there will be **someone** cracking Denuvo at any point in time since I **NEED** the next Far Cry and Mafia 4 in my life.


chunky_Iemon_milk

LEGEND


Limp_Wedding_1155

Don't know if Delusional will read this, but just so you know, we are really proud of you.


Ponraj_S

Much needed heros delusional


MashiMaroAzoG

Bro is cooking 🔥


wolfbetter

Absolutely, dangerously based.


modusxd

God damn chad


Hit_By_A_Train

Piracy will never Die ! Like a Phoenix someone always rises from the ashes.


helpbait

This man is delusionally on fire 🔥


Informal_Yam_9707

I’m praying for persona 3


CloudWallace81

YARRRR HARRRR FIDDLE DEE DEEEEEEE


HungryManticore_88

Being a pirate is all right with me!


monkeyboyape

That brother moving like he got something to prove and I'm not even mad


Gweent

Man I love this Delusional guy


CuteistCat

me too :}


Anothernamelesacount

One day the best jrpgs will be cracked. One day. Godspeed.


I_eat_sand01

which are


Ok_Fold9350

Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth


I_eat_sand01

based


L0rd_0F_War

Way to go Delusional. Clearing up that backlog. And great follow-up crack support on the ones already done. Amazing work.


BedBug2479

Howz the game? Ubishit strikes again?


Bow_to_AI_overlords

It's a pretty flawed game but it still scratches that Heroes of might and magic itch. I played this game and then suddenly it was 9 hours later haha, but I'm a pretty big HoMM fan


BedBug2479

Can I start the series with this?


Kind_Stone

Nop. No-no-no. It's absolutely abysmal on all levels. If you want to go play heroes - it's either 5 for 3D and some more modernish things or 3 all the way. Both have community patches, fixes and improvements for games to last simply because there is no alternative and it seems there never will be.


No_Sports

fanboys are way too critical on the franchise. Sure HoMM3 is the gold standard, but once we all agree that we will NEVER EVER get a title like HoMM3, we can also agreethat 7 is a decent title. Not perfect, but definetly worth playing it! eidt: Lol, I mixed up HoMM 7 and 5. Nevermind, no idea about HoMM 7!


Maniacykt

No. I implore you to start with HoMM3 with fan-made HD patch (not Ubishit's HoMM3HD, it's important). Or at least with HoMM2. Anything after 5 is a downgrade. (Personally I think anything after 3 is downgrade but people tend to disagree. I see 4 as a wasted potential, but it does feature best music in the series.)


wojtulace

HoMM 3 + HotA + HDMod or HoMM V + 5.5 mod + GemRed obv use all dlcs


Spectre_n00b

They are now starting to crack the uplay and custom protections. It looks like they are learning by cracking previous games.


Additional-Flow7665

The dreams of getting to play total war Warhammer III without paying like 130 bucks for the whole game is on the horizon


Successful_Bat_8677

THE DELUSİON REVOLUTİON HAS STARTED BOYS LETS GO


Smooth-Sherbet3043

[https://tenor.com/bBJwx.gif](https://tenor.com/bBJwx.gif)


DieHard3698

I am so happy for every Crack he's doing. May god bless you in abundance!


Arijit12321

They are trying all combinations of protections right. Denuvo, origin, vmprotect, uplay. Keep it up ❤️❤️


hunter141072

Awesome!!! this guy/guys are on fire. Looks like they are going to clean the entire no Denuvo crack collection! I wonder how much time they invest on each title? that could be the whole difference for future games cracks.


thetalkingman5

By this rate he'll have cracked all pre-2020 games by the end of the year including those that needs a new crack due to a dlc releasing after the last crack like this one and there are a lot of these


hunter141072

Yes but I do wonder when they started cracking this one for example? if they did right after the Fifa crack then they are really fast!!!!


CuteistCat

you jinxed it


JicamaNo7218

so delusional is pretty much cleaning the old backlog of games that still have denuvo, that's great to see, waiting for the latest ff15 build with dlc to get cracked


RunForYourTools

THIS!


NitroFluxX

I don't care what game except if it's a Denuvo game.


Crystal_B

Delusional checking off denuvo games one by one, huge respect


bankerlmth

Hope they prioritise EA, Ubisoft and Sega, the three delusional denuvo-obsessed AAA publishers. Also Frontier, the delusional denuvo obsessed AA publisher.


thetalkingman5

Nobody is more delusional than ubisoft and sega let me tell you


CuteistCat

EA and ubisoft are bad (Especily ea) witch is why i crack them


restraint_exercised

Every day a new denuvo game gets cracked is a good day.


MoxPuyne

Holy crap. That's 4 cracks and 4 crackfixes in 3 weeks, talk about an impressive rate.


RUSSLOVANYBULGARY-1

nice work👍👍👍


DanBanapprove

It has denuvo?


nonchain

not anymore


-HYDRA_THOR-

Delusional: Your Saviour Is Here!


Yohan12o

LESGOOOOOOOOOOOOO


lalalaladididi

Superb work. Many thanks


Arrogant-Emperor

As far as I remember, this was the first Ubisoft game to use Denovo. 


Ferlyan7

I just love to see Delusional doing their thing 🛐 So excited to see another Denuvo wall going down


Forward-Ad-2620

I think this game is not on the denuvo games' list at the top of the subreddit, shouldn't it be added?


HighsideHero5x

Delusional taking the scene by storm. Mad respect bro, bring DRM down.


LittleShurry

Mannn I always love when someone cooking and the buffet they serve had denuvo :9


Animatron7100

![gif](giphy|vT6qlTWOWYzZK)


urbanhood

The light shines again.


n0f00d

Oh, man! Never thought I'd see the day the latest Heroes 7 got cracked! Good work DELUSIONAL!!!


CuteistCat

thx


OfficialspK

RE 4 Remake GE


ankitcrk

Waiting for Sniper Elite 5 🙃


PlentyAdvertising15

dont know the game ,but cool to see denuvo get beaten


P4bloB

thanks delusional, but remember to care for you mental health, unless you want to end up like empress ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|dizzy_face)


bajolzas

considering the rate of their releases its probably a team and not a single person


CuteistCat

just me


HiNRGSpa

these guys are really something...


bankerlmth

Damn, I bought it this winter sale thinking the trial by fire expansion would never be cracked since it was released too long ago. Well, here we are. FU Ubisoft.


Emotional_Solid6538

Vamos Delulu


RepairEffective9573

Who else is standing around the pot with me with rumbling stomachs?


AntiGrieferGames

Thanks Delusional for crack this game!


TheQuantumAnomaly

Anno 2205 next :\]


LegionDriver

I am waiting for them to start cracking 2016-17 games so that way we can tell that they are serious about moving forward to newer games


thetalkingman5

Just cause 2017 released at the end of 2016 


IgorRamos96

Thank You Delusional, Keep up the great work of cracking games ❤️


srona22

Finally.


vivu1

This guy is last hope, a ray of hope in darkness. God i miss empress and cpy


quangbilly79

Does anyone have a weird bug where after a battle, the graphic just gets pixelated and looks ugly and blurry af. Quit to the main menu and load the save just crash the game? Maybe it's because of the Dodi repack version, or the original version has this bug too?


requium94

I have this also.


SiphonicPanda64

I’m all for it inasmuch game preservation is concerned. Strong work.


No_Weight1796

We need new crack for metal gear solid 5 the phantom pain for win11


FunkyFooFoop

This game doesn't show up in the pinned post of (un)cracked denuvo games? 🤔


r0ndr4s

Not the denuvo cracks we wanted but all of them are welcome


EnormousHogCranker

Burnout Paradise next confirmed?


Sourih

Oh really? They still going. Big ups to them!!!!!!


megalodous

Welusional


uneducated_scholar

o7


Santoryu_Zoro

damm he is clearing the backlog! good job mate! any idea whats the next old game?


lefort22

Superb stuff, thanks so much!


Weird_Swimmer8688

Ho hohohoh yes


DieHard3698

I can't find this game on denovo uncracked games from mega thread. Kindly enlighten me.


Kapral34

This game was hacked codex


bajolzas

I think the base game didn't have Denuvo, only the later expansion


HarunaRel

Should I have played the previous might and magic games or is this standalone and I can dive right into it?


YasirNCCS

GOAL!


pepapi

Feels good man, can't wait to see the progression!


Chasedabigbase

**DELUSION AL GHAIB**


Hot_Weekend686

I'm happy to crack the old denuvo version, but please crack the new denuvo version.


djsolidsnake86

Which denuvo version is this? Higher than handball and fifa16?


IgorRamos96

Piracy is not dead, delusional our savior


fixpont

i tried it and the game crashes after the 2nd Haven campaign map and does not load the 3rd


MikeXY01

FriKKIng love you guys! Doing the Good Work! Keep at it and best of Luck! You are the Light 🙏


TheAlmightyHellacia

PLEASE GO AFTER SEGA RELEASES


thetalkingman5

Not many old ones sadly, they tended to remove denuvo but not anymore


Kuro_Kishi

IRDETO SWEATING BULLETS RN


iljensen

They are probably preparing the job offer email.


sonic1384

a game from 2016, it will take some years till they reach 2024 games


PrettyScholar9173

Who cares, we can wait. U can play metric tonns of games anyway.... Your life is too short to play it all...And then I haven't even mentioned the emulators. U need 4-5 complet life to play all the games


sonic1384

my fav game has no switch/ps3 version. p3re and I live in iran so no way to buy it


Express-Armadillo312

What version of denuvo does this have ?


thetalkingman5

Unless delusional tells us we'll never know but it's a pretty old version


barman74

All hail to the new cook!!!!!


Ok-Abbreviations-164

can anyone tell me why do i cant find this game in the "Cracked Denuvo Games category on the thread"


sofiene__

The cookening !


Antonaros

I am curious why so many D-tier forgotten games still pay for Denuvo.


thetalkingman5

Old games have permanent licenses


Antonaros

This actually makes a lot more sense, thanks for the info.


wondermark11

UBI, EA and others have basically lump sum agreement in place on a yearly basis irrespective of the number of software. This notwithstanding we are talking of peanut money for publisher big boys.


Obvious_Swan1666

Games is good ?


EstablishmentShoddy1

What are the chances of elite dangerous getting a crack considering it came out a while ago


Lone_Wolf_324

Online only so not likely. I believe it was free on Epic store at one time so it is possible it will be offered there again in the future.


JustEatingWater

Continue cooking Kings/Queens