Resident.evil.village-empress -

For months after launch, the official PC version of Resident Evil Village suffered from severe stuttering, specifically during combat and "kill" animations. When the cracker known as released the cracked version, it was discovered that these performance issues were almost entirely absent.

This rhetoric split the community. Performance benchmarks quickly validated EMPRESS’s claim: the cracked version of Village often ran smoother than the legitimate copy because it removed the constant CPU overhead of Denuvo checks. Legitimate players experienced hitching; pirates did not. Resident.Evil.Village-EMPRESS

For 74 days, paying customers were forced to play an inferior version or resort to piracy for a smooth experience. It wasn't until Capcom released a title update that included the line "Adjustments have been made to optimise the anti-piracy technology" that the performance of the retail version finally matched what the cracked version had offered from day one. This statement, which heavily implied they had simply lightened the DRM load, was seen by many as a non-apology. For months after launch, the official PC version