To summarize, he put in DRM that was strict to the level of basically being malware and it would fuck up your computer. It was screwing up the computers of his actual supporters, and apparently he also started lying and saying that pirated copies were responsible for bricking people's computers and that only his official copy was safe, which was hilariously wrong, given that us pirates had the only safe copy with the cracked version.
It should be safe now that it's officially released, because he apparently took it out and didn't include it, which is smart, because if he included malware like DRM he'd get himself booted off the platforms he wants to sell on when it gets reported.
I'm still going to let some other people play canary in the coal mine and try it first though. Japanese DLsite is safe for now, we'll see how safe the others are as the English version releases on several platforms.
If your talking pre 22.3a then i got nothing to say. But i have bought every single update after 22.3a on itch, i have messed up the code numerous times, and i have never had any issues with bricking and the like, and im on an incredibly unstable device to begin with. Have not had issues or maleware flags or even signs of maleware on my computer. So idk where all of that is coming from tbh. I dont agree with the draconian nature of his DRM, but this forum seems to have this ungodly hardon because they couldnt beat the DRM anymore. Unless he removed what yall were complaining about post ver 22.3a and i just never had to deal with it. In which case theres not a whole lot of troubles from official store fronts.
Also (not aimed at the person im quoting) hes not even xenophobic, ive been speaking in english in his discord for months now, hell he even bent over backwards a couple times for me and another person (had to do with the code, explained to him the impracticality of having to download the verification code off itch again and again, 2-3 times a day, so he made a discord channel with the verification code, for those who can verify purchase etc, i guess he got tired of updating it for us because he kind of stopped changing the code lol, so the code would work for days then weeks).
The only fault i can actually give him, is the lengths he would go to prevent piracy, if you bought the game, he had no beef with you (at the least i didnt poke at him for his methods except once when talking to him when he was going with a sponsor to official stores, i told him he would need to remove the verification code and it seems he already had that intention for the official release). That fixation is not healthy at all.
Also the DRM that i had to deal with, was entering in a verification code basically once a day, most was 3 times it changed but he laid off the rapid changes after a bit, where the code would stay unchanged for weeks. And finally, the part that im sure pissed off many of those in the forums (i wouldnt call it maleware since hell, even cheatguard or w/e the standard anti cheat steam uses does the same thing), was scanning for running processes, and preventing the game from starting or closing the game when certain exe's were running. Cheat engine and MTool were the 2 primary ones i recall, and primarily because you could use said programs to bypass the DRM. I have played numerous games that would either refuse to boot up, or insta exit the game if cheat engine was ever actively running, all of those games were on steam as well. So to me this was nothing new nor extrodinary.
All of my downloads came from Itch.io, if he included maleware in versions prior to 22.3a then what i said loses it fangs a bit, but from my personal experience, i have not experienced any issues outside of the annoyance (i use cheat engine and Mtool for other games regularly and forget to close em). Furthermore, since he has a publisher, you bet they will be checking for maleware themselves before putting it on the store front, its not just him anymore but his publisher as well that would get drawn into the crossfire. 0% chance they havent heard about that debacle. True or Untrue, you will want to be sure.
I dont expect this to change peoples opinions, im just putting out my experience because what i experienced and what everyone talks about are 2 completely different things. The games not even the best game, but it is up there in quality none the less outside of people being salty, reminds me of ROBF controversy back in the day, in particular needing to enter some text IN japanese to progress with the story, knowing people wouldnt be able to do that easily overseas. Still good games at the time, just with a slightly over zealous dev (ROBF i think was actually xenophobic but that was a while ago).
