New protection worsened Resident Evil 4 remake’s PC performance — one month later Capcom removed the criticized DRM

Capcom’s inconsistent DRM strategy is drawing heavy criticism from the gaming community.

This February, Capcom initially garnered goodwill among PC enthusiasts by finally stripping Denuvo from the Resident Evil 4 remake—a move long-awaited since the game’s security had been bypassed months prior. However, the celebration was short-lived; it soon became clear that the publisher had merely swapped one hurdle for another by integrating its own proprietary DRM, the Enigma Protector.

The Enigma system carries a notorious reputation within the community due to its perceived impact on technical optimization. Performance benchmarks for the Resident Evil 4 remake quickly validated these concerns, demonstrating a noticeable dip in frame rates and overall stability following the implementation.

In a surprising turn of events just one month later, Capcom has updated the PC version of Resident Evil 4 once again to remove the Enigma software. This erratic back-and-forth has left players puzzled as to why the company bothered implementing such a controversial and performance-heavy layer of security on a title that had already been compromised.

Source: iXBT.games