In practice, the software helps to block game mods in Capcom’s games.Ĭapcom has identified mods as an issue with its games in recent months.
Many reviews cite the “mod-blocking DRM” as a primary factor in their negative reviews.Įnigma Protector is a third-party software package designed to help protect executable files from user attempts at “hacking, analysis, modification and disassembly,” according to its developers. Users on Steam have since pushed back on this, adding “mostly negative” reviews for Resident Evil: Revelations.
But Capcom said in an update on Steam that it plans to rerelease that update. That update caused noticeable performance issues, according to players, and Capcom quickly reverted the change. While the addition of software called Enigma Protector to Capcom’s games has been going on for months, Steam users say, the issue came to a head earlier this month when the publisher updated 2013’s Resident Evil: Revelations on PC. Publisher Capcom has been adding file-protection software to its back catalog of games on Steam, seemingly as part of the company’s efforts to crack down on piracy - but also on PC mods, which the company claims are “no different than cheats” for its games.
