• StitchIsABitch@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It’s really sad that they chose to implement it. I would’ve loved to play Helldivers 2 but I just refuse to allow them that level of access to my device, especially for a game that isn’t even competitive.

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      8 months ago

      That’s where I’m at with the game.

      Like yeah it looks fun, I’m not willingly installing malware. Especially after the apex legends debacle.

    • Codilingus@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      Their explanation for it makes sense though. They were running into the problem that a player could cheat and progress their games faster, etc. Since HD2 is essentially a MASSIVE, single DnD campaign that every player is a part of, those cheaters would break the campaign progress and ruin it for every single other player.

      They also include shortcuts to install and uninstall only the anticheat. So you can remove it immediately once you finish playing.

    • LordKitsuna@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Thankfully on linux we have tools to heavily limit it’s access such as firejail. It doesn’t just get unrestricted root access