Even if you haven't played a cracked version of the game, then you should have heard of the name of codex, in 2016, when the domestic 3DM announced that they could not handle the latest game D encryption, it was CODEX and CPY that cooperated with each other to crack the game "Tomb Raider: Rise" that was encrypted by D, breaking the myth of the invincibility of D encryption.
Since then, the D encryption has been cracked faster and faster, and when Resident Evil 7 was released, it was cracked in less than a week, "Iron Fist 7" was cracked in four days, and by the time of Total War: Warhammer 2, the cracking team completed the cracking work in only a few hours.
These things basically declared the failure of D encryption, and after the loss of protection function, this D encryption that will also affect the efficiency of the game was completely spurned by players, whether genuine or pirated players. And all of this stems from codex's initial cracking of D encryption in 2016.
In codex's latest release of the "Sims 4: Marriage Journey" DLC cracked version (the DLC was released on February 23), they announced an important decision, Marriage Adventure will be their last game crack, after which the CODEX team will be completely disbanded.
For the reasons for disbanding the crack group, CODEX gave a more detailed explanation. In the beginning, CODEX was just formed by a group of netizens who liked to challenge, and the original purpose was only to compete with RELOADED, the dominant PC game cracking group at that time. The process was very interesting, unfortunately, soon the RLD development crashed and slowly fell apart, and the cracking became less interesting.
After years of ups and downs, CODEX has grown into a leader in the industry. Platforms, D-crypto, none of this can bring them any more challenges, CODEX has come to an end in the game cracking industry, they have completed their original goal, it's time to move on. So thanks to everyone who accompanied and supported CODEX on the trip, however, it was time to leave.
CODEX is a legend of game cracking, from its establishment in 2014 to the present, in eight years, they have cracked about 7500 different games, so that many players have been exposed to more single-player game works, although game cracking is an illegal act that does not respect intellectual property rights, but their departure has also made many players feel sorry.
Coinciding with the release of Eldon's Ring of Law, some players have proposed to CODEX, why not make "Eldon's Ring of Law" their last cracked update? Therefore, THE SUBGROUP OF CODEX, PLAZA, DECIDED TO RESPOND TO THE EXPECTATIONS OF NETIZENS, AND BEFORE DISBANDION, IT ALSO CRACKED THE OLD HEAD RING AS A GIFT TO CODEX.
Yun Youji has also played piracy before, and although she is now a staunch genuine player who does not like to promote piracy everywhere, she will not fully deny the value of piracy like some people on the Internet.
It may seem a bit harsh, but the emergence of pirated game organizations like Codex is one of the reasons why China now has so many genuine gamers.
Due to different national conditions, before Steam entered the Chinese market, many games lacked a suitable price for genuine purchase channels, and some players could only play pirated copies.
If the Chinese players in the student period failed to contact those excellent free stand-alone games, but were attracted by the Chinese online game mobile game, did not see the charm of stand-alone games, foreign stand-alone games in China also do not have a high reputation, foreign manufacturers are too lazy to develop the Chinese market, domestic players grow up and work after the natural continue to those picture quality and gameplay are far inferior to 3A kryptonite online game Krypton gold, this scene, think about it are "shocking".
Ubisoft, who developed Assassin's Creed, and ceo Yves Guillemot, have talked about the piracy of Assassin's Creed in China, and his attitude is very indifferent. In his opinion, the past decade or so of Assassin's Creed piracy has created visibility for the Ubisoft brand, when they release those works to the Chinese market through Steam, many players will pay for the latest versions of the games they played years ago, and importantly, when players have the ability to pay, in order to save the trouble of downloading pirates, they will naturally buy the genuine version.
Interestingly, Warhorse Studios, which developed Deliverance from Heaven, also framed and hung in the office the NFO players who hacked their game at CODEX.
And, even now, there is some legitimacy for the existence of pirated games. Those who have played Dark Souls 3 know that in addition to PVE and PVP, a large number of excellent mods are also one of the fun of the game, however, playing mods may cause the game account to be banned, even if it is played offline, it may be blocked when it is not uninstalled clean, so many Soul 3 players are genuine online, pirated mods to play.
However, the existence of piracy does damage the interests of game manufacturers, and then affect players, many excellent game works in China in the early years, such as "Paladin Iv", because of the proliferation of piracy sales are dismal, domestic stand-alone machines have been silent for so many years, in addition to the prosperity of online games, it is inseparable from the proliferation of piracy.
Fortunately, in recent years, there have been more and more genuine players in China, and the bottom line of pirated players has also improved, so many domestic websites that publish pirated games will at least not crack domestic games.
Therefore, for the dissolution of CODEX, Yun Youji's heart is very complicated, and some media reports on this matter have commented on its "infamy", but from the perspective of players, especially Chinese players, we still can't deny the value and rationality of pirated games.
Of course, all of the above is only a compliment on its "historical contribution" to the development of China's single-player game market, not a brainless support for game piracy. Yun You Ji recognizes the reason for piracy, because many Chinese single-player game players are pirate players, "prodigal son back" is a positive meaning, does not mean that the word "prodigal son" itself is a positive word, if for some reason temporarily unable to buy the genuine game, I hope you do not publicize everywhere, this is not a proud thing, if you have the ability in the future, please also get on the car to make up for the ticket, but also the support of your favorite game.