Visions of Mana is a game which, morally, should be cracked.
For those not in the know, Visions of Mana is the latest entry in the long-running Seiken Densetsu, or "Mana", game series (Secret of Mana, Trials of Mana, Legend of Mana, etc). It was developed by Ouka Studios and released on August 29, 2024. One day later, it was announced that the game's publishers, NetEase, were shutting down Ouka and laying off all but a handful of its employees. The game's financial success obviously did not factor in this decision, since they didn't even give it a chance to generate any sales numbers whatsoever. Their stated reason for the shutdown is that they are shifting away from investment in Japanese studios in favor of Chinese ones.
https://www.ign.com/articles/visions-of-mana-dev-reportedly-being-shut-down-by-netease
This means that sales of this game cannot, and never could, financially benefit anyone who actually worked to create it. However, the game has not, at the time of this posting, been cracked.
As a fan of the series, I'm quite interested in playing this game. But as a human being with morals, I am not interested in financially rewarding NetEase for cutting the game's actual creators out of the payday for the crime of living in the wrong country.
Put plainly, this is a game which should be cracked and pirated. This game should be a real-life example of the false industry narrative where a good game is a financial failure solely because of piracy. This game should be widely played, and never purchased.
Obviously, cracking games is hard work. Visions of Mana uses Denuvo, so it would be a particularly hard one to crack. I personally don't have the skills or technical knowledge to produce a crack myself. But I'm putting out a plea to the community at large: please, support and advocate for a crack of this game, because if any game should be pirated by everyone with a modem, it's this one.
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this is my new favorite comment on the internet
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Any old uninstaller can just uninstall your game, but it takes a truly special ome to nuke your entire games directory
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Cloudflare Blocks Pirate Site URLs "For Legal Reasons" * TorrentFreak
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Let's be honest, who pays for YouTube premium?
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piracy is hip and cool when "big tech" does it lmfao
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Friendly reminder that you get more quality if you pirate than if you pay
It's really stupid that if i pay big bucks for streaming services the max quality that i get is 720p when using my pc.
They always blame or the internet connection or the pc specs.
Well... if i pirate i can even use 4k if i want too.
Fuck DRM!
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Just wanted to say that I love you all
Every single one of you say fuck you to corporate greed and help the poor, the disenfranchised, the people living in countries that don't let you legally watch things.
It's beautiful.
So yes. Every single one of you rock and I love you.
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How about expensive graphics assets like this one? Are they safe to pirate?
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Thanks to piracy, my mom finished her first book in years
Growing up, my mom was an avid reader. She didn’t dive into technical manuals or the classics, but she read purely for the joy of it. Over the years, though, that passion faded. She spent more time doom-scrolling through endless news stories and sending me articles. She’d often complain about feeling stuck and bored, resorting to watching 70s TV reruns to pass the time.
Last month, she came to visit me, and during one of our conversations about the state of the world, we started talking about dystopian media. She introduced me to Soylent Green (which I pirated, of course), and I brought up The Handmaid’s Tale and 1984. Surprisingly, she’d never read them.
I remembered I had an old e-reader gathering dust and offered to download those books for her. She was thrilled and started reading them right away. A few days later, she sheepishly asked if I could download more books for her. When I said yes, she handed me a whole list! Suddenly, she was carrying that e-reader everywhere—in her purse, at dinner, and even pulling it out instead of her phone.
It turns out the accessibility of the e-reader was a game-changer for her. She loved being able to adjust the brightness and text size, just like she did on her phone, and carrying multiple books at once. Sure, I could’ve bought her ebooks or waited for them at the library, but being able to download exactly what she wanted, instantly and for free, made all the difference. She would never let me spend $10 per book on her, but this approach felt easy and guilt-free for both of us.
Before she left, I also loaded a full TV series onto her phone so she’d have something to watch other than the same 70s reruns. She was excited, although she still decided to read on the plane instead of watching it. I’m even trying to figure out how to share my media server with her so she can stream movies and shows directly.
Last week, she went back home and texted me to say she’d finished her first book in years. She was so excited to start her next one. Thanks to piracy, my mom rediscovered her love of reading—and now, she has more options for entertainment than ever. It’s honestly so simple, but one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done.
Just wanted to share and thank you fine folks here, I’ve been lurking and it’s helped me learn so much.
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“Turn it on on Saturday, streamers, and see what happens”-UFC CEO Dana White
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Just ordered my first Synology NAS - need to set everything up, am I missing anything? Are they in about the right order?
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