Mass Effect: Andromeda pirates will have to deal with the game’s original bugs

For years, developers have found clever ways to punish people who pirate their games. Developers have removed features, added game breaking bugs, and much more but this punishment has to be the cruelest, most brutal punishment we've seen yet.

When Mass Effect: Andromeda launched, it was considered to be pretty unpolished and many felt it didn't represent the quality of the critically acclaimed RPG series. A number of bugs surfaced on the internet showing bizarre animation bugs and scenes that had basically no animation at all. Bioware has released some patches that drastically improve the game's technical state, but if you pirated the game… we've got some bad news for you.

DSOG is reporting that the latest patch has upgraded the game's Denuvo anti-tamper software making the game uncrackable. This also makes it so that anyone who has already pirated the game can't access the latest patch and will have to deal with the bugs that originally plagued the game.

Let this serve as a lesson that pirates barely ever win.

Mass Effect: Andromeda is out now on Xbox One, PS4, and PC.