Fun Game so far but Do Not Buy

Bethesda withheld the information that the game uses Denuvo Anti-Tamper until 24 hours before release. Bethesda also withheld the information that both the pre-order content and Deluxe Edition content require a 3rd-party Bethesda.net account until 24 hours before release on the game's Steam page. Because the main game can be played without a Bethesda account but the DLC content cannot, this in effect holds paid for content hostage until you create a Bethesda.net account. Bethesda's own website does not mention the need for a Bethesda account on their own support page on System requirements (as of 1:40 AM Central Time May 14th 2019, 3.7 hours after release. Withholding this information which would have impacted pre-order sales until right before release should be considered a form of fraud/false advertising. Both measures would have taken more than a day to add to the game's code and Bethesda would have known about it for a substantial amount of time before release. The only reason to have withheld this info would be to prevent the inclusion of these requirements from affecting pre-orders. This is greedy and unethical corporate behavior.

TLDR: Good Game but Bethesda withheld critical game info until 24 hours before release in order to gain more pre-orders and are now holding extra content hostage until you create a Bethesda account

Addendum: As a response to comments, let me clarify:

A: The ease of creating a Bethesda account or the need to do so, as well as the inclusion of 3rd party DRM are not the issue that I am raising. It is the fact that the need create an account and the inclusion of additional DRM was hidden until 24 hours prior to release. The only logical reason to for the Publisher to withhold this information was to protect pre-order sales. I and I suspect many others, waited until system requirements were released before pre-ordering the game. The appropriate time time for this information to be released would have been when the system requirements were released. I know of many people who would have not pre-ordered the game just because it uses Denuvo or requires yet another account to be created. Even after release, the official Bethesda support site article on system requirements does not mention the need for a Bethesda Account (found at https://help.bethesda.net/app/answers/detail/a_id/41842/~/what-are-the-system-requirements-for-rage-2-on-pc%3F ).

B: As for Denuvo, it is well within reason for a company to want to protect their product from piracy. I do not begrudge the Publisher for including 3rd party DRM. Instead I begrudge them for withholding information on it until 24 hours prior to the games release.

C: As for reviewing the game itself, I have found it fun and enjoyable. I am only recommending that you not buy this product due to the way the publisher withheld important information about the product almost to the last minute. It is my opinion that this corporate behavior should not be rewarded by giving a review that is encouraging others to buy the product.

Fun Game so far but [b] [u] Do Not Buy [/u] [/b] Bethesda withheld the information that the game uses Denuvo Anti-Tamper until 24 hours before release. Bethesda also withheld the information that both the pre-order content and Deluxe Edition content require a 3rd-party Bethesda.net account until 24 hours before release on the game's Steam page. Because the main game can be played without a Bethesda account but the DLC content cannot, this in effect holds paid for content hostage until you create a Bethesda.net account. Bethesda's own website does not mention the need for a Bethesda account on their own support page on System requirements (as of 1:40 AM Central Time May 14th 2019, 3.7 hours after release. Withholding this information which would have impacted pre-order sales until right before release should be considered a form of fraud/false advertising. Both measures would have taken more than a day to add to the game's code and Bethesda would have known about it for a substantial amount of time before release. The only reason to have withheld this info would be to prevent the inclusion of these requirements from affecting pre-orders. This is greedy and unethical corporate behavior. TLDR: Good Game but Bethesda withheld critical game info until 24 hours before release in order to gain more pre-orders and are now holding extra content hostage until you create a Bethesda account [b] [u] Addendum: As a response to comments, let me clarify: [/u] [/b] [u] A: [/u] The ease of creating a Bethesda account or the need to do so, as well as the inclusion of 3rd party DRM are not the issue that I am raising. It is the fact that the need create an account and the inclusion of additional DRM was hidden until 24 hours prior to release. The only logical reason to for the Publisher to withhold this information was to protect pre-order sales. I and I suspect many others, waited until system requirements were released before pre-ordering the game. The appropriate time time for this information to be released would have been when the system requirements were released. I know of many people who would have not pre-ordered the game just because it uses Denuvo or requires yet another account to be created. Even after release, the official Bethesda support site article on system requirements does not mention the need for a Bethesda Account (found at https://help.bethesda.net/app/answers/detail/a_id/41842/~/what-are-the-system-requirements-for-rage-2-on-pc%3F ). [u] B: [/u] As for Denuvo, it is well within reason for a company to want to protect their product from piracy. I do not begrudge the Publisher for including 3rd party DRM. Instead I begrudge them for withholding information on it until 24 hours prior to the games release. [u] C: [/u] As for reviewing the game itself, I have found it fun and enjoyable. I am only recommending that you not buy this product due to the way the publisher withheld important information about the product almost to the last minute. It is my opinion that this corporate behavior should not be rewarded by giving a review that is encouraging others to buy the product.