Dungeonborne - ACE Anticheat Explained

Source: Dungeonborne, Developer: Mithril Interactive

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Since the dawn of time people wanted to gain advantage over others, not rarely reaching out for means that aren’t fair. Wherever there is competition, there is a chance that someone will abuse the rules of it. The situation is exactly the same with games offering multiplayer content, especially in PvP form. For this purpose, anticheat software is used. It’s a state of cold war between developers and cheaters to arm themselves better for the fight. The problem is that the software gets deeper and deeper access in our systems. It is true also in the case of Dungeonborne. Players who want to give demo a shot are greeted with a message that ACE Anticheat software wants to be installed on their devices. Let’s get a closer look at what it really is and should you install it.

ACE Anticheat in Dungeonborne

Free demo of Dungeonborne has caught attention of many dungeon crawler’s fans, yet to play it, it is required to install ACE software. It is an abbreviation that stands for Anti-Cheat Expert. It is not a surprise that many titles use such kind of protection, yet this one can be alarming for many people.

ACE isn’t anything new and has been developed for more than 10 years already. However, it has been mostly used in mobile games available on systems like Android or iOS. This time, it is used on PC title and a lot of players are uneasy about software that roots deep into the system and requires kernel-level access. The fact that ACE belongs to Chinese megacorporation, Tencent, does not help and makes many fans resign from even trying out Dungeonborne.

It is hard to tell what exactly the software is doing since it is not open source. We can only believe that it’s keeping players who want to gain an unfair advantage at bay. We have seen many instances of games which died prematurely due to cheaters’ plague. We cannot blame developers from Mithril Interactive, who want to keep their game at a healthy state.

We are balancing on the edge of fair competition and privacy. What is okay for one person can be a barrier not to break to another, and both of those people would be right. Armed with knowledge, you can decide on your own whether you want to give Dungeonborne a try or if it’s too much of a cost to descend into this dungeon.