Lego games are typically family games, the kind you crowd the sofa with, one person awkwardly bumping at the corners of the screen hunting for secrets while the other desperately tries to push forward through the level. Unless it's split-screen, which is the devil. You can't knock your brother into the abyss with split-screen.
So, it was a little surprising when Lego Batman: Legacy of The Dark Knight's recommended specs on PC — even the revised ones — were revealed. 16GB of RAM is now the "minimum" requirement to run the game at 30fps on a 1080p monitor, despite most Steam users having just 8GB, something that's unlikely to change with prices skyrocketing thanks to the soaring demand of AI data centers.
UE5 being the foundation of TT Games' newest release compounded worries about performance, given the deluge of shoddy PC ports in recent years utilizing the engine. But now, just weeks ahead of launch, the team has quietly added a Denuvo DRM disclaimer to the store page, casting even more doubt on how the game will run on the average computer.
If you're confused about what Denuvo DRM is and why it sets alarm...
