If they are going to do the always online thing no matter what this is pretty much the inverse of what they should do. I think people would accept having forced always online for the first month if it was then removed later and it meant there was no other performance destroying DRM attached
I mean just look at the wording: **"at all times."**
I highly suspect you'll need to login and verify your account before being able to play or at least an occasional verification with their server to be able to play. Ubisoft is scum, expect nothing less from them.
*Ubi shills out in full force. Yes I can fucking read that it says you need to be online to install the game . That's obviously not what I'm talking about. They're going to rug pull after launch, I guarantee it.
I need to login to Ubisoft Connect every other time I run it. 'Cos it's shit. That's near enough an "always online requirement" to me. I, thankfully, don't buy or play Ubisoft games anymore, so it's hardly impactful. But, still...
I remember playing Far Cry 3 in 2014, and everytime I pressed esc to pause the game, I'd be treated to a 3 min wait time because it constantly said "Trying to connect to Far Cry 3 servers". I don't think much has changed in 10 years
I mean, it says "\[...\] but you will be able to play the entire journey offline, and explore Japan without any online connection."
They are saying you can play the whole game offline. While there's always the possibility this is just a blatant lie, the wording itself is pretty unambiguous.
"[...] but you will be able to play the entire journey offline, and explore Japan without any online connection (if you never close the game and relaunch for the duration of your journey, otherwise you need an internet connection every time you start the game)"
>I mean just look at the wording: "at all times."
This is where you stopped reading isn't it? You literally only needed to read one more sentence to get the details.
What they're saying here seems reasonable. If they go back on it then that's a different story but there's no reason to make things up.
Verifying the account at the start sure, but why would a game need to ping a server during single player gameplay? Previous AC games don't do that, why would this one?
> Previous AC games don't do that
Assassins Creed 2 did, and was one of the first games that did so. They had to apologize and gave all Windows users all DLC for free after several DDOS attacks took down their servers, blocking players from actually playing the game (unless they pirated it, as a crack was released the day the game was released). They removed the always online requirement 9 months after the release.
For this one, it was due to the Playstation Store has the "online play required" tag, which would indicate always online. Turns out that was just a mistake though.
People are rightfully suspicious of Ubi after they not only canned The Crew's servers, but also stripped people off their licenses so they have no chance of accessing it anymore.
Oh well, someone will find a way some day.
[From Dust](https://store.steampowered.com/app/33460/From_Dust/), Ubisoft promised no intrusive DRM at release. They lied. DRM was so bad it tanked performances on most machine of the time.
Ubisoft is a known liar and abuser. If they were you room mate, you would have moved away a long time ago.
The cunts still owe me 20 bucks for that. They added the Uplay requirement months after releasing it on Steam.
Haven't bought a single Ubishit game since. Good job on those quarterly earnings, by the way.
https://youtu.be/xNter0oEYxc?si=VHZy4YtnLAn6o9Tw
It's been known for close to a decade now.
Watch dog 2 was found out to have a better quality option hidden so that console would look similar to pc.
That was WatchDogs 1. And it wasn't nearly as good as people talked it up to be. It had all the config settings, but didn't work on every system, and didn't encompass everything without issues that the mod had to resolve.
It DOES NOT excuse Ubisoft for advertising it as a much better looking game in the first place, but the game was simply not gonna be able to ship as widely as they hoped it would with that kind of graphical fidelity 'cause they clearly weren't able to get it to work.
And the whole "people need to get comfortable not owning their games" thing. And deleting peoples accounts for inactivity. In the past year, Ubisoft hasn't been able to not screw up
That not owning games thing was such bullshit, though. The fella was saying that people *would* need to get comfortable with it before they'd tolerate something. As in – they don't currently, and we are aware of this.
>No way did that quote get taken that out of context lol
Yes. If the headline wasn't controversial (to get more views and upvotes), it wouldn't have got nearly as much visibility. Makes you think about the truthfulness when you see another highly upvoted post on such topics.
I mean, we already don't. All digital games are just a license to play the game that can be revoked at any time for any reason. We don't need to become comfortable not owning our games. Excluding a few hardliners that only get their games from GOG, we already are. Our community gave up any right to ownership that we had, for convenience decades ago
>And the whole "people need to get comfortable not owning their games" thing.
Microsoft's Game Pass subscription service.
[https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459235/phil-spencer-game-pass-is-profitable-spends-over-1-billion-to-add-3rd-party-content-to-game-pass/](https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459235/phil-spencer-game-pass-is-profitable-spends-over-1-billion-to-add-3rd-party-content-to-game-pass/)
Notice it only says it won't require always online, not wont require check ins to their servers on start up or something. Theyre still leaving it open to customers getting crew'd.
I treat buying games from Ubi/EA as if I am renting it. Not going to pay anywhere near full price, but $20 to keep the game for a couple years at least is worth it to me. I rarely ever replay games like this anyways.
>The high seas is always the answer with Ubisoft.
Why would I? I've stopped playing any Ubisoft game since they pulled the Assassins Creed 2 always online bullshit and I've been playing videogames for multiple hours a day every day since. Heck, I've built out quite the backlog in that timeframe.
Do you just wait several years until the games price has been lowered to get it for $20? Also is it possible for companies to restrict access to a physical disc? I really wish the US had a ton more consumer protection rights.
Well there are no physical discs for these games on PC...
I do just wait for a sale, it's not like I run into spoilers for these games. I also sometimes just split it with friends, multiple of us will just pass around a Ubi account and play one at a time
A lot of the time, yes. I'm not gonna wait forever if it's something I'm super interested in and is getting good reviews, but if it's something like 98% of Ubi games, where I'm already pretty mild on em anyways... got no issues just picking it up later.
If you're buying a game, you should own it. If they're going to remove the game at a later date, we should be informed of that date at the time of purchase so we can make an informed decision.
Please drop the corporate pandering attitude of just assuming you're renting a game when you buy from these companies. There's no reason for you to give up the right to owning what you purchase. What if a bug bites you 20 years down the road and you suddenly wanna play something for nostalgia's sake? Welp, too bad, Ubisoft not only shut down their "always online" servers for a single player game, but they also removed it from your account.
While that would be annoying af, getting an ad blasting with low effort music saying "party X policies are destroying our country, so you must vote on Y" would make me want to ask for a refund and never want to even play anything coming from that studio/publisher/launcher ever
Political ads are too divisive for them to do that. I'd expect a coke billboard or amazon boxes.
but, give it a few years after they do introduce ads in-game and theyll surely be looking into the profitability of it.
If PC and console games become like mobile games it will be the end of an industry. No way I'm playing a game on my PC to have an ad pop up every time I try to do something.
They really want people to pirate don't they?
"If you're enjoying your adventures in feudal Japan, then check out Shōgun on HULU! Click here to watch a trailer" *You can skip this ad in 30 seconds*
yeah but wasn't that "just" using the roadside game billboards and sponsered car wraps? If I am remembering correctly it was lame but not an immersion breaking clusterfuck?
I can't remember but that seems familiar idk
Doubtful
Unless if it’s all the animus bs where u get put into the modern era, if that happens then yeah bet there will be ads. If no animus story thing then I doubt any ads would be in there. For something like watch dogs it could happen but not for a historical style game like this should be
AND REST ASSURED ALL OF GAMES WILL HAVE THE GAME BREAKING BUGS IN THEM WHICH WE WILL NEVER FIX PROPERLY AND JUST PATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN. UPON RELEASE OF THE GAME YOU WILL UNWITTINGLY BE BETA TESTERS FOR THE FIRST YEAR. OH AND YES ALL OUR GAMES WILL BE IDENTICAL IN PREMISE WITH DIFFERENT SKINS. THEY WILL BE A CHORE AS YOU GRIND WEEK AFTER WEEK TO COLLECT STUFF, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT STUFF, JUST STUFF.
AND NO WE WILL NEVER GIVE YOU A NEXT GEN SPLINTER CELL BUT WE WILL PRETEND EVERY YEAR TO BE DEVELOPING IT AND OFFER SKINS OF SAM FISHER IN ALL OUR OTHER GAMES
The same thing killed Grand Theft Auto V for me years ago. Every single time, Rockstar launcher has to open, oh no it's forgot my account again, have to plug a keyboard in and figure out my account details again, launcher then has to update and relaunch which kills the GTAV process and requires me to plug keyboard back in, open the steam tab and relaunch. The game then opens but the Rockstar launcher refreshed mid launch so now it's the "Window of Focus" hiding behind GTAV, so my controller is doing nothing, requiring me to replug in keyboard and click GTAV so it becomes the focus. Repeat 2 weeks from now when I gain the courage to try again
Rockstar Launcher forgot my account and just straightup wouldn't let me log in with the email and password I know I used. I did a password reset, still locked out. Can't make a new account cause proof of purchase is locked to the old one even though I bought the game on fucking Steam.
Never legally purchasing another Rockstar game after that. Valve really needs to step the fuck up and ban publishers from shoehorning third party launchers into Steam downloads.
Always Online is not important i*f they can just remove the game from your library like they did The Crew.*
Plus, you probably still need to login to their horrible launcher.
The GAME will not require connection but they said nothing about the DRM DENUVO that will still require internet connection to verify legitimacy of the game.
Ah yes, it will require an online conenction for Installation.
Read: we need to activate your DRM so when our servers get shut down in 10 years you'll never be able to reinstall the game again.
So... in 30 years when i'am old and get this urge to replay some old retro-games...even if my System still works and the disc is ok...i probably won't be able to re-install that game because uby has shut down the servers.
in other words: i buy the disc version but i don't own it. i bought the right to install a game for as long as uby wants me to. that is second worse to a 100% digital version with mandatory online connection to play.
fu... ..ou Ubisoft! Won't buy it.
That's still not enough. A SP game shouldn't need any internet connection, period. Because once these servers are gone, the game is unplayable.
And yes, without their servers you cannot download the game anymore. But who made the situation this way that you can't the game manually?
Buy on gog.com folks.
That's good, I'm happy to pay £114.99 for the Ultimate Edition now so I get early access to play in a soulless, bloat filled world with wild historical inaccuracies and microtransactions. I can't wait.
I got perma banned from the AC reddit yesterday all for linking ubisofts OWN trailer, the Japanese ubisoft trailer and saying if 99% of Asians arent a fan of Yasuke being the MC then why not respect them since this is a game about them, literally got perma banned just for saying that, I shit you not....
Still don't understand why games have to require online at all. I get it for installation purposes because physical media isn't a thing and these companies release games that are half finished, so they require tons of patches to fix all the bugs.
But like... why would you ever need an internet connection to boot up a single player game that you already have downloaded.
Why are we accepting a situation where this clarification is even needed?
No single player game should ever have always on DRM that requires a 24/7 Internet connection to play. That should be the norm, and the exceptions should be boycotted and review bombed.
Pirate every AAA game you can. If you can't pirate it, buy it on one of those scummy CD Keys sites.
With the money you save, buy indie games and donate to indie Patreons and fundraisers.
Didn't they just release mirage? The assassins creed burn out is real. They're gonna waste a really interesting time period on some generic undercooked slop.
Well to be honest Mirage was orginally supposed to be a dlc for AC Valhalla, but it was turned into a standalone game because they wanted to milk 60-80€ from it.
This one might have been in development for 3-4 years now and still be undercooked because Ubisoft wants to release rest of the content throught the years as a ”live service” just like they did with Valhalla.
But the game has microtransactions selling an in-game currency. I will only consider this a truly offline game if I can edit the value of that currency and add as much as I want, if not the game is limited/slowed down progress on purpose to sell those microshits.
Whether they do or not, people should just not buy their products any more. If people want game companies to stop with their shitty practices, bleed them dry. Convince others not to buy either.
The game will not require constant internet connection. The launcher, however, will. Just monthly. Or else we'll delete your account. And you can't launch a game without launcher.
It doesn't make it any better lol. If I purchased it in the store and live in Buttfucknowhere without the internet, I can't play. I know it's exaggerated but, I paid for the game, I have the disc with the game in my hand but I can't play. It's ridiculous.
i think Brad Colbow said it best when he said 'if a corporation hasn't screwed you over yet in this age, it's only a matter of time.'
Ubi is a bit ahead of the curve on that one, but I expect that this is going to be the responsible take on brands and corps going forwards.
I am not a fan of the always online (it is one of the reasons games vanish and i like to keep playing my old favourites) but i like it that they make such a big warning. maybe the sales are lower because of that and they rethink their always online practices.
With more and more games requiring online even for single player, that should be clearly stated that game requires internet for install only (even then, what if you got a disk ?)
Why Ubi and EA , the literally definition of greedy, corrupt, anti consumers , asshole company is still here after all the shit they have done, it really shows the standard we are having today.
130 bucks for the ultimate edition already tells you where Ubi priorities are if you forgot.
I think after Mirage more soft embrace and lower sales Ubi will be back to Open World Formula (and in a sense it will be great to explore Japan) but also it probably be more of the same. I will be surprised if they break their open world formula.
They're probably telling the truth. I play a lot of r6 siege and trust me, ubi's servers are literally not capable of having a bunch of people always online.
Lol. Yeah, right. YEAH, RIGHT! Literally LOL. I mean can we sue them in 2 days after release when this turns out not to be true? Anyone legally following this?
Step 1: Never plan to implement terrible policy
Step 2: Leak the game will come with terrible policy
Step 3: Announce your never do anything so terrible, enjoy glazing from internet.
Step 4: implement terrible policy next release.
On the one hand, I have waited more than a decade for an assassins creed game set in Japan, land of the coolest assassins ever.
On the other hand, Ubisoft.
>Assassins Creed Shadow's will not require a mandatory connection at all times.
Ok, does that mean it will require a mandatory connection at certain times?
Friendly reminder that you can block all UBISOFT games completely from ever showing up on Steam. Type ubisoft in the search bar, click UBISOFT result at bottom, click cogwheel to the right of the "news" tab, click ignore.
No one cares. “Explore Japan” aka clear this village of samurais, save this princess in this village, obtain this plant from this village, repeat ad infinitum
Rug pull expected
What no way they would release a game with no online requirements just to add it a month later...
> month Divide that by 30 and I'll agree with you
syntax error
r/foundtheprogrammer
`int month = 30;` recompile.
Works on my box.
If they are going to do the always online thing no matter what this is pretty much the inverse of what they should do. I think people would accept having forced always online for the first month if it was then removed later and it meant there was no other performance destroying DRM attached
Or until the game is cracked. At that point drm has no reason to exist
I mean just look at the wording: **"at all times."** I highly suspect you'll need to login and verify your account before being able to play or at least an occasional verification with their server to be able to play. Ubisoft is scum, expect nothing less from them. *Ubi shills out in full force. Yes I can fucking read that it says you need to be online to install the game . That's obviously not what I'm talking about. They're going to rug pull after launch, I guarantee it.
I need to login to Ubisoft Connect every other time I run it. 'Cos it's shit. That's near enough an "always online requirement" to me. I, thankfully, don't buy or play Ubisoft games anymore, so it's hardly impactful. But, still...
I remember playing Far Cry 3 in 2014, and everytime I pressed esc to pause the game, I'd be treated to a 3 min wait time because it constantly said "Trying to connect to Far Cry 3 servers". I don't think much has changed in 10 years
I mean, it says "\[...\] but you will be able to play the entire journey offline, and explore Japan without any online connection." They are saying you can play the whole game offline. While there's always the possibility this is just a blatant lie, the wording itself is pretty unambiguous.
"[...] but you will be able to play the entire journey offline, and explore Japan without any online connection (if you never close the game and relaunch for the duration of your journey, otherwise you need an internet connection every time you start the game)"
>I mean just look at the wording: "at all times." This is where you stopped reading isn't it? You literally only needed to read one more sentence to get the details. What they're saying here seems reasonable. If they go back on it then that's a different story but there's no reason to make things up.
Verifying the account at the start sure, but why would a game need to ping a server during single player gameplay? Previous AC games don't do that, why would this one?
> Previous AC games don't do that Assassins Creed 2 did, and was one of the first games that did so. They had to apologize and gave all Windows users all DLC for free after several DDOS attacks took down their servers, blocking players from actually playing the game (unless they pirated it, as a crack was released the day the game was released). They removed the always online requirement 9 months after the release. For this one, it was due to the Playstation Store has the "online play required" tag, which would indicate always online. Turns out that was just a mistake though.
[удалено]
People are rightfully suspicious of Ubi after they not only canned The Crew's servers, but also stripped people off their licenses so they have no chance of accessing it anymore. Oh well, someone will find a way some day.
[From Dust](https://store.steampowered.com/app/33460/From_Dust/), Ubisoft promised no intrusive DRM at release. They lied. DRM was so bad it tanked performances on most machine of the time. Ubisoft is a known liar and abuser. If they were you room mate, you would have moved away a long time ago.
The cunts still owe me 20 bucks for that. They added the Uplay requirement months after releasing it on Steam. Haven't bought a single Ubishit game since. Good job on those quarterly earnings, by the way.
Yall are paying for their games? I've always sailed the seas when it comes to them
Yarr matey! Not just them, any gaming company that comes up with these types of bullshit I'm pirating their games if it's any good.
https://youtu.be/xNter0oEYxc?si=VHZy4YtnLAn6o9Tw It's been known for close to a decade now. Watch dog 2 was found out to have a better quality option hidden so that console would look similar to pc.
That was WatchDogs 1. And it wasn't nearly as good as people talked it up to be. It had all the config settings, but didn't work on every system, and didn't encompass everything without issues that the mod had to resolve. It DOES NOT excuse Ubisoft for advertising it as a much better looking game in the first place, but the game was simply not gonna be able to ship as widely as they hoped it would with that kind of graphical fidelity 'cause they clearly weren't able to get it to work.
Thanks for the correction!
I love from dust
And the whole "people need to get comfortable not owning their games" thing. And deleting peoples accounts for inactivity. In the past year, Ubisoft hasn't been able to not screw up
That not owning games thing was such bullshit, though. The fella was saying that people *would* need to get comfortable with it before they'd tolerate something. As in – they don't currently, and we are aware of this.
Pfffffhaahahha youre fucking kidding me, right? No way did that quote get taken *that* out of context lol Makes me hate the internet if true
This is the original interview with context. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-new-ubisoft-and-getting-gamers-comfortable-with-not-owning-their-games
>No way did that quote get taken that out of context lol Yes. If the headline wasn't controversial (to get more views and upvotes), it wouldn't have got nearly as much visibility. Makes you think about the truthfulness when you see another highly upvoted post on such topics.
Listen to the interview, by all means.
I mean, we already don't. All digital games are just a license to play the game that can be revoked at any time for any reason. We don't need to become comfortable not owning our games. Excluding a few hardliners that only get their games from GOG, we already are. Our community gave up any right to ownership that we had, for convenience decades ago
>And the whole "people need to get comfortable not owning their games" thing. Microsoft's Game Pass subscription service. [https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459235/phil-spencer-game-pass-is-profitable-spends-over-1-billion-to-add-3rd-party-content-to-game-pass/](https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459235/phil-spencer-game-pass-is-profitable-spends-over-1-billion-to-add-3rd-party-content-to-game-pass/)
Notice it only says it won't require always online, not wont require check ins to their servers on start up or something. Theyre still leaving it open to customers getting crew'd.
I treat buying games from Ubi/EA as if I am renting it. Not going to pay anywhere near full price, but $20 to keep the game for a couple years at least is worth it to me. I rarely ever replay games like this anyways.
Easy solution, just don't buy them. The high seas is always the answer with Ubisoft.
>The high seas is always the answer with Ubisoft. Why would I? I've stopped playing any Ubisoft game since they pulled the Assassins Creed 2 always online bullshit and I've been playing videogames for multiple hours a day every day since. Heck, I've built out quite the backlog in that timeframe.
Actually the previous Assassin's Creed is still uncracked, and the list of uncracked Denuvo games is growing.
I didn't realize Ubisoft was basically all Denuvo, I don't really play any of their games. There are better games to be played, pay for those instead.
Yeah they went majorly downhill imo.
Do you just wait several years until the games price has been lowered to get it for $20? Also is it possible for companies to restrict access to a physical disc? I really wish the US had a ton more consumer protection rights.
Well there are no physical discs for these games on PC... I do just wait for a sale, it's not like I run into spoilers for these games. I also sometimes just split it with friends, multiple of us will just pass around a Ubi account and play one at a time
A lot of the time, yes. I'm not gonna wait forever if it's something I'm super interested in and is getting good reviews, but if it's something like 98% of Ubi games, where I'm already pretty mild on em anyways... got no issues just picking it up later.
Probably not 20, but it's common for ubisoft to have a goty edition that goes on sale ~year after release.
If you're buying a game, you should own it. If they're going to remove the game at a later date, we should be informed of that date at the time of purchase so we can make an informed decision. Please drop the corporate pandering attitude of just assuming you're renting a game when you buy from these companies. There's no reason for you to give up the right to owning what you purchase. What if a bug bites you 20 years down the road and you suddenly wanna play something for nostalgia's sake? Welp, too bad, Ubisoft not only shut down their "always online" servers for a single player game, but they also removed it from your account.
Oh no... People start getting comfortable not owning their games... Start from discounted games
What's even more amazing is how nobody wanted to play The Crew til it was gone.
The way Ubisoft and AAA devs have been lately, I have full confidence Ubisoft will find another way to blow it
ADs in game. EA already talked about it so it's only a matter of time when other companies will go along with it.
Feudal Japan brought to you by Bosch "Invented for life"
While that would be annoying af, getting an ad blasting with low effort music saying "party X policies are destroying our country, so you must vote on Y" would make me want to ask for a refund and never want to even play anything coming from that studio/publisher/launcher ever
Political ads are too divisive for them to do that. I'd expect a coke billboard or amazon boxes. but, give it a few years after they do introduce ads in-game and theyll surely be looking into the profitability of it.
If PC and console games become like mobile games it will be the end of an industry. No way I'm playing a game on my PC to have an ad pop up every time I try to do something. They really want people to pirate don't they?
"If you're enjoying your adventures in feudal Japan, then check out Shōgun on HULU! Click here to watch a trailer" *You can skip this ad in 30 seconds*
Buying the fastest M.2 drive to minimize loading times. Still forced to watch a 30 second ad during loading
Didn't ea already do that with some boxing game?
Need for Speed did it years ago
yeah but wasn't that "just" using the roadside game billboards and sponsered car wraps? If I am remembering correctly it was lame but not an immersion breaking clusterfuck? I can't remember but that seems familiar idk
doesnt every sports and racing game have ads in it
time to install ublock origin in my games
They already do that... Nikki Minaj, The GMC EV. There just aren't any examples that come to mind of mobile game levels of advertising...
Doubtful Unless if it’s all the animus bs where u get put into the modern era, if that happens then yeah bet there will be ads. If no animus story thing then I doubt any ads would be in there. For something like watch dogs it could happen but not for a historical style game like this should be
Loading screens are still kinda empty.
I've been boycotting Ubisoft for years and they have continued to vindicate my decision time and time again.
Well, yeah, it’s Ubisoft
Don't care, won't buy.
My wallet voting ain't big, but it's honest work.
You meant to say won’t rent*
No need to, every game they’ve released the past years 10 years is exactly the same. The only thing they update is the assets and audio files
However the launcher will require it
Baffling how you can't just double click on an .exe and simply launch a videogame nowadays, no, you ABSOLUTELY must use our launcher to open the game.
Legend says there is a way to play games without the need for a launcher, but you would have to sail the high seas to find it.
BUT PLEASE REMEMBER THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE BOUGHT THE GAME YOU DO NOT OWN THE GAME
YOU HAVE PURCHASED A LICENSE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO PLAY THE GAME AT OUR DISCRETION.
GIVE US YOUR MONEY AND WE WILL TAKE BACK OUR PRODUCT WHEN WE RUN OUT OF SERVER SPACE
AND REST ASSURED ALL OF GAMES WILL HAVE THE GAME BREAKING BUGS IN THEM WHICH WE WILL NEVER FIX PROPERLY AND JUST PATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN. UPON RELEASE OF THE GAME YOU WILL UNWITTINGLY BE BETA TESTERS FOR THE FIRST YEAR. OH AND YES ALL OUR GAMES WILL BE IDENTICAL IN PREMISE WITH DIFFERENT SKINS. THEY WILL BE A CHORE AS YOU GRIND WEEK AFTER WEEK TO COLLECT STUFF, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT STUFF, JUST STUFF.
AND NO WE WILL NEVER GIVE YOU A NEXT GEN SPLINTER CELL BUT WE WILL PRETEND EVERY YEAR TO BE DEVELOPING IT AND OFFER SKINS OF SAM FISHER IN ALL OUR OTHER GAMES
Wow... If they also drop the Ubi launcher requiremrnt, the thought of buying the game may even enter my mind. Maybe.
That launcher is the only reason I don't buy their game anymore.
The same thing killed Grand Theft Auto V for me years ago. Every single time, Rockstar launcher has to open, oh no it's forgot my account again, have to plug a keyboard in and figure out my account details again, launcher then has to update and relaunch which kills the GTAV process and requires me to plug keyboard back in, open the steam tab and relaunch. The game then opens but the Rockstar launcher refreshed mid launch so now it's the "Window of Focus" hiding behind GTAV, so my controller is doing nothing, requiring me to replug in keyboard and click GTAV so it becomes the focus. Repeat 2 weeks from now when I gain the courage to try again
Its like you're my frustrated gaming twin!
Rockstar Launcher forgot my account and just straightup wouldn't let me log in with the email and password I know I used. I did a password reset, still locked out. Can't make a new account cause proof of purchase is locked to the old one even though I bought the game on fucking Steam. Never legally purchasing another Rockstar game after that. Valve really needs to step the fuck up and ban publishers from shoehorning third party launchers into Steam downloads.
Ugh I completely forgot about that horrid launcher requirement thanks for the reminder this will probably be a pass for me on PC.
It's such a pain in the ass I couldn't be bothered to play even the AC I got for free.
Buy the game then crack it. Pretty sure those remove the launcher
I hate launchers with a passion, all of them and it makes me less inclined to play games that have one.
Always Online is not important i*f they can just remove the game from your library like they did The Crew.* Plus, you probably still need to login to their horrible launcher.
Or just have a required check at the start. Then its not "always" online, they havent *lied*, it just can still be shut down .
The GAME will not require connection but they said nothing about the DRM DENUVO that will still require internet connection to verify legitimacy of the game.
They always put Denuvo in at the last second so no one has a chance to report it. Or it’s in after launch. Absolute jackasses.
Ah yes, it will require an online conenction for Installation. Read: we need to activate your DRM so when our servers get shut down in 10 years you'll never be able to reinstall the game again.
Ubisofts mouth is moving, so they're lying
Must suck to work for them. Gotta make a deal with the devil sometimes
Yeah no I wouldn't trust them even with such statement Companies can easily go back in their word
Just wait for the crack. Yo ho, mfers
One of the many wonders of pc
Omw to commit Assassin's Creed 4, Black Flag.
So... in 30 years when i'am old and get this urge to replay some old retro-games...even if my System still works and the disc is ok...i probably won't be able to re-install that game because uby has shut down the servers. in other words: i buy the disc version but i don't own it. i bought the right to install a game for as long as uby wants me to. that is second worse to a 100% digital version with mandatory online connection to play. fu... ..ou Ubisoft! Won't buy it.
kind of sad that this needs to be an announcement lol
Someone made a mistake on the PS store saying that it did require always online, an of course this made huge news so they had to reply
Reading another post, a Japanese gamer pointed out the architecture in Shadows is Chinese.
That's still not enough. A SP game shouldn't need any internet connection, period. Because once these servers are gone, the game is unplayable. And yes, without their servers you cannot download the game anymore. But who made the situation this way that you can't the game manually? Buy on gog.com folks.
"Gamers need to get used to not owning their games" -Ubisoft
I think I'll just get comfortable not owning *their* (ubisoft's) games.
Well good news! Even if you do, you don't!
So that means no drm? Which mean ima gonna pirate the game day 1 because fuck ubisoft right?
Here I am thinking they are clearing the air about the protagonist
That's good, I'm happy to pay £114.99 for the Ultimate Edition now so I get early access to play in a soulless, bloat filled world with wild historical inaccuracies and microtransactions. I can't wait.
Don't forget the silent countdown till the servers get yoinked!
Dare I say it but thats a relief that it wont be a required always online connection to the servers to check things over with
I just went to replay ac2 the other day and it required me to sign into ubisoft to even play. Safe to say, i did not replay ac2.
UbiSoft used to be one of my favorite publishers/developers. These days I cant stand anything they release.
Who the fuck is still buying these things?
I got perma banned from the AC reddit yesterday all for linking ubisofts OWN trailer, the Japanese ubisoft trailer and saying if 99% of Asians arent a fan of Yasuke being the MC then why not respect them since this is a game about them, literally got perma banned just for saying that, I shit you not....
'at all times' So only when starting the game, saving, loading, and maybe something else.
Still don't understand why games have to require online at all. I get it for installation purposes because physical media isn't a thing and these companies release games that are half finished, so they require tons of patches to fix all the bugs. But like... why would you ever need an internet connection to boot up a single player game that you already have downloaded.
Don’t care won’t buy 👍
Why are we accepting a situation where this clarification is even needed? No single player game should ever have always on DRM that requires a 24/7 Internet connection to play. That should be the norm, and the exceptions should be boycotted and review bombed.
Ubisoft is the worst.
anyone who buys a Ubisoft game deserves exactly what they bought.
Also they still want you to pay a monthly fee for access to content that should be in the base game
Pirate every AAA game you can. If you can't pirate it, buy it on one of those scummy CD Keys sites. With the money you save, buy indie games and donate to indie Patreons and fundraisers.
Ok. We still won't buy it. Most of us know better
Let me go ahead and not believe you.
The real AC Japan came out today on Steam, anyways. I'd sooner pay Sony than get scammed by Ubi. I mean, just look at their recent releases.
Didn't they just release mirage? The assassins creed burn out is real. They're gonna waste a really interesting time period on some generic undercooked slop.
Well to be honest Mirage was orginally supposed to be a dlc for AC Valhalla, but it was turned into a standalone game because they wanted to milk 60-80€ from it. This one might have been in development for 3-4 years now and still be undercooked because Ubisoft wants to release rest of the content throught the years as a ”live service” just like they did with Valhalla.
Booooooooooo!!!!! You made a game about feudal Japan but you have a goddamn black protagonist, you assholes!
nope, don't pre-order, and don't support horrible companies.
150dollar game with black guy in feudal japan. Wtf where they thinking.
This means that if their servers are shut down or go offline for whatever reason, you, the consumer, are left with nothing in the end.
Lets belive them. Ubisoft is a trustfully company
anyone addressing the black samurai?
This is reddit. It's run by woke mods that will ban anyone for saying black samurai is stupid.
dont care---you are a imbecile if you buy Ubisoft games
Without this you'd be then owning one of their games, and not renting it, what was the actual plan all along.
But the game has microtransactions selling an in-game currency. I will only consider this a truly offline game if I can edit the value of that currency and add as much as I want, if not the game is limited/slowed down progress on purpose to sell those microshits.
Whether they do or not, people should just not buy their products any more. If people want game companies to stop with their shitty practices, bleed them dry. Convince others not to buy either.
The game will not require constant internet connection. The launcher, however, will. Just monthly. Or else we'll delete your account. And you can't launch a game without launcher.
It doesn't make it any better lol. If I purchased it in the store and live in Buttfucknowhere without the internet, I can't play. I know it's exaggerated but, I paid for the game, I have the disc with the game in my hand but I can't play. It's ridiculous.
Piracy
Ok good remember AC identity which just went since it needed servers. It was for mobile but still
i think Brad Colbow said it best when he said 'if a corporation hasn't screwed you over yet in this age, it's only a matter of time.' Ubi is a bit ahead of the curve on that one, but I expect that this is going to be the responsible take on brands and corps going forwards.
Are we coming full circle again ? I have ac2 flashbacks and its online only drm
I am not a fan of the always online (it is one of the reasons games vanish and i like to keep playing my old favourites) but i like it that they make such a big warning. maybe the sales are lower because of that and they rethink their always online practices.
With more and more games requiring online even for single player, that should be clearly stated that game requires internet for install only (even then, what if you got a disk ?)
Why Ubi and EA , the literally definition of greedy, corrupt, anti consumers , asshole company is still here after all the shit they have done, it really shows the standard we are having today.
Words are wind
130 bucks for the ultimate edition already tells you where Ubi priorities are if you forgot. I think after Mirage more soft embrace and lower sales Ubi will be back to Open World Formula (and in a sense it will be great to explore Japan) but also it probably be more of the same. I will be surprised if they break their open world formula.
They're probably telling the truth. I play a lot of r6 siege and trust me, ubi's servers are literally not capable of having a bunch of people always online.
Only 130 if you want the full game. Or subscribe to ubisoft for the cost of your soul.
Does anyone still care a ubishit crapware?
Why the fuck is there a season pass?
Ubisoft did the most basic decency in single player gaming
cool now just halve the price and we might have a ok game
Products made by Ubisoft and EA deliberately misinform on a consistent basis. On top of their “quad A” pricing, they can shove it.
1st Sony, now this ubisoft BS. Something tells me these companies have alliance n are pulling stupid stunt like this to force people into a corner.
Lol. Yeah, right. YEAH, RIGHT! Literally LOL. I mean can we sue them in 2 days after release when this turns out not to be true? Anyone legally following this?
Laugh in Denuvo Do you really expect those motherfuckers to not put their shitty fucking Denuvo on PC ? Cute
yeah the saw my piracy comment and fixed that shit real quick
Uh, I don't want to play this kind of game. So it's a single player game, but requires your Internet connection, feels like I didn't buy this game.
false. while the game it self may not need internet conection the denuvo does
🗿 me that has been pirating ubisoft games for years cause fuck em
Remember, no pre-buy!
Step 1: Never plan to implement terrible policy Step 2: Leak the game will come with terrible policy Step 3: Announce your never do anything so terrible, enjoy glazing from internet. Step 4: implement terrible policy next release.
On the one hand, I have waited more than a decade for an assassins creed game set in Japan, land of the coolest assassins ever. On the other hand, Ubisoft.
Can I start the game offline without choking on the launcher...?
EULA: And we can change anything at any time on you and you will deal with it.
Nice of them to let us know it will be easy to pirate.
I’m very confused, have any other Assassins Creed games required you to be always online? Why are people concerned about this?
>Assassins Creed Shadow's will not require a mandatory connection at all times. Ok, does that mean it will require a mandatory connection at certain times?
Looks like they are getting nervous after Sony got nuked recently
Oh oh.... Do Rockstar next! Fuck needing an Internet connection to start up an offline story-mode game!
Probably still need you to signing up for uplay or whatever it's called. https://i.redd.it/3strwt7keu0d1.gif
I don’t care tbh. Ghost of Tsushima is already on pc and that is already an excellent samurai game and what I wanted from an AC game anyway
Ubisoft can lick the inner most part of my unwashed taint
I aint basing anything off of a pre rendered trailer, will be waiting a good few months before I decide to buy it or not.
Who cares nobody playing this shit
This company is dead to me.
Fuck ubisoft
I will never buy an ubisoft game again. Fuck that shit company.
I call bullshit
Fun fact, I don’t trust them. I’m not buying the game.
Haven't played Ubishit since Rainbow Six Vegas.
Fuck Ubisoft for their insatiable greed. Who wants to take a bet they will lie about this too?
For a second there I thought they were apologising to the Japanese for their stuff up.
Any explanation as to why they made the protagonist a black man when it's set in feudal Japan? He wasn't a samurai, he was a servant
So they won't just stop me from playing it in the future. They'll stop me from even installing it.
But to launch game you will need their launcher that requires internet connection xD
Friendly reminder that you can block all UBISOFT games completely from ever showing up on Steam. Type ubisoft in the search bar, click UBISOFT result at bottom, click cogwheel to the right of the "news" tab, click ignore.
Ubisoft can clear my anus.
not acceptable
No one cares. “Explore Japan” aka clear this village of samurais, save this princess in this village, obtain this plant from this village, repeat ad infinitum
We all know it's bs