Ubisoft finally gives me a legit reason to pirate.

[Niall!]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/02/17/you-maniacs/


PC Gamer have experienced the controversial new Ubisoft DRM first-hand, in the PC build of Assassin’s Creed 2. We already thought the paranoid new copy protection was pretty bad, requiring as it did an online check everytime you played and giving you a hard time if you tried to launch it offline.

>What we didn’t think – what we didn’t believe they’d be mad enough to do – was that it’d kick you out of the game if your net connection dropped for any reason.

>No matter what you’re doing, no matter what the reason, the game will refuse to let you continue playing if it decides you’re not online. You’re dumped right back to a menu, losing any progress made since the last checkpoint. If you don’t have a constant, uninterrupted internet connection, you can’t play.


I am going to pirate this 100 times.

[dbgtz]

OTT much?

[Black_Apalachi]

They must think very highly of their game. Will pirating it allow you to avoid the requirements then?

[[Chris]]

They must think very highly of their game. Will pirating it allow you to avoid the requirements then?

Well, if they manage to get rid of the DRM, All will be fine?

I mean. Not everybody wants to play on their internet? Maybe people dont HAVE internet?

Bad move.

[Oleh]

This is very bad another reason not to purchase from ubisoft

PIRATPARTIET!

[samsaBEAR]

it's a stupid idea, especially on a game as big as assassin's creed 2, if it doesn't have a multiplayer mode, then why demand a constant internet connection, there's no logic there

[Describe]

Welcome to the club.

[Jordy]

I thought game publishers were moving away from this since Sims 3 not starting it up again :(

[Fez]

Everytime any publisher makes a step against piracy they take two steps back.

[GommeInc]

Bit OTT :/ Installing it the once and having it complain just the once should be enough :/ Maybe after a patch update too, but never every single use.

[ItsDave]

I don't blame them, this sorta thing must be very annoying and costing the company quite a bit of money. It is a bit ridiculous but if this is what it takes, then they have to do it I guess.

[Oleh]

I heard it's gonna be a bad port, There will obviously be a crack out in about 3 days after release, could be a simple reg edit

[Black_Apalachi]

What's wrong with the old fashioned please insert disc?

[Niall!]

I don't blame them, this sorta thing must be very annoying and costing the company quite a bit of money. It is a bit ridiculous but if this is what it takes, then they have to do it I guess.

They can never ever beat pirates.


I heard it's gonna be a bad port, There will obviously be a crack out in about 3 days after release, could be a simple reg edit

Could be, knowing Ubisoft.


What's wrong with the old fashioned please insert disc?

Most people buy from Steam nowadays.

[Stephen!]

Im all for piracy, but how is it going to be possible to get around this method Ubi have come up with? I mean, ALL save game files are stored remotely, so even if there is a crack to get rid of the online check, you still won't be able to save game.