No more always online Ubisoft DRM

Ubisoft lied about it not needing an always-online DRM to users and also Steam,and as a result when the game was released Steam had to give refunds to a whole lot of people while Ubi made a patch two weeks later that changed the DRM to a not always online type.You could imagine the amount of loss and reputation damage Ubi suffered after the release lol.

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AtomicWoodchuck

Now, if I could only find a way to stop Origin rifling through my sock drawer every night, after I've gone to sleep, all would be right with the world :)

12 years ago

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chuckie001

So that's why there's always one sock of a pair missing!

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Nonos

Always online DRM? WTF?

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BronzePage

As in- No Offline Mode.

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Nonos

even in solo?

Wow...

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elix

They've been doing this for a while now. This isn't new. And, yes, it hasn't gotten any less stupid.

Enjoy playing your single-player game with a mandatory always-online Internet nanny from Ubisoft keeping an eye on you so you don't dare make unauthorized copies of bits.

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AtomicWoodchuck

...and booted out of your gaming session without saving when your broadband connection hiccups.

Bad when you're on a nice reliable "first world" connection. About as much fun as a headcrab helmet on crappy internet connections in rural New Zealand.

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Xiangming

Will they remove it from previously released games? (Like via a patch)

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MordredofFairy

Unfortunately, the damage is done. MAYBE i'll consider buying from them again...someday.

They still owe an apology for the "95% of PC gamers are pirates"-thingie though...

12 years ago

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daydr3am3r87

No more olways online DRM?:)) How about that crappy DRM that came out with Anno 2070? Not that Ubifail gives a damn about users. Such a shame, they have nice games :|

12 years ago

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Darkie

If only they had understood this many years ago.. I don't care if they all in all remove drm.. I will never buy from them again.

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RavenWings

I realy hope they change this buying-protection from the older games like Settlers 7, so I can finaly go and buy them.

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kangarooster

Fucking finally. I just hope they're gonna drop it from older games, too. Would like to get H6.

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numanair

I don't think they will :(

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Edge0407

Finally

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kumori

so they will some other way to screw with you, since according to them every pc player pirates all of thier games...

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Jonex

Good, but they should also consider getting rid of U-play entirely. It sucks by comparison to full Steam integration.

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TheTazZ

YES please!! I cant play any of my ubisoft games because stupid uplay has crapped out on me :(

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Jonex

Crapped out? As in stopped working?

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TheTazZ

As in not letting me log in. I cant be bothered to mess with it anymore, ill just keep away from their games.

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Tyrfaust

uPlay is also the reason why I can't play Splinter Cell: Conviction online.

Strangely enough, AC:Rev MP works fine.

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Jonex

Splinter Cell Conviction is buggy as hell when it comes to online. I can occasionally play a match, but mostly it just doesn't find anyone.

Revelations seems more fine tuned. Ubisoft should really apply the same standard across all their games, both new and old.

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BearAE215

Question: Why does Kotaku AU have a sweet ass website while Kotaku.com has a loser boring loser website for losers?
Anyway, so does this mean when I play Anno 2070 I won't lose all my shit because my internet dropped?!

12 years ago

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Fooshi

Put ALL the games on Steam = profit. No more annoying DRM.

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Derfel06

Because Steam is not an annoying DRM.

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Dsc

Compared to most, it's not annoying. Hell, they've fixed one of my issues with it as well, which was the mediocre offline mode. Since that one update not too long ago my Offline mode works just fine.

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Markers

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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Ansatsunin

Indeed. Fuck them. Stupid Uplay, bad support, bad (overly restrictive things like "max 5 activations" crap, buggy, security holes, need internet connecion even for entirely single player games) DRM for years in most of their products. Fuck Ubisoft in its' tiny little peehole.

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Bonder22

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wuodland

Would have been worth only he existings games were removed DRM.

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lucidus

If they removed uPlay I'd gladly buy all their AC games.

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Bonder22

i bought ac2 during a sale, to finally see what the game was like, it was one of the worst experiences of my gaming life. unskippable cgi, non-stop bright white flashing lights, i will never play it again. I thought it was supposed to be about being an assassin during the mideastern crusades but most of it was spent in some quasi-future idiotic matrix wannabe shit voiceacted HELL. one of the worst times you can spend as a human being.
so, dont even bother.

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lowgun

lol, wut

Did we play the same game?

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