New Ubisoft DRM requires internet ALL the time

[Kshitiz_Indian]

We've just received Assassin's Creed 2 and Settlers VII for review, and verified with Ubisoft that the DRM is the same as the boxed product. If you get disconnected while playing, you're booted out of the game. All your progress since the last checkpoint or savegame is lost, and your only options are to quit to Windows or wait until you're reconnected.

The game first starts the Ubisoft Game Launcher, which checks for updates. If you try to launch the game when you're not online, you hit an error message right away. So I tried a different test: start the game while online, play a little, then unplug my net cable. This is the same as what happens if your net connection drops momentarily, your router is rebooted, or the game loses its connection to Ubisoft's 'Master servers'. The game stopped, and I was dumped back to a menu screen - all my progress since it last autosaved was lost.

Taken from Guru3d.com, link to full article :- New Ubisoft DRM requires internet ALL the time

What a totally ridiculous scheme. They're only promoting piracy now, the morons they are. What if I buy the game to play on a laptop when I have no Wifi?

I really hope this game meets the same fate as Spore. Will teach Ubisoft a lesson or two.

 

[MattW]

What complete idiots.

 

[omkarjere]

We've just received Assassin's Creed 2 and Settlers VII for review, and verified with Ubisoft that the DRM is the same as the boxed product. If you get disconnected while playing, you're booted out of the game. All your progress since the last checkpoint or savegame is lost, and your only options are to quit to Windows or wait until you're reconnected.

The game first starts the Ubisoft Game Launcher, which checks for updates. If you try to launch the game when you're not online, you hit an error message right away. So I tried a different test: start the game while online, play a little, then unplug my net cable. This is the same as what happens if your net connection drops momentarily, your router is rebooted, or the game loses its connection to Ubisoft's 'Master servers'. The game stopped, and I was dumped back to a menu screen - all my progress since it last autosaved was lost.

Taken from Guru3d.com, link to full article :- New Ubisoft DRM requires internet ALL the time

What a totally ridiculous scheme. They're only promoting piracy now, the morons they are. What if I buy the game to play on a laptop when I have no Wifi?

I really hope this game meets the same fate as Spore. Will teach Ubisoft a lesson or two.

They threw a Boomerang which will only hit them :laugh

 

[MasterBlaster76]

We've just received Assassin's Creed 2 and Settlers VII for review, and verified with Ubisoft that the DRM is the same as the boxed product. If you get disconnected while playing, you're booted out of the game. All your progress since the last checkpoint or savegame is lost, and your only options are to quit to Windows or wait until you're reconnected.

The game first starts the Ubisoft Game Launcher, which checks for updates. If you try to launch the game when you're not online, you hit an error message right away. So I tried a different test: start the game while online, play a little, then unplug my net cable. This is the same as what happens if your net connection drops momentarily, your router is rebooted, or the game loses its connection to Ubisoft's 'Master servers'. The game stopped, and I was dumped back to a menu screen - all my progress since it last autosaved was lost.

Taken from Guru3d.com, link to full article :- New Ubisoft DRM requires internet ALL the time

What a totally ridiculous scheme. They're only promoting piracy now, the morons they are. What if I buy the game to play on a laptop when I have no Wifi?

I really hope this game meets the same fate as Spore. Will teach Ubisoft a lesson or two.

Oh, for God's sake! When are these bloody devs. going to learn? DRM only punishes the legitimate buyers!

 

[Gurjot95]

Man, I may not buy this game :

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

Bunch of dolts

 

[AbBh]

If they are so worried about piracy, they should stop developing for the PC. Such measures are only going to lower the sales due to the inconveniences they introduce.

 

[MasterBlaster76]

That's not much of an answer for PC owners..

 

[AbBh]

That's not much of an answer for PC owners..

Get a console if you are into gaming. PC is the technically superior platform, but its the console games that rake in the money for the publishers so console owners will continue to get preferential treatment. Only the really big publishers are going to release PC games simultaneously with the console versions.
Ubisoft must be falling short of their goals for PC sales to implement such a DRM system. I don't see them doing well with it.

 

[Kiko_97]

I love consoles over PC but of course PC has mods which consoles only dream of so it depends on what you want from a game.

 

[Gurjot95]

DRM Server is down for few days and Legal buyers are being punished. They even tweet that they are very happy that there no working crack has been made so I dont think they are going to take any action. They said they will release offline patch which will allow you to play AC2 offline but only when crack will release. So it means all Legal users are also waiting for crack. F*** Ubisoft. They are only going to loss their market.

Also read here Getting what you deserve: Ubisoft’s site hacked by disgruntled gamers [Update] Gadgetsteria
:laugh They are getting what they deserved.

Glad I didn't buy this game. I hope Ubi will now think on releasing offline patch and then I will think to buy this game. I am not gonna buy this with horrible server. They are just supporting piracy, nothing more. Even they are waiting for crack

 

[Sureshot]

If they are so worried about piracy, they should stop developing for the PC. Such measures are only going to lower the sales due to the inconveniences they introduce.

Yeah, the poor PC owners get so badly inconvenienced.

 

[AbBh]

Glad I didn't buy this game. I hope Ubi will now think on releasing offline patch and then I will think to buy this game. I am not gonna buy this with horrible server. They are just supporting piracy, nothing more. Even they are waiting for crack

No, they aren't. They will release a patch to let you play offline only if they take down the server.

I think Ubi should have released online multiplayer version of Assassin's Creed for the PC instead of the single player game. It would have shut out the pirates and they would have avoided the criticism they are facing now.

 

[MaD]

I'm lost, what's a DRM?

 

[MasterBlaster76]

A DRM (Digital Rights Management) is something designed to stop people pirating software, but it never works, it always gets cracked and ends up persecuting the legitimate buyers, while the pirates enjoy the game free of any BS.

Has anyone noticed that some films provide you with a list - you have to choose which country you're from, with UK being last on the list, so you have to flick through a few pages. Guess why they need to know where you're from? So they can give you the 'Video Piracy is a Crime' advert in your language. Do pirates have to deal with that?? Digital Rights Management? What about Consumer Rights Management?? And then the devs. moan that piracy is on the rise??!

Seriously, get with the programme, people! :