Author Topic: Assasins Creed 2 - don't buy it - if you bought it, return it (Read 6124 times)

Jarudin · « **on:** March 08, 2010, 08:49:44 PM »

Not only did I buy the game, I pre-ordered it (for PC).

* Worst mistake ever *

Ubisoft added DRM that requires you to be online at all times, even worse, you need to log in on their servers before you can even start the game.
I don't mind having to be online at all times. But I do mind that I can't play the game right now because Ubisoft's servers are unreachable - supposedly because of 'hackers'.

Some people even claim they've lost save games - save games are stored on Ubi's servers by default, you can turn it off but they did a good job hiding that feature.

Half the time I can't connect to the login server, and when it does it reports 'Incorrect username or password'.
I'm guessing they just flushed the user table so they have time to figure out why the servers crashed.

Even if you're not a pirate, don't buy this game. You wont be able to play the legit version.

--Jarudin--

newy · « **Reply #1 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:52:36 PM »

Wow, Jarudin.

You're the last person I would think of who overlooked these things on the internet O_o

I already had the Black Edition pre-ordered but cancelled as soon as I heard of being permanently online for a single player game.

lol, wait... the server is down again? It was down yesterday for already 10 hours!

If that is already the second downtime then the DRM won't last very long and Ubisoft will be the laughingstock of the century.

Jarudin · « **Reply #2 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:58:02 PM »

Quote from: newy on March 08, 2010, 08:52:36 PM

You're the last person I would think of who overlooked these things on the internet O_o

I knew about the DRM, but I thought: "they can't possibly fail this hard, can they?"

Well .. guess they can.

--Jarudin--

DaggerLite · « **Reply #3 on:** March 08, 2010, 09:13:08 PM »

I smirked when I saw the news this morning.

As most people, I despise DRM and copyright warnings being distributed to paying users, but apparently it reduces the number of counterfeit copies in the system. Not sure how much they earn on it, but the notorious pirates (and hackers) are always victorious. I'll accept SecuROM and the likes of it grudgingly, but I will NEVER -EVER- support this new Ubisoft DRM. I don't like pirating games, so I'll just stay away from them for now. They don't deserve to be in the industry, despicable money grabbing scum.

newy · « **Reply #4 on:** March 08, 2010, 09:17:24 PM »

lol, it's really the second downtime now.

K7IA · « **Reply #5 on:** March 08, 2010, 09:25:08 PM »

It says players with pirated copies can play the game even during the server downtime. big fail

Carnivus · « **Reply #6 on:** March 08, 2010, 09:26:33 PM »

Epic one.The first AC really gave pirates a hard time,but this one gives everybody a hard time...

K7IA · « **Reply #7 on:** March 08, 2010, 09:30:07 PM »

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In reaction to a thread on the company's forums, Ubisoft community managers have said "clearly the extended downtime and lengthy login issues are unacceptable", and that the downtime is due to "exceptional demand".

hahaha

src: http://kotaku.com/5487918/ubisofts-new-drm-system-falls-down-locks-out-paying-customers

kardz · « **Reply #8 on:** March 08, 2010, 10:20:20 PM »

That really sucks, the paying customer gets butt-fucked and the people who pirated it get to play.

newy · « **Reply #9 on:** March 08, 2010, 11:49:56 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDns5dfKW9E

Jarudin, I found your comments xD One can only laugh about Ubisoft.

Interesting reading. The Ubisoft forum that is

AceHigh · « **Reply #10 on:** March 09, 2010, 04:28:07 AM »

Assassin's Creed and Silent Hunter 5 are the 2 games that Ubisoft is experimenting this DRM system on. From what I read on other forums it seems that Ubisoft is aware of the fact that the system will be cracked soon, so the specualtion is that in the future they will use it on console games too, effectively killing the second hand retail market.

Oh and so far it seems their DRM works, people with cracked versions can't get past level 1, or have a bug when in game they enter that "animus" machine.

wolkec · « **Reply #11 on:** March 09, 2010, 06:45:42 AM »

yeah jarudin, we want to play assassins creed finaly ^^
I hope they fix it soon.

fohfoh · « **Reply #12 on:** March 09, 2010, 08:38:35 AM »

So... if we buy it, give the disc a nice humping and successfully return the game... does that mean we've succeeded in fucking Ubisoft in more than one way?

Mag-X · « **Reply #13 on:** March 09, 2010, 08:44:06 AM »

Ubisoft is really shooting themselves in the foot with this. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I actually pay for all my PC games. I've been waiting for months for AC2 since they delayed it for the PC. I really want to play it. I will not purchase this game while is has this stupid DRM. There are too many other good games to play.

I'll probably get it during the summer time when game releases are few and far between. Either Ubisoft will remove the stupid DRM and I will purchase it, or the pirates will have it 100% cracked and I will get it for free. It's up to them.

Proin Drakenzol · « **Reply #14 on:** March 09, 2010, 10:07:28 AM »

so I guess military personnel on deployment aren't allowed to play this game? Or how about people with lots of 'net downtime?

fucking retarded. goddamn worthless French fuckwads.

wolkec · « **Reply #15 on:** March 09, 2010, 10:12:51 AM »

Quote from: Proin Drakenzol on March 09, 2010, 10:07:28 AM

so I guess military personnel on deployment aren't allowed to play this game? Or how about people with lots of 'net downtime?

fucking retarded. goddamn worthless French fuckwads.

ahaha, i hope someone on the dev team is an otaku and checking this forum XD

Proin Drakenzol · « **Reply #16 on:** March 09, 2010, 10:21:43 AM »

Quote from: wolkec on March 09, 2010, 10:12:51 AM

Quote from: Proin Drakenzol on March 09, 2010, 10:07:28 AM
so I guess military personnel on deployment aren't allowed to play this game? Or how about people with lots of 'net downtime?

fucking retarded. goddamn worthless French fuckwads.
ahaha, i hope someone on the dev team is an otaku and checking this forum XD

Tch, what can you really expect out of Frogs? Y'know?

Ixarku · « **Reply #17 on:** March 09, 2010, 10:31:31 AM »

I heard about this yesterday as well... I've been wanting to play AC2, but I've got a backlog of games and not enough time to play atm, so I'm glad I decided to wait on buying this one. Seriously, this is the dumbest idea for DRM I've heard of yet. I'm definitely passing on AC2 unless and until they implement something different.

Spanks · « **Reply #18 on:** March 09, 2010, 11:24:00 AM »

I dont mind the anti piracy attempts they have made with things like steam(starting to like it) but this is fucking retarded. Was thinking of buying this, screw that now.

K7IA · « **Reply #19 on:** March 09, 2010, 11:39:39 AM »

While this degree of control over content you have paid for is definitely retarded, wait for technologies like "onlive" to gain momentum where the game software will actually run on the remote server and just stream you the graphics and basic level interaction.

http://www.onlive.com/service/faq.html

However, imo hardware manufacturers like Intel/AMD/Nvidia will be great obstacles to overcome for these kind of implementations.