Author Topic: lulululul: New Ubisoft DRM will KICK YOU OUT of the game if you lose internet. (Read 1868 times)

GilloD · « **on:** February 17, 2010, 07:19:35 PM »

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Incredibly, the worst is indeed true in Assassin’s Creed 2 – and, it appears, will be for Settlers 7 too. 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. Let’s list some of the reasons you might drop your net connection, shall we? Router crash, ISP problems, cat playing with the cable, microwave muddling your wi-fi connection, train going into a tunnel when you’re on 3G, Windows having a networking befuddlement, someone else in the house torrenting the bandwidth dry…

Lul. Looks like I'll have to torrent it- My connection drops like once an hour for 30 seconds or so.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1 on:** February 17, 2010, 07:21:22 PM »

PC gaming

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #2 on:** February 17, 2010, 07:22:41 PM »

Source?

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #3 on:** February 17, 2010, 07:25:29 PM »

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/17/ubisoft-drm-doesnt-sound-like-such-a-good-idea-anymore/

cracked within weeks

maybe even before it launches

pisses off legit customers, pirates do the lulz and go back to playing their pirated copies of MW2 with the dedicated server hack

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2010, 07:28:24 PM »

Draconian DRM that upsets legitimate gamers and is useless against pirates? I am SHOCKED.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #5 on:** February 17, 2010, 07:29:53 PM »

as i said on a past episode of the podcast re: Mass Effect DLC, this kind of shit makes me want to buy the game, then download a hacked copy just so i can avoid the hassle

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #6 on:** February 17, 2010, 07:31:52 PM »

and everyone would still steal it

archie4208 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 17, 2010, 07:39:58 PM »

PC gaming

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #8 on:** February 17, 2010, 07:44:19 PM »

saw some dudes har-har-har-ing it up about this over on gaf

oh, the schadenfreude when something like this is instituted in the next generation of consoles

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #9 on:** February 17, 2010, 07:53:26 PM »

I can't wait until we get to the point where you need to get a triplicate form signed by the Pope and register your DNA on Bioware's server in order to use the horse armor you purchased online if you want to play offline.

cool breeze · « **Reply #10 on:** February 17, 2010, 07:58:02 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on February 17, 2010, 07:29:53 PM

as i said on a past episode of the podcast re: Mass Effect DLC, this kind of shit makes me want to buy the game, then download a hacked copy just so i can avoid the hassle

I would agree, but in the case of AC2, they're also charging $60 for it (to be fair, it includes the two DLC packs valued at $9). Oh, and this is after the four month delay of the PC version, which was only delayed so people wouldn't pirate it on PC and buy the console one

(I laugh but I did just that

)

I don't care much for AC2 since I have the 360 version and it's more Splinter Cell that I'm worried about.

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #11 on:** February 17, 2010, 08:05:04 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on February 17, 2010, 07:44:19 PM

saw some dudes har-har-har-ing it up about this over on gaf

oh, the schadenfreude when something like this is instituted in the next generation of consoles

Sincerely I doubt it. Console userbases are a mix of predominantly offline and online users. Cd keys? Maybe. But if you're predominantly dealing with a userbase that buys their games from a store then I don't think these measures will come into play.

demi · « **Reply #12 on:** February 17, 2010, 08:12:35 PM »

Dont worry guys, its a good game.

Tieno · « **Reply #13 on:** February 18, 2010, 04:42:15 AM »

PC GAMING, GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN....WELL, EVERYONE'S A FUCKING PIRATE

lolz

archie4208 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 03, 2010, 06:35:28 PM »

The DRM has been cracked.

cool breeze · « **Reply #15 on:** March 03, 2010, 06:37:48 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on February 17, 2010, 07:25:29 PM

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/17/ubisoft-drm-doesnt-sound-like-such-a-good-idea-anymore/

cracked within weeks

maybe even before it launches

Eeladamus

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #16 on:** March 03, 2010, 06:40:59 PM »

i did sorta hedge my bet there, though

next step is having to access crucial game files from a server while playing

spoiler (click to show/hide)

will still be cracked

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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17 on:** March 07, 2010, 07:44:11 PM »

Quote from: Borys on March 07, 2010, 05:14:12 PM

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/07/ubisoft-drm-authentification-server-is-down-assassins-creed-2/

DRM servers for AC2 are down.

People who bought the game cannot play it.
Pirates who warezed the game can play it.

Ubisoft

May be :
http://stupidinter.net/piracy.jpg

Ubisoft:

Ichirou · « **Reply #18 on:** March 07, 2010, 07:44:56 PM »

:spitzer AC2 PC owners :spitzer

Bildi · « **Reply #19 on:** March 07, 2010, 09:28:13 PM »

Beyond words.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 07, 2010, 09:32:02 PM »

when did this get added

Bildi · « **Reply #21 on:** March 09, 2010, 08:53:57 PM »

Now ubi have now discovered their server wasn't overloaded, but hackers crashed it!

http://kotaku.com/5488372/denial-of-service-attack-kills-ubisoft-drm-your-assassins-creed-ii-playtime

Bet the marketing department was up all night thinking that one up.

originalz · « **Reply #22 on:** March 09, 2010, 10:03:37 PM »

Apparently the cracked version doesn't really let you do much, you can wander the world but can't progress the story or game.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 09, 2010, 10:21:35 PM »

Apparently only 5% of users were affeced

So 5% of legitimate owners of a single player game couldn't play their game due to a login server issue.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #24 on:** March 09, 2010, 10:40:00 PM »

Is that 5% of users were affected, or that only 5% of the users owned legitimate copies.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #25 on:** March 09, 2010, 10:50:35 PM »

5% of legitimate users they say.

But I get your point

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