I know the link i provided was IGN full of trolling moids, i really fell out with ubi over AC3 lost game saves and having to reinstall far cry 3 three times, the way they handled the DLC for AC3 was utter blagging, they would have to seriously change the way they conduct their business for us pc master race to forgive.
Ubisoft Wants to "Improve" Its Relationship With PC Community.
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Ubisoft are going the other way and getting more publishers to use UPlay instead, including EA (who are also now hosting Ubisoft games on Origin), to try and claw some marketshare from Steam -
From http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/02/ea-ubisoft-agree-to-share-downloadable-libraries/
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I couldn't even play AC Brotherhood da vinci dlc due to ubisoft servers 'being down'
the uplay is the most inefficient program I have ever seen
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wow, so much hate. I've never had a problem with any of my Ubisoft games or uplay. I guess I am one of the lucky ones.
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Door , horse, bolted springs to mind.....
Agree they make some great games, they are however terrible for CS and DRM. And I haven't seen a DRM system by any games maker that hasn't been cracked , making DRM well a joke!
Agree they make some great games, they are however terrible for CS and DRM. And I haven't seen a DRM system by any games maker that hasn't been cracked , making DRM well a joke!
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uplay is just awful. i loved playing farcry but uplay just soured the taste. much rather just use steam than ubloat
I have deliberately not bought any Ubisoft game for some while now. They treated PC gamers so badly that it became obvious that they didn't deserve my money. They were either monumentally incompetent or were for some reason trying to ruin their own PC gaming section...but if they were, then why not just shut it down?
It's nice that they're trying, or at least saying they are, but I regard Ubisoft in a similar way to someone who has deliberately peed on my furniture every time they've been in my house - I'll take a lot of convincing before I'll invite them in again.
It's strange that they haven't made the obvious conclusion from the figures they claim are true - if the proportion of players who voluntarily pay for free games is the same as the proportion of players who pay for pay for non-free games rather than pirating them, then the obvious conclusion is that there's no point in putting any copy protection on games at all - regardless of what you do, the same proportion of people will pay. So I conclude that the figures they give are untrue.
It's nice that they're trying, or at least saying they are, but I regard Ubisoft in a similar way to someone who has deliberately peed on my furniture every time they've been in my house - I'll take a lot of convincing before I'll invite them in again.
It's strange that they haven't made the obvious conclusion from the figures they claim are true - if the proportion of players who voluntarily pay for free games is the same as the proportion of players who pay for pay for non-free games rather than pirating them, then the obvious conclusion is that there's no point in putting any copy protection on games at all - regardless of what you do, the same proportion of people will pay. So I conclude that the figures they give are untrue.
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And don't start me on that even worst pain in the ass crap called microsoft live....
>>>Word. That POS totally ruined BIOSHoCK 2 for me, I still have it on Steam, still unable to ever save a game, or change password or do anything, completely ruined by totally Microsoft live sign-in.
>>>Word. That POS totally ruined BIOSHoCK 2 for me, I still have it on Steam, still unable to ever save a game, or change password or do anything, completely ruined by totally Microsoft live sign-in.
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Spot on. Also, Uplay - NO.
I am a PC Gamer.
Ubisoft have:
Ruined a bunch of my favourite franchises.
I used to really enjoy the Clancy games. They have steadily ruined all of them.
They did this at the same time as asking me what I wanted from the next one. Instead of doing what the community asked for they stuck in a third person cover system and made it all Michael Bay-ey and consoley. It's not just me. A lot of their long term community was similarly unimpressed.
Made console their lead platform.
The Ubi franchises I used to play have been less than stellar on PC recently.
The console games have been big events. The PC games have been rubbishy separate versions or wonky ports. Rainbow Six: Lockdown was a major lowpoint but none of it's been amazing.
Said they are doing the above because I pirate their games.
I've been buying Ubi games since they came on floppy disk. I still have ALL of the oldschool R6 games in a cupboard somewhere. Thanks guys. Glad to fund your console business.
Introduced a terrible DRM system for the sake of nickel & diming me with microtransactions.
The last Ubisoft game I paid for came with a key in already in use. They made it the retailers problem. The retailer very graciously refunded me but Ubisoft still owe me for this.
Ubisoft have:
Ruined a bunch of my favourite franchises.
I used to really enjoy the Clancy games. They have steadily ruined all of them.
They did this at the same time as asking me what I wanted from the next one. Instead of doing what the community asked for they stuck in a third person cover system and made it all Michael Bay-ey and consoley. It's not just me. A lot of their long term community was similarly unimpressed.
Made console their lead platform.
The Ubi franchises I used to play have been less than stellar on PC recently.
The console games have been big events. The PC games have been rubbishy separate versions or wonky ports. Rainbow Six: Lockdown was a major lowpoint but none of it's been amazing.
Said they are doing the above because I pirate their games.
I've been buying Ubi games since they came on floppy disk. I still have ALL of the oldschool R6 games in a cupboard somewhere. Thanks guys. Glad to fund your console business.
Introduced a terrible DRM system for the sake of nickel & diming me with microtransactions.
The last Ubisoft game I paid for came with a key in already in use. They made it the retailers problem. The retailer very graciously refunded me but Ubisoft still owe me for this.
This.
I completely agree with everything else you wrote, but have you played Ghost Recon Online? It's the best f2p tactical shooter (a small niché i'll admit) and it's business model is fantastic, if the average fps gamer spent even half the time playing GRO as they did CoD/BF3 they'd pretty much have every gun bought and all the flashy accessories in a few months, whereas you'd have maybe a new gun if you worked really hard in PlanetSide 2 in that time. The hit reg in GRO is fantastic and it really promotes teamwork and tactical play without you even realising. Although I'll admit the skill curve is brutal when you leave Beginners League.
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Ubisoft Wants to "Improve" Its Relationship With PC Community.
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