-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Assassins Creed Shadows Requires Online Connection for Installation and Playing
- Thread starter adamsapple
- Start date
KungFucius
King Snowflake
I is. Don't listen to microtransaction apologists. Always online games always have technical issues that prevent people from playing. Diablo 4 did this last year during launch week. In that case I was trying to play local couch coop but couldn't until the day after because the downtime ate into the only time I could game that day.
Sonik
Member
You people have no vision, Ubisoft is making all the wrong choices which makes it a possibility that Assassin's Creed bombs which will result in Ubisoft imploding. And maybe, just maybe, one of the 3 blights of gaming will finally be over or restructure into a decent company. This all is a great thing, please Ubisoft, please give us more anti-consumer or dumb bullshit
Last edited:
Thick Thighs Save Lives
Gold Member
Ubi backtracked. Good!
adamsapple
Sorry for tagging you yet again, but I think it's best that you add this tweet to the OP. 
adamsapple
Sorry for tagging you yet again, but I think it's best that you add this tweet to the OP.
Last edited:
Games of Today
Member
I love how they literally shadowed the black guy's face on purpose so you can't tell he's black unless you stare at it for a second.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Ubi backtracked. Good!
That was the fastest backtrack of all time lol, even Sony took a whole weekend before backtracking on Helldivers 2.
Bojji
Member
Yeah I think it was about game data missing on the disc. Game is super large and they cheap out on multiple discs.
At least with this approach game disc has worth, it works until console makers servers are active (PS3 still patch games after 18 years) and can be sold etc.
It's bad but could have been worse.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
Gold Member
Yeah, maybe it was yet another one of their 'clerical errors' (specifically talking about the always online requirement for playing the game), but in general I just can no longer give Ubisoft the benefit of the doubt due to all the fuckery they've pulled in the past couple of years.
That said, they were quick to update the PSN listing, and the 'online play required' mention was replaced with 'online play optional'.
Last edited:
SleepMachine
Neo Member
That's assuming that we only need to connect to PSN during installation, for downloading data. What if the installation process requires a working connection to Ubisofts servers? I wouldn't put that past them. That server won't be functioning for 18 years.
Bojji
Member
Yep, we can't be 100% sure about that right now.
makaveli60
Member
Does multiple discs really cost that much for such a big company? I mean, CDPR could do it, Sony could do it, Rockstar Games could do it. But it’s not possible for Ubi to make sure their game will be playable offline even if there will be no servers in the future? Sorry, you still won’t get full price for this.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Only a team who cares more about politics would make a male samurai lead a black guy. Oh well, too bad for all you Japanese guys want to play as a Japanese samurai. But you can play as Samurai Shaq.Man I cant stand that "A Ubisoft Original" bullshit
This aint original. It's another samurai/feudal japan game to throw onto the pile.
Also, can we start taking bets on what else they'll add to this in the year of our lord, 2024
balls of snow
Member
So no online huh.
Gonna be a sight to behold when this hits 85 meta and the pretzels being twisted.
Gonna be a sight to behold when this hits 85 meta and the pretzels being twisted.
Shin-Ra
Junior Member
Requiring internet to install still breaks the game if you don’t already have it installed.
The game has both an expiry date when online services are shut down and a broken state from day 0 when anyone’s internet link is down.
“I’ll just remember to leave all my Ubisoft games installed on my precious SSD space!” Hopefully Ubisoft are competent and all the Uplay/Connect ‘feature’ hooks don’t break the game.
The game has both an expiry date when online services are shut down and a broken state from day 0 when anyone’s internet link is down.
“I’ll just remember to leave all my Ubisoft games installed on my precious SSD space!” Hopefully Ubisoft are competent and all the Uplay/Connect ‘feature’ hooks don’t break the game.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Exactly! Some people just don't get it.