Followers of the penguin, witness with me the insolence that is Ubisoft's most recent tomfoolery. Speaking to GameSpot, Ubisoft VP of digital publishing Chris Early enlightens us with what many of us knew years ago, namely that any game will be cracked and made available online given enough time and effort. Here's the kicker! Developing games that people actually want to pay for fixes this! No way!
Sounds reasonable, right? Well, as is logical, take one step forward, two steps back. As this visionary goes on, it is eventually revealed that the focus shouldn't merely be on developing better, more compelling games, rather, that Ubisoft's games should have more online services (which pirates do not have access to) built into them.
Ahhh, what Ubisoft really means is that current DRM is failing, so new DRM needs to be brought in to fix this. Got it. To my knowledge, Ubisoft does not yet have a presence on Linux, but with Windows gamers constantly getting shafted, do Linux gamers want such a company to join the fray? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Ubisoft VP of digital publishing Chris EarlyWhat becomes key for us is making sure we're delivering an experience to paying players that is quality. I don't want us in a position where we're punishing a paying player for what a pirate can get around. Anything is going to be able to be pirated given enough time and enough effort to get in there. So the question becomes, what do we create as services, or as benefits, and the quality of the game, that will just have people want to pay for it?
Sounds reasonable, right? Well, as is logical, take one step forward, two steps back. As this visionary goes on, it is eventually revealed that the focus shouldn't merely be on developing better, more compelling games, rather, that Ubisoft's games should have more online services (which pirates do not have access to) built into them.
Ubisoft VP of digital publishing Chris EarlyI think it's much more important for us to focus on making a great game and delivering good services. The reality is, the more service there is in a game, pirates don't get that," Early said. "So when it's a good game and there's good services around it, you're incentivized to not pirate the game to get the full experience.
Ahhh, what Ubisoft really means is that current DRM is failing, so new DRM needs to be brought in to fix this. Got it. To my knowledge, Ubisoft does not yet have a presence on Linux, but with Windows gamers constantly getting shafted, do Linux gamers want such a company to join the fray? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Back on the topic of most Japanese games sucking, their menu interfaces are horrible, they obsess with making stuff obvious for the player (like cracked rocks are blow-up-able)and have broken game mechanics like having your block button be the same button as attack like in Revengence.
Turn-based combat is a mixed bag. I feel most JRPGs take it the wrong way, as if all of your fights were just preparations for the REAL fights... which are all too often optional, even hidden bosses. And that sucks indeed.
Does it mean the genre is bad? Hey, I sure would like it to be more challenging, but it has its own charm. I can't say ANY RPG experience has beaten FFVI for me (apart maybe for Kingdoms of Amalur, and that's ONLY on the design side of things). :)
AS to the obviousness of things... Many western games have the same fault in another form: how many of them handhold you all the way? F*** OFF XCOM, I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING WITH MY EXPLOSIVES, NOW SHUT THE F*** UP. ;)
Ubisoft is like EA. It's huge and run by people in suits with one capitalistic goal, earn more money.
I remember reading an article last year where they claimed that DRM works and they earned more money.
When you still "Copy Pasta Bolognese" the crack over the original files DRM does not work, they have to be idiots to claim that. And in most occasions the game's scene-release is not even delayed by their DRM.
And now they say it does not work?
It has never worked.. Period (.)
Remember when Ubisoft released it's super fantastic "Always-On-DRM"? It demanded that you had to be connected online to their servers to be able to play a ******* single-player game.
******* great, love it. Fantastic stuff, it's like a turd smeared all over your monitor in a U-shape.
They removed it soon after the release (some board member probably committed harakiri).
You know that Uplay-turd-steam-alternative they made?
You know that if you purchase a newer Ubisoft game on Steam, they will force you to register on Uplay?
You have to like ******* login to two (2) services to play a ******* game.
The more I write or talk about Ubisoft the more angry I get.
Ubisoft.. you shall not force your restricted turds on Linux, go and **** yourselves.
I don't intend to offend with this my opinion.
But I think this article shows double morale.
Double morale, because some days ago you call us (the people who don't like Steam) pedanthics for thinking Steam is DRM.
And for the topic itself, yes, I think we don't need Ubiplay in Linux, as I think the same about Steam and Origin.
There are no double standards here, just varying opinions. :)
I mean, it is bad for pirates, but why is it an "evil" thing?
I dunno about "evil" in the biblical sense. Its just a form of control. It doesn't stop pirating in most cases, plenty of games on Uplay (if not all of them) are downloadable from the right torrent site.
The "evil" part we discuss is the fact that even in the face of this evidence, uplay does more to hurt paying customers then it does to stop piracy. When your gaming experience is enhanced by downloading the cracked version, the "official" way is doing it wrong.
I haven't pirated (arrrrr me mateys) in years simply because I find Steam easier to use then a download, Origin and uplay make it worse.
So yeah, some people hate Steam and I understand those, but compared to Origin and Uplay it's amazing.
Hope this helps :)
And it's not just DRM. Watchdogs preformance and graphics were deliberately hindered which was found out recently.