No EULA, no intrusive DRM?

[Amins]

How is this possible in 2025?

[AvengerZ]

Made by ex-ubisoft employees babyyyyyyy! this is what we get when people truly passionate about games actually make it.

Instead of when John Stonkmarket chooses how the games are made, monetised and released.

[Amins]

Good, consumer-friendly practices aside, this game looks gorgeous from an art design perspective and really fun. I'm definitely keeping an eye on this for later.

[SkySymphony]

Truly a miracle !

[JCKLNTRN]

Well, it's made by an indie studio with less than 50 employees, rather than some mega-corporation.

[Crunchy[Daz]]

Ahh yes, that intrusive DRM that you can't even tell is doing anything and effects the gameplay in no way whatsoever. Good thing you're avoiding playing games because of that.

[あらた]

Originally posted by CrunchyDaz:

Ahh yes, that intrusive DRM that you can't even tell is doing anything and effects the gameplay in no way whatsoever. Good thing you're avoiding playing games because of that.

I literally can't buy ANY ubisoft game because of the intrusive drm and phishing scams they implemant. They are far from the only company doing it. sony being another.

[Toonen1988]

Like CD Projekt RED said: We believe that the chief way to achieve favorable sales of legal game copies is to establish the right relation between game price and product quality. In our opinion, it is more important to encourage acquisition of original game copies than to punish those who play pirated copies.

And they are the proof that this is indeed correct! Can you also see now why they don't ask the full AAA price for this game, even tho the quality is much higher as any triple AAA game at this moment.

Larian Studio's, CDPR and Sandfall Interactive are now the best developers. They are doing something almost no other company (except for a few that I dind't mention) is doing, quality and caring about their customers for doable prices.

Encourage and praise people who buy the game instead of punishing the people who play the pirated copies. This is the best method to deal with this and this will increase the sales.

[Amins]

Originally posted by Toonen1988:

And they are the proof that this is indeed correct! Can you also see now why they don't ask the full AAA price for this game, even tho the quality is much higher as any triple AAA game at this moment.

Damn, I can't believe I didn't pay attention to that but you're right. Not only that but also knocking an extra five dollars off for launch week. Full respect for these people!

I really wish my money wasn't tight and I didn't have a massive backlog because I'd really like to support them.

[RakataEpsilon]

Originally posted by あらた:

Originally posted by CrunchyDaz:

Ahh yes, that intrusive DRM that you can't even tell is doing anything and effects the gameplay in no way whatsoever. Good thing you're avoiding playing games because of that.

I literally can't buy ANY ubisoft game because of the intrusive drm and phishing scams they implemant. They are far from the only company doing it. sony being another.

They dont make good games anyway. Why bother with that anti consumer garbage company

[CheeseBoar]

Originally posted by CrunchyDaz:

Ahh yes, that intrusive DRM that you can't even tell is doing anything and effects the gameplay in no way whatsoever. Good thing you're avoiding playing games because of that.

You mean like Ubisoft Connect, which requires a Ubisoft account and has a non-permanent offline mode, or Denuvo, which forces you to ask permission to play what you've paid for? Sounds pretty easy to tell that those are doing something, actually.

[joebeard]

I also greatly appreciated the price. I was going to throw my cash at the Oblivion 'remaster' (a term, as an audio enthusiast, that I will NEVER get used to seeing slapped on a game) but the 77$ after tax was a bit much. It made me do a double take and then I found out about the performance issues. This game is UE5 as well to be fair, but the premise felt so cool and the aforementioned reasonable cost. Plus Ubi talent WITHOUT the grotesque corporate snake? Heck yeah!

[あらた]

Originally posted by RakataEpsilon:

Originally posted by あらた:

I literally can't buy ANY ubisoft game because of the intrusive drm and phishing scams they implemant. They are far from the only company doing it. sony being another.

They dont make good games anyway. Why bother with that anti consumer garbage company

It even applies to their older games, but that was my point. I simply blacklist these companies on steam and i don't see their content slop at all. I pay the companies that don't hate me.