DO NOT BUY

[Arcane]

The game has absolutely no Steam integration. No family sharing, no achievements, incorrectly logged play time, etc. If you don't mind Ubisoft's horrid launcher, which is mandatory on either store, buy it there. But beware, they'll just quietly remove it from your library at some point in the future

[farinelli1800]

Oh my god, catastrophe...how am I supposed to play a game without achievements and without knowing how long I spent in the game...that's not possible...now I can't buy the game because it's not playable. I should wait until I'm over 13 years old, then I'll still be able to play the game because I'll be mature enough to be able to do without these silly things. they actually have nothing to do with the game itself anyway... ...

[robilar5500]

They've removed a grand total of one aged online only game that nobody plays and one ftp game nobody played.

And UbiConnect is functionally fine.

Ubisoft has so many actual issues to choose from. You should pick those for your rant.

Cheers!

[Arcane]

then buy it there lol

Already answered your question in my original post

[Viper]

Usually i would buy a game due to this, but it is ubisoft, and well they will not get another dime from me after their dealings with games and viewpoints on us gamers.

[takysoft]

So... the game works.
It also looks wonderful!
Just check the video:
https://youtu.be/E_gfUGCZFw8

Also, it runs fine. 4K 60fps, and I don't even have a strong system. Stable for 22 hours now.

ALSO... buying it supports Beyond Good and Evil 2 :)

Soo.... YES. BUY NOW!

Achievements? Really? How old are you, 5?

[V I D A L]

Right.. I don't buy games to play them. I buy games for achievement, sharing with the family I don't have and to see the time I spent on it on my Steam page.

Who cares about any of this? I just want to play the game.

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

I know this is something people really dislike hearing or considering, and makes me a total outlier, which I acknowledge. But I also just always find it funny to think about this from the perspective of a new gamer. Someone without the history or baggage the rest of us have with the industry. Someone who knows nothing about the current established norms or systems.

To them, all of these platforms, Steam included, are just storefronts and hoops they have to jump through. It's like the difference between shopping on Amazon (tons of features and conveniences and an integrated ecosystem of services) and Walmart (less so, but sometimes they're the only store with what you want or offer it at a lower price.)

If they've never done it before, they still have to register, download the client, set up their settings as they want them, adjust their privacy features if that's something they care about, etc. etc.

Personally, I never wanted any of these things to stand between me and my PC games. I wanted to keep going to Compuserve or Woolworth's when it still existed or wherever and buy a game and put it in my PC and run it. Valve are the ones who killed that with HL2 before anyone else and frankly, I blame them first and foremost for it lol. Everyone is just used to it now, and finds it convenient enough that they don't care anymore. (Much like the Amazon analogy.)

But since they did, and the landscape changed, and nobody cared how I felt about that back then... and since decades have passed and I'm old... I just see it all as simple hoops I have to jump through to access my gaming. It's fine. It works. And imo it's a great remaster. And I don't personally care about or value achievements whatsoever, but YMMV. It is what it is.

[ikk_pl]

Brilliant, exactly like my boxed copy from 20 years ago.

[farinelli1800]

Originally posted by takysoft:

So... the game works.
It also looks wonderful!
Just check the video:
https://youtu.be/E_gfUGCZFw8

Also, it runs fine. 4K 60fps, and I don't even have a strong system. Stable for 22 hours now.

ALSO... buying it supports Beyond Good and Evil 2 :)

Soo.... YES. BUY NOW!

Achievements? Really? How old are you, 5?

:-)) absolute agree

[Andrius227]

Never cared for achievements. I bought this because i wanted a playable version of an old masterpiece. Because i no longer own a ps2 and the old pc version was too buggy.

So far i an happy with this. The only thing i dont like is a single save slot limit.

[Spynosaurus]

Too late.

[Ronnie42]

I'm not sure either. Might be best to get the original on gog or wait till its free on Epic Games but would prefer the steam version have achievements. Kind of looks like Ubisoft have been mostly avoiding this on all pc stores except Ubisoft Connect and I don't trust the Ubisoft Connect stuff.