Launcher sucks

[mattaukamp]

The launcher sucks. It's extra DRM, it's bloated, it's exploitative, and it further drives home the point that we don't own our own games.

Ubisoft is a greedy, megalomaniacal company for forcing this upon users and I just had the game refunded. I'll go play one of the other hundreds of better or equally-as-good Metroidvanias out there.

[WitheredVirusN100]

https://insider-gaming.com/exclusive-context-around-the-assassins-creed-shadows-delay/
"...Assassin’s Creed Shadows being delayed to Q1 2025 but to finally putting games back on Steam (a request that every Ubisoft team has been pushing for years)."


Considering even the developer at Ubisoft teams hates its own launcher, Epic Games Launcher and far prefers Steam, I think they'll agrees on that the fact Ubisoft launcher can suck harder than black hole.

[skitchbeatz]

Agreed. Because of this launcher I could not get into the game on Steam DEck

[The Snacrifice]

Originally posted by skitchbeatz:

Agreed. Because of this launcher I could not get into the game on Steam DEck

I've played it on my Deck, should launch fine. What problem are you having with it?

[SHwoKing]

The biggest problem is that with Ubisoft connect, every games require an internet connexion. If you play on a Steam Deck away from internet, you just can't.

It's clearly a predatory move and not enough people are talking about it.

[The Snacrifice]

Originally posted by SHwoKing:

The biggest problem is that with Ubisoft connect, every games require an internet connexion. If you play on a Steam Deck away from internet, you just can't.

You can play it offline but you have to boot it at least once and get to the main menu while connected the first time. I've seen some people saying it stops letting you play after a week offline but can't confirm it myself since I've only used it for 3-5 days in offline mode while on a vacation.

[DosBoss]

Originally posted by The Snacrifice:

Originally posted by SHwoKing:

The biggest problem is that with Ubisoft connect, every games require an internet connexion. If you play on a Steam Deck away from internet, you just can't.

You can play it offline but you have to boot it at least once and get to the main menu while connected the first time. I've seen some people saying it stops letting you play after a week offline but can't confirm it myself since I've only used it for 3-5 days in offline mode while on a vacation.

God forbid you update your system or switch Proton versions during that time however....Denuvo gonna lock yo ass out for that.

[The Snacrifice]

Originally posted by DosBoss:

God forbid you update your system or switch Proton versions during that time however....Denuvo gonna lock yo ass out for that.

Why would you update or switch proton versions without being online? You'd need to connect to the internet to update anyway.

[DosBoss]

Originally posted by The Snacrifice:

Originally posted by DosBoss:

God forbid you update your system or switch Proton versions during that time however....Denuvo gonna lock yo ass out for that.

Why would you update or switch proton versions without being online? You'd need to connect to the internet to update anyway.

Heh, yeh touché, I should've read that closer before posting, regarding updates.

Swapping Proton versions tho you can do offline (as long as you have the runtimes downloaded beforehand), and is quite a mundane and normal thing to do on Linux distributions when games don't run so great, can make all the difference.

Denuvo's ♥♥♥♥♥♥ me over more than once there....beyond frustrating.

[The Snacrifice]

Originally posted by DosBoss:

Denuvo's ♥♥♥♥♥♥ me over more than once there....beyond frustrating.

Yeah Denuvo sucks, no argument there.
I game on linux(besides the SD) so i get changing proton versions but PoP runs pretty flawless on linux without changing anything from base. It also definitely works offline, just gotta boot it at least once while online to connect to Ubi.

[Creeper of Doom]

This game was so close to being perfect on Steam Deck. All they had to do was remove the launcher, But no… And they made a whole guide on how to configure the launcher to work on it, really. It could have been Verified

[花园骑士]

Everything else agreed, but I need you to name those 100 better mvs out there because I'm starving for them