Ubisoft Connect vs. Steam

[CmdrKeen]

So I bought the game on Steam, but once it's installed, it activates in Ubisoft Connect. Since it doesn't support Steam achievements anyway, do I even need Steam after that?

For instance, if I uninstall it from Steam and then download directly in the Ubisoft launcher, will it still work?

[tyl0413]

Nope you need both officially sadly.

[⚡ Jasmine2k♡]

if u have it on steam you have to connect it to Ubisoft because ubisoft is the publisher, if you have a far cry from ubisoft launcher and not on steam u dont need to have steam to play it

[⚡ Jasmine2k♡]

and you bought it from Steam so ofc you need steam and ubisoft to play it

[CmdrKeen]

Originally posted by tyl0413:

Nope you need both officially sadly.

Originally posted by Ya$mine:

and you bought it from Steam so ofc you need steam and ubisoft to play it

Are you guys sure? That seems like nonsense. For instance, a while ago I got Watch_Dogs for free on the Epic Store. When I ran it the first time, it installed Ubisoft Connect and activated on there, and I was later able to install it directly from Ubisoft without needing the Epic launcher installed.

Was hoping this would be the case with Steam as well, but I don't really want to have to download a 30 gig game twice just to try it.

[-=SOF=-WID99]

Originally posted by CmdrKeen:

Originally posted by tyl0413:

Nope you need both officially sadly.

Originally posted by Ya$mine:

and you bought it from Steam so ofc you need steam and ubisoft to play it

Are you guys sure? That seems like nonsense. For instance, a while ago I got Watch_Dogs for free on the Epic Store. When I ran it the first time, it installed Ubisoft Connect and activated on there, and I was later able to install it directly from Ubisoft without needing the Epic launcher installed.

Was hoping this would be the case with Steam as well, but I don't really want to have to download a 30 gig game twice just to try it.

yes STEAM enforces its DRM if you buy the game on STEAM .. you must have steam and the ubi connect app open to run the game

i bought the game the night it shipped in 2014 on steam ..price then was %59.99 and yes you need both steam and UBI Connect open to load and run the game

a month layer i added the season pass for $29.99 = i have the same as FAR CRY 4 GOLD ..all DLC included on STEAM

years later i bought a another copy of the game

this time on the ubi shop for like 12 bucks for a gold edition / yes that copy runs with only UBI connect open

my steam copy nope you must have both steam and ubi connect open

had you bought the title on ubi connect or any other online site it would only require UBI connect

Steam also changes the folder locations the game will install to as well as the save file folder location number to lock you into only buying your DLC on steam so they get their 30 % cut of your cash of any sale of added content

the steam version of the game, saves your game to
C:\ Program files X86 \ Ubisoft \ Ubisoft game launcher \savegames \ *a folder with a long series
of letters and numbers Varies from system to system* \ 856


the Uplay only version they are in
C:\ Program files X86 \ Ubisoft \ Ubisoft game launcher \savegames \ *a folder with a long series
of letters and numbers Varies from system to system* \ 420

also the UBI connect version comes with a working version of the far cry 4 map edit program ..

steam botched its version back in march 2019 with some odd patch ubi only users never got .. and now if you open it with a steam copy ...it bricks your game till you edit your system registry

.. details on how to fix it are found in the steam far cry 4 player support section in the FAR CRY 4 TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS SECTION and a link to Steve 64B's registry fix ..yes you have to re run it every time if you open or use the map editor on a steam copy

[Ubi Milky]

Hello everyone, I can see an answer has already been provided, but I just wanted to leave an official one too - if you purchase this game from Steam and launch it, it will require both the Steam and Ubisoft Connect launcher to be running in the background.

These requirements are usually listed on our Store page, but we are in the process of trying to make these requirements more clear like we have done so on some of our other store pages like AC Odyssey. Thank you all for your feedback on this.

-Ubisoft Support