Denuvo and Ubisoft account required!

[🍃🪻🪷Sylvie🩵🍸🍵]

Why on earth the PC port had to be incorporated with Denuvo as well as Ubisoft account required?

[werwolfgaming]

Ubisoft has always used denuvo atleast since valhalla

[The Field Marshal]

Yet another reason to not buy this game.

[Savestate]

That's why I'm not buying it. Which is too bad, because Shadows looks fun.
Remember, Philippe Tremblay said that gamers should get used to not owning their games. Ubisoft wants to sell you a subscription, not a game you own and can play 10 years later. If they're selling me a rental, then it should be priced as a rental.

[Mendo Shutaro]

Originally posted by The Field Marshal:

Yet another reason to not buy this game.

Then I assume you only ever buy games which appear on GOG, as Denuvo is on virtually all AAA games on Steam. Honestly I couldn't care less, it doesn't impact me in the slightest.

[WeissRook]

Originally posted by Savestate:

That's why I'm not buying it. Which is too bad, because Shadows looks fun.
Remember, Philippe Tremblay said that gamers should get used to not owning their games. Ubisoft wants to sell you a subscription, not a game you own and can play 10 years later. If they're selling me a rental, then it should be priced as a rental.

Since they're not selling a sub, it's not priced as one. That comment has been drastically taken out of context, but you're at least closer than most people that say this are. He was talking about if something like a Game Pass were viable. He replied that people would have to get used to not owning their games for it to be so.

In any case, back on topic: Ubi account is likely going to be there until (if ever) they sunset their own launcher. It syncs saves and achievements between Ubisoft Connect and Steam. As for Denuvo, it depends on what type it is. I haven't really had issues with it, but I have a computer that isn't a potato too.

[Savestate]

Originally posted by WeissRook:

Since they're not selling a sub, it's not priced as one. That comment has been drastically taken out of context, but you're at least closer than most people that say this are. He was talking about if something like a Game Pass were viable. He replied that people would have to get used to not owning their games for it to be so.

In any case, back on topic: Ubi account is likely going to be there until (if ever) they sunset their own launcher. It syncs saves and achievements between Ubisoft Connect and Steam. As for Denuvo, it depends on what type it is. I haven't really had issues with it, but I have a computer that isn't a potato too.

Except they are selling a subscription. On the Ubisoft+ Premium page it clearly states you can play Shadows day one. If you plan to purchase the game, read Ubisoft's EULA. It states that the game license you purchase can be revoked at any time. They aren't selling you a game. They're selling you a rental.

As for Uplay and Denuvo, it's not about performance. It's about owning the game you purchase. I still own Chaos Theory, another Ubisoft game. But it's riddled with StarForce, so I can no longer play it on a modern OS. DRM only hurts the paying customer. What happens if Shadows fails and Ubisoft folds? (Which, judging by their stock could easily happen.) Shadows will forever have Denuvo, which will stop working without Ubisoft paying that bill. Leaving paying customers with a game they can't play.

[francross]

Denuvo = No buy

[The Field Marshal]

Originally posted by Mendo Shutaro:

Originally posted by The Field Marshal:

Yet another reason to not buy this game.

Then I assume you only ever buy games which appear on GOG, as Denuvo is on virtually all AAA games on Steam. Honestly I couldn't care less, it doesn't impact me in the slightest.

I don't use GOG, I use Steam and there's lots of AAA games on steam that don't use trashnuvo. These days I"m more partial to indie games these days since they put more effort into their games than games from AAA company's.

The only thing trashnuvo really does is slow games down and slowly kills SSD's, I bet the only reason why they chose to go with it is they don't want people modding the game to fix the problems they don't want to fix.

[Seinekar]

As if for the game didn´t had enough drawbacks already...

Since The Division 2 or just afteer it Ubisoft seemed focused on destroy themselves. Maybe they really wanted to lower its price on the market so anyone else could buy it and lead it.

[Dr Nilsson 🖖]

Warning. potential spyware issue in the EULA

Ubisoft wants to monitor our ram. Check the "4. CONSENT TO MONITOR." part. Link to eula: https://store.steampowered.com/eula/3159330_eula_0

[tyl0413]

Ubisoft is known for putting kernel level anti-cheat in single player games so you don't bypass their time savers™

[Dr Nilsson 🖖]

Yeah, but monitoring your ram and sending the information back to ubisoft is a bit abnormal.

[tyl0413]

Originally posted by Dr Nilsson 🖖:

Yeah, but monitoring your ram and sending the information back to ubisoft is a bit abnormal.

Thats how kernel mode anticheat works.
Siege used to regularly kick me for using the Vivaldi browser.

[Viper]

Ubisoft wants to be hated more is the only logical explanation for this.

[moon]

ubisoft is a cancer on this earth. Don't forget the mandatory account linking bs.