Assassin's Creed 2 and SH5 owners get free UBI game (merged)

[cherbert]

Following the recent temporary game server outages which may have caused disruption to some Silent Hunter 5 players on PC only, we would like to reward your patience if you have experienced any problems by offerring you a full downloadable game from the list provided below, completely free of charge.

Shaun White Snowboarding or
Prince of Persia

Unfortunately not interested in either. Would have been nice if I had been offered Settlers 7!!

[SteamWake]

Prince of Persia is a pretty good game but which version?

I havent seen this email yet.

[Letum]

Unfortunately not interested in either. Would have been nice if I had been offered Settlers 7!!

Pfft! There not gonna give you a game that also has the DRM. That would lead to an infinite circle of compensation.

[Nordmann]

Snowboarding? Prince of Persia? I suspect they are giving them away, because they are not worth selling!

[Letum]

Snowboarding? Prince of Persia? I suspect they are giving them away, because they are not worth selling!

Naah, they just figured that those kind of games would be liked by people
who by other "Action-Adventure" games like SH5.


Seriously tho, at least it's somewhat better than a ship skin...right?
It may not be worth much to most subsimmers, but at least it has some actual value.

[AVGWarhawk]

Better than nutt'in! :03:

[Nordmann]

Seriously tho, at least it's somewhat better than a ship skin...right?
It may not be worth much to most subsimmers, but at least it has some actual value.

What do you mean, you don't want a super awesome AI ship skin that you'll only ever see once?! Heresy!

Better than nutt'in! :03:

Being able to play the game you bought in the first place, would be a far better gift.

[Sonarman]

Yup, I just got the email too, Maybe Neal should open a couple of new subforums devoted to Shaun & the Prince since it looks like we'll all be playing them now! :har:

[Letum]

Yup, I just got the email too, Maybe Neal should open a couple of new subforums devoted to Shaun & the Prince since it looks like we'll all be playing them now! :har:

Haha! I want to see this happen for the luls:rotfl2:

[AVGWarhawk]

I got mine. Who can mod Prince of Persia? :hmmm: Massive multiplayer?

Thx UBI. :yeah:

[Nordmann]

I got mine. Who can mod Prince of Persia? :hmmm: Massive multiplayer?

Thx UBI. :yeah:

Which Prince of Persia? The new one?

[General Tso]

I just tried to load Prince of Persia twice and I got a "500 Internal Server Error" both times. :rotfl2:

[Lzs von swe]

Yep, I´ve got it too:)

Have ´till December to decide lol:yeah:

Me as a Prince:hmmm:

Yea I´ll try it:cool:

[SteamWake]

I just tried to load Prince of Persia twice and I got a "500 Internal Server Error" both times. :rotfl2:

Wait the 'free' one offered blew out their server... thats freakin priceless !

Again which version of PoP is offered the original one is from 1989 :haha:

[kylania]

Just got this mail myself. Snowboarding? Srsly? :o:06::88)

[General Tso]

This is getting ridiculous. I have tried to download PoP about 2 dozen times. Sometimes it makes it to the first screen with the download button and sometimes it makes it to the next screen but it always ends with the blasted "Internal Server Error". But I guess it's worth a few laughs.

By the way, the game appears to be the latest version, the graphics look pretty good.

[coasterdigi]

Upon clicking the download link in the email....

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@dummy-host.example.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Irony, anyone? :rotfl2:

[mookiemookie]

Awww...I didn't get my email :(

[thyro]

Yup, I just got the email too, Maybe Neal should open a couple of new subforums devoted to Shaun & the Prince since it looks like we'll all be playing them now! :har:

:har:

Your comment made me laugh in my office! :rock:

[General Tso]

Upon clicking the download link in the email....

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@dummy-host.example.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Irony, anyone? :rotfl2:

I noticed that to, all in all this is almost as fun as getting the game. I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. :haha:

[Nico09]

Better than nowt, kids will enjoy PoP :-)

Prince of Persia (http://www.subsim.com/Games/PC-Games/Prince-of-Persia-/~r335019/)

PC Games
http://img.game.co.uk/shop/icons/12plus.gif
Release date : 12/12/2008


£5.99 from Game

[SteamWake]

Man o man they could screw up a wet dream over there...

First they take two weeks to actually get the email out, assuming they were preparing for the onslaught. Then when the emails do go out the frakkin server dies.

I agree with the PoP section... thats just too funny ! We can complain about the bugs over there too.

[SteamWake]

Better than nowt, kids will enjoy PoP :-)

Prince of Persia (http://www.subsim.com/Games/PC-Games/Prince-of-Persia-/~r335019/)

PC Games
http://img.game.co.uk/shop/icons/12plus.gif
Release date : 12/12/2008


£5.99 from Game

Errr need to check that linky ;)

[janh]

Yup, I just got the email too, Maybe Neal should open a couple of new subforums devoted to Shaun & the Prince since it looks like we'll all be playing them now! :har:

Pal, you made my day...

[himlaviz]

I dunno it feels like a hit in the face.

"Thank you for buying Silent Hunter 5 (that was released to early) and we are sorry you couldn't play because our servers couldn't handle the load and/or was not protected enough against DoS attacks but here is a free game (maybe without online DRM) that you can enjoy!"

Eh I want to enjoy Silent Hunter 5 not some old game that they don't think is worthy of selling anymore...

That was my reaction reading the e-mail anyway.

Still waiting for a patch and will hopefully get some more time to play Silent Hunter 5 in the near future, haven't given up on it :)

[Hackerspy]

I believe UBI made very well, to provide us a FREE game (for our patience). I have bought other games and I have dealt with many bugs, which in the end weren't resolved and now these games are rubbish. SO I CONGRATULATE UBISOFT FOR THIS GREAT OFFER!!!!!!!!!!!

[Seeadler]

Awww...I didn't get my email :(
Only the 5% Ubisoft user who were affected by server failure after the release get this email. You're probably not covered by this 5%

[skwasjer]

Next to the executives, they should also fire the server admins and web developers. Such a joke...

[mookiemookie]

Only the 5% Ubisoft user who were affected by server failure after the release get this email. You're probably not covered by this 5%

:rotfl2::rotfl2: Man, I never win drawings.

EDIT: Check that. Got my email.

[SteamWake]

Only the 5% Ubisoft user who were affected by server failure after the release get this email. You're probably not covered by this 5%

What did they roll a random number? How in the heck can they tell when someones had a failure to connect? I can see how they know when you DID connect.

BTW I was cut off and un-able to connect on a number of occassions and did not get a email.

[piri_reis]

Hmm. Clicked on this thread, and 3 seconds later, an email from UBI dropped to my inbox :DL

Prinse of persia sounds good, the first of that series was a groundbreaking game, seeing the guy do all the natural movements on an IBM w/ CGA/640KB RAM had me drooling !

Edit: Great, the link gives me 500 Internal Server Error !

[General Tso]

Hmm. Clicked on this thread, and 3 seconds later, an email from UBI dropped to my inbox :DL

Prinse of persia sounds good, the first of that series was a groundbreaking game, seeing the guy do all the natural movements on an IBM w/ CGA/640KB RAM had me drooling !

Edit: Great, the link gives me 500 Internal Server Error !

Welcome to the "dummy-host.example" fan club. :haha:

[piri_reis]

Welcome to the "dummy-host.example" fan club. :haha:

Thanks! :haha:

Actually the message comes from the redirected server: somewhere on princeofpersia.gamesplanet.com

[SteamWake]

Welcome to the "dummy-host.example" fan club. :haha:

Oh man... love your chicken !! :salute:

[GFC Christian]

Goddamn amateurs.........got the same sh*it some secs ago. It's so embarrassing.

:har:

[Nico09]

Errr need to check that linky ;)

Don't know how that hapened i copied it straight from the Game site :hmmm:. Anyway Linky sorted :P

[Seeadler]

Edit: Great, the link gives me 500 Internal Server Error !
And what will be the compensation for this server crash now?:har:

[tonyw]

Still waiting for my e-mail to arrive, could be a mail server overload.

[GFC Christian]

Still waiting for my e-mail to arrive, could be a mail server overload.

No, I'm sure they are again under attack of the dark side.....:haha:

[The General]

I thought it a very generous offer, considering I had absolutely no problems with DRM. I declined but wrote back a nice letter asking that they continue to support the Silent Hunter series and that there was a very loyal fanbase out there.

[Hackerspy]

I made it...I am downloading Shaun White Skateboarding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Highbury]

I made it...I am downloading Shaun White Skateboarding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When did Shaun White take up skateboarding?

[zepo]

I am getting 500 Internal Server Error too!!!!Is this a kind of joke?Is anyone actually downloading one of the games?

[rowu98ab]

Guess everyone is getting the download link. I bought the game the first day, but still haven't played it once, just seen the opening sequence. Waiting for some patching.

[SteamWake]

When did Shaun White take up skateboarding?

LOL he is gonna be so disappointed ! :haha::har:

[Athlonic]

I've got this compensation too.

This gift is welcome ...


I wonder if I can give them this offer back ...

and ...

Get the "famous" Silent Hunter 5 1.2 patch ?

:D


So actualy better than nothing.

And I am sure the 500 internal errors are due to those nasty Pirates whos doesn't want us to have Ubisoft compensation because of their DOS attacks...
:arrgh!:

EDIT : Hey Prince of persia looks COOL ! Love the art style graphics : http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/princeofpersiaworkingtitle/video/6201811/prince-of-persia-video-review?hd=1

[java`s revenge]

It`s a nice gesture of ubisoft.


Thank you for that :yeah:

[Dronston]

I guess it's a nice gesture. Would rather have had a discount coupon for a game of my own choice or yes, a more complete SH5...

It seems I will get to know the exciting world of snowboarding, as soon as the server lets me download it...

:oops:

[kylania]

It`s a nice gesture of ubisoft.

There's a lot of other titles that would have made a lot more sense than Prince of Persia and a snowboarding game...

Dawn of Discovery (http://www.ubi.com/US/Games/Info.aspx?pId=7690)
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. (http://www.ubi.com/US/Games/Info.aspx?pId=6587)
IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 (http://www.ubi.com/US/Games/Info.aspx?pId=5163)
Imagine Fashion Designer (http://www.ubi.com/US/Games/Info.aspx?pId=6009) (which somehow includes 'Mild Violence'! Score!)

Lots of other more "genre appropriate" games are available from Ubisoft really.

[gouldjg]

Getting the download error:down:.

If it carries on going this way for UBI, we will all be sitting in the boardroom soon and then we can kick DRM out :D

Nice Gesture all the same though a 1.2 Patch and some official words showing us they are still interested in bringing this sim up to a good standard would have sufficed.

[Armistead]

Prince and snowboarding, I think I would've been insulted..:har:

[xboxer]

I rather they fix this damn game than get a free and useless game. Unless it is Assassin's Creed 2......:rotfl2::rotfl2:

[IanC]

Following the recent temporary game server outages which may have caused disruption to some Silent Hunter 5 players on PC only, we would like to reward your patience if you have experienced any problems by offerring you a full downloadable game from the list provided below, completely free of charge.

Shaun White Snowboarding or
Prince of Persia


That's quite the list there Ubi...

[Nordmann]

I rather they fix this damn game than get a free and useless game. Unless it is Assassin's Creed 2......:rotfl2::rotfl2:

Yes, but AC2 will have the same issues as SH5, insofar as downtime is concerned.

[Heretic]

Just got the email. I'm not particularly interested in either game, but I do appreciate the gesture and think they deserve some credit for making it.

[BlackSpot]

Pft ... I didn't get an email from Ubi. All I got was an email from a Busty La Rue wanting to show me her "hooters". Pity, I was looking forward to Snow White Skateboarding.

[Faamecanic]

Shaun White Snowboarding or
Prince of Persia

Unfortunately not interested in either. Would have been nice if I had been offered Settlers 7!!


I would settle for just a PATCH to fix all the blatantly broke S#$T in SH5.... no need for a free game. Just fix the one I GAVE YOU MONEY FOR. :smug:

[walsh2509]

Only Email I got from Ubi today was at 17:11 and it was no more than just an AD for Red Steel® 2 is slashing its way to the top. TODAY.


Is this offer of a Free game only for people who D/ld the game from UBI ?

I got mine from ShopTo.Net and no email offer (yet)

[General Tso]

Only Email I got from Ubi today was at 17:11 and it was no more than just an AD for Red Steel® 2 is slashing its way to the top. TODAY.


Is this offer of a Free game only for people who D/ld the game from UBI ?

I got mine from ShopTo.Net and no email offer (yet)

The anouncement on UbiSoft's forum said it will take 48 hours for everyone to get their email.

[longam]

Looks like I'll have to wait a week or so to DL. Everyone is slamming the server.

Edit: Well I just got another email with a DL manager and links to alternate DL cool

[Stormfly]

i also got this mail and didnt get it... they try to compensate this with old casual crap ???

...sorry, i can live with some problems in a beginning phase of some new "technology" :down: but trying to make "nice weather" with this, to a customer who love sims... i dont get it :yawn:

[Oscarkeeper]

I think that Ubisoft can keep the two garbage games that make no sense for people interested in SHV.

I simply prefer that Ubisoft pledges to keep their servers up and commits to supporting the game for the foreseeable future.

Perhaps Ubisoft will do these things anyway, but it would be nice to hear.

[piri_reis]

I appreciate this offer, better then nothing. Still expecting SH5 patches tho.

Now downloading 1.4GB file 1 of 6 :o

Prince of Persia is the bomb :O:

[Placoderm]

Man o man they could screw up a wet dream over there...


:haha::har::haha::har:


:salute:

[Highbury]

Pft ... I didn't get an email from Ubi. All I got was an email from a Busty La Rue wanting to show me her "hooters". Pity, I was looking forward to Snow White Skateboarding.

The webmail I used to register SH5 put it in the spam folder, be sure to check there.

[Lognoreng]

I appreciate the gesture, But i would also prefer a discount on any game. However i remember my brother played PoP and said it was quite nice, so i guess i'll give it a go. SH5 is not worth my time in the current state. At least this game is old and patched :)

[Vikinger]

Dear XXXXXXXXX

Following the recent temporary game server outages which may have caused disruption to some Silent Hunter 5 players on PC only, we would like to reward your patience if you have experienced any problems by offerring you a full downloadable game from the list provided below, completely free of charge.
HERE'S HOW TO GET YOUR FREE GAME:
1- Make your choice by clicking on one of the icons below…


And the 2 games to choose from is.

1. Shaun White Snowboarding

2. Prince of persia



Anyone els got this?

[Méo]

Anyone els got this?

yep.

[Buckster]

nope - not go0t it

didn't Ass 2 get a much larger game list to choose from ?

<edit> sorry no have got it - did a search on my inbox

[Arclight]

Yep... on the one hand; free stuff, woot!

On the other; meh.

*first time I clicked on "download" I got "internal server error". :har:

[Vanagen]

Yes.

Bought the game through Steam.

[LiveGoat]

Did any SH5 Players get an email from Ubi today? Here's mine:


"Dear LiveGoat

Following the recent temporary game server outages which may have caused disruption to some Silent Hunter 5 players on PC only, we would like to reward your patience if you have experienced any problems by offerring you a full downloadable game from the list provided below, completely free of charge.
HERE'S HOW TO GET YOUR FREE GAME:
1- Make your choice by clicking on one of the icons below…"


Below That are links to Shaun White Snowboarding and Prince of Persia downloads along with a download code.

Damage control, maybe? I mean it's nice of them and all but it's kind of an empty gesture if you ask me. How's that going to fix anything?


TO THE MOD- Please delete this. Just saw there's another thread already underway

[LarzJG]

I have a hard time imagining a game LESS fitting for the sub-crowd than Shaun White's Snowboarding. :D

Seriously, I can't think of any.

[Ragtag]

Yep, i got it to but where is the promtional code?
There's no code in my mail.

[Buckster]

were'nt A2 offered Hawx ?

would have been more appropriat e(slightly)

[Buckster]

actually to be fair I nearly bought Prince of Persia the other day

so in reality - thanks Ubi

[LiveGoat]

I just posted about this as well. Kinda strange. Whether this is a forshadowing of the eventual removal of the OSP remains to be seen but I sure hope so. If not it's an empty gesture. How's that going to resolve the issues players are having?

[Maltro]

Got the same in French... (same games proposed)
I have replied that I won't download any of them but I need a patch to fix all the SH5' bugs quickly. Hope they hear us about this damned patch...

[jmr]

I'd much rather have a patched up SHV with the DRM removed :D

Neither of those offered games interest me.

[IanC]

You guys have such a rich selection of games to choose from, so hard to pick which one! Decisions, decisions :hmmm:

[Fincuan]

Apparently they're now offering the games to anyone through Google's cache :haha:

Someone posted their compensation e-mail along with the offer code to Ubi's forums, and while the details were quickly edited out Google had already cached the post.

[Vanagen]

Just watch their download server go down as we all simultaneously download Prince of Persia (you're not actually considering a frickin PC snowboard game, right?)...

[Vreith]

Yes i got this

[Fmilk]

I have replied that I won't download any of them but I need a patch to fix all the SH5' bugs...

I did the same.

[LiveGoat]

Just watch their download server go down as we all simultaneously download Prince of Persia (you're not actually considering a frickin PC snowboard game, right?)...


I'm having a hard time trying to decide why I want to puch Shaun White in the face. Is it because he looks like Carrot Top or is it that he can't seem to wear a shirt without it being half unbuttoned, revealing his femmy hairless chest? At the end of the day I'm probably just jealous. :)

[Waycool101]

Had the email come in today for the free offer but alas internal server error LOL. Ubi your stock is rising. Not.

[captainprid]

Got mine. Would have prefered free DLC for the game I was trying to play. I would have been satisfied with a patch. Hey ho, at least they made the effort!!

[kylania]

There's a lot of other titles that would have made a lot more sense than Prince of Persia and a snowboarding game...

Dawn of Discovery (http://www.ubi.com/US/Games/Info.aspx?pId=7690)
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. (http://www.ubi.com/US/Games/Info.aspx?pId=6587)
IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 (http://www.ubi.com/US/Games/Info.aspx?pId=5163)
Imagine Fashion Designer (http://www.ubi.com/US/Games/Info.aspx?pId=6009) (which somehow includes 'Mild Violence'! Score!)

Lots of other more "genre appropriate" games are available from Ubisoft really.

I really can't believe this... here's the list of games that ASSASSIN'S CREED 2 Players were offered:

http://i43.tinypic.com/vh5kwo.jpg

FU UbiSoft... They get 3 military game options and we get a god damn snowboarding game?

[karamazovnew]

Just received one too. Pretty funny, as I never had problems with the OSP servers :D What's cool is that I never played the latest PoP :D

[Pandion]

Just received one too. Pretty funny, as I never had problems with the OSP servers :D What's cool is that I never played the latest PoP :D

Same here :DL

[kylania]

I have a hard time imagining a game LESS fitting for the sub-crowd than Shaun White's Snowboarding. :D

Seriously, I can't think of any.

UbiSoft can't either, here's what they offered Assassin's Creed players:

http://i43.tinypic.com/vh5kwo.jpg

[tennozan]

They really must like the AC2 crowd better than us. :shifty:

[Dronston]

They get 3 military game options and we get a god damn snowboarding game?

:down:

[Arclight]

Own both, only got mail for SH5.

* please don't label someone who wants SH as realistic as possible "AC2 crowd"

[ReM]

This Dutch gamers site (reliable) states that gamers that own AC2 or SH5 and weren't able to play the game because of DRM failure will get a free game for UBI as compensation for the flawed service.

You can read the article here (http://www.gamer.nl/nieuws/57269/bezitters-assassins-creed-2-krijgen-gratis-game-voor-downtime)

Seems that the offered games differ from person to person but games named are: Prince of Persia, EndWar, HAWX en Shaun White's Snowboarding. Notification seems to come by mail.....

Might be a small consolation.

[kylania]

For some reason, even though all these threads relate specifically to Silent Hunter 5 are being moved to General Game discussions. *shrug* Meanwhile DRM rants live on, whee!

I also haven't seen any Silent Hunter 5 player that was offered anything more than a stupid snowboarding game and PoP though.

While some AC players did get the 4 military game offer, others were offered just DLC from the "special editions".

[ReM]

Didn't know this was old news....

Move and lock then.....

[Nisgeis]

For some reason, even though all these threads relate specifically to Silent Hunter 5 are being moved to General Game discussions. *shrug* Meanwhile DRM rants live on, whee!

Also the posts about SH3 are still here too, but there's not really any other forum where they should go is there?

[Sailor Steve]

For some reason, even though all these threads relate specifically to Silent Hunter 5 are being moved to General Game discussions.
So that's where they went! I was looking for the first one when the latest one came out.
:rotfl2:

[Placoderm]

Apparently they're now offering the games to anyone through Google's cache :haha:

Someone posted their compensation e-mail along with the offer code to Ubi's forums, and while the details were quickly edited out Google had already cached the post.


:rotfl2:
LOL!! Priceless!!


:har::har::har:

[Turm]

With a 10GB monthly download limit on my broadband, which is already stretched to the limits, I'll have my free game downloaded by about Christmas, I think! :doh:

I feel the choices are poor in comparison with those offered to AC2 players, but having played a lot of Tomb Raiders over the years - but no Prince of Persia games - it's about time I tried one, so it's fairly welcome. Not so interested in snowboarding but looks like it's a kind of 'MMO' snowboarding game from the blurb on the site, with all your friends present in the same world if they're online (though I don't have any friends with that game!), so will at least give it a look before I commit. Maybe those that pick it can make a Subsim group and hit the slopes together ;)

[Placoderm]

I really can't believe this... here's the list of games that ASSASSIN'S CREED 2 Players were offered:

http://i43.tinypic.com/vh5kwo.jpg

FU UbiSoft... They get 3 military game options and we get a god damn snowboarding game?



Now THAT is a slap in the face to any of us who paid for Silent Hunter 5! (Hey, Ubisoft...we like military games. I know SH5 barely qualifies, but did you even consider your customer demographic for this genre?) :doh:

Is Ubisoft now run by Dunder Mifflin/Sabre (the Office)? I swear that a sitcom writer could not have come up with better material than this. No way.

:88):doh::88):zzz::doh: <-- Ubisoft Marketing Executive Officers

:damn:

[walsh2509]

Is everyone getting one of these emails ?


Not seen one yet

[Turm]

CAUTION!!! The "Official Site" links for the games on offer do not take you to the correct websites for the games.

The pages from the Ubisoft e-mail are here:
http://princeofpersia.gamesplanet.com/prince-of-persia-game-ubisoft.html?affilie=newsusersac2sh5
http://shaunwhite.gamesplanet.com/shaun-white-snowboarding-game-ubisoft.html?affilie=newsusersac2sh5

Both have an "Official Site" link in the lower-right of the page, taking you to these two places respectively (for me in the UK, at least):

http://prince-of-persia.uk.ubi.com/
http://shaunwhitegame2.uk.ubi.com/

However, the features and styles of the games there didn't quite match those on the download pages linked to by the e-mail.

A short investigation concluded that the two sites above are for the newer versions of these two games, namely "Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands" and "Shaun White Snowboarding 2" - NOT the games on offer.

So if you're looking to get some info on these two games from Ubisoft's site before picking which one to download, think again! :har:

Even if you go to www.ubi.com (http://www.ubi.com) and browse their games on the main page, and click through to the "Official Site", the same problem exists. Very smart!

I appreciate their offer, but can't they get anything right first time? :nope:

[Seeadler]

German Assassin's Creed 2 customers get three bonus items!

Unfortunately, the customers of the Black-Edition get no benefit from it, because they already have the bonus items purchased with their Black-Edition and now get them for the second time, but now as a gift:timeout:

[tennozan]

I meant no offense Arclight. I only intended to infer that the AC2 crowd received a more robust selection of free games to choose from, that's all. Again, sorry if that was taken for a slight in any way.

[Arclight]

Ah, it's alright mate, I'm just too touchy. ;)

Normally I wouldn't be, but all the bashing and general mayhem about SH5 is getting on my nerves. :nope:

[HunterICX]

Normally I wouldn't be, but all the bashing and general mayhem about SH5 is getting on my nerves. :nope:

Still it's nothing compared to your daily FPS forum poorly moderated or moderated by the same kind of jerks :03:

HunterICX

[Ali Fish]

CAUTION!!! The "Official Site" links for the games on offer do not take you to the correct websites for the games.

The pages from the Ubisoft e-mail are here:
http://princeofpersia.gamesplanet.com/prince-of-persia-game-ubisoft.html?affilie=newsusersac2sh5
http://shaunwhite.gamesplanet.com/shaun-white-snowboarding-game-ubisoft.html?affilie=newsusersac2sh5

Both have an "Official Site" link in the lower-right of the page, taking you to these two places respectively (for me in the UK, at least):

http://prince-of-persia.uk.ubi.com/
http://shaunwhitegame2.uk.ubi.com/

However, the features and styles of the games there didn't quite match those on the download pages linked to by the e-mail.

A short investigation concluded that the two sites above are for the newer versions of these two games, namely "Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands" and "Shaun White Snowboarding 2" - NOT the games on offer.

So if you're looking to get some info on these two games from Ubisoft's site before picking which one to download, think again! :har:

Even if you go to www.ubi.com (http://www.ubi.com) and browse their games on the main page, and click through to the "Official Site", the same problem exists. Very smart!

I appreciate their offer, but can't they get anything right first time? :nope:

no idea what your on about, the links they sent you are for the games they are offering. wether another link within that page takes you elsewhere is quite irrelevant given the amount of info on the link they actually sent you.

using there very own search facility i was instantly met with this link. http://www.ubi.com/UK/Games/Info.aspx?pId=7090 which clearly is the PoP game they are offering. so yeah they can get it right first time.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Is everyone getting one of these emails ?



Not seen one yet

Got mine today.

[Arclight]

Still it's nothing compared to your daily FPS forum poorly moderated or moderated by the same kind of jerks :03:

HunterICX
Indeed. Been avoiding those places so hard that I seem to be forgetting how bad it can be. :-?

Wait, what was this about again? Ow yeah; free stuff, woot! :D

[walsh2509]

Seen it reported on http://www.bluesnews.com/


Are all owners of SH5 getting this offer ? I have not had an email from Ubi about it .. Only Ubi email I got yesterday was an Ad for Red Steel 2

[Hans Schultz]

I dont want a free game!! I want a fixed SH5. I know the modders are doing a great job, but its not their job to fix the game.

[gimpy117]

I got an error during the payment part...help? :damn:

i think the server is overloaded because all of subsim is downloading Prince Of Persia :arrgh!:

[Sgtmonkeynads]

I dont want a free game!! I want a fixed SH5. I know the modders are doing a great job, but its not their job to fix the game.

:up:
AGREE.


If they are doing this, then it is an addmittance to a problem on their part,...So....how long before they drop all support for this game what so ever, and how long is DRM going to be around ? Am I going to wake up one day and not beable to play at all....?...

[Commie]

delete

[endlesswick]

I cant get it to work eather, it says "You payment has not been accepted", even though it accepted my promotion code.

[Commie]

Shows the type of gamer they expected to snap up SH5 by the choice of offered game ;)

Seriously it's a bit idiotic of them. If anything they should refund everyone's money who paid for SH5. I'm beginning to wonder whether it being released like it has been was just to test the DRM before AC2 came out. They probably thought " hey, these losers will buy the game anyway as no other sub games around and so we can test our DRM servers before the real customers buy up Assassins Creed!".

The thing is even with this 'offer' UBI has been coldly calculating, reasoning that they can give away these games to simulation fans knowing that they most likely wouldn't have bought them anyway so no lost sale! This goes the same for AC2 fans being offered two air combat games and an RTS! What a bunch of F---rs!

[Grey_Raven75]

OK, I've tried to download Prince of Persia ten times and it tells me that my payment was not accepted... when I use the code they supplied me... Is this seriously some way for them to trick us into spending more money on their crap? "Ooo, a free game. Crap, the code doesn't work, but now I really want the game. I guess I'll just buy it."

It boggles my mind how stunningly inept this company continues to be.

Has anyone else had this issue and worked through it?

[Ragtag]

Heh, i didn't even get a code...mail only says "when prompted" where the code should be :damn:

Here they trie to compensate for errors with the DRM and they can't do that right either. Makes me wonder if there are amateurs doing a pro's work.

[Arclight]

Got a "internal server error" twice, but got past it both times on second try. Once to the download page, was smooth sailing. Got all the bins and installer down, but haven't installed yet.

No idea on the missing code. :-?

[OttoSchuhart]

I can't quite understand why so many people are so exited about that "free game" by UBI!

Seriously, you paid a lot of money for a subsim, nothing else. UBI knew they were releasing a crappy game that contains more bugs than you could ever see in Starship Troopers, but they still delivered it that way. Few weeks later, after realizing that almost everyone is up against them, they try to bribe you by giving you a "free game of your choice". A choice of only two games by the way, which cost no more than a few bucks anyway and have nothing to do with a simulation / WW2 or are in any way related to SHV.

This is nothing else but a bribe and a quite bad one too. After all, you paid a lot of money and get one game that doesn't work and another one that you don't want.

[Arclight]

So free stuff = fail? :hmmm:

Must say I'm unfamiliar with that logic. :O:

[OttoSchuhart]

The logic is:
- pay a lot of money for crap
- get more crap for free

easy as that :yeah:

[HunterICX]

The logic is:
- pay a lot of money for crap
- get more crap for free

easy as that :yeah:

Thats not logic as you did not get the free game for the ''unfinished product''

but for the server outtage of late.

HunterICX

[urfisch]

I can't quite understand why so many people are so exited about that "free game" by UBI!

Seriously, you paid a lot of money for a subsim, nothing else. UBI knew they were releasing a crappy game that contains more bugs than you could ever see in Starship Troopers, but they still delivered it that way. Few weeks later, after realizing that almost everyone is up against them, they try to bribe you by giving you a "free game of your choice". A choice of only two games by the way, which cost no more than a few bucks anyway and have nothing to do with a simulation / WW2 or are in any way related to SHV.

This is nothing else but a bribe and a quite bad one too. After all, you paid a lot of money and get one game that doesn't work and another one that you don't want.

:up:

yes, right you are. but peoples behavior shows, these tactics work with the masses. people are not able to differ and take this "present" as a grateful act of humanity. but its nothing else than a cheeky method, a try to override the great epic fails they made.

they should have put some money in better qualitymanagement!!! instead of presenting us games, nobody wants.

personally i dont want such crappy game stuff, which not seems to sell well. products from the bargain bin!

:nope:

[Dronston]

Well, downloaded the snowboarding game because I dont have any sportsgames and thought it would be nice to experience some different action.

But no such luck, turns out I cannot play the game om my win 7 64 bit OS, cannot get through the activation phase. Oh, of course Ubi did not release a patch for this. (yes I tried compatibilty modes).

I know on the website it says for XP/Vista but what would you expect from a 2008 game. Most older games I have run just fine on win 7. Would be nice if they stated specificaly that it won't run on 7...

Now, stupid me, I installed the game om my XP laptop to check if the download was okay and was able to play it on my laptop but it's not poweful enough to run it smooth. So now I activated the game and used the offer but will never be able to enjoy it.

You think I should try to get a new promotional code so I can DL PoP?

[walsh2509]

Anyone else still waiting for an email from UbI ?


Anyone from Scotland got one or in other parts of the UK , if so , when did you get it

[Gammelpreusse]

Got the mail, but I really can't do a lot with what is offered. Simply not interested in both genres.

If it is possible to transfer the key to somebody else, the first getting in with a PM can have it.

[Bilge_Rat]

got the email. which game is more fun? I am leaning to Prince of Persia.

I snowboard in RL, so a game about it does not really interest me.

[Commie]

got the email. which game is more fun? I am leaning to Prince of Persia.

I snowboard in RL, so a game about it does not really interest me.

Prince of Persia is ok, though depends how good reflexes you have. I have crappy ones, and so the game had many periods of frustration for me. As for the other, well anything with a (insert currently trendy xtreme gamerz name here) Snowboarding/Skateboarding/Surfing/BASE jumping/kite flying etc. thing in the title is probably best to stay clear of!:D
What a crappy selection. At least the AC2 buyers have some reasonably fun alternatives!

[Placoderm]

The thing is even with this 'offer' UBI has been coldly calculating, reasoning that they can give away these games to simulation fans knowing that they most likely wouldn't have bought them anyway so no lost sale! This goes the same for AC2 fans being offered two air combat games and an RTS! What a bunch of F---rs!


EXACTLY.

It is called "zero-loss compensation", and shows the true contempt that Ubisoft has towards its customers.

I find it more insulting than rewarding, frankly.


:damn:

[Placoderm]

So free stuff = fail? :hmmm:

Must say I'm unfamiliar with that logic. :O:


...Then I have a bridge to sell you, Arclight...Bargain Basement Cheap, too.


Think of it this way: Imagine going into a restaurant and getting a really poor meal...so the Manager comes over to your table to try to resolve the issue and offers you a "free" desert. Pretty nice, Huh?
...Now imagine that when the "free" desert arrives at your table that you find it is actually a leftover from somebody elses meal that the restaurant saved from the previous nights scraps. :o
...Even worse, you learn that the table next to you, who spent just as much as you did, gets a larger choice of leftovers to choose from and some of their choices are still somewhat fresh, albiet still leftovers. :o:o

Should you be happy to get 2nd choice scraps, or would it just make more sense to eat elsewhere in the future...knowing that the management just screwed you not once, but twice...and fully expected you to be grateful for the experience? :hmmm:




If your choice is the former, please feel free to stop by my place anytime...I got some "free" stuff I wanna give you too! :haha::har:


:rotfl2:

[Arclight]

Matter of perspective; I haven't had any mayor hindrance from OSP as far as I'm concerned, and didn't feel like they owed me anything.

So, free stuff becomes pure win. :DL

[stabiz]

I got the mail as well ...

I have to say, this is (for me) like being offered a turd. PM me if you want a free game.

[Bilge_Rat]

What a crappy selection. At least the AC2 buyers have some reasonably fun alternatives!


what did they get?

[SteamWake]

Hrm... I dident get the email.. probably got tossed as spam :haha:

[Commie]

what did they get?

Well they got HAWX, Heroes over Europe, EndWar, as well as the same as SH5 sufferers Prince of Persia. Admittedly far from great, but still...compared to snowboarding they seem to have at least a bit more relevance for a sim community.

[Nordmann]

Heroes over Europe wasn't too bad, I didn't like HAWX, and haven't played EndWar.

Hey, at least they you something, other than the finger of course.

[UnSalted]

I hear the plan is now to give those who bought the previous SH series but not SH5 a free copy of their 5 best sellers. They will call it a salute to those who trust in Ubisoft's reputation for gaming enhancements. :)

[Bilge_Rat]

Well they got HAWX, Heroes over Europe, EndWar, as well as the same as SH5 sufferers Prince of Persia. Admittedly far from great, but still...compared to snowboarding they seem to have at least a bit more relevance for a sim community.

yes, I would rather have HAWX than Prince of Persia.

[Arclight]

No, you wouldn't. :O:

Seriously, just a poor rip-off from Ace Combat. :-?

[Nordmann]

No, you wouldn't. :O:

Seriously, just a poor rip-off from Ace Combat. :-?

Played the demo, and that's about the right of it. Not good at all.

[gimpy117]

Well the shaft or not we did just get free stuff from ubisoft. Most other companies would send us an email simply saying "sorry" and go F@$& yourselves.

Even if its a ploy the make us happy...it shows they care. they fixed the servers, they didn't have to give us anything...but they did. and that was nice of them

and besides my mommy told me not to look a gifthorse in the mouth ;)

[Commie]

...it shows they care.

It shows they are desperate more like. For a company that has just created such a DRM in order to stop even one copy being pirated, to then give away it's products shows that they really are in the ****. They don't give a rats about SH5 customers, they just want to sweeten the image of their company as they know that Splinter Cell Conviction and Settlers 7 are coming out next with the same DRM crap and they want to encourage as many as they can to give their fun DRM a go and buy their games with the psychology of 'well if it doesn't work that well, I'll get a free game anyway' instilled in the potential customer.

UBI know that give something for free, even a turd, it will generate an irrational sense of goodwill in many.

[Catfish]

For all those who chose the snowboard sim ...

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/UBIsnowboardsubmarinecaptain.png

I pirated this from the official UBIsoft SH5 forum :rotfl2:,
it's from Tinkerbell12 - Great job lol

Greetings,
Catfish

[Nordmann]

There is only one thing to say to that. ROFLMFAO! :rotfl2:

[gimpy117]

It shows they are desperate more like. For a company that has just created such a DRM in order to stop even one copy being pirated, to then give away it's products shows that they really are in the ****. They don't give a rats about SH5 customers, they just want to sweeten the image of their company as they know that Splinter Cell Conviction and Settlers 7 are coming out next with the same DRM crap and they want to encourage as many as they can to give their fun DRM a go and buy their games with the psychology of 'well if it doesn't work that well, I'll get a free game anyway' instilled in the potential customer.

UBI know that give something for free, even a turd, it will generate an irrational sense of goodwill in many.

The Thing is piracy is a big problem today, more so then when SH3 came out and possibly even more than when SH4 was released . Furthermore the only reason those servers went down was because of a malicious attack on them by hackers. This was by no means UBI's fault so for them to apologize for one and a half days of having my game out by giving me 30 bucks worth of free stuff...id say that's a good deal to me.

but by all means man continue to make lemons out of lemonade...I'll take your code and get both games if you wanna give it to me

[walsh2509]

Of course they need to fix the game with more patches , but as others have said some companies would have either ignored the problem or sent an email saying sorry.

A free game , ok not a great choice , but its better than a poke in the eye with a jaggy stick.

[janh]

The Thing is piracy is a big problem today, more so then when SH3 came out and possibly even more than when SH4 was released . Furthermore the only reason those servers went down was because of a malicious attack on them by hackers. This was by no means UBI's fault so for them to apologize for one and a half days of having my game out by giving me 30 bucks worth of free stuff...id say that's a good deal to me.

I once was of your opinion, but I have had quite a time looking at this from different perspectives by now. Pirating does damage, and costs sales. As does shoplifting. But the recent decade is just too full of example of small start-up studios and developers that land a "first-try superhit". Why? Because they deliver a highly valuable, product, and one that customers want (satisfies their wishes, ideas etc, and is novel, not just copy of an old game idea/concept with new eye-candy), instead of delivering something "that a company wants to sell" and is developed orthogonally to market/customer interests. And they didn't die of piracy, but actually customers voluntarily buy their products, and pay the money. Sales are high, that is why it is a superhit. Let me elaborate further.

And to do so, I will pull up the counter example of companies like Microprose that went away long before piracy and downloads were developed (to this extend, or at all). Hence, you cannot claim piracy as primary cause for their end. But what you will find if you think about their fate, is for one that their casual products did not succeed in the broad market (for many reasons), and their specialized nice-products (like a sub simulator) didn't generate enough revenue. That is what it is, and if you get into the business of developing a niche-product, you can't expect to be a millionaire in no time, if at all.
Now, there is also a second class of examples, and that is companies that just warmed up game ideas time after time, and didn't spice the product up enough. To make it enticing. Say "Sid Meiers Gettysburg" was a successful game, but the sequel "Antietam" ended the series -- why? I guess it was but a new map, and everything else was just the same. And there is many examples of that class, maybe even the two points I mentioned above are just two symptoms of exactly this issue here.

And that was even before the times of harsh DRM or OSP-DRM, which now add a very bitter taste to everything particularly for legal owners, and induce them to see minor flaws of a product in a darker light then without. (EDIT: ) Moreover, the entertainment business has been expanding at a much faster rate than population growth or wealth ("money") increase. Each entertainment sector, movies, games, music, books, and real-life from sports to paintball, has grown strongly over the last 10-20 years. But since the consumer are limited (in number, their free time and money), every company and product will naturally get a smaller piece of cake every year and will have to present much better than average "products" to expand.

So I begin to think, and I bet with the SHV disaster it could have proven clearly this time if the pirates had for once stayed out of this, that it is the companies failing to bind customers by delivering "novel" games, added-value products (a thick printed manual, and other thing that you can't download on a site) and better service!

I think SHV would be a premier example of a product developed tangentially to what the community had hoped for (see Neals review), and that is why there is so much outcry and disappointment. And this may turn into lack of commercial success, and the consequences. I think Ubisoft may have done more harm with a repeated buggy release and the OSP-DRM to its own sales than the pirates could have.

Unfortunately I have as little credible and unambiguous evidence for my hyothesis as you do have for yours, so it's not worth arguing about anything that we can't change either opinions on. But I want to put it out there as a possibility that may be worth thinking critically about, and not focus on one possibility and ignore all the others (thats why the world is round...).
The future will likely teach how bad piracy really is, or whether companies are actually harming themselves more by not treating the customers as kings.

[Letum]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/UBIsnowboardsubmarinecaptain.png



Arf!
Thats a classic.

[Catfish]

Hello,

re Gimpy117:

well the word "pirate" is certainly a bit hard, certainly wanted and intended to sound that way (t'was Microsoft b.t.w. who invented this word - and i still wonder whether so much people would have XP and 7 on their PCs, had they not tried out pirated versions of Windows 3.11 earlier in thei life). But then isn't the impossibility of using the paid-for product with its promised properties at all, also a criminal offense, or even theft, if we are being consequent for both sides ?
Seems there are also pirates in the companies, don't you think so ?
As well in this brave new world doublespeak there are the consumers (read parasites, not creating anything but just consuming) and the noble producers (positively occupied, creating something, god-like).

As i read elsewhere:

The statement "This product is not eligible for refunds" in UBI's adverts or terms of sale for this particular product, is in fact a breach of UK and Germany's consumer rights and laws.

It is also in breach of The Sales of Goods Act 1979 where it is an implied term of warranty that a product must be of satisfactory quality, therefore allowing the consumer a period of satisfactory enjoyment of a product. A product is not of satisfactory quality, when the consumer is not able to to enjoy the product or is not satisfied with the quality of the product - in this case ingame quality and functionality, and externally the broken-down servers so not being able to use this software.

It slso seems that the UBIsoft server downtime, or better system overload was indeed UBI's responsability, and no DDOS attack, at least as it is published in Tom's Hardware guide article on that matter.
I already suspected UBI's servers that are causing the issue; UBI said it itself before changing their mind some days later, boy this was so obvious what was going on.

This alone, without all other bugs and being inferior to earlier versions of the product, means the product is not of satisfactory quality. Under warranty laws the seller must refund the consumer the full value of the product.

From the UBI forum:
" ... So i suggest to UBI to remove the statement that states the product is not eligible for refund forthwith and that you start refunding people in full too. Otherwise, consumers will and do have the right to make claims against you, in the UK's small claims courts, for breach of warranty, breach of the sales of goods act as well as breach of the consumer protection unfair trading regulations act 2008, for imposing a term of sale that is in breach of consumers satutory rights.
[...]
Restrictive statements such as 'This Product is not eligible for Refunds' or for example 'Sold as seen', are classed as a criminal offence, so UBI may face criminal prosecution aswell as civil court claims.

Where the product is not of satisfactory quality, the seller has no choice but to refund the buyer, regardless of weather its DVD, CD's Underwear, software or 'engraved' jewellery. "

Returning the product and getting the money back holds no perils at all.

And again, the simple "every downloaded pirated game is a lost customer" does not wash. But we had this ad nauseum, therefore even i am getting tired by posting the same again and again :nope:

Greetings,
Catfish

[Commie]

The Thing is piracy is a big problem today, more so then when SH3 came out and possibly even more than when SH4 was released . Furthermore the only reason those servers went down was because of a malicious attack on them by hackers. This was by no means UBI's fault so for them to apologize for one and a half days of having my game out by giving me 30 bucks worth of free stuff...id say that's a good deal to me.

but by all means man continue to make lemons out of lemonade...I'll take your code and get both games if you wanna give it to me

Yeah...piracy is so big that almost all the top selling games have been 'pirated' supposedly, while the uncrackable Assassins Creed 2 languishes far behind. The Anti Pirate Brigades and publishers have stated often that piracy=lost sales, so with Assassins Creed 2 we can finally put that to the test. Since the first AC was pirated a million times, then shouldn't ASSCreed2 have sold at least as many by now, since the pirates would have bought it?

[Turm]

CAUTION!!! The "Official Site" links for the games on offer do not take you to the correct websites for the games.

The pages from the Ubisoft e-mail are here:
http://princeofpersia.gamesplanet.com/prince-of-persia-game-ubisoft.html?affilie=newsusersac2sh5
http://shaunwhite.gamesplanet.com/shaun-white-snowboarding-game-ubisoft.html?affilie=newsusersac2sh5

Both have an "Official Site" link in the lower-right of the page, taking you to these two places respectively (for me in the UK, at least):

http://prince-of-persia.uk.ubi.com/
http://shaunwhitegame2.uk.ubi.com/

However, the features and styles of the games there didn't quite match those on the download pages linked to by the e-mail.

A short investigation concluded that the two sites above are for the newer versions of these two games, namely "Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands" and "Shaun White Snowboarding 2" - NOT the games on offer.

So if you're looking to get some info on these two games from Ubisoft's site before picking which one to download, think again! :har:

Even if you go to www.ubi.com (http://www.ubi.com/) and browse their games on the main page, and click through to the "Official Site", the same problem exists. Very smart!

I appreciate their offer, but can't they get anything right first time? :nope:no idea what your on about, the links they sent you are for the games they are offering. wether another link within that page takes you elsewhere is quite irrelevant given the amount of info on the link they actually sent you.

using there very own search facility i was instantly met with this link. http://www.ubi.com/UK/Games/Info.aspx?pId=7090 which clearly is the PoP game they are offering. so yeah they can get it right first time.

I don't dispute the accuracy of the links in the e-mail. But for anybody wanting to find out any additional information (given how little is on the download pages), there is a problem with all the other links!

Your link above gives no more information than the download page that you get to from the e-mail. Yes, it contains some info on the story and the features, but not enough for me to really get an understanding of what the game is like.

Why do you say it is irrelevant if the link on that page takes you 'elsewhere' (i.e. the wrong place)? The link says "Official Site", which should take you to the game's official site, no? It does take you to a Prince of Persia site, but not the right one, hence it's very misleading!

So, when you click the link in the e-mail, you go here:
http://princeofpersia.gamesplanet.com/prince-of-persia-game-ubisoft.html?affilie=newsusersac2sh5

On this page is a little info, four pathetically small screenshots, and a poor quality video. I want more information to help me decide which game to choose. So, I click on the link circled in the image below:

http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/4007/pop1s.jpg

Where am I taken? Here: http://prince-of-persia.uk.ubi.com/

What is that? The website for the new PoP game, which is due out in May 2010.

Yet you think this is irrelevant? Why? Clearly it's a mistake. Anyway, the digital download is from a website called gamesplanet.com as you can see in the first link. It's not Ubisoft, so let's forgive that error...

So, instead, I go to Ubisoft's site to find the information for the Prince of Persia game that they are actually offering.

On the main site (http://www.ubi.com/UK/default.aspx), I choose the Genre of "Adventure", circled below. Then I have to scroll to the right (past the new "PoP: The Forgotten Sands" game), until I find the correct game. I then click the "Visit the Official Site" link, also circled:

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/729/pop2s.jpg

And where does it go? Here: http://prince-of-persia.uk.ubi.com/

Which is the same site as before - for the new game. Therefore, I cannot find any proper information on the old PoP game from Ubisoft. Ridiculous. And it's exactly the same situation for Shaun White Snowboarding.

So, please don't tell me that Ubisoft CAN get it right first time. They CANNOT! :nope:

I'm not a Ubisoft basher, and have never said anything against the DRM system (it's not great, but a necessary evil in these days of widespread piracy). I don't jump on the bandwagon when everybody starts laying into Ubisoft's errors and all they have done wrong. But this is a stupid mistake and I wanted to warn others in case they decided to do a little research before choosing their free game.

I also e-mailed Ubisoft to let them know, since how can they fix it if they don't know it's broken?

I'll be off to some other websites to find out about the games - no harm done as far as I'm concerned, but an annoyance all the same. Hope you "know what I'm going on about" now and don't feel the need to defend Ubisoft about it.

[Dueydueck]

:timeout: If you do happen to be a snowboarder (like myself) or just happen to enjoy watching it. DO NOT download Shaun White Snowboarding!!! It is a horribly broken game with horrible mechanics and bad gameplay. I got it for Christmas 08 and haven't played it since.

[Nisgeis]

:timeout: If you do happen to be a snowboarder (like myself) or just happen to enjoy watching it. DO NOT download Shaun White Snowboarding!!! It is a horribly broken game with horrible mechanics and bad gameplay. I got it for Christmas 08 and haven't played it since.

Is there much of a modding scene for it? :doh:

[Dueydueck]

Is there much of a modding scene for it? :doh:

I don't think you'll find too many snowboarding sim enthusiasts.

[Nordmann]

I don't think you'll find too many snowboarding sim enthusiasts.

What if we mounted a deck gun on it?

[janh]

It is also in breach of The Sales of Goods Act 1979 where it is an implied term of warranty that a product must be of satisfactory quality, therefore allowing the consumer a period of satisfactory enjoyment of a product. A product is not of satisfactory quality, when the consumer is not able to to enjoy the product or is not satisfied with the quality of the product - in this case ingame quality and functionality, and externally the broken-down servers so not being able to use this software.

Good to know, excellent info Catfish! I have always been unsure what I can return here in the US in the past couple of years, but I'll follow that lead a bit and figure out what customer rights here are.

[janh]

Yeah...piracy is so big that almost all the top selling games have been 'pirated' supposedly, while the uncrackable Assassins Creed 2 languishes far behind. The Anti Pirate Brigades and publishers have stated often that piracy=lost sales, so with Assassins Creed 2 we can finally put that to the test. Since the first AC was pirated a million times, then shouldn't ASSCreed2 have sold at least as many by now, since the pirates would have bought it?

Maybe a bit simplified picture, but as first approximation that would be close. Keep in mind that Ubisoft will probably now claim that the DDOS attacks that they "detected" are similar acts of piracy that lead to bad publicity and lower sales. Means "piracy' beneficials" may not be playing it, but customer stay away.

[Hartmann]

Can be used the Snow board in the sea with high waves ?? :haha:

[Rip]

OK, I've tried to download Prince of Persia ten times and it tells me that my payment was not accepted... when I use the code they supplied me... Is this seriously some way for them to trick us into spending more money on their crap? "Ooo, a free game. Crap, the code doesn't work, but now I really want the game. I guess I'll just buy it."

It boggles my mind how stunningly inept this company continues to be.

Has anyone else had this issue and worked through it?

Yea, I am getting this as well. Crap!

[BlackSpot]

Well nothing surprises me with Ubi.
When I initially loaded SHV you have to register, yes?. However, UBI says I'm already registered with that email address. Am I? I don't remember ever doing that. Ok. So I ask for a password reminder. It then tells me there's no such account registered with that email address.:damn:

[Rip]

Yea, I am getting this as well. Crap!


After retrying it a few times I finally got it to go.

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[Grey_Raven75]

After retrying it a few times I finally got it to go.

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I finally got it after about thirty attempts. We'll see if it actually works once it's downloaded.

[Highbury]

:timeout: If you do happen to be a snowboarder (like myself) or just happen to enjoy watching it. DO NOT download Shaun White Snowboarding!!! It is a horribly broken game with horrible mechanics and bad gameplay. I got it for Christmas 08 and haven't played it since.

It is actually not bad compared to any other PC boarding game. I really like the "sandbox" quality of it compared to others.

It does not like CPUs with Hyperthreading. Alot of people have had to disable it in the bios to get the game to run. Real PITA but the only major bug I have seen. It is apparently a long-known problem but Ubi has not released a patch or even acknowledged the problem.. surprise surprise.

Considering I have never had the Ubi servers down when I have tried to play SHV, a free game that I have had a few hours of fun in is something I can't bitch about.

[gimpy117]

@ commie and Catfish

no I'm not saying im some kind of anti priracy freak. all i was getting at is that piracy is very common and companies are worried about it, especially in these times. also, i disagree with the piracy word. It is what you call it. Ive always had it called that...either that or stealing.