Should we be discussing the fact that there are cracked versions out there???

Only at your own peril :o

Kind of hard to discuss DRM at all without touching piratism don't you think? Preventing the latter is the whole point of the system after all.

I think it's the way it's discussed that makes the difference;)

Like I said before the most crazy part of all of this is that some people who own legit copies of this game are having to turn to a iccky version, I mean what kind of message is Ubi sending it's customers here ???:damn:

Are they?

I'm still playing my "real" copy. Apart from the first 2 weekends I've had absolutely nothing go wrong with my game (DRM or otherwise). Why would I want a dodgy copy?

I don't know of anyone who "owns" the game who's needed to go :arrgh!: either.

Nope my legit copy is fine

There is nothing wrong with my legit copy either, my problem is that I work away from my main PC all week, playing on my laptop is fine except for the fact I have no internet connection where I am staying, so I dont fit the mould of those who have the Ubi mould setup, should that exclude me from being able to play the game I have bought and paid for ?

Short answer......No it shouldn't

But that isn't Ubi's answer... ;)

And you by buying the game said that it is A-okay too, regardless of your actual opinion.

Thats a fair point and one I can't argue with. It's even worse for people (like Sailor Steve) who have no internet connection at all.

I play MMO's and my machine is wired straight into the broadband - so I knew it wouldn't affect me.

No cracks.

The Management

No there aren't cracked versions! The only thing that exists is DRM mods and DRM mod fix ...

So the techical term is "mods" not "cracks". Cracks have the hulls on SH5, alots of them.

:haha:

Not only has my pristine, legit copy worked perfectly from the get go... it also earned me a bright shiny, new (old) Prince of Persia game. I've played it all of ten minutes so far.
Can i get a DRM roll, please? And the next free game from Ubi that I'll probably never play is.......
But seriously, it's not all bad news. :yeah:

What gets my goat is that there are people who are playing SH5 for free without having to connect to the internet. I think these are the very same people that UBI was targeting with it's oppresive and intrusive DRM/OSP/BOLOX (oops, there I go again).

And whilst these people have uninterupted playtime with SH5, I have to sit on my hands in the corner waiting for UBIs Brain Fart to be removed before I can purchase the product and actually play it.

Am I wrong to feel somewhat peeved that the people that UBI was trying to prevent from playing SH5 ARE and the people who have supported UBI and want to play SH5 CANT.

So that's one to the pirates then and one in the eye for the customers.

But then it was never really about Pirates was it UBI...:nope:

Cheers, UG.