Oh agreed....but a step in the right direction all the same :yep:

It's not just SH5 then it's all Ubisofts DRM games that no longer require a constant connection. This is no differnt then Steam games, which are numerous, which require you to logon to play. You then have the choice to play offline. I don't like it but it is the way with many of the most popular games now.

Constant connection was one thing to hold out on but now I don't know. I personally purchase SH5 after I read this thread a few weeks ago. It didn't hurt either that the price dropped to $10, not much more then a movie now-a-days.

Of course if you have no internet connection at all then SH5 is still a no go.

Actually, you do not need to be logged on to play Steam games.

It's a start :yep:

Jimbuna's absolutely right and that makes the difference. If UBI's DRM worked like Steam, I could live with that. Problem is I travel a lot and often don't have an Internet connection available when I want to play games.

If I could "validate" every few play sessions or so, that would be fine. But anything that requires connection every time I load up is unacceptable.

With all respect to Takeda Shingen, the joke about electricity and a computer doesn't fly. Steve's right, there's a big difference between required infrastructure and an unecessary connection requirement. For the average Joe who doesn't travel and lives in a location with cheap and stable Internet service, the requirement is an issue for philosophical debate. For the remaining minority, others like me, its a deal breaker.

Until the connection requirement changes, my wallet and I are still on the sidelines with Sailor Steve (and playing SH3).

From what I can tell, it looks like SH5 has potential, but for now at least, I don't feel like I am really missing anything. Maybe by the time Sh5 catches up to the modded refinement of SH3, they'll drop the constant connection requirement for good.

I think that the argument does indeed come down to, as Sabre said, majority vs minority. The company does what it feels is the most applicable (I didn't want to say best) for the most of it's users. That being said, the trend towards repeal of this sort of DRM is is rendering the discussion moot. Ubi has finally begun to see that this style of copy protection was more harmful than it's worth.

Even though the logging on each and every time for me is not an issue technically I am still waiting for the day when DRM will be dropped. We all agree it is a pointless useless thing. Even from a business perspective.

I come to these forums to learn and share with all and it bothers me that all of us are not able to. There are long time members here that offer so much of themselves yet are now excluded in practice or principle. The day DRM is dropped many of them will come aboard and I can't wait to hear from them.

The place I live at finally got rid of the wireless internet and we have real live cable. Downloads up to ten times as fast! Never seems to be an outage. I'm incredibly happy. :rock:

Of course you know what comes next...

SH5:woot:

Hmmm.. lemme guess.. you gonna play WoW or any other mmorpg, right? Wish you try SH5 instead, but you said many times that until DRM will not be dropped, is no way you will play it :DL

Anyway, grats for your new connection .. I know how you feel :woot:

Apparently UBI is dropping the constant connection for AssCreed II, its only required to register.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/3...asutra+News%29

This article mentions Assassin's Creed 2 and Splinter Cell: Conviction,
has anyone tested SH5 ?

Still says i need an internet connection .

I think SH5 is still the only game in history that wasn't cracked. Maybe they're waiting for that daring "pirate" to rise to the challenge :arrgh!:

Alastair Cook
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