Can some one confirm this DRM thing - Surely it a joke

rascal101 · 01-27-10, 04:29 AM

Just read a few posts on this, finding it a little hard to believe that a gaming company would be that keen to lock out 1000's of potential customers, who would be repulsed by this heavy handed approach, not to mention those who don’t have internet, or don’t have decent internet or even broadband and especially those who would be suspicious about buying a game that they may loose access to if something happens to the parent company.

Any way folks I really don’t think I can say anything that anyone else has not thought about this way of presenting games. Coupled with my own negative experience with Empire Total War and Steam and updates and Mods along with my own reservations about the lack of dynamic, (read random career) the thrill and the anticipation re SH5 has all but disappeared. I think I'll just wait and see -

Besides folks - the SH3 modders have been hard at it, they've cracked open other rooms in the U-Boat and there seems to be some really good campaign and environmental mods so maybe I'll just stay with Sh3 and SH5 be dammed. Hell I love sub sims but I don’t play SH4 even though I purchased it and the some-what lame add-on, and I don’t miss it in the least.

You really have to question the mentality of a publisher who despite having a captive audience, i.e. SUBSim and its god knows how many members who love your product; nevertheless you just ignore even the basic sentiment of the forum and its members.

I wish you all the best in the attempt to bring a U-Boat game to a wider audience, I cant help but think your wider audience is more interested in other games and other genre’s, that’s why Subsim grew, for those whacko’s like me who love subs, and you’ve all but put me right off the whole thing.

At the end of the day - without a dynamic/random campaign SH5 was never going to offer much by way of replay value anyway

I expect to see those of you who're looking for a bit more than a snazzy eye-candy experience back at the SH3 Mod Forum some time, until then

Good luck and good hunting

Rascal

Reece · 01-27-10, 04:40 AM

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Can some one confirm this DRM thing - Surely it a joke

No joke, for real!!

urfisch · 01-27-10, 04:49 AM

it has been officially confirmed yesterday.

TH0R · 01-27-10, 07:37 AM

I had no problems with Steam, on the contrary I love it. Saved me almost 50% of the store price. If anything I do hope they make it available through Steam and not DRM.

Kretschmer the IV · 01-27-10, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by urfisch

it has been officially confirmed yesterday.

Can't believe this ****.

Why are they doing this?

GreyOctober · 01-27-10, 08:03 AM

Not a joke, FAQ here: http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...6/m/3831008728

Obviously, the DRM is in place to protect the game.

rascal101 · 01-27-10, 08:11 AM

You are right - on the face of it Steam could be a good idea - but for us guys here at SubSim where there's a lot of modding and tweaking Steam
would be an absolute nightmare

Its a real pain as when there is a new official update as it invalidates all previous mods. Ok so you say there is usually four or five patches at most, but if its anything like Empire, even if you purchase an add-on unit it knocks out any previously installed mods

So its a nice concept but not much use in the real world

R

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Originally Posted by TH0R

I had no problems with Steam, on the contrary I love it. Saved me almost 50% of the store price. If anything I do hope they make it available through Steam and not DRM.

urfisch · 01-27-10, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by GreyOctober

Not a joke, FAQ here: http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...6/m/3831008728

Obviously, the DRM is in place to protect the game.

seems to protect the game from us...

Topo65 · 01-27-10, 08:15 AM

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What will happen if I lose my Internet connection when I play the game?

If you lose your Internet connection the game will pause while it tries to reconnect. If the Internet Connection is unable to resume you can continue the game from where you left off or from the last saved game.

I cant believe it. Thank you, Ubi. When I born again, I shall do in a first world country with a stable internet connection.

Boris · 01-27-10, 08:47 AM

Confirmed???

It hasn't been confirmed as yet. Ubi says it will use this DRM for all its future games, but there are rumours circulating that Settlers 7 will be the first to have this, which will be released after SH5.

No one has yet said that SH5 will have this particular new DRM implemented. At this stage it is a lot of humdrum over speculation.

I expect the worst, but I'm not going to get all emotional over something which hasn't even been officially confirmed. There will be enough time to be pissed off when (or if) it is confirmed.

martes86 · 01-27-10, 08:49 AM

Yeah... I've been looking for it all day. Seeing how absolutely everyone is upset about it, I thought it had been confirmed. But so far, it's just a global announcement, not a specific issue. So, can anyone confirm or not?

bigboywooly · 01-27-10, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Boris

Confirmed???

It hasn't been confirmed as yet. Ubi says it will use this DRM for all its future games, but there are rumours circulating that Settlers 7 will be the first to have this, which will be released after SH5.

No one has yet said that SH5 will have this particular new DRM implemented. At this stage it is a lot of humdrum over speculation.

I expect the worst, but I'm not going to get all emotional over something which hasn't even been officially confirmed. There will be enough time to be pissed off when (or if) it is confirmed.

From Q and A on this forum

http://forums-de.ubi.com/eve/forums/...161085487/p/14

Quote:

Silent Hunter 5 includes our new online services: You can install your game on as many computers, your savegames are stored online and you can retrieve it from anywhere and will play on any DVD / CD longer needed in the drive.
To ensure this, the game must be linked with the Ubi.com, and the PC must be connected during the entire season with the Internet.

TDK1044 · 01-27-10, 08:52 AM

Silent Hunter 5 includes our new online services: You can install your game on as many computers, your savegames are stored online and you can retrieve it from anywhere and will play on any DVD / CD longer needed in the drive.
To ensure this, the game must be linked with the Ubi.com, and the PC must be connected during the entire season with the Internet.

Boris · 01-27-10, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by bigboywooly

From Q and A on this forum

http://forums-de.ubi.com/eve/forums/...161085487/p/14

Great

kiwi_2005 · 01-27-10, 09:14 AM

Makes it harder to pirate so i can understand this having to be logged into the net before playing.You can't blame devs for wanting to head in this direction.

01-27-10, 04:29 AM	#1
rascal101 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 769 Downloads: 200 Uploads: 0	Can some one confirm this DRM thing - Surely it a joke Just read a few posts on this, finding it a little hard to believe that a gaming company would be that keen to lock out 1000's of potential customers, who would be repulsed by this heavy handed approach, not to mention those who don’t have internet, or don’t have decent internet or even broadband and especially those who would be suspicious about buying a game that they may loose access to if something happens to the parent company. Any way folks I really don’t think I can say anything that anyone else has not thought about this way of presenting games. Coupled with my own negative experience with Empire Total War and Steam and updates and Mods along with my own reservations about the lack of dynamic, (read random career) the thrill and the anticipation re SH5 has all but disappeared. I think I'll just wait and see - Besides folks - the SH3 modders have been hard at it, they've cracked open other rooms in the U-Boat and there seems to be some really good campaign and environmental mods so maybe I'll just stay with Sh3 and SH5 be dammed. Hell I love sub sims but I don’t play SH4 even though I purchased it and the some-what lame add-on, and I don’t miss it in the least. You really have to question the mentality of a publisher who despite having a captive audience, i.e. SUBSim and its god knows how many members who love your product; nevertheless you just ignore even the basic sentiment of the forum and its members. I wish you all the best in the attempt to bring a U-Boat game to a wider audience, I cant help but think your wider audience is more interested in other games and other genre’s, that’s why Subsim grew, for those whacko’s like me who love subs, and you’ve all but put me right off the whole thing. At the end of the day - without a dynamic/random campaign SH5 was never going to offer much by way of replay value anyway I expect to see those of you who're looking for a bit more than a snazzy eye-candy experience back at the SH3 Mod Forum some time, until then Good luck and good hunting Rascal

01-27-10, 04:49 AM	#3
urfisch Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Deep down in Germany Posts: 1,969 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	it has been officially confirmed yesterday. __________________

01-27-10, 08:03 AM	#6
GreyOctober Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 394 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Not a joke, FAQ here: http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...6/m/3831008728 Obviously, the DRM is in place to protect the game. __________________

01-27-10, 09:14 AM	#15
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Makes it harder to pirate so i can understand this having to be logged into the net before playing.You can't blame devs for wanting to head in this direction. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

01-27-10, 07:37 AM	#4
TH0R XO Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Croatia Posts: 420 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	I had no problems with Steam, on the contrary I love it. Saved me almost 50% of the store price. If anything I do hope they make it available through Steam and not DRM.

01-27-10, 08:47 AM	#10
Boris Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 1,691 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	Confirmed??? It hasn't been confirmed as yet. Ubi says it will use this DRM for all its future games, but there are rumours circulating that Settlers 7 will be the first to have this, which will be released after SH5. No one has yet said that SH5 will have this particular new DRM implemented. At this stage it is a lot of humdrum over speculation. I expect the worst, but I'm not going to get all emotional over something which hasn't even been officially confirmed. There will be enough time to be pissed off when (or if) it is confirmed.

01-27-10, 08:49 AM	#11
martes86 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Colourful Seville - Spain Posts: 971 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Yeah... I've been looking for it all day. Seeing how absolutely everyone is upset about it, I thought it had been confirmed. But so far, it's just a global announcement, not a specific issue. So, can anyone confirm or not?

01-27-10, 08:52 AM	#13
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Silent Hunter 5 includes our new online services: You can install your game on as many computers, your savegames are stored online and you can retrieve it from anywhere and will play on any DVD / CD longer needed in the drive. To ensure this, the game must be linked with the Ubi.com, and the PC must be connected during the entire season with the Internet.