Ubisoft gives Assassins Creed II the DRM treatment - Page 2

Arclight · 02-20-10, 07:21 AM

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Alright. So, Ubisoft's new DRM. Supports unlimited installs and Cloud-based save data. Requires absolutely unbroken access to their master servers, or the product ceases to function. I can boil it right down for you:

Nobody wins.

Well, except pirates. Pirates always win, on a long enough timeline. Honestly, the timeline doesn't even need to be that long.

Visit any thread regarding the topic, and I mean any thread, and it won't be three posts until someone raises the Goddamned Jolly Roger and says they'll pirate the game as a gesture consistent with some comprehensive ur-morality they've ginned up, one where stealing things is alright provided they were very angry when they did it. It's entirely possible that you don't like being spoken to in this way, but somebody has to get this done. What Ubisoft is doing here is Draconian - I don't mean those lizard dudes, I'm talking about laws which are characterized by their severity. Before they eventually dismantle it, and it will be dismantled, it will have achieved exactly the opposite of their intention. But what I won't tolerate from rational beings is the idea that you don't understand why they're doing it.

Every avenue of convenience for the user is also a vector of exploitation.

They have given up.

As fiery rhetoric goes, this sucks. It doesn't have that revolutionary quality that rallies the faithful. The trouble is that this dialogue between pirates and publishers, one which was always characterized by falsehood and ill-will, has ceased to exist in this case. A maneuver this extreme means that they're finished talking altogether: this mechanism is their response, the final word. Only it's impossible to get the final word here in The Cloud. Ever.

And no-one of any sense has ever bet against the scorn and resourcefulness of young men.

^'Tycho' from Penny Arcade (Feb 19 2010): http://www.penny-arcade.com/

To illustrate the problem: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/2/19/

Semtex · 03-03-10, 12:40 PM

i read some page and what i see? DRM at AC2 falling down, almost cracked?

Arclight · 03-03-10, 02:10 PM

Of cousre it is.

After the big stink it caused, OSP became target #1. Same thing happened with Spore when it turned out it had limited installs. Only this one is easier to 'crack' (more like bypass).

Semtex · 03-03-10, 02:28 PM

poor ubi

03-03-10, 05:20 PM

I'd been thinking of getting AC2 and SH 5 , but with this DRM rubbish from Ubi I wont be buying any more games from them!You think Ubi would have learn't the lesson from EA after the Mass Effect DRM outcry with the whole 5 re-install and then you buggered

FIREWALL · 03-03-10, 05:25 PM

The big question is... Is it a finished product ?

NeonSamurai · 03-03-10, 09:39 PM

Just as a reminder, we know already that this new DRM has been successfully broken for another game (and we all know which one). I don't want to see discussion about it for this game or any other UBI games.

I suspect UBI is going to back away from this method fairly quickly given its massive unpopularity, and failure.

03-03-10, 12:40 PM	#17
Semtex Mate Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Periscope Depth Posts: 58 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	i read some page and what i see? DRM at AC2 falling down, almost cracked? __________________

03-03-10, 02:10 PM	#18
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Of cousre it is. After the big stink it caused, OSP became target #1. Same thing happened with Spore when it turned out it had limited installs. Only this one is easier to 'crack' (more like bypass). __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

03-03-10, 02:28 PM	#19
Semtex Mate Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Periscope Depth Posts: 58 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	poor ubi __________________

03-03-10, 09:39 PM	#22
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Just as a reminder, we know already that this new DRM has been successfully broken for another game (and we all know which one). I don't want to see discussion about it for this game or any other UBI games. I suspect UBI is going to back away from this method fairly quickly given its massive unpopularity, and failure. __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

03-03-10, 05:20 PM	#20
darius359au Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I'd been thinking of getting AC2 and SH 5 , but with this DRM rubbish from Ubi I wont be buying any more games from them!You think Ubi would have learn't the lesson from EA after the Mass Effect DRM outcry with the whole 5 re-install and then you buggered

03-03-10, 05:25 PM	#21
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	The big question is... Is it a finished product ?