Assassin's Creed 2 and SH5 owners get free UBI game (merged) - Page 7

kylania · 03-25-10, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by LarzJG

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

Seriously, I can't think of any.

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

tennozan · 03-25-10, 05:37 PM

They really must like the AC2 crowd better than us.

Dronston · 03-25-10, 05:41 PM

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

Arclight · 03-25-10, 05:44 PM

Own both, only got mail for SH5.

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

ReM · 03-25-10, 05:47 PM

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

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 · 03-25-10, 05:50 PM

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 · 03-25-10, 05:53 PM

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

Move and lock then.....

Nisgeis · 03-25-10, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 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!

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 · 03-25-10, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by kylania

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.

Placoderm · 03-25-10, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Fincuan

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

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.

LOL!! Priceless!!

Turm · 03-25-10, 06:10 PM

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!

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 · 03-25-10, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by kylania

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

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?)

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.

<-- Ubisoft Marketing Executive Officers

walsh2509 · 03-25-10, 06:24 PM

Is everyone getting one of these emails ?

Not seen one yet

Turm · 03-25-10, 06:59 PM

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.co...ewsusersac2sh5
http://shaunwhite.gamesplanet.com/sh...ewsusersac2sh5

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!

Even if you go to 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?

Seeadler · 03-25-10, 07:03 PM

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

03-25-10, 05:37 PM	#92
tennozan Sparky Join Date: May 2005 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 151 Downloads: 142 Uploads: 0	They really must like the AC2 crowd better than us. __________________ "The people who are the most bigoted are the people who have no convictions at all." G.K. Chesterton

03-25-10, 05:44 PM	#94
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	Own both, only got mail for SH5. * please don't label someone who wants SH as realistic as possible "AC2 crowd" __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

03-25-10, 05:47 PM	#95
ReM Commodore Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Brewsky, Galore Posts: 618 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Assassin's Creed 2 and SH5 owners get free UBI game 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 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. __________________ Daddy cool

03-25-10, 05:50 PM	#96
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	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". __________________

03-25-10, 05:53 PM	#97
ReM Commodore Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Brewsky, Galore Posts: 618 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Didn't know this was old news.... Move and lock then..... __________________ Daddy cool

03-25-10, 06:10 PM	#101
Turm Engineer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 210 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	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! 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

03-25-10, 06:24 PM	#103
walsh2509 XO Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 410 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Is everyone getting one of these emails ? Not seen one yet

03-25-10, 06:59 PM	#104
Turm Engineer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 210 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	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.co...ewsusersac2sh5 http://shaunwhite.gamesplanet.com/sh...ewsusersac2sh5 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! Even if you go to 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?

03-25-10, 07:03 PM	#105
Seeadler Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,096 Downloads: 169 Uploads: 0	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 __________________ -- Vapor-ware is always easier to sell because there's no limit what it can do!