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Update 2:

Ubisoft are backtracking on the mandatory online connection requirement for playing the game (still required to install)





Update:


The game requires an online connection at all times to play, it seems. Not just for installation.

 

[BaneIsPain]

so technically always online mode?

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

so technically always online mode?

Yep

Assassin’s Creed Shadows

A new Creed rises over Japan

store.playstation.com

 

[Punished Miku]

so technically always online mode?

Not exactly. Just means that the disc is mostly worthless. It's a digital only game, not the same as an always online game.

If it is always online, I don't know.

 

[Kurotri]

....I love the cover art though

 

[Skifi28]

Where does one get this "internet" should he be interested in the game?


Asking for a friend, obviously.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

No thanks then. Not spending $70 on a worthless disc. Maybe if it goes on sale for $20 or under one day.


Let's go Ghost of Tsushima 2.

 

[tusharngf]

its a trap

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Disappointment after disappointment with Ubisoft this year. I'll make sure to get this one used since it's an always online title.



adamsapple you need to edit your OP and headline with this new info.

 

[Lokaum D+]

Fuck you Ubi

 

[LordCBH]

“Single player game”
Have to be online to play


Fucking hell Ubisoft. Bunch of assclowns over there. It’s all to shove skins and dlc in your face every two minutes.

 

[Magic Carpet]

On the plus side my ISP sent me an email saying they are giving me a 100Mb upgrade for free. I went from 400 to 500 out of the goodness of their hearts.

 

[TheUsual]

Related to "Engagement" metrics?

 

[digital_ghost]

How will People without internet know that this game will require internet? Don't they need the internet to find out?

 

[Punished Miku]

Always online = no buy. Wanted to buy Redfall on sale but can't. No point.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Single player only
Always Online (Cash shop lol)

 

[Danjin44]

Games like Elden Ring has PVP and co-op and still let you play completely offline if you want……why is that so hard to do for some devs?

 

[Chuck Berry]

Man I cant stand that "A Ubisoft Original" bullshit

This aint original. It's another samurai/feudal japan game to throw onto the pile.

Also, can we start taking bets on what else they'll add to this in the year of our lord, 2024

 

[Fake]

Yep

Assassin’s Creed Shadows

A new Creed rises over Japan

store.playstation.com

Is ded.

 

[//DEVIL//]

It’s amazing how these companies are racing to be the most hated companies in the world AND pissing people off till they get owned with all negative day one reviews

Then they come like a bitch crying about low sales.

I swear, I am ready for the market to collapse. I want it to, we need to start from zero and all these guys in management to get fired and start selling hotdogs at Costco

 

[sendit]

Bro...who cares? It's 2024, gamer's seemingly create mountains out of mole hills.

 

[adamsapple]

Disappointment after disappointment with Ubisoft this year. I'll make sure to get this one used since it's an always online title.



adamsapple you need to edit your OP and headline with this new info.

done and requested title update to:

Assassins Creed Shadows Requires Online Connection for Installation and Playing

 

[Puscifer]

They told you get comfortable not owning games for a reason

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

done and requested title update to:

Assassins Creed Shadows Requires Online Connection for Installation and Playing

Thanks! I'm so fucking done with them. Really disappointed with this one as I was excited to play an AC set in Japan. Oh well... now I'll just wait and pick it up used some months after it releases as I expect for my local FB marketplace to be filled with AC copies.

Edit: I think the online requirement might be related to that AC Infinity Live Service Hub that Insider Gaming reported a while back.

EXCLUSIVE - Details on Assassin's Creed Infinity's Live Service Hub

All the details you need to know on Assassin's Creed Infinity - The central hub for Assassin's Creed, launching with Assassin's Creed Red.

insider-gaming.com

 

[feynoob]

They don't give a shit at this point.

 

[Gambit2483]

They told you get comfortable not owning games for a reason

They should get comfortable with me not buying their games

 

[MagiusNecros]

Games like Elden Ring has PVP and co-op and still let you play completely offline if you……why is that so hard to do for some devs?

To prey on people that have no self control which leads to this

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Related to "Engagement" metrics?

 

[adamsapple]

Bro...who cares? It's 2024, gamer's seemingly create mountains out of mole hills.

The persistent online connection required to play a single player game seems like a notable thing.

 

[Danjin44]

To prey on people that have no self control which leads to this

Even Granblue Fantasy Relink let you play offline and that series was started as mobile game.

And mobile developers like Shift Up made Stellar Blade that can be played completely offline.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Why the fuck are you going to pay in advance for something 6 month’s away?

 

[Puscifer]

Bro...who cares? It's 2024, gamer's seemingly create mountains out of mole hills.

I mean I get it to an extent but this type of shit is happening in different industries because we're at a point that capitalist don't know how to innovate let alone read the room in terms of economics.

Leasing instead of owning

Car companies charging monthly fees to use key fobs and features that are thousands of dollars and 1 change of code of featureEnabled = 1 away from working. What if Subaru, the company in your avatar, decided to start doing shit like that?

Irreparable or near impossible to repair cars, appliances and electronics, some of these even requiring internet to function

Most software is a subscription service instead of a completed projects

Loss of physical ownership in media is growing, music is basically streaming only unless you get vinyl, a format that died for a reason, movies have become speciality purchases from online stores

I dunno man, I guess all this is kinda crazy to me that in my lifetime I've watched the idea of ownership erode

 

[MagiusNecros]

Even Granblue Fantasy Relink let you play offline and that series was started as mobile game.

And mobile developers like Shift Up made Stellar Blade that can be played completely offline.

I think when it comes to Ubisoft the company basically says their games have to have these predatory practices. Other devs such as Ghostship, Cygames basically have full control over what they can do and can decide whether or not if a game needs to be online or not. And include accessibility options that makes them optional.

So ideally if the online component is required to update the season passes or weekly/daily activities or just the cash shop(hah P2W in single player game lol) there should be an option to turn it on or off.

But this just leads back to the Ubisoft exec saying get used to not owning your games. Which if the game won't function if it isn't online they can pull the game at any time.

When it comes to stuff like Granblue, Stellar Blade these are more the exception to the rule then the norm for AAA scene.

Granblue is amazing for being the anti gacha game. And ironically it is not live service and gamers actually wish it was because the game is fun.

 

[Hrk69]

Gotta install all the live store items babyyy

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Rage. I hate few things more than this always online bullshit for single player games.

 

[Robb]

The game requires an online connection at all times to play, it seems. Not just for installation.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Does it require an Ubi account to play on PC? . . . waiting to see that same energy

 

[LordCBH]

Man I cant stand that "A Ubisoft Original" bullshit

Yeah that tagline just looks so fucking stupid. “A Ubisoft Original” great! I almost bought the Activision Assassin’s Creed game but then noticed it didn’t say A Ubisoft Original!”

 

[LordCBH]

Does it require an Ubi account to play on PC? . . . waiting to see that same energy

Yup. If it releases on Steam it will require their dogshit Ubisoft Connect app that barely even works.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Yeah that tagline just looks so fucking stupid. “A Ubisoft Original” great! I almost bought the Activision Assassin’s Creed game but then noticed it didn’t say A Ubisoft Original!”

And you know they're aping off of the "A Netflix Original" crap which makes it even more douche chilling. As soon as that tagline started appearing over the titles is when they really went to shit imo

 

[ProtoByte]

Can people please raise a stink about this the same way they did about Helldivers? Worse, even?

Even Accursed Farms' Stop Killing Games push seems focused on the wrong things to me. No shit, multiplayer games won't be kept up forever. Single player shit that can easily be played offline? Where's the mass outrage over this?

 

[SmokedMeat]

Get used to not owning your games - Ubisoft

 

[tomato shrub]

Go away Ubi. Just go away already.

 

[ultrazilla]

Update:


The game requires an online connection at all times to play, it seems. Not just for installation.

Well I no longer subscribe to PSN Plus so I guess I can't play this.

 

[adamsapple]

Well I no longer subscribe to PSN Plus so I guess I can't play this.

I don't think it needs PS+ / Gold, just a persistent online connection for the game to check in with Ubisoft's servers.

 

[KyoZz]

Not surprising, just don't give them your money that's it.

Does it require an Ubi account to play on PC? . . . waiting to see that same energy

You won't see the same energy because the account linking will be working day one and you'll never access the game without login in. As opposed to Helldivers were you suddenly need an account to play while people were accessing the game without issue.

 

[Moses85]

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Not surprising, just don't give them your money that's it.


You won't see the same energy because the account linking will be working day one and you'll never access the game without login in. As opposed to Helldivers were you suddenly need an account to play while people were accessing the game without issue.

I get it, but their "principled" stance isn't, it needs to be there at launch . . . it's anti 3rd party logins.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Does it require an Ubi account to play on PC? . . . waiting to see that same energy

I think every Ubisoft game I have on PC has required an UBI account. Hell I had to make one for my Quest 3 when I bought Assasins Creed VR.

 

[PhillMeCream]

basically killing game preservation