Baaaah.

I guess you're gonna vote for Obama and Goldman Sachs again this year as well?

>> ^Quboid:

This video is trying to tell me that EA remake the same shitty game that idiots buy over and over.
However, what it actually tells me is that the maker of this video is a hipster asshole who thinks his opinions are worth more than other people's, and who thinks because they don't like Call of Honour, then people who do are simple minded, gullible sheep. This asshole is so full of his or her own opinion that anyone who disagrees must have fallen for EA's evil marketing because anyone actually thinking independently would surely have the same opinion as them, as they're so fucking special; they're the only sane person.
EA, Activision and Ubisoft do produce many shitty games and are involved in underhanded tactics like buying reviews. However, that doesn't mean all their games suck and it doesn't mean people who like an EA game, even an uninnovative sequel, are wrong. The implication that we should all follow what this guy thinks (or if you prefer, independently come to the same conclusion) would make us sheep.

This video is trying to tell me that EA remake the same shitty game that idiots buy over and over.

However, what it actually tells me is that the maker of this video is a hipster asshole who thinks his opinions are worth more than other people's, and who thinks because they don't like Call of Honour, then people who do are simple minded, gullible sheep. This asshole is so full of his or her own opinion that anyone who disagrees must have fallen for EA's evil marketing because anyone actually thinking independently would surely have the same opinion as them, as they're so fucking special; they're the only sane person.

EA, Activision and Ubisoft do produce many shitty games and are involved in underhanded tactics like buying reviews. However, that doesn't mean all their games suck and it doesn't mean people who like an EA game, even an uninnovative sequel, are wrong. The implication that we should all follow what this guy thinks (or if you prefer, independently come to the same conclusion) would make us sheep.

I'm digging the setting -- the American Revolution is pretty uncommon as a setting for these sorts of things.

It's unfortunate (but not surprising) that it's Ubisoft. I'm sure they'll once again find a way to destroy the PC version and then blame poor sales on their customers. Case in point:

"We're definitely supporting PC, we love PC, but I think it'll be PC with a controller. I don't see us investing hugely in a mouse and keyboard setup. I think if you want to play on PC and you want to play Assassin's Creed, you have a controller." - Alex Hutchinson

I'm also very sceptical, when I first saw the new Jagged Alliance I thought this could work... but it didn't (and not due to the fact they made a RTS out of the old turn based game, the game is just shitty but that's another discussion).

But on the other hand it's Firaxis, they don't try to push the usual EA/Ubisoft-blockbuster-all-the-same-but-with-better-graphics down your throat. And they really gotta take some credit by sticking to the original. I mean new Jagged Alliance feels at least a bit like Jagged Alliance 2... But when I see Syndicate I just wanna punch some executive producer in the nuts. Having that said, where is the REAL remake of Syndicate?

Ubisoft doesn't want your money anyway, so don't give it to them.

Besides, everyone knows those *french *canadian fuckers are all right-wing extremists. Right, DFT?

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What the hell, Further proof that there are people that just don't get it.

I don't know if this is written by Tom Clancy, Ubisoft, or some outside party but this is completely *WTF

Since when did those of us who are against big corporations become the terrorists?

Most of what I would say has already been said by @spoco2 so I'll keep this short:

Companies like EA and Ubisoft have earned a place in my "never, ever pay for their products" list because of their invasive and destructive DRM. To treat a paying customer like a thief is insulting and aggravating.

On the other hand, I have a very strict personal policy of never pirating games from Blizzard, Bethesda and BioWare as these companies have proven that their products are worth my money.

As for other games, if I like them, I buy them. Steam is, IMO, one of the greatest ideas/systems out there when it comes to encouraging the buying of games.

I have no compunctions about torrenting TV shows that I would get for free at home. With a torrent I can watch the content when I want to and don't have to worry about missing it at its regular time-slot.

Movies I treat like a rental: if I like, I will buy. But I agree that a digital download should be a minute fraction of the cost of physical media. I would happily pay a few dollars to download a movie.

With regards to the whole "experiment", I think most non-pirates would be surprised at how many of us would pay if we felt the price was reasonable and worth our dollar. Corporations these days seem to have no clue regarding value for money.

Absolutely retarded. Yeah, nothing wrong with a sexually themed game, but you can tell all of those mini games are aboslute bullshit in that they don't actually work as shown. The controllers don't sense really in the ways they show them trying to. Pretty ridiculous, and participants would quickly work out that what they are doing has very little baring on what the game is doing.

Oh, and the original youtube ad from ubisoft would probably be a better pick as all those 'enter parental' code boxes are then clickable and take you to lame endings.

I agree with DRM "punishing your customers". The only DRM I can tolerate is what Steam uses to encrypt files. And that's because Steam is more convenient than physical media and constantly-patching all your PC games.

Disagree with his notion of "always on" network connection solving the DRM problem. Ubisoft does this with their newer titles, and I don't like it. Even for single player games, like Assassins Creed 2, you have to be constantly connected. You lose your connection, game pauses or doesn't start. Ubi's servers went down too - no one could play AC2 for 6 hours the day after it was released. They claim it was a DOS attack, but likely it was unexpected demand. Oh, can't confirm it, but that DRM was already patched out and there are pirated versions of UBI games out there already. I won't purchase any new UBI game which uses this Always-On-DRM.

The reward system is up to the reseller, not up to the publisher. Truth is that resellers don't make much profit from selling new games. That is why Gamestop is always pushing their used titles (and have rewards program for it) - the profit margin is astoundingly higher. Although the publisher can offer some rebates, like if you own the prior title, you get a discount on the sequel. These are few and far between though.

I bought a PS3 to put linux on it. But that was when it first came out, and there aren't many games on it, so no compelling reason to own it. I only put linux on it to try out Cell programming. Honestly YDL was slooooowwwww on the PS3. Other than Cell programming, there's no compelling reason to put linux on a PS3. Sony was selling the PS3 at a loss, and could do so because of future profits from selling games. I'm not sure if the newer Slim models are profitable or not, but I understand them removing support for it. (my conspiracy theory is that IBM also twisted their arm, since a Cell-BE blade or workstation is $8000+). Now, I use my PS3 for games occasionally, but mostly for blu-ray. I don't feel ripped off. The PS3 still does quite a lot, just not Everything.

Disagree with "shuts off servers for favorite game" argument too. If they want to stop running "official servers" fine - but they should just release open-source version of a dedicated server for anyone who wants to run their own server, after they stopped caring about their old titles. id software consistently released the source for their entire games, not just the server.

I don't think I've ever heard of someone justifying piracy because there was no demo available...Did anyone pirate a game just to try it, then like it and buy the full version? I've heard of people buying the game, hating the DRM, then getting the crack for it so they could actually play what they paid for.

He left out high school and college students (bulk of game pirates) in the "I'm too poor" argument. They all got the consoles or PC's as presents from their parents, and can't budget $60/month for games because they aren't working. And if the parents are already paying for their housing and food, they don't want to buy their kids new games every month, so those kids do what's easy - pirate games.

In all though, I do agree with him - that you should pay for games because developers worked hard on them.

Also if you see a title that is older and discounted, and a new copy is $19.99 and the used one is $17.99 - please buy the new one, cause the developers get $0.00 from used game sales.

Ubisoft? Ugh. No sale.

Ubisoft are only a publisher, their streak of shit continues just fine.

Q Entertainment are the talent. The motion-type controls are optional, the game will be playable with a regular controller. It's planned for release on 360 and PS3...the Wii I think would melt trying to cope.>> ^EDD:

First original game by Ubi that I've seen in years. Hope it's not utter crap like the vast majority of their product. I'll give it an upvote for the fancy visuals and aural treats, but I remain skeptical of the mo-cap. I guess this is planned for the Wii, Kinect or Sony's Move, right?

>> I haven't played ANY, but Ubisoft sucks for its DRM though. I only have Windows/PC since I am not a console fan (haven't owned one since Atari 2600). I wished there were playable demos."



I played AC & AC2 to the PC, not a console person either .. and all that DRM effort Ubisoft put in didnt do them any good, they've all been broken by hacker groups. AC2 took a while before it was cracked, but it fell just like any other title.

>> ^Offsajdh:

>> ^ant:
Looks nice, but will the game be fun? I heard the first game was repetitve, bloated, etc.

Correct .. the first one was more of a nice looking prototype then a game. However, Assasins Creed 2 perfected it. If you havent already played AC2, then I strongly reccommend that you pick it up. Well crafted through and through. You should be able to jump straight into it without having played the first one and still enjoy it immensly.


I haven't played ANY, but Ubisoft sucks for its DRM though. I only have Windows/PC since I am not a console fan (haven't owned one since Atari 2600). I wished there were playable demos.

*begging that Ubisoft delivers a worthy continuation to further the narrative between Assasins and Templars.