Comment on Fuck Ubisoft.

• woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why is steam the only acceptable DRM?

  Because it’s optional and if opted in, works offline.

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  • FlorianSimon@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ubisoft’s launcher also has an offline mode, though, does it not?

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    • improbablypoopingrn@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You lost me at ‘ubisoft’s launcher’

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    • msage@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I remember playing Far Cry 3 on Steam way back when… It opened up uPlay. I was not happy, but what can you do.

      So I played for a bit, then… the game crashed. Nothing seemed to be wrong with the game, but the uPlay lost connection. Everything else worked just fine. Happened several times after that, never bought anything else from Ubisoft.

      Even if their launcher isn’t such piece of shit anymore, I don’t care.

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  • snooggums@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Plus it works so smoothly I never even think of it as DRM, I just notice all the positives.

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    • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Plus it works so smoothly I never even think of it as DRM

      AFAIK SteamWorks DRM is something developers have to actively implement in their games. From what I understand, by default Steam is merely a delivery system without DRM.

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      • zecg@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes. Ubisoft’s Rayman Origin works with no launcher, just copy steam’s game dir and go.

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• mhz@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As a linux gamer, a game that is not available on Steam is a game i won’t even bother checking. I can easily run non-steam game using lutris or heroic-game-launcher but I prefer to stick to my walled garden than step in their’s.

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