I stopped buying Ubisoft games a long time ago for several other reasons
This article just made me think "wait, people still buy Ubisoft after everything they pulled in the past 15+ years?"
Ubisoft's FOR HONOR will block SteamOS / Linux players starting September 10
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#152The fact that the top comment is joking about how this juggernaut of a game is some unknown nobody is part of the problem
I watch gaming-related news daily for fun and I don't remember this game at all. I remember other big publisher competitive online games fine, so I feel this one is particularly insignificant.
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#153Earlier quoted context omitted.
You need to include extra files and enable a flag for EAC to work on Linux. You don't do that by accident. You also don't advertise that it works on the steam deck by accident.
Ok, I admit I was wrong. Still user's problem if they manage or not manage to run the game through whatever translation and emulation layers they have instead of using official system requirements.
If the developer actively points out that they made changes so the software works on a specific platform and then actively disabled support for that platform later, I think people that can’t use the software anymore should get a refund.
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#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
Actually, the intent was to preserve the sense of pride and accomplishment by motivating players to play through their purchases instead of hoarding them indefinitely. You think you want a permanent game library, but you don't. Do you guys not have free time? It shouldn't be that hard to finish a game well within its service life anyways.
What? I’ve recently re-played games I enjoyed in the 90s. I listen to my dad’s old vinyl records. Why the hell should my game purchases evaporate after some arbitrary and unpredictable amount of time?
...I guess this is where one says, "woosh"?
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#155Someone in EU should try to make a complaint to the local authority who is enforcing ePrivacy Directive regarding anti cheats in general. Despite what people think ePD isn't limited to cookies and rather also applies all data read or stored in "terminal equipment" via use of electronic communications networks. I would say anti cheat should usually qualify. If they want to do it without consent then they need to show…
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#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Verdana font that your message is written with - how can you be sure that its TrueType bytecode hasn't escaped the sandbox and snuck into your ring0? You either put some trust into the systems made by other people, or you don't touch computers at all.
do not engage this comment. it's either completely and honestly someone not technical missing the point entirely, or more likely trolling.
You called me "all the worse", that gives me greenlight for a little trolling.
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#157Earlier quoted context omitted.
The case for a refund seems totally obvious. Why should you get to keep my money? I paid for a product and I did not get it. Selling it incurs no cost on you and I have received none of the benefit of the transaction. It's not like I ate a meal and then decided I wanted to order something else. This all presumes of course that it is legitimate to ban people from using certain computing environments when running softw…
> I paid for a product and I did not get it you paid for a windows product. the product still works on windows, right? if ubisoft advertised linux support for this game, i am 100% with you on the refund. as far as i can tell, they did not. they advertised the game as a windows product.
>> Selling it incurs no cost on you and I have received none of the benefit of the transaction.
Do you have a reply for this part?
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#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
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Opposing that logic, we should only support 1 or 2 GPUs (just like consoles) and lock down Windows to run nothing but games. Then the problem will actually be solved, like on PS5 and XBox! Really, "stopping cheaters" is a slippery slope and it's worth pointing out that cheaters persist (on both OSes) regardless. Some measures have a negligible impact on the OS, others are a dealbreaker that would cause people to aban…
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#159Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which distro are you using? I'm currently on bazzite and it's merely an okay experience.
I used both Bazzite and Debian, and, while the games do "just work", the problem with Bazzite was that the peripherals were fiddly. Getting the Xbox controllers to work needed some fiddling every time, streaming games from the desktop was hit and miss, and a few other small things like that. It's still amazing how well gaming on Linux works, but the only reason why I wanted a Steam machine is becasue when a few frien…
Steam Machine looks genuinely interesting, but the price is painful. Not their fault of course :(
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#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
I used both Bazzite and Debian, and, while the games do "just work", the problem with Bazzite was that the peripherals were fiddly. Getting the Xbox controllers to work needed some fiddling every time, streaming games from the desktop was hit and miss, and a few other small things like that. It's still amazing how well gaming on Linux works, but the only reason why I wanted a Steam machine is becasue when a few frien…
Steam Machine looks genuinely interesting, but the price is painful. Not their fault of course :(
Yeah :( I was really sure I'd buy it immediately, but then it ended up being around $500 more than I thought, and passed :/ Such a shame.