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PSA: You need to log into a Ubisoft account to unlock the DLC for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Complete Edition (UPDATE: apparently not true)

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from the Nintendo World Report review:
To unlock one of the new additions to the game, a playable version of Knives Chau, you are required to log into the Ubisoft services with an account in order to receive the character. This game is supposed to be the re-release of a game that was mostly infamous for being inaccessible thanks to it being a digital release. Locking free and new content behind another digital sign-in service is nothing but detestable from Ubisoft.
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this is complete BS. a complete edition of a 10 year old game shouldn't have DLC locked behind logging into a service, specially for a game like this that's been notoriously unplayable for so long. what is ubisoft doing?

thanks to Electric Sheep for pointing this out in the review thread.
 
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WTF the whole point of a complete edition is that everything is on disc
 
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So that's a problem.

Also defeats the purpose of a physical version since you'd be unable to unlock that in the future when the servers go down. Hopefully this gets fixed before the LRG version goes into print.
 
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I really hate that.

David Jaffe was saying the same thing with Doom Eternal and Bethesda accounts.
 
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This is *not* true on Xbox One, which is the platform I've tested on. Knives works by default, and no other content appears to be locked. (Coincidentally, the Ubisoft login service built into the game shows nothing unlockable right now.)
 
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i don't remember the original having uplay embedded even tho most ubisoft games had it shoehorned in back then so why now?
 
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samred said:
This is *not* true on Xbox One, which is the platform I've tested on. Knives works by default, and no other content appears to be locked. (Coincidentally, the Ubisoft login service built into the game shows nothing unlockable right now.)
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were you perhaps already logged into ubi services on your xbox?
 
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samred said:
This is *not* true on Xbox One, which is the platform I've tested on. Knives works by default, and no other content appears to be locked. (Coincidentally, the Ubisoft login service built into the game shows nothing unlockable right now.)
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Interesting. We'll have to see what happens on release, but it would be weird if the Switch version required a login and the Xbox one didn't.

Would also stop me from buying the Switch physical. Would either wait for Xbox or hope the PS4 one doesn't need it either.

(I'm also not happy that the Ubisoft login stuff is there at all, but if it's meaningless then I can ignore it)
 
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Oh their notoriously unstable and commonly offline service? The one that's keeping me from unlocks in rocksmith steam because they are permanently broken? Great move Ubi, great move
 
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Lowblood said:
(I'm also not happy that the Ubisoft login stuff is there at all, but if it's meaningless then I can ignore it)
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seems like you'll need it if you want to play online multiplayer also. from the same review:
Unfortunately, in order to access the "Network play" sessions, all players are required to have an Ubisoft account and be signed into the online service.
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samred said:
there's nothing in the game that pauses, stutters, or checks for an Ubisoft account, so I can't be sure what may have happened.
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i see. it may be a platform-specific issue then. i guess we'll know more when the game comes out tomorrow.
 

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It should be included in the LRG version, they delayed the Panzer Dragoon remake for it's stability patch.
 
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Wait, they locked knives, the first released dlc character at the time of the original release, behind ubisoft connect, but not wallace, the second one released later?
 
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samred said:
Also not the case on Xbox. I wonder if that's an Ubisoft dodge to get around Nintendo Switch Online?

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samred said:
Also not the case on Xbox. I wonder if that's an Ubisoft dodge to get around Nintendo Switch Online?

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The online play was janky and broken in the original as well so that tracks. It was essentially hacked into the game as best they could without rewriting the entire thing.
 
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This isn't accurate at least for the ps4 version. All the content and characters were unlocked from the start. Maybe it was just a thing for the review copies?
 
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since this seems to be not the case on xbox, switch or ps4, maybe the reviewer had it wrong or this was just an issue with their review copy. i've asked for the the thread to be locked for now, i apologize for hastily making this thread.
 
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