Could be, since the official Ubisoft page doesn't mention removing access to the game. The Anno 2070 page has the same disclaimer on Steam. But the AC2 page doesn't despite having the same wording on the Ubi page.
Almost certainly. AC Liberation Remastered is a different version from AC Liberation HD.
I can't wait for Ubisoft to do the same for console since console library reset is so easily accepted.
Next time, just go to reddit instead of hitting up your common torrent sites.Hence why I'm so gung-ho on physicals. I bought both Pure and Split Second on PC during a sale Amazon had eons ago. Just a crazy ordeal that I have had this year that solidified my stance on this.
I got the urge to play Split Second on PC. I bought the games many moons ago on Amazon. I have the 360 versions as well.
but I read that there was a 60fps patch for PC released a few years ago that I wanted to try for Split Second.
The problem was that this game needs to contact securom servers to authenticate. They no longer exist so unless you have the game installed before the servers went offline, you are SOL forever.
I reached out to Disney, sending these as proof of purchase, asking if there was a remedy for both this and Pure on PC.
Was told in a nice, corporate way to kick rocks. See below
There is a no-CD exe of both games out there but the problem for split second specifically is that it is for version 1.0 and while I can download Spilt Second from Amazon still, it is version 1.x. I said fuck it, went to hit up some torrent sites, found the game, downloaded it, finally got it working. Next day, wake up with a DMCA notice in my email from Comcast.
I got knocked for pirating a game I fucking own. However, if that way didn't exist, it'd be a game lost to time.
Note the dates, The House of Mouse moves fast. This should never happen though. Locking down a game that is only playable through pirated means shows that Disney should have planned better.
Steam Subscriber Agreement said:
It fascinates me how many people don't understand digital purchases.
Why would this be the case? It's against Steam policy to revoke access from Steam while offering access through another service. I can't think of this ever being the case before.
People shouldn't have to crack or pirate games they paid money for in order to be able to play them again.
Nope, delisted from there too and will likely be revoked. Unless you buy the 3 Remaster or the Odyssey Ultimate Edition, you're not playing the game.
Doesn't matter how much someone paid for it.
Don't understand what exactly? These are arbitrary standards set by companies, not legal precedences. It's not a question of it being legal or not, it's just how companies deems your digital purchases.
But why frame this post as a "haha, you silly people complaining, you should have known!"
But once again, this has nothing to do with legality. They can claim whatever they want in their user agreement, it doesn't mean it's bound by law or that people have to embrace it.
It's just a real weird thing, directing your energy at the people getting upset at the lame corporate policies, and not… the corporate policies themselves. all because of some grievance you've been holding onto all these years 😵💫😵💫😵💫
I don't think anyone is demanding that they maintain servers in perpetuity. But I don't think it's unreasonable to modify the game so that it does not require server access, or not implement such a requirement in the first place in a purely offline experience.
Nobody really wants to play this version of the game. AC Liberation Remastered is better and is still available, just tucked into ACIII Remastered.
Well, sure, but I think they can still be criticized for implementing the requirement in the first place. That's their responsibility.
Isn't iOS as a whole a graveyard of old games and apps that can't be played unless you use an old version of the OS?This is also the case with Rayman Jungle Run on Android.
Rayman Jungle Run - Apps on Google Play
The legendary platforming hero is making the jump to your favorite mobile deviceplay.google.com
Ubisoft quietly shut down the download server for the game at the end of 2019. There's no way to redownload and play it for anyone who purchased it.
The game (alongside Rayman Fiesta Run) was delisted from the Google Play Store in ... June 2021.
Blaming consumers for bad digital purchase policies is an interesting take I guess, if nothing else
This doesn't change anything at this point, digital was always going to replace physical as a standard, there's absolutely nothing you can do to change that outcome. This has little to do with that though, since access can be revoked from physical media as well, and this whole ordeal can 100% be avoided with digital copies and physical copies. So with or without warnings, people have a right to be disappointed and criticize this precedent.
Even if it was illegal, someone has to report Ubisoft for violating the law. And we know from history that it won't happen.
No this is Liberation HD, this was a standalone release of the PS Vita game on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, completely unrelated to Assassin's Creed III.
