Dreamgazer
Member
That's fine.
Keep it optional for publishers, so gamers has the option to vote with their wallets.
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RUMOR - Watch Dogs, ACIV to require online connection (now with source!)
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That's fine.
Keep it optional for publishers, so gamers has the option to vote with their wallets.
Aye.
But it wouldn't actually suprise me.
Ubisoft was one of the first publisher to follow this strategy on the PC.
Ubi also quickly abandoned it.
Over 2 years between AC2 PC and when they stopped it.
Syphon Filter
Member
what does watchdogs have online related?
Zoramon089
Banned
I'm assuming it'll be similar to ZombiU and other players can indirectly have effects on your game...but if that were the case it should be easy to have an offline mode and just have it download from the server anytime you connect
I'm not sure if this is true or not, but apparently the game might have some sort of persistent world.
BlastProcessing
Member
So Watch_Dogs, a game about how evil corporations have gone too far and destroyed privacy by putting everything online... requires a online connection.
How very metta.
They have strongly suggested Dark Soul's style game invasions.
How very metta.
They have strongly suggested Dark Soul's style game invasions.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Meanwhile on PC version some smart guys release a crack to allow offline play.
It's like Diablo 3 in reverse.
It's like Diablo 3 in reverse.
do we even know exactly what other players can do in your game?
if I could fuck with stuff I would just be a dick with trains and bridges. "oh you wanna go there? lol nope"
I would have them running around like a rat in a cage. despite all their rage.
is it saying they are evil for putting everything online or is it merely an inevitable reality of the future we are heading towards?
As much as I get the same gut response about the two titles I don't think it's necessarily accurate or fair to say the last game was x so the next game in the series needs to also be x. It just seems to be the sort of homogenous conforming expectation that we should be trying to buck. I'm not arguing that AC4 should be online only just because but I think it should at least get a chance to try to justify the use of it and if it fucks it up (as it most likely will) then so be it, but to decide before-hand makes me uncomfortable about the message we're sending to the industry as gamers.
From what I was told, your game can be affected at all times (while playing) via the internet. Someone can affect your game and vice versa. They didn't explain how this is gonna work, but being online was supposed to be a key function of the game and how the player interacts with things in it.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Thank you for saving me money Ubisoft.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Lol. You should have the same policy with all DRM games.
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
So here's a question: if these two games do end up with always connected DRM, and a number high profile 3rd party games follow suit, would that lessen people's grief with NextBox and sort of cuts back the PS4's advantage as far as this issue goes?
It would be really scary if the PS4 gets strong armed into a series of always connected DRM by 3rd parties if te option is left to them.
It would be really scary if the PS4 gets strong armed into a series of always connected DRM by 3rd parties if te option is left to them.
GoofsterStud
Member
Why would they cut back when they can enable it on PS4 if they want. Still PS4 players have a choice to support developers that are anti-consumer. 720 users don't because it's on a console level.
Also the PS4 version might not have it.
Not really. By not supporting it on console level, it'd be up to the customers to boycott individual developers who try this BS. And I have done that multiple times by asking refund for Final Fight when I found out Crapcom DRM'd it, by boycotting Atlus for their Persona 4 Arena shenanigans, by not buying SimCity/Diablo, etc. And because it's not forced at console level, you'll still find yourself able to find a lot of replacements for your gaming needs.
Ubisoft is next if they think they can get away with this again.
I do believe another player was shown playing in the PS4 demo (their character presence in the game world that is). You see/hear it clear as day later on in the video.