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Ubisoft added Denuvo to Assassins Creed: Mirage via a day-1 patch shortly after all the major reviews went online
diffusionx
Gold Member
never. preorder.
LectureMaster
Member
Yes, there you go, the shady fucking Ubisoft trying to cheat on review scores of their mediocre games.
When Valhalla came out, they did the similar scummy thing - right after the review period, the added the XP boost items to the in game shop, which was supposed to be "only cosmetic". I made thread about it.
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And people were even defending that saying "well I don't care because it didn't bother me". Fuck that "I don't care" attitude, this is why we are never getting anything good any more. Just let the fucking corps do whatever they want to exploit you.
When Valhalla came out, they did the similar scummy thing - right after the review period, the added the XP boost items to the in game shop, which was supposed to be "only cosmetic". I made thread about it.
Ubisoft waited a month before adding xp boost MTX to AC: Valhalla
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-12-17-one-month-after-launch-assassins-creed-valhalla-has-started-selling-xp-boosts Pretty shady move to dodge the initial review critique on MTX imo. This is why scores for live service games need also to be updated with time. No man's sky definitely...
And people were even defending that saying "well I don't care because it didn't bother me". Fuck that "I don't care" attitude, this is why we are never getting anything good any more. Just let the fucking corps do whatever they want to exploit you.
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IFireflyl
Gold Member
Refunds are up to the storefront the game was purchased from. Each storefront might have different rules regarding a refund policy.
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TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
I see that they're taking the Blending gameplay from the old games very seriously. Congrats, Ubes.
Feel Like I'm On 42
Member
Why do these scumbags get away with this garbage?
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Multicultural chicks [sic] with father issues.
....cause they want to Bag Dad.
..........LOL
Phase
Member
Reizo Ryuu
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Kacho
Member
Nailed it
20cent
Banned
A.Romero
Member
Well, at least is something that reflects bad on them. I wonder if the savings would compensate for the impact in reputation. You might be right but as we now Denuvo impacts performance and having that left out during reviews would imply an unacurate review.
I guess you could compare it to day 1 patch improvements but going the other way. However, sometimes reviewers are told "this will be fixed with a day 1 patch" so if you wanted to be transparent, they could have let reviewers know Denuvo would be added right before release. They didn't so I think it's fair to see it, at least, as a mishandled approach.
kittoo
Cretinously credulous
Epic store was giving a 10% cashback for a limited time so I caved in and pre-ordered Mirage and Alan wake 2.
Sometimes the deal is too good man!
VolticArchangel
Member
There's a recent trend of this shitty behaviour from publishers worldwide.
Dying Light 2 and very recently, Lies of P.
Journalists should also retroactively alter their final review scores, reducing it by 4 points affecting the already mediocre Meta score this has currently.
Dying Light 2 and very recently, Lies of P.
Journalists should also retroactively alter their final review scores, reducing it by 4 points affecting the already mediocre Meta score this has currently.
