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Assassin's Creed Shadows Will Feature Denuvo & Account Linking + EULA also requires you to allow Ubisoft to "monitor" your RAM (80.lv)

submitted 3 weeks ago by N00b22@lemmy.ml to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] victorz@lemmy.world 35 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, it's in the article.

To top it all off, Shadows' EULA also includes a provision that allows the game to monitor your PC's RAM to ensure you're not running any unauthorized programs like macros, cheats, or hacks, a well-intentioned clause that nonetheless feels a touch out of place in a single-player game and could potentially scare off some of the more suspicious players who aren't comfortable with their hardware being monitored.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago

WTF do they care if you're modding your own single player game that you paid for? They sound like assholes!

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Is there maybe an online multiplayer component to the game which might otherwise experience cheating? I dunno. 🤷‍♂️

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

They sell level boosters that you could otherwise circumvent with Cheat Engine.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Oh ffs 🤦‍♂️ If I bought the game and want to cheat myself out of the experience, just let me do so..!

If I'm understanding you correctly, level boosters are things you can activate to... skip levels? Reach character levels quicker?

[-] TwanHE@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah they let you skip the artificially inflated grind in your single player experience.

Buying them is not cheating yourself out of the experience, but instead it brings back the intended speed of progression.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Correct. They make games that are dozens of hours long and filled with repetitive content, and if you skip the content you don't want to do, you tend to be under leveled for the stuff you do want to do, and they'll sell you boosters to hit that level instead.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

So they make boring games on purpose, and charge you (extra!) money to activate the fun in the game. That's fucking insanity. Boycott that model, right now.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

It didn't even require a boycott for me. I think plenty of people like the repetitive stuff, so they play it all without thinking about the microtransactions. I was never once tempted to pay for them, so my feelings about the game represent what the game is like without paying for them, and it was a poor experience. So rather than a boycott, it's just not buying games that I don't like.