N00b22@lemmy.ml to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 hours agoAssassin's Creed Shadows Will Feature Denuvo & Account Linking + EULA also requires you to allow Ubisoft to "monitor" your RAM80.lvexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down10 cross-posted to: games@lemmy.worldgaming@lemmy.zip
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minus-squarejabathekeklinkfedilinkarrow-up31·8 hours agoWhy the fuck is there an anti-cheat in a single-player game? It’s baffling.
minus-squareComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoSo that they can withhold features
minus-squareRose Thorne(She/Her)@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up25·8 hours agoSo they can turn around and sell you the cheats through an online store. Don’t want to just giving yourself everything, gotta fork over even more if you want that pretty sword, or a collectibles map.
minus-squarejabathekeklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 hours agoThat makes sense now, and I’m slightly less perturbed; thank you. It’s just grifters grifting, as they do.
minus-squareRose Thorne(She/Her)@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 hours agoThey’ve been at it with this for a minute. I think Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate was the first one I really noticed it in when it was pushing a map that showed you all the locations for one collectible.
Why the fuck is there an anti-cheat in a single-player game? It’s baffling.
So that they can withhold features
So they can turn around and sell you the cheats through an online store.
Don’t want to just giving yourself everything, gotta fork over even more if you want that pretty sword, or a collectibles map.
That makes sense now, and I’m slightly less perturbed; thank you. It’s just grifters grifting, as they do.
They’ve been at it with this for a minute. I think Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate was the first one I really noticed it in when it was pushing a map that showed you all the locations for one collectible.