Assassin's Creed Shadows Can Be Played Offline, Confirms Ubisoft

All just so even if it arrives on your doorstep a day or 2 early you can’t play it

too much of an obvious agenda for me to buy. hopefully i'll be too busy with star wars outlaws, starfield dlc/mods, avowed, stalker 2 and jones to bother with a game like that.

Dam modern gaming gets worse and worse.
Now where did I put Asteroids Atari2600 cartridge.

I’m hoping it’s just an authorization check although it begs the question of what happens when the authorization service is shut down. There are PC games that can’t be installed/played due to this even if the person has the disc on hand. Fable 3 comes to mind. I hope they patch this out eventually.

That being said Ubisoft really needs to remember not everyone has great internet. Especially in the US.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner I hadn’t thought about that but some preorders get early access (3 days for this game) so it might be to implement that gating system to prevent those who break street date from playing. Still not a fan though.

Not that it matters. I preordered the physical version from GameStop and they are always late lol.

I play digital so 0 problem for me.

What's the point of digital discs if you need to be online to install it?

@PsBoxSwitchOwner fr? I never knew that 😂
Everyday, people's decision to pre-order a game baffles me more

Why do any of you care about this anyways? How does being online or offline affect your joy of the game? I for one, couldnt care less about being forced to be online all the time because i am always connected to internet. But I am confused on why any of you would actually care? Also, what is all your problems with Ubisoft as a company? I personally think they have put out some of the best games I have every played. I enjoy all of the games i have played from them and really never had any issue whatsoever.

Is this going to be a digital only game?

@NarutosBiggestFan Not everyone has great or constant internet. Some have quota/caps. This also doesn’t bode well for future use of the game. I have physical games I paid for on PC that are paperweights because the DRM server or service is dead. This is a flat dealbreaker for many.

So to answer your question many of us care because we are either impacted directly, know someone who is or understand that others will be impacted. Online requirements for single player games defeat the purpose of a physical game and can cost a publisher sales.

@NarutosBiggestFan what happens when the servers for a game close and people can't play their purchased games anymore. That's where the problem is my friend.

@ryu_niiyama @jedinite This makes sense and I can get behind peoples feelings now. Thanks for explaining!

I wonder if it's true that Ubisoft is remaking Black Flag, because that's the next I have to play LOL. I'm playing all the games in release order.

@NarutosBiggestFan @jedinite If Ubisoft ever closes the game server, they would release an update for the game and drop that requirement for the physical game, especially because they will be selling the digital version indefinitely. So, well, you'll maybe need to download an update for both versions, but it would always be available.

Still rubbish. Horrible for people like me whom only buy physical. The point physical is that at any moment in time as long as one has a functioning console, a disc game can be installed and played. Whatever game version on that disc can be played even without internet. Same for all previous console generations. We know corporations always look at their bottom line and won’t keep servers running indefinitely, plus will delist. I don’t care if others argue well they will support a game for a decade. Still rubbish as that means one doesn’t own a game then. Physical copies should always be on a physical medium and not require an internet connection. The only exceptions being games that are online only and people know what they are getting into. I don’t like the modern gelded ownership model.

Valhalla killed off any interest I previously had in the series. Finished Odyssey and that's good enough for me, don't feel any need to play anymore games in the series, ever. And I've played all the previous games from the first game on the x360. The problems with Valhalla and Mirage was I was bored playing the games, and if that's the case, even if it's a easy achievement game I almost always stop playing and never touch the game again, ever.