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Despite having an offline mode, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced was unplayable when Ubisoft Connect went down
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Sunshine piefed.ca Sunshine@piefed.ca
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fdnomad programming.dev fdnomad@programming.dev
Joined: 2024-06-10
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pathetic

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Eternal192 anarchist.nexus Eternal192@anarchist.nexus
Joined: 2025-09-06
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The fact that people are still stupid enough to buy anything from Ubishit and then act surprised that they lied about certain features is fucking embarrassing.

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Toneswirly beehaw.org Toneswirly@beehaw.org
Joined: 2025-11-19
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Looool I cant believe Ubi is stil like this.

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The Hobbyist lemmy.zip TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-07-16
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The fact that people are still stupid enough to buy anything from Ubishit and then act surprised that they lied about certain features is fucking embarrassing.

Right, let's blame the victims here...

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blartcap_ lemmy.dbzer0.com blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-07-03
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Right, let's blame the victims here...

Yeah, this is a case of a company being misleading about its offline mode and what that means. Like the article says, it's supposed to be a one-time activation check. Not a requirement to play the game, they were supposed to have learned this lesson with Assassin Creed 2's DRM.

This should open up some trouble for misleading customers.

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Visstix lemmy.world Visstix@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-17
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Right, let's blame the victims here...

I blame anyone keeping this company alive

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Courtney (she/her/they) lemmy.blahaj.zone EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-04-10
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Right, let's blame the victims here...

The victims... Of the company that keeps doing the same thing over and over, and have for some time now, we'll before the current game they're "victims" of was even announced...

If only the leopard hadn't eaten their face.

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DebatableRaccoon lemmy.ca DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-24
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Refund and move on. Let them die.

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sp3ctr4l lemmy.dbzer0.com sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-04-10
#10 · (edited) Quote Reply

Right, let's blame the victims here...

Yes.

Correct.

Unless you are literally a child, you should have been able to figure this out by now.

What are you a 'victim' of?

... False Marketing?

Sure, yeah, that's bad. But at some point, you have to be able to realize that the lying liars who lie, are, most likely, lying again.

How things should be != How things are.

You live in the latter. If you wanna change that, good! But the thinking alone doesn't make it so.

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Sunshine Moderator Sunshine@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-06-07
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Refund and move on. Let them die.

Steam issues refunds within 2 hours.

Make Ubisoft bleed money until they stop opposing Stop Killing Games.

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cecinestpasunecommunication lemmy.dbzer0.com cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-06-27
#12 · (edited) Quote Reply

Right, let's blame the victims here...

Fool me once; shame on you. Fool me eight or more times; shame on me.

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DebatableRaccoon lemmy.ca DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-24
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Steam issues refunds within 2 hours. Make Ubisoft bleed money until they stop opposing Stop Killing Games.

On top of that, if you can prove false advertising, such as an online requirement despite a claim of offline mode, you can claim a refund even after those two hours.

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Sunshine Moderator Sunshine@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-06-07
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On top of that, if you can prove false advertising, such as an online requirement despite a claim of offline mode, you can claim a refund even after those two hours.

Is that a steam policy?

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khaleer sopuli.xyz khaleer@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2024-06-20
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Looool I cant believe Ubi is stil like this.

Still? did they stopped at some point?

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DebatableRaccoon lemmy.ca DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-24
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Is that a steam policy?

I couldn't say if it's in their policy, but false advertising is illegal and they've had customers' backs on this before like when Tony Hawk's 1 + 2 pulled similar crap.

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Sylvartas lemmy.dbzer0.com Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-11
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Refund and move on. Let them die.

But I want to play the pirate game (actually never played it before). I wonder how I can play the pirate game without this annoyance 🤔

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Gonzako lemmy.world Gonzako@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-17
#18 · Quote Reply

But I want to play the pirate game (actually never played it before). I wonder how I can play the pirate game without this annoyance 🤔

Sarcasm or a plea for help?

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Sylvartas lemmy.dbzer0.com Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-11
#19 · Quote Reply

Sarcasm or a plea for help?

adjusting eyepatch no I'm good

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raspirate lemmy.world raspirate@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-02-06
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In a weird way, I kind of appreciate things like this. I was at least a little bit interested in checking this game out at some point. Not for $60, but maybe once it came down into the sub $20 range.

With this, any interest I had is instantly gone. I get to keep my money and I no longer feel any desire to play this game. Thanks, Ubisoft!

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DebatableRaccoon lemmy.ca DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-24
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But I want to play the pirate game (actually never played it before). I wonder how I can play the pirate game without this annoyance 🤔

Play the pirate game the pirate way.

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blartcap_ lemmy.dbzer0.com blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-07-03
#22 · (edited) Quote Reply

The victims... Of the company that keeps doing the same thing over and over, and have for some time now, we'll before the current game they're "victims" of was even announced... If only the leopard hadn't eaten their face.

"The victims... of a man who keeps abusing them over and over, and have for some time now, well before the current black eye they're a 'victim' of was on their face."

Is victim blaming only okay when it's people who buy Ubisoft games because we just hate Ubisoft that much?

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CoolSouthpaw lemmy.world CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-10
#23 · Quote Reply

Ubishit strikes again!

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