Well to be honest, Good on them.

I hate Ubisoft for this.

If I ever wanted ass creed 2, and on PC, i'd be sure to use this.

and I never pirate.
also:

WOW! that sure was unbeatable DRM!

oreally... it was stupid at first to set a need to be on internet for it

It took a month and a half to break the unbreakable pirate proof code, code which has basically prevented legitimate users from enjoying the game a lot of times.

It might have taken a little longer, but this shows just how pointless this round of DRM was. Pirates: 1 Ubisoft: I think we may well be into minus figures now.

I wondered how long it would take for the story to be picked up by the escapist
I actually sent a congratulatory text to a guy in skidrow when i heard about it yesterday

While this is the first traditional crack that has surfaced (And it is legit- Skidrow is tied for first as the leading cracking group), the game has been completable for weeks, albeit though server emulation, which is a little tricker than normal to set up.

I would like to point out the legit customers are STILL suffering through this horrible inconvenience, while everyone that was going to pirate it have only been delayed by this. Sure, Ubi gets a few more sales (VERY few), but realistically, pissing off all your customers, loosing gamer good will, and putting ridiculous amounts of cash into creating an inventive new DRM scheme can't possibly made it up, considering they will have to keep the servers running 24/7 FOREVER in order for people to continue playing the game. Not to mention the fact that it probably lost them more sales then it got them, considering the bad reputation the game has gotten as a direct result of this.

A month and a half isn't bad at all, long enough to get the precious first month sales of impatient would be pirates anyway. Problem is, besides making people like me refuse to buy it, is that now that it's been cracked once they know how and the cracking will get faster every time this system is used.

Nimbus:
While this is the first traditional crack that has surfaced (And it is legit- Skidrow is tied for first as the leading cracking group), the game has been completable for weeks, albeit though server emulation, which is a little tricker than normal to set up.

I would like to point out the legit customers are STILL suffering through this horrible inconvenience, while everyone that was going to pirate it have only been delayed by this. Sure, Ubi gets a few more sales (VERY few), but realistically, pissing off all your customers, loosing gamer good will, and putting ridiculous amounts of cash into creating an inventive new DRM scheme can't possibly made it up, considering they will have to keep the servers running 24/7 FOREVER in order for people to continue playing the game. Not to mention the fact that it probably lost them more sales then it got them, considering the bad reputation the game has gotten as a direct result of this.

And for future games also, many people like myself won't touch a Ubisoft game while this DRM is still intact, this includes consoles.

I wonder if they did this to settlers 7, because that looked like an interesting game.

I'll probably just mail Ubisoft $50 if I decide to pirate it... dunno.

Ignore the pirates, develop good games, you will make money. Piss off your paying customers to slightly, temporarily inconvenience the pirates, you will make less money.

Publishers are for the most part clueless about how their own industry works. Blizzard is almost getting it with their Russia pricing scheme but they really should run it that way for the whole world.

Toasty Virus:
Well to be honest, Good on them.

I hate Ubisoft for this.

Aye, so true.
I don't have copies of either affected game, legal or otherwise, but at least I'd now consider buying them if I can remove the DRM bullcrap.

You know the funniest part?

Kanodin0:
Now that it's been cracked once they know how and the cracking will get faster every time this system is used.

Right here. I'm pretty sure that other games featuring that DRM will be cracked much faster than AC2.

The only solution to piracy is the system OnLive uses (of course, as long as someone with access to the files do not decide to 'share' it with others). Cut the middle-man, no more disc that can be copied, no more data installed on your drive that can be copied, just give them a portal to play the game they paid for, end of line.

But seriously, who want that to happen?

Good. Maybe EA will take the hint as well, since they seemed to be looking into a similar system.

Andy Chalk:
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Actually it was 'cracked' about half a month ago, but it wasn't really a crack more of a work-around that faked Ubisoft's servers on your computer fooling the game into thinking it was connecting to Ubisoft when in fact it wasn't. Still, although it wasn't a traditional method I'm pretty sure you could play through the whole game fine with it. Personally I bought the game just after launch because the DRM doesn't bother me and I knew it was an excellent game underneith, but this is what I've gathered from posts on my usual warez hang-outs. So really it took more like a month or a little less.

I think the record holder for longest time a game took to crack is still Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, which was out over an ENTIRE YEAR before warez groups were successfully able to crack the Starforce protection on it.

well, just as some people download no CD cracks fr their legimately purchased games, I'm sure that program that removes the code from teh purchased game will see a lot of downloads.

Good. I'm not going to run out and pirate it, but Ubisoft need to realist that they can't pull this bullshit.

Ironically, I expect the PC sales for AC2 will have jumped now that people know that they can remove the obnoxious DRM.

It was inevitable.

I feel so, so smug about this... Am I a bad person?

Good on Skid Row. It's nice to know that there's a crack available now. To all the people who legitimately purchased a copy, feel free to use the crack, it's not illegal to use one, and it doesn't make you a pirate.

They cracked it? Huh, maybe I'll look into a used copy now. I'd really like to play AC2, but I still refuse to pay any money to Ubisoft...

I' am against piracy but Seeing This terrible DRM and Ubisoft get what they derserve is great.

Was going to buy AC2 but didn't. I refuse to purchase any titles in the future until the DRM is removed. I don't have a console So I wont buy it on that either, even if did own one I still would not purchase any titles.

Mmmm I love being a pirate. Makes me warm in the belly to see yet another victory of pirates.

sheic99:

And for future games also, many people like myself won't touch a Ubisoft game while this DRM is still intact, this includes consoles.

I hear that.
I am boycotting all Ubisoft releases, on all platforms until they remove this atrocity of a DRM scheme.

One gamer might not make a difference, but I'll be damned if they'll ever see any of my money!

someboredguy:
Ironically, I expect the PC sales for AC2 will have jumped now that people know that they can remove the obnoxious DRM.

in a perfect world that is exactly what would happen. But no, they'll instead just pirate the entire game and either sales will be the same, or sales will drop. Gamers use this argument all the time, "Pirates aren't consumers and not every pirate copy is a lost sale" but it works in the other way that people who weren't going to buy the game at launch aren't going to buy it now either.

Probably not gonna pirate it, the first one was too much of a flop (for me), but maybe if something catches my eye by Ubisoft and I decide I want it.

One things for sure, and that's they're not getting an intentional penny from me until they remove this DRM.

sfunny, pirates get a better (easier playable) game then the people who actually bought the game.

I will probably use this crack if i ever go out and buy Ass Creed 2.

Plurralbles:

someboredguy:
Ironically, I expect the PC sales for AC2 will have jumped now that people know that they can remove the obnoxious DRM.

in a perfect world that is exactly what would happen. But no, they'll instead just pirate the entire game and either sales will be the same, or sales will drop. Gamers use this argument all the time, "Pirates aren't consumers and not every pirate copy is a lost sale" but it works in the other way that people who weren't going to buy the game at launch aren't going to buy it now either.

True, not a lot of people will buy it properly then crack it, but I know quite a few people on this forum will buy it then crack it. I think I once saw Furburt express his desire to do such.