Ubisoft's DRM for Assassin's Creed II is Cracked

[soundefx]

Now I can get the game and not have to worry about anything.

 

[ksampanna]

SkidRow rocks

 

[megamanx00]

Heh 😀

 

[Pyroflea]

[citation][nom]Nik_I[/nom]All the pc developers have to do is run all their games through steam. There, problem solved.[/citation]

You can still pirate Steam games...

 

[gorehound]

and it was probably cracked by a youngster.Ubisoft DRM is garbage and in this case the crack was well deserved

 

[spoofedpacket]

[citation][nom]dreamphantom_1977[/nom]Because of this game, I don't buy games from Ubisoft anymore. I wanted to buy this game, I was gonna pay for it legally, but now I decided I don't want this game or any game from Ubisoft if they are gonna treat legit pc gamers like this. It's just not right.[/citation]

Make sure you uninstall Windows to really show us how much you care about keeping DRM off your system.

Kids these days read an article, take a popular stance, then don't do anything to back up that feel-good call to arms beyond posting drivel on the web.

 

[rkelly1]

[citation][nom]mastadisasta_31[/nom]I also did not buy it because of the DRM, but it also does not give me the right to play cracked version. They will learn eventually, but if we continue to download pirated games then PC gaming will slowly go down hill even more and Publishers will result to consoles and no PC versions. Please DO NOT pirate the game. NO matter what the circumstances are. We need to show them that we will not buy the game nor Pirate the game.I know they deserve it, but we need to save PC gaming! I hate consoles!"I don't hate'em, I just love my custom built Monster of a PC"[/citation]

but either way if we pirate or just dont buy it at all they can still decide not to make any more pc games.

 

[Guest]

Why should be affraid one company would not make any more pc games? one company wont, but others will. i think pc games will not dead. unpopular maybe , but not dead. because pc hardware will always evolve and only games that could take the immediate advantages of the hardware leap, vga card and cpu for example. so, the hardware and gaming industry is tighly synched. and for several genres, games can be best and only played on pc. so, pc games will not be dead, regardless pirated or not. Hope life will find the way (to fight the pirates).
And about this ubisoft's drm scheme,, apparently not the best solution to fight the pirates. Because it is only hurting its customer and reduce the user experience than hurting the pirates itself.

 

[house70]

[citation][nom]dannyaa[/nom]Am I the only one who thinks it is inappropriate to report on illegal cracking? I can see a semi-legitimate reason to post something like this (tech news regarding the uncrackable being cracked); on the flip side, it only promotes piracy by informing someone who may not otherwise know. It even gives the cracking group name for easy searching.[/citation]
Given the context of this whole story, yes, you might be the only one...

 

[Guest]

Why should be affraid one company would not make any more pc games? one company wont, but others will. i think pc games will not dead. unpopular maybe , but not dead. because pc hardware will always evolve and only games that could take the immediate advantages of the hardware leap, vga card and cpu for example. so, the hardware and gaming industry is tighly synched. and for several genres, games can be best and only played on pc. so, pc games will not be dead, regardless pirated or not. Hope life will find the way (to fight the pirates).
And about this ubisoft's drm scheme,, apparently not the best solution to fight the pirates. Because it is only hurting its customer and reduce the user experience than hurting the pirates itself.

 

[Brent_NC]

Ubisoft lost more money to the DRM than they ever did to piracy. I am pretty sure this is the DRM scheme they plan to use on all future games, so the good news is the crack will probably make this a non-issue for future titles.

I am pretty sure that if I were the CEO of Ubisoft I would have someone head on a platter for this genius idea.

 

[warfox101]

This is not good, this is what's killing PC gaming.

 

[xsamitt]

As odd as this sounds i would be willing to pay an extra 10 dollars maybe 15 if i could just go buy the titles I want without DRM abd Limited installs.
Limited Installs is by far what really gets my goat as I tend to revisit games many times.
DRM is sucking the lifeforce out of PC gaming.

 

[helldog3105]

This whole situation is truly a catch-22. You have the companies who say they are losing money to piracy, so they implement a Digital Rights Management system to protect their product. The consumers get incredibly irate and state they will not purchase the company's product due to the restrictive DRM. Because of this protection, pirates jump all over the product and produce a 'crack' that bypasses the said DRM. I say bypass because it doesn't necessarily remove the DRM from the system, it just routes the game around it. This doesn't rectify the issues that DRM software can cause. The catch-22 is this. Companies see a threat in piracy due to the 'perceived' loss of profit from missed sales. This leads them to create stricter DRM, which is then railed against by a percentage of the consumers, which leads to pirate groups creating a bypass 'crack' to resolve the issue. No matter what happens there is going to be piracy. People want something for nothing. There is a large feeling of entitlement, even where I live in the U.S. I have heard people say, 'Well, I deserve to play this, so if I can't buy it, I will just pirate it.' This feeling is not reserved to just third world countries. Piracy is never going to go away. It killed many of the alternative computer platforms of the 80's and 90's. It has been around since the introduction of computer gaming all the way back in the late 70's early 80's. What companies need to do is identify what it is that will increase sales to the levels they want and pursue this. I cannot say what it is, I don't make games. It just seems like a very vicious continuous circle that will never end. By the way, I am not surprised that the Assassin's Creed II DRM was cracked. It is always just a matter of time.

 

[digitalprospecter]

I don't believe in software piracy, but I am even less in favour of software that is Internet connection dependant. I live in an area where high-speed connections are still unavailable to many of my rural clients!

 

[hot74rod2003]

its all about ethics!!! i dont understand how some pirater can honestly think they deserve a game for free......????

 

[BulkZerker]

[citation][nom]hot74rod2003[/nom]its all about ethics!!! i dont understand how some pirater can honestly think they deserve a game for free......????[/citation]

Because they can. Because they don't want the DRM, because the game costs more than a days wage for them because they wanna stick it to the large dev/pub, the list can go on.

@ Kelavarus

Just shut the hell up... seriously.


As for all these cracks, they do realize that they are providing entertainment for hackers now? I mean seriously these teams go out with the intention not to play the game someday, but just purely to crack it.

The DRM ideas that these companies that make them are asinine to be kind. DLC is probably the one thing that will help them the most... Wanna see the last level? See how the story ends on our game that's $5 cheaper than any other pc title??? Oh wait that's DLC exclusive, cough up $5 and we'll let you have it. See? Even the pirates would, on average, break down and send $5 so they could get a small bit of the game.

 

[hot74rod2003]

oh whaaaaa whaaaaa!! if it costs to much then maybe they should try this new thing out, called ,,,saving money,,(remember that thing?) society is so screwed up nowadays! we have to have everything right away and if we cant, then we will steal it,lol

 

[Gin Fushicho]

Took longer than I expected.

 

[Marco925]

While we do not condone piracy in any fashion, solutions such as this one created by hacking groups ensure that Assassin's Creed II will still be playable years from now, or in the event of a connection outage.

Or they actually turn off the Servers permanently.

I do like to have games that i can play years down the road.

 

[Guest]

Something like this will always happen. That's why DRM will never work. The developer's basic argument against this crack is that it will decrease sales because, now everyone can play for free if they just download a few files. That's 100% correct. You will never be able to control everyone all of the time. People will hack software, your software. There are two correct solutions. Drop DRM and try to make the game as accessible as possible to the players. Hopefully you'll earn their respect and even "pirates" will feel obligated to pay you. You can use DRM and package it with a set of tools that are useful to the player. For example, having a digital backup of all of my Blizzard games is pretty cool. Steam is pretty cool. Does Assassin's Creed 2 have anything like that? It's not rocket science... You can't take the piss out of your customers and expect them to take it in stride.

 

[randomizer]

I don't know why you people think that DRM is only effective if it is unbreakable. It is never designed to be perfect. As long as it prevents pirating inside the launch window the DRM has succeeded in what it was implemented to do. Beyond the launch window any length of time it remains uncracked is a bonus but not necessary for the DRM to be considered a success. This DRM lasted a whole month, well outside the launch window, therefore it was an absolute win for Ubisoft. That's why you will see a similar implementation in future games, because clearly it works. If this DRM becomes too easy to crack within a day or two of the launch, they'll try something new.

 

[jednx01]

Yay! This was the one thing stopping me from getting this game. Ubisoft: This is not a bad thing for you. I will be buying the game because of this.

 

[hoofhearted]

While this is good news, I still refuse to buy this game until I see news that Ubisoft releases a patch that removes the DRM.

I buy all my games, but not just because it is the right thing to do, but more because I am giving up my hard earned money and am expecting a game play experience in return without having to hack, configure, or such to play. They have my money, their part should be over. Too many people in todays world aren't happy with that. They have to sneak in and try to make you depend on them forever. I wish we could go back to the days when a consumer gives his money to the merchant and the merchant gives his product to the consumer, the end. But, nooo, mechants look at 'the giving of money' as qualifying a consumer as a cash cow.

 

[hoofhearted]

If this type of DRM continues, I will simply just not buy the game. This won't kill PC gaming for me either, I will just have to set my sights on some of the more lower budget titles that are non-DRM.