Server fall down.

[owsf2000]

Anyone playing Assassin Creed II on the PC this weekend? If so, odds are you're playing the cracked version since it seems Ubisoft's new drm system broke down with the natural result of locking out paying customers. :)

For the paying customers, while you're waiting for them to get their server fixed and running so you can play your offline game, why not go play a MMORPG?

Comments

[kane-magus.livejournal.com]

Ha ha... it's like watching a horrible train-wreck in progress.

And almost as funny. Ha ha... ha... eeehhh...

[kane-magus.livejournal.com]

First they say it was due to "exceptional demand."

Now they're saying it's due to a DDOS attack (http://www.videogamer.com/news/ubisoft_confirms_server_attack.html).

I say it doesn't matter what the cause is. The fact of the matter is that they set up a system that, if it fails for any reason, will cause paying customers to not be able to play their games.

Why can they not see how colossally retarded this is, both financially and from a simple "wow, this really does make us look colossally retarded" standpoint?

[owsf2000.livejournal.com]

Of course Ubisoft is still insisting no crack exists as well. Although reading through some more of the kotaku comments, it looks like your take on how the DRM works via stealth DLC updates is probably correct. In that the game downloads new missions as you get to them. (And is otherwise an incomplete and buggy game)