Assassin’s Creed Black Flag might be quite a remake, but that hasn’t stopped it from courting its controversy since its July 9 launch.
There was that backlash to DLC packs that cost more than the base game when put together, for starters. That drew quite a bit of backlash, and reflected in the game’s Steam reviews for a while before things began to stabilize. It’s still a really good game, after all, with additions that make it stand out as a superb current-gen version of a beloved classic. We can’t say we were fans of Ubisoft’s response in that case, but at least there was one.
However, Ubisoft itself could be Resynced’s worst enemy if this weekend’s Ubisoft Connect Outage is anything to go by. It locked players out of the game for nearly an hour, during which there were nearly 15,000 players eager to get into its new and improved take on the Caribbean, thanks to the PC version’s reliance on a one-time DRM check before offline play became available. Ubisoft has yet to offer any comments or explanations, and we’re wondering if it’s considering long-term solutions to such issues with Connect.
When other big names in gaming are taking a lot of flak for a questionable approach to digital exclusivity of video games, you have to wonder if Ubisoft will get out in front of the problem sooner rather than later.
