I was pretty hyped for the new prince of persia game (the lost crown), but come to find out it’s only available on ubisoft’s proprietary launcher or epic games. Nope, and nope.
I just want to have it available on my usual storefront, Steam, but it’s been decidedly omitted. As a long time fan of the old games, this kind of hurts. Especially since many of the others -are- available on Steam.
I wonder if/when it will come out for Steam. These platform exclusivity deals need to die.
Edit: It’s also available on several consoles, my post was just from a pc gamer’s perspective.
Ubisoft is shit, most of their games are.
The moment I heard the new Prince of Persia had Denuvo, I wasn’t going to play it anyway.
If it’s denuvoed you’ll have to wait for the crazy bigot Empress to crack it. Could be a while.
I’m still kinda shocked there isn’t anyone else trying. Maybe you need to be crazy to be a legend.
The moment I heard the new Prince of Persia had Denuvo, I wasn’t going to play it anyway.
It mandates a Ubisoft account everywhere anyway. Apparently on Switch in airplane more is the only way to circumvent this.
According to the DF review vídeo the account is required on PS/Xbox unless you’re offline, but entirely optional on the Switch.
It’s discussed around 15min into the video.
I’ve been boycotting Ubisoft for years, haven’t missed a damn thing.
I’ve been boycotting Ubisoft for years, haven’t missed a damn thing.
Yeah, there are so many great games by non-shitty developers. Skipping Ubisoft, EA, and Activision entirely is not only possible but there are more great games left than one can play anyway.
Yeah, they’re a pretty shitty company. Weren’t they one of the first companies to implement always-on DRM?
I wonder if/when it will come out for Steam.
Wait for year or two. It sucks.
Maybe it runs on a switch emulator. 😏
I heard from a “friend” that it runs very well on a Switch emulator on a Steam Deck. Some pre-rendered cutscenes are janky. It has a pretty cool system where you can take a screenshot that will pin to the map to indicate places you need to find back to once you unlock a new ability, and sometimes those don’t render right either. But otherwise, gameplay is flawless. Or so I’ve heard.
Of all the shit Ubisoft does, not selling on steam is the dealbreaker? Alright.
Why is steam the only acceptable DRM?
Because it’s optional and if opted in, works offline.
Plus it works so smoothly I never even think of it as DRM, I just notice all the positives.
As a linux gamer, a game that is not available on Steam is a game i won’t even bother checking. I can easily run non-steam game using lutris or heroic-game-launcher but I prefer to stick to my walled garden than step in their’s.
