General Gaming Article

General Gaming Article

It Continues: Ubisoft's From Dust Badly Ported, DRM Requires Internet Connection After All

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 02:05 AM PDT

At this point, it's no longer a matter of whether or not the metaphorical car will end up in a horrible twisted flaming wreck. That's been plainly obvious for months. Now it's a matter of how. And, hoo boy, things are going downhill fast. First, From Dust's PC port suffered a month-long delay shortly before a trouble-free console release. But then Ubisoft promised a reprieve from its "always on" DRM nonsense, so at least that was something. And the painfully predictable twist? The DRM does require an Internet connection, the port's in terrible shape, and our tolerance of Ubisoft's apparent disdain for PC gamers has been dead all along.

Initially, Ubisoft plainly stated that From Dust would require "a one time only activation. After which you will be able to play the game offline." After gamers spent money and discovered that to be blatantly untrue, Ubisoft barely even acknowledged the outcry, merely amending its statement to read "'From Dust' requires an internet connection when you start the game."

Really, though, you might be glad that some malicious software's invisible hand is stopping yours when you try and play From Dust. According to early reports, the PC version's locked at 30 FPS, utterly lacking in graphical options, and glitchy to the point of not loading at all.

So basically, if you've for some reason recently found yourself pining for the good old days of PC ports that stopped just short of biting you in the eye, you're in luck! Everyone else, if there was ever a time to be outraged, this is it. Ubisoft, we don't know what the entirety of PC gaming did to make you so upset, but we're honestly not sure we care anymore.
Posted by Shri Krishna

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