Leodis wrote:
And the best part is that if your internet connection drops and you continue playing, anything you do isn't saved, so I hear.
The moment your connection drops, even the slightest bit, the entire game will freeze (that is, character movement and such will, but you can still move around and navigate menus) and will only continue once the connection is restored. You can save your games (at least in Settlers 7) while the game is frozen, but if you exit the game, the Ubisoft Game Launcher will try to synchronize save games with the server. I have yet to try this without a connection, but I'm guessing it'll save the files locally and then sync the files next time you run the game.
The insta-freeze is ******* annoying, though, since it happens every single time there's even the slightest hiccup on the line and it often hangs for 2-5 minutes before it resumes. Which is downright stupid since I spend those 2-5 minutes alt-tabbed out while browsing the internet, because, yeah, my internet connection is there.
Can't help but smile at the DRM being hacked already. So much for that approach. Perhaps they need to supply some more/better drugs to whatever code-monkey they have working on those ideas. Next DRM will have you type in a randomly generated 12-digit numeric code created by an authenticator type thingy every 30 seconds.
And then I'd head to Ubisoft, inc. and shoot someone in the face.