The Gaming News Thread

**Kekvit Irae** · 03-09-2010, 15:52

Not exactly news, but still noteworthy...

Reviewer gives Assassin's Creed 2 near-perfect score, says don't buy it.

It’s brilliant. Don’t buy it. The copy protection of Assassin’s Creed II requires you to be connected to publisher Ubisoft’s servers every moment you play. Any interruption to that connection kicks you out and erases all the progress you’ve made since the last checkpoint. We cannot wholly recommend a game that imposes such stringent and potentially problematic restrictions on paying customers without good reason.

Seriously... a 9/10, and yet he still tells people to not buy the game. Methinks the review scores are a tad screwed up.

**drone** · 03-09-2010, 16:27

Originally Posted by Kekvit Irae

Reviewer gives Assassin's Creed 2 near-perfect score, says don't buy it.

Seriously... a 9/10, and yet he still tells people to not buy the game. Methinks the review scores are a tad screwed up.

I heard they had serious problems this weekend with the DRM servers. If you bought the PC version expecting any differently, I can't say I'm feeling sorry for you.

And Silent Hunter 5, with the same DRM as ACII, was cracked in 24 hours. Money and karma well spent, Ubisoft!

**Meneldil** · 03-10-2010, 10:25

I simply can't understand why people would buy any game with such kind of DRM. The instalation limit puts onto Bioshock and Bioshock 2 was already bad enough for me, but this? Wow. I hope this will bring Ubisoft to a long and painful death. And I don't feel sorry for the people who bought the game either.

**frogbeastegg** · 03-11-2010, 19:50

Monkey Island 2: Special Edition has been confirmed. Headed to PC, xbox live arcade and playstation network. Official website.

Love these games.

**Secura** · 03-13-2010, 03:21

Originally Posted by frogbeastegg

Monkey Island 2: Special Edition has been confirmed. Headed to PC, xbox live arcade and playstation network. Official website.

I still advocate the Lucasarts adventure titles as some of the best games ever made, and it's great that they're remaking them for new generations tp enjoy as much as I did. They're truly a forgotten gem among the more modern offerings of the PS3 or 360.

I remember playing MI2 when I was about nine or ten and constantly getting stuck; only completed the darn thing a few years ago. I don't see MI3 getting a remake, but I'd love to see other Lucasarts titles getting the special treatment; I would seriously give my right arm for an update to Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. <3

**Meneldil** · 03-13-2010, 18:34

More DLC fun, this time coming from 2K:
http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63853

I feel bad for having bought Bioshock2 and for having enjoyed their games. Last time it happened.