I already wasn’t going to pay for another Ubisoft game ever again but this is absolutely the final nail in the coffin for me. Fucking atrocious.

Ubisoft can monitor nothing but my balls.

Can we do something like reporting Denuvo or the kernel anticheats as malware in Windows defender?

A game with a built in system lever logger that could theoretically monitor even your bank transactions should be reported as spyware/malware and users installing it should have to expressly acknowledge / authorise this.

They afraid of me cheating in a singleplayer game? Not that I'm ever going to play it in the first place.

Imagine if they took all that 'piracy prevention' effort (that doesn't really work in the end anyway) and put it towards actually making enjoyable games.

Their trash games ain't even worth to pirate anymore

Can't they just... Make a "normal game"? One that you install, play and that's it?. Why the fuck do they need to monitor Ram? What the hell?

Thankfully there is a very simple, no-effort solution to this: Don't play their trash.

I already don't play their excruciatingly mediocre games and this just reinforces my avoidance is justified.

Also good gods they've been milking this tired franchise for almost 2 decades now.

All you have to do to get my money is let me be a pirate, a jedi, a ninja, or a samurai. My inner child can't help themselves.

So how can Ubisoft be so terrible that I have literally not wanted to play their Pirate game, their StarWars game, and now their Ninja/Samurai game!?

You know it's bad when you don't want to even pirate the game.

I love them paying for a denuvo license on a game no one even cares enough about to pirate anyway.

Ubisoft may have given up making entertaining games a long time ago but they still provide me with entertainment.

Eyyyyyyy fuck you Ubisoft.

Not the version I download

This game is already hard to want. Why make it hard to play too?

And just like that, I couldn't be less interested in this game.

Why TF does it matter so much if you cheat in a single player game that they have to take such drastic measures to prevent it? In multiplayer, competitive games, I sort of get it, depending on context, but single player games, no way. I mod single player games all the time. It's one of the main reasons I like PC gaming over console. I'd never buy a game that went this far to prevent something that has no effect on them or anyone else.

Hahaa... Keep it.

Search for ubisoft in steams store page, click the gear on the right hand side, click ignore to take out the trash.

There had always been more then one lifetimes worth of stuff to do. Be picky

That's okay, I was done buying Assassins Creed games anyway.

Oh look another ubisuck game I won't buy

Next up, they monitor your bank account to warn you that you don't have enough money to purchase all the dlc to fully complete the game.

hard pass

That one Ubisoft shareholder was right. Ubisofts current management is trying to sabotage their profits. Thats crazy.

No, gamer you see, it's really important that you grind these randomly generated kill quests to progress, it's totally not to incentivize you to purchase the exp boost in our cash shop in this single player game, can't have you using cheat engine to ruin your experience.

Assassin's Creed Shadows Will Feature Denuvo & Account Linking + EULA also requires you to allow Ubisoft to "monitor" your RAM

The game's EULA also requires you to allow Ubisoft to "monitor" your RAM.

As Ubisoft prepares for the 2025 launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows – a game some view as the developer's last chance to break free from a year marked by financial setbacks and controversies – the game's Steam page has finally gone live, revealing two major caveats about the Steam version of AC Shadows that will, unfortunately for Ubisoft, likely drive away some gamers.

If you're in any way familiar with the PC gaming industry (or have read the title of this article), then you've most likely already guessed one of the caveats, and yes, the PC version of Assassin's Creed Shadows will feature Denuvo, a controversial DRM software detested by the community for negatively affecting loading times and framerate in games, something Denuvo's creator Irdeto categorically denies, blaming its low reputation on pirates and gamers.

While Denuvo's presence in Shadows isn't much of a surprise – considering it's been used in Ubisoft's previous games like Assassin's Creed Mirage, Star Wars Outlaws, the Far Cry series, and others – the decision to keep the DRM could be seen as questionable given the growing trend of developers ditching Denuvo or choosing not to include it in the first place, as well as Ubisoft's apparent need to steer clear of further controversies and reputational damage.

The second caveat relates to another requirement the community generally dislikes: the mandatory account linking to the studio's Ubisoft Connect platform when buying Assassin's Creed Shadows on Steam. Even though, much like Denuvo, this isn't anything new for Ubisoft fans, it could still negatively impact the game financially and reputationally considering what happened with Helldivers 2 earlier this year when Sony's now-retracted mandate to link Steam accounts to PSN caused an uproar, buried the game in negative reviews, and, as some believe, tanked the game's player numbers, with many blaming this backlash as the sole reason we've heard so little about Helldivers 2 in the second half of 2024, despite it being universally acclaimed and considered a strong contender for Game of the Year when it first launched.

To top it all off, Shadows' EULA also includes a provision that allows the game to monitor your PC's RAM to ensure you're not running any unauthorized programs like macros, cheats, or hacks, a well-intentioned clause that nonetheless feels a touch out of place in a single-player game and could potentially scare off some of the more suspicious players who aren't comfortable with their hardware being monitored.

And what's your take on those requirements? Would it be beneficial for Ubisoft to get rid of Denuvo and account linking while there's still time?

Man, and I was still looking a bit forward to this game. Why can't you just be normal, Ubisoft?