...for less than 10$, and now I'm raging.

Why?

Because

  • The GameStop app downloads the game to the location you asked, but that's the installer, not the game itself (like Steam does), so you have to install it yourself to another location.
  • The FC3 installer installs some extra things like Uplay (no option to choose the location), while it was already installed. Now it's installed twice, the new Uplay doesn't see the old Uplay and it's game (Driver:SF). Steam isn't able to launch the old Uplay for Driver:SF anymore.
  • Downloading the 195MB patch from Uplay took as long as downloading the full game (10GB) from GameStop.
  • It takes hours to launch.
  • I don't have voices. It looks like I have to search for audio files somewhere on the net.

Fuck you, Ubisoft (and GameStop), Fuck you! This is the last time you got me.

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Replace "Fuck you, Ubisoft, Fuck you!" with "Fuck you, Gamestop, Fuck you!" and you're all good.

1 decade ago
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naaaaaah, "***k you ubisoft" is fitting to say atm. I'm still disappointed at AC3's release. Haven't touched the game yet until they release a performance patch.

Srsly, I PO'd that deluxe shit and what do I get? A crappy unoptimized game

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You might try optimizing it in the gamesettings.
That might help.

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That didn't help for me at all. AC3 runs equally crap at bare minimum graphics settings and with maxed out graphics. Just an extremely poorly optimized game.

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WHAT? I have pirated the game, and ran into literally 0 bugs. Played the game on release on the PS3, 0 bugs. Everytime I go on the net, everyone says 'oh AC3 is full of bugs so I don't play it' It's been a fucking while since release, the game is all patched up.

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You ran into 0 bugs. That by no means indicates that the game has 0 bugs. I can affirm that even with the patch the game runs like complete crap for me. Also, even after they fix the performance issues there will certainly still be bugs but hopefully they'll be a bit more minor.

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in fact all, or at least many many of the issues of UBI games, are DRM related...in 1 word..Uplay fucvk up the games, that's why u haven't encounter the bugs...this is the true story..and i never boy a game if requires tha Uplay cancer.

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Never had a problem with AC3.. Sad day for some.

1 decade ago
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Even with as many bugs as the game has and how fun downloading Ubi patches are, I'd say it's still worth $10.

1 decade ago
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People will never be happy, you know.

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Except that when I tried to play FC3 every time a movie played my fps dropped below 10. I could play the game itself maxed out but couldn't actually watch any cutscenes. Ubisoft is just doing a piss poor job of optimizing and bug fixing their games on the PC. Then they blame piracy for their lack of sales.
It has nothing to do with people that will never be happy. We just expect massive companies to take some time to actually test and fix the game for the platforms they release on.

1 decade ago
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Ahh man, that's frustrating, I swear, no one does downloads right except Steam, well Origin does them fine too but other than these two it's pure fuckeries everywhere else

1 decade ago
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origin always takes 3x as long to download patches as steam does for me, i can remember when i first updated my battlefield 3 it took around 6 hours!

1 decade ago
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Really? I find that I get faster download speeds on Origin. My ISP detects Steam as P2P so slows down my speed after 2 gigs to 300-500KB/s rather than 5MB/s but with Origin it is constant. Still, it Steam d/ls have improved. I think Virgin finally realised it was not P2P.
Off topic note: Chrome's spell check really pisses me off. It marks the British spelling as wrong. I mean, it's not like the English language came from England or anything.

1 decade ago
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Disable the spell check, so it won't piss you off anymore. Simple and easy.

1 decade ago
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Or make it load the British Language instead. That's what I do, works like a charm :)

1 decade ago
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That does suck then, but I mean, it's as straightforward as Steam in that it does updates etc by itself, and your games are just there, I remember downloading a Ubisoft game recently, and it came as a downloader, which then download like 9 .rar files containing parts of the game lol...I then had to run the final one when they all finished, to install my game, and even though I had a Key, I couldn't even redeem it on Uplay..

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Wow, sucks for you. Origin is actually pretty good. I had a 3mb/s download when I downloaded BF3 and that was way back last year when it came out. Patches, depending on size, didn't take that long either.

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go complain to gamestop for having a shity download client.

1 decade ago
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Go read his post again, because you apparently don't see that he is complaining about uplay speed of patching and not gamestop speed of downloading the game. I doubt gamestop got something to do with uplay.

1 decade ago
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I hope you learn from your mistake and come crawling back to gaben in your own tears and filth.

1 decade ago
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THIS MADE MY DAY AND LIFE

1 decade ago
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Believe me, in my dream world, all games are Steamworks titles.

1 decade ago
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In my dream world, all games have no DRM. With Steam being an option.

1 decade ago
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In my dream world, there we be that and less of a monopoly

1 decade ago
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What I read from your post:

  • I don't care that I only paid $10 for 3 good games.

  • I'm too lazy (or too stupid) to install programs.

  • I should have done some research about Uplay before I buy a game.

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Why are you being so rude to the fellow? Only Caps Lock Justice is allowed in the midst of the SteamGifts Army, SO BE A MAN AND DO IT LIKE A MAN IF YOU WANT TO BE PRAISED BY THE GENERAL!

1 decade ago
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When I buy games, I want an advantage, as in: let me be lazy, it should be easy. The Steam way.

1 decade ago
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Then buy it on Steam! But that also solves only some problems for you.

1 decade ago
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+1

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So let me get the facts straight, you got 3 games, one of them released a month ago for 6€. And you are complaining?

BTW: Every Far Cry version installs Uplay, and Steam's Uplay and the one which works by itself are different.

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not the first one

1 decade ago
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I meant, every FarCry 3 verions

1 decade ago
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i know that feel bro, i was unable to play my splinter cell conviction for like 2-3 months because the servers where offline or when the stupid drm asked me to be connected with the internet while i was totally connected already.

1 decade ago
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Once you've registered with Uplay you can uninstall the GameStop app. I suggest you just nuke it all, reinstall UPlay and download the game again. Sucks though.

1 decade ago
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I'm doing so a.t.m. :)

1 decade ago
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Thank god I missed the deal!

1 decade ago
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That's my point.

1 decade ago
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Lol .. best reply yet.

1 decade ago
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Why are you complaining about it!? You got it for 10$!!! If you got any problems, it can't be worse than those 40$ you would've lost then?
Just suck it up

1 decade ago
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10$ for a game I can't play and 2 other games I already have (on Steam)...

1 decade ago
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Why do you use their app? Press [Windows key]+[R] and type "C:Program Files (x86)Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\uplay.exe -upc_uplay_id 46". (or wherever you installed Uplay). Then use your serial key to add Far Cry 3 to Uplay.

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That's odd, for me it took the regular time to download the 2 patches from uplay. I got an infinite "logging in" screen after updating to 1.03, but after going back to 1.02 everything is working like a charm. I guess cracked Uplay works better than the original lol.

1 decade ago
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I don't pirate games anymore. But I should have pirated this game. Pretty sure it saved me download, time, and frustrations.

1 decade ago
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The torrent was pretty fast and so was patching, the issue was that the regular cracks aren't working and you lose your save. So it'd have saved you download time but definitely not frustrations

1 decade ago
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Uplay not recognizing other uplay games? Why am I not surprised.

1 decade ago
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It seems to be because I bought these games on Steam. I can launch them using Steam followed by Uplay, but not using Uplay directly. Also no downloading from Uplay.

1 decade ago
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Leave it to ubi to be consumer unfriendly. Heck my Dead Space 2 key works fine on Origin despite being a steam key and I can download it from there too.

1 decade ago
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This post makes me smile just a little.

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^^

1 decade ago
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Thats the worst thing I can imagine. My thoughts and prayers are with you in this sad and unforgiving moment.

1 decade ago
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you paid less than 10$ for it, what do you expect.

1 decade ago
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Exactly the same as I would have paid the 'normal' 105$ for it.

1 decade ago
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don't think too much, you'll hurt yourself.

1 decade ago
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Welcome to the League of Uplay!

1 decade ago
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This is why I still buy CD's and like physical media for games and music.

1 decade ago
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so oldshcoolash !

1 decade ago
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You still have to deal with uplay.

1 decade ago
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Meh

1 decade ago
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i'll take it from you then, but thanks for making me feel better

1 decade ago
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uPlay? No, uRage!

1 decade ago
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you were too cheap to buy the game at proper price

it doesnt work properly

you feel scammed

1 decade ago
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Lol "proper price". Ubi deserves nothing from PC gamers. Screw that company. My love for them died years ago.

1 decade ago
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What did they do wrong?

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1 decade ago
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I assume your were trying to be smart with that comment. After googling Ubisoft DRM I get a bunch of old news announcing Ubisoft's plans for scrapping it's "always on" DRM service. I was already aware of this, so once again, what did they do wrong?

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Because it's the internet, it's "cool" to hate things without proper reasons and they like to find excuses to pirate games, which still shows that the games are worth something.

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Sounds like a similar/likely reason for conspiracy theorists and all their bullshit that refuses to die and keeps spawning spreading like a fucking plague.

Btw, you're so right about people pirating games, literally nothing can justify stealing games.

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I hope by "they" this does not include me. I have never and will never pirate a game. If a game is not worth buying then it is not worth playing. Why give them the satisfaction of thinking I still want their game by pirating it?

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I didn't mean you then ;)

But I think that many people (maybe I'm wrong) just look for an excuse for pirating a game and for me many people that write that a game is not worth money means for me that they'll pirate it.

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True. Again those people are giving the publishers the satisfaction of thinking their game is still worth playing. And also fuels their (mostly lies) about PC gaming. The only time I have come close to pirating a game is when the DRM has been so bad it makes the game unplayable. The way I would proceed would be to buy the game and then pirate it so I still fund the devs/pubs and get the game DRM free. I have never done this because I simply cannot be bothered to buy the game in the end or I do not want to run the risk of getting a virus.

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Stating 95% of PC gamers are pirates. Releasing broken games on day one. Forcing you to sign up to their Uplay service. Restricting games almost completely just like EA. Overhyping and making false promises about games. They are becoming more and more like EA.

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Ok I remember that article stating that 95% of PC gamers are pirates, that hurt me. But I've yet to play a "broken" game by them. The U=play service doesn't get in the way of Steam, it's not an annoying platform, and gives you extras in addition to the base game experience like awards and achievements. I don't have a problem with that.

I don't believe Ubisoft over hype their games either, that's up to the fans to interpret. That War Z garbage is a good example of false promises, no Ubisoft game has done something like that. Their games are amazing in terms of quality and commitment. Perhaps not the most well optimised games out there, plenty of problems with performance, but no false promises (that's a big deal if it were true).

I'll quote Batman here because it's SO so fitting :P "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

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On launch Far Cry 3 was unplayable. For a few days no one could activiate the game because of troubles with servers. They promised "huge fights with 100s (maybe 1000s, cannot quite remember) of enemies on screen", there was one mission were you didn't even fight those enemies and also they stated there was "freedom to run through trees", all those paths were linear. They also said you'd be able to roam the seas as a captain of the Aquila. That was a lie, they were set missions. Most likely there'll be a DLC that'll implement that, which is unacceptable. Many people were disappointed with that game.

Edit: This is an article stating the game was broken

Edit 2: Hell yeah! I can do the link thingy, lol.

In reply to your quote, this may be irrelevant but, You either live free or Die Hard. Awwwww yeeeeeeeeeeeah!

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that doesnt even fit with what I said

learn to have a conversation

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But FarCry 3 is a good game. <3

1 decade ago
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I hope so.

1 decade ago
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They sold you a troll copy. You honestly got what you paid for.

1 decade ago
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Yep for people who abused the "price mistake".

1 decade ago
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Doomed keys. :)

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I bought it for £20 a week ago and had none of these problems whatsoever

My guess is the problems are mostly to do with Gamestop. My brother got that price error deal and the DL took all day

Also, it's an amazing game

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Closed 1 decade ago by JoWannes.