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On Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:05:48 -0700 (PDT), in
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Metal Guru wrote: 

>https://club.ubisoft.com/en-US/ubi30

Nothing is going to get me to install U-Play. ;)

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Zag

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spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

Zaghadka wrote:
> Metal Guru wrote: 
> 
> >https://club.ubisoft.com/en-US/ubi30
> 
> Nothing is going to get me to install U-Play. ;)

It's really not that bad, just a simpler (and less bloated) version of Steam. I'm still playing The Crew regularly, that game is surprisingly fun and addictive despite its faults (just a bit too arcade-y for my taste). 

You missed out on a string of very good and free games these past few months. I hope they give Silent Dogs for free next month, but something tells me it's going to be one of the older Far Cries or Assassin's Creed games.

Zaghadka  <zagh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Nothing is going to get me to install U-Play. ;)

Beyond Good and Evil is great game though, I'd say it alone would be
worth it except you can probably get during a sale from GOG.com for $2.50.
Even though I'm not into driving games The Crew was fun just drive around
aimlessly in a virtual United States.  I passed on Rayman Origins because
I really don't like platformers, though I hear its a good example of
that type of game.  I already had Splinter Cell though I haven't gotten
around to playing it, and I'll probably never play Prince of Persia:
The Sands of Time, but I got both free anyways.

The UPlay client isn't a good as the Steam client or even the Origin
client, but it's not bad.  My biggest complaint is that its slow, and
that largely appears a server/network issue.  It seems UbiSoft is being
cheap in that area compared to Valve and EA.  It probably would be a
good idea wait a while before getting Beyond Good and Evil, although I
doubt there will be a huge demand for the game overloading the servers.

					Ross Ridge

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Metal Guru  <themet...@gmail.com> wrote:
>You missed out on a string of very good and free games these past few
>months. I hope they give Silent Dogs for free next month, but something
>tells me it's going to be one of the older Far Cries or Assassin's Creed
>games.

So far every game they've released for free is on GOG.com, except The
Crew, so I expect either something that's on GOG.com or something that
they can treat like a free-to-play game and make money through in game
purchases.

So maybe Anno 2070 (lots of DLC), or from the GOG collection, the original
Assassin's Creed, Far Cry 1 or 2, Heroes of Might and Magic 4 or 5,
or Settlers 2, 3, or 4.

It seems unlikely they'll be giving away Watch Dogs for free though.
It would make sense to help promote Watch Dogs 2, but next month is too
late, they'd be giving it away a couple of days before the release of
the sequel.  You'd want to do it a fair bit in advance to help build up
hype for the new game.  That's what they did with Beyond Good and Evil,
it was no coincidence they announced its sequel just after announcing
it would be free this month.

					Ross Ridge

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[oo][oo]  rri...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:05:48 -0700 (PDT), Metal Guru
<themet...@gmail.com> wrote:

>https://club.ubisoft.com/en-US/ubi30

Thank you again Metal Guru.

Got it!  thanks

rms

On Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:34:58 +0000 (UTC), in
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ross Ridge wrote: 

>Zaghadka  <zagh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>Nothing is going to get me to install U-Play. ;)
>
>Beyond Good and Evil is great game though, I'd say it alone would be
>worth it except you can probably get during a sale from GOG.com for $2.50.
>Even though I'm not into driving games The Crew was fun just drive around
>aimlessly in a virtual United States.  I passed on Rayman Origins because
>I really don't like platformers, though I hear its a good example of
>that type of game.  I already had Splinter Cell though I haven't gotten
>around to playing it, and I'll probably never play Prince of Persia:
>The Sands of Time, but I got both free anyways.
>
>The UPlay client isn't a good as the Steam client or even the Origin
>client, but it's not bad.  My biggest complaint is that its slow, and
>that largely appears a server/network issue.  It seems UbiSoft is being
>cheap in that area compared to Valve and EA.  It probably would be a
>good idea wait a while before getting Beyond Good and Evil, although I
>doubt there will be a huge demand for the game overloading the servers.
>
To me, Origin is clunky as hell, but I have it because of numerous
freebies, such as Battlefield 3. Steam is really ideal, IMHO. Between
Steam and GOG.com, I've got a ton of games in my library already.

But, come to think of it, I downloaded Bethesda.net so I could play
Fallout Shelter, so I suppose one more games client isn't going to kill
me. (*shrug*)

-- 
Zag

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

On 10/12/2016 4:04 PM, Ross Ridge wrote:
> Metal Guru  <themet...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> You missed out on a string of very good and free games these past few
>> months. I hope they give Silent Dogs for free next month, but something
>> tells me it's going to be one of the older Far Cries or Assassin's Creed
>> games.
>
> It seems unlikely they'll be giving away Watch Dogs for free though.
> It would make sense to help promote Watch Dogs 2, but next month is too
> late, they'd be giving it away a couple of days before the release of
> the sequel.  You'd want to do it a fair bit in advance to help build up
> hype for the new game.  That's what they did with Beyond Good and Evil,
> it was no coincidence they announced its sequel just after announcing
> it would be free this month.

Oops I meant to say Sleeping Dogs but that's not even an Ubisoft game 
IIRC. I don't think they'll be giving Watch Dogs away either although I 
wouldn't complain much if they did :)

As a side note here's the link to get BGAE running on modern machines 
(this free version is NOT the HD remake that came out for the PS3/360 
but the ancient original PC port, unfortunately)

http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Beyond_Good_%26_Evil

MetalGuru  <notmy...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Oops I meant to say Sleeping Dogs but that's not even an Ubisoft game 
>IIRC. I don't think they'll be giving Watch Dogs away either although I 
>wouldn't complain much if they did :)

Ah, I thought you might have meant Sleeping Dogs, but Watch Dogs made
more sense in the context.  Yah, Sleeping Dogs would be great give away,
but unfortunately we'll have to to wait until Square Enix starts their
own free game promotion.  (Well, I already I have the original but a
free upgrade to the Definitive Edition would be nice).

>As a side note here's the link to get BGAE running on modern machines 
>(this free version is NOT the HD remake that came out for the PS3/360 
>but the ancient original PC port, unfortunately)
>
>http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Beyond_Good_%26_Evil

Yah, I had a bit of trouble with flickering textures when I tried
out the GOG.com version.  It's also interesting to note that after I
added Beyond Good and Evil to my UPlay account the client detected the
already installed GOG version and is using that rather the downloading
is own copy.

					Ross Ridge

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Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>On Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:05:48 -0700 (PDT), in
>comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Metal Guru wrote: 
>
>>https://club.ubisoft.com/en-US/ubi30
>
>Nothing is going to get me to install U-Play. ;)

I'm with you there.

Involving Ubi makes it anything but "free".

Xocyll
-- 
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of 
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably, 
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So 
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr 

Zaghadka  <zagh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>But, come to think of it, I downloaded Bethesda.net so I could play
>Fallout Shelter, so I suppose one more games client isn't going to kill
>me. (*shrug*)

To be honest, I'm not sure I would've gotten the free games if I didn't
already have the UPlay client installed because of Far Cry 3 (which I
bought through Steam but requires UPlay anyways).

					Ross Ridge

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[oo][oo]  rri...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
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Metal Guru wrote:
> https://club.ubisoft.com/en-US/ubi30
>

I downloaded it, and I started it, but The Crew still has it's hooks in 
me.  I keep quitting, and going back to it.  I finally finished the 
story last night so maybe I'll be able to put it down.