Thomas McDermott: "I guess it is pretty damning when I come away from a game with little to no idea what to say about my time with it. Usually there is a part that gets under my skin, or an interesting moment that stands out worth writing about. Almost always there is one thing, that sometimes can be very small, that is worth latching onto, and with that I can scrawl some nonsense about it for at least two or three paragraphs before needing a large coffee. The sad fact is The Crew made me feel nothing. As I lost hours of playtime I certainly was not happy with the game, but I was not getting mad about it either. Crucially, I cannot say I fell somewhere in the middle of those two choices - that would be too easy. If I was in that mindset I would at least be able to label The Crew average, and this opening paragraph would have been fit for purpose."
Back in 2023, Ubisoft announced it would shut down The Crew's servers on 31st March, 2024, which would make the game unplayable due to its always online requirements - even those with physical copies of the game were to be locked out. Needless to say, many were unhappy with Ubisoft's decision.
Some, though, decided not to just leave it there, and set about reviving the game on their own time and dime. Now a little over a year later, the fan lead Crew revival project - known as The Crew Unlimited - is gearing up for its release on 15th September.
Plaintiffs bring up a new claim, too, in amended complaint.
***Replying to Ubisoft’s argument that the statute of limitations is up, the plaintiffs responded with their own photos of The Crew’s packaging, which states that the activation code for the game doesn’t expire until 2099; that’s an example of how Ubisoft “implied that [The Crew] would remain playable during this time and long thereafter,” per the amended complaint.***
I really hope this resonates with the judge on the two-sided talk Ubisoft has going on here. You can't have your cake and eat it as well, IMHO.
A few of more mishaps and Ubisoft won’t be around anymore anyway.
Assassin’s Creed and FarCry are keeping them alive right now, and it’s a shame. Tom Clancy games are at a minimum now, The Division had its run, Watch Dogs has come and gone, For Honor was something new-ish, their lacking in New IP, and their older franchises just aren’t getting the right love.
I hope the judge favors the consumers because it really sucks what thees companies are doing. I am sure these companies will simply change their user agreements to add these new "we don't own the games clauses"
Good thing i haven't bought a Ubisoft game since ac origins, and even that was a mistake 😆
Ubisoft faces a class action lawsuit over The Crew shutdown, raising key questions about digital game ownership.
Ubisoft Formula is really bad here. It would have been a much interesting game if it actually had less repetitive things to do. The Crew had an amazing potential to be one of the best racing games out there but fell so hard. And the most problematic thing is that Ubisoft will never learn.
I Wanted to love this game also, but lack of soul and the fact that your car fish tails like a motherfuquer no matter what your settings are..well. I moved on to other games. See ya around Crew.
Well deserve score
We all saw this coming, ubisoft garbage written all over it and i dont care if they only published it. Ubisoft deserves to be at the bottom and deserves to suffer in sales.