Far Cry 4 Users Accidentally Reveal They Pirated The Game

Far Cry 4's director has announced anyone complaining the PC version of the game doesn't contain field of view (FOV) options are in fact revealing they pirated the game.

[slinky123456]

That's a very funny tactic imo. If you pirate it you don't exactly deserve to complain about it without looking like an ass.

[DoomeDx]

Actually pirates can download the patch too. Not going to give a link here ofcourse. But its possible now.

[DoomeDx]

@Thunderbird, no they should not.

The lousy PC ports done by ubisoft do not deserve a purchase.

if you see my steam library, you will see its massive. All purchased with my own hard earned cash. So I am not a complete pirate.

but when it comes to ubisoft? Ugh no. Screw them and their crappy ass ports. The least thing PC gamers should do is give them your money.

[northpaws]

@DoomeDx

Crappy ports don't give you the right to steal. No one force you to buy their games.

[starchild]

They're not crappy, you must have a crappy PC. Far Cry 4 and AC Unity are demanding because they are pushing more advanced graphics tech than most competing games. I run Far cry 4 at a solid 60fps and Unity at a mostly solid 60fps on my gtx 970. They run fine for the kind of graphics they're pushing.

If you think they are so crappy then simply don't play them. What makes you think you deserve them? Are you really that entitled? The world doesn't owe you anything.

[oODEADPOOLOo]

@ starchild

Im not a big PC gamer, but from what I have heard from PC gamers and Youtubers like Total biscuit is that Ubisoft ports are often hit or miss, unless its a HUGE title like farcry and the like.They usually don't do a good job optimizing or including enough options for PC.

"What makes you think you deserve them? Are you really that entitled? The world doesn't owe you anything."

Relax, stop being so melodramatic they don't have much reason to trust Ubisoft given their history. Its called playing it smart they like the game, but not the company.

[BigBosss]

ROFL idiots

[I_AM_ CANADIAN_1989]

Buying a ubisoft game for pc without pirating first makes you look even more stupid. Lol ac4bf/unity are prime examples. After I spent 69.99 on ac4bf for pc only to not be able to play it on any configuration without 10 FPS stutters on a game supposedly running at 60fps. Too this day still haven't got past the first mission. My rig is worth 5000 so it's not hardware, can play every other games. Trusting ubisoft is as about as smart as trusting a 2.00 dollar whore to be std free.

[DeadlyOreo]

What makes you think you're entitled to play it for free though? All the money and effort they put into a game only for people like you to think they owe you it for free. God I hate pirates, destroying the industry.

[Somebody]

Come now, not all pirates are bad. I don't know whether this is self serving but I used to consider myself as a "reluctant" pirate.

I used to pirate games not due to some vague sense of entitlement but because it was the only option I have. When I started gaming back in 2001 games don't come to where I lived. I don't have a credit card, the internet was still young and I didn't know how to order games from abroad. There were, however, countless shops selling pirated games all over my place so it's logical for one to fall for that.

Still, I kept my eyes open for any signs of legit games during my pirating days. Finally I discovered a local shop that do sell and deliver legit games. Unfortunately my workplace was too far from any postal services so I only able to order games from them when I return home for the holidays. A couple of years later I found a shop or two in my area that do sell legit games. They sell just a handful of them in a whole room of pirated games but I remembered the shocked face on the cashier as I paid for the really expensive, non-pirated Colin McRae's Dirt 2. Even today some of my colleagues are astonished hearing me buy legit games all the time.

I started buying non-pirated games intensely when I moved back to my hometown. Steam's digital distribution system eliminated all those problems with retail games sold locally(they're expensive, take too long to get and they never get discounted). And then, my first Steam Sale came along...

[ramiuk1]

what makes devs think they can release a totally broken game and take your money/??

i always used to pirate a game on pc then buy it if it was good.

[starchild]

Well, I'm very skeptical of that. At the time it came out I ran AC4 just fine on a single HD 7950 at a capped 30fps with zero stutters and mostly maxed out settings.

[1nsomniac]

No they're not at all, it just means they havnt applied the day 1 patch yet. If you pre loaded the game then lost your internet connection due to your ISP or moving house etc you're now being called a pirate.

The game was released officially with no FOV slider, it was then added in the first patch. Well done on insulting your customers. I don't see nothing wrong with pirating a game to try it before you buy it ESPECIALLY in this day & age where games are released broken & the gaming industry has lost all honesty with its customers pre-release.

I say pirate every game before you buy it, but of course if it works & it was everything it said it would be, then buy it retail & support the developers.

[mixelon]

Problem with that is if you know it's likely to get patched up, you're only testing days or weeks worth of supposedly badly made game.. So it's not indicative of anything. Why not just wait. It's not like we have a right to this stuff.

That attitude is what leads to all the online only games. They make total sense when people are justifying pirating it to check it's "everything it promised to be" - which is subjective. And by that logic almost no game would be worth purchase. Destiny certainly wouldn't be.

Only game I openly admit to pirating to test out was Colonial Marines. Lol. I still even bought that when it was in a Steam sale.

Never mind the fact it's often the GPU companies who support the games with specific driver optimisation constantly, and not the developers at all. Not sure why they should get the brunt of that.

[1nsomniac]

No, why should customers be the beta testers? Why should we pay full increased retail price & be sold a game being told that certain things are in the game which are not or the game completely broken.

While the developers & journalists hide the truth until the game has already been sold. Once you buy it you cannot return it for a refund & once they have your money as we have seen on many occasions they are not entitled to fix anything.

Back in the day part of marketing & selling your game was to provide customers with a demo so you could try it before you buy it but now theyve removed that also. It's all about getting as much money out of un witting customers as necessary straight out the door & that's a far worse crime than piracy IMO.

[mixelon]

There are so many ways to establish if a game is what you want and if itll run on your setup without resorting to piracy. Google for starters. I've never had a game be totally broken though and I have over 500 game steam library, so that seems like a crappy excuse. Reviews and other peoples gameplay show you if the game is what you expected it to be.

Justifying piracy as an alternative to demos shows a weird level of entitlement. You don't have to get all the games you might like. It's not a right.

Origin does refunds. Most likely Steam and UPlay will be forced to as well, as I think they're against various EU consumer laws atm by not allowing refunds.

Two wrongs don't make a right and all that.

[ManAnimalX]

@1nsomniac

I agree 1000%.

Anyone complaining about pirating is a brainwashed corporate wannabe servant. These Companies are the Biggest CROOKS on the Planet, they actively screw innocent customers with no shame or guilt, no compassion, and there Apologies are PHONY cause they turn around and do EXACTLY THE SAME THING next time, every time, every Generation is the same thing.

Only ignorant brainwashed cowards can't see and admit this.

[SonyKong64]

well said. we live in a world of complacent greed zombies that will die for the products and corporations they've been brainwashed to defend.

if you're not fully aware of the evils of no limit profit capitalism, then you are part of the disgusting problem.

[I_AM_ CANADIAN_1989]

At thunderbird man you are the definition of double face palm. I pirated watchdogs ran like crap wasn't impressed deleted before I completed one mission so tell me how I somehow I'm the bad guy lol. You like gamers getting screwed buy douchebag corporations that completly erased the concept of easy access demo's and beta's ? Like come on I dont give a crap if every game you buy plays flawlessly it's not like that for everyone so quit being such a self centered corporate defender. I bought ac4bf didn't run still doesn't run and I'm out 69.99. After this comment I'm done because I know arguing with people like you that are so far up the capitalism ass is brain aneurism waiting to happen. If you can't see pirated games for what they are : demo's than I just don't know what anyone could say to convince you. Wanting a game you paid for to work is not being entitled it's a right that ubisoft on several occasions has taken away from us. Defending ubisoft is like defending a pedafile, so dirty and wrong...

[SnakeCQC]

Not exactly. The fov sliders have NO numbers in any version, so changing is hell. People have their ideal numbers from and ubisoft screwed them. The guy is just trying to deflect from the issues far cry 4 has.

[Chrisgamerguy]

Buy it fair and square if u want the true full experience.

[Seafort]

I bought it day 1 on PC and that FoV slider is pathetic. I don't even think it works properly.

It's just a slider with no numbers and no indication of how high FoV you are setting.

And today supposedly they are adding in nvidia fur which was advertised for launch.

Ubisoft really need to get their act together. The goodwill they have will soon evaporate and they'll be on the same blacklist as EA and Activision. Many people have put them on the list already.

[uglymash]

what about people who bought the boxed pc game and have no internet? like my internet provided took 2 months to get me internet when i moved house and could only connect via tether on my phone, what ever happened to releasing finished games? 2 games i bought full whack something that i hardly do, assassins creed unity...all about the co-op even though its not (game called unity, has 4 players on the cover, says at e3 all about uniting with other plays then makes u play 50% of the game before u can do some sidequests..brilliant..not) and runs likes oscar pistorius over cobblestones...shakey..inconsi stent although at times funny to watch. and far cry 4 now i havent managed to download it yet but my mate got it off origin the other day and has nothing but trouble.

bottom line seems more and more people getting punished for day 1 purchases.

think i will be going back to the strategy of waiting 6 months before playing any game, that way price drops considerably, better product with majority of problems fixed, and some dl content to sink into after the game is finished.

my only question with a day 1 patch, surely that is them admitting they know the problems with the game and just released it anyway? i mean its not went to players hands and them voice concern which the developers fix, the game has gone gold so beta testing is done etc.. i mean fair enough someone might spot a problem here or there and might fix that for day1 but 3gb?

if not i think it should be illegal to sell something knowing its not fit for purpose?

like imagine buying a car that constantly crashes and you bring it back and they go sorry about that well now fit the brakes..or a music cd that constantly skips.

wow this is turning into a rant.. would like to know can you get a refund for these games since they are essentially broke?

[Lukebb91]

Its a transaction, pay money to play the game. If you pirate games just to test them and see how high you can display it on your pc because you dont trust the company im glad this sort of shit exists. Get more people to not buy the game and you might see a change in how they make their games.

[kingduqc]

After unity no wonder people not buying day 1 lol..