The title has been removed from the platform Steam without any other form of trial… and above all, without the slightest effort not to harm honest players.
Launched on January 23, 2014, Might & Magic X - Legacy has not had a quiet existence… Far from it, even. When it was released, the role-playing game actually had a very questionable optimization, and its graphic design was probably not up to the expectations of fans. Still, the game was playable… “was”…
End of service, end of game
As announced last April, on June 1, Ubisoft decided to cut the servers of certain games including Rainbow Six Vegas, Assassin's Creed 2, Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands, Far Cry 2 and Might & Magic X - legacy. In the case of Might & Magic X, this closure couldn't have been more detrimental than that, since it's a single-player adventure.
Alas, it was without counting on the joys brought by the digital locks, these famous DRM, with which certain games are provided. In order to avoid too rapid pirating of their titles, publishers actually use these DRMs. Some decide to remove them after a few months of marketing, but that was not the case on Might & Magic X.
The DRM in question
Problem, the DRM used on the role-playing game absolutely needs to connect. Since the shutdown of the servers, it is in fact no longer possible to progress in the game, and many amateurs report having been blocked at the end of the first act. As you can imagine, the thing quickly turned against Ubisoft, and negative opinions abounded, especially on Steam.
Faced with the ire of its players, Ubisoft could have found a solution, such as disabling the DRM in question, but the only answer that the players were able to receive was the outright removal of the game from Steam: it did not is now no longer possible to buy it… and therefore to encounter the problem. CQFD.
Our PC Gamer colleagues contacted Ubisoft, which said it was “aware of the situation and investigating the problems encountered”. A survey with very sad conclusions for the players who most honestly bought Might & Magic X - Legacy if we stick to the only visible action of the publisher.
Note that if the problem specifically affects Ubisoft and Might & Magic X - Legacy, the question of the lifespan of games with an online protection/validation system arises in a much more global way.
