That’s not review bombing, that’s just leaving a negative review because the experience has turned negative.
They should direct their complaints at MS if that’s what broke their game, but I don’t expect the average Assassin’s Creed player to understand the difference.
And this is the ONLY game that this updated killed? If thats the case, sounds like a game problem to me.
Seems to be other games too
https://www.techspot.com/news/105709-windows-11-24h2-update-breaks-ubisoft-games-fix.html
On another note being subbed to similar communities across fediverse kind of makes articles that popped up a day ago and sometimes longer show up again give me feelings of deja vu.
both articles seem to suggest that this is only (or primarily) affecting ubisoft games, which suggests that ubisoft might share some of the blame here. microsoft is very dumb for pushing out an update that breaks a ton of games, especially given how much they claim to love backwards compatibility. but ubisoft is also dumb if they are relying on undocumented APIs, as some of the other comments suggest they might be. microsoft already struggles to keep their documented APIs stable, so i can only imagine what happens with the undocumented APIs
The Resident Evil 4 Remake also doesn’t start with 24H2, there’s is a workaround to make it work though. Need to delete the CrashReporter.exe in the game folder.
ironic that the crash reporter makes the game crash on launch
I know from personal experience it broke Star Wars Outlaws. Appears to have broken any Ubisoft games using that same engine.
Kinda random but it also broke Canon scan software
Apparently Path of Exile 2 has very serious performance issues on Windows 11 24H2, to the point of being unplayable.
I know this is being played out like Ubisoft is getting unfair treatment here, but I’m going to be very unsurprised when the underlying cause is some bullshit DRM or kernel level bullshit that should never have been bundled with something as frivolous as a videogame
So, ironically, all games effected by this would run better on Linux through WINE with Proton. Funny how the tables have turned. Linux is absolutely the best platform for gaming now, not Windows.
Linux is absolutely the best platform for gaming now, not Windows.
While I agree on net, I don’t think most people would by the simple fact that many of the most popular MP games simply don’t work on Linux because they have Windows-only anti-cheat. That’s not an OS problem since the devs could in many cases easily support it, but it is a problem that needs to be considered when discussing Linux for gaming.
Linux is simply better than Windows on all fronts and it’s not even close
That’s true for me, but not for everyone. Don’t oversell it.
That’s not true. Most are battle-eye or easy-anti-cheat, both of which are supported on proton. The vast majority of multiplayer games you can play without issue. There’s a handful from China that don’t work, and anything with kernel level DRM or AC obviously, but I’d rather stay away from those anyway.
I did have trouble a long time ago with Squad, where the it was using an obsolete C++ thing, but the flatpak of Steam included it. It now works. Also, The Finals didn’t work at launch because they hadn’t updated their AC, but it does now.
Call of Duty, League of Legends, Valorant, and Battlefield. And those are all some of, if not the mostly populated multiplayer games.
Yes, many anti-cheat systems can work if the developer opts-in to Linux support, but the fact remains that many MP games don’t work. From this list, starting from “best”, here are the ones that don’t work (according to are we anticheat yet):
- #3 - COD: Warzone
- #4 - Apex Legends
- #5 - Rocket League
- #7 - GTA Online
- #8 - League of Legends
- #13 - Valorant
- #14 - Rainbow Six Siege
- #16 - Fortnite
- #19 - Hearthstone
- #21 - Mortal Kombat X
That list is a little weird, but it popped up high in search results. Here are a few more that didn’t make the list for whatever reason that have high playership (from steamdb):
- Destiny 2
- PUBG
- Rust
There are a ton that do work, but if you play one or more of the above games, Linux isn’t going to be a good option for you. Many of those could work if the devs flipped a switch on their build, but the fact remains that they don’t.
I play rocket league on linux every day, not sure about the rest. Well I know fortnite doesnt work cause I tried a bunch recently.
rocket league
Cool. I stopped following it since Epic bought it, and it showed up as “Broken” on “are we anticheat yet.” Glad to know “broken” isn’t totally reliable.
So did Elden Ring when that launched. Initially it had terrible stuttering on DX12 but once Proton translated DX12 into Vulkan on Linux the stuttering was gone.
I’d assume the games bricked by this update never did work on Linux in the first place. If I’m wrong, I guess I’ll get silent down votes with no explanation as well! We’re not l33t enough to hang, brother!
It’s easy to check. https://www.protondb.com/search?q=Assassin’s+creed
It looks like they did (and probably still do) just fine. Very few games don’t at this point.
You could just do a web search? What kind of an explanation do you want other than that you’re simply wrong?
This update also stops Windows VR headsets (WMR) from working. They decided to remove the drivers from this windows version onwards (which is the only way to get them), so it turns them into $600 paper weights.
This is why I returned Star Wars Outlaws on Steam. I couldn’t even get the game to start. Ubisoft has known about this issue for months now and continues to allow their PC games to be sold in an unplayable state. This is exactly the kind of situation class action lawsuits should be used in, too bad consumer protections are nominal at best in the US.
I don’t think Microsoft does nearly enough testing before releasing updates.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes
