Reversing course
For Honorwill require a consistent internet connection to play. This isn’t all that unique; plenty of games have this restriction. Whatisunique about it is the way Ubisoft has backpedaled on previous statements.
A few months ago,For Honor‘s creative director Stephane Cardinpromised a full single-player campaign. Speaking withGameSpot, another creative director said “We built the campaign so that if you bought the game just for that, that you would be satisfied even if you never went online and played multiplayer.” Product pages on retailer sitesspecifically mentionedthatFor Honorhad “an engaging, single-player offline campaign.” That is no longer true.
Ubisoft has said today thatFor Honorwill require an online connection to play any of the game’s modes. The story is born out of a Ubisoft forum user reaching out to the community team to ask about it. Therepresentative responded“We can confirm thatFor Honoris an always online experience. Some elements of progression, which is hosted online, are shared across story and multiplayer modes. Players will need to be connected to the internet at all times to playFor Honor.” Ubisoft has since confirmed it more broadly, dispelling the notion that maybe this is just a misinformed community manager.
A persistent connection seems to be a recurring initiative for Ubisoft, as it allows the publisher the means to fight piracy.Steepis the most recent title that enforced it, as Ubisoft claimed that a shared social world was one of the game’s pillars. I didn’t find this to be true. In fact, players in your world turned out to be an active hindrance at times. For instance, players who equipped the gas canister to their wingsuit could cause the framerate to crash in surrounding players’ games.
Of course, this requirement doesn’t indicate a bad game. The two are completely unrelated. In our time with therecent closed alpha, we felt likeFor Honorhad “the makings of a winner.” That hasn’t changed; it’s just that now, both Ubisoftandyour internet service provider have to come through.
Confirmed: For Honor campaign is always online[NeoGAF]
