There seems to be a trend these days of developers trying to catch pirates out by leaving little surprises for those playing illegitimate versions of PC games. Ubisoft’s been in on the fun with Far Cry 4.
A day one patch for the shooter added a FOV slider to the game’s graphics options. Players who pirated the PC version missed out on that patch, and several complained to the game’s creative director Alex Hutchinson - who promptly pointed out they were clearly playing an pirated copy.
PC players! If you're online complaining about the lack of FOV control ... You pirated the game.
— Alex Hutchinson (@BangBangClick) November 18, 2014I know, it’s not the most inventive method for catching out pirates, that honour still belongs to the Serious Sam 3 Scorpion of Death, but still pretty funny.
I’ve had a brief go on the PC version of Far Cry 4 (the legitimate version) and it’s holding up pretty well so far. Very scalable, with a bucket-load of different sliders and options, and it looks terrific whacked on on the highest settings. There is some occasional annoying micro-stutter, particularly when driving, and a few dropped frames at odd points, but nothing too problematic so far.
