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[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 56 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Why the fuck is there an anti-cheat in a single-player game? It's baffling.

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So they can turn around and sell you the cheats through an online store.

Don't want to just giving yourself everything, gotta fork over even more if you want that pretty sword, or a collectibles map.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That makes sense now, and I'm slightly less perturbed; thank you. It's just grifters grifting, as they do.

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 12 points 2 weeks ago

They've been at it with this for a minute. I think Assassin's Creed: Syndicate was the first one I really noticed it in when it was pushing a map that showed you all the locations for one collectible.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago

So that they can withhold features