In case anyone doesn't realize, some of these games (like Assassin's Creed 2) don't even save your game game locally, it's only in a Ubisoft server.

I'm curious whether or not that server will stay up, and if any of the games which use the Ubisoft cloud save exclusively will even be playable any more.

Of course that's the risk with all online connected games- if a server goes down they either actively lock you out or just stop working. It's the reason I generally don't play single player games that require internet. AC 2 is a special case because I have nostalgia for it from when I was a kid playing the PS3 version.

And here's something useful I learned while investigating how to play AC2 offline; the PS3 version can be emulated with RPCS3, and the console versions actually make a local save, unlike the PC version. So if your copy gets nuked and won't save any more (might not happen, they might keep the cloud service available) emulation is an alternative. Get the game files for the GOTY and ignore modern Ubishit altogether.

In case anyone doesn't realize, some of these games (like Assassin's Creed 2) don't even save your game game locally, it's only in a Ubisoft server.

I'm curious whether or not that server will stay up, and if any of the games which use the Ubisoft cloud save exclusively will even be playable any more.

Of course that's the risk with all online connected games. It's the reason I generally don't play single player games that require internet. AC 2 is a special case because I have nostalgia for it from when I was a kid playing the PS3 version.

And here's something useful I learned while investigating how to play AC2 offline; the PS3 version can be emulated with RPCS3, and the console versions actually make a local save, unlike the PC version. So if your copy gets nuked and won't save any more (might not happen, they might keep the cloud service available) emulation is an alternative. Get the game files for the GOTY and ignore modern Ubishit altogether.