The new compensation system has a catch in its agreement

Dec 19, 2014 10:46 GMT  ·  By

Ubisoft includes a special binding agreement in its recent free game offer for Assassin's Creed Unity Season Pass owners through which they must waive their rights to sue the company over the actual Unity experience if they want to take advantage of the compensation method.

Assassin's Creed Unity launched last month and was initially set to deliver a reboot in terms of mechanics for the series, as it overhauled the combat, the stealth, or the movement systems. The actual result, however, was filled with glitches, issues, and other such problems that caused a fierce backlash amongst fans.

Ubisoft is trying to fix things

Noting the feedback, Ubisoft pledged to improve the game via updates, which have so far failed to fix core issues, and via a special compensation system.

As an apology for the poor game, Ubisoft announced that the Dead Kings DLC, which was supposed to arrive as a premium download, would be made available for free to all owners of the game. What's more, those who got the Season Pass to explicitly get access to the add-on are able to get a special free game from Ubisoft in exchange for their investment.

Yesterday, the deal was made available through a special website where Season Pass owners were able to redeem their free game.

The free game offer has a catch

However, as spotted by an eagle-eyed NeoGAF user, before getting the free title, gamers must sign a special agreement filled with many different conditions and restrictions. Among them is the fact that they waive the rights to sue or take part in a class action lawsuit against Ubisoft over Assassin's Creed Unity.

You can check out the shortened agreement below, with all the important bits intact, specifically that ones that specify that not even a customer's family can take part in a lawsuit against Ubisoft over Unity, its Season Pass, or its compensation offer.

"You hereby irrevocably and unconditionally release, waive, and forever discharge and covenant not to sue Ubisoft Entertainment S.A., […] regarding the Campaign any and all liability to your, your assigns, heirs, and next of kin for any and all claims, demands, charges, lawsuits, […] arising out of or related to the purchase […] the Assassin's Creed Unity video game and/or the Assassin's Creed Unity Season Pass on any and all platforms, and/or related to the campaign, whether caused by the negligence of the released parties or otherwise."

While such agreements aren't out of the ordinary, they still reflect poorly on Ubisoft’s management of the whole Unity debacle, especially since even new updates fail to fix lingering issues and even come with new ones.

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