“If buying does not mean ownership, then piracy is not theft”: Steam release of Motorfest became a platform for protests

The Crew: Motorfest was released on Steam yesterday. Immediately after release, the game received a flurry of negative reviews from gamers who did not like Ubisoft’s attitude towards the original The Crew. As a result, the game currently has only 46% positive reviews, which corresponds to "mixed" reviews. overall rating.

For those who do not follow the latest events, here is a brief description of what is happening. At the end of March, Ubisoft closed the servers of the first part of The Crew. And since the game only worked online, fans were deprived of the opportunity to play. To make matters worse, the company revoked the game's license some time later, leaving players unable to even install it. As you might guess, the fans didn't like it. First, a movement called “Stop Destroying Games” arose, then the incident was reported to the European Commission, and later a petition was submitted to the British government with demands on publishers.

As a result, all this was reflected in the ratings of the last part of the series - The Crew: Motorfest. If, of course, we do not take into account the negative reviews that the game is a simple copy of Forza Horizon, then among the reviews we can read the following:

So, we are dealing with a classic case of “review bombing”. Among other things, players are demanding the original The Crew be brought back to life, the addition of an offline mode and the ability to modify the game. But above all, they want the studio to communicate better with its players.