Call Of Duty: WWII doesnt work at all without the day 1 patch. The disc is completely useless without the internet

[JEMC]

jlauro said:

JEMC said:
Is that a first? So far we've had plenty of games that would run like crap without the day one patch, but not working at all? Damn!

That's a very, very shitty move from Activision, that shows no respect for its potential consumers.

Now that I think about it, is it even legal to sell a product that doesn't work?

I have seen wii games and I think PS3 games require a system level patch (as opposed to a game patch) before they would let you play, but they included it on the disc...  Not exactly the same as it didn't require the internet for the patch.

Certainly legal... buyer be ware...  (that said, some states have protection policies where you should at least be able to get your money back)

So we've had broken games in the past, but they all launched with the fix/update in the disk to make sure that everyone would be able to play the game without further problems, and the only thing new here is that Activision has decided to go one step further and force you to download the patch.

I hope this doesn't become a new trend.

Mordred11 said:
Oh man, I see the trend of hating on COD games is still going strong. Funny thing is, the developers are actually putting in effort with this installment, but it's getting hate all the same, even out of stupid reasons like needing an internet connection to play, when the game case specifically states that. I have the game pre-ordered on steam and I don't feel the need to complain about the fact that early physical copies purchasers are able to play before me, because I prefer playing the stable, post-day1patch version of the game.

I have played a few Call of Duty games over the years, but I always skipped on the ones that didn't interest me, like Infinite Warfare. It's quite simple, if you like something, you buy it. But most of the complainers are people who are buying the game fully aware of what they are getting and they still complain.

If you want to moan about what people are complaining about, the least thing you should do is read and find out why they (or we in this case) are complaining about to not look like a fool. People are not complaining because this is a CoD game like you say in your very first sentence, people are upset because they are launching on purpose a game that won't work at all unless you install an almost 10GB patch that you'll have to download from the internet.

That's our main gripe here, not which game does it.

The Fury said:
So, not sure if I missed someone mentioning it but can you play the single player without the internet? Else buying a game you can't play will cost them, me thinks.

No, you can't play anything without that day 1 patch. You would get as far as the menu screen, but that's it.