Positive or negative, slap DRM in the headline and expect a flood of comments.
The response to From Dust's DRM, however, has been exceptionally negative, fueled by Ubisoft's poor communication of what kind of DRM would be included in the PC version of Eric Chahi's latest. Ubisoft suggested there would be no DRM, but when the game arrived, there actually was DRM, asking players to be online to start the game.
Ubisoft's been buried in criticism ever since (including from myself), and it appears the publisher is cutting its losses.
"We recognize that one of our posts in the From Dust forum regarding the need for authentication in the game was not clear," said Ubisoft forum manager bukowski113 on the company's boards.
To try and make things right (or at least better?), Ubisoft is working on a patch for the PC version, scheduled to be released in about two weeks.
"This development time is required as we are working to ensure that those who have already started the game, and who’s progress is currently saved on our servers, will receive and save their game information locally," continued the post.
After the patch is installed, players will apparently be able to play offline--no questions.
"We sincerely apologize for the misunderstanding," reads the post.
If players will still be there two weeks from now, however, remains to be seen.