Ubisoft‘s recently released NFT-based RPG has reportedly been affected by what appears to be a game-breaking exploit.
The game launched on PC last week and sees players assembling groups of three characters to battle against enemies in turn-based combat. The game’s Web3 functionality is that each of these characters essentially functions as NFTs, and can be purchased with in-game or cryptocurrency.
As noted by X user Jauwnio, players of the company’s “Web3 competitive turn-based RPG” Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles are reporting that it’s impossible to play the game.
The reason is because of one user, whose name is usually either Schilleri11 or Paulstar111, who appears to be automatically winning every online battle.
On the game’s Discord server, players are complaining that when they start a competitive game online, they’re matched with this player every single time, and then automatically lose to them without the match even taking place.
One player pointed out that the Paulstar111 account was top of the rankings with over 56,000 matches played. It’s not yet clear how the player has been able to connect to so many games and automatically win them.
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“It is absurd that a company in late 2024 have a game unplayable for days because one guy decided to ruin the game,” Discord user Ketaros wrote. “I am sorry, the level of incompetence here is alarming.
“Last time I saw Paulstar111 on the ranking he had 56k Matches. There are 10 of us complaining on here, now picture the other [thousands of] players who were trying the game, and probably will never come back, because the game is unplayable.”
A moderator on the game’s Discord server posted on Saturday that the team was aware of the error, had banned the player and was hoping to have a fix ready later today. However, some players have been continuing to report that they’re still being matched with the player’s account.