Anno is the only series I can't hold myself off from buying :(. Somehow it doesn't actually feel like a Ubisoft game
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commander@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Don’t buy Ubisoft games. They’re the epitome of trash culture in game publishing
NotSteve_@piefed.ca 4 months ago
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 4 months ago
There are alternatives like Manor Lords that can scratch that itch. Ones that aren’t by a predatory, anti-consumer company and aren’t infected with Denuvo malware.
NotSteve_@piefed.ca 4 months ago
I have (and love!) Manor Lords! Admittedly I haven't played it since it first came out though. Has the dev added more content? I remember later game feeling a bit directionless
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s been evolving quite a bit, though it has stalled out the last few months. The developer recently wrote a blog that the next update will be enormous as it reworks almost everything in the game, hence the lack of incremental updates lately.
absquatulate@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Same. They’re thw only games I’ve actually bought from them.
Not sure how they haven’t fucked it up so far - maybe because anno is a small franchise in the grand scheme of things, and has a cult following particularly in Germany, so apaet from online requirement and denuvo added to the latest entries, they let it be. I’m actually more amazed that bluebyte/ubi mainz haven’t butchered the anno games like they did with the settlers series.
Therobohour@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Well our latest focus group suggests that people actually like the shit we did in the bed
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Sadly I did. Bought the first 5 far cry games and some expansions because I wanted to show my support. Far Cry 6 didn’t work on my old assed PC because of the DRM so I pirated it instead (TY Empress and Fitgirl) and it worked like a charm.
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
I havent even played a ubisoft title since before 2010. I just had the advantage of not being particularly attached to any of their IP to even reconsider it.
BurgerBaron@piefed.social 4 months ago
I wish Nadeo was still independent. They finally got a popular Trackmania release but it's live service tied to UPlay ugh.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I’m so sad that they bought blue byte. The rest of their catalogue I can take it or leave it but Anno games…
Spoomis@toast.ooo 4 months ago
To be fair, they’ve made some good games before they turned sour, like Far Cry, Assassin’s Creed, uhh…counts on fingers
Piatro@programming.dev 4 months ago
Prince of Persia sands of time, Beyond Good and Evil, Rayman, Splinter Cell, etc. They were very prolific back when they and the rest of the industry understood that you couldn’t just bet all your money on a single title all the time, you had to have some dog-shit movie tie-ins and terrible Barbie games to keep the lights on.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
Nah the hilarious thing is that Ubisoft has some games that are awesome. Steep has incredible mountain design and general design flow to the game, Ghost Recon Breakpoint and Wildlands both look really fun especially with the first person mod. Without all the stupid nonsense attached Riders Republic is awesome playground for a potentially awesome experience.
What makes it hilarious is that the apparent value of a company like Ubisoft is that it makes the value of game ideas and projects under its umbrella more valuable, more polished and more likely to be purchased by customers… and yet I can say with certainty there are 5 or so Ubisoft games I would spend $10+ no question if I woke up tomorrow and they were no longer owned by Ubisoft and were owned by an indie developer.
**Ubisoft literally, probably quantitatively makes the value of IPs under its company name less valuable to people, if the function of a business is to bring value that can be turned into profit Ubisoft is an anti-business. It takes in raw materials and makes them less valuable on the marketplace after it has processed those raw materials for a high production cost.
ddplf@szmer.info 4 months ago
I remember booting up AC2 on my Windows 7 powered by my Nvidia Geforce GTX460. Maybe it was my gullible teenage perception, but back then - just seeing the logos of these companies really hyped me up before the experience
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
Well yeah but back then was different, we were way less farther along in the enshittification process.
commander@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Ya but they started the always online DRM for single player games back with AC2 and the lawsuits about the companies culture of sexual harassment/assault
Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Rayman Legends was fucking great. Damn that was so long ago
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 4 months ago
splinter cell
Signtist@bookwyr.me 4 months ago
I loved the original Rayman game so much as a kid that I'd specifically look for that old rainbow logo on other games to figure out which ones I might like.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Far cry 3 was amazing. Blood dragon “expansion” was the shit too.