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Comment on Ubisoft boss says it knows players think it has an 'inconsistency in quality,' so it delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows to flip that script

ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Ubisoft games have such a weird “design by committee” feel to it. Like they poll the internet every few weeks and make decisions off of that. New hot game has battle pass? WE HAVE BATTLE PASS.

They also seem to follow a checklist of mediocrity. Every game needs a dozen collectable items. Every game needs to have these types of quests. Every game has to have a massive open world. Every game needs a online component and live service. Every game needs a incredible hook, which then they Marvel-safe it to avoid offending online babies.

Their games come off with 7/10 energy. Ubisoft games don’t move the needle. They’re pretty adequate as a game. But when I have thousands of games to choose from every year… Ill pass.

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ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I think the problem is that they use the same open world formula that they started, but others have taken and improved it and they haven’t kept up with the times. Shadow of Mordor/war scratch the same itsch as assassin’s creed with more interesting mechanics. Those aren’t even new games at this point. Horizon zero dawn and forbidden West offer a more action focused experience with a better open world, again not super modern games.

It’s like Bethesda, they are still putting out games that are straight from 2010.

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- Uruanna@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  
  Shadow of Mordor/war scratch the same itsch as assassin’s creed
  
  ??? It’s the first time I’m hearing Shadow of Mordor allows you to run around famous places in ultra popular historical periods.
  
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  - ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    What’s more iconic than Mordor?
    
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    SkyezOpen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Helms deep honestly.
    
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Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
They CAN still be fun. General fact of the matter is that the games we find fun aren’t always necessarily innovating much. Sometimes it’s just a comfortable routine.

Absolutely not going to fault anyone that finds their games boring though.

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- ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  7/10 doesn’t mean it’s not comforting. It just means adequate.
  
  I played the Division 2, Ac Valhalla and FarCry 6 for 100+ hours.
  
  But if I was talking to friends or making recommendations, we’d be taking about games that are better than that. The Elden Rings or the Ghost of Tsushima
  
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