Assassin’s Creed Shadows pioneer A New Storyline that will be used in future entries as a base?
That’s a huge problem I have with the franchise though! It’s been their cash cow so every game has some sort of riff on the whole future story bit, but they can’t commit to any of it and there’s no end in sight. So I refuse to get attached to their overarching story because I have no confidence that it will every complete!
The two scenarios that will play out are (and I’m not saying which one is likely, just these are the only two):
- Assassins’ Creed continues to be huge -> They will never end the overarching story and it will keep trickling in
- Assassin’s Creed dies out -> They won’t know it until their last one bombs so bad that the suits never make another, leaving it open
So why be invested in the story at all?
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I think it’s really hilarious thay they think it will sell enough to have multiple games, considering how bad this game is being received. Thats not even to mention how dysmal the sales were for Star Wars Outlaws, Skull and Bones, and Avatar Frontiers of Pandora.
This game will be a colossal flop, and Ubisoft absolutely deserves it. That is what you get when you ignore feedback from literally everyone.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Even if this game functioned worse than Unity at launch, there’s basically no world where it’s a “colossal” flop, but it would affect sales of the next game. Plenty of previews are positive, so even if this entry is less well-regarded than its predecessors, it will still have its fans and likely do better than Outlaws.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Plenty of early reviews for were positive for Concord and Dragon Age Veilguard, but those ended up being pretty worthless reviews. Access media has ruined critic credibility. It would be stupid to trust a reviewer that knows their media outlet won’t get review copies of the next game from a publisher if they review the game badly, because that will absolutely change the review to be more favorable.
If Star Wars Outlaws, a game connected to an IP that absolutely has a way bigger market than Assassin’s Creed, did that badly, I can almost guarantee that Shadows will not do better than Outlaws.
GamingNews@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yes, I am excited for it
GamingNews@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The previews say, it is not that bad. Considering the previous history of the franchise, I think it will sell good.