Im curious of people’s thoughts on this. I enjoy a good Assassin’s Creed but each game is much like another, with some of them throwing in boat combat but they still feel pretty similar to me. To the point they are a bit of a comfort game for me as you know what to expect.
Yeah I agree for the most part. I don’t go into an Assassin’s Creed game expecting groundbreaking changes. It’s a formula. One that I think has degraded a little bit over the years, but still one I enjoy to a certain extent. Certainly I used to enjoy them much more when there was more history stuff involved. And when they gave more of a shit about the setting. It still scratches an itch though.
That’s basically all of Ubisoft’s games and despite the loud minority online, the games still sell really well and better in each release. That consistency is what I like about them. Their recreation of historical cities are quite pretty and the gameplay is generally enjoyable. I do wish they kept up the consistency with the story though. Shadows’ story was such a waste of a good location.
The last Ubisoft game I enjoyed was Black Hawk Down. I would say bought, but it’s likely I accidentally bought a Ubisoft game in the past since they became shit.
Black Hawk Down I played was apparently developed by Rebellion, though I remember seeing the Ubisoft logo and not the rebellion logo. It was a game I played online for 2 years competitively.
They say that about the company that has <professional sports league> <insert next calendar year> which are even more forever games because (as I understand, not really a fan of sports games either way) the changes from year to year seem to mostly be rosters.
It looks like one exec thinking he’s dunking on another and will look cool hating the hated one, but from my pov it just looks like two of the asshole kids in the playground trying to one up the other, thinking the others egging them on are laughing with them instead of at them.
Also, EA made over a billion (non-GAAP) in FY2025 while Ubisoft lost $175 million (GAAP, so not completely apples to apples, but switching to non-GAAP won’t turn that loss into a profit, let alone 1 billion worth). Not that I like EA or anything, it’s just that they are doing a much better job of what ubisoft wants to do and don’t need edgy execs trying to dunk on companies they hope are more hated than they are.
The sports games make more sense with the “forever brand” model IMO. They have more replayability, and with multi player if your friends upgrade, you have to too.
Assassins Creed is a single player, story based game. Once you’ve played it, most people don’t play it again. It has a lot of potential for new games because you can always change the time/location combination but I imagine designing huge maps is more expensive than updating rosters.
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Sounds like a sunk cost fallacy. Invest all this money into so-so games, gotta keep doing it or else it’s all for nothing.
Im curious of people’s thoughts on this. I enjoy a good Assassin’s Creed but each game is much like another, with some of them throwing in boat combat but they still feel pretty similar to me. To the point they are a bit of a comfort game for me as you know what to expect.
I also enjoy a good Assassin’s Creed. Unfortunately, they haven’t made a good one in a very long time
Yeah I agree for the most part. I don’t go into an Assassin’s Creed game expecting groundbreaking changes. It’s a formula. One that I think has degraded a little bit over the years, but still one I enjoy to a certain extent. Certainly I used to enjoy them much more when there was more history stuff involved. And when they gave more of a shit about the setting. It still scratches an itch though.
That’s basically all of Ubisoft’s games and despite the loud minority online, the games still sell really well and better in each release. That consistency is what I like about them. Their recreation of historical cities are quite pretty and the gameplay is generally enjoyable. I do wish they kept up the consistency with the story though. Shadows’ story was such a waste of a good location.
The last Ubisoft game I enjoyed was Black Hawk Down. I would say bought, but it’s likely I accidentally bought a Ubisoft game in the past since they became shit.
Black flag ? Assassin’s creed 4 or pirate assassin’s creed. It’s one of the favourite of plenty of players.
There is a FPS game named black hawk down but not from Ubi. Nor is the film.
Never played them nor care to.
Black Hawk Down I played was apparently developed by Rebellion, though I remember seeing the Ubisoft logo and not the rebellion logo. It was a game I played online for 2 years competitively.
Try Immortals Fenyx Rising
Pot calls the kettle black?
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They say that about the company that has <professional sports league> <insert next calendar year> which are even more forever games because (as I understand, not really a fan of sports games either way) the changes from year to year seem to mostly be rosters.
It looks like one exec thinking he’s dunking on another and will look cool hating the hated one, but from my pov it just looks like two of the asshole kids in the playground trying to one up the other, thinking the others egging them on are laughing with them instead of at them.
Also, EA made over a billion (non-GAAP) in FY2025 while Ubisoft lost $175 million (GAAP, so not completely apples to apples, but switching to non-GAAP won’t turn that loss into a profit, let alone 1 billion worth). Not that I like EA or anything, it’s just that they are doing a much better job of what ubisoft wants to do and don’t need edgy execs trying to dunk on companies they hope are more hated than they are.
The sports games make more sense with the “forever brand” model IMO. They have more replayability, and with multi player if your friends upgrade, you have to too.
Assassins Creed is a single player, story based game. Once you’ve played it, most people don’t play it again. It has a lot of potential for new games because you can always change the time/location combination but I imagine designing huge maps is more expensive than updating rosters.
A story that is dragged perpetually out for money rather than concluded when it has run its course? Count me in!