Assassin's Creed is a "forever brand" because Ubisoft supported huge risks with it, ex director says: "Whereas, say, EA, you get these awful execs and they never made games and they came from toothpaste companies"
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  • Flamekebab@piefed.socialEnglish
    17·
    19 hours ago

    A story that is dragged perpetually out for money rather than concluded when it has run its course? Count me in!

  • SuiXi3D@fedia.io
    6·
    17 hours ago

    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.

  • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
    101·
    20 hours ago

    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.

    • Pycorax@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      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.

    • DesolateMood@lemmy.zipEnglish
      18·
      20 hours ago

      I also enjoy a good Assassin’s Creed. Unfortunately, they haven’t made a good one in a very long time

    • njm1314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      19 hours ago

      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.

  • 13igTyme@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    19 hours ago

    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.

    • Skunk@jlai.luEnglish
      51·
      18 hours ago

      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.

      • 13igTyme@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        13 hours ago

        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.