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Jason Schreier: Ubisoft are changing their mentality following the release of Breakpoint, promotes unique pitches
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Of all the publishers this generation. No one has disappointed me as much as Ubisoft.
Anything I wanted from 2016 onward from them is a PS5 game. I have been watching E3s 2017, 2018, etc looking forward to titles that are coming in 2021 or after. Including Skull and Bones, Gods and Monsters, BGE2 (which is now MMO Lite from what folks say and not a single player (with coop) action game. ) ,, any hope of splinter cell and others.
Anything I wanted from 2016 onward from them is a PS5 game. I have been watching E3s 2017, 2018, etc looking forward to titles that are coming in 2021 or after. Including Skull and Bones, Gods and Monsters, BGE2 (which is now MMO Lite from what folks say and not a single player (with coop) action game. ) ,, any hope of splinter cell and others.
I'll believe BG&E2 is a thing when it actually releases, and not a moment sooner. I feel like that game has been languishing in preproduction for over a decade now.
After Starlink and some of their other games I'm very curious about how they take this approach, as aside from the toys thing no one really talks about that game and it bums me out and was one of their more cool/unique games they've put out, even if it followed some of the same formulas as a typical open world Ubi game.
It's a bold move, Ubi, Let's see if it pays off.
It's a bold move, Ubi, Let's see if it pays off.
Haha true that. Like if they remaster Mass Effect trilogy and Dead Space trilogy!! Oh Emm Geee..Progress tiny step by tiny step is still progress. :)
Honestly, Ubisoft has shown they can learn from their mistakes pretty well a couple of times already, so yeah, this is a good thing.
Despite all the dismissive remarks aimed at Ubi on this forum, they're still capable of making genuinely fun games with new ideas, and I like their output in general much more than what EA, ActiBlizzard and Bethesda shit out lately.
Despite all the dismissive remarks aimed at Ubi on this forum, they're still capable of making genuinely fun games with new ideas, and I like their output in general much more than what EA, ActiBlizzard and Bethesda shit out lately.
Honestly, I've become so jaded when it comes to Ubisoft, that quote just makes me think that their future games will be more of the FC/AC formula but with a mandatory gimmick...
Calling it now, the next AC will have time control powers, like you can pause or rewind the Animus.
Calling it now, the next AC will have time control powers, like you can pause or rewind the Animus.
I'm glad that their three underperforming games actually spurred them to SAY that they will do things differently. Many of their games are starting to feel more and more cookie cutter.
Breakpoint may have literally been the breaking point for the Ubisoft model this generation. It was successful, no doubt about that. They put out some solid content all generation, but it was clear that their games were getting just too "samey." While this was fine for awhile so long as the quality was there, but with Breakpoint, it was the game that laid a turn in the punch bowl. It wasn't up to the typical "solid" Ubisoft standards and also seemed to just implement systems for the hell of it.
Ubisoft really turned it around this gen and I do think their studios have some good talent. Im curious to see where they go from here. They obvioulsy wont take crazy risks, but they do need to start pushing their formula harder than they have been.
That goes for alot of a developers at this point in the generation. Time to start thinking about the future.
Ubisoft really turned it around this gen and I do think their studios have some good talent. Im curious to see where they go from here. They obvioulsy wont take crazy risks, but they do need to start pushing their formula harder than they have been.
That goes for alot of a developers at this point in the generation. Time to start thinking about the future.
I can believe it. Honestly, Ubi was on their way to greatness again. WD wasn't all that whereas WD2 was a huge improvement. Then AC started to become stale, and then ACO and ACO came out. I don't have a hard time believing they are willing to listen.
I fucking knew it. Breakpoint was rushed out because legion was given the delay out of the quarter. It screamed wildlands expansion pack in every sense, but they tried to position it as a new take with the half assed survival stuff
Whats a good game design, eh? And no , it does not need to end , AC just had a soft reboot with AC origins , i dont know if you are aware , but majority of Ubisoft output is solid. AC series especially
What can I tell you? Even though yes, Breakpoint is crap and TD2 has lost its spark after reaching the endgame, I really enjoyed AC Oranges and Odyssey, and I spent like 600 hours in TD1. Not to mention their smaller games like Child of Light and Rayman.
I kinda feel like ( and this is after playing Unity on my xbox one x), that Ubisoft bit more off than they could chew. They tried to have these immersive games, with lots of interesting things happening in them, innovations like the crowd system, or Watch Dogs with the whole connected city thing. But I think they got their shit handed to them by the weak ass hardware both consoles came out with. Hopefully NextGen they recover.
I think Ubisoft's FY 2021 starts April 2020, but honestly I should've saved myself the potential embarassment and said FY 2020-2021. That's what I get for trying to be fancy!
At the surface this seems like a pretty solid albeit basic plan. We'll see if it improves the quality of the games.
They have to optimize profit along their strategy; and current road is not optimized ... so of course they switch course... specially if investors have pinned the board on inadequate public reception for some of their service targeted games and MTX low efforts not engaging people when the plan that was presented to them was to release quality games, events, and purchasable content in order to keep the player involved with the products over a long time. Make great games to have them hooked on the in games shops; that's what was promised... breakpoint ... yeah... nope... at 58 metascore it won't do.
It's not for us; it's for the company profits and the investors... but we'll possibly benefit at least temporarily.
It's not for us; it's for the company profits and the investors... but we'll possibly benefit at least temporarily.
Ubi have been getting better and better this gen. When they stepped back and re-evaluated what they were doing with AC we got the excellent origins and odyssey games.
Good, I was getting tired of all the "Ubi formula" jokes even if they were true most of the time.
This is cool news I guess, but just stop delaying Skull & Bones & give me my pirate game. At this rate I'm just gonna have to rebuy Sid Meier's Pirates to get my fix
"Okay Yves, I've got this crazy pitch for a new killer new franchise. So bear with me, it isn't open world but rather..."
"Get the fuck outta my office."
"Get the fuck outta my office."
Breakpoint represents the worst of what AAA gaming has become, but I think other Ubisoft games have underperformed recently as well.
I don't believe any "positive" sounding rumours in regards to AAA gaming. I believe what I see, nothing else.
Good to hear. Ubisoft's big games have pretty much all been to a fairly high standard this generation, but basically none of them felt special because even across different franchises, there was some sort of familiarity to them.
(also I agree)
It made me laugh that these all came one after another.
(also I agree)
What were the three? The only one I can think of is Far Cry New Dawn, but even that must have cost less than most of their full games.
Edit - forgot The Division 2. What else bombed?
the far cry 3 era was over in like 2015. All their games changed after that.
I'd say they always knew. It was just easy for them to continue on this path, making similar, formulaic games. Seems like finally it hit them where it hurts, in their wallets.
I wonder what this means for their existing franchises. Like how could they significantly change The Division?
I am down for some more unique games Ubi! I love some variety! Sounds like a cool pitch. Although, I doubt we will see much from it within the next few years since it takes while for games to get made, even if Ubisoft is ginormous.
I mean they've already have been making great games (for the most part) so if they're gonna just make them even better than I'm all for that.