Clearly not since as you said yourself most of the intial reply's were about a new ubisoft game.
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Why doesn't Ubisoft make a full-on fantasy RPG?
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Ohhhh, that could really be something! Resurrect the IP. Ok I said I would stop following this lol (I'm still interested in the topic).
It doesn't look like mobile, but it has that cheap Nintendo cartoony look, and i don't like it either.
In a way, that is also the same reason we haven't seen a new Prince of Persia in over a decade. The AC brand has become so massive that they're using it to experiment with various different formulas rather than developing separate IP's around said formulas. And since people will buy those games anyway because the box says Assassin's Creed, it's a much safer route for them than the alternative.
Assassin's Creed stopped being Assassin's Creed over half a decade ago, and this is essentially why; it's now being used as a low-risk testbed for other ideas rather than sticking to its own roots.
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Because, like you, people are in a hurry to be the smuggest person in the room.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - ESRB
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Mature 17+ - This is a fantasy role-playing game in which players assume the role of Dovakin, a prophesied figure with the power to combat dragons in the fictional world of Skyrim.
www.esrb.org
Just stop, please.
The hand holding of skyrim mixed with the bloat of Ubisoft games sounds like the exact opposite of what I want.
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I won't deny Valhalla is bloated (very bloated) but they COULD un-bloat this.
But they won't. They've realized that the quantity over quality approach sells. Same with Elder Scrolls and handholding. It sells. I don't see either going back to the way they used to be.
This is the real problem. Hell, they could simply remake/remaster any of Might and Magic 1-8 and it would be an incredible game, with very little risk.
Ah here you can't expect everyone to know american age ratings off the top of their head. I only read this thread becuase I'm generally interested in why people think art styles make games 'don't count'. I find ubisoft games don't hold my interest in general.The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - ESRB
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Mature 17+ - This is a fantasy role-playing game in which players assume the role of Dovakin, a prophesied figure with the power to combat dragons in the fictional world of Skyrim.
Just stop, please.
We can do both, please and thank you. My only request of another Western fantasy RPG is that it does something unique in terms of what it draws on. Like if they made a fantasy RPG but used Chinese mythology, for instance.
So you just wanted to drag the OP into a discussion he had no interest in participating in.
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Lord of the rings / Valhalla not immortals. Riding over the countryside and a high dragon just flying would be amazing
Lord of the rings / Valhalla not immortals. Riding over the countryside and a high dragon just flying would be amazing
Because the person who had the final word on what a game could be at Ubisoft didn't allow it. Good news is that this man, Serge Hascoët, had to resign earlier this year because it was made public he was a raging misogynist that should be in prison (like many other people at Ubisoft). Bad news is that it would take 3 or 4 years to see any big games from Ubisoft that wasn't greenlighted by him.
I unfortunately agree. I haven't played Valhalla yet, but Odyssey amplified all the bloat issues that Origins had, and that sucked, because I felt Origins was already too bloated and could have used a lot of trimming. And now I expect Valhalla to be even more bloated than Odyssey....
It's unfortunate. Perhaps with Hascoët out, things will change (not just for the employees but for game design philosophy as well, the dude sucked there too, unsurprisingly), though I don't know how much of an impact he had on this specifically.
The best thing about the Might and Magic IP is how versatile it is with its roots in fantasy and sci-fi. You can make a high fantasy game, strategy RPG, you could even do a starfighter game.
Ubisoft has utterly squandered an enormous amount of potential with that IP.
Ubisoft has utterly squandered an enormous amount of potential with that IP.
Every game's not meant for you, though.
Yeah this is ultimately the main reason. I always thought it was strange Ubisoft didn't even TRY to make a fantasy game.
OP started that discussion when people gave an example of an ubisoft fantasy game and he said it didn't count.
Yeah I did. But that's an MMO. I'll still play it but I want that but an 80 hour SP rpg
That's clearly not what he meant don't be obtuse. Odyssey and valhalla world and graphics aren't immortals.
Is it so hard to understand what the OP wants? He wants a fantasy game with direct control over the character(not turn based) with the look and feel of Valhalla. think Dragons Age Origins with direct combat or something like Dragons Dogma coupled with Valhalla graphics/scope and "mature" themes/writing.
he doesn´t want a BOTW lookalike with cartoon colours, childish looking protagonists and "supposed to be funny but isn´t" dialogues aimed at a younger demography.
I mean thats the problem yeah? Most mass media fantasy is aimed at younger demographics regardless of art style.
When people talk about fantasy RPGs, they're generally talking medieval fantasy. Greek gods is a whole other thing. Might as well be suggesting urban fantasy like the upcoming World of Darkness games.
Allegedly they were working on a King Arthur Monster Hunter-style game where the Knights of the Round hunted monsters, and it was killed internally by that horrible creative guy that just got ousted for his abuse and harassment. It was in a Schreier Bloomberg article recently, if I remember correctly.
I was just thinking the other day that I'd like to see Ubisoft try their hand at a Bioware style RPG. At some point, they should asset flip their Assassins Creed investment into trying their hand at one. Squad controls and all.
General speaking, when people refer to fantasy they are not referring to Greek mythology. The OP is most likely asking why Ubi doesn't make a game in the vein Tolkien/DnD style of fantasy. If I recall, during the whole sexual harassment implosion it came out that basically one guy was in charge of greenlighting games and their settings, and now that he's gone maybe we'll see more diverse settings from Ubisoft.
Instead they seem content to just make mobile game after mobile game using the IP. It deserves better than that.
