Big publisher fear. From what I've read, review scores are quite generous. Ubisoft won't do better if you give them a slap on the wrists. I hope they don't manage Watch Dog sales or better, would be a travesty. Ubisoft have been coasting for years on badly made games with OCD traits.
Assassin's Creed Unity - Review Thread
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Big publisher fear. From what I've read, review scores are quite generous. Ubisoft won't do better if you give them a slap on the wrists. I hope they don't manage Watch Dog sales or better, would be a travesty. Ubisoft have been coasting for years on badly made games with OCD traits.
Memorabilia
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Wow. Wtf? It does look like shit. Is that representative of in-game? Aliasing is horrible. Depth perception is fucked...everything looks like cardboard cutouts pasted on top of each other. Seriously Ubisoft?
Funny thing is that I really don't think Ubisoft even gave out PS4 copies for review.
OneEyeTwoHead
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Except reviews on Metacritic are weighted depending on the source and you can bet your ass Playstation Lifestyle carries little weight.
... you do realize that Playstation Lifestyle has nothing to do with Sony, right?
It runs like shit. It looks amazing
Ploid 3.0
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Dark Souls 2 DLC pics?
Post-release embargo pissed of Kotaku's Stephen Totillo so much that he's done accepting post-release embargoes at all.
Twitter link.
Twitter link.
lonedigitalwolf
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Maybe they couldn't delay it due to the XBO bundle.
Wii U kicked ass this year.
PS4 and Xbone output have been VERY disappointing this year. You're forgetting Watch Dogs, too. That game was very hyped going into it, and ended up being mediocre as fuck.
Memorabilia
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Based on all the verified design and technical issues its completely insane to give this game a 100. Jesus Christ on a pogo stick.
KinoTheMystic
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I don't go here much. I really enjoyed Watch_Dogs and ACU. Pretty much every Ubisoft game I like.
The only thing that bothers me is the framerate. Seen a few people say they don't have fps problems, really wonder how. Microtransactions aren't in your face and you definitely don't have to buy them to be OP. Black Flag had micrtransactions. Never felt the need to buy anything.
Chezzymann
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Awesome, seriously screw this stuff. Its borderline censorship.
BloodMoney
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I'm no fan of Kotaku, but I support this stance.
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Deleted member 17706
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It's definitely something I've been noticing for a while around here. The sentiment has always been on GAF, but it seems to be particularly strong in the last couple of years.
People just seem to be really mad and enjoy participating in hate fests. Maybe it's just because I'm getting older, but I find it hard to care so much these days.
Then again, the game design of Destiny got me pretty riled up. First time I've sold back a game in years.
Just about every single major FPS release this gen, sans Destiny, has had issues with MP during the first couple of days (BF4 had numerous issues).
FYI, MCC matchmaking seems to be working now.
Nice.
Memorabilia
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Well, that still pic sure doesn't look amazing. It looks like garbage. So must look better in motion.
It carries weight today though. Release day and embargo lift day. Metacritic is slow in adding reviews it seems and the PS4 version of the game is scoring quite a bit higher than XBO. Is the XBO version really that much worse, or is the Playstation Lifestyle review pumping it up?
KinoTheMystic
Neo Member
Black Flag has Microtransactions. The game isn't p2w. Only the lazy and people with money to throw away will buy these shortcuts
GravityMan
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Woah. I'll definitely be passing on this game. Seems like this game should have been pushed back to Q2/Q3 2015.
Besides, AC2 and Black Flag are in my backlog.
Ubisoft may need an overhaul at the management level and in PR. They are toxic right now. Post-release embargoes are a disgrace. Assassin's Creed does not need to be an annual franchise. Give it a breather for a year or two.
I'm glad Jade got out of there recently.
Besides, AC2 and Black Flag are in my backlog.
Ubisoft may need an overhaul at the management level and in PR. They are toxic right now. Post-release embargoes are a disgrace. Assassin's Creed does not need to be an annual franchise. Give it a breather for a year or two.
I'm glad Jade got out of there recently.
Respect + 1.
John Bender
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PlayStation Lifestyle is a fan site.
Most awesome news coming from this shit storm.
I've never understood why anyone would accept a post-release embargo. Just buy the game
Well they're certainly biased towards someone. I'm not saying the game should be bashed, but there have been enough technical issues that are OBVIOUS that should have knocked the game down from 100% perfect score.
OminoMichelin
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I only got to page 2 reading this thread (which is now 30 pages long), and this post was pretty prophetic. (Yeah I'm pretty LTTP but I'll catch up)
Some of these reviews should have lower scores based on their content.
IAmRandom31
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Bravo.
the only time I could see it making sense is an online only game where the servers dont turn on till launch day. But then of course they could just provide access, almost like beta access, to reviewers prior to launch
SUPERJEM94
Banned
the reviews in a nutshell:
the most important franchise of the year, serving it up ubisoft's way.
bleh
Holy shit, this is amazing
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
7's is hardly getting shat on
Admiral Woofington
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Destiny doesn't have unplayable issues with its multiplayer but the balancing was laughable to the point it was broken
It's a Neogaf thing. Also notice the need to shit on journalist for doing their jobs and of course the tin foil hat conspiracy theories about journalist taking money from devs when games get good scores.
really like what totilo and schreier are doing over there
Then it smacks of shady practices by a fanboy trying to pump up his favorite brand's version of the game. 100% for this game's score? Really?
Agreed. Every game I've been excited about has fallen flat.
Only GTAV (hopefully) can save us now.
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Deleted member 17706
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He explained it pretty well, no? If they had to "just buy the game," their review would probably come even later unless they somehow managed to procure a super early copy.
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Deleted member 10571
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Because they wouldn't get the game before release date then. Should they review it for 20 minutes and put it online on release day?
Devilgunman
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stufte
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In a game where you are supposed to be in the future playing a "game" of your ancestors memories, a companion app that perfectly fits into the game future world breaks immersion?
k.
Microtransactions shouldn't be in a full price game full fucking stop. If someone wants to be 'lazy' in their playstyle then they should be able to without having to spend MORE money because of their play style.
I feel like most of them have been fairly poor games. They have the trappings of greatness, with interesting settings, scope, and traversal, but Ubisoft's reliance on collecting a million trinkets and their inability to craft compelling missions to complement their ambition severely damages the games from the start.
cleveridea
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Wow, so AC Unity is game disappointment of the year for me. Nice to see reviews arent all glowing just because Ubisoft spent a lot of time and money on it.
I dunno, it might just be the year of over-hyped releases disappointing. I had a great time with some less-hyped stuff this year: Wolfenstein, Bayonetta 2, 1st party Nintendo, indies.
Anyway, this went from a "maybe" to a "no" for me. The framerate is one thing, the fact that it's got F2P currency components really turns me off.
The future stuff is the absolute worst part of this entire series and anything that reminds me that I'm just in "the matrix" sucks ass. IMO of course. But if I'm an employee at Asbergo, why would my own company ask me to pay RL money to access certain things?
digoutyoursoul
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