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[Mr Reasonable]

EDIT: Deleting this as I realise I'm in an un-refreshed browser window, and quoting something from days ago!

 

[BlackTron]

Damn, the biggest legacy this game will have on this forum is that it was the game that got @ManaByte banned.

Star Wars events like Outlaws had already reduced his HP to like 3. Ran right into the next Ubisoft boss room with no party, no healing items. You hate to see it.

 

[Lunarorbit]

Mask off for real.
Lets hope the South of Midnight threads also start letting people show their asses for free.

I was so waiting for a "i have a black friend" as a retort

 

[kindaGoth]

I've got the game up and running. I will come back with some impressions after Act 1 or so.

I am a dog who loves ninja games from Tenchu to Ninja Gaiden, as well as stealth games like MGS or Splinter Cell. Those are all basically my favorite games.

At the same time I am not only burnt out on the AC franchise but modern open-world games in general. I thought GoT was "fine".

I loved AC2 long ago and the last AC game I played was Origins, which I definitely enjoyed but not enough to have a desire for Odyssey, Valhalla, or even Shadows until the week.

I provide context bc I figure there are some dogs or even people out there like me in a similar position. Will report back soon enough.

 

[VulcanRaven]

Haven't followed AC game since Syndicate. That's roughly a decade since I played last AC game.

Fellas, is it time to finally go back to the animus shenanigan?

I'm thinking about doing it. The last game I played was AC4.

 

[Thabass]

Wow ManaByte being banned is not something I would have ever thought I'd ever see. Apparently, its happened before too lol. Crazy. I never had a bad interaction with him here and always thought he was level headed. What a time to be alive.

 

[Gaiff]

And? I don't hate black people I hate rap culture that has 12 year olds with clips bragging about it and shooting people.. Sorry I don't like a culture that sees ppl dying or shooting someone over a rap diss or some lil shit robbing someone for their shoes or money.

Black people always blame the scary white man why things are bad and don't take into account it's them causing their problems.

 

[San Dan Glokta]

I was so waiting for a "i have a black friend" as a retort

*Puts on glasses*

I have TWO black friends

 

[Principal]

I was so waiting for a "i have a black friend" as a retort

It got worse, dude actually sent me a PM to talk shit, bro thought he did something, ended up getting banned xD

 

[FalconPunch]

I'm not trying to bandwagon here but dude this is such a bizarre thing to say when its been proven over and over again that mainstream media and these corporations are bed fellows. If there was any smear campaign at all it would be to smear the game with exaggerated positivity and actively persecute the dissent; which we have also seen before and seeing right now.

Culture wars or not ultimately either Ubi is going to be successful or they will get bailed out, the only things that affects that is whether you give them your money or not.

It's funny how shortly after I made the suggestion that some entity had been trying to drive ubisoft's stock price down, we then hear about tencent taking a 25% stake in ubisoft. At a nice discount too... Like I said, everything is not always as it seems.

 

[nkarafo]

This is embarrassing

 

[The Chairman]

This is embarrassing

Did i just hear "CHING CHONG WA NINJA"

Wtf Ubisoft

 

[San Dan Glokta]

It's funny how shortly after I made the suggestion that some entity had been trying to drive ubisoft's stock price down, we then hear about tencent taking a 25% stake in ubisoft. At a nice discount too... Like I said, everything is not always as it seems.

I find it more funny that I couldn't have had a further away conclusion from you. What are you saying exactly that the CCP launched psyops against ubi to smear their image and thats why they dropped the ball? If anything what I said exactly happened and Tencent (smartly) bailed out Ubi from going under while driving a hard bargain at a golden opportunity.

I don't buy the whole smear campaign/market manipulation angle because Tencent (compared to Ubi) are smart and efficient unlike the bloated stagnant dinosaur that they are. They haven't had a fresh hype worthy release since 2018 and the global population of players is fatigued by them and their formula. It wasn't the Chinese that made them use predatorial monetization, or get into scandals, or make mediocre games, or have ludicrous budgets, or not give players what they want? We aren't in a vacuum and can judge their products for what they are.

What I see happened was that Tencent saw the writing on the wall for Ubi and had already been buttering them for a share buy-out to inject cash into them when they inevitably crash. Ubi made the rushed decision to let Tencent have a huge swaying share over smart cutting of the losses and downsizing, its completely on them whether its by design or sheer incompetence we'll probably never know.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Go woke go broke.

There is a lot of denial over that but it has held true here.

This game could have sold so much more if it wasn't woke.

You hear them brag about x million players. If the game had thrown woke out and tried to appeal to everyone then the game would have SOLD at least triple the amount of copies it did.

You will also see this game have terrible legs I suspect. I believe when the next financial report comes out it will be very revealing. Does anyone still think the game did well? I've got a bridge to sell you.

 

[genesisblock]

Japan's reaction to AC Shadows is gross, I would argue it's a honor to have a game based on your countries history.

What an out-of-touch statement. You're lecturing them how they should feel about this game? What's next, you're going to insert your own morality and beliefs into them and then criticize them for not accepting your misguided arrogance?