As a kid Assassin's Creed was my favourite franchise, the story and characters were amazing and the worlds were top notch, with the standout for me being the database entries, those entries forming my notes for my secondary school history classes. I never cared when Ubisoft transformed the series into an an RPG, AC Origins was amazing, I loved Bayek and Aya, and the fact we did not get a trilogy based on either of them was a huge loss. With Odyssey I started to lose my love for the franchise, to me Odyssey could best be described as The Division with an AC skin on it. The stories and characters were boring you had the father of philosophy and at no point in meaningful, deep conversation on ethics etc. On top of that was the microtransactions yes Origins had them I don't how but I ignored tem in that game but with Odyssey I could not ignore, the second you are charging money for XP boosts is proof your game is not worth playing. On top of that was the laziness of Kassandra and Alexios, a game as big as this you could have done similar to RE2 have one playthrough from Kassandra's perspective as the hero then play Alexios as Deimos and then switch them for a 3rd and 4th playthrough this lack of innovation is what is killing them. No further proof, of this was Valhalla I finished that game due to sunken cost fallacy, it was boring too big and forgettable. It finally clicked the franchise was dead when Hades & Ghost of Tsushima, both got and won, more awards than a mainline AC entry. Two brand new IPs, one of them an indie, got more critical acclaim than an AC game solidifying to me that this franchise was dying.
History has shown that the only people who lose their jobs when games fail are the people who have no say on the decisions... not the people in management who drive the company and franchises into the ground. Unfortunately I can't see things changing until it is too late, even for them
I hate to break it to you but some people that get fired shouldn’t have been there to begin with. Not saying that’s the case for everyone but yeah. Even if directors or decision makers were fired they’d get another job somewhere else anyways.
@@GoldenBoy.17 Yeah I totally get that. I guess I was just trying to say that in the grand scheme of things, Ubisoft has had a positive impact on my life.
Like you Assassin's Creed 2 was my jam. I LOVED the game to death. No other AC game compares to this day. Sad to see the state of Ubisoft but they did it to themselves.
Everytime I try to show sympathy towards Ubisoft, I’m immediately reminded of how insufferable their launcher app is and how no offline mode is available on it unless you tweak some notepad files.
I’ve always hated the trailers Ubisoft does. I’ll always remember the reveal “gameplay” trailer for Rainbow Six Siege. Looked so cool. Then the game came out.
We should be critical and provide constructive feedback to Ubisoft, hoping they will listen and make necessary changes in their leadership. But I'll never understand those who pray that Ubisoft goes bankrupt and leaves the gaming industry. Why want yet another gaming studio to be closed down instead of requesting it to become what it once was-a respectable, good studio that made decent games?
as a kid in the early 2000s i played splinter cell prince of persia all the ACs so if this company dies a part of my childhood will too , but i hope a competent company will pick up prince of persia and AC and make them what they used to be . A change is needed at ubiosft ..
Unrelated but not really: Whenever I hear a big billion price like the one u mentioned for Ubisoft, I always get mad about the measly 4 billion Lucasfilm was sold for in 2013. And how they STILL have not paid the whole thing (I think).
I'm at the point where I just don't care about games anymore. I see announcements, I see trailers come out, and I can't get excited. Because 9 times out of 10 it's either going to be a game that's broken or marred in controversy over the self insert politics ir because of greedy/bullshit game mechanics. The only game I have mustered a shred of anticipation for is Crimson Desert, and even then it's a a cautiously optimistic type of anticipation. I'm in my 30s now, I ain't got the time or energy to be angry over videos game or movies. When a gamee flops, which seems to be inching closer to the norm for games nowadays, I just shrug my shoulders and continue to enjoy the classic collection on PSN. Greed and politics have ruined gaming for me, just as it's ruined most movies and television
I personnaly hope they don't die so For honor can still be alive It's such a unique game with a amazing gameplay, that's the main reason why i want Ubisoft to survive and do good
People like Yves Guillemot need to learn to just step down and let someone else take over that can put a breath of fresh air into the company. Him and Todd Howard are so out of touch with their consumer base. It's honestly insane investors aren't calling for them to get out of the business.
Lol nah the damage ubisoft did during the first ad campaign with AC Shadows won't be enough to pull it from the brink. It'll still do better than it deserves to though
Bethesda is dead to me, completely. I'll give them a chance to regain some trust with the second game after Todd retired. Then I will - perhaps - read a critique of a game they made, preferably the definitive edition. The fact that they release patches as soon as fan projects are released has bugged me for too long. In addition to their shitty visions of what "fun" is, no, thanks. BUT: Thanks for taking me into the assassin's business. I played AC in 2008 on PS3 for a few levels, put it to rest and just started again with Origins thanks to YOUR superb crtitique. So I have hundreds, if not a thousand hrs. of "business" coming.
00:19 stopping here and guessing... well because we probably grew up playing their video games and we also loved them at some point! Its probably our generation that made those companies big to begin with... Alright lets see
Even if shadows ends up being good(I believe it will be) it will be a win but will just slow down what has already being happening for years, i believe new leadership is needed but I don’t know if Tencent are the best candidates when they themselves can be worse than ubi, they better deliver back to back gaming excellence but of course they need hype, i believe for Ac in particular a game that can hype old fans/ new fans/ casual fans is a unity sequel that would be very hype but of course ubi needs the all the good faith they can get first
The Guilmont family is going to need to abondon ubisoft or the company might sink unfortunatley their leadership now is far from what brought us ac 2, brotherhood, blackflag, origins, and far cry 3
Assassin's Creed Shadows isn't gonna sell well. It might sell okay, but it won't sell well whatsoever. There's just been far too much bad publicity surrounding it. Not only that, but they're selling it in the Spring time, so you're not getting nearly the same amount of eyes on it as you would in the Fall/Winter. I think the game's gonna sell fine at best, medicore-low sales at worst. I'm leaning towards mediocre.
I’m still excited for ac shadows I waited a long time for a feudal Japan open world rpg game and I’m not counting ghost I love it but it does the bare minimum ac shadows looks more complex and more varied in gameplay.
No matter what anyone says, Ubisoft has made our childhoods better. Yes they fell off lately but i will never forget the peak games they gave us in the past. Also, super hyped for AC Shadows. Especially after the new footage we've seen.
@hokagab and the devs work for Ubisoft... they make games published and developed by Ubisoft... i am well aware who makes the games. I actually worked at Ubisoft for a year some while ago.
Haters 😅 I'm actually playing Valhalla right now and enjoying my time with it. My least favorite assassins creed was unity, because they removed the horses. Yeah, call me crazy.
Played Valhalla long ago and enjoyed the story a lot, I just didn't enjoy the grind tho. Now I'm currently enjoying mirage and obvs going through the other AC games that I haven't played for a long time too (e.g. AC unity & ezio trilogy too) on my ps5, I'll be getting AC shadows on ps5 too once that is released.
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As a kid Assassin's Creed was my favourite franchise, the story and characters were amazing and the worlds were top notch, with the standout for me being the database entries, those entries forming my notes for my secondary school history classes. I never cared when Ubisoft transformed the series into an an RPG, AC Origins was amazing, I loved Bayek and Aya, and the fact we did not get a trilogy based on either of them was a huge loss. With Odyssey I started to lose my love for the franchise, to me Odyssey could best be described as The Division with an AC skin on it. The stories and characters were boring you had the father of philosophy and at no point in meaningful, deep conversation on ethics etc. On top of that was the microtransactions yes Origins had them I don't how but I ignored tem in that game but with Odyssey I could not ignore, the second you are charging money for XP boosts is proof your game is not worth playing. On top of that was the laziness of Kassandra and Alexios, a game as big as this you could have done similar to RE2 have one playthrough from Kassandra's perspective as the hero then play Alexios as Deimos and then switch them for a 3rd and 4th playthrough this lack of innovation is what is killing them. No further proof, of this was Valhalla I finished that game due to sunken cost fallacy, it was boring too big and forgettable. It finally clicked the franchise was dead when Hades & Ghost of Tsushima, both got and won, more awards than a mainline AC entry. Two brand new IPs, one of them an indie, got more critical acclaim than an AC game solidifying to me that this franchise was dying.
Same
History has shown that the only people who lose their jobs when games fail are the people who have no say on the decisions... not the people in management who drive the company and franchises into the ground. Unfortunately I can't see things changing until it is too late, even for them
I hate to break it to you but some people that get fired shouldn’t have been there to begin with. Not saying that’s the case for everyone but yeah. Even if directors or decision makers were fired they’d get another job somewhere else anyways.
Ubisoft having a future is a very optimistic thought. Hopefully they have a future of not owning their own company.
They dug their own grave. It's now time for them to reap what they sow.
Filled with dread and grief whenever Ubisoft is mentioned nowadays
Despite their recent games being terrible or just ok at best, I still like Ubisoft for all the great gaming experiences they've given me in the past.
What's there to like? It's like a ship of theseus, nothing of what has been is left. It's all been replaced by a worse, corrupted version of it.
The past is the past, a game company is only as good as the last game he puts out
@@GoldenBoy.17same for BioWare same for cdpr, we're doomed
The people who gave you those experiences are gone, brother. Long gone, sadly.
@@GoldenBoy.17 Yeah I totally get that. I guess I was just trying to say that in the grand scheme of things, Ubisoft has had a positive impact on my life.
Like you Assassin's Creed 2 was my jam. I LOVED the game to death. No other AC game compares to this day. Sad to see the state of Ubisoft but they did it to themselves.
That game is truly amazing. It still holds up for the most part. Meaningful progression is important to me and that game has it in spades.
I loved 'AC Origins'. It was my first intro to AC as I love Ancient Egypt 👍🇦🇺
Ancient Egyptian is cool but imo the game is still boring to play.
Hey Luke, I hope you had a badass Christmas with your family! Hope all is well!
Everytime I try to show sympathy towards Ubisoft, I’m immediately reminded of how insufferable their launcher app is and how no offline mode is available on it unless you tweak some notepad files.
I’ve always hated the trailers Ubisoft does. I’ll always remember the reveal “gameplay” trailer for Rainbow Six Siege. Looked so cool. Then the game came out.
We should be critical and provide constructive feedback to Ubisoft, hoping they will listen and make necessary changes in their leadership. But I'll never understand those who pray that Ubisoft goes bankrupt and leaves the gaming industry. Why want yet another gaming studio to be closed down instead of requesting it to become what it once was-a respectable, good studio that made decent games?
The pile of garbage that keeps on giving.
I’d have played it safer with Shadows if the cost was “$500-800m”. Unless it’s a masterpiece like Pirate game and Star Wars game it’ll tank Ubisoft.
as a kid in the early 2000s i played splinter cell prince of persia all the ACs so if this company dies a part of my childhood will too , but i hope a competent company will pick up prince of persia and AC and make them what they used to be . A change is needed at ubiosft ..
2:33 "The internet" it's always right!
Unrelated but not really:
Whenever I hear a big billion price like the one u mentioned for Ubisoft, I always get mad about the measly 4 billion Lucasfilm was sold for in 2013.
And how they STILL have not paid the whole thing (I think).
To my recollection at the time lucas film wasn’t doing the best.
I'm at the point where I just don't care about games anymore. I see announcements, I see trailers come out, and I can't get excited. Because 9 times out of 10 it's either going to be a game that's broken or marred in controversy over the self insert politics ir because of greedy/bullshit game mechanics. The only game I have mustered a shred of anticipation for is Crimson Desert, and even then it's a a cautiously optimistic type of anticipation.
I'm in my 30s now, I ain't got the time or energy to be angry over videos game or movies. When a gamee flops, which seems to be inching closer to the norm for games nowadays, I just shrug my shoulders and continue to enjoy the classic collection on PSN. Greed and politics have ruined gaming for me, just as it's ruined most movies and television
Ubisoft is like my ex toxic an I keep going back cause we had great memories playing ac1 as a kid it made me question life an my belief
I personnaly hope they don't die so For honor can still be alive
It's such a unique game with a amazing gameplay, that's the main reason why i want Ubisoft to survive and do good
People like Yves Guillemot need to learn to just step down and let someone else take over that can put a breath of fresh air into the company. Him and Todd Howard are so out of touch with their consumer base. It's honestly insane investors aren't calling for them to get out of the business.
Lol nah the damage ubisoft did during the first ad campaign with AC Shadows won't be enough to pull it from the brink. It'll still do better than it deserves to though
So... They made bad games so their value would be lower then, Tencent can get Ubisoft cheaper?
Bethesda is dead to me, completely. I'll give them a chance to regain some trust with the second game after Todd retired. Then I will - perhaps - read a critique of a game they made, preferably the definitive edition. The fact that they release patches as soon as fan projects are released has bugged me for too long. In addition to their shitty visions of what "fun" is, no, thanks.
BUT: Thanks for taking me into the assassin's business. I played AC in 2008 on PS3 for a few levels, put it to rest and just started again with Origins thanks to YOUR superb crtitique. So I have hundreds, if not a thousand hrs. of "business" coming.
"You ain't got no future, Jack."
No seriously, I actually like Ubisoft games.
00:19 stopping here and guessing... well because we probably grew up playing their video games and we also loved them at some point! Its probably our generation that made those companies big to begin with...
Alright lets see
yop... knew it! :D We all are fans dude... we all want them to make the best possible most enjoyable video games...
Even if shadows ends up being good(I believe it will be) it will be a win but will just slow down what has already being happening for years, i believe new leadership is needed but I don’t know if Tencent are the best candidates when they themselves can be worse than ubi, they better deliver back to back gaming excellence but of course they need hype, i believe for Ac in particular a game that can hype old fans/ new fans/ casual fans is a unity sequel that would be very hype but of course ubi needs the all the good faith they can get first
The Guilmont family is going to need to abondon ubisoft or the company might sink unfortunatley their leadership now is far from what brought us ac 2, brotherhood, blackflag, origins, and far cry 3
Assassin's Creed Shadows isn't gonna sell well. It might sell okay, but it won't sell well whatsoever. There's just been far too much bad publicity surrounding it. Not only that, but they're selling it in the Spring time, so you're not getting nearly the same amount of eyes on it as you would in the Fall/Winter. I think the game's gonna sell fine at best, medicore-low sales at worst. I'm leaning towards mediocre.
NFT’s are nothing more than a way to launder money.
i hope it doesnt affect far cry series
Nah the far cry series bring money so it ain’t finna effect it Brodie
What a unique take!
Really enjoyed it! Looking forward to more videos! 💕😚
I’m still excited for ac shadows I waited a long time for a feudal Japan open world rpg game and I’m not counting ghost I love it but it does the bare minimum ac shadows looks more complex and more varied in gameplay.
Same, I'm still excited for AC shadows
Same I been excited since it was announced it one of my most anticipated game
You play these because ubisoft flies you out to places
It looks just like Ghost of Tsushima now which *cringe*
Get woke go broke.
No matter what anyone says, Ubisoft has made our childhoods better. Yes they fell off lately but i will never forget the peak games they gave us in the past. Also, super hyped for AC Shadows. Especially after the new footage we've seen.
Fun fact devs make the game, not the company, and majority of them aren't even there anymore.
@hokagab and the devs work for Ubisoft... they make games published and developed by Ubisoft... i am well aware who makes the games. I actually worked at Ubisoft for a year some while ago.
lol
Haters 😅 I'm actually playing Valhalla right now and enjoying my time with it. My least favorite assassins creed was unity, because they removed the horses. Yeah, call me crazy.
Played Valhalla long ago and enjoyed the story a lot, I just didn't enjoy the grind tho. Now I'm currently enjoying mirage and obvs going through the other AC games that I haven't played for a long time too (e.g. AC unity & ezio trilogy too) on my ps5, I'll be getting AC shadows on ps5 too once that is released.
Good for you. Here's a star!⭐️
I still will be getting ac shadows on my PS5
Genuinely why
Make sure to get the 120 dollar special edition for two extra skins
Couldnt care less. I firmly believe ac shadows will be awesome. Ac odyssey is my fav ac besides 2