Ubisoft's Fire Storm is a new game developed by Ubisoft.
Ubisoft's Fire Storm is a new game developed by Ubisoft.
I believe the reality is quite bleak for Ubisoft. How many of their titles are still worth playing these days?
I don’t really care since I’ve never played or won’t play Ubisoft titles. But based on what they’re doing, they probably won’t last more than two years. Unless they shift their approach to something better.
I still care about this team. I used to enjoy the first TDU, and The Crew seemed like a strong next step. But their focus on Uplay and all the research they're doing lately means I won’t be able to follow along. Disappointing, it could have been a great match.
I had no interest in Ubisoft titles, and their PC version of "Watch Dogs" completely eroded my confidence.
They messed up the E3 'Watchdog' PR and all that 30fps nonsense really got me thinking about boycotting Ubisoft titles...they might end up worse than EA if this keeps going. Hold on, I already feel that way—it's their terrible U-play DRM stuff!
I've only played games from Ubisoft once before—the Settlers 7 was my favorite, but then I stopped playing after uplay came out. I own two Ubisoft titles on PC, and I think the company doesn't value my computer enough. Perhaps one day I'll buy a game for them on consoles again, but not on PC. The support seems to be robotic, repeating the same answers even when I changed my mind—it was a really bad experience.
I've had a lot of fun with Ubisoft titles, including Splinter Cell 1/2/3 on the original Xbox, Far Cry, multiple Rainbow Six games, and I enjoyed Watchdogs. The Uplay feature isn't appealing to me; since I first bought FC3, I've managed to keep it offline without issues, but I still see it as unnecessary and annoying. They've made several errors, and the whole company is being unfairly criticized for them. Some believe everyone at Ubisoft supports the changes like the watchdogs downgrading, but I think that's misleading—I installed the patches and the game didn't improve. The 30fps limit and similar restrictions are completely unreasonable. Decisions come from those in power, and the ability to act is limited for those actually involved in game development. You can keep arguing about better ways to release games you were forced to cap at 30 FPS, but the developers are real people with families and responsibilities. Honestly, refusing to release a game that's not up to standard shows how little you understand the current state of game development.