Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get Comfortable with "Not Owning Your Games"

Re:Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get Comfortable with "No... by cableshaft on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @09:21PM (#39022384)

Yeah I'm comfortable with that, at least when it comes to Ubisoft games. Every single one of their games feels like Assassin's Creed 2 or Far Cry 3 nowadays.

If they were half the price and like 8 hour games, I might even still keep buying them just to wander around new environments and get a nice tight story. But apparently speedrunning Assassin's Creed Valhalla is 44 hours, while average is 60 hours (and I'm always a little slower than average). Ugh.

When they were super cheap I tried with Assassin's Creed Origins and lost interest after 8 hours, and Far Cry 6 and stopped after 4 hours, felt like I was just rehashing previous games a little too closely. So yeah, I'm good. Don't need to pay attention to Ubisoft anymore.

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Re:Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get Comfortable with "No... by smellyshaft1 on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @09:27PM (#39022439)

Far Cry 3 was badass

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Re:Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get Comfortable with "No... by mnky9800n on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @02:57AM (#39024675)

I liked how after killing dozens or hundreds of people you would get cut scenes where the protagonist complains about how terrible it is to do such things. Dude you just murdered a village then skinned every animal within a kilometre, I think you've gone beyond thinking about the moral implications at this point.

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Re:Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get Comfortable with "No... by tnecniv on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @10:10AM (#39028738)

To be fair, that’s a common enough problem in games it’s developed a name: ludonarrative dissonance

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