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zoux posted:It is baffling how there have only ever been two good pirate games, and one of them was an AC game. Dunno why that's not a very popular genre instead of basically not existing. monkey island, captain claw, and what else?
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I don't count monkey island quote:On today's conference call, an investor asked why franchises like Call of Duty and God of War have still found explosive success despite the market conditions Ubisoft describes in its report. "What we can see is, when there's more pressure, people go for the biggest brands and they don't go to the small ones," Guillemot replied. Ok I found the problem, Ubisoft execs are fuckin stupid
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Resdfru posted:Wonder if the contract prevents them from just having 1 dev on it and delaying it forever I feel like I'd heard that there is a mandated quarter beyond which they can't slip.
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i'd forgotten ubisoft made the mario minions crossover game
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Anno posted:Maybe there’s a better thread for this, but, parent goons of the Steam thread, can you recommend anything for my almost-5 year old to play? She’s been asking for awhile now to try games, and has played a little of this little of that, but I’d like something pretty much just for her that she can play either with a controller or mostly the mouse to help her develop those skills a bit. My daughter at that age loved playing Child of Light with me. The main player does most of the work but someone else can be the little sprite thing with the mouse and help out in fights. Any of the TT Lego games are great for kids, sometimes the puzzles are a little obtuse but you can't ever die. Lego City Undercover, as previously mentioned, is Lego GTA, and it's definitely fun to just mess around in, but I'd say it's a little more complicated and more difficult than the branded-IP games. Not that it's hard, just that it has a lot going on. Another great mouse exercise game would be Hidden Folks or any of the other Where's-Waldo-ish games out there. My daughter is very into ocean animals and so we played Abzu together and she loved it, although she was another year or two older at that point.
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zoux posted:It is baffling how there have only ever been two good pirate games, and one of them was an AC game. Dunno why that's not a very popular genre instead of basically not existing. I will eternally be fond of Sid Meier's Pirates and nobody will take that away from me.
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I'm counting obra dinn. Despite it having no pirates.
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Tiny Timbs posted:people get mad when others share and talk about this stuff for some reason lol It's fine to talk about it, but then talk about it instead of just posting a dumb out-of-context tweet and going "hurrr ubisoft bad".
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Lol sorry what context did I miss there. I think I gave pretty clear context that this was likely part of a worldwide slowdown in spending due to tightening interest rates.
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Mordja posted:Been waiting for the full release but it looks to be coming along well. ES1 is one of the few SP roguelikes I actually like, although there was no way I was going to beat i a bunch of times for the full ending. Yeah I was pretty much one win and done with it, but the huge freighter with drone support was pretty fun to mess with. I never did play that dlc I bought lol
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Feels Villeneuve posted:hurrrrr ubisoft bad 
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Feels Villeneuve posted:hurrrrr ubisoft bad 
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Feels Villeneuve posted:hurrrrr ubisoft bad Aye
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Feels Villeneuve posted:hurrrrr ubisoft bad Finally, something we can agree on!
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Feels Villeneuve posted:hurrrrr ubisoft bad 
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Why remember the content of posts when you can just summarize the vibes you felt reading them and react to that instead
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Tiny Timbs posted:monkey island, captain claw, and what else? Sid Meier's Pirates! Feels Villeneuve posted:hurrrrr ubisoft bad thread title
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Tiny Timbs posted:Did they ever fire their staff rapists? Their internal investigation found no abuse at all, and that people should preorder the new Assassins Creed games cause actually they are a good company...
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Flimf posted:It's fine to talk about it, but then talk about it instead of just posting a dumb out-of-context tweet and going "hurrr ubisoft bad". Your posting was much more aggressive and dumb than anything anybody posted around the tweet, far in excess of the tone of the conversation you replied to. That said, Feels Villeneuve posted:hurrrrr ubisoft bad
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Just, completely incapable of reading the room
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Tarezax posted:The best part is Skull and Bones can't be canceled because Ubisoft is contractually obligated to the Singapore government Which makes it even more confusing why they don't just poo poo it out so they can say that they did and then close down the studio.
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loving ubisoft. Make the most 'eh, it's fine' games to ever exist. I did quite enjoy Watch Dogs 2.
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Watch Dogs 2 really wasn't the leap forward I was hoping for from the sequel but it was a drat solid improvement on the first's problems, a solid 8/10 And then Legion happened and I guess that was a fluke or they lost a guy somewhere in the studio troubles or something.
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Tiny Timbs posted:monkey island, captain claw, and what else? Rebel Galaxy!
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This might be worth keeping an eye on, releases today: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2161440/Sailing_Era/
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I respect Legion for trying something different, but all of its original ideas ended up watered down and blended into generic Ubislop
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Rinkles posted:I respect Legion for trying something different, but all of its original ideas ended up watered down and blended into generic Ubislop Yeah it so *nearly* worked. I do love the recreation of London. I don't often get to mess around in a city I know so well in a videogame.
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They did a good job in Assassin's Creed Syndicate of making London look like the filthy smelly disgusting city I'm sure it probably is. Never been there myself.
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Well this part is good at least https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1613263593398734849
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I remember seeing write-ups for Far Cry 3 and thinking "holy poo poo these guys are doing something completely new and incredible!" Maybe I'm crazy but I feel like there was a time when Ubisoft actually made cool poo poo.
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exquisite tea posted:They did a good job in Assassin's Creed Syndicate of making London look like the filthy smelly disgusting city I'm sure it probably is. Never been there myself. It's actually not nearly as bad because it was so incredibly filthy in the victorian era. A real FAFO moment in history.
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I still play and enjoy their games, but it's often a love hate relationship.
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PantsBandit posted:I remember seeing write-ups for Far Cry 3 and thinking "holy poo poo these guys are doing something completely new and incredible!"
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FC3 was mildly to moderately innovative, FC2 is the one they deserve more credit for. It failed in a lot of ways but actually did some cool stuff for its time. Assassins Creed was basically the downfall of Ubisoft. They basically started making everything into open world collectathon timewasters after that franchise inexplicably took off. That and AAA publishers in general kind of ran out of steam around that era. Ubisoft just seems to refuse to divert from the path of being garbage. Even EA at least had some major breakout titles like the Mass Effect trilogy, Dead Space, and some other games like some Battlefields and Titanfall that bought them some good will. Ubisoft pretty much has nothing to redeem itself in the eyes of people who hate what the AAA scene has become.
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I really like the direction that Splinter Cell Blacklist took and it's a darn shame we don't seem to be getting another one.
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Sail Forth looks really promising too, seems to have a bit of everything that one could possibly want out of a new Sid Meier's Pirates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0QebjUzOHg Anyone have impressions of it already?
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far cry 2 was a legitimately innovative game that did a ton of cool stuff in a way that's shocking for ubisoft even if there are some real tedious flaws
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Deakul posted:Sail Forth looks really promising too, seems to have a bit of everything that one could possibly want out of a new Sid Meier's Pirates. Wheres the loving Baroque dancing
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