Ubisoft Sellout - Bankruptcy Speedrun Any% Thread

[lurking for the deets]

I've seen Far Cry 3 mentioned in relation to how far Ubisoft has fallen, and it reminded me of something. The game being as beloved as it is was a total fluke on Ubislop's part. Anybody familiar with how Vaas came to be? He's arguably the main thing people praise the game for and I don't really remember much else as memorable as that character.

Michael Mando, the voice actor for Vaas, auditioned for a different character originally. Vaas did not exist at the time. When doing auditions for the voice acting role, he auditioned in full costume and decided to reinvent the character during the auditions, putting his own personal spin on it. Ubislop did not like it and told him he did not get the part.

Well, fast forward to when promotional material came out for Far Cry 3. Upon seeing Vaas in the promotional material, people that knew Michael was congratulating him for being cast as the character, which was a total a surprise to him! Yes, Ubislop basically aped his idea and made the new character look like him without even telling him. He contacted the studio after finding out and managed to get cast as the role.

I would argue that if this guy did not audition, the game would not be as remembered like it has been. It would probably end up blurring together with the other games Ubisoft has made. I mean, I barely remember anything about the other villain in the game (the one Ubisoft created) but can remember just about every scene Vaas is in, despite last playing it nearly a decade ago. It's sad that when people praise the character, they are praising the wrong people.

I would love to get smashed in the head again by the guy, but I'm not dealing with that fucking launcher. Even if the quality of their games stayed the same, that thing is a deal breaker for me.

 

[DeadwastePrime]

If tomorrow Rocksteady released an update to Suicide Squad that retconned Batman's death did away with that element entirely, fixed Deathstroke's race, fixed "Mrs." Freeze's sex, removed every annoying negress, made Harley less ugly, and made the game not a washed out assault on the senses, would you buy it?

listen, its a live service game. none of what you said would fix that concept

 

[Deus Exica]

If tomorrow Rocksteady released an update to Suicide Squad that retconned Batman's death did away with that element entirely, fixed Deathstroke's race, fixed "Mrs." Freeze's sex, removed every annoying negress, made Harley less ugly, and made the game not a washed out assault on the senses, would you buy it? Ubisoft Bad has hit the normie audience.

So if it became a good game? Probably. If we assume it also got an update that made the gameplay loop not shit.

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

g. The game being as beloved as it is was a total fluke on Ubislop's part.

You could tell too because it forced the rest of the series to follow the "the villian is the star" meme and Ubisoft could never make one as good as Vaas, Joseph Sneed was always going to be a "hit" but just setting a Far Cry in america would always be a success. the twist of him being correct and you truely were the bad guy was pretty inspired too.

But overall Ubisoft was always terrible about the story, people play farcry to do the tower bullshit in exotic locales IIRC Vaas even dies rather early on too.

 

[p1138]

If tomorrow Rocksteady released an update to Suicide Squad that retconned Batman's death did away with that element entirely, fixed Deathstroke's race, fixed "Mrs." Freeze's sex, removed every annoying negress, made Harley less ugly, and made the game not a washed out assault on the senses, would you buy it? Ubisoft Bad has hit the normie audience.

But none of that fixes the shit gameplay, captain boomerang needing to shoot guns, king shark flying around like a spiderman villain, etc. Other than killing batman in what I remember being an alternate reality or timeline or whatever the fuck, everything you've brought up is just surface level cosmetic shit that modders could have fixed if anyone actually gave a damn about the game.

 

[Asian tech support]

listen, its a live service game. none of what you said would fix that concept

But none of that fixes the shit gameplay, captain boomerang needing to shoot guns, king shark flying around like a spiderman villain, etc. Other than killing batman in what I remember being an alternate reality or timeline or whatever the fuck, everything you've brought up is just surface level cosmetic shit that modders could have fixed if anyone actually gave a damn about the game.

That's the point. Replacing Yasuke changes very little about AC Shadows. It's still be the same shallow Ubislop game that's been repackaged for the last decade and change.

 

[Miller]

If Tencent bought them would the based chinks force them to stop being faggots or double down to own the Japs?

No, they will keep Ubisoft as pozzed as it already is and their chinese studios will make the good games.

 

[p1138]

That's the point. Replacing Yasuke changes very little about AC Shadows. It's still be the same shallow Ubislop game that's been repackaged for the last decade and change.

Sure? But repackaged ubislop normally sells and they know this. It's why the games are practically the same except with a different skin thrown on top. Fuck, if anything deviating from the standard ubislop formula of a far cry/assassins creed/tom clancy/watch dogs/etc. skin on it has fucked them so hard with the games they've released over the past year.

I guess getting back to who you were responding to, no in this case I don't think swapping Yasuke out will do a damned thing for the game because it isn't just Yasuke that's the problem with the game(it's also an idiotic expense that's just not going to happen).

 

[The handsome tard]

Tescent really seems to have figured out this whole capitalism thing.

1- fund an organization that will culturally corrupt and devalue the products of any company that is dumb enough to go along with their "progressive" non-sense
2- The short sighted corrupt leaders of the companies will just keep tanking losses because its not like its their money.
3- Have them constantly defend and insist on the progressive non-sense
4- The stocks predictably fall
5- Begin to sell your own games without the woke non-sense so the betrayed audieces and their money drift towards you
6- Buy the company at cheap. The leaders dont give a shit because they all get golden parachutes, the little guy can get fucked.
7- Repeat until you dominated all of western companies

If I had no moral bone in my body, I'd do the same.

 

[Miller]

Tescent really seems to have figured out this whole capitalism thing.

Don't forget:
- Buy shares in a western company
- Dump and ban the company from working in China once the CCP got their hands on the tech.

 

[Deus Exica]

If I had no moral bone in my body, I'd do the same

At this point destroying these companies and buying them out, then (hopefully) putting all the diversity hires into the streets IS the morally correct thing to do.

 

[SmugAutist]

It said they're discussing it, but are more likely to simply reduce his role.

Dropping the black guy would be the funniest thing that could happen, which is exactly why they won't, because life is fake and gay.

 

[Deus Exica]

Dropping the black guy would be the funniest thing that could happen, which is exactly why they won't, because life is fake and gay.

Right. I don't want anyone to misread my posts as genuine excitement for what will be a boring and shitty game regardless, but it would be HILARIOUS to see what the total shitfest that dropping a new trailer with Yasuke officially excised from the narrative would be like.

 

[Asian tech support]

Sure? But repackaged ubislop normally sells and they know this. It's why the games are practically the same except with a different skin thrown on top. Fuck, if anything deviating from the standard ubislop formula of a far cry/assassins creed/tom clancy/watch dogs/etc. skin on it has fucked them so hard with the games they've released over the past year.

I dunno, maybe. All of their open world IPs have been on a downward trajectory for a long time. How are their most recent titles doing?

Far Cry 6: no one knew this game came out, was memed on for having a GOTY edition.
AC Mirage: was supposed to be a grand return to form, ended up being boring and empty. Didn't sell anywhere near as well as Valhalla despite the tidal wave of criticism that game received.
Ghost Recon Breakpoint: cucked by NFTs and shut down immediately thereafter.
Watch Dogs Legion: very poor choice of aesthetic and had the misfortune of coming out the same year that jobless weirdos decided to torch cities.

Ubisoft's open world formula has been getting shit for years. They probably could make it work but they've got too much hubris to settle for mediocrity.

 

[Back me up!]

The original Watch Dogs would have been remember better if

1. They did not botch the whole E3 demo looking nothing like the actual game. Completely soured every on the game.
2. Actually figured out the story before creating the game. Was the dead kid Aiden son or nephew? Was his mom Aiden's sister or ex wife? Figure that out before the game even starts!

The rest of it was pretty good. The hacking was a nice element to add to the gameplay and the multiplayer "invasion" stuff was pretty fun.

 

[p1138]

I dunno, maybe. All of their open world IPs have been on a downward trajectory for a long time. How are their most recent titles doing?

Far Cry 6: no one knew this game came out, was memed on for having a GOTY edition.
AC Mirage: was supposed to be a grand return to form, ended up being boring and empty. Didn't sell anywhere near as well as Valhalla despite the tidal wave of criticism that game received.
Ghost Recon Breakpoint: cucked by NFTs and shut down immediately thereafter.
Watch Dogs Legion: very poor choice of aesthetic and had the misfortune of coming out the same year that jobless weirdos decided to torch cities.

Ubisoft's open world formula has been getting shit for years. They probably could make it work but they've got too much hubris to settle for mediocrity.

AC Mirage was a notably low budget game in the AC series, almost intentionally so.
Watch Dogs Legion didn't follow the formula.
Breakpoint isn't a recent ubisoft failure, it's from 2019. Still a failure but it's been 5 years.
FC6, people definitely knew it launched. The only thing even remotely interesting about it was so many people being Giancarlo Esposito fanboys

It's honestly kind of funny how little ubisoft has actually done in the past 5 years. I'm sure some morons there are still trying to blame shit on covid, but the big "shakeup" that was supposed to happen after a bunch of their middle management got me-too'd seems to have totally fucked them regarding actual project management along with whatever bullshit contract ubisoft had with google for the stadia games they kept wasting resources on through 2022.

 

[Frosted Snowflakes]

From Stevy Chassard, Ubisoft's Monetization Director. Wants you gamers to stop spreading "hate", and laments you won't buy because he does not make games that "cater to you or please you."


Ubisoft is considering a buyout?? Tencent and Guillemot are thinking about it.


Endymion showing screenshots he received from anonymous Ubisoft devs as proof.

 

[The Doom Slayer]

From Stevy Chassard, Ubisoft's Monetization Director. Wants you gamers to stop spreading "hate", and laments you won't buy because he does not make games that "cater to you or please you."
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Stop crying and make better games, bitch.

 

[Raikiri]

I've seen Far Cry 3 mentioned in relation to how far Ubisoft has fallen, and it reminded me of something. The game being as beloved as it is was a total fluke on Ubislop's part. Anybody familiar with how Vaas came to be? He's arguably the main thing people praise the game for and I don't really remember much else as memorable as that character.

Michael Mando, the voice actor for Vaas, auditioned for a different character originally. Vaas did not exist at the time. When doing auditions for the voice acting role, he auditioned in full costume and decided to reinvent the character during the auditions, putting his own personal spin on it. Ubislop did not like it and told him he did not get the part.

Well, fast forward to when promotional material came out for Far Cry 3. Upon seeing Vaas in the promotional material, people that knew Michael was congratulating him for being cast as the character, which was a total a surprise to him! Yes, Ubislop basically aped his idea and made the new character look like him without even telling him. He contacted the studio after finding out and managed to get cast as the role.

I would argue that if this guy did not audition, the game would not be as remembered like it has been. It would probably end up blurring together with the other games Ubisoft has made. I mean, I barely remember anything about the other villain in the game (the one Ubisoft created) but can remember just about every scene Vaas is in, despite last playing it nearly a decade ago. It's sad that when people praise the character, they are praising the wrong people.

I would love to get smashed in the head again by the guy, but I'm not dealing with that fucking launcher. Even if the quality of their games stayed the same, that thing is a deal breaker for me.

Yes, the game is remembered mainly because how crazy and wacky Vaas was acting and died in the first half so you can play the exact same game again on the second island. I could list a few more positives here and there but overall game is ridiculously empty and repetitive. So many plot points require you to suck it up that this isn't an RPG. You have to "feel" sorry about making decisions you have absolutely no control over, like cheating whore gf, lost tortured friend and there are gotta be more but I don't remember the game much either. I completely checked out of the game when the game forced me to leave 2 chicks with a very creepy dude that had history of drugging people.

But the worst part was how total fucking bullshit every set piece was with Vaas where he had every chance and intention to kill you but either doesn't or leaves before confirming the kill or FUCKING LIGHTER gets in his way and people praise this retard that's bested by a FUCKING LIGHTER. First I laughed for a moment until I realize all this corny retarded tropy bullshit was supposed to be serious.

Gun customization was utter trash, stealth was even worse. Didn't play a Far Cry game after that but apparently it got worse and honestly that's the most impressive shit ubislop pulled in the last decade.

 

[Daddy's Angry Juice]

From Stevy Chassard, Ubisoft's Monetization Director. Wants you gamers to stop spreading "hate", and laments you won't buy because he does not make games that "cater to you or please you."
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Ubisoft is considering a buyout?? Tencent and Guillemot are thinking about it.
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Yeah that was the problem, when you don't make games for an audience that buys games you'll find that your business doesn't do so well. Its like if AutoZone only sold parts for skateboards.

Now for the real question, will be coming a Chinese company fix these problems or will we just have the same shitty company but it also pays the CCP? I hope they just kill off the company and just use the IPs.