Assassin's Creed Shadows Xbox/PS5/PC

Saw this a little bit ago which highlights the difference between Yasuke and most other Assassins

I though Mirage and Valhalla were awful and had to give up, so I'll not get too excited

That's another thing that's too dear haha!
Their needs to be a console only tier of Ubi plus for like 8 to 10 bucks, instead of it being an add-on for the PC tier.
What if you don't have a PC, or don't want to play games on PC?

But yeah, that might be a good option for some, who want to test it out 😊

I'd see that more as just sales-speak; biggest entry in terms of excitement and anticipation (based on nothing) rather than "there's a huge map in this game"

Is the ambition having the launch not riddled with bugs?

But enough about Valentine's Day

I think they said in a statement that theyre going to use the time to implement fixes and improvements that would normally be done in post-launch patches, so I think they're acknowledging the condition a lot of their games launch in and are trying to prevent that.

Let's face it, Ubisoft have had a rough time of it the last few years. Their big hits just aren't hitting. Their Prince of Persia remake was going to be easy money until people said it looked awful and now they're almost completely rebuilding the game from scratch. Their new PoP Metroidvania was very well received but doesn't seem to have sold well. Star Wars Outlaws had a rough launch and hasn't sold well. Skull & Bones finally launched and didn't really make a splash. The Division is kind of in limbo. Hyperscape didn't last that long. Watch Dogs is on pause as a franchise. Beyond Good and Evil hasn't been seen or mentioned in years. Avatar didn't do too well.

I think they really need AC Shadows to hit. They're not delaying it outside of the financial year, just a few months, but given it's one of their biggest franchises and they have other AC games in the pipeline, yeah I'd say they're absolutely squashing every bug they can possibly find right now.

It is interesting that Star Wars spooked them when AC Valhalla was massively successful to the point that its Basim DLC got promoted to a mainline title. Lingering memories of the impact of Unity's struggles on Syndicate..?

Hopefully, it's the beginning of a trend to release titles when they're fully cooked but I suspect it will be more about presenting the same content in a new way further down the line.

Oh great. A game made with co-op in mind definitely won't affect the single player experience.... thank feck for Yotei!

I don't mind adding it after the fact. That does usually indicate SP first and room for coop after. The vast majority of coop games that can be played solo are, we'll, pants solo. Just hoping the same doesn't happen this. But with the struggles, negative feedback so far, it wouldn't surprise me if they tried to get it on the delayed launch date. I'm sure Yotei has rattled them somewhat but they have more time now to make it better before Yotai releases (Sucker Punch could land a killing blow by shadow releasing it randomly some night! Won't happen, but would be cool).

Having not liked Mirage, I feel like it's been ages since the last AC game (5 years since Valhalla once Shadows drops). I wouldn't mind getting lost in the game hut I don't have a great track record for finishing games with a choice of protagonists (not including games where you dont have a choice but it still changes characters). I feel like im always missing out on something by picking one or the other. And i dont usually replay games so playing again but picking the opposite is a non runner.

I dunno. I feel like AC has to evolve somewhat, but I probably won't end up liking the evolution! Hard not being the target audience anymore...

Yeah there's very little they can actually change in these few months. From reading it, it seems like they're going to add in a lot of the smaller stuff they had planned to drip-feed over the first few months, like small side-missions or events, so these things are part of the initial experience to boost the game's reviews at launch rather than trying to retain players and have them come back every few weeks in a single player game, which I doubt most people do. And then they'll just make sure it's as highly polished as possible. But they're not going to change anything of any great substance in these few months. They just need this one to hit hard in terms of reviews and sales.

I just can't get excited for this game. I feel like it's gonna be a crap Ghost of Tsushima. I'm open to being wrong, but zero excitement...