Ubisoft bets on a hit with “Far Cry 6”
Ubisoft’s workplace issues and creative problems raise questions about its future as a hitmaker.
Not surprising, it is obvious that Ubisoft is betting big in F2P and Online.
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Next Far Cry will be apparently more online focused
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Not surprising, it is obvious that Ubisoft is betting big in F2P and Online.
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It won't be Battle Royal, it will be Ubisoft take on Battle Royal XD
When your over-used gameplay model becomes so tired your series is no longer reviewing overwhelmingly positively... it's obviously time to pivot to a GAAS model.
That always works!
That always works!
Is that supposed to make it sound less appealing or a lot less appealing?
I mean weirdly a BR Far Cry could work, problem is that Ubisoft have spaffed any goodwill with Hyperscape and Ghost Recon: Frontline.
They are genuinely making easier and easier to ignore the entirety of Ubisoft's output as the time go.
To think that there was a time when this company was responsible of Beyond Good & Evil, Prince Of Persia Sands of Time, Heroes of Might & Magic, Rayman and a lot of other great stuff.
To think that there was a time when this company was responsible of Beyond Good & Evil, Prince Of Persia Sands of Time, Heroes of Might & Magic, Rayman and a lot of other great stuff.
Another Ubi franchise going MP focussed? Man I love Ubisoft open world games including the Far Cry series. Do not give much of a crap about Battle Royal or (F2P) MP shooters. I feel those are done much better by other games and franchises.
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I changed my mind Ubi, just make far cry 7 the same again it's fine. No need to mess with anything haha we all love it
I changed my mind Ubi, just make far cry 7 the same again it's fine. No need to mess with anything haha we all love it
I thought EA was a disaster managing their valuable IPs, but Ubisoft is on a path to beat them. Watch it be their third Battle Royale flop. Who makes these decisions? Seems like a waste of an enjoyable single player IP.
Honestly, I always thought a battle Royal version of the hide and seek gameplay from the assassin's creed multiplayer modes could be extremely cool. A BR game focused on stealthily killing other players instead of shooting would be very unique.
I'll just add that when Ubisoft recently opened a Berlin office they started hiring people with online experience for a Far Cry game. I was wondering why until now.
I feel it'll be less like a battle royale and much more like Destiny or the Division, with real-time pvpve
We'll see. Things could change if this still sells 5+ million copies while all of their online-centric games like Hyperscape, this new Ghost Recon, and R6 Extraction all underperform
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"Online focus" could mean anything, but giving Ubi the benefit of the doubt that it won't be some generic GaaS or BR with the usual template open world is not something I have energy for.
Saying that... An actual online Far Cry with many players on the map could be very fun, and might actually work without too much innovation in game design. I am interested to see where this goes.
Saying that... An actual online Far Cry with many players on the map could be very fun, and might actually work without too much innovation in game design. I am interested to see where this goes.
It is amusing watching Ubi follow in the exact same footsteps as EA. Give it another 5 years or so and it'll make a big song and dance about returning to traditional single-player experiences.
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So I'll finally have some time to catch up on older FC and AC games, as Valhalla and FC6 are the last traditional open world games in their respective franchises. Looks like its battle-royale-destiny-division copy pasta from here on out.
Not that surprising but I still think that's a mistake. With Ghost Recon becoming an online / co-op oriented franchise and with that series clearly sharing some of the key Far Cry elements like charismatic villains and 'exotic' settings it feels like there's no need to push Far Cry down that way too. Especially because to me FC is all about single player and a narrative (even if it's weak). All this is going to achieve is homogenize the franchises even further.
I would like them instead to try something new with Far Cry. People hate on New Dawn but at least it actually tried to innovate. Some things worked and some didn't but I feel that's better than playing it completely safe like they did with 6. I actually think it's the 'safest' iteration of FC yet, it feels like a weird sidestep in many ways.
I would like them instead to try something new with Far Cry. People hate on New Dawn but at least it actually tried to innovate. Some things worked and some didn't but I feel that's better than playing it completely safe like they did with 6. I actually think it's the 'safest' iteration of FC yet, it feels like a weird sidestep in many ways.
Ubisoft is only spending 20% of its budgets on F2P so it probably won't be that. Could Far Cry get a F2P game? Sure. But it'll also get a new mainline game too.
