Ubisoft listened! Well... Kind of. (Skull and Bones gameplay)

[Captain Marvelous_v1legacy]

Hey, remember how Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag came out and everyone was like, "The assassin parts sort of suck, but the pirate parts are great. Make this it's own game, Ubisoft!"? Well, it took a while, but Ubisoft finally announced just that!
Unfortunately, the game is multiplayer focused. Ubisoft intends to "constantly update and refresh with new content as it does for its other "live service" games like The Division and Rainbow Six Siege."[footnote]Source: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2017-ubisoft-announces-skull-and-bones-a-multip/1100-6450788/#comments-block-33394654[/footnote] That's basically a deal breaker for me. I was really looking forward to a game that combines Black Flag's Pirates with Syndicate's territory expansion. Oh well.

So, do you guys like what you see?

 

[pookie101]

damn it not all of us are people persons!

its totally lost my interest when they said multiplayer

 

[Here Comes Tomorrow]

damn it not all of us are people persons!

its totally lost my interest when they said multiplayer

Same.
I'm really hoping it's not PvP focussed but how they introduced it with PvP gameplay that makes me worry. I was almost hyped for a fucking modern Ubisoft game of all things.

 

[Nedoras]

Meh, the ship bits of Assassin's Creed 4 were already made into it's own game and it's called Rebel Galaxy =P
Considering it's multiplayer focused I imagine it won't last very long. I see people being attracted to the novelty of it but then losing interest in a few months. But who knows? Maybe there's a lot more to it. They didn't exactly show much of anything and they didn't really say much of anything either.

 

[Vendor-Lazarus]

Oooh, sounds nice (Even though I've never played any AssCreed game)!
Remembers Corsairs, Sid Meier's Pirates..

And there it is, multiplayer only...Sigh.
WHY does almost every new game released today have to include a deal breaker?

 

[MrCalavera_v1legacy]

That ship sunk before she left the dock.

And here i was hyped for "Black Flag" under different banner.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

Hmm, but I really liked being able to manually swing across to the other ship and manually stab up every dissident on there while capturing the rest for my own pirate army. Oh...

Unfortunately...

No...

the game is...

Nooononono, don't say it!

multiplayer focused.

NOOOOOOooooooooooo[small]oooooooooooooo!!! Why, ubisoft, whyyyy??[/small]

 

[Here Comes Tomorrow]

Hmm, but I really liked being able to manually swing across to the other ship and manually stab up every dissident on there while capturing the rest for my own pirate army. Oh...

Unfortunately...

No...

the game is...

Nooononono, don't say it!

multiplayer focused.

NOOOOOOooooooooooo[small]oooooooooooooo!!! Why, ubisoft, whyyyy??[/small]

Its kind of amazing how they managed to build hype then absolutly demolish it immediatly afterwards for both of their big reveals.

 

[Captain Marvelous_v1legacy]

Ubisoft made it pretty clear a while ago that they'd be focusing more on Multiplayer content, because that's where the $$$ is. They say it's more engaging for the player and more lucrative (Microtransactions and DLC) for them. They even put microtransactions in Syndicate, a game with no multiplayer. This seems to be the path Ubisoft is most interested in, and so I've lost what little interest I've had with the company. I guess it's time to let Assassin's Creed go.

NOOOOOOooooooooooo[small]oooooooooooooo!!! Why, ubisoft, whyyyy??[/small]

 

[Bob_McMillan]

It looks sooo much like Black Flag. How disappointing.

 

[Bilious Green_v1legacy]

damn it not all of us are people persons!

its totally lost my interest when they said multiplayer

Lol, my thoughts exactly. I was like "Awesome, we need a good current gen pirate game! Oh, multiplayer. Sod that."

 

[Arnoxthe1]

Actually, I don't know what people are whining about right now. If they want a single-player pirate game, why don't they just play Black Flag?

 

[pookie101]

Actually, I don't know what people are whining about right now. If they want a single-player pirate game, why don't they just play Black Flag?

because its got all this boring assassin and modern world crap mostly

not to mention kenway is a giant, obnoxious twat

 

[Spacewolf]

Actually, I don't know what people are whining about right now. If they want a single-player pirate game, why don't they just play Black Flag?

Plus the naval combat in that game is actually pretty shallow, you just need to Kenway broadside everything and you will win even in an base ship.

 

[TilMorrow]

I'm seeing all these pirate games being announced and all I can think is they're not as good as the old Garrysmod Pirate Wars I will be disappointed.

Spoiler

Need my ship ramming!

 

[Zhukov]

From zero to meh in five minutes flat.

 

[Cowabungaa]

its totally lost my interest when they said multiplayer

But...you can play it in singleplayer. They were pretty adament about that with all of their games.

what....what is so appealing about that idea?

You're questioning the appeal of pretending to be a pirate crew with your friends? One of the oldest power fantasies in media there is? If it's not your thing, sure, but c'mon...

 

[MrCalavera_v1legacy]

Actually, I don't know what people are whining about right now. If they want a single-player pirate game, why don't they just play Black Flag?

Because they want more of it? Plus we already have couple of teamwork based, multiplayer oriented, pirate themed games in the line-up.

 

[Aetrion]

The game will have a strong PvE component, and you will be able to play it by yourself.

It's not the same as Black Wake or Sea of Thieves because you control your own ship, meaning you don't have to constantly have a team of people at your back to play at all.

There is really no reason to write this game off completely just because it's got a multiplayer component. There is strong advocacy for making it solo friendly in the community, and they are listening.