Ubisoft Says to Expect More Annual Sequels

[Pinkamena]

Quantity over quality it seems. Sad, really.

 

[AkatsukiLeader13]

Ubisoft, we'll bring you Assassin's Creed 75 before we even consider touching Beyond Good and Evil 2, or anything else for that matter.

 

[Woodsey]

While Mallat believes that Assassin's Creed can enjoy a healthy life of regular releases, he does admit that it probably won't go on forever. That being the case, he doesn't see an end in sight. "The players will tell us. Right now there are more and more coming into the franchise, so I don't see that day."

They seem to be commenting on this all the fucking time, which is surely an indication that the players are telling them already?

Assassin's Creed 3 was a hit, yes, but Revelations underperformed. Which makes you wonder if people didn't just go to AC3 to finally see a resolution to something they'd started.

I am just fucking bored of it, and since we hear about the bloody thing all the time I doubt I'll ever be not bored of it again. They're also not very good anymore. AC3 was a bloody mess and Revelations was a struggle to get through.

If Call of Duty can do it, why can't Assassin's Creed? It's exactly the same. People who want more AC will buy more AC. It's not like the games are the size of Skyrim where you can easily pour over 100 hours into it. They're 20 hours at most. And they're being developed by multiple studios with Ubisoft Montreal heading them all. If I loved the AC series, I'd want a new one each year.

The healthiest relationships have people who know how to give each other space.

Besides which, the situation has already caused massive issues in the story department. They established multiple threads in Brotherhood and Revelations in order to excuse the series' expansion beyond their planned trilogy, all of which were abandoned anyway because the storyline had gone on so long that people were getting sick of it.

They also pack in far more systems and ideas than CoD, only they don't have the time to prioritise their inclusion or, as it seemed with AC3, even decide on what their main components are (because it apparently isn't assassinating or free-running anymore); nor do they have time to react to the criticisms of previous entries. It's all well and good saying each game gets 3 years spent on it, but for 2 of those years they're working without any feedback to the previous entry.

 

[jackinmydaniels]

Welp, I'm okay with it. I liked Assassin's Creed 3 a whole hell of a lot, and AC 4 looks pretty good to me. Then again, I don't immediately pounce on yearly releases like a lot of the people around here do.

 

[Klagermeister]

I bet that the idea for Black Flag spawned from the overwhelming praise that the shipping got in AC3. "Hey, did you know that people's favorite part of an Assassin's Creed game were the bits where you sailed ships? Let's make an Assassin's Creed game all about sailing ships!"

Considering ACIV has been in production since 2011, it's safe to say they're not simply pandering to the fans of naval combat.
Just chalk this up to a pleasant coincidence.
EDIT: Also, it seems that the game will be 60% on land, and the rest on water, so sailing isn't even the majority of the game.

I honestly can't understand why so many people were disappointed by AC3. Its story was a decent throwback to AC1, the gameplay didn't feature too much in the way of pointless minigames (save for the naval combat which, suffice to say, was awesome), there was plenty of actual assassinating, more augmentations to the stealth...
Then again, I'd call myself an Assassin's Creed fanboy. I have enjoyed every AC game since AC1.

I suspect this game will live up to the expectations of many, and the rest will be the uppity people who are never pleased by anything...
Whatever. It doesn't affect the fact that I will definitely enjoy it

 

[Lunar Templar]

eh....

I can't get worked up about this one way or another. Ubisoft is just one of those publishers that don't make anything I want.

 

[Innegativeion]

In other news: people with half a shred of foresight say to expect further declining sales, Ubisoft.

I don't want annual sequels, I want quality sequels. Pretty over publishers missing the mark completely. And where the hell is Rayman 4, Ubisoft? You promised us Rayman 4 in the Rayman 3 tutorial!

If that game ever gets made, they better damn well have the MOST sarcastic lampshade hanging of that whole situation by murphy ever.

 

[Glaice]

AC used to be an interesting IP from the first to Brotherhood, now it's just gone downhill from 3 and beyond turning it into a factory IP like CoD and Battlefield are now.

 

[Fudj]

Personally I don't mind, I have liked the games from the beginning and still like them now, though when the sales drop this will stop so enough people for now seem to like it.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

If Call of Duty can do it, why can't Assassin's Creed?

Um, because nearly everyone who gets CoD is after the multiplayer?

You can't really compare the two games like that, especially with the AC selling itself on its story rather than killstreaks.