I knew it was bad but this is hilariously bad.

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    2 months ago

    My favorite thing about this is that Ubisoft has single handedly made AAAA synonymous with awful.

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      “AAAA” is the sound you make after realizing what you did with your money.

      In a couple of years we will have “AAAAAAHHHHH WHY WHY OH MY GOD WHY AM I DOING THIS TO MYSELF”-games.

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      With any luck they’ll single handedly keep “AAAA” from catching on, because nobody with a shred of pride would want their multi-million dollar project connected to anything that was said to be AAAA.

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    Over the years I have learned to pay attention to certain keywords that made me be extra careful about games advertised. So when I heard of AAAA, I immediately knew that CEO was on ketamine and the game will start as a dumpster fire.

    See you again in six months. Maybe it will be in an acceptable state by then.

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      2 months ago

      Sir, this is Ubisoft.

      In 6 months everyone will have forgotten all about this and be playing the next shitty Far Cry game and complaining how it’s an $80 unfinished mess.

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      At this point what is “a” game means. Aaaa means this than why not just grade it aa?

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        2 months ago

        Its all about money and development team size. A is generally indie, AA is a small-medium teams, AAA is large teams. AAAA is marketing terminology because everyone thought that AAA just meant better.

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    You can see every moment a senior dev went to management and asked for time or money to develop a certain type of interaction and were told no every single time.

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    Most of these design decisions look like they were made to make the game incredibly bland and safe for a 5 year old to play.

    Are you an outlaw or are you a big cuddly bear?

    Who is this made for?

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      I read somewhere that the armor distributes blaster bolt shock through it so all the Stormtroopers get knocked unconscious. They don’t die, otherwise they may as well not wear it at all as they fall over after one blaster bolt.

      But as with everything in Star Wars lore, that’s probably a desperate retcon.

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        It also removes any sense or individuality. Contrasted with clones who frequently customised their armour.

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      2 months ago

      Look, everyone has their own style of wearfare. Some people show up in full battle rattle with mirror finished armor. Others show up to look good.

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    I can’t even remember the last time I saw an open world game where thr main character instantly drowns in water.

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        That’s because, considering the bosses you have to fight, every character is weighted down by their enormous balls.

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      Why putting in a feature that the game doesn’t need?

      That’s said, the way this game handles it is horrible. At least have the protagonist walk back when near the deep water or something

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        2 months ago

        Or go full cartoon with silly leg paddles in the air before the drop and a big ol Plop sound

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    I think I laughed most when they said Far Cry 6 was a AAAA game. You can’t just call things AAAA because you can’t manage budgets.

    I’ve never played a modern game before that loses first the voice audio and finally the gunshot sounds after a few hours and has to be reloaded.

    I think the only game I can call AAAA with a straight face is Red Dead Redemption 2.

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      Yet there are people on this thread claiming this is what triple/quadruple A gaming is and we should shut up, bend over and pay USD 60 for an unfinished product. I think I have a bridge to sell to them :D

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    I don’t understand what people were expecting this is an Ubisoft game, they are always mediocre trash.

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      It’s either mediocre or trash, one is on the bottom and the other is at the middle.

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      I’ve had no excitement for this game since Ubisoft is such a disappointment of mediocrity. I grew bitter to them back when they announced the controversial shutting down of their legacy activation servers: this would prevent gamers from passing the online checks to play their games. Suddenly, despite me possessing a physical disc of Splinter Cell Blacklist on Wii U, I learned I would lose access to the DLC I paid for and “owned”. Certain missions would also become unplayable since you need online co-op. Ubisoft backpedaled after significant backlash from gamers, but since then I hesitate whenever I see them attached to any project.

      I miss old Ubisoft. I’m playing Beyond Good & Evil 2003 on my GameCube for the first time, and this game is spectacular! Wish Ubisoft didn’t become evil, but it was inevitable.

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      Because they’ve used it as an excuse to whack an extra $10 to the price.

      I think some backlash is to be expected.

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          Oh just wait until AC Shadows launch, we will suddenly see massive fans of ubi’s output just because the game was chosen to be part of a culture war.

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    I’ve actually enjoyed the recent “Witcher 3” AC games and was hoping this would be kinda like that with a Star Wars skin, but the bigger emphasis on stealth makes it seem like it isn’t. Good thing I have AC Shadows to look forward to!

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    AAAA : on the rails open world where you can only do a few pre-approved actions.

    Emergent gameplay is for Indies