Ubisoft seem to be running out of ideas if their best bet is remaking a relatively recent game. They should leave the Assassin’s Creed franchise resting for a bit if they lack innovative ideas for it.
Maybe doing a feudal Japan AssCreed is still valid as there’s fan demand for it, but if they do they better nail it because they’ll be inevitably compared to Ghost of Tsushima.
I mean if there is one company that took risks with their largest franchises it’s Unisoft. Origins literally changed massive parts of the game, arguably even changing the genre. IMO as someone who tried to go back to some of the older games like Syndicate and Black Flag they are really dated in a lot of ways.
They changed the overall game design in Assassin’s Creed Origins, but not out of goodness of their hearts. The game’s new direction was more compatible with microtransactions.
Was it? The primary thing they’re selling through MTX is player and weapon “skins”, which were already a thing in the past games (they didn’t sell them, IIRC, but realistically they could’ve). I guess the booster packs and stuff like that wouldn’t really work without the RPG leveling, although I question how profitable those really are.
I was going to leave a snarky comment about the game not being all that old, but then I double checked the release date and saw it was
119 years ago. Now I just feel old and I can’t even really make that snarky comment.Despite that age, I think it has aged great (at least on PC). It’s a beautiful game.
I don’t get why it’d be remade, given how well it has aged. Just make a sequel with similar gameplay but a fresh story, missions (no eavesdropping!), and map. AC Rogue was very similar, but without being explicitly pirate themed and the story of Rogue was very short (but I did like it).
It still isn’t a good reason. (Major) remakes don’t make sense until a generation has passed - that is, at least 15-20 years later. There’s no point. Last of Us was a silly one to do, even if it looks better now. They shouldn’t even be discussing a Black Flag remake until after 2030 and earlier in series game remakes are released.
Yeah, I love The Last of Us, but it didn’t really feel like it needed a remake either. It isn’t enough of a difference to be worth buying for someone who already has the original version (especially not at that price tag). And IIRC, they didn’t even give the remake the same improved combat system from the second game.
I guess the upside is that a new generation of gamers just starting each series can have an improved experience and I really am happy for them because Black Flag and The Last of Us are amazing, must play games. But I personally sure would prefer development be focused on new games.
And also making sure games are always gonna be on PC, because that’s the platform that ages the best. Eventually, consoles seem to drop backwards compatibility and older consoles become difficult to get, but PC always works and generally ages best. Thankfully all AC games are on PC already and it seems Sony is now in the habit of pushing for PC releases after a delay.
Genuine question: how did everyone feel about Black Flag? I know I am not the only one but for one main reason, the game just did not click with me.
I personally feel Ubisoft went all in on ship based stuff and it was extremely annoying. I didn’t like one of the final missions of AC3 due to its boat combat and I just never could remove my disdain of it when I got to 4
I genuinely think it’s a masterpiece of semi-casual gaming, it’s so easy to get into doing something you feel like doing and to waste as much time as you feel like, yet it always feels like you’re making some form of progress
