Worst Game of the Year

LOL NO WAY the ad before this video was for Star Wars Outlaws

I remember for $100 you were able to buy halo 3 legendary edition and get a whole fucking helmet with your purchase including the game, poster, behind the scenes dvd, and book. Nowadays for $100 you get to play the game 3 days early and a different haircut style.

ANY game that announces a DLC BEFORE LAUNCH should not even be allowed on the market.

I don’t get why it’s so hard to make a Star Wars game where we can make our own characters. A true RPG game would be welcomed

>online only singleplayer game >insane price tag that could feed a family of 4 for a week >day 1 DLC >set in a universe that only works because of a few good characters and "cool stuff" >seems to have none of the good characters or "cool stuff" >Ubisoft Yup, the future of gaming is here.

I'm currently employed in the gaming industry, one of the big studios, and recently a colleague shared something regarding this type of monetization, forcing the paying user into a subscription model funnel. While every single colleague who reacted to the post criticized this practice, except for those in finance and monetization who defended it as justifiable given the current economic climate. It's baffling, to say the least. I'm seriously considering boycotting the gaming industry altogether. Personally, I've made the decision to transition to IT (Ecommerce, B2B, etc) by the end of the year. I've had enough of this industry, the last 5 years have been soul crushing and eye-opening— the mediocre pay, long hours, constant layoffs to compensate for poor business decisions that hinder project scope and innovation, and the bad management. I'm simply exhausted.

Remember folks, Ubisoft themselves have stated that "buying isn't owning" so you might as well pirate their games since it wouldn't be stealing by their own logic.

A Single Player Game, should never have "early access", nor have a "season pass".

Ubisoft thinking their games are worth $18 a month is just laughable, most aren't even worth $18 to own

I remember the day when "special editions" of games that cost over $100 actually included real goods inside the package. Remember the statues and all the little goodies that came with games like Assassin's Creed? Today, they just remove things from a game and use them as special editions.

7 year game development cycles are ludicrous. In the last 7 years alone, FromSoft have released these titles... Dark Souls 3(2016) Dark Souls Remastered(2018) Sekiro SDT(2019) Elden Ring(2022) And finally Armored Core 6 in 2022. That is 4 straight up massive titles, and a remaster. In 7 years. And Elden Ring is HUGE. These companies need to wake to to reality, fast.

Paying for 3 day early access considering every single AAA launch is full of broken bugs and patches has got to be the dumbest thing you can do. "Oh hey, you know how all launches seem to be turning into a disaster? Let's charge people to be a part of that"

They ain't getting a penny from me going forward. If we cannot own the game, then pirating isn't stealing. Not that I'd even consider this piece of shit. Fuck Ubisoft.

$130 for a game that is going to be broken as shit and take them like half a year patch it into a decent state. These gaming companies have lost touch with reality... stop supporting these games

I hate Ubisoft for designing single player games to be so tedious that you might want to buy their in game boosts so you don’t have to grind for hours.

sooooo when will "microtransaction" stop being called "micro"

Ubisoft completely destroyed Assassin’s creed, doesn’t want customers to own their games, horrible monetizing, crap and bland gameplay.

Nah, idc if it was Ubisoft or Hideo Kojima himself, I'll never be ok with never owning a game. If I can't own the game then it's not a game, it's a service and I don't like games as a service, mostly because all these companies suck ass.

3 day early access nowadays is a punishment, you get the worst version of the game for paying extra..

When I bought Cyberpunk 2077, I got a free art booklet, digital comic, Cyberpunk 2020 sourcebook, wallpapers, mp3s of the original score, etc. That's basically the deluxe edition equivalent to companies like Ubisoft, EA, etc, but to companies like CDPR, it's just what's norm. You get their game, you get the deluxe edition. Yes it released broken, but they fixed it, and you didn't have to pay extra to get the best version of the game. People should support companies like CDPR more.