Assassin's Creed

[Dirty Duck]

Ubisoft are so, so fucked. The mandate of yearly releases have absolutely killed modern games. How can I miss you if you don't go away?

Not to mention their inability to commit. How can I stay invested in Assassin's Creed when they once announced they had three different games in development that were all different types of AC game-one with the old formula, one with the RPG formula, one that's 'totally new'. Just decide what your series should be! This isn't like Nintendo IPs that get 2D and 3D entries that are distinct, you're just ascribing 3D gameplay elements at random to periods of history. I'm not gonna get excited for a Witch-hunter game when there's no telling what type of AC game it'll wind up.

I'm surprised you feel this way. I actually like this approach. Why not try different things in an IP everyone loves? After all, Assassin's Creed has always been a splintered fanbase. Some people hated the modern day, some loved the intrigue. Some people loved the place and sense of time, others found it a distraction from the real plot. 

Some people loved Black Flag and the ship quests, while others longed for a simplified core gameplay experience.

I always want them to be making something great, and from the sounds of things the supposed witch trials game is suppose to be turning out extremely well. They may have never bothered if they were locked down to just one way of doing things, so I'm all for it.

I'll play the BF remake, probably. Not for a while though. In principle I'm against 'remakes' that are too modern, but I also just realised Black Flag came out almost 13 years ago and now I want to kill myself

Because you should be furthering your IP and pushing boundaries instead of trying to tick every box all the time. It's like focus group gone wrong gone sexual, rather than deciding to stick to their guns and do what they, as the artists behind the game, feel is right for the franchise they're trying to grasp on to every type of fan. It creates an awkward venn diagram where I'm hoping for "is a time period I'm interested in" to overlap with "is one of the however many gameplay styles they're currently churning out that I enjoy"