Multiplat Assassin's Creed: Infinity - AC single and multiplayer hub

[dwwaino]

The next Assassin's Creed is going to be a live service game. I love the franchise and hate this move, but I'm willing to wait and see at this point.

Will this kill the series?

An Update on Assassin’s Creed Infinity and the Future of the Assassin’s Creed Franchise

Learn more about how our teams are evolving to prepare Assassin’s Creed for the future.

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[00Stinger]

Strange move considering the last few games have been awesome

 

[Dancing Potato]

Do not want.

I just want to buy a game that's complete and milk that tastes like real milk.

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

Pass

sounds shit

 

[Supersuns]

What a waste. First assassin's creed I won't buy or play then

 

[nicko99]

If it limits the unnecessary grind in the game it can be good, I haven't played the last 2 games as its just so long and big.

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[Mantastic]

It all depends on how they execute it. The next GTA is going to be a live service too. It's not a bad thing.

The market has changed forever and I'm surprised it's taking this long for other brands to try and capture that lightning in a bottle that was Fortnite in 2018 and early 2019.

 

[dwwaino]

Where I'm more dubious about Ubisoft is they have made it clear they are keen on bringing the mobile F2P model to mainstream. I don't mind paying for DLC, season passes for extra content for games I like etc, but I prefer to just pay for the full price of admission to get the whole game up front. It's unlikely that I'll support a free skeleton version of a game with the rest of it pay walled. Once those flood gates are opened there will be no ceiling on the price for a "full" game. I'll happily stick to indies if that becomes AAA practice.

 

[Mantastic]

Where I'm more dubious about Ubisoft is they have made it clear they are keen on bringing the mobile F2P model to mainstream. I don't mind paying for DLC, season passes for extra content for games I like etc, but I prefer to just pay for the full price of admission to get the whole game up front. It's unlikely that I'll support a free skeleton version of a game with the rest of it pay walled. Once those flood gates are opened there will be no ceiling on the price for a "full" game. I'll happily stick to indies if that becomes AAA practice.

I think the Fortnite model is the only one that can really truly succeed. Where the game and all content is free and updates are released regularly, with the money made through cosmetic DLC or maybe some shittier lootbox thing. If you make a great game, it will fuel the purchases.

Any other model fragments the player base and kills the game off. It's been happening forever, ever since publishers started charging for map packs. I think Rockstar will nail it, and I'd bet on Ubisoft to **** it up.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Ubisoft concerns me more than ever.

 

[dwwaino]

I think the Fortnite model is the only one that can really truly succeed. Where the game and all content is free and updates are released regularly, with the money made through cosmetic DLC or maybe some shittier lootbox thing. If you make a great game, it will fuel the purchases.

Any other model fragments the player base and kills the game off. It's been happening forever, ever since publishers started charging for map packs. I think Rockstar will nail it, and I'd bet on Ubisoft to fu** it up.

Fortnite is also competitive which has players coming back. Each round is a new game. I can see how this would work with something like GTA Online. It seems to be working for Destiny (though I've retired from that game) with the base game and most content free, then you pay for your season pass if you want access to the latest stuff and there is also the standard cosmetic microtrasaction shop. Cosmetics in a single player game like most AC games doesn't have the same appeal. That's why I'm dubious of Ubi and this plan for AC and how they plan on changing the game to make it work.

 

[Swamps alias]

Yuck

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Might be the first AC game I skip have to wait and see

 

[Purple Suit]

They should have called it Assassin's Creed 76

 

[Purple Suit]

It all depends on how they execute it. The next GTA is going to be a live service too. It's not a bad thing.

The market has changed forever and I'm surprised it's taking this long for other brands to try and capture that lightning in a bottle that was Fortnite in 2018 and early 2019.

That lightning in a bottle was a plagiarised cartoon battle royal that let kids play online shooters without their parents noticing. Lightning doesn't strike twice and definitely not with paint by numbers Ubi game.

 

[Mantastic]

That lightning in a bottle was a plagiarised cartoon battle royal that let kids play online shooters without their parents noticing. Lightning doesn't strike twice and definitely not with paint by numbers Ubi game.

Kids have always played online shooters and always will.

 

[berisha]

I wonder how many of their other series will follow suit

 

[Duck Farmer]

I wonder how many of their other series will follow suit

Yeah, you'd think Far Cry would be more suited to something like this than AC.

 

[2006_Eagles]

Is Infinity a reference to the amount of cash they want to make through MTX?

 

[revival_mode]

i wont be buying/playing this. live service is junk

 

[pantskyle]

They should have called it Assassin's Greed 76

Fixed it for you.

 

[Quivorir]

I don't get the hate for live service games. What's wrong with a game getting constant and (mostly) free updates?

 

[dwwaino]

I don't get the hate for live service games. What's wrong with a game getting constant and (mostly) free updates?

Multiplayer yes, single player no. I'd be less cautious if Ubisoft weren't known to be keen on the mobile F2P model.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Genuine question. has a narative based single player game ever gone to live service and succeeded?

 

[hornetswce]

Genuine question. has a narative based single player game ever gone to live service and succeeded?

The only one I can think of is Final Fantasy 14, and I don’t think it was great at launch.


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