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  • Опубликовано: 11 апр 2024
  • Star Wars Outlaws sucks.
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Комментарии • 5 тыс.

  • @andywalker7081
    @andywalker7081 Месяц назад +6575

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

    • @DezorianGuy
      @DezorianGuy Месяц назад +178

      Kudos for watching ads to support this channel!

    • @wolfboimatt6675
      @wolfboimatt6675 Месяц назад +215

      Yes way same here. They can't even keep the voice over actor consistent making me think they probably use ai voices as they seem so weirdly emotionless and such

    • @poppingdolphins278
      @poppingdolphins278 Месяц назад +54

      Hahah same brother

    • @n3v3rsvff3r2
      @n3v3rsvff3r2 Месяц назад +40

      Bro same. Lulz

    • @poppingdolphins278
      @poppingdolphins278 Месяц назад +23

      @@wolfboimatt6675I noticed that as well

  • @Oblit3rat3d
    @Oblit3rat3d Месяц назад +1947

    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.

    • @DOSFrost
      @DOSFrost Месяц назад +20

      Wasn't the helmet cheaply made and couldn't even fit the head of a toddler? I could be mistaking it for another game honestly

    • @aname3576
      @aname3576 Месяц назад +189

      @@DOSFrostyes, but you didn’t feel like you’d been r-worded after

    • @Oblit3rat3d
      @Oblit3rat3d Месяц назад +66

      The material was pretty good but correct the helmet was only able to fit about 3 game cases inside

    • @Kothar_blackclaw
      @Kothar_blackclaw Месяц назад +47

      ​@Oblit3rat3d which you put all 3 halos in

    • @TheWiggleTuff
      @TheWiggleTuff Месяц назад +93

      @@DOSFrostit was a novelty, not a football helmet. I had the heroic edition and loved it

  • @lovelysix6296
    @lovelysix6296 Месяц назад +278

    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

    • @JeRkRevolution
      @JeRkRevolution Месяц назад +60

      bioware and obsidian was able to 20 years ago with kotor 1 and 2, sad that those are still by far the best star wars rpg's after all that time.

    • @lirikaantropa7164
      @lirikaantropa7164 Месяц назад +6

      Kotor remake still in development, so, we can get one atleast

    • @thebarbarianninja4152
      @thebarbarianninja4152 Месяц назад +18

      @@lirikaantropa7164 pretty sure kotor remake is cancelled

    • @JeRkRevolution
      @JeRkRevolution Месяц назад +2

      @@lirikaantropa7164 hopefully its not just another buggy mess with minor graphical improvements like a lot of remakes/remasters these days. But still saddens me another studio wont just make a fresh rpg inspired by those games rather than remake them. Theres sooo much eu lore to choose from in the old republic alone to set a good rpg in. Books upon books. The problem to me is that EA has the rights and have destroyed bioware or any studio's potential to make an inspired game. Minimal effort, maximum profits is the only thing they care about now. Imagine if cd projekt red for example made a cyberpunk style star wars rpg. Or larian made a bg3 style star wars rpg. Even an og bioware style with todays tech. The potential has always been crazy for star wars ip.

    • @WampaStompa1996
      @WampaStompa1996 Месяц назад +17

      Literally all I want is a single player Star Wars RPG with multiple playable races. There are so many cool aliens in Star Wars, why do we always have to play as humans? I play a human in real life everyday, just let me be something else for a change.

  • @Tyrael538
    @Tyrael538 Месяц назад +79

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

    • @TheForbiddenOne55
      @TheForbiddenOne55 Месяц назад +3

      I just don't buy those games until the whole package is available for a fair price OR don't even buy them at all because a lot of those games end up be trash anyway

    • @buckyhurdle4776
      @buckyhurdle4776 29 дней назад +7

      It's literally content they already made for the game you already bought, sold to you again. How much do you wanna bet the game launches with the entire DLC and one invisible wall that cuts off the entire thing until you pay? This isn't "downloadable content" this is my content being held for ransom

    • @progamasEjogos
      @progamasEjogos 29 дней назад +1

      Not all games, some games have a free dlc on launch that is optional things

    • @whodatninja439
      @whodatninja439 22 дня назад

      You mean 95% of games now?

    • @Soldjaguy
      @Soldjaguy 11 дней назад

      Yeah I mean they could have just put the content in the game.

  • @LennyMLGDorito
    @LennyMLGDorito Месяц назад +4421

    >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.

    • @UltimateInkling
      @UltimateInkling Месяц назад +180

      Internet required to install game
      Edit: I meant the disc version not digital

    • @OFAMOSO-PeDPano
      @OFAMOSO-PeDPano Месяц назад +109

      imagine that the price of the standard version of this game in Brazil is 1/4 of the minimum wage and the ultimate is almost a half.

    • @ruban8392
      @ruban8392 Месяц назад

      You can't install any game without internet this days
      ​@@UltimateInkling

    • @Drannos99
      @Drannos99 Месяц назад

      Hobo Countrys should not buy luxury goods like Games ​@@OFAMOSO-PeDPano
      Poor trash Countrys that want cheap Games is same lvl of trash as a Ubisoft Game

    • @blakbear6528
      @blakbear6528 Месяц назад +91

      I can forgive most of these, but online only in a single player game is a huge a deal breaker for me, I remember when Hitman was on gamepass I installed it and i was having so much fun and I was even going to buy it, but I lost connection somehow and the game couldn’t continue without it and I instantly closed the game and unistalled it

  • @Gamakatana
    @Gamakatana Месяц назад +381

    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.

    • @Masterzen66
      @Masterzen66 Месяц назад +35

      Time to work for a smaller company or make your own

    • @THamm-xt8jm
      @THamm-xt8jm Месяц назад +23

      U know there’s other studios than the one ur at. Just try to find a smaller one that isn’t shitty

    • @VemoNotRated
      @VemoNotRated Месяц назад

      I call bs if they are willing to jump the gun on the industry when there is indie teams begging for hires ​@@THamm-xt8jm

    • @Shredneck92
      @Shredneck92 Месяц назад +26

      Work for an indie company.

    • @dougdimmadomeownerofthedim5376
      @dougdimmadomeownerofthedim5376 Месяц назад +21

      Talk to the other developers that don't want to support those practices and start your own studio with them

  • @AnInsaneTaco
    @AnInsaneTaco Месяц назад +277

    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.

    • @Vss077
      @Vss077 Месяц назад

      if u go into a store & steal things u don't own then by ur logic it's not stealing either 5Head & let's not forget the fact that Valve introduced this mentality with steam a damn long time ago.

    • @ImmolationBloom
      @ImmolationBloom Месяц назад

      I don’t like the food at your family’s restaurant so I order the food, eat it and don’t pay. Yeah, no.

    • @wilize
      @wilize Месяц назад +32

      @@ImmolationBloom i think you got your analogy a bit wrong it's more like ↴
      ¨I don’t like the food at your family’s restaurant, so I copied your recipe and made the dish at home, not paying you anything!¨

    • @ImmolationBloom
      @ImmolationBloom Месяц назад +1

      @@wilize No I didn’t. Ubisoft made the game you ain’t develop a damn thing and you think you’re still entitled to it without pay. Play or don’t play stealing makes you a thief dum dum

    • @wilize
      @wilize Месяц назад +26

      @@ImmolationBloom Maybe you should find a better analogy then dum dum 🗿
      It's not like i'm gonna go steal a physical copy of a game from a local games shop or anything !
      just gonna copycat a recipe of how a few millions 1 and 0 are placed in a certain way maybe change set recipe a bit so i don't have to connect to the internet when running set code

  • @WanderingMay
    @WanderingMay Месяц назад +39

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

    • @oliknow
      @oliknow 23 дня назад

      what is wrong with a season pass to get DLC later that is already in development?

    • @rinzler1767
      @rinzler1767 15 дней назад +3

      ​@@oliknow read your own sentence, i would hate myself if i took part in this self harm, hell no

  • @BillC-64
    @BillC-64 Месяц назад +630

    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.

    • @MyLifefunthingss
      @MyLifefunthingss Месяц назад +62

      Bro the original MW2 came with actually NIGHT VISION GOGGLES. And a headstand to put them on your shelf. I think they were modeled after SOAP

    • @serwizzart
      @serwizzart Месяц назад +30

      My best friend still has the master chief helmet. Man, back then I wished I ordered the special edition too, just for the helmet alone. Now thinking back - I definitely should have ordered it haha

    • @BillC-64
      @BillC-64 Месяц назад +19

      @@serwizzart The helmet was indeed cool looking. Today, you might get a 3D jpg render of the helmet.

    • @LoLo25A
      @LoLo25A Месяц назад +2

      No thts not true. Plenty of time those packages cost over 100.

    • @Totsy30
      @Totsy30 Месяц назад +4

      I still have my Halo Reach statue from the legendary edition of that game, same with the dog tags I got with Battlefield 4 and some others. It's almost as if the companies that want you to enjoy their game will give cool physical merch, but the companies that just want your money will give the bare minimum digital merch that they can take away whenever they want.

  • @pigsinspace9927
    @pigsinspace9927 Месяц назад +387

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

    • @karlthorsten9118
      @karlthorsten9118 Месяц назад

      We don't own anything, we rent things that can be revoked literally the moment we rent it.
      Klaus Schwab: "You WILL own NOTHING, and you WILL be happy." Ubisoft is completely behind his statement. Except for themselves, the people dictating the rules are never part of said rules.

    • @gslang3489
      @gslang3489 Месяц назад +3

      Not to mention anyone who would buy that sub already owns a lot of the games on the service. They're just renting access to play something they already own.

    • @ThePopeSong
      @ThePopeSong Месяц назад

      At least if you keep on top of your spending ans remember to stop the sub, $18 is alot better than $130 and you can play their other (shi**y) games for that month. Doing that will actually cost Ubi a lot of money. So I say go for it 😅

    • @Tullmann13
      @Tullmann13 Месяц назад +3

      farcry 3 was really cool tho xd

    • @DBTHEPLUG
      @DBTHEPLUG Месяц назад

      Yeah, 20 years ago​@@Tullmann13

  • @ArnoldJudasRimmer..
    @ArnoldJudasRimmer.. Месяц назад +36

    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.

    • @EminemLovesGrapes
      @EminemLovesGrapes 24 дня назад

      Why do you think Dark souls titles and their iterations all the way up to Elden Ring are so easy to develop?

    • @ArnoldJudasRimmer..
      @ArnoldJudasRimmer.. 24 дня назад +1

      @@EminemLovesGrapes i don't care.
      I don't want to wait 7 years for any game. Let alone 12 odd per bethesda title?

    • @m16dude967
      @m16dude967 21 день назад +1

      further compounds the frustration when those 7 year games release in an unacceptable states. You can tell these devs and/or managers were literally wasting time and "doing their own thing". Very few games need 7 years of development time to be release ready and you can tell if it needed 7 years or not.

    •  11 дней назад

      Difference in work culture. Japanese devs work, western devs make tictoks about how useless they are.

    • @diegodd3324
      @diegodd3324 7 дней назад

      Fromsoft games reuse assets a LOT

  • @Krapvag
    @Krapvag Месяц назад +15

    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"

  • @GravelordWrust
    @GravelordWrust Месяц назад +1393

    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.

    • @Naruhiu
      @Naruhiu Месяц назад +20

      yup same here, far cry 6 was my last one and since then has just been disappointment after disappointment

    • @abysswalker3891
      @abysswalker3891 Месяц назад +13

      The only thing I play from Ubisoft is For Honor and even that is in a bad state.

    • @Jdjdjdujakzgsha
      @Jdjdjdujakzgsha Месяц назад +20

      The games shit but don’t pretend you’re Robin Hood, if you can pirate it you were gonna do it regardless.

    • @buggart
      @buggart Месяц назад +7

      Pretty ironic that the people who praise this game are also not going to buy it lol.

    • @TRONiX404
      @TRONiX404 Месяц назад +3

      So did u buy Dragon's Dogma 2?

  • @davidw97
    @davidw97 Месяц назад +469

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

    • @isturbo1984
      @isturbo1984 Месяц назад +20

      Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla were pretty great tho.

    • @MikeCornwall
      @MikeCornwall Месяц назад +12

      ​@@isturbo1984 The last of which was published 4 years ago. Ubisoft used to make great games - Far Cry used to be good. Now everything they touch turns to turd.

    • @harkbelial
      @harkbelial Месяц назад +29

      I gave up on assassin's creed after black flag when I realized that they will rehash the same game every year and charge premium prices.

    • @trappedmind1779
      @trappedmind1779 Месяц назад +7

      @@isturbo1984 They are the best games ever if you ask me.

    • @adaptivegamer9905
      @adaptivegamer9905 Месяц назад +2

      On top of that excessive DEI.

  • @adamjames0710
    @adamjames0710 Месяц назад +12

    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.

  • @beige_projection
    @beige_projection Месяц назад +63

    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.

    • @Dixon_Cider407
      @Dixon_Cider407 Месяц назад +10

      As long as CDPR and companies like them learns from their mistakes and launch games in a better state

    • @Krapvag
      @Krapvag Месяц назад +3

      fuck cdpr taking 3 years to put in half the stuff they promised before launch, while launching a game that literally didn't work at all on half the platforms it was launched on. They will also only get worse

    • @beige_projection
      @beige_projection Месяц назад +2

      @@Krapvag Meh, it was only broken on old gen consoles. On PC it was fine, evidenced by its Mostly Positive reviews even on early 2021 when it launched. That Mostly Positive rating also never went down and instead just kept getting higher and higher.
      Also, can you name the specific features that you're talking about that is supposedly still missing from the game? Because I watched all the Night City Live episodes before launch and all the official trailers - the ones with no work-in-progress-everything-is-subject-to-change disclaimers and all features showed there made it to the game, and they made the game so much better after 2.0.
      The fact is, the supposed "missing features" that some people are talking about are from the 2018 48 minute demo reel which was an alpha stage demo that was full of disclaimers that it's still a work in progress and everything is subject to change i.e. they weren't promising anything from that video but that's just became the popular narrative with gamers who don't really research facts and only echo angry cries from the hate bandwagon but they don't really know anything.

    • @Krapvag
      @Krapvag Месяц назад +2

      @@beige_projection the npcs are embarrassingly inept compared to what they talked about before launch, the lifepath sytem is empty, it just isn't that good. The point about it being broken on consoles is that as a company they took the decision to launch on consoles that would never be able to support it, it doesn't matter that it was mostly okay on PC to millions of people they sold this crap to

    • @beige_projection
      @beige_projection Месяц назад +6

      @@Krapvag I can tell that you didn't play the game that much or didn't play at all and just copied the popular criticisms back in 2020. I've played many RPGs and open world games, that are considered great like GTA 5, RDR 2, Witcher 3, and I think when it comes to NPCs feeling "alive", RDR 2 would be the best, but I was never unimpressed about the NPCs in CP77. They're in the level of Witcher 3 and GTA 5. Also, the characters are very well written and it's easy to get attached to them, that's why characters like Judy, Panam, JS, Songbird are so popular now. The lifepaths are also far from empty. Playing through each lifepath without save scumming feels each playthrough are different. My corpo V felt very different from my nomad and streetkid becaue of the unique lifepath dialogue options which allows you to resolve situations differently from other lifepaths - this is something that you won't see if you didn't play the game that much. For example, there's a side mission that is only possible to resolve diplomatically if you're a streetkid. Go play the game, give it a fair chance, and don't let the hatewagon from 2020 still affect your judgement.

  • @DocYAYAYA
    @DocYAYAYA Месяц назад +277

    $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

    • @309u20
      @309u20 Месяц назад +4

      Don't forget the new articles that they pay for when they patch some stuff to frame the company as the new leading light of gaming.

    • @welcomedcompany1019
      @welcomedcompany1019 Месяц назад +9

      They gone crazy. It’s almost like they’re testing how much they can punk gamers. Shows a complete lack of respect for the art and for the organization of gamers who actually buy their content and fund them. Without us they’re nothing and yet they stand at the top disrespecting us. There’s people who have done more with less. 130 is completely crazy af. Anyone who buys that is allowing for other games to do the same.

    • @silverforever15
      @silverforever15 Месяц назад +2

      So the game is just a woman Han solo?

    • @jokerledger5400
      @jokerledger5400 Месяц назад +4

      @@silverforever15 nah, a woman han solo would be too good of a character, this is just a random woman pretend to be han solo

    • @Fydron
      @Fydron Месяц назад

      Even if it was the best game ever made 130 for a single player game to me is just insane

  • @CookiePieMonster
    @CookiePieMonster Месяц назад +130

    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.

    • @RealEllenDeGeneres
      @RealEllenDeGeneres Месяц назад +4

      It's sketchy even for free games. I believe Warzone 1 shut down and people lost access to all the skins they purchased when they released Warzone 2. I'm sure many people spent 100s of dollars and it was all gone down the drain.

    • @PassionataDance
      @PassionataDance Месяц назад +6

      They want to turn off the old purchased games so they can sell you the same thing reskinned.

    • @jeanfigueroa6235
      @jeanfigueroa6235 Месяц назад +2

      ​@@RealEllenDeGeneres I am one of them, I spent easily like $200 on stuff believing the game would persist. I was wrong. Now those skins are only usable in MW2019 Multiplayer which was ass.

    • @omegacxv8344
      @omegacxv8344 Месяц назад +1

      So you have ZERO games on steam and only play on console with physical copies? Don't get me wrong, fuck Ubisoft and their approach to this situation, but Steam literally has that same statement in their EULA, that you only own the digital license to your game. It's not the discussion about owning or not owning games, it's how they conduct themselves and present themselves.

    • @Solafein
      @Solafein Месяц назад

      So we already lost that battle...

  • @sonicmarsh232
    @sonicmarsh232 Месяц назад +12

    This is exactly why I've started going through all these older games I've been putting off for new releases, why play a game on day 1 for $130 that is gonna need a day 1, 2, 3 patch to have the game to be functional, while still having a broken PC port, and sliced up DLC content that was pre-planned instead of being a gift that comes out later for extra content (From Soft did this with Elden Ring so the practice isn't dead yet) when instead I can buy/play several $10-$40 games mostly on sale because they are more than 4-8 years old, get literally 100s of hours of content between them, not have to spend more than the box price of the game, not have to worry the game will be there years later, and I can replay them as much as I want without a subscription to yet ANOTHER service. Just actually wtf

    • @Crazy_Gamer_OG
      @Crazy_Gamer_OG Месяц назад +1

      Even waiting 1 year after launch & you'll have a better, more finished game for a lower price.

    • @angryscan2970
      @angryscan2970 Месяц назад

      Still waiting on that 50% off definitive deluxe edition of Cyberpunk

  • @Rolin_Jones
    @Rolin_Jones Месяц назад +12

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

  • @YaaSalty...0_o
    @YaaSalty...0_o Месяц назад +356

    Yongyea is sayimg this game looks interesting because hes always looking for voice acting work

    • @rpgadventurer32
      @rpgadventurer32 Месяц назад +136

      He refuses to cover any controversial or even slightly controversial topics, or any topics that touch the DEI related issues.

    • @YaaSalty...0_o
      @YaaSalty...0_o Месяц назад +57

      ​​@@rpgadventurer32that's why I'm surprised he's talking about this he's strictly keeping it to the monetization though LOL

    • @XavierGage
      @XavierGage Месяц назад

      Because he takes the parts in voice acting for DEI​@@rpgadventurer32

    • @rubberplunger24
      @rubberplunger24 Месяц назад +57

      @@YaaSalty...0_o Exactly, he's only addressing this because he can comfortably talk about the price tag, monetization and Ubisoft's past behavior, these being the generally approved talking points.

    • @ookammi
      @ookammi Месяц назад +39

      he picked his side these last couple months

  • @chugmarks
    @chugmarks Месяц назад +69

    Back in 2000 I worked for an online porn company. The content was recycled shit spread over hundreds of their websites.
    Their business was not in selling content. Their business was to get people to sign up for a free trial, or a cheap trial or something, then when they cancel....ignore it and charge them anyway.
    They would charge each month for 3 months and then officially cancel.
    The whole reason was that nobody was going to walk into their banks and dispute a charge to weird ass porn and they would just eat the charge until it stopped.
    Subscription services are the way for these companies to make huge money for little effort.

    • @tomaspat4392
      @tomaspat4392 Месяц назад +19

      Lol, that is messed up exploit.

    • @capecon
      @capecon Месяц назад

      In the case of a free trial, couldn't they have just said "I never signed up for these charges," because they wouldn't be wrong?

    • @mramisuzuki6962
      @mramisuzuki6962 Месяц назад

      @@tomaspat4392it’s actually fraud, but it’s hard to get a bunch of people to sue them as a group.

    • @chugmarks
      @chugmarks Месяц назад

      @@capecon Yup. Probably about 2% did just that....and the other 98% is where the profit is.

    • @Thanzin1
      @Thanzin1 Месяц назад

      for Chase bank, you can go online and dispute a charge electronically; you don’t even need to walk into a bank

  • @rohanroos1495
    @rohanroos1495 Месяц назад +4

    The reason physical copies are no longer a thing, is because games no longer get finished before release. They release an incomplete version, use their player base to tress test their servers and then take a year or two after release to finish the game with updates and hotfixes while raking in sales

  • @somepersonsomewhereonearth
    @somepersonsomewhereonearth Месяц назад +4

    There are not enough editions. Where is Super Ultimate Alpha v3 version where we get 3 year early access for 499 so we can bugtest for them in alpha state?

  • @ZootedKillua
    @ZootedKillua Месяц назад +445

    Worst game of the year before it’s even out, Disney is breaking new heights

    • @skillet_head
      @skillet_head Месяц назад +24

      Or reaching new lows.

    • @SamM_Scot
      @SamM_Scot Месяц назад +19

      I was lucky enough to grow up during the second golden age of Disney in the 90s. It's absolutely shocking to me just how far they have fallen :-)

    • @muhdhazwan2709
      @muhdhazwan2709 Месяц назад +11

      u forgot skull n bones. .

    • @Revenant-oq9ts
      @Revenant-oq9ts Месяц назад +11

      Gotta disagree with Yong for this one. Trailer was trash, imo. Voice acting sounds like it rivals Forspoken.

    • @vulkeg
      @vulkeg Месяц назад +3

      Ubisoft: Just when you thought I hit rock bottom, boom. I punch through that and descend to previously unknown depths.

  • @IrisCorven
    @IrisCorven Месяц назад +31

    Remember: A decade ago, you could spend $90 and end up with a statue or figure, an art book, a soundtrack, and maybe even a shirt/hoodie/backpack. (Infamous 2 was fucking awesome. That backpack was durable as hell), and then a complete, finished game mostly free of bugs.
    Now you get a season pass for content removed that was already completed, some cosmetics, and a game that may or may not be functional for the 3-day early access window.

  • @UnEv3n
    @UnEv3n Месяц назад +4

    Well run businesses like Larian are going to stomp the shit out of investor-forward companies. It's gonna be a bloodbath. We don't have to do a damn thing.
    For US audiences, I'll put it like this:
    You probably saw a Starbucks first, but liked Panera more.
    Starbucks has investors. Panera is privately owned. Luckily for us, especially those who disagree, Panera should be going public soon; so you can witness the quality decline in real-time. You might have already noticed the changes.

  • @casperzareba5958
    @casperzareba5958 Месяц назад +8

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

  • @Michael-ex8lk
    @Michael-ex8lk Месяц назад +158

    Not touching this shit with a ten foot pole.

  • @obm_mokie
    @obm_mokie Месяц назад +228

    Ain't no way RUclips ran a Star Wars Outlaws ad on this video 😂💀

    • @SuperAaron55555
      @SuperAaron55555 Месяц назад +4

      😂 I was thinking the same thing!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @travisv6408
      @travisv6408 Месяц назад +5

      What irony! Luckily ads are disabled on my youtubes

    • @GorehowlBeardhead
      @GorehowlBeardhead Месяц назад +5

      Tbh it's bullshit like this that makes me completely okay with runnning an ad blocker. Not seen a youtube ad in 18 months.
      They're complicit. Fuck em.

    • @AlexandrovitchA
      @AlexandrovitchA Месяц назад +6

      how do you still not know about youtube ad blockers?

    • @CitizenCoder
      @CitizenCoder Месяц назад

      Oh, they did. 😂

  • @SmuggumsMcGee
    @SmuggumsMcGee Месяц назад +4

    I think the reason people got comfortable not owning their media is that it hasn't yet been demonstrated how unequal of a contract that is and how unilateral a publisher's decision can really be.

  • @DDougz
    @DDougz Месяц назад +3

    I would of bought this game as a star wars fan regardless however
    No Steam, No Buy
    Ubisoft greeded out with their own launcher like they did with valhalla. Only when the game has sold enough they will realese it on steam at a discount.
    I can't wait ubisoft and i will ise a 3rd party key so they dont get money
    Remember, No Steam, No Buy

  • @twistedf_
    @twistedf_ Месяц назад +42

    The ultimate edition in Poland costs 540PLN which can buy you groceries for half a month. It costs around 1k PLN/month to buy food for 1 person(fastfood, cinema,restaurants not included).

    • @Theugar_Kryn
      @Theugar_Kryn Месяц назад +9

      Here in Brazil it costs R$ 650 almost half of the minimum wage that's 1.410 (monthly). 😑

    • @twistedf_
      @twistedf_ Месяц назад +7

      @@Theugar_Kryn I can bet you can buy a car in argentina for the local price.

    • @aquaticengineer
      @aquaticengineer Месяц назад +2

      130$ is almost 50 hours of work where I live,and that's if you have a relatively high paying job
      If you don't it's *half* your monthly salary.

    • @scarletsletter4466
      @scarletsletter4466 Месяц назад +1

      @@Theugar_Krynbro that’s wild! 😂

    • @SmittyWJManJensen
      @SmittyWJManJensen Месяц назад +2

      The $70 edition is 350 BRL (Brazilian Reais). I swear to God, I can buy the groceries for almost a month with that cash.
      Game devs say "oh. Look see, the price is fucked up because the current economy sucks." Guess what, Sherlock. The economy sucks for everyone.

  • @xLionsxxSmithyx
    @xLionsxxSmithyx Месяц назад +249

    The base game is £70 you get:
    The game.
    For £104 you get all this cut content:
    - Season pass including two narrative expansions, an exclusive mission at launch, and a character cosmetic pack. - Up to 3 days of early access to the game
    For £119.99 you get:
    - Season pass including two narrative expansions, an exclusive mission at launch, and a character cosmetic pack. - Sabacc Shark bundle. - Rogue Infiltrator bundle. - Digital art book. - Up to 3 days of early access to the game...
    This game is gonna be a puddle.

    • @afrotyrone4578
      @afrotyrone4578 Месяц назад +2

      You can damn near smell the gfuel cheeto breath through the screen. You people replying to this comment bring shame to gamers

    • @matthewstephens6502
      @matthewstephens6502 Месяц назад

      How can you act like that higher price one isn't a bonus thing?

    • @will2023-onCensorshipTub
      @will2023-onCensorshipTub Месяц назад +4

      You know what the only thing they understand is the same thing bud light understands.
      A boycott.

    • @CompelledFungus
      @CompelledFungus Месяц назад +5

      Ha ha ha 😂 "up to 3 days", literally they could give 1 hour exclusively

    • @matthewmosier8439
      @matthewmosier8439 Месяц назад +3

      ​@@CompelledFungusSo I've never bought early access... I was thinking about the concept the other day.. is it something about being first to play a game or is there another motivator behind it?
      The reason I'm asking is that if you've waited, say, 6 months, for a game, what is 3 more days?
      Like if you were a kid and somebody said that you could sacrifce one of your presents in order to be allowed to have Christmas 3 days early, that might actually seem like an okay choice, but as an adult it just seems kind of weird?

  • @MateAndMead
    @MateAndMead 29 дней назад +3

    You own your games on steam. Valve has said in the past that, no matter what happens to the platform, they will always make sure the users will keep access to all their purchases, even if the service shuts down. Now, the DRM that devs implement on their steam release, or lack there of, is an entirely different matter. But you have Valves guarantee you keep everything in your library.The problem is companies like Ubisoft don't. They make no effort for game preservation whatsoever and have shown in the past that they can't be trusted, especially when they branch off their games to their own launcher, like Ubisoft does, you lose said guarantee given by Valve.
    And I'm not comfortable with any game subscription services, and no one I know does either unless they're using it to play games they have no interest in replaying anyways, or use it as a "demo" to later purchase it if they like it. Not a single person I know actually plays all their beloved games in some subscription service. I'm sure there's some more causal gamers that do that, but certainly NOT everyone, I can attest to that. I would not feel comfortable using something like XBOX game pass for the majority of my gaming whatsoever. Especially when it's just gonna end the same way like streaming services, with all your favorite games being spread out over 5-10 platforms and it costing you a hefty sum every month to keep access to them, even if you don't touch any of the rest they offer. In the current economical climate this is simply neither acceptable nor feasible. People are comfortable with Spotify subscriptions because it has pretty much everything, for gaming this would not apply.

  • @kleindropper
    @kleindropper Месяц назад +10

    Sorry, Im too busy spreading democracy to play this

  • @stifledmind
    @stifledmind Месяц назад +82

    I used to buy so many games at $60 without even thinking about it. I swear I have some games that I haven't even touched that I paid full price for. Now that games cost $90-120, I hold off until they're on sale. Once the initial hype fades for a single player game, coming in and buying the game for $20 1-2 years later is no sweat off my back. It's why I hate this shift to digital, because I fear the prices will become more fixed like Nintendo.

    • @Cht89751
      @Cht89751 Месяц назад +15

      I'm doing the same. Most of the time you also get the ultimate edition with all the dlc, and don't forget the bugs are fixed.

    • @headcollecter3000
      @headcollecter3000 Месяц назад

      The games that release for those prices are usually broken anyway. So you kinda have to wait months or even years for it to be even slightly enjoyable.

    • @greaterthanakbar2554
      @greaterthanakbar2554 Месяц назад +1

      not necessarily, i think you are spot on in that after a few years the price goes down because the items demand has decreased and supply is at a constant in terms of digital format, and so to continue to make a profit, they will decrease the price point so that the items will continue to bring in profits.

    • @Hexis17
      @Hexis17 Месяц назад

      well said, i agree

    • @Joanlow1440p
      @Joanlow1440p Месяц назад +1

      You know something is not right when ubisoft wants to charge you £130 for an unreleased game.
      Its as if they want to hit and run 😂

  • @dp27thelight9
    @dp27thelight9 Месяц назад +168

    Let's face it, Ubisoft is fishing for the whales not the fish.

    • @loke6664
      @loke6664 Месяц назад +19

      If they are, they are using the wrong bait. Whales are really only something you see in Live service games where they can feel like they are better then anyone else.
      In games like this, you need to sell a lot of copies to earn the big bucks and I don't think they will. Their first mistake is to have the base game so expensive, you can charge a lot more for the Special editions but you want the base game to feel worth purchasing and this game does not look worth the price tag.

    • @klaykid117
      @klaykid117 Месяц назад

      I got to agree with the other commentary as well. Ubisoft is insane. Trying to fish for whales in a single-player game. Whales only exist because they're dudes trying to feel better about themselves which leads them to stomping on lesser players but in a single player game it makes no sense. They can't show off unless they start making RUclips videos, but if they do that people will just directly make fun of them

    • @capecon
      @capecon Месяц назад

      The whales will have no one to flaunt to except themselves

    • @cazador8744
      @cazador8744 Месяц назад +5

      They use wrong bait and depth. if they want to get the whale they have to have 10$ per pull with 0.2% of legendary weapon

    • @nix4177
      @nix4177 Месяц назад

      That's not how that works.

  • @pokettoboi
    @pokettoboi Месяц назад +4

    Season pass will probably 2 quests that you can finish in 1-2 hours

  • @ItsGazareth
    @ItsGazareth Месяц назад +3

    There is another difference between Spotify and games, you will always be able to play physical music media on a CD player or record player etc. But "live" games go permanently offline, at which point they can't be played even if you have the physical media.

  • @sharpfang
    @sharpfang Месяц назад +151

    It's "digital artbook", a PDF download, not a physical book.

    • @alfianfahmi5430
      @alfianfahmi5430 Месяц назад +6

      People can just copypaste PDF to oblivion and spread them worldwide online. No amount of piracy hunter programs could ever stop swarms of pirates from spamming out stolen digital assets 🗿🗿🗿

    • @Subsistence69
      @Subsistence69 Месяц назад +2

      Exactly. A digital art book is huge L. An actual book full of art would actually be worth money

    • @alfianfahmi5430
      @alfianfahmi5430 Месяц назад

      Bruh, RUclips just straight up deleted my comments for no reason 💀💀💀

    • @sharpfang
      @sharpfang Месяц назад +2

      @@alfianfahmi5430 Happens. Sometimes it shadowbans comments so only you can see yours.

    • @Maartzy1891
      @Maartzy1891 Месяц назад

      I hate those.

  • @jahithber1430
    @jahithber1430 Месяц назад +52

    going back to retro gaming

  • @KerenskyTheRed
    @KerenskyTheRed Месяц назад +2

    When games lock content behind a day 1 microtransaction I either way a year or two to get everything on sale or I just never end up buying it. When Mass Effect 3 released it locked a companion behind a transaction which felt really shitty. That was the last game I bought on release that did day 1 dlc.

  • @wilize
    @wilize Месяц назад +2

    I think it was already back in 2014 i was tired of the whole DLC nightmare bulshit of selling games with a DLC ready to be sold at the same time, and even back then i was talking about it to my friends that it felt like cutting games up and selling them piece by piece the only game i ever felt like did it okay was Oblivion with Shivering Isles

  • @Tent316
    @Tent316 Месяц назад +97

    Totalbiscuit talked about this over 10 years ago. Its pretty wild we are still having these same problems even today.

    • @seanmurray9445
      @seanmurray9445 Месяц назад +16

      Man i wish he was still with us i would love to here his rant about this bullshit.

    • @garysmith7392
      @garysmith7392 Месяц назад +12

      RIP Totalbiscuit. I still miss him.

    • @CubeParrot1
      @CubeParrot1 Месяц назад +2

      Oh man miss him.

    • @tgr3423
      @tgr3423 Месяц назад

      Me too. He'd be absolutely appalled at where we're at. I often looked up to him when I was younger and I feel like he singlehandedly made me more cautious and informed about the kinds of purchases I'm willing to make.​@@seanmurray9445

    • @thatindiandude4602
      @thatindiandude4602 Месяц назад +1

      I used to fall asleep listening to his starcraft casts during my high school days :(

  • @evanislost
    @evanislost Месяц назад +91

    The game:
    Climb this tower to capture the point, inching the story along, revealing an area of the map, use your jump pack to safely descend to the ground, run towards the next tower.
    "groundbreaking, innovative gameplay"

    • @TheMasterblah
      @TheMasterblah Месяц назад +21

      Also:
      Revealing the map area clutters it with dozens of "collectibles", resources, and "points of interest"

    • @nemesor4174
      @nemesor4174 Месяц назад +5

      So much Farcry reskins

    • @callisto537
      @callisto537 Месяц назад

      No towers to climb in this game

    • @evanislost
      @evanislost Месяц назад +6

      @@callisto537 towers to climb, outposts to liberate, points of interest to investigate... It's all the same thing, and I guarantee that this game will be holding your hand, "go here. OK, now go here. Next, go here, then here, and here. Cutscene! Go here. Travel to the next zone. Great, now go here..."
      And there will be some sort of collectable that you can look for, to give players the illusion of actual content in the game. This is every. Single. Ubisoft game. There's nothing interesting to do. No unique missions, just bad guys to shoot while you get spoon fed lazy storytelling.

  • @victorfox2972
    @victorfox2972 Месяц назад +17

    Yong Yea is a guy who works in the industry, he is a shill who will never say anything controversial about a big studio release.

    • @CamoflaugeDinosaue
      @CamoflaugeDinosaue Месяц назад +9

      His channel is basically “a summary of the outrage for current thing 2 weeks later”

  • @tenou213
    @tenou213 Месяц назад +1

    Here's what's a little insane - well one of the things that's a little insane - they're trying to sneak subscriptions to people (something that requires brand trust) while at the same time ICING brand trust.
    This is like trying to sneak you poison while also overcharging you for the food. What the actual f.

  • @aheahe7943
    @aheahe7943 Месяц назад +244

    Just for some math on it:
    1,000,000 players buy the $130 edition = $130,000,000
    but with the price being $18 with a sub, obviously MORE people will buy it because it's a AAA game, from star wars, for 18 bucks, so:
    5,000,000 players buy the $18 sub = $90,000,000
    as Asmon said, let's go with 15% of those 5 million players forget to unsub after they beat the game, or haven't beat the game so they stay subbed for a year:
    15% of 5,000,000 = 750,000
    750,000 x $18 = $13,500,000
    That means that every month those 750,000 players forget to unsub, they're making ubisoft 13.5 million a month. do it for a year and:
    13,500,000 x 12 = $162,000,000
    including the initial 5 million players:
    162,000,000 + 90,000,000 = $252,000,000
    This is why they're willing to sell something that they value at $130 for as low as $18 bucks a month. Because in the long run, they only need 15% of a large number of people to stay subbed for a whole year and they will make nearly twice the amount of money they would've made if they only offered the $130 version. Even the people who only wanted the $70 version would more likely buy the $18 bucks it's just THAT much cheaper with MORE content. SW Outlaws isn't going to be measured on it's sales, it's going to be measured on how many subs they got on and around the launch of the game. If in the first week of it's launch, Ubisoft has 5 million more subs, then Outlaws was a success, if it barely has any new subs, it'll be a failure. Regardless of how good the game is or isn't and regardless if it sells well on Steam or not, if it can't push subs Ubisoft will call it a failure and move on.

    • @druu988
      @druu988 Месяц назад +15

      I really like your breakdown of everything……

    • @jimmyv3170
      @jimmyv3170 Месяц назад +3

      Interesting topic. The only problem I see is we just don't know what their actual number of subscribers will ever be because they're not gonna tell but if their service is only available on PC and Xbox with both pretty hardcore audiences especially Xbox people fighting the losing battle owning an Xbox and competition with Gamepass. I have to think about the number of users might be 250,000 to be very generous. PC gamers are more informed about Ubisoft and their launcher on PC is awful to use from experience to the point that I just avoid their games everywhere now because you still have to use their terrible launcher. Also the more casual movie streaming services are mostly collapsing and Microsoft is still too terrified to tell their actual sub count or their stock might crash doesn't make me think this stuff will do well.

    • @aheahe7943
      @aheahe7943 Месяц назад +8

      @@jimmyv3170 you're right and wrong.
      the way you're wrong is because, as we've already seen and was mentioned in this video, the industry is actively pushing to eliminate your ownership of their product. while combatting piracy to the fullest and password sharing across the board.
      soon, the only way you'll be able to watch your favorite movies is going to be through a subscription service. and while, yes, PC gamers are more informed, you overestimate just how many. out of 10 million PC gamers, maybe 4-5 million of them are informed and know which companies they should avoid, and only about 2 million of those people will actually act and avoid those games.
      you have to remember, assassin's creed odyssey and valhalla were successful titles, even though they had microtransactions in a single player game, and you could play valhalla by subbing to ubisoft as well, instead of paying the $60 when it came out. star wars has a much larger, and stupider, audience that will consume anything and everything as long as it has Star Wars in front of it. Jedi: Fallen Order is an EA game, the WORST video game company to exist, and it did well enough to warrant a sequel and the sequel did well enough that it wasn't universally panned like I thought it shouldve been, both games were mediocre at best.

    • @zelassin
      @zelassin Месяц назад +5

      what a load of bullcrap lmao. Nice math buddy. "Uhh lets just imagine arbitrary numbers, multiply them by the amount of time that's needed for my math to work, and pretend its a plausible scenario"

    • @druu988
      @druu988 Месяц назад +9

      @@zelassin dislike comment

  • @Phasuuma
    @Phasuuma Месяц назад +3

    "Digital Art Book"
    That's going to be a nope from me, thanks.

  • @TheColosiss
    @TheColosiss 29 дней назад +2

    "Buying isn't owning"-Ubisoft
    Pirating can't be stealing then...

  • @jpteknoman
    @jpteknoman Месяц назад +24

    Small detail: on steam you do own your games. After installing a game, you have the option to make a local backup of the files. If you uninstall the game at any point, even without an internet connection, you can direct steam to the backup and the game will work.

    • @yasserkerbache
      @yasserkerbache Месяц назад +1

      The problem is that you need steam to run the game, so if there is any level of DRM you don't own it 100%.

    • @alexsynthesis
      @alexsynthesis Месяц назад +14

      Steam even said if it ever shuts down permanently you can still download your games. Unlike every other company where if they belly up you’re shit out of luck

    • @lorecow88
      @lorecow88 Месяц назад +10

      @alexsynthesis Untrue, this is just one of those word of mouth things that gets scrambled over time.

    • @loaderboter3026
      @loaderboter3026 Месяц назад

      ​@@yasserkerbache thats true. But all preserves already know of steam-emus (goldberg and such, ehich work local, or even halfway official, there are a couple steam emulators for different cases so luckiky what you said is just a small obstacle which already has a solution. So don't loose hope)

    • @loaderboter3026
      @loaderboter3026 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@yasserkerbache thats true. But all preserves already know of steam-emus (goldberg and such, ehich work local, or even halfway official, there are a couple steam emulators for different cases so luckiky what you said is just a small obstacle which already has a solution. So don't loose hope)

  • @Zeru.
    @Zeru. Месяц назад +73

    These companies need to realise that it's not Denuvo and always-online what stops pirating.
    It's making a good product. Just like Baldur's Gate 3.

    • @the_ejj
      @the_ejj Месяц назад +11

      denuvo only delays and makes the game worse for every legit owner, max is like 1 month

    • @RealJoJoDragon
      @RealJoJoDragon Месяц назад +1

      Yeah, and Dragons Dogma 2

    • @NazzyDragon
      @NazzyDragon Месяц назад +8

      Unironically. Yeah. I WANT to play BG3. Can't really put it in the budget. I still haven't pirated it.

    • @Goofballhero
      @Goofballhero Месяц назад +3

      @@NazzyDragon Why would you disrespect passionate developers who aren’t hoodwinking their customers by pirating actually amazing games?

    • @collenjets123
      @collenjets123 Месяц назад +4

      @@RealJoJoDragon Dragons Dogma 2 "good product" lmaoo. Now Dogma one on the other hand.

  • @artemgrigoriev7382
    @artemgrigoriev7382 Месяц назад +1

    I remember when offline games not only had peak gameplay, but also offered cool cosmetics that you could earn through gameplay, not paywalls. Farming for those items was so much fun. It felt so rewarding to unlock something cool, especially after some big challenge

  • @UnEv3n
    @UnEv3n Месяц назад +2

    "advocating in self interest"
    Wild way to spin hypocrisy lmao

  • @heroicdairy
    @heroicdairy Месяц назад +13

    The games even worse when you consider just how many star wars projects were canned before this, they actively CHOSE to make this one over all the others we actually wanted.

    • @artybrandt
      @artybrandt Месяц назад +2

      Not to mention the death of Project Aperion. Was going to be a full remaster mod for Kotor made in unreal engine

  • @Grimdock
    @Grimdock Месяц назад +23

    It's like someone in the comments said: "Create the Problem, Sell the Solution"

  • @Raven777777777777777
    @Raven777777777777777 Месяц назад

    For as long as i can remember i have always prefered to only use Steam and Uplay (Ubisoft Connect) over everything else but after what they did to older games with pretty much disabling all multiplayer functions (i get the part that running servers is expensive and they didnt want to do it anymore but they could have put a patch out there to allow players to host their own multiplayer games) miss the time with Diablo 1 and Starcraft 1 where you wrote in IP adress and connected to the pc next to you over lan. Now you need to set up something like hamachi network to make it work but if game needs to connect to Ubisoft servers that are no longer running we're most likely screwed, havent tryed since they shut down Splinter Cell Blacklist.

  • @Elda.Handles
    @Elda.Handles Месяц назад

    My judgment on subscription is that it is a slippery slope.
    Before companies stood for the products they sold, now they want you to disassociate from the products and just pay them. In essence they want 100% control, zero risk, even more profit, less investment.

  • @Brindlebrother
    @Brindlebrother Месяц назад +157

    For anyone who isn't bothered by monetization like this, imagine if this was done with series: Imagine you pay $50 for "Bulu," but this only lets you inside their ecosystem to browse shows. It doesn't actually let you watch the shows. You find a show you want to watch so you pay $30 to have access to that show for a limited time. But you only have access to the first five episodes; the rest are locked behind more payment. And then a bunch of extra interviews and 'the making of' and extra content for the show is again locked behind extra payment. This type of wringing the customer for money at every moment is what the gaming industry is becoming. Publishers don't want to sell you a game. They want you to be paying continually for every little thing you do. Subscriptions are just the starting point. Soon it'll be subscriptions just give you _access,_ and then actually unlocking the content requires additional payment, every step of the way.

    • @somedude077
      @somedude077 Месяц назад +17

      This reminds me of amazon prime video

    • @supercalifragilistaphobic2146
      @supercalifragilistaphobic2146 Месяц назад

      lmao onlyfans is already that way, the sub is the access I hear. if they keep that going they'll keep the games going. I've already been setting up older games and finishing ones left unfinished then moving onto replaying old favorites since I don't expect anything worth playing to come too oftenf or the next 3 or 4 years at least and I won't be in the mood to then buy a whole new console gen or build a new pc again from scartch just to keep up with new games again at that point. I probably won't get back into the ecosystem any more because of the investment cost and low enthusiasm for it. they'll lose a lifelong gamer lol. funny when I think about it. Lifelong means spider-man atari at 2 or 3 years old.

    • @erickennedy3594
      @erickennedy3594 Месяц назад +7

      Was thinking that exactly amazon pay a subsciption all the good or new movies cost more .DELETE

    • @henrikaugustsson4041
      @henrikaugustsson4041 Месяц назад

      We actually have that in Sweden, afaik. Service called ViaPlay. You pay to watch a lot of movies and shows, but some movies are locked behind “rental”. Such bullshit.

    • @RawFootage00
      @RawFootage00 Месяц назад +2

      Sounds like a episode on black mirror

  • @eloycneto
    @eloycneto Месяц назад +46

    With a very few exceptions, I don't play games on release anymore, I got into a point where I am always playing games late, like I am living on 6 - 12 months behind everyone, sadly I lose most of the hype, but the good part is that I can buy "Full" games at a proper price.
    I usually wait a "Game of the year" version of those AAA games, that comes with all DLCs, cosmetics, and usually a good discount as well.
    I am living like this since I got Witcher 3 GOTY, I was out of money when it came out and when I actually bought it on a steam sale I was VERY HAPPY with receiving the full game with 2 dlcs, skins for the ladies and etc for 30 bucks.
    On the last 3 years, the only games I got on release was Star Wars: Survivor, Elden Ring, Diablo 4, Helldivers 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 after I watched some streamers, because I actually wasn't playing on getting it.

    • @QuaddGod
      @QuaddGod Месяц назад

      Of your most recent release purchases, they all look solid except for the Diablo 4... I stopped playing that one after the massive nerf. 😢

    • @pillshereee
      @pillshereee Месяц назад

      So did I, but from 2019 till 2023ish. I now have to go to therapy, just to feel normal. I shit you not, they ruined my sanity. And also paid me shit wages. But hey, at least I got a library with all of their incredible games for free! :)

    • @anjew5590
      @anjew5590 Месяц назад

      Ye i got witcher 3 GOTY edition for 90% discount. And i live in Kazakhstan, its was like 4,99$ i think

  • @VGamingJunkie
    @VGamingJunkie Месяц назад

    Early access may cause less long term damage, but it's arguably the more scummier of tactics since it's pay extra or you have to wait, pay to play effectively. It's like a home release version of waiting for energy to restore in a mobile game or pay to refill.

  • @MsRafaelRGO
    @MsRafaelRGO Месяц назад

    MMOs and other server side games should in the event of shutting down the official servers, simple "open" the server codes, to anyone willing to run their own private servers. Maybe even let people download the info from their own acc (characters etc etc) to be used on the private servers.
    Games stores like steam, should be legaly obligated to provide their entire backlog for some years (2-5y) in the event of shutdown, so people have the opportunity to download a copy of the games they purchased into a HHD (Steam even has an option were u can download a backup of every game in your library)

  • @jaydeeao
    @jaydeeao Месяц назад +186

    This is a game that made for everyone which ultimately means it's made for no one.

    • @Jobocan.
      @Jobocan. Месяц назад +13

      The problem is actually worse, because it's made for no one.

    • @marcogenovesi8570
      @marcogenovesi8570 Месяц назад +14

      it's made for twitter and reddit, which means it's made for updoots and retweets and fake internet gold

    • @ChezMclegend
      @ChezMclegend Месяц назад +7

      No it was made for women and gays. Not everyone

    • @peartry
      @peartry Месяц назад +3

      at this point we can just play bingo everytime these "modern games" come out

    • @urekmazino6800
      @urekmazino6800 Месяц назад +3

      I'll be playing free so guess no skin off my back lol

  • @Giolos77
    @Giolos77 Месяц назад +40

    Unfortunately i think the same... Noone is exited about this game... I dont have faith in these companies anymore...

    • @travisv6408
      @travisv6408 Месяц назад +4

      Yeah since Disney took over and has been releasing slip and tarnishing the franchise, I don't bother with Disney or affiliated companies. Episode 1-6 is what I watch, the new stuff doesn't exist.

    • @PandarenCH
      @PandarenCH Месяц назад

      They all follow the woke ideology

    • @capecon
      @capecon Месяц назад

      Ubisoft has been a shell of its former self for a while now, and I don't think that is going to change anytime soon

    • @Maclues
      @Maclues Месяц назад

      I was excited until I saw the price tag...

    • @ni9274
      @ni9274 Месяц назад

      @@travisv6408 Rogue One is really good

  • @murruelaflaga
    @murruelaflaga 28 дней назад

    Loved the commentary for this. 100% agree. Being someone who played Valhalla I hate the way Ubisoft does their microtransactions. Now there is a way in game to get the items but it's like a gotcha game where you grind for days and pray the item you want becomes available. For a single player game it just should be a thing.

  • @shadowthewind2902
    @shadowthewind2902 Месяц назад +1

    How about the game called “the crew”??? That game had both solo and online multiplayer modes. After it was discontinued, solo mode was unplayable because the license to play it was removed from every game. So nobody can play the solo mode unlike if you actually own the game. The crew only allows access to the servers owned by the publisher. I can still play halo 2 on Xbox 360, because the game is actually on disc.

  • @asura48
    @asura48 Месяц назад +32

    You know what will be the icing on the cake with this Star wars game??...........if you buy the $70 version of game and there are ads playing during the load screens and you have to buy in to the $130 version to stop it

    • @greaterthanakbar2554
      @greaterthanakbar2554 Месяц назад +10

      lets see how long it will take before actually implementing this idea into the gaming industry, because you KNOW they will at some point as it means more money in their pockets. but the saddest thing is the sheep will continue to buy and defend it and only encourage this predatory behavior.

    • @ricardohoang8452
      @ricardohoang8452 Месяц назад

      @@greaterthanakbar2554 Nah, AAAA one showed me already

  • @deedee6613
    @deedee6613 Месяц назад +24

    I remember when it took ubisoft an entire month to respond to my support ticket on removing my account link to xbox. What a joke of a company.

  • @deadblazer8931
    @deadblazer8931 27 дней назад

    Ubisoft Solo game have micro-transacton shop since Assasin's creed Origin, so to be able to play you need a always available connexion so you can open the shop at any time.

  • @coolbord9
    @coolbord9 Месяц назад +1

    Inflation adjusted we pay a tiny fraction of what N64 games used to cost. Unfortunately, the industry has trained us to associate price increases with massive quality decreases. Oh well, they made this bed.

  • @vutsxx
    @vutsxx Месяц назад +91

    I mean, a season pass on a RPG? A single player RPG? This is a SH1T game from the conception. A broken unfinished RPG that relies on season realeases and paid DLCs.

    • @TheMasterblah
      @TheMasterblah Месяц назад +3

      There's nothing wrong with a "season pass" in single player RPG's. They're usually a $20-$40 bundle for expansions instead of paying $60-$100 total as they come out. Just don't be an idiot and pay for shit without knowing what you're in for.

    • @OccamAsylum
      @OccamAsylum Месяц назад +1

      Witcher 3 is at the door. Go answer it.

    • @FagnerAro
      @FagnerAro Месяц назад +6

      ^^^ The fact that there are people who defend this shit lol. You guys deserve Ubisoft

    • @greaterthanakbar2554
      @greaterthanakbar2554 Месяц назад +3

      @@FagnerAro that is a real nice way of putting it.

    • @coolmike9007
      @coolmike9007 Месяц назад +1

      @@TheMasterblahyou do realize they make season passes because people buy them regardless of how predatory or useless they are, “there’s nothing wrong with season pass in single player rpgs” lmao you’re what’s wrong with gaming you’re the reason they have battle passes in single player games because people like you who defend it saying they won’t buy it but eventually you will, you will be the reason gaming is becoming so heavily monetized and reliant on predatory tactics

  • @MysticalCabal
    @MysticalCabal Месяц назад +27

    My ubisoft account glitch and I no longer receive my authentication email code so I submitted 20 cases 5 years later my case still pending

    • @coldbreezeproductions1148
      @coldbreezeproductions1148 Месяц назад +1

      Good, don’t play their shity games

    • @mramisuzuki6962
      @mramisuzuki6962 Месяц назад +2

      That’s Jesus giving you a second chance.

    • @ajamsandwich
      @ajamsandwich Месяц назад

      Exactly the same. They couldn’t care less. Support is a joke and everyone else is at fault, never them

  • @jjc5871
    @jjc5871 Месяц назад

    Don’t know if it’s possible for newer games but private servers of games that have been shutdown do exist. Phantasy Star Universe, one of my favorite games of all time, has its servers shutdown like 10 years ago, and I was just playing on a custom private server last night. It’s not perfect, the increased xp gains and drop rates actually annoy me, but it’s still worth it.
    And there are some single player games that 100% require an online connection. My net went out 2 days ago so I decided to play some madden (found someone selling it for $10, bite me) and I could not play any of my single player career mode characters because I could not connect to the servers. I’ve had problems like this in a couple single player only games as well but I can’t remember the names off the top of my head.

  • @Longridr
    @Longridr Месяц назад

    Speaking from a personal story. I was at one time enlisted by ubisoft into early builds of a map editor in far cry 5, and created the first 2 featured online multiplayer maps (as well as a couple others soon afterwards.) But they had a hugely rocky relationship between the creators like me and others. They basically took all credit for our creations, by the time mine (and others) complaints were heard and they added a feature to show original creators, my maps already dropped in plays by like 99.9%, so basically gave them 2 months of my life (even helping with a class hosted by them.) with nothing to show.
    I'm pretty salty to say the least.

  • @DrMarshun
    @DrMarshun Месяц назад +59

    At this point any game that is Ubisoft is an instant avoid. The open world games with hand holding, UI spam, and repetitive grind is just so inferior at this point. 10 years ago it was passable, but now with Elden Ring, Zelda, etc to compare against it makes it clear how bad Ubisoft games are.

    • @TheMusicolophile
      @TheMusicolophile Месяц назад +1

      You can tailor the UI in every Ubisoft game to your preference and also eliminate the hand holding.

    • @mrloqqe1610
      @mrloqqe1610 Месяц назад +4

      @@TheMusicolophile still garbage. they all play exactly the same and gameplay loop boring af.

    • @TheMusicolophile
      @TheMusicolophile Месяц назад

      @@mrloqqe1610 That’s a personal opinion only.

    • @mrunknown6070
      @mrunknown6070 Месяц назад

      How do you know that they are using the sane thing over again. If you have never played or seen the games. Wait until reviews come from people (not companies like IGN) and then you can see if this is worth your money.

    • @Hottactioncop
      @Hottactioncop Месяц назад

      ​@mrunknown6070 because they've done the same thing since AC1. At this point expecting anything else is the definition of insanity

  • @roosterfu231
    @roosterfu231 Месяц назад +111

    I won't even pirate this piece of crap.

    • @balinthehater8205
      @balinthehater8205 Месяц назад +7

      I probably will, just to see if it might be decent. If it is then ill buy it but if its crap then im not buying it. I really wish demos became standard again

    • @hammeredch
      @hammeredch Месяц назад

      ​@@balinthehater8205 wait? No more demo?

    • @itsmehehe6585
      @itsmehehe6585 Месяц назад +3

      @@balinthehater8205 No you won't lmao. Only remaining person shown capable of cracking modern Denuvo releases hasn't shown a sign of life in eight months. Everyone else either disappeared or officially retired.
      There's a reason you can't pirate Jedi Survivor or AC Mirage or Dragons Dogma 2 or Mortal Kombat 1 or Persona 3 or SF6 or Avatar: because no one is left to crack them, and this Star Wars game is gonna join their ranks.

    • @johnj.spurgin7037
      @johnj.spurgin7037 Месяц назад

      ​@itsmehehe6585 how ironic. In their efforts to squeeze every denarius from their customers, they are simply expunging themselves from the minds of their customer base. Now, no one will even remember these abominations existed outside of obscure statistics.

    • @FakeEgirl
      @FakeEgirl Месяц назад

      @@itsmehehe6585 Not completely true, last week a new group showed up that hacked a 7 year old game running old denuvo, so maybe that group can improve and can crack modern denuvo in some time, but who knows.

  • @John_1920
    @John_1920 Месяц назад

    36:00 I'm ok with microtransactions so long as they are cosmetics and aesthetics, so nothing that would make the player more powerful than they already are.
    Want to look different? That's fine, want your weapons to look cooler? That's fine.
    I'm also ok with Day 1 DLCs so long as they are the same as the above, in other words, so long as it doesn't include new maps, new quests, or anything like that, just gives you unique skins or maybe even rare/legendary starter weapons/armor that are only good until they get replaced by better gear available for level 10 players, or something like that.

  • @alexalexander7682
    @alexalexander7682 Месяц назад

    i can see why a 3 day early access should exist, but instead of them phrasing it as a "bonus" if you pay more they should be honest about it and make it a free opt in or even somehow credit the player with a free cosmetic if they opt in and put in (x) amount of time...
    "hey guys, we will be allowing you to opt in to a 3 day early access to the game that way we will be able to more accurately stress test and find bugs on different players set-ups before the game goes fully live. Please remember that bugs should be expected during this time due to the wide scope of PC set-ups and player interactions with the world, as such we have included this easy bug reporting feature and will be crediting anyone that helps during this time with (x) item or cosmetic. We thank you for your help in promoting a better full launch of our game and hope that you enjoy the world we made."

  • @boxtears
    @boxtears Месяц назад +68

    The RedSledge vs Asmonshit thing is one of the funniest things I've ever seen on this channel. Legendary.

    • @jalanblakes
      @jalanblakes Месяц назад +6

      Faaaacts! Big facts! And asmon reaction was like “😅” 😂😂😂

    • @andrewlacerenza667
      @andrewlacerenza667 Месяц назад +2

      That was pretty funny

  • @somethingboss
    @somethingboss Месяц назад +29

    It amazes me how a game can look so ambitious and still look so boring at the same time.

    • @mediawarrior5957
      @mediawarrior5957 Месяц назад +2

      all these franchises are 25+ years old, Star Wars is almost 50, its like they have taken this as far as they can go or just refuse to really take it into a bold direction.

    • @SmittyWJManJensen
      @SmittyWJManJensen Месяц назад +1

      ​@@mediawarrior5957Yep. Making a third KOTOR style game? Nah. Let's do another cover-based TPS for the 9000th time.

    • @AdventureQuestMaid
      @AdventureQuestMaid Месяц назад +1

      Ambitiously boring

    • @amethystwyvern
      @amethystwyvern Месяц назад

      ​@@mediawarrior5957Disney refuses to take it to the mature level it could be. RIP SW 1313.

    • @bendeneu5497
      @bendeneu5497 24 дня назад

      did u see any game play?

  • @OrbZero
    @OrbZero Месяц назад

    I think that if a company wants to shut down a game that requires a server, it should publish the server so that community can keep it working.
    Close to zero cost for the company while keeping the purchase value of their games.
    If that would keep players playing their game, then it is a case for not shutting down the servers. Zero cost for them with full accountability for the price they charged for their game.

  • @thecommander9137
    @thecommander9137 Месяц назад +2

    In Denmark the most expensive package is 969 DKK. at my lowest income, that's 19 days of food. this price is worse than a rip-off.

    • @morqai
      @morqai Месяц назад

      I use that ammount on food every week but I do get your point, I am done giving money to both Ubisoft and EA.

    • @thecommander9137
      @thecommander9137 Месяц назад

      @@morqai games are plenty expensive here, no need to increase the price.

  • @poolee77
    @poolee77 Месяц назад +44

    The actress is actually pretty they just couldn’t resist uglying the character up for the game lol.
    We’re not allowed to have decent looking female characters anymore.

    • @Takato2527
      @Takato2527 Месяц назад +6

      Meanwhile, there's tons of handsome and macho male char designs and noone give a crap.
      I wonder why.

    • @SmittyWJManJensen
      @SmittyWJManJensen Месяц назад +7

      Beautiful and sexy fem character: sexist 😡
      Fem character that looks like a garden gnome: yaaaass so progressive 🥰

  • @jdmathys1
    @jdmathys1 Месяц назад +14

    I love it when a game I'm being sold has no desirable characteristics.

  • @wellallnasib
    @wellallnasib Месяц назад

    Hey look an Ubisoft Open world game. You want to know what it will be ?
    > Always online single player game.
    > XP boosters are sold for real cash because they make XP gain hard in a single player game.
    > Forces mechanics so that you have to buy items from in game cash shop in a single player game.
    > Makes cool armors and weapons and will be locked behind in-game cash shop in a single player game.
    > 10 hour story locked behind a 100 hour game.

  • @nathanburgett1599
    @nathanburgett1599 Месяц назад +1

    Citing examples of them using a system where you dont own what you pay for, is not an argument for that system. Its complete crap the stuff these companies get away with becuase peoppe are already comfortable with not owning what they pay for.

  • @Terrydactyl
    @Terrydactyl Месяц назад +89

    its gonna be 3rd person far cry in a star wars setting

    • @fdnfdnasd7714
      @fdnfdnasd7714 Месяц назад +25

      Its gonna be sh_t in woke settings)

    • @TRONiX404
      @TRONiX404 Месяц назад

      Different studio Massive built on the snowdrop engine probably one of the top game engines.
      The Division 2 is still a pretty good game.

    • @Terrydactyl
      @Terrydactyl Месяц назад +9

      @@TRONiX404 still made by a ubisoft studio who take orders by ubisoft

    • @J0J0exe
      @J0J0exe Месяц назад +2

      @@fdnfdnasd7714where is the wokeness

    • @urekmazino6800
      @urekmazino6800 Месяц назад +2

      ​@@TRONiX404why does the game look mid then?

  • @NocturnalAce
    @NocturnalAce Месяц назад +32

    For digital games that force "online only" in order to play, if you don't own the server then you don't own the game. Simple as that.
    Physical games from back in the day were so much better than the garbage of this era where you don't really own anything anymore.

  • @HighondaHS
    @HighondaHS Месяц назад

    Paid DLC should never be day 1, week 1, or even month 1. I remember the good ol days where it wasn’t content locked behind a paywall but additional content not in the base game that came months later to keep things feeling new.
    I also feel that assessment at the end was valid.

  • @Spladoinkal
    @Spladoinkal Месяц назад

    There's two basic reasons that people dislike Ubisoft, with some extra stuff in subcategories of the two:
    1. They have a "Formula" they use for games now and EVERY game follows that formula. For instance, Assassin's Creed and Ghost Recon are basically two different skins for the same game nowadays. When they say they have an exciting new game, people pretty much expect a new skin for that formula now.
    2. Ubisoft has basically taken a stance against gamers owning games they pay for. They've already shut down numerous games so that people that purchased them can't play them at all now and since basically their whole library is online only (even single player games), when they shut a server down, it's over for the game. When they shut the game down, they do NOT release the files of the game to the purchasers so at that point it's just money down the drain.

  • @_MikeJon_
    @_MikeJon_ Месяц назад +62

    I've always wanted to play a dumpy barista power fantasy in the star wars universe

    • @beerosaurusrex
      @beerosaurusrex Месяц назад +19

      The game really makes you feel like a space social studies graduate.

    • @nERVEcenter117
      @nERVEcenter117 Месяц назад +6

      I've always wanted to pay $170 for a Disney+ series where I could play the sections in between the dumpy barista power fantasy!

    • @_MikeJon_
      @_MikeJon_ Месяц назад +9

      @@nERVEcenter117 Stunning and brave bro. Buy it twice. The force is female.

    • @_MikeJon_
      @_MikeJon_ Месяц назад +5

      @@beerosaurusrex I hope you can speak directly to the space manager about the Cis white male space gaze. That would be revolutionary and immersing.

    • @RESUPER97
      @RESUPER97 Месяц назад +2

      I just don't want to play as a chick.

  • @LordNeros
    @LordNeros Месяц назад +7

    the problem specificly with ubisoft is that every ubisoft is pretty much the same game, assasin creed has the tower mechanic, as well as far cry, aka assasin creed with modern guns or avatar, aka far cry in the jungle with blue skin. every game is open world, with towers to unlock the map, capture some camps with a few enemys and 2 objectives per base you have to destroy and fetch quest in between

  • @z1mt0n1x2
    @z1mt0n1x2 Месяц назад

    I have Blizzard to thank for my standards of not buying games which also require a subscription to play. Cuz in my head, if I pay for a game then I have paid to play it as I see fit without additional cost. Thus I stuck with the free alternatives, which at the time was PWI.
    There's also this problem where game companies wants to get paid for what could've been a "patch" and brand it as a paid "DLC". They should look at Path of Exile, they release entire expansions and don't charge a penny for it.

  • @saschaloggen
    @saschaloggen Месяц назад

    At the time this video was made, Ubisoft even took Reda's Heka-chests out of AC Origins. Without announcement, of course.
    People opened tickets for about a month before Ubisoft made clear that this was in fact no bug but fully intentionally.
    The cests was basicly a way, to grind for shop items without buying it for real money, but with insane low drop chances.
    Imagine being so greedy, to pull such a move for a 5 year old game...

  • @SirRipster
    @SirRipster Месяц назад +7

    subscription game (17 a month)
    almost 100$ to have access to everything at launch if you want to buy the game
    solo player, but must be online to play
    yep, not touching that

  • @MakoIIe
    @MakoIIe Месяц назад +17

    i bought a Ubisoft racing game back in 2014 called (the crew). I paid money for it and i have a CD. Regardless of the fact that i bought the game and hold it in my hands, i can NOT play it anymore, because Ubisoft shut down the game's servers. I paid money for a product that is not working. No one told me when i was buying the game that it is a Trial Version. Why should i buy any game now days?. Most of the modern games require a internet connection, which means that all those games are on a time clock and will shut down at some point along with the servers. WTF

  • @sjent
    @sjent Месяц назад

    Steam has emphasised on numerous occasions, that if they were to shut down or something similar were to happen, when they no longer can provide service, prior to them going away, installation executives for all the games that user owns, will be available for them to download. So that people can install games locally. Like GOG does it.

  • @petrsvugr450
    @petrsvugr450 Месяц назад

    My biggest problem with ubisoft shutting down servers was when the shut down servers for splinter cell blacklist. I was part of a small group that played coop missions and multiplayer until the servers shut down. Now I understand it’s not financially viable to keep servers up for game that almost nobody played but on pc there is no option for lan servers or private servers hosting not mentioning some missions are unplayable because they are co-op only and what I really don’t understand is that on consoles you can host a lan game but not on pc. It really bums me because I’m coming back to this game even 11 years later but there is no way to play it with friends or finish it for 100%

  • @NotLegendary_YT
    @NotLegendary_YT Месяц назад +47

    Quadruple A gaming
    A: Awful at launch
    A: Aww man can you not afford a 130$ game?
    A: mAssiveley ratioed on youtube
    A: Always online

    • @koyo0o08
      @koyo0o08 Месяц назад +7

      For third A how about "absolutely dead on release"

    • @goktugonvermez8140
      @goktugonvermez8140 Месяц назад

      Forgot A stamina bar and A good graph of Water

    • @JustAaronR
      @JustAaronR Месяц назад

      If You Do The $17.99 per Month To Get The Whole Package Would Be Over $200 per year just for a game mainly lol.

    • @Klongu_Da_Bongu
      @Klongu_Da_Bongu Месяц назад

      @@koyo0o08 Or simply "AaaAaaaaaÄaaSSssssS" - AVGN