Ubisoft is one of the worst game companies

[curly_nuts]

It is very sad that they "sometimes" come out with good games because Ubisoft is a company that makes itself hard not to hate.

Besides the disgusting culture of misogyny that was allowed to fester in Ubisoft offices, the company has forced services and programs down gamers throats that they never asked for and don't need. What's worse, the company has embraced the Epic games store and thrown it's weight behind it and it's monopolistic endeavors. Just look at the first page of the store and you'll see no less that three Ubisoft games featured prominently; games that aren't even that good, just to note.

This company should be retired. They can't make an original game to save their life, having rehashed tired old series to death. What Assassin's Creed are we up to? 15? How many Prince of Persia games really need to be released? Once in a while an original good game comes out like Child of Light. This is a shame that it's controlled by such a terrible company.

I honestly try not to support them and will only buy an Ubisoft game after a deep discount, and even then I typically pass.

[sludgeDuffer]

Couldn't agree more, Ubisoft sucks. Thankfully incompatibility with Linux and UPlay means even if I wanted to, I can't play Ubisoft titles.. which is a shame, because this game I quite like after playing it for a while on PSP

[bpfoley89]

I tried playing this for the first time a moment ago, and when I saw it installing uplay I was done.

[Bleh]

Originally posted by bpfoley89:

I tried playing this for the first time a moment ago, and when I saw it installing uplay I was done.

Sorry for a minor necro, but same just happened to me. I can't recall whether this was the case when I bought the game a while back or whether this was added after. I ask because I'm considering asking Steam to refund. Would hate to support a company like this.

[F0l2saken]

The game doesn't even work on a lot of newer PCs, and ubisuck won't go back and fix the issues. I can't get it to work on a 10850K it has too many cores for this ubisoft junk.

[Bleh]

We need to learn to vote with our money by not supporting stuff like this in future. It's the only language a business understands.

[Dragon]

Originally posted by F0l2saken:

this ubisoft junk.

The ironic thing is, I think this game was made at a time when some of the devs at Ubisoft still truly cared about what they were doing.

I remember playing Assassin's Creed: Odyssey a couple of years ago, and I was baffled by the non-existent music a lot of the time...and then when music did play sometimes in that game, it was unbelievably awful.

And I also played older Ubi games, like AC: Black Flag and Child of Light, both of which have amazing music.

If you watch some of Ubi's old videos like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHg9TaCo1Tc

You can see a vast contrast between the passion that some of the creators clearly put into their games back then, versus the total lack of care or passion, the absence of which is very obvious, in all of their newer games from more recent years.

[Whakahoatanga]

Agree with OP. I would absolutely love a Child of Light 2, though due to the fact that it's rather niche and not easy to monetize, it probably won't ever happen which is a shame

[Cyanid_]

I totally agree with you, but this game wasnt a ubisoft idea technically. It was made by the "basement team". They let a small team make a game with complete creative freedom ( thats why its so different from their other games). Its a product made from passion. See it as the same as a game made from a small indie team that put everything they had in it. Ubisoft had no faith in this project initially. But it did end up being very loved. imo this is their best game. But because of this, it is unlikely that a child of light 2 would be as good as the first one because the team that made it is not really there anymore. It would mostly be some kind of cash grab I guess

I have to say, as a 3d artist living near their offices, I dont want to work there and I dont really agree with their way of doing things atm.

[Tharkkun]

Originally posted by Dragon:

Originally posted by F0l2saken:

this ubisoft junk.

The ironic thing is, I think this game was made at a time when some of the devs at Ubisoft still truly cared about what they were doing.

I remember playing Assassin's Creed: Odyssey a couple of years ago, and I was baffled by the non-existent music a lot of the time...and then when music did play sometimes in that game, it was unbelievably awful.

And I also played older Ubi games, like AC: Black Flag and Child of Light, both of which have amazing music.

If you watch some of Ubi's old videos like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHg9TaCo1Tc

You can see a vast contrast between the passion that some of the creators clearly put into their games back then, versus the total lack of care or passion, the absence of which is very obvious, in all of their newer games from more recent years.

The core development team that worked on Child of Light is long gone from Ubisoft. There's really no one left to continue the vision and hasn't been for almost 4 years. The main writer is working on the Assassin's Creed franchise which has been successful.

From a business standpoint it would be crazy to pull him off writing for that franchise to work on a pet project that will be mildly successful. These side scrolling games don't typically make a lot of money. Maybe a startup will grab the IP and roll with it someday.

[Bavanity]

Ubisoft are the absolute worst of all the mainstream devs. From constant issues with their games, to some terrible practises - I don't think I have ever had as many problems with any other dev. THE worst. Topic title is spot on.

[RamSesII]

Originally posted by Bavanity:

Ubisoft are the absolute worst of all the mainstream devs. From constant issues with their games, to some terrible practises - I don't think I have ever had as many problems with any other dev. THE worst. Topic title is spot on.

Bro, if i buy this game from steam, i have to download ubisoft launcher?

[Bavanity]

Originally posted by Рикифан:

Originally posted by Bavanity:

Ubisoft are the absolute worst of all the mainstream devs. From constant issues with their games, to some terrible practises - I don't think I have ever had as many problems with any other dev. THE worst. Topic title is spot on.

Bro, if i buy this game from steam, i have to download ubisoft launcher?

No idea, I only have a few ubisoft games and I bought them direct from ubisoft hence they all already use the launcher. Sorry!

[Opal the Siamese]

bro, for some reason, the game worked for me

[Dampback]

Necro and speak ill of their latest fiasco

[Jimmy Rustler]

It's sad that only a decade ago a company as pozzed as Ubisoft now is could make a game with an all-white cast, deeply in love with European poetry and mythology, about an Austrian princess.