• @PunchingWood
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    Didn’t help that the game got next to no promotion. I don’t even remember how I found out about the game, I think it might’ve been a random game one of my Twitch follows was streaming at the time, wasn’t even a promoted stream for all I know.

    The game’s alright, just not the type for me anymore.

  • @dwalin
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    2715 hours ago

    I guess Ubisoft needs to get comfortable with people not buying their games

  • Obinice
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    3917 hours ago

    The fuck is XDefiant…

    • @slaacaa
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      Ubisoft’s free version of COD. I tried it as a friend was raving about it, tbh it’s a fine game if somebody likes this style. The character’s from the Ubi universe are just a gimmick, most play the same

    • Ephera
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      1717 hours ago

      Apparently, it’s like Smash Bros in the Ubisoft universe, except it’s a first-person shooter.
      So, you got different factions from Far Cry, Splinter Cell etc. with which you can play…

      • @Katana314
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        1717 hours ago

        If nothing else, it is kind of fun that they’ve merged universes a bit.

        In Watch Dogs Legion, DedSec is contacted by the Assassin Order who needs their help taking down Templars that are working with Albion - basically merging protagonists/villains of both series.

        Ghost Recon has also previously guest starred Sam Fisher and operators from Siege.

        • @Squizzy
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          514 hours ago

          AC in narrative meeded closure in modern times, where I hoped AC 3 or 4 would be. Cool that happened.

  • @ChicoSuave
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    2921 hours ago

    Have they stopped using their launcher? The only way I will ever play an Ubisoft game is if they ditch that jank ass launcher.

    • @PunchingWood
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      32 hours ago

      I’m legitimately wondering what’s so incredibly bad about the Ubi launcher that people hate it so much?

      I’m not a fan of each brand having their own thing, I’d rather have everything in my Steam library or some other universal launcher (not GOG).

      But I never had issues with Ubi’s launchers, despite having played a lot of Ubi games on there.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 hour ago

        Anything that isn’t Steam works like shit on Linux (mileage may vary, but that’s my experience). I find it hilarious and sad that I can get a better experience by pirating it and launch through Lutris.

  • ThrowawayOnLemmy
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    3723 hours ago

    Got to be honest, this is the first I’ve even heard of this game.

  • @kat_angstrom
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    3023 hours ago

    That seems to be a problem with their expectations, not the game.

    • @slaacaa
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      46 hours ago

      You are actually right. I tried this game as a friend liked it, and it basically does everything that COD does, but for free, so it’s not the worst way for somebody to spend their time online. Still, I imagine Ubi execs promised to dethrone every other shooter and have 100 million payers to milk for MTX.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      3622 hours ago

      It’s also a problem that it’s exclusive to the Ubisoft launcher and isn’t on Steam…

      • @PopOfAfrica
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        2022 hours ago

        I was going to play it, but poor linix compatibility with the ubisoft launcher killed that for me.

      • @[email protected]
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        722 hours ago

        It was enough to make me too lazy to bother even when the hype was there. Now it seems even the community that plays/played it is negative on it so even less likely to bother with Ubisoft launcher for it than at launch. I have UPlay installed too, but I don’t even know if anyone in my friend list from Steam was playing it compared to other games that they are shown playing.

  • @garretble
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    1822 hours ago

    The market is so saturated with these type of shooters — especially ones with generic army dudes.

    I’m not really surprised.

  • @Bdtrngl
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    216 hours ago

    Probably because it’s hot garbage and people can play call of duty instead.

  • Rentlar
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    521 hours ago

    Not even enticing people with “free premium currency” just for logging in could entice me to play an Ubisoft shooter.