Well that kills any hype I could have had. Though being a Ubisoft open world game, I would have been proceeding with caution either way.
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Ubisoft announcing their new AAA IP before E3
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Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Assassin's Creed: The Movie: The Videogame!
I'm hoping this actually releases this year. It's really up to Trey Parker's availability.
Like, a Black Flag follow-up as its own IP?
So like the Witcher 3?
A Division Dark-Zone esque Black Flag spin-off just might be one of the best ideas ever.
What game are you talking about
What game was maketed as something different from its release?
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
That's their new strategy going forward.
Hence why we most likely won't ever see Splinter Cell again.
Shadowheart
Member
How exciting! Ubi is awesome. They keep churning out new and different games with AAA treatment and budget. For Honor and Wildlands look awesome. I am anticipating whatever they announce.
Go Ubi!
Go Ubi!
Spring Drive
Banned
I thought Ubisoft was done with big AAA reveals after Watch_Dogs, The Division and Rainbow Six Siege
SmackAttack
Member
Eh, I liked waiting until the end of their conference for their surprise. Helped build anticipation. Kind of a bummer.
So likely nothing I'll really be interested in, neat. FFS, Ubisoft.
Compsiox
Banned
Splinter Cell Online. Free for all. Open World. Deathmatch. 250 Sam Fishers.
Omega Kirby
Member
Justice_Bolt
Member
Damn before E3? I'm excited!
Broadbandito
Member
Just gimme dat Ghost Recon release date
A lot of companies seem to have held their announcements until May this year, but still went with revealing a lot of things prior to E3.
Rainbow Six seems to fit that label better given all the characters are set up as actual character with ability sets and plotlines and you can buy vanity gear.
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
Yes. Full-on pirate without AC baggage.
It's been a while, but I swear there were legitimate rumblings of this, after the strong positive reception of BF's pirate theme.
SentryDown
Member
They seem to learn, between this and WD2, they realized making hype trailers 2 years before release was dangerous. That's good.
Shadowplay1979
Member
It will be a new IP that is only about long laborious collection quests. There will be no main story...just treasure chests in far reaching places containing things like "a poker chip" or "old shoelaces". the goal will be to 100 percent it.
Green Yoshi
Member
It would not suprise me if this bubble will burst.
Battleborn won't be the last online service focused game, that will bomb.
Nobody has the time to play all those games simultaneously. But I will have always time for a 14 hours long singleplayer campaign as in Uncharted 4.
Prepare to not be stunned. Its going to either be open world, multiplayer focused, or a combination of both.
What I really want to see is a more meaningful open world that actually has interesting things to find and do like in Witcher 3 where everything has a story to it.
exmachina64
Banned
Interest non-existent.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
You know, with Disney looking for more external license partners, and Ubisoft's general tendency to be inclined towards picking up licenses, I could easily see them do a POTC game or a Marvel game. EA's deal is conspicuously Star Wars-only and there's lots of room for success in this space. Not sure they'd want to do a game specifically attached to a film, but maybe just using the IP.
Reader note: I don't know anyone who's worked at Ubisoft in the last four or five years, so if I'm actually right, please don't fire anyone. It's just a blind guess.
Reader note: I don't know anyone who's worked at Ubisoft in the last four or five years, so if I'm actually right, please don't fire anyone. It's just a blind guess.
A Pirates of the Carribean game using the technology and gameplay from black flag makes so much sense to make, but at the same time do you think ubisoft is interested in making a high profile licensed game?
They seem more invested in creating their own IP's/ strengthening theirs opposed to working on others. Last time I remembered them making a big deal about a licensed game was with Avatar (James Cameron).
Cheat Code
Member
It's probably going to be a wacky hero shooter.
Replace the boarding combat with what?
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
I have the inside scoop.
It's going to be called "The Subtraction."
It is an MMO RPG set in the last inhabitable cities and areas around the world after a world war where everyone started launching nukes and no one knows who started it and why.
You have two roles to choose from.
A: You are a "Spy Hunter" working for the "New World Coalition" tasked with rooting out capturing and questioning members of a suspected network of spies that infest the cities and who are said to be responsible for a plethora of attacks upon it.
B: You are a "Spy" working for the mysterious "Shadow Net" who has become disillusioned with the governments that where and are since the war and you are working to figure out what actually happened and why. You will need to elude the "Spy Hunters" in order to do so.
Both classes will need to deploy subterfuge and stealthy tactics in order to infiltrate your opponents network for the info you need. The more info you get for your cause the more points you have to upgrade your spy equipment and abilities.
There will also be an influence system. The better you do at your civilian cover the more influence you will gain in society allowing you to take better jobs higher up the ranks with better possible payout but also with much higher risk. For as you become more of a public figure there will be more to your backstory that you will have to cover and convincingly play. There will be more eyes on you and it will make it hard for you to slip away unseen to do your missions if you want to progress.
The game will play as if both sides are morally just.
The gameplay itself will be like Assassins Creed and Watch Dogs had a baby on steroids. The world is populated with NPCs in a realistic environment and both classes are required to integrate into society in order to keep their respective covers. You don't know who anyone is, even from your own factions. You only get info from those you work for. You can choose from a variety of jobs on the civilian side and will also be tasked with missions from the people you work for as well. The challenge is to use clues conversation and detective work to figure out who is who while also not blowing your own cover. There will be safeguards to insure that people don't just go and shoot everyone. If you kill an NPC or a member of your own faction a certain number of times then you are booted from the game for a period of time.
There will be events to spice things up every once in a while ranging from small incidents to pretty substantial stuff, think 9/11.
Will spill more as the beans come to me. Ninjas may be coming after me though.
It's going to be called "The Subtraction."
It is an MMO RPG set in the last inhabitable cities and areas around the world after a world war where everyone started launching nukes and no one knows who started it and why.
You have two roles to choose from.
A: You are a "Spy Hunter" working for the "New World Coalition" tasked with rooting out capturing and questioning members of a suspected network of spies that infest the cities and who are said to be responsible for a plethora of attacks upon it.
B: You are a "Spy" working for the mysterious "Shadow Net" who has become disillusioned with the governments that where and are since the war and you are working to figure out what actually happened and why. You will need to elude the "Spy Hunters" in order to do so.
Both classes will need to deploy subterfuge and stealthy tactics in order to infiltrate your opponents network for the info you need. The more info you get for your cause the more points you have to upgrade your spy equipment and abilities.
There will also be an influence system. The better you do at your civilian cover the more influence you will gain in society allowing you to take better jobs higher up the ranks with better possible payout but also with much higher risk. For as you become more of a public figure there will be more to your backstory that you will have to cover and convincingly play. There will be more eyes on you and it will make it hard for you to slip away unseen to do your missions if you want to progress.
The game will play as if both sides are morally just.
The gameplay itself will be like Assassins Creed and Watch Dogs had a baby on steroids. The world is populated with NPCs in a realistic environment and both classes are required to integrate into society in order to keep their respective covers. You don't know who anyone is, even from your own factions. You only get info from those you work for. You can choose from a variety of jobs on the civilian side and will also be tasked with missions from the people you work for as well. The challenge is to use clues conversation and detective work to figure out who is who while also not blowing your own cover. There will be safeguards to insure that people don't just go and shoot everyone. If you kill an NPC or a member of your own faction a certain number of times then you are booted from the game for a period of time.
There will be events to spice things up every once in a while ranging from small incidents to pretty substantial stuff, think 9/11.
Will spill more as the beans come to me. Ninjas may be coming after me though.
Shadowplay1979
Member
So EVO..but with towers
Sheesh, I have no idea what to think of this, real or not.
schaft0620
Member
Yep same. Sounds interesting if true. Not sure what to think but the detective aspect could be cool
Edit: Oh and if true, please for the love of god keep everything server side so we don't have another Division PC again
SeanNoonan
Member
BrassDragon
Member
Can I have an open-ended Black Flag, in a new engine, without the Animus/Precursor/Assassin BS please?
Space!
I expect another squad based shooter like the 3 they showed off last year. I really thought they would reduce the multiplayer games since they removed the pvp hide and seek multiplayer from Assassin's Creed series.
Ubisoft have nothing I am really interested in this year since there is no Assassin's Creed this year. Still hoping the Assassin's Creed collection is a thing.
I really hope for a pirate game as I am surprised how much I loved it in Black Flag and Rogue.
Ubisoft have nothing I am really interested in this year since there is no Assassin's Creed this year. Still hoping the Assassin's Creed collection is a thing.
I really hope for a pirate game as I am surprised how much I loved it in Black Flag and Rogue.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
No one will ever answer this question. No idea why that kind of blatant shitposting is still allowed honestly. Because if we're gonna actually pay attention, Ubisoft is one of the companies that some gaffers scrutinize for actually advertising their games and tell us too much about it. Like, oh my lord some people live in a weird fantasy land where they false advertise every aspect of their games or something.
Incidentally, from what I hear a lot of people over there were pretty shellshocked by the whole Watch Dogs "downgrade" backlash and have worked very hard to prevent that from happening again. (Hence why they're not revealing WD2 until a few months before it comes out.)
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Probably because aside from that original showing, (and a lot of the alpha footage), it looked very similar visually to what they were advertising. Ofc it didn't help that there were several cherry picked gifs being thrown around constantly.