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Assassin's Creed: Unity microtransaction currency prices revealed ($9.99 to $99.99)
- Thread starter Nirolak
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As long as it does not reach f2p levels of grind like Black Flag, then I'm good. But if it does, it's the kind of thing that will make me just drop the game.
Chezzymann
Member
If I was a billionaire I'd pay people to not buy this game. Seriously, screw free to play elements.
shadowsdarknes
Member
One of these days, there will be a microtransaction for a locked frame rate.
$4.99 locked framerate patch
Their justification will be:
-Most gamers will be satisfied with the performance of the base game. If you wish for better performance, buy this patch. This patch required extra development time, so please understand why this patch comes at a premium.
$4.99 locked framerate patch
Their justification will be:
-Most gamers will be satisfied with the performance of the base game. If you wish for better performance, buy this patch. This patch required extra development time, so please understand why this patch comes at a premium.
blankempathy
Member
App required to open chests? Microtransactions galore. Im so done with ubisoft.
boredofcanada
Member
First I fell for Watch Dogs and now this. Fuck this company I'm not buying any Ubisoft games anymore. This is straight ripping off the consumer.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I thought maybe they added such things in order to play with friends, but then again why are you paying to buy real items in a game that is not an MMO? You're only going to be playing this until the next installment comes out. You aren't paying for a subscription either. I miss when you owned a game without having to look back and forth at your bank account.
There should be enough in the actual game to cancel out this type of thing. A complete package would warrant an expansion purchase yes, but not small details along the way.
They have to make money and you don't have to do it, but I think it just feels bad.
There should be enough in the actual game to cancel out this type of thing. A complete package would warrant an expansion purchase yes, but not small details along the way.
They have to make money and you don't have to do it, but I think it just feels bad.
I'm not going to that extreme, but close to it. Ubisoft is more than welcome to my shit list for now, even surpassing EA...
stufte
Member
Yah, the premium version just unlocks some OP assassins (and other misc in-app things)within the ios game to send out on timer "missions". Those timed missions unlock the in-game chests.
It's just like the black flag companion app. (sending out ships, etc.)
TimeEffect
Member
This should be a major strike against Ubisoft/AC in the reviews. Haven't read them all, but do they even mention it?
It's so dirty that it feels illegal, surely there is a way to make a bigger deal out of this. A good old twitter fire would do nice #butialreadypaidfullprice
It's so dirty that it feels illegal, surely there is a way to make a bigger deal out of this. A good old twitter fire would do nice #butialreadypaidfullprice
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
NullPointer
Member
I feared this as soon as I saw that "hack" shit in the early screens.
This shit is poisoning the whole damn medium.
This shit is poisoning the whole damn medium.
SteveWinwood
Member
pay 60 dollars for the honor to give us more money
brickwalker0
Member
$99.99?!!
Should we even be calling these micro-transactions anymore?
Publishers would really appreciate it if you wouldn't re-name an already disgusting business practice to something more accurate.
The saddest part of all of this is that they WILL be profitable off of these practices regardless of places like NeoGAF making a fuss about it. The majority of people playing this game will be blind-sided when they run into it in-game.
I recommend everyone watch the recent South Park episode (episode six of the current season) regarding freemium. These practices are going to wreck people with gambling addictions.
I just checked the assassins creed Facebook page to see if there were negative impressions allowed.
The page is all advertisements. A whole bunch of comment spam (ubisoft don't care about nothin) and worst of all many memes from futurama. The one where fry says "take all my money" including ones tailored to assassins creed. People begging ubi to rob them.
The fact the someone doesn't monitor the spam but the page is all advertisements (little about the actual game) is telling. But the fans...
The page is all advertisements. A whole bunch of comment spam (ubisoft don't care about nothin) and worst of all many memes from futurama. The one where fry says "take all my money" including ones tailored to assassins creed. People begging ubi to rob them.
The fact the someone doesn't monitor the spam but the page is all advertisements (little about the actual game) is telling. But the fans...
Pai Pai Master
Banned
Please don't support this, people. The AAA industry deserves a crash if this is the best they can do.
How about not giving them any money? Could we rally around that instead?
Fox_Mulder
Rockefellers. Skull and Bones. Microsoft. Al Qaeda. A Cabal of Bankers. The melting point of steel. What do these things have in common? Wake up sheeple, the landfill wasn't even REAL!
that's worst than low framerate and glitches
BoboBrazil
Member
Stuff like this is making me want to quit gaming. DLC is bad enough. Now fuckibg micro transactions after paying $60 for a game? Fuck off.
brandonh83
Banned
It was good to see that the game didn't get a streak of great reviews, but now even those 2.5/5's and 7's are looking to be far too lenient.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
$100 is macro transaction not micro. Ubisoft is such a crap developer.
This is going to be a very popular gif.
shadowsdarknes
Member
So what's the deal with this companion app?
Is it just a way to throw advertisements at you? Get you to buy stuff?
Talk about a game breaking moment. Oh I climbed out of the way to get this chest! Hopefully I get something good!
"Please download our app to receive the treasure inside"
Fuuuuuuu!
Is it just a way to throw advertisements at you? Get you to buy stuff?
Talk about a game breaking moment. Oh I climbed out of the way to get this chest! Hopefully I get something good!
"Please download our app to receive the treasure inside"
Fuuuuuuu!
gigantor21
Member
We got Shadow of Mordor and the full version of Lethal League, though, so it wasn't a total loss.
But yeah. Between all the games that got overhyped and the Gamergate insanity, this year has been kind of shit. :/
This game is basically like the Trojan horse of every horrible game design direction that has been occurring for the past six years
I'd say that the first post nails it but at least the Trojan Horse was a clever idea and a good disguise.
Laevateinn
Member
A couple of years ago, Ubisoft was the only western AAA 3rd party studio I would buy games from. Ever since they delayed the Wii U version of Rayman, they've been doing everything in their power to destroy the respect I had for them. It's going to take a lot before I consider purchasing a game from them again.
Palette Swap
Member
It's like an experiment in seeing how much shit people can take.
All the more ironic when the game is technically incompetent.
Memorabilia
Member
This game is basically like the Trojan horse of every horrible game design direction that has been occurring for the past six years
This.
Fuck you Ubisoft.
I'll be buying this piece of shit used for $10 next year.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Eh, they still make a lot of good games. Honestly overall they're still one of my favourite game companies. For reasons competely unrelated to Assassins Creed obviously. But yeah this is another level of bullshit.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
South Park nailed WoW's influence on the market and now they're zoning in on the other influence on the market.
So where is their creative or even executive opinions on all this? They must truly believe this is the future of video games.