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Folks, the mighty Ubisoft AAAA title Skulls and Bones is only 10 dollars at Best Buy (US)
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lughnasadh123
Member
That definitely drops into buy-curious territory.
Putonahappyface
Gold Member
Waiting for the 1p penny sale.
bender
What time is it?
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Give UBI credit. They really knew how to milk that Singapore subsidy deal for 10 years.
Still $90 CDN at BB Canada.
Still $90 CDN at BB Canada.
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Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Wait, when did this come out? I had no idea. I'm not going to play it, but that's an interesting discovery.
Badlucktroll
Member
should i plunk down 10 smackers?
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Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
I grabbed Madden 24 for $10 at best buy instead. I don’t care about having the latest one and you can update the rosters. I try like 1 Madden each generation.
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Bloobs
Al Pachinko, Konami President
No, celebrate the 10th anniversary of P.T. instead
bender
What time is it?
hyperbertha
Member
Skull and bones already released? Guess even AAAA games can lack a marketing budget huh?
Skifi28
Member
If they want anyone to buy it, they need to drop into buy-sexual territory.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Is this always online?
Is there a single player campaign?
Is there a single player campaign?
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RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
It's crazy to think they made the perfect pirate game with Black Flag all those years ago and simply couldn't keep the mechanics, update the engine and tell a brand new story.. wtf it was all there for the taking, gorgeous setting, enjoyable ship sailing, proper ship boarding mechanics, everything... And then spent 8yrs to make Skull and Bones, there has to be more to it, as someone mentioned there was obviously a tax incentive/subsidy from the Singaporean government which I can only assume was to make a ground up new game and not repurpose an old one
Hudo
Member
This. The task was just so fucking straightforward:
Take what has been established in Black Flag, remove the assassin stuff. Make a bigger world, more ships. A cool campaign where you can decide whether you want to ally with one of the colonial powers or go full-on pirate. And it would've been dope. Maybe include a fleet management meta-game or so.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
UBI must had had bad marketing because the game came out in Feb.
Critics knew (probably because they got free copies) as there's 50 reviews on MC getting a terrible MC score.
Critics knew (probably because they got free copies) as there's 50 reviews on MC getting a terrible MC score.
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semiconscious
Member
yep. an absolutely mystifying debacle. 10 years spent failing to build a better mousetrap...
{insert code here}
Member
Where all the Ubisoft astroturfs at? Y'all know who you are.
digital_ghost
Member
You could join the thieves and steal the disc add on to play another pirate game.
Hudo
Member
All busy pushing Star Wars OutlawsWhere all the Ubisoft astroturfs at? Y'all know who you are.
raduque
Member
I had such high, pie in the fucking sky hopes for this game. To be a Black Flag-alike without all the Asscreed shit. Then they went MMO. Then they went live service + full price game. Then I played the beta and it was mobile gacha garbage. Not even worth the $10, it should be F2P.
And I still wouldn't play it.
And I still wouldn't play it.
Plague Doctor
Member
When you compare some historic studios from 2014 to 2024, you have to think either an entire generation of devs got fucking stupid with all the talent left to some place other than gaming or an entire generation of suits figured out a Mel Brook The Producers type of fraud scheme.....
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or both.
All they had to do was remake Black Flag, add multiplayer, and make it graphically prettier. They had the code to work off of already. They had a proof of concept. I do not understand WesternAAA sorry AAAA game studios in current year.
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or both.
All they had to do was remake Black Flag, add multiplayer, and make it graphically prettier. They had the code to work off of already. They had a proof of concept. I do not understand Western
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Last gen brought about GAAS running wild with season passes and mtx. Those big HDD allowed studios and gamers to stock up on DLC/mtx galore.
The 360/PS3 gen brought out tons of good games all the time. A good sequel would be every 2-3 years. 3 Mass Effects, 2 Fallout, 2 ES, a ton of Halo, Resistance, UC, racings games, etc... The 360/PS3 gen required studios pumping out games for ongoing sales.
Now, games take a long time, and made worse being stretched out with mtx if possible. Or they change things up hoping to hit the GAAS lottery (Suicide Squad taking forever to make instead of more tried and true Batman games).
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SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Like I’ve said before; Ubisoft only puts out free trials for games they lack confidence in.
This had dud written on it from the start.
This had dud written on it from the start.
