SRTtoZ
Member
How the fuck did we get to a point in video games where we need to pay for the ability to put the in game helicopter anywhere in the in game world?
Ubisoft likes to make stew.
Ubisoft likes to make stew.
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Ubisoft's Steep season pass.... it's bad
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Heavy_D206
Member
Seems like a good reason to wait for the inevitable "Gold" edition with all of the DLC on disc.
User 479360
Banned
Wow, that's just pure awfulness. The sports especially.
Fuck costumes.
Good thing I never planned to spend money on this.
Fuck costumes.
Good thing I never planned to spend money on this.
Psychoward
Banned
It's almost like Ubisoft is a terrible publisher or something.
For a guess, the carrot represents the full game and chopping up the carrot refers to taking sports out of what should be in the base game.
The carrot is your dick and Ubisoft is the knife.
Solaire of Astora
Death by black JPN
That was my first thought too. Although to be fair, I doubt the details of this season pass were just thrown together at the last minute. Not that it isn't bullshit, but I guess it is the norm for ubisoft. I guess we need to wait until their next batch of big titles release to see if they actually follow up on that promise.
I'm worried about how they implement it in for honor. Luckily it's more like r6, so the season pass hopefully reflects as such.
MisterCTwo
Member
Helicopter tickets?! What the hell is that about?!! I am seriously trying to think of a parallel or a similar item from a different game and I can't. I can see them saying "level up and you unlock new starting points on the mountain" or something like that but offering helicopter tickets is like giving someone a supply of single-use DLC bottle openers in a game where you drink a lot of potions or something.
Gtagentleman
Member
good job ubisoft thats what everyone wanted
TwiztidElf
Member
Problem is that another bad snowboarding game will be interpreted by the industry that snowboarding games can't be successful.
The wait for a good one continues. 1080Switch please Nintendo.
The wait for a good one continues. 1080Switch please Nintendo.
I was going to wait for a price drop because of the Ubi's shit DLC plan, but with Best Buy running a B2G1 next week I figure it'll do as the freebie to accompany TLG and FFXV.
Cool, you can send an edgy message to some random person at Amazon. That's sure to show the folks at Ubi.
Cool, you can send an edgy message to some random person at Amazon. That's sure to show the folks at Ubi.
JoeyJungle
Banned
Didn't SSX sell really well for a while?
Head.spawn
Junior Member
I think that OP could do to be a bit more informative, a lot of people are just going to read the OP and comment... just saying "they're keeping sports away from the 60$ winter game?" is a bit vague maybe.
SocksAndShoes
Banned
Everything about this game screams "do not buy me". It's actually kind of impressive.
Salty Rice
Member
Ubi catering to rabbits.
Trogdor1123
Member
I was like wtf on this too. I literally just cancelled my preorder after seeing that... Complete Bs. I'll wait till it's 20 bucks in 3 months.
lifeexpectancy
Member
Thats the whole point of the thread. OP is apparently confusing ppl. The bullshittery that is locking 4 sports behind a DLC paywall in a game wth only a few sports to begin with is absurb. I hope Ubi loses a boat load of money on this game.
FTFY
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I cannot possibly see this game do well even without this pass.
This is a strange one, do they really think a snow boarding game is going to have the legs or playerbase to turn off other impulse buyers in this way.
I saw the advert for it on PSN and thought the screen shots looked nice and it would look good on my new 4K TV, but not to the point where I would be interested in paying full price for it.
If I don't even get all the options that should be there without buying a "season pass" I won't be buying at budget either.
I saw the advert for it on PSN and thought the screen shots looked nice and it would look good on my new 4K TV, but not to the point where I would be interested in paying full price for it.
If I don't even get all the options that should be there without buying a "season pass" I won't be buying at budget either.
drotahorror
Banned
So this is your view
cosmetics = substantial content
game modes/extra sports = minor contnet
orthodoxy1095
Banned
The alpha and beta didn't give me reason to buy it anyways, so it's not like this is making my decisions for me.
Pestilence11
Member
Reminded me to cancel my preorder. Preordered E3 2015 at a discount.
StrawberryJam
Member
I don't think anyone will be buying the game never mind the season pass.
MisterCTwo
Member
I'm buying the game eventually, so that's 1 person.
SRTtoZ
Member
I think that's the point, it just didn't come across in the OP. I have no problem with paying for extra costumes the team puts effort into after creating the game, but I do have an issue with paying for "Helicopter tickets". I mean, when you buy the game you should be able to put that Helicopter wherever the fuck you want in the game, not buy virtual tickets to move an in game asset that you already paid for. Now that's stupid.
N° 2048
Member
The hell are you talking about? I cancelled my pre-order.
Did you read the bolded?
I didn't email anyone, I cancelled my order so Ubisoft doesn't get my money.
I'm not supporting this nonsense from Ubi.
How else can I speak? Only with my wallet. So I am.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Why the fuck do companies want to sabotage modern snowboarding games?
N° 2048
Member
Gold_Loot
Member
She died shooting an ad for the game. Nothing really to do with the development team.
As far as the "sports" people are referring to , they are nothing more than extensions of what's already in the game. They aren't part of the game's core at all. Just fun little side diversions to goof off with.
Those who know what Steep is and what the game's about also know that this is a non issue.
VisualFidelity
Member
Electronic Arts needs to make skate version of a snowboarding game.
Sorcerer Supreme
Member
it's called ssx
That was a misunderstanding:
Most people who buy, say, AssCreed don't do so to play with others and so the approach to DLC is going to be more traditional.
Lol this poor game. Looks fine to me. The core game certainly doesn't look to be light on content, and this is a relatively inexpensive season pass that offers enticing, yet completely inessential bonuses.
I don't know why everyone's out to shit on this game, it's not like we're swimming in extreme sports games these days. You don't need to believe it's going to be the best game ever, but feigning some sort of outrage at a season pass as if it isn't the norm in 90% of games seems really weird to me. For someone to be really, truly angry about this seems like a severe lack of awareness about the videogames industry in 2016.
I'm not completely sold on this, but I thought the beta was super promising. I definitely want it to succeed though, as it's one of my favorite genres, that's almost completely nonexistent anymore.
I don't know why everyone's out to shit on this game, it's not like we're swimming in extreme sports games these days. You don't need to believe it's going to be the best game ever, but feigning some sort of outrage at a season pass as if it isn't the norm in 90% of games seems really weird to me. For someone to be really, truly angry about this seems like a severe lack of awareness about the videogames industry in 2016.
I'm not completely sold on this, but I thought the beta was super promising. I definitely want it to succeed though, as it's one of my favorite genres, that's almost completely nonexistent anymore.
AudioEppa
Member
The game's first mistake was trying to be everything that it is. I like nice graphics and all, but this game could have used a more scaled down - stylized map design with simple gameplay controlling, like the snowboarding games from generations ago. Instead we got this stiff looking, boring ass visuals and not fun control game.
It's trying to be open world and classy, but nobody's gonna be attracted to that.
Cool visuals with groups of people tearing up the slopes while socializing and breaking their neck in awkward rag doll ways is what will bring the people, and keep the people.
The only good thing this game has going for it is music, just like with EA and their last need for speed game. They got some artist that are popular from YouTube.
It's trying to be open world and classy, but nobody's gonna be attracted to that.
Cool visuals with groups of people tearing up the slopes while socializing and breaking their neck in awkward rag doll ways is what will bring the people, and keep the people.
The only good thing this game has going for it is music, just like with EA and their last need for speed game. They got some artist that are popular from YouTube.
