Worst Publisher of 2014

Quote from: Splendid Dust on December 01, 2014, 02:46:14 PM
Ubisoft has just been one disaster after another this year, what with Watch_Dogs and Unity
And from what I hear, The Crew may be yet another nail in that coffin.

Dunno much about The Crew really, but I'm guessing we'll find out tomorrow.

Super Irish · December 01, 2014, 02:58:24 PM

I follow EA's work pretty thoroughly through another offsite (from another game-dev forum, not Bungie), and I'd still say EA are in the shit.

Only reason it's not much as publicised as others is because they've been doing for so long, shit is normal for them.

Hahahaha very funny Zonda · December 01, 2014, 03:01:22 PM

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DAS B00T x2 · December 01, 2014, 03:08:50 PM

Wait... did Square even do anything this year?

Elai · December 01, 2014, 03:09:23 PM

Ubisoft, uncontestedly.

Watch_Dogs was okay but there were too many publicity shenanigans and advertisement issues.

Unity was Assassin's Creed.

LolRogue

We'll see about The Crew.

Activision would be close but AW saved them.

Elai · December 01, 2014, 03:10:12 PM

Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on December 01, 2014, 03:08:50 PM

Wait... did Square even do anything this year?

Tomb Raider on X1 bullshit?

Had people up-in-arms a few months ago?

Juuzou · December 01, 2014, 03:14:32 PM

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A Cheese Potato · December 01, 2014, 03:14:46 PM

goobisoft pls

Girl of Mystery · December 01, 2014, 03:17:02 PM

Quote from: Based Snake on December 01, 2014, 03:09:23 PM

Ubisoft, uncontestedly.

Watch_Dogs was okay but there were too many publicity shenanigans and advertisement issues.

Unity was Assassin's Creed.

LolRogue

We'll see about The Crew.

Activision would be close but AW saved them.

The fuck's wrong with Rogue?

DAS B00T x2 · December 01, 2014, 03:32:43 PM

Quote from: Based Snake on December 01, 2014, 03:10:12 PM

Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on December 01, 2014, 03:08:50 PM
Wait... did Square even do anything this year?

Tomb Raider on X1 bullshit?

Had people up-in-arms a few months ago?

I can't recall.

The Waifu Master · December 01, 2014, 03:35:27 PM

Quote from: Based Snake on December 01, 2014, 03:10:12 PM

Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on December 01, 2014, 03:08:50 PM
Wait... did Square even do anything this year?

Tomb Raider on X1 bullshit?

Had people up-in-arms a few months ago?

People still care about Tomb Raider?
I never even heard about this.

Girl of Mystery · December 01, 2014, 03:36:09 PM

Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on December 01, 2014, 03:32:43 PM

Quote from: Based Snake on December 01, 2014, 03:10:12 PM
Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on December 01, 2014, 03:08:50 PM
Wait... did Square even do anything this year?

Tomb Raider on X1 bullshit?

Had people up-in-arms a few months ago?
I can't recall.

Exclusivity deal that makes TR sequel an Xbone exclusive.
Thankfully it turned out to be timed.

DAS B00T x2 · December 01, 2014, 03:39:14 PM

Quote from: BritishLemön on December 01, 2014, 03:36:09 PM

Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on December 01, 2014, 03:32:43 PM
Quote from: Based Snake on December 01, 2014, 03:10:12 PM
Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on December 01, 2014, 03:08:50 PM
Wait... did Square even do anything this year?

Tomb Raider on X1 bullshit?

Had people up-in-arms a few months ago?
I can't recall.
Exclusivity deal that makes TR sequel an Xbone exclusive.
Thankfully it turned out to be timed.

My response it similar to Waifu's.
I also totally forgot that they acquired Tomb Raider.

Coco · December 01, 2014, 03:42:36 PM

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Ubisoft. They've taken all the most frowned upon aspects of any other publisher, and combined them, all while acting like they've reinvented the wheel.

Girl of Mystery · December 01, 2014, 03:42:51 PM

Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on December 01, 2014, 03:39:14 PM

Quote from: BritishLemön on December 01, 2014, 03:36:09 PM
Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on December 01, 2014, 03:32:43 PM
Quote from: Based Snake on December 01, 2014, 03:10:12 PM
Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on December 01, 2014, 03:08:50 PM
Wait... did Square even do anything this year?

Tomb Raider on X1 bullshit?

Had people up-in-arms a few months ago?
I can't recall.
Exclusivity deal that makes TR sequel an Xbone exclusive.
Thankfully it turned out to be timed.
My response it similar to Waifu's.
I also totally forgot that they acquired Tomb Raider.

They didn't. They just made out like they did.

Naoto · December 01, 2014, 04:11:07 PM

That particular crown is Ubisoft's this year.
When you make EA look good in comparison you're doing something wrong.

Anonymous (User Deleted) · December 01, 2014, 04:13:56 PM

Ubisoft has become pretty bad as of late.

I'm not sure if anyone else realizes the severity of a company flat-out lying to customers about something like the Watch_Dogs graphics downgrade, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary (the actual unused files included in the game). I'm not sure if EA or Activision have ever done anything as bad as that.

gats · December 01, 2014, 04:18:17 PM

Mr. Psychologist · December 01, 2014, 04:24:29 PM

EA are shitty but this has been the least shitty year in a long time for them >________>

So it's actually made them look not that bad when you line them up next to ~~jewbisoft~~ Ubisoft who are starting to channel the EA of years past and are doing an even shittier job of it.

Mmmmmicrotransactions!
Uuuuuuunfinished games!
Cuuuuuuut content DLC!
It's haram but people still buy their shit. And I'm going to still buy their shit because they have some good franchises >______> But second hand just so I can fuck them right back.

Kinder Graham · December 01, 2014, 04:51:53 PM

Quote from: BritishLemön on December 01, 2014, 02:48:14 PM

Quote from: Kinder on December 01, 2014, 02:43:58 PM
Activision
Ubishill

And they realized that they fucked up and gave people who bought a season pass a free game, such as FC4 and The Crew

AngryBrute · December 01, 2014, 05:06:45 PM

Also, in nearly every Ubisoft open world game they use the same idea from Assassins Creed. Where you go to some high point to reveal the rest of the map. AND, I heard it is also in The Crew!

Super Irish · December 01, 2014, 05:12:47 PM

Quote from: Kupo on December 01, 2014, 04:13:56 PM

Ubisoft has become pretty bad as of late.

I'm not sure if anyone else realizes the severity of a company flat-out lying to customers about something like the Watch_Dogs graphics downgrade, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary (the actual unused files included in the game). I'm not sure if EA or Activision have ever done anything as bad as that.

Not sure about Activision, but EA certainly has.

Since they were advertising for BF3, they've been flat-out lying to customers, promising them a variety of things, but have consistently not delivered on things such as a spectator mode, or that their super-awesome frostbite engine is built from the ground-up, despite somehow having the exact same bugs as the previous engines. They're also great for saying "Yeah the last game had these bugs and was bad, but THIS game will be better...aaaand it's still shit, broken in the same ways".

Then, when the official forums flared up about it all, they closed it down

That's how I ended up on a "refugee forum", sorta like this place for BF, and am virtually updated daily on EA's bullshit generator.

To be fair I think Ubisoft has fallen off a cliff lately, but I still don't think they've met EA on the way down...yet.

nosejob · December 01, 2014, 05:13:46 PM

very clearly Ubisoft. EA actually did okay this year with DA: I and EA Acess

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