Dravenet7 on 05 August 2017
I typically don't jump to conclusions or make strange statements without signficant though behind it. Thus, I can say I am typically not wrong. A majority of my predictions and ideas have always either been in the ballpark or have been close enough where I can comfortably say that I was right.
On that note, I usually don't mind admitting I'm wrong. That does not really apply when it comes to Ubisoft. For the longest time, Ubisoft has been the company, out of the whole gaming industry, that I actually hated. (This isn't a Ubisoft hate thread, but yes it starts out that way).
Dissapointment after dissapointment this generation along has caused me to further increase my loathing for the company that used to be one of my favorites. However, none of the dissapointments of Watch Dogs (original) Far Cry originality issues (bring back true Blood Dragon as a full game or something at least) and the other stuff annoyed me as pushing Rayman aside for the Rabbids. Yes, I know of the new Rayman games and they are great, but that doesn't really take as much away of the sting as it did. So when I heard about the leak for the game, I at first tried to ignore it. I generally hate leaks. I wish I did ignore it because the concept of Mario teaming up with Raymanbbids, revolted me.
Needless to say, I responded negatively. For context, this is what I said in what I beleive is the only thread I discussed it:
And there is no justification for it. Especially since I almost always tout the wait and see approach before saying something negative about a game. I can't bring myself to excuse myself of an apology due to ignorance such as, "Can you blame me? All I knew was from the leaks!", or the petty, "We don't know yet! It could still be bad!!!".
I should have thought about factors regarding Ubisoft that were recent that I liked such as Watch Dogs 2 being much more to my liking combat and movement wise (I loooove parkour and always wanted a more realistic game having a string based weapon). Honestly Ubisoft collectively imiproved for a while, with their E3 not only being the best of the show, but fully representative of that.
Even the fact that Nintendo let reportedly let them do whatever they wanted with their most coveted IP should have been a sign that the game would be just fine.
So without much further to say, I am sorry. Ubisoft in general, but to espcially the devs that dedicated their time and effort into the game and didn't derserve their leaked game thrashed in the first place. The game not only looks objectively good, it looks fun based on the gameplay that has been shown. Whenever I get a Switch down the line, I will pick this game up.
