I'm sorry but this game looks like it's just been released on the PS2 in terms of graphics...WTF happened?

Ubisoft wasn't trying to deceive anyone with Watch Dogs and they were nice enough to offer compensation to their customers with AC Unity. Far Cry 4 runs just fine on PC and what's more is that I've been consistently monitoring the game's performance on that specific platform for quite some time. 

What exactly is the issue with Ubisoft not giving out review copies for The Crew ? 

Saw this coming, the game looked like crap.  

The practice is terrible because they knew that the game wouldn't be very good nor would it be very well recieved so they didn't give out any review copies until the game launched to get as many pennies as they can from all those people that pre-ordered it. As for Far Cry 4, have you seens TB's review? Like, he has sli 980s with an i7 5930X and it has consistent stuttering and he can't figure out why... A monster build like that should not have suttering like this at all, specially from a developer/publisher that has been around for decades.

Edit: And it was hardly a compensation considering people had to pay for the season pass. Oh, and yes, the season pass was $30 but people still had to pay $60 for a broken mess which is veryyyyy unacceptable... And I doubt they weren't trying to decieve anyone with Watch_Dogs or else they would have never revealed the original e3 trailer to begin with...

Not to mention this

http://www.polygon.com/2014/11/13/7215169/ubisoft-to-change-reviews-policy-work-more-with-gamers-in-wake-of

Downloaded the beta, played for 15 minutes, deleted immediately...

60 was about what I expected...this game deserves that, but no more...

How many people do you think did pre-order The Crew ? Those that do pre-order games are usually the ones at fault here since they are the ones responsible for their discontent. 

Yes, I did see TB's review but did you remember what he concluded ? He specifically said that the port was "not too shabby", in otherwords it ran just fine for the most part. Asset loading is very difficult in Far Cry 4 which can potentially lead to framerate dips but ultimately the developers at Ubisoft aren't at fault here since it's hard to overcome some PCIE bandwidth limitations ...

All in all Ubisoft has been one of the better publishers this year cause they at least brought in some new and plentiful AAA content this year compared to the likes of most Japanese publishers, Bethesda, Deep Silver, and Take-Two Interactive ... 

I saw a video from TotalBiscuit that changed my perspective on not releasing review copies. Not releasing review copies isn't alway bad/anti-consumer, in premise. If you release an early copy, then every game journalist, blogger, YouTuber, etc. will rush through the game as quickly as possible to be "first" in giving a review. Because people tend to look at the first reviews, well....first. That gives you all the clicks, views, and ad money. Being first gives you the highest chance of getting money, at the cost of shady reviews that don't fully explain the game because they are rush jobs. And because review copies are only given to certain reviewers, it's not an even playing field. Some random YouTube game reviewer could have just as many followers as Jim Sterling, but because Sterling is partnered with a certain dev, he gets a review copy and the random YouTuber doesn't, so Sterling will get all the views for reviews and then no one will care about the YouTuber. 

At least when there's no review copies and reviewer have to get the game at launch, they all have an equal chance at getting their review out "on time".

Some companies practice this kind of review embargo, which is ok. But, like anything else, it can be abused. Which Ubisoft has done all year.

But, I'm just saying, it's not as simple as "not sending out review copies is bad"

I never got the hype it got from people after E3.
To me it looked mediocre since the first gameplay trailer, so I'm not surprised at all.

I'm expecting the Metascore to go a bit up though with more reviews coming in. (as in slightly below 70)

Nonetheless Ubisoft opted to give in free extra content of no charge when they could've just done nothing about but they aren't exactly as bad as you paint them them out to be ...

I doubt people were buying Watch Dogs for the graphics so what damage was done there anyways ?