The Ubisoft conference at E3 had quite an interesting showing. Check out our thoughts on the games below.
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Overall Thoughts on Ubisoft
I think they nailed it. They were perfectly Ubisoft in so many ways -- many of which not great -- but really brought three or four solid titles I want to play. Heck, between Starlink, Skull & Bones, and AC I'm more hyped there than from anything Microsoft or Sony showed. That's saying something for Ubisoft.
Overall: "Pretty Good!"
Nothing at all appeals to me here. Skull & Bones is purely online PvP right? That’s what I remember from last year. Just make it Black Flag without all the boring Assassin stuff and I’d buy it day one.
I’m not a fan of the Assassin’s Creed series. There’s some really fun parkour and combat there, but it’s just buried in so much unfun narrative, follow missions, and drudgery that I can’t be bothered. The only one I really enjoyed was Black Flag – and even that game lifted you off your amazing pirate ship so you could work in a modern office cubicle where gameplay consisted of pressing the elevator button.
I’m one of those weirdos who likes when you get lifted out of the animus to explore the integration of the story with the “real world.” I hope they do a lot more of that in Odyseey, so long as it progresses the main narrative.