Why does everyone hate Ubisoft?

[PorkChop]

As somebody who doesn't have a games console, I'm not really clued in on this kind of stuff.

I played AC4 on my housemate's Xbox last year and thought it was awesome. I've heard there were a fair amount of problems with the fifth one, but the hate I see Ubisoft get online is crazy. What have they done to deserve such a bad rep?

[Viazon]

Ubisoft made Assassins Creed.

I do not hate Ubisoft.

I didn't know they were hated.

Maybe people are idiots.

I don't know why I replied this way.

[Taveus]

For PC users, specifically those who use Steam, a lot the hate comes from UPlay; Ubisoft's version of DRM. I don't mind it as much as others but it's a bit of a hassle. Since Steam is already a form of DMR, for Ubisoft to require that users ALSO download their DRM as well is fucking redundant. Not only that but you have to have both clients going if you bought your game from Steam. So let's say you bought Far Cry 3 from Steam. You have to make a UPlay account to play it. Seems simple enough that you SHOULD be able just to launch UPlay to play FC3 but it doesn't recognize you own it until you launch it from Steam, which is annoying. I'm sure I could list a few more examples but all you really need to do is browse the Steam forums to find out why they hate it so much.

They also pump out AC titles every year it seems like and they seem like they were released way too early (big surprise) and could use more work but hey; every time they release a Far Cry game, the internet seems to forgive them for a while.

[SortaCreative]

A load of their games last year were broken upon release. They don't take the time to finish and fix a game they want to pump out every year but demand 60 dollars/50 pounds for it.

They force Uplay onto PC players which then doesnt work, meaning you can't play said broken game that you just payed 60 dollars/50 pounds for. Even though you bought it on Steam. Uplay used to kick you out of the offline single player game if your connection was interrupted for even a second.

Watch Dogs was lied about. The "in-game" footage shown before release was downgraded. In-game files found on the PC version saw that the actual graphics shown at E3 and in videos were there and locked away. That is when you got through Uplay to play Watch Dogs which cost you 60 dollars/50 pounds.

They said making female characters in Assassin's Creed was too much work to animate.

They locked Assassin's Creed to 30 fps because they couldn't get it to run any higher on current generation consoles. A higher frame rate provides for objectively a better gameplay experience.

They embargoed reviews for their broken and substandard Assassin's Creed game until 12 hours after the game had launched. That is underhanded as it didn't give consumers a chance to read a review to find out that the game they wanted 60 dollars/50 pounds for was broken.

If you did go ahead and buy the game you would find microtransactions in your single player experience. These allowed you to pay up to 100 dollars for ingame currency. That is if you got through the graphics problems, crashing, glitching and Uplay downtime.

There are chests in the game which require you to spend real life money to open them.

The Division is being "downgraded" like Watch Dogs. So all the footage shown so far is a lie.

Every game they release needs you to find radio towers of some kind to unlock parts of the map. Including the driving game.

The Quest for Epic Loot was launched as a broken, money grabbing free to play game with no semblence of balance or quality control. A wonderful idea ruined by greed and aggressive microtransactions.

People aren't idiots. Maybe you're the giant chuffin idiot.

[JPG619]

I don't hate them but their are fan boys that hate them. However if you look at other publishers people hate them even 2K, THQ, EA and many others hate them.

[SlightlyJames]

I don't hate them but their are fan boys that hate them.

Fan boys of what? Customer friendly business practices?

[JPG619]

I don't hate them but their are fan boys that hate them.

Fan boys of what? Ethical business practices?

You never know but some people just hate for the sake of hating.

[SlightlyJames]

I don't hate them but their are fan boys that hate them.

Fan boys of what? Ethical business practices?

You never know but some people just hate for the sake of hating.

There's plenty of reason to hate Ubisoft, man. They are shitheads through and through.

[Messiah]

I soured on them after I purchased Far Cry 4. With the exception of stuff like sports games, that is probably the closest you will ever get to two "different" games being the exact same.

[Daz]

People hate them because they're money grubbing whores, who in this metaphor, don't clean out their gooch before inviting in the next customer...

... and everything Taj said.

[JPG619]

People hate them because they;re money grubbing whore, who in this metaphor, don't clean out their gooch before inviting in the next customer...

... and everything Taj said.

Most AAA game producers do that these days. Look at all the DLC that could of been on the disk and the release it after so they can get the extra buck.

Also if you ever played NHL or MLB The Show you can use your own money to upgrade your player so you don;t have to work hard to get the best player in the game. I will never fall for that since what they point to have the best player it would ruin the fun since you be winning all the time

[Chewy]

I soured on them after I purchased Far Cry 4. With the exception of stuff like sports games, that is probably the closest you will ever get to two "different" games being the exact same.

What was wrong with Gar Cry 4? I thought it was pretty good.

[Messiah]

I soured on them after I purchased Far Cry 4. With the exception of stuff like sports games, that is probably the closest you will ever get to two "different" games being the exact same.

What was wrong with Gar Cry 4? I thought it was pretty good.

I'm not saying it was a bad game or anything. It just was pretty much the same as Far Cry 3 outside of some minor changes. That's lazy. I loved Far Cry 3, but I'm not going to dish out $60 just to play something that amounts to Far Cry 3.5.

With that said, there are a lot more problems with Ubisoft than that. For anyone who hasn't played FC3 (not sure if you did or not), I would definitely recommend FC4. I felt it was really lazy from Ubisoft though.