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Assassin's Creed Syndicate 'Gold Edition' confirms Season Pass, because Ubisoft

GameZone: "Assassin's Creed Syndicate has only been officially unveiled for a few hours and already we've learned that it'll have a Season Pass. Of course, anyone familiar with Ubisoft's business model -- or the current state of the gaming industry for that matter -- probably already expected this."

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spicelicka3268d ago

Why do companies even announce season passes so earl? It only affects their reputation, I mean people don't really pre-order season passes to why not just wait till the game it about to come out.

TFJWM3268d ago

Nahh its better to get it out of the way from the start otherwise people will keep asking them if they are going to have a season pass or not. By the time the game comes out it will be old news

Yi-Long3268d ago

Ubisoft and the Assassin's Creed series has been all about that DLC-miking for many years now, so it's hardly a surprise.

It's also THE reason why I don't buy any Ubisoft game at launch for full price. In many cases, the DLC-greed has kept me from buying their games completely. I loved Assassin's Creed 2 GOTY, one of my favourite games of last-gen, but although I was interested in Brotherhood and Revolution, the DLC kept me from buying these games, and once cheaper more complete editions came around, I just wasn't all that interested anymore...

Timesplitter143268d ago (Edited 3268d ago )

I think the fact that Season Passes/DLC have almost become a new standard indicates that we are rapidly approaching a crash of the AAA games industry. Publishers can no longer afford to sell games under 75-100$

Personally I wouldn't mind if this happened and 'home-made' games took over. With Unity, UE4, and Source 2, we'll have everything we need

DragonKnight3268d ago

"I think the fact that Season Passes/DLC have almost become a new standard indicates that we are rapidly approaching a crash of the AAA games industry. Publishers can no longer afford to sell games under 75-100$."

Nah. In the first place, the reason the market crashed last time was because of too many terrible games, not finances. Second, development budgets are nowhere near the cost of marketing and distribution budgets, both eclipsing development budgets by a wide margin.

Publishers can easily afford to lower the price of games, they just don't want to. They also could smarten up and learn to do math better.

breakpad3268d ago (Edited 3268d ago )

@ Dragon Knight ...agree...the development costs are a lot less than in previous generations, most money need for marketing and advertising ...even in development the costs rise as they use them aimlessly not for essential coding-development-polishing-a rt but to hire actors or mocap (this is most common in western studios)...also they are exploitative and greed as they keep rising the prices knowing to step on the false hype they create and blindness of some gamer consumers ....

Aenea3268d ago

"Personally I wouldn't mind if this happened and 'home-made' games took over. With Unity, UE4, and Source 2, we'll have everything we need"

Then everyone will criticise the looks of games. Having the gaming engine does not mean you or I can make a decent looking game. I can code, but I can't draw for crap, someone needs to do that, and one person doing all the graphics, 3d modelling, animations, etc., etc. is not enough if you want to release it in a year or 2.

It takes many talented people to make AAA games, if the AAA game industry crashes every game will also use all the existing cookie cutter game engines. Plenty of studios who wrote their own so they could do the things they wanted.

Timesplitter143268d ago (Edited 3268d ago )

Aenea,

well, look at Shovel Knight, Pillars of Eternity, Banner Saga, Darkest Dungeon, FTL, etc...

These are all crowdfunded games made by small teams, and they have all had an extremely positive reception.

Recently there's also been Bloodstained and Little Devil Inside to look forward to. They look like amazing games, and today's AAA lineup seems utterly depressing in comparison.

I mean look at this crap: http://36646d87786feafc0611...
It's like Ubi hired 900 scientists and researchers to try and find out what the most generic character on Earth would look like.

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dcj05243268d ago

Nah, it makes sense. Don't be dishonest about the DLC you have planned. And plus it's all optional so if the DLC doesn't suit your taste then no need in purchasing. Win win for both consumer and ubisoft.

Takwin3268d ago

Why can't people understand that it's not win-win. It's a lose for consumers because these companies are selling content that is a bad value per hour compared with the real game AND it almost definitely was done and should have been part of the real game. (No, none of us has proof that some people ask for, but anyone with common sense and a scope of history and economics can see that this is the case.)

Findingcrybabies3268d ago

Good for them. According to their earnings last year they can do no wrong and people are still going to throw money at them. They are taking full advantage. Smart for them.

akaFullMetal3268d ago

You're right, the only one to blame are the people that keep buying season passes and DLC. Why would they stop passes and DLC if people still keep buying them in droves. I just wish the good DLC like in borderlands was the standard and horse armor DLC was seen as the devil but in a lot of cases it is the other way.

ThePope3268d ago

What do you expect them to do? 8 studios, a map 30% larger than that of ACU. ALL of which to make the game bigger and "better" ALL of which we would complain if they didn't. Yet gosh forbid them for trying to make money on the things they create. What would you like them to do?!?!? They only have two choices, do DLC, or charge more for the game.

Timesplitter143268d ago (Edited 3268d ago )

Why did they decide to call it a "Season Pass" anyway? A season pass sounds like something temporary, like something that gives you access to the full game for only 3 months. It's such a badly chosen name

Viryu3268d ago

Hey guys! How can we earn more money? Oh, I know! Let's cut out planned content a year before release and sell it for 50% more money! No one will figure it out, because it's DmothaLspaghettiC!

FullmetalRoyale3268d ago

Lol @ "because Ubisoft"

Though this really applies to most all publishers now.

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Ubisoft is Giving Away Its Most Underrated Assassin's Creed Game Right Now

Assassin's Creed Syndicate is free on PC when you have a Ubisoft Connect account until December 6th, 2023.

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Profchaos147d ago

Underrated that's debatable.

chicken_in_the_corn147d ago

One of the most overrated imo. A big step backwards from Unity.

Relientk77146d ago

I loved Syndicate! I played this game mostly as Evie because of her stealth abilities and loved using a cane sword.

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Is Assassin's Creed Syndicate worth playing in 2023?

GF365: "Is Assassin's Creed Syndicate worth playing in 2023? Many veteran fans consider this game the last “real” Assassin's Creed game. Did that opinion age well? How does Syndicate compare against the previous game, Unity?"

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shinoff2183417d ago

I would say more maybe when you burned through your backlog.

cbuc1125417d ago

I thought it was great back in the day. Evie was a master at stealth, while Jacob was the fighter. Good 💩!

glennhkboy416d ago

I didn't find them that different in terms of stealth vs power.

cbuc1125415d ago

Well they were. She could go full invisible and blend into the environment at the highest level. Jacob could shoot a gun mid punch while fighting. You needed to build out the skill tree.

Chocoburger416d ago (Edited 416d ago )

It was the last in the series I actually liked, before they went full-blown grindfest. This game had grindy features too, but at least it had some limits.

My biggest issue was that it didn't move the modern story forward which was a let down. Still a fun game, though.

robtion416d ago

Definitely, it is a great game with a really detailed setting.

Unfortunately, you can't play it on PS5 though as it has a major flickering glitch with the lighting/shadows which makes it unplayable.

robtion416d ago

Really? Great, thanks for letting me know. It must have been relatively recent because when I downloaded it to play again on PS5 sometime in the last 12 months it was still really bad.

Good news though, now I can give it another play through. Never did the Jack the Ripper quests previously so want to give them a try.

P_Bomb416d ago

Yeah the patch was most appreciated. That graphic breakup/flicker was awful.

MadLad416d ago

Still consider it the best since Brotherhood.

DarXyde416d ago

Brotherhood was the last one I liked, but in fairness, I checked out after Revelations (which I really struggled to maintain interest in long enough to finish it. I eventually did but I couldn't tell you a thing about it though because I really did it out of necessity to finish something I started).

By that time, fatigue really set in and I simply don't care about it anymore.

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Assassin's Creed Syndicate Patch Will Finally Fix PS5 Flickering Issue Tomorrow

Wow, it's actually happening: Ubisoft will deploy a patch for Assassin's Creed Syndicate on PS4 tomorrow (that's the 23rd February) which will finally fix the game's flickering visuals when being played on PS5 via backwards compatibility.

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banger88425d ago

I just wish they'd patch Black Flag on consoles to enable 60 fps. Of all the earlier AC titles that was my favourite.

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Relientk77425d ago

That's really cool that Ubisoft is finally patching this even though its too late for me. I never thought they were going to patch it, so I beat AC Syndicate on PS4 end of last year. That's one game off my backlog.

anast424d ago

Sweet. This is one of my favorite ACs. I'll fire it up when I get the chance.

Pedrof424d ago

It's cool. It's just a bummer they didn't take the opportunity to also unlock the framerate.

chicken_in_the_corn424d ago

Awesome news. This is the main reason for pushing back my replay.