"Having so many studios separated so far apart working on one project can alienate the developers and make them lose focus of what the core goals and objectives are. Doing all this work under one roof, despite likely being more strenuous on a smaller number of employees, helps to maintain that focus."
Amid the recent news that the game is being developed by four Ubisoft studios, Gamespresso's Steve argues that Tom Clancy's The Division is being developed by too many studios, thus putting the project at risk.
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TIM WHITE WRITES: "Multiplayer or single player? Developers, you can do both, just not willy-nilly."
I hate when I see single player games and see people begging for multi-player. Jeez guys it don't need to be on every game. Latest one I seen was atomic heart.
Multiplayer or even co-op
If it was always a single player game then that's how it is
It's a trend that never really went away. For me multiplayer in a primarily SP focused game was an excuse for DLC. Then there's the mentality gamers had that adding multiplayer makes a game worth the price, otherwise it should be half price for half a game. A way of thinking devs reassured when they started adding multiplayer to their sequels. We see the same with multiplayer focused games getting SP in their sequels.
Tbh multilayer now is a way to add live service and mtx elements, very rarely does it come of well.
What single players game used to be in a lot of cases now require 3 other people for keeping to really enjoy it and I hate having to rely on others to get the maximum from a game.
Sp should be sp, if devs want to add a separate multi mode then that's fine with me, the legends addition to ghost of tshushima was fricking sick but totally separate to the main game. Sick of co op too.
I remember when certain single player games had them as included optional modes that was played on the couch. Had brilliant times with Syphon Filter and Golden Eye. Me and my bro used to used to fight over who would play as Gabe even though it was technically just a skin. Good times.
Agreed. I think people should keep their expectations for the Division low.
They have had to keep bringing more development teams on the project, rumors of development problems, it was one of the first games shown this generation and it's made by Ubisoft.
Not a good combination.
Certainly agree. The last Medal of Honor game is perfect example of why even 2 studios shouldn't develop a game together.
I think Assassin's Creed sufferd from the same thing. There are simply too many different studios working on the same game, that it becomes harder to keep it focused.
Yep agree also.. just being ubisoft has put my expectations to zero on this.. looked good at reveal time but now im not even interested.. just guna be another shoddy mp experiance from ubishlong
Oh i did not realise this !!!
I hope this game does not suffer from any conflict of interests :(