10 Assassin’s Creed Games In 5 Years Is A Disaster Waiting To Happen

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Shahmeer Sarfaraz

I’ve previously worked for eXputer as a Senior News Writer for several years. Now with Tech4Gamers, I love to devoutly keep up with the latest gaming and entertainment industries. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and years of experience reporting on games and breaking exclusive stories. Besides my passion for gaming journalism, I love spending my leisure time farming away in Stardew Valley. VGC, IGN, GameSpot, Game Rant, TheGamer, GamingBolt, The Verge, NME, Metro, Dot Esports, GameByte, Kotaku Australia, PC Gamer, and more have cited my articles.

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Whatever the field, it’s important to not let your success get to your head and value your followers’ feedback. Ubisoft is learning this the hard way. The video gaming giant responsible for towering franchises like Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Prince of Persia is currently going through a crisis precisely because it refused to listen.

This is the same studio that said gamers need to live with not owning their games and called out people when its titles failed. There was probably a much better, less antagonizing way of putting it, and I’m sure Ubisoft might be regretting it now. However, the answer to this current predicament is not to “relentlessly start releasing games.”

Why it matters: Rushing to release two games a year is not going to work, especially when Ubisoft games are already criticized for being more of the same.

Prepare For 10 Assassin’s Creed Games In 5 Years

Ubisoft’s ongoing crisis is common knowledge. First, the backlash surrounding Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ controversial choices and then the Star Wars Outlaws mess events catalyzed the company’s downfall.

Ubisoft is getting worst each year.
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However, there’s one peculiar point I wish to highlight today. It seems one of Ubisoft’s strategies to prevail is to make better use of its IPs across the board. It plans to release titles more aggressively and frequently to combat the current situation.

One part of that “relentless release” strategy is Assassin’s Creed. Ubisoft is reportedly planning to release a whopping 10 Assassin’s Creed games in the next 5 years, possibly including the rumored Black Flag remake. How are you feeling about this?

Too Much Haste Leads To Disaster

Let me ask you this: What is gamers’ principal complaint regarding Ubisoft’s titles? It’s the monotonous formula, how everything feels more of the same. But if you thought it was problematic before, wait until Ubisoft starts churning out two games a year. This copy-pasted design will escalate to an even worse state if a strict deadline has to be met.

The Ubisoft Formula: once you've played one Ubisoft game, you've played them all
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And when that happens, these Assassin’s Creed games will become even more formulaic and one-trick pony than they are already. It’s inevitable when the obsession of “we have to get it out in 6 months” clouds your senses. I dread to imagine the quality of those games. They’ll be nothing but cash grabs.

Speaking of which, a lot of this lineup will likely include remakes and re-releases of past games, which frightens me even more. The current Ubisoft is a disappointment, but those past games were genuine classics. 6 months is too short a time for a full AAA game, Ubisoft will resort to re-releases, and in doing so, massacre them.

Rushing Is Not The Answer, Quality Is

What baffles me is how Ubisoft has grossly misread the situation. Does it seriously think this current crisis is because it doesn’t release enough games? 

You know, it’s kinda ironic that ignoring people’s wishes brought Ubisoft into this mess, and now the company is doing the exact same thing once again in hopes of getting out of it. First, it pursued forced diversity and antagonized its consumers, and now it hastily releases games that can realistically never turn out well and worsen the situation.

Ubisoft needs to stop for a moment and listen to the masses. The core of the problem is adopting strategies no one wants and re-pasting the same design more or less in games.

It would be much better if Ubisoft took some time to polish its games and try to work on creative, versatile stuff. Even if it takes longer than usual, I’d rather have a carefully crafted masterpiece than two games a year that are the same copy-pasted mess.

Ubisoft own some of the best IPs in the industry. Why are they hell bent on merging all these unique games into one formula?
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Don’t Ruin Assassin’s Creed Further, Ubisoft

In a nutshell, releasing 10 Assassin’s Creed games in 5 years will not be beneficial; Ubisoft needs to understand this. Assassin’s Creed is already a shell of its former self; there’s no need to worsen its image with hastily released, low-quality titles.

Besides, it won’t help Ubisoft’s case in the least. The tech giant needs to step back, reconsider its priorities, and focus on its IPs to refine them, not rushing games.

Shahmeer Sarfaraz

Shameer Sarfaraz has previously worked for eXputer as a Senior News Writer for several years. Now with Tech4Gamers, he loves to devoutly keep up with the latest gaming and entertainment industries. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and years of experience reporting on games. Besides his passion for breaking news stories, Shahmeer loves spending his leisure time farming away in Stardew Valley. VGC, IGN, GameSpot, Game Rant, TheGamer, GamingBolt, The Verge, NME, Metro, Dot Esports, GameByte, Kotaku Australia, PC Gamer, and more have cited his articles.