Ubisoft Cancels Press Previews of Assassin's Creed Shadows

insider-gaming.com /assassins-creed-shaodow-previews-delayed/

Something must be going on at Ubisoft. They cancelled their Tokyo Game Show stream without any explanation as well.

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Always a good sign for a release.
- I mean cancelling preview copies of Space Marine 2 seemed to work out. They got to finish cooking and it paid off for them in the end with everyone's minds being blown (I haven't played it yet myself, but I've seen reviews).
  But that's most likely not the case here.

I want Ubisoft to crumble.
- They're working on it
  
  Feels like they are buying their own booster packs to speed things up.
- Can I have a solid Black Flag remaster first?
  
  No, just play Black Flag.

Wow, this really gives me confidence that it’s going to a great game. Time to preorder for 70!
- AAAA Game let's gooooooo
- OMG spoilers

It's just going to be a shit version of ghost of tsushima

I'm sure it's fine, right guys? Guys? This is the AAAA company, it'll be great right?

Just when the sequel to Ghost of Tsushima was announced - I don’t think it’s a coincidence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z7kqwuf0a8
- I don't think they're related but it is a hilarious turn of events for ubisoft

I feel like a lot of companies that put the most emphasis on making diverse IP make the worst products. I don't think that the lack of quality is due to diversity. Rather, I think that companies with soulless corporate leadership have a habit of producing mediocre content and attempting to obfuscate said mediocrity by making an otherwise uninspiring game a referendum on the culture war.
I'm willing to bet that there are developers who can make a game that is more organically diverse and genuinely fun, but that they don't get an honest shot due to the state of modern gaming.
Anyway this game is gonna be crap, IGN is gonna give it a 10/10, and Polygon is gonna go on a tirade when it underperforms in the same way every AC game since black flag has underperformed.
- what do you mean by diverse IP? Ubisoft has notoriously done the exact opposite by eliminating every distinguishing characteristic of their games and converging all of their designs into assassin's creed with another name. Ubisoft has one of the least diverse portfolio of any AAA company, and that's saying something.
  the only good (and diverse) things that come out of Ubisoft have been from a small team inside that somehow missed all the rituals to sell their souls to Asmodeus so they keep making bangers like Rayman and the recent Prince metroidvania.
  
  Sadly, I think this person is railing against "having more than just white guys featured" (as if that's forced, when you start making games in new locations around the world) rather than the bland Ubi-style open-world map checklist that you might expect to be the sane complaint.
- I mean it is a diverse portfolio, but only on the very shallow surface level. Like COD or FIFA, AC games are the same every year / 2 years with a different skin.
  I remember when it was actually different 10+ years ago, like when we got AC Unity, Black Flag close by, with some Far Cry 3 on the side. Their open worlds had similar elements, but it was still very different at the core.
  Now it’s just repetitive and boring.
  
  By diverse I believe he meant the DEI stuff.

A delay or a layoff, or both!

Luckily Ubisoft of all companies can totally afford that sort of stuff right now. It'll be fiiiiine.

Don't worry, this one's definitely gonna be AAAAAAAA

They're wasting such a badass historical figure in Yasuke on such a color by numbers game.

Gonna wait and see what their statement is.
If it's that they're gonna change something in the game, I doubt it's gonna be related to the (black) main character. I can't imagine it would be an easy fix to fully replace him with a different character at this point.
If people really find it such a big deal I think best they could do is to let people choose their own main male character, like Odyssey and Valhalla.
- I feel like the discussion is way past "the main character is black" at this point
  
  Pretty sure it's not. Have you seen the average discussions about the game?
- From what I understand he is not THE main character he is one of the two main characters.
  It would be impossible to replace him at this point in the development and other than the super hard-core racists I don't think anyone wants that at all.

Sweet Baby leaves its taint over a long lasting beloved franchise yet again!
Thank God for Space Marine 2!

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