10 WORST Cash Grab Attempts By UBISOFT

[@loppyhero7196]

How there are micro transactions in a single player game is beyond me

[@FelipeKana1]

In any game.

[@aresdonachelo5283]

*EXACTLY!*

[@scoobydoo199123]

Oblivion horse armour would like a word with you.

[@beardedlonewolf7695]

@@FelipeKana1 It's worse in single player games because you don't compete with anybody (or any hackers) so there's no reason to accelerate your skills or get better weapons early.

[@Elysiabikha]

Mtx In paid game is already fucked up.

[@RuminatingGuardian]

You should've mentioned the most recent cash-grab Ubisoft made: Ubisoft released assassin's creed valhalla without microtransactions so the reviewers would praise the game for that move. They waited a couple of weeks until all the big reviews were out to make Valhalla more grindy by tweaking the XP system so it's harder to level up and made the enemies scale to your Level so the game would be more tedious. They then added XP boosters and Time Savers to force the players into purchasing them.

[@TrickOrRetreat]

I stopped with Ubisoft. I play their games when they get under 10 euro. Last 2 i played i paid 7euro on steam.

[@keres993]

Yeah I can’t remember the last time I played something from Ubisoft

[@soaringeagle175]

Also, you can't even play the game without an Ubisoft account. WTF?!?!?!

[@A1stardan]

@@TrickOrRetreat stop for longer and buy them at 3-4 euros. That's the best price. Tbh they should be paying us cause we've been playing the same repetitive shit they throw at us

[@TrickOrRetreat]

@@A1stardan valid point bro 🤗

[@ronng21]

Ubisoft’s loggo is litterly a blackhole where all our money gets thrown into

[@X-xMrDx-X-_-]

Well yes but ubisoft is atleast better then EA and Rockstar games to be fair

[@RaymondStormbl3ssed]

@@X-xMrDx-X-_- not really Rockstar still makes the best SP open world games and EAs been doing good ever since gamblefront 2 with JFO, NFS heat and Apex legends and also adding all their games back on steam. Ubisuck still puts shitty micro transactions in all their games with 3-6 special editions and a fucking season pass. Even fucking activision has pushed back on their greedy behaviour and that’s saying something.

[@Tiger-bp6op]

@@RaymondStormbl3ssed no

[@CpCheesecake]

No it's the shit emoji from top perspective

[@cozymonk]

I always buy their games on sale, play the base game, and not spend any money on micro transactions. If I reach a a point where it feels like a time sink or grind, i stop playing and move on (the stories are never good enough i *have* to see it to the end, anyway). If i beat the game, had a lot of fun, and want more content, I might buy a DLC/expansion, but only if it doesn’t appear to be cut content or adds a different dimension or perspective to the game beyond its original design. I think I’ve only done this twice: once was Blood Dragon and once was the AC: Origins Expansion with the boss battles against Egyptian mythological creatures.

[@obscuremix8198]

The developers at Ubisoft are extremely talented. Sadly, they are lead by awful directors, smooth brain corporate heads and actual abusers that see customers as idiots. Those devs deserve better.

[@clementtompel7558]

Preach

[@Snowaxe3D]

Pirate it, just buy games from Indi developers support then instead. Simple.

[@gearthe6th]

Nolan Sorrento from Ready Player One.

[@Andy-rf8rr]

Thank you!! Put hate on the Heads of developers, not the little guys below them. Hating the guys who are making the game for decisions out of their paygrade is like hating on retail employees for the prices of products and what not.

[@theblacknaruto]

Ubisoft is like that teacher who keeps coming up with terrible assignments in order to make the class fun.

[@jayzer150]

And I like most of their games 🤣🤣

[@legionarydecanus7207]

Rainbow six and far cry franchise are neat

[@nope.7392]

Their only success was rayman

[@adammonks591]

Jesus, how young are you? Cringe

[@nope.7392]

@@adammonks591 me? I’m 16

[@F4Wildcat]

And remember kids...thats the 10 worst. Not just 10. We give falcon enough beer and he can easily find 100 ubisoft cash grabs

[@MrSjc1220]

Keeping in to 10 had to require a lot of effort.

[@NinjaSushi2]

Now onto EA!

[@flipcats]

Lol i want to see all 100 actually

[@tanmaypanadi1414]

it wouldn't be a video but a live stream I would watch

[@F4Wildcat]

@@webbie7503 I am belgian, we have plenty of beer. Yow Gameranx, can we send you lads some beers?

[@Kllnen]

A whole vid on Ubisoft? Hahaha, didn't know I needed this until now.

[@ainz0617]

Same

[@DeathsNitemareShepardOfHope]

Haa. 😄👍

[@twoseriousdogs6762]

I just wrote the same thing then I read your post lol 😆👍🏽

[@twoseriousdogs6762]

@@the-weirdist no it's not. This kind of robbery needs to be made aware of... Ubisoft is that you??

[@naenaegoblin6946]

It isn’t robbery I you have the chance to stop it

[@rasmusjohansson3702]

10 WORST Cash Grab Attempts By EA: 10. Fifa 12 packs 9. Fifa 13 packs 8. Fifa 14 packs 7. Fifa 15 packs 6. Fifa 16 packs 5. Fifa 17 packs 4. Fifa 18 packs 3. Fifa 19 packs 2. Fifa 20 packs 1. Fifa 21 packs

[@rypiggylebruski5235]

Madden ultimate team also works for this

[@AfricanGiant24]

Need for speed and worst of them battlefront 2

[@jaceellsworth5338]

@@AfricanGiant24 battlefront is good now, but oh boy that launch man

[@steamyrayvaughn1740]

We're all just going to forget about Apex Legends $200+ event skins every month or so? Okay..

[@vishnutheetharappan7074]

@@steamyrayvaughn1740 Apex is free tho so it's a little better

[@KappaJones]

"The middle portion of the game was intentionally stretched out to drive players to buy these time savers" It actually made me just drop the game completely

[@forgottens7712]

Same

[@mrvinnertrix]

This is interesting subject. I usually play rpg's the way that I have to do as much of sidequests as I can before continuing with the main mission. So I think this would work for some players like me, but the "timesaver" should still absolutely be free. I in fact usually loose interest in the game after I have done the main story even though there could be lots of content left in side quests. One opposite game mechanic I dislike is in farcry 5. There the game forces you to do the main mission in the sense that if you get rebellion points in some area, you get kidnapped and are forced to continue the main story a little. But yeah this is just an opinion, but I guess that this works for certain gamers

[@KappaJones]

@@mrvinnertrix That's normally how I play them myself, but with that game in particular I just really lost interest in it for some reason I might try to return to it at some point

[@maxbracegirdle9990]

I don't play the assassin's Creed games so idk what this is all about. Was it like the old saints row where you had to do side quests to earn XP to do the main quest lines?? Can someone explain it to me or give me cliffnotes??

[@KappaJones]

@@maxbracegirdle9990 I've forgotten nearly everything about this game so bear with me, but I think the issue was that the game not only had a crap ton of quests, but the quests were stretched out to be unnecessarily long with their tasks They also loved making the player travel from one end of the map to the other On top of that since the game has a leveling system, unless you found a way to cheese through it, some missions were impossible to do if your level wasn't high enough so you would have to come back later after screwing around and levling up

[@GabeTheGabriel]

Rumour is gameranx is still in process of making a part 2 Ubisoft cashgrabs, but they cant keep up!

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

"time savers", on a singleplayer game ? On PC it has a simple solution : Cheat Engine

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

@@webbie7503 on the other hand you can install full cheat menus for singleplayer in GTA V. No need to bother with Cheat Engine.

[@r30413]

mods

[@dr2d2]

Yeah I use wemod for a cheat engine

[@johnschwalb]

I see no issue with cheat engine when you can buy things with money, the only difference is one doesn't arbitrarily take my money.

[@doge5603]

@@webbie7503 They're called Cheat Table, like plugins for Cheat Engine made by CE community for certain games that have "unfindable value" problem.

[@eyeball5578]

I always buy their games cheap as chips as they go down to like 20 in no time. And NEVER EVER spend on cash grab crap. Being a patient gamer is the way of the samurai 😇

[@naenaegoblin6946]

I see you played Ghost of Tsushima

[@iCANT_BELIEVE_YOU_SAID_THAT]

Same. I paid 10 bucks for Splinter Cell Blacklist. Game was not worth $60-$70...lol

[@koboldbiopellet]

On Stadia, you can get another $10 off each game for each email that you create.

[@ElcatOwO]

@@iHaveTheDocuments Me : Claims the ubisoft free giveaway after 5 years of game launch XD ngl I got AC4,WD1 and 2,Division,Trials 1 and 2 and more games from giveaways lol

[@gavandwina.5889]

You DO NOT a wrack a disaprin 🙏

[@net_spider]

The EA and Ubisoft arguement for time savers: "Its for those gamers that don't have a lot of time in the day to game." Umm... no. Its for those gamers who are gullible enough to believe you because you are making a problem, selling the solution, and lying through your toothy smile to make it seem like you are doing us a favor.

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

From my perspective, when they are in single player games, I don’t see the big deal. You don’t have to buy them, and there’s more than enough content that will let you hit Max level if you play the game normally. Before they updated Odyssey, I hit max level long before I came close to finishing the game. Yes parts of it feel like a grind, but then again the map is freaking huge and the content gets redundant after awhile. I know this repsonse is going to get a lot of backlash 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@naenaegoblin6946]

You won’t get any from me

[@XanderCrease]

@@Lawrence_Talbot Agreed, never paid for Ubisoft MT's. I've always felt they're similarly balanced as most games. I always end up over-leveled and swimming in armor, money, items etc anyway. Ignore the micro-transactions and you'll soon wonder why they were even there in the first place.

[@nemodemolishedgamer7440]

Ea is Way worst than ubisoft !!!!

[@VouesolaR]

@@Lawrence_Talbot nah Im like you the only Ubisoft micro transaction i have ever paid was in the crew 2 and it's for Special cosmetics part on car like it's not hood or car part's it's just colored tire smoke or funny neon under the car.

[@RepublicofODLUM]

Thanks for including trials, doesn't get a lot of attention but is actually worse than what you mention in the video. You CAN get the acorns in game to buy the scarab, map packs, other bikes etc. but in order to do that you have to either find squirrels or complete contracts. The squirrels are often ridiculously hidden in tracks and the contracts are EXTREMELY difficult but when the community came together and made a guide for people how to get the easiest acorns ubisoft released a patch that made it even harder, true story. Me n my pops have put in about 300 hours on trials (albeit a lot of hours on user tracks) and we still had to pay $30 to get all map packs and bikes after finding all squirrels and not wanting to do the hardest contracts.

[@akirusgauge7094]

The fact that they keep trying means there's a significant amount of people are actually using these features

[@jackdanila9893]

Yes there is, and it shouldn't surprise you

[@akirusgauge7094]

@@jackdanila9893 I guess the standards of gaming will continue to fall then. I'm just surprised there are enough players that keep this cycle going, sure they only need 20% of the gaming population to make these work but I'm curious to know why these people support this.

[@daestka5512]

@@akirusgauge7094 ,I guess they are probably kids or people that like to spend money. I don't get it either

[@jwn5]

Its a good chance that they're just desperately pushing these practices out trying to normalize them thinking that we'll eventually just accept it as a norm like some typical dumbass consumer... Alot of these are all textbook business practices that look like the company heads got together and planned this bs, thing is this isnt like a regular market, this is gaming, all its gonna lead to is them getting backlashed into oblivion if they keep it up and there's been alot of backlash and pushed limits lately

[@bombboy3427]

Yeah, I've never gotten that either. Same thing with Mobile games. If you hate them, don't play them. I have literally uninstalled some games after I got several annoying click bait ads or was shoved micro transactions.

[@zbuuu]

This is why piracy exists and pirates always gets the ultimate editions

[@cryptiik5700]

yessir, companies like ubisoft don't deserve a penny anymore

[@Alexthelion93]

@@cryptiik5700 Speak for yourself. I personally believe they make some of the most amazing games out there. They are in this industry for ages. Prince of Persia, Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Brothers in Arms, Watch Dogs, Rainbow Six, For Honor, The Division, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Rayman. I've been with them from the very beginning and still enjoy the amazing experiences they release. Their open world games are mesmerising! There's nothing like AC Odyssey out there. They get hate for microtransactions and time savers. Sure, I don't agree with those practices. But they never bothered me from enjoying their titles. I never felt like even visiting the store to browse through those things you could spend your pennies on. It's just this mentality of compulsive spending. They are there, sure. But do you have to buy that stuff to enjoy their games? NO! You have a gun, does that mean you can go out and start shooting in the crowd? NO!

[@cryptiik5700]

@@Alexthelion93 they win you over with the pretty graphics and landscapes. Yes the worlds they make look great but the design of their open worlds are so mundane, their side quests are lazy as hell and most of the world is empty with nothing to do. Take Watch Dogs Legion for example the world looks nice but again its dry and the story is completely forgetful. Underneath all of that facade are scummy and shady practices 24/7, Ubisoft is becoming the new EA year after year. When you pay full price for a game it's full for a reason especially if its single player not "pay us 60 or 80 and we'll lock more than the majority of the content that was supposed to be in it since day one under a pay wall". Yes you aren't forced to pay but they know full well what they are doing. Companies are going to lock more and more content under pay walls the more we allow it to happen. They get loads of profit from it which makes them lazy in creating titles. If you noticed with every single recent Ubi game the structure of them are all the same it's a copy and paste with different genres

[@MrBALAKUMARA]

@@Alexthelion93 "They get hate for micro transactions and time savers". BRUH! that is the exact reason why everyone dislikes Ubisoft and the video is about. They create the massive open world but they intentionally code the game such that whatever you grind even for months you won't get your desired level. AC odyssey proved to be horrendous!. The world is massive which means more time you can play you can level up more but no, let setup the level bar such that it could take days to gain next level and force them to buy time server and boost pack. Just try reach level 45 in that game without booster and time saver pack, your ass get fried out and you will get burn out. Not to mention that side quests are boring as hell and it will be a huge let down for gamers which will push them such that, instead of getting immersed in the world you either had to cool your fried ass or continue getting burned up for gaining XP. About Prince of persia, they got greedy and tend to release VR version which got flopped even before that shit got released. They purposefully not releasing it because, Ubishit have no other way but to make single player compaign. This will lead them to terminate micro transactions for that game and there will be no cash grab. This is the particular reason they are not releasing POP. Instead they tried POP with multi player with VR but thank God! It failed. Also the Division, Rainbow six siege and other games, yes the world is great and huge and all, but are you satisfied by finishing up the good side quests and some filler contents and leveling up by usual Game mechanics? like witcher 3, GOW 4 rdr2? NOPE! The mechanic itself is obliterated by Ubisoft for cash grab even in Single player game! SINGLE PLAYER GAME?! Microtransactions in SINGLE PLAYER GAME?! I will whole heartedly pirate these type of games and even when I pirate these games i demand refund! Period.

[@fica1137]

@@Alexthelion93 I hate Ubisoft because they ruined AC franchise

[@TheMaestro116]

*Ubisoft sees this video "Hey Gameranx, remember those review copies we were gonna provide you about some of our upcoming big releases? The ones where you could have used to upload a quick review and get a bunch of clicks on? We just lost the keys somehow."

[@n124ajdx]

Nope they won't do that. Ubisoft is actually one of the easiest company to work with. They sponsor hundreds of creator and give a lot of reviews copy, not because they are good but because they need more publicity for there games

[@mylesarmstrong1728]

😂

[@Shatterverse]

@@the-weirdist Hey you know what seeing this makes me not want to do? Buy an Ubisoft product - just like I don't buy Blizzard products anymore. And since I have adblock even if an ad shows up it doesn't get them anything from me. Fuck em, eat the rich.

[@darkwolf780]

@@iHaveTheDocuments thanks for reminding me of Venoms Ending "we'll leave you head, armand legless you'll be Like a turd blowing in the wind"

[@hinokami796]

@@Shatterverse you know that's not how it works right? I mean if enough people did what you did then yes but they don't so... it's kinda like a Karen saying they'll never shop at a multi million dollar company look I don't agree with ubisoft but people are hand rubbing and holding the cocks of cdpr after they do scummy stuff too you didn't even mention EA

[@the_clapp3r298]

This reminds me of the EA one, which btw the answer is “all of them”

[@Gamer88334]

EA used to make good games (like the Strike games and what is technically the first MOBA ever released, Future Cop: LAPD). Now they just make games that aren’t good because they know people are gonna buy them anyway and they know people are gonna buy microtransactions and “surprise mechanics” .

[@couchgaming216]

@@Gamer88334 the NBA games and golfing games used to be fun for everyone now they all are a waste of money E.A and ubisoft have indefinitely fucked all of the sporting games also if you wanna play a good sports game play fucking nba ballers or Mario and sonic at the Olympics

[@sethhowerton1489]

@@Gamer88334 within the last like 7 years pretty much, exceptions are fallen order and squadrons ...which are both star wars games. So im guessing that has something to do with Lucas arts not wanting micros anymore. Maybe because of the battlefront 2 debacle, take that has you will.

[@tbyte4736]

@@Gamer88334 bruhh fkcing ubisoft SUED a mobile game that looked like r6 . i hate ubisoft. For me EA make better games

[@Gamer88334]

@@tbyte4736 *bro

[@themikead99]

I remember when one of the older Ghost Recon games got removed from steam merely because it wasn't making Ubisoft money. There was still a huge playerbase for that game, but since it was older and in the same vein of some of their newer games, they just straight up put it down for the sake of moving players to newer games. Idk if it worked, but damn it was scummy, and that was my favorite game at the time. Edit: it was phantoms.

[@DasheFelton]

I truly appreciate all the little details yall cram into these videos... that perfectly times backflip at 7:16 made your lil rant that much more hilarious lmao

[@Stevitar]

cosmetics in a single player game is the most useless thing I've ever heard in my life.

[@kungflupenguin1067]

How about cosmetics in a single player first person game and it's only outfits.

[@doge5603]

EA: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that...

[@11MishMash]

What about an RPG? Cosmetics are really important. You shouldn't have to pay for em

[@s_ame1135]

@@11MishMash RPG-MMO perhaps but not in a Single player RPG.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

@AnimeGamer X Not acceptable in SINGLE PLAYER.

[@arminxvs3372]

Everyone who spent even a cent on this crap is the root of the problem - change my mind.

[@Phykes_]

but big companies shouldn't enable people with no control of their impulses the option to buy micro-transactions just for their own gain

[@arminxvs3372]

@@Phykes_ then you need to forbid junk food to be sold or any marketing product. Thing is, we are all adults - and adults should have enough control over their lives to say NO to a stupid skin or microtransaction.

[@naenaegoblin6946]

@Armin Xvs I can't

[@arminxvs3372]

@@naenaegoblin6946 a man of culture as well

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

@@arminxvs3372 Tell that to AnimeGamer X. This maniac trying to justify this by saying "it can be used for people who don't have time"

[@rebann]

People: MICROSTRANSACTIONS ARE BAD Same People: *buys microtransactions* Way to stick to your guns guys, you really showed them that we won't be pushed around like mindless consumer cattle.

[@Cthulhuwarlord]

Only time I’ve bought a microtransaction somewhat recently was a skin on warframe cause the game is free

[@nestormelendez9005]

I'm over here laughing in actually playing the game instead of buying mtxs

[@221Prohunter]

@@Cthulhuwarlord Basically every dollar I’ve spent on microtransactions was in Warframe. Still have more hours and less dollars spent in that game than any $60 AAA title.

[@Shaidon7]

Well, they "can do whatever they want with their money". Cause their opinion should be respected. Just like all those people doing social events in this time of pandemic.

[@dankhill6851]

MTX are actually financial domination, it's essentially like a BDSM practice.

[@Thom_Meeker]

I never looked at Odyssey as a cash grab when you get to the point where you need a lot of experience to progress. I honestly thought it was them trying to force you to do a bunch of the side missions to gain experience. Which is what I did. I had fun doing all the side missions. I think I bought one time saver boost pack thing and that's just because I bought points for armor and weapons and stuff and just had some left over.

[@GOD__OF__SPEED]

Read your comment again but this time think

[@Thom_Meeker]

@@GOD__OF__SPEED I see your point lol. Still very much love the game

[@MD-qj3dh]

This is a solid list of games I’ll make sure to never play.

[@GunsAndOrRoses]

A lot of these games are perfectly fine to play and it's not necessary to the gameplay to make any purchases. I've actually played most of the games on this list, they're fun games

[@whitehuayra]

Ac Odyssey is really good tbh breakpoint too. Rainbow six seige is terrible and got worse over time and completely ruined the series

[@hazim9529]

Most of the games are actually decent. It's just that they're published by Ubisoft, that's all.

[@memecliparchives2254]

@@whitehuayra It's the complete opposite. Siege is actually worthwhile for the most part and Odyssey is such an afterthought of a game its literally the KZbin Rewind 2018 of gaming. It's out of touch in every level.

[@audacious3198]

Why do they keep getting us with these microtransactions. Cause they think you be soft

[@ffturbo]

Maybe even ubi soft?

[@icantbuild207]

@@ffturbo stfu😭😭😂😂😂

[@travishunt8832]

imagine if Ubisoft have a free2play game

[@icantbuild207]

@@travishunt8832 that would be kinda lit

[@Robert-.-Smith]

@@travishunt8832 they do it's a battle royale called hyperscape

[@reubenzuidema6656]

Employer: "do you know how to maintain a server?" Canadite: "What's a server?" Employer: "Welcome to Ubisoft"

[@lt03.59]

For real tho, even me (i live in netherland) i have 9 ping and good stable internet but ONLY in R6S i can't play the game without getting network errors..

[@Narmi804]

"Stonk"

[@VouesolaR]

@@lt03.59 that's weird i never had connexion problem in a Ubisoft game not like "EA" who still don't get good server for apex legend or "Activision Blizzard" that have server that are really good for 1990

[@stupendously_silly]

We live in a world where the whole DLC cost 10x the price of the base game.

[@Crazy_Gamer_OG]

And you get 1/4th the content.

[@charvaderinc.1725]

I mean, if someone spends $600 on dlc, they are the idiot, not Ubisoft.

[@naenaegoblin6946]

*Oblivion horse armour intensifies*

[@VouesolaR]

@@webbie7503 sims is a pc game no? so just mod the fuck out of it the community is way better at making game than EA.

[@Lucky_9705]

Ubisoft, like EA, has neglected tons of their amazing franchises in favor of the mediocre cash grabs that are Just Dance and Assasin's Creed. For nearly 8 years, Rayman has been kicked to the curb and laid dormant as a franchise. Not a single Rayman game ever since.

[@hopefullyhigh]

Now they dont even want you OWNING THE GOD DAMN GAME

[@ItachiUchiha-ns1il]

An in game bike in ghost recon breakpoint costs $7. Think about how ridiculous that is.

[@retroK6607]

Lmao Lvoa Included weapon pack in Wildlands demanded 15 or 20 bucks to unlock..

[@luar215]

lmao and an in game bike in GTA online costs ~$67. Think about how ridiculous that is.

[@VouesolaR]

@@TrashWoodBand are you speaking of real $ or gta$ because if your speaking a gta $ a plane is more like 2 000 000 gta$ and a good car is the same price i think gta online is a pretty good cash grab too but at least they have made a really big number of free dlc

[@justsomeguy4260]

Unless you are Jeff bezos

[@VouesolaR]

@@TrashWoodBand i don't know i just though you were mistaken but yes gta online price are plain bullshit but there hack so its fine

[@Kratos510e]

"yOu dOnT hAvE tO bUy tHeM!" No shit, doesn't stop from trying to incentivize you to buy them by making the game a grind.

[@11MishMash]

Ikr. They're selling an 'rpg' and then you DoN't HaVe tO bUy new outfits, mounts or weapons

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

@AnimeGamer X You are pushing your luck kid.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

@AnimeGamer X And you can't make this look cute by adding lol and stupid emoji there. Mtx is not acceptable, OPTIONAL OR >NOT< there is no justifying. We don't do that. Understand that and don't speak unless you have something meaningful to say.

[@11MishMash]

@AnimeGamer X if it is CoD or BF sure. You need progress. Yet ubi games like AC or FC aren't about progress. They are about exploration, rping, immersion. Sure there is progress but that's bot the main goal.

[@Friendlyfirefish]

Don't play the games that do that.

[@ianchinsor9248]

I’m actually so glad you’re doing this, Ubisoft are actually the scummiest now and their games are worse for it! If far cry 6 is an RPG style game with bullet sponge enemies, I am done 😂

[@retroK6607]

@Fishy Vagina Ubisoft want money more... and Activision will try the best to squeeze the last Penny

[@ninjalemurdude]

Activision and EA blow Ubisoft out of the water with their bad practices, but Ubisoft still needs to be better.

[@Jollofmuncher2000]

@@retroK6607well we can all agree that they are all mr krabs

[@maruf7956]

Don't forget EA

[@itzmrinyy7484]

Hopefully now that they've shifted focus to mobile games they'll remove mtx from their singleplayer area, highly doubt it though

[@marion_roberts]

This ballsy video is highly appreciated, scummy cash grabs should always be brought to light. If the next 'before you buy' video for a new Ubisoft game is not released immediately after the review embargo, we know what happened.

[@elc0m0d0re2]

Kind of calls back the memories of Battlefield V's tank customizations. Two years of "Soon" and those that could actually help hide your tank by adding scrubs and such to your tank are 10$ and soon after the next game in the franchise gets announced

[@massiveorca]

Ubisoft really have fallen over this last generation especially with the slow disregard of good story's and the wanton amount of microtransactions

[@unc54]

It's insane. One of the most acclaimed companies during the PS3/360 generation and now they're seen on par with EA and Activision.

[@CarthagoMike]

Only 10? You can make a few video's out of this topic alone, I bet.

[@n124ajdx]

They can make 100 videos if they choose Activision instead

[@derekhofstetler3998]

I hope the Boba Fett game is not affected by this.

[@floodedcarb7028]

@@derekhofstetler3998 Very good chance it will be.

[@derekhofstetler3998]

@@floodedcarb7028 BIG SED

[@VouesolaR]

@@derekhofstetler3998 what game is that? if it's a star wars game it's supposed to be made by EA and Disney are behind them with the contract that make EA the only people who can make a star wars game in hand ready to destroy it at the first sight of microtransaction.

[@MaazMathers]

Thats tha main reason i stopped playing odyssey,that middle part is just so boring you're basically doing the same shit over and over again

[@gamefanatics5113]

I never knew there was an ending DLC for Prince of Persia reboot. I never heard about it when I owned it on 360 and the Steam version never ported it over.

[@deadguy.7851]

The fact that EA started all of this makes me hate them even more

[@cpoates777]

You missed the Ezio Trilogy “remaster”

[@FALslayer]

@TDarkK that's microtransactions 101

[@claytonzanetassie]

What I would do to to play the ezio trilogy with Valhalla graphics :/

[@atharvadeshpande4749]

@@claytonzanetassie without the Grind Fest of Valhalla and Without the Micro transactions.

[@memecliparchives2254]

Nah, the AC 3 remaster was worse. The character models looked terrible.

[@joeysgames1084]

@@atharvadeshpande4749 Valhallas grind isn't even that bad it was much worse in Odyssey I never ran into a grind in Valhalla

[@ApexBovine]

The way things are going, I’d be honestly surprised if they didn’t send out a cease and desist order on this as “slander”. Gaming industry is so fucked man.

[@brianlambert833]

Welcome to the new generation of gamers. Make sure to thank their need for instant gratification every time you see MTs.

[@MakChris84]

When you hear “ Hi folks its Falcon “ you know its about to be good

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

What about "as usual my name is Jake Baldino"

[@Topgear2006]

I actually turn it off when I hear that

[@chocomint4165]

Odyssey be like pay a little to skip a bit, I just pay nothing and skip all of it

[@metalclawsteelheart]

1:19 the sad part is,i think they actually made it WORSE and REDUCED the amount of xp and money and stuff you got

[@noopa0532]

If only they found a way to make there games less repetitive

[@gamewithsenko8334]

I’m so glad you pointed out gryphon, he’s also a pay to win character

[@Crazy_Gamer_OG]

Reasons why I buy more indie/retro games now.

[@thegreatpiratemorgan]

Yeah I’m done with AAA games. They’re all hype and very little delivery.

[@jakpote88]

Thats the good thing with pc... indie game are so much more accessible

[@jakpote88]

@liquid sword guy i found the ps4 player who never touch a pc

[@lorenzo8208]

I enjoyed a lot hollow night recently. 15 dollars and you have a gigantic world free to explore with every single room well constructed. 60 hours of gameplay if you go for the secret ending and 100+ if you are a masochist and you want to do the hardest one. I'm not giving spoilers

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

@@thegreatpiratemorgan Rdr2?

[@SodaMazing2]

I feel like with Odyssey, they were trying to go for a "Axxess" model, where they wanted players who bought used / rental copies to pay more for the game. Which sorta makes sense since used copies of Odyssey are common. But the reason for that is because people keep selling the game for this very same issue, they don't want to put up with it. Not to mention, people who paid full price didn't get the booster for free.

[@rottsrool]

Great videos and full of info, and the best is there not drawn out like some other videos, well done 👍

[@flipcats]

Lol remember when games doesn't have any of this crap just buy and play

[@Lucky_9705]

This crap has been in games since about 2008. The first games to introduce an ultimate team mode with microtransactions were Madden and Fifa 09.

[@JJokerMoreau]

I remember defending rabidly WoW's subscription service eons ago. I remember expressly hating the concept of Free 2 Play games. So, congrats to everyone that funded the rise of this.

[@1God1Fury]

Yes I do. I called it the moment they started to develop as new game business, but most didn't listen or didn't cared enough

[@poyakhajei2585]

sadly that was a long time ago

[@mikespike2099]

Oh I did not realize there were micro-transactions of AC Odyssey ... no wonder it was boring half the time Can they please stop with Micro transactions on single player games .....

[@raylessneptune451]

Right? Like I got Jedi Fallen Order not long ago and was surprised EA didn’t put micro transactions in there. I should not be surprised about that. It should be STANDARD. If you wanna milk a game more than just the base story, add DLC you have to pay for. I’d be okay with that rather than the bullshit Ubisoft pulls constantly.

[@VouesolaR]

@@raylessneptune451 Disney is behind they and are like "if i see 1 fucking micro transaction in this you will never be able to make a star wars game again understood you piece of shit" so EA don't put micro transaction on star wars anymore but if it wasn't for Disney every star wars game would be like FIFA so 200+ dollars on Randoms pack to gets the character that are interesting.

[@mattm.6008]

I feel like this list should be longer

[@theclandestinewitness]

Thank you for the Hogan's heroes meme. It warmed my old heart

[@thedogkin4572]

Sad that these videos can be made and we just keep getting their stuff

[@MegaTicker]

I've always used cheat engine and trainers in ubisoft games , these kinda micro transactions in a single player game is beyond everything i would cheat it rather than pay real money for it

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Smart man.

[@VouesolaR]

do you really need it, i did use cheat but when the game is finished or when i replay it because i lost save or something, i never cheated in the first playthrough it break the fun

[@ToTaLShaFF]

It's amazing the patience a gamer has as he ages...... I beat them at their game by waiting a few months to a year and pay a fraction of the cost for the complete game

[@tsugikuniyoriichi22]

Hahaha amen my guy

[@Sarruji]

A PC and a trainer fixes the "time saver" crap.

[@theblackbaron4119]

I wouldn't buy those kinds of games in the first place.

[@shubhamtamili1995]

I am actually a huge Ubisoft fan. But the first line in this video did calm down my rage. Nice video. 👏🏽👍🏽

[@madhippy3]

Another thing about #10 is that when we were allowed to make out own custom missions there were some that were auto completing and would just reward xp to get around the grind. Ubisoft made these levels a bannable offense. So much for "time savers" and player-choice. Only a choice if you have to pay for it.

[@Jason_Van_Stone]

Ps plus members, FF7 remake is free this month. Have a great day.

[@jo.7100]

You’re a living legend

[@LalaRojas-jd5rc]

Enjoy the game people!

[@yetibluebeard]

That intro had so much Falcon energy I almost shat my pants

[@ghookspambot]

Funny thing about timesavers in Creed is that you could implement all of the options resources/bonus exp with a simple trainer. Felt good to press F1 knowing each time you pushed that key you slapped money out of a greedy exec's hands.

[@Bodharas]

Remember AC Black Flag? That game was great. Good times. One of the few games I 100% and didn't spend a dime, nor did they ask. I must have finished before the helix credits. Never even heard of them.

[@emodante1084]

The shocking thing is Ubisoft made you pay for the ending yet EA didn't with Mass Effect 3's ending.

[@theguylevi]

Damn, I miss Ezio...Those games were so much better than most ACs since.

[@maruf7956]

Last 3 AC games are so trash

[@theguylevi]

@@maruf7956 As far as gameplay I agree. I do appreciate Origins & Odyssey for the historical modes though. I was pissed that Valhalla didn't have it.

[@fnggaming89]

Origins was pretty good at least it explains the founding of the Assassin's Creed order and Bayek's story was quite enjoyable...now odyssey idk what the fuck that was, I've never not finished a creed game but i traded that shit in

[@VouesolaR]

not gonna lie only ac ever finished was 3 hated every other one so no fucks given for me

[@MercenaryJames]

Where's all the people who say, "Stop being so entitled!" Or, "you don't have to buy it." Who don't get the point of the issue? It's that companies intentionally remove or split content to make a quick buck. The more people rationalize it the worse it gets. People lost their shit back when Oblivion added $5 horse armor. Now people would happily throw money at that same DLC if it were $15 and justify it.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Because of the reasons you stated sometimes I think humanity is a mistake.

[@VouesolaR]

ok so no dlc are added game content not useless shit that make your horse look fancier or double your xp and no if a horse armor was 15$ in a 60$ game people would not be happy proof is star war battlefronts 2 who ended the lootbox shit because it was what you juste said.

[@MercenaryJames]

@@VouesolaR There is a difference between large expansion packs that have a lot of content vs being nickle and dimed for little pieces. Lootboxes you pay money for an RNG machine to gamble a chance to get the content you want. That's what people were upset about. That and the ridiculous method of acquiring cards (progression) from them. The other is designing the game to be excessive unless you are willing to throw money out. It's predatory game design and it's becoming all the more popular as more games fall under "live service". People gladly spend $10-15 regularly for simple color palettes and "cosmetics", which is just as useless as the infamous Horse Armor but they justify it. People buy it, and companies prey on that behavior.

[@VouesolaR]

@@MercenaryJames i didn't say otherwise i was just correcting the term he used microtransaction and dlc are not the same thing

[@spottypongo7591]

Trials rising broke my heart after trials fusion

[@Siah_hell]

I hated breakpoint because of many things -Removed the three friendly ai that assist you (they were re-added) -Threw you into a new map with a lot of futuristic insanity with barely any backstory -Imo it just took a very large jump in the sequel that it feels canon af

[@chaosmonkey9987]

Can't blame ubisoft, people got more money than brains

[@daestka5512]

you are goddamn right!

[@ak-t7d6f]

I hope the bigheads in Ubisoft HQ sees this video and at least feel a little bit embarrassed.

[@VisualGourmet]

Hm, time-limited paid DLC that is only cosmetic and cannot be acquired in-game? Easy solution: Don't get that shit. If it's only cosmetic, why would anyone bother? Especially if you have to pay for it? It's the stupid horse armor all over again. Just don't buy it and maybe they'll stop putting time, money, and effort into shit that they don't see profit from anymore.

[@kris_b4561]

“Roses are red” “KZbin is too” “I got my first like” “But why is it blue’”

[@thomasgarza9304]

"Why is every line in quotations?" - Abraham Lincoln

[@callmebacon1809]

To tell ya a little more about the Gryphon issue, buying him then was to get to play him early, specifically before he'd be available for in-game currency. On steam you could buy him, play him once as long as you played within an hour after purchase, and then the next time you'd log on, he'd be locked again and trying to play him would just take you to the Uplay store page. This issue, if I remember correctly, took almost 2 weeks to fix, rendering the whole point of buying him early.. Pointless!

[@Pyroxor549]

Ubisoft is killing their own franchises

[@dyaniscott]

“Here’s a list of cash grabs by Ubisoft” *Lists micro transactions for every Ubisoft game in the last 10 years*

[@questionfor9502]

Are they wrong

[@dyaniscott]

@@questionfor9502 video should’ve just been called Ubisoft micro- transactions that suck then lmao

[@haunted-but-holy]

@@dyaniscott but.. they're cash grabs. Awful ones, that suck🤦

[@joshrogers6669]

I can't even be mad at ubisoft for "time savers" lol its fucking genius. Not only did they get people to pay for their game they also got people to pay them to play their game less! If I was a business major, Ubisoft would be my idol.

[@hairyerse7576]

Not greedy at all. Just pure Genius.

[@naenaegoblin6946]

Ubisoft are the people who dec out their speech in fallout new Vegas

[@usernameisjackie]

I'm just... tired. I can't even find the energy to be upset anymore.

[@Mr.FBIMan]

Ubisoft is to busy with these cash grabs to fix any of the bugs in Valhalla

[@TheJesterShow]

Man that Prince of Persia game was so underrated at the time. A gem imo. Wish they made another man.

[@n-mcmahon320]

I’m not first I’m not last But most importantly No one asked

[@naenaegoblin6946]

Well said

[@StubzTurner]

But you still felt the need to say it.

[@ludologian]

Lol , I comment my view number from time to time idk but someday it will be a trend

[@homerallenquinn9817]

"Commander Cody the time has come execute order 66." Commander Cody: "yes sir" Commander Cody: "BLAST HIM."

[@Paco1337]

Imagine buying things in SP game when you can get it with cheat engine or some other 3rd party software

[@UndeadAhead]

Because, its illegal

[@tobiassl8011]

I like how there’s a list. Really shows the absolute greed.

[@redditshortstories122]

it just got even worse...

[@TeabaggEditing]

TBH I played some of the games mentioned here and I never felt like I had to spent money... If I wanted everything the game offers yes but I didnt care for the cosmetics or timesavers because I just had fun playing the game. EA is way worse when it comes to microtransactions.

[@all-stargamingentertainmen1157]

We need one of these for rockstar.

[@GunsAndOrRoses]

For what? The two games they have? Gonna be a short video. At number 2 GTA V At number 1 RDR2

[@Magnum_Reminiscence]

Ubisoft’s Microtransactions are still nowhere near as bad as EA’s.

[@louniis]

they all badd

[@Magnum_Reminiscence]

@@louniis I agree, but Ubisoft doesn’t come anywhere close to the amount of Cash Grabs as EA.

[@0x00Fyou]

....yet

[@JayRM_]

I'm not sure what other games did this, but by far the most absurd thing that has happened that absolutely tilted me was when Virtua Fighter 5 crossed over to next gen (from PS3/XBOX360 to PS4/XBOX ONE) and basically all the content and unlockable characters went from earnable, to purely DLC. I used to play Virtua Fighter 5 heavily in 360 days. And loved the idea of grinding the game and unlocking characters through story progression and buying all these cosmetics via in-game currency. With the next gen - at the time - they decided to scrap that whole concept and instead lock what you WERE able to earn behind a blatant paywall.

[@MonkeMusicMan]

Get this, I had to buy Rainbow Six Siege just to get a mask in Ghost Recon Breakpoint. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Sam-xt2gz]

this video could have been a lot shorter if gameranx just said: anything published by ubisoft since 2015

[@1-FirstLast-0]

Plot twist: EA paid him to make this 'video'.

[@GbrBy]

Good thing 3 weeks ago he made the same video as this one, but the focus was EA

[@George-qm6wi]

@@GbrBy yeah and it was payed by ubisoft.

[@naenaegoblin6946]

So much lore i can't take it

[@mtnman8783]

Just got to say Falcon has one of my favorite voices of any narrator

[@WolfMax1223]

I think the thing that most people don't realize is that Ubisoft doesn't learn lessons

[@asthmaticfish]

Fenix Rising's adventure time character pack sends you straight to purgatory

[@Plague_Doc22]

nb 1. Releasing basically the same games constantly reskinned.

[@michalfurman296]

well, at least it didn't happen in the early to late 2000s, when you only had splinter cell (which was constantly evolving), and assassin's creed (which was original as fuck back then)

[@reubenzuidema6656]

Welkom to triple A gaming my Friend. Where the DLC cost more then the game and post launch patches are a industry standerd.

[@Plague_Doc22]

@@reubenzuidema6656 The Sims is like 1000$ or more now lol.

[@Plague_Doc22]

@@michalfurman296 Original AC was incredible for its time. Then they decided to go "hey you know that original series we got going, why dont we just make it a generic RPG shit show?" And tada last three AC games.

[@michalfurman296]

@@Plague_Doc22i was talking exactly about that

[@fedbia2003]

It feels like there’s an imperative to start boycotting games from Ubisoft, Activision/Blizzard, and EA. These companies are the worst when it comes to artificially extending games in some form or another to facilitate unnecessary micro transactions.

[@ryanelkadi3196]

Or you could just not play them 😂😂. There are tons of options, tons of games not made by Ubisoft and Activision. What games does EA make that are playable nowaday? Play something made by 2k like borderlands or bio shock , or something else with no microtransactions like no mans sky

[@fedbia2003]

@@ryanelkadi3196 That’s why I say boycott. I’m not playing them. I just think others should do the same. And exactly right! The industry has proven countless times that greedy MTXs are not at all necessary. The AAA studios hide behind dedicate responsibility while forsaking what it means to make great games. Ultimately, and I think it’s still happening, we need more Hideo Kojimas of the world. If anyone deserves the profit from games, it’s him.

[@ryanelkadi3196]

@@fedbia2003 idk AC is my favorite series by far, watch dogs 2 is my favorite game all time, and I also love the far cry games. Ubisoft sucks nowadays but 2017 and earlier they made amazing games

[@fedbia2003]

@@ryanelkadi3196 My wife is a HUGE AC fan. That being said, even she can identify through her own preference that there are many artificially created systems with the sole purpose of enticing people to spend money. The P2W is just everywhere, and the game doesn’t need it. But for me, I love Battlefield, but I haven’t played the last few or the upcoming solely to spite the company for their practices. If the community voted with their wallets, you could get the same things you love from your favorite games without all the unnecessary mechanics. Just to be clear, I’m not trying to dictate to anyone what they’re favorite game should be. I just think liking a product has nothing to do with supporting it financially.

[@ryanelkadi3196]

@@fedbia2003 I really don’t think you need to spend any money at all in AC. Does buying timesavers make stuff easier? Sure, but I love the gameplay and side missions of AC Origins, which is considered to be a Grundy AC game. As long as AC mechanics doesn’t turn into Fallout 76 or mass effect 3 where you have to pay for the rest of the story then I’m really fine with it

[@macaak]

Falcone turn up the volume on your mic just a bit, I feel like your sound got lower..

[@laur.an01]

Even if you pirated Obysey you would feel robbed. Played till level 40ish and unistalled because it became repetitive

[@RedFox-st1yw]

When this song hits, you know it will be a great Falcon video