That sucks. I don't want to buy games from Tencent or any other Chinese entity.
That said, Ubisoft wasn't exactly doing a stellar job on their own anyway, so maybe it is not a huge loss.
The only Ubisoft game series I can think of that I was actually into was Far Cry, and honestly I was growing tired of it. The franchise was starting to feel repetitive. Same game different scenery rinse and repeat. That was before 6. And with 6 they tried to change things up, but the results were disappointing. I thought that was one of the the weakest in the main series.
Other than that, I'm struggling to come up with Ubisoft titles I have actually played or even been interested in Playing. I mean, they seem to have acquired or stuck their fingers in a little of everything, but most of the things they have touched, they touched long after I played it.
Examples:
I Liked the first two "
The Settlers" games (Die Siedler) but both of them were developed by Blue Byte before Ubisoft bought them out, and I never played the later Ubisoft era versions.
I also enjoyed the first two
Warlords games back in the early to mid 90's, but again, both of those were pre-Ubisoft. I never played any from the Ubisoft era.
Similarly, my friends and I went through a phase in the 90's when we enjoyed the first two
Worms games. And again, haven't touched them in the Ubisoft era.
I only ever played
the original Prince of Persia from 1989. (It was hard!)
And again, Ubisoft didn't touch that franchise until way later.
I also played
the original Myst from 1993 (though admittedly, was not a fan) It too wasn't touched by Ubisoft until years later.
If reviewing their list of games for this post (to jog my memory) is telling me anything, it is that they are all over the map. SO many different games and styles. Maybe they'd do better if they just focused on one or a few related genres instead of trying to do everything.
I probably could have gotten into Rainbow Six had I given it the time, but I never did. Not quite sure why.
