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    Definition of Insanity while waiting for Far Cry 6

    On October 15, 2020 I had purchased Far Cry 6 along with a few other UBISOFT games since Far Cry 6 was scheduled to release early February, then April, and now October 7th.

    I know I am not the only person that has pre-ordered Far Cry 6 but what a slap in the face to allowed YouTube streamers show off the game while people that have had this pre-ordered this long don't even get a demo??? All I can say is I have learned my lesson and I will never pre-order a UBISOFT title ever again.

    Sorry just needed to relieve my rant. I am better now.
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    You realize having popular youtubers and streamers post footage of upcoming games is just a new standard in the promotional cycle of videogame marketing now right? It's not a "slap in the face" to anyone, it's simply a new method of marketing the game that previously wasn't an option. I think that's just an unfortunate, and frankly entitled way of interpreting what is happening.
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    A lot of people were disappointed when FC 6 did not ship as originally planned. I know I was. That's the underlying issue isn't it? But I think most would agree that world events are to blame for that.

    We're just days away, and if UBI has been polishing the game during this extended release time frame, we get to enjoy the benefits of that now.
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    Originally Posted by rdhiggins Go to original post
    On October 15, 2020 I had purchased Far Cry 6 along with a few other UBISOFT games since Far Cry 6 was scheduled to release early February, then April, and now October 7th.

    I know I am not the only person that has pre-ordered Far Cry 6 but what a slap in the face to allowed YouTube streamers show off the game while people that have had this pre-ordered this long don't even get a demo??? All I can say is I have learned my lesson and I will never pre-order a UBISOFT title ever again.

    Sorry just needed to relieve my rant. I am better now.
    they are not playing STAND alone copies in those video's , I myself was invited ( as i am a PAST UBI star UBI STAR player for FAR CRY 5 ) to get in on a hands on event with FAR CRY 6 back in august 2021.. we were directed on what parts of the game we got to play ..NO FILES were made available to me or anyone else . it was a streamed EVENT HOSTED by UBI employees , again no files were made available to me and no i could not make any CONFIG changes


    we played a beta build of the game for about 4 to 5 hours , a few hours that we played , were CO OP Play and a few hours single player only

    a few days later ubi sent out that RAW footage to each individual who was part of the event .. so they could edit and post their game play and reaction to the game
    (with instructions on what we could and could not post )

    yes we all had to sign an NDA i am still under that NDA

    and under NDA i cant say much more

    other then YES the game looked good , but no............. no one got a free copy to play , so those vids you see online are most likely from that event as they invited quite a few PRESS people and a few popular streamers and some UBI star players to the event .. again that event is over .

    i myself like those other people that have posted , the content they got to try ,ALL have to wait till the full game is released on OCTOBER 7th 2021 to play the game ( if we bought it that is )

    it was as HorTys said , yes a pre release PRESS event , and its not uncommon for game developers to do that to create excitement for the release of an upcoming title as well as a way to test for hardware issues network problems as well as pre polish look over the code if any errors occur

    i am sure after that event , they still worked more on the game, as it did not go gold till weeks after that event

    so no you were not slapped in the face at all

    no clue why they picked me out of millions of FAR CRY fans to be a UBI STAR player for FAR CRY 5 and send me to LA CALIFORNIA in 2017 for E 3 that year as yes i got to try FAR CRY 5 a year before it even SHIPPED for a week in LA


    , other then yes i do try to help other player on the forums with Tech issues and try to guide them to UBI support if i can not help them fix their issue

    so bottom line support the games and communities that ya like and do so with a positive attitude , who knows they may pick you to be a star player some day , so you can get in on special events someday ?

    but yes they still have me on their list and send me offers for even current STAR PLAYER events
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