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[EscoBlades]

Any news on this?

Still waiting on news of their planned maintenance to address this issue. I have not been given an ETA at this time.

[EscoBlades]

Any news on this?

Still waiting on news of their planned maintenance to address this issue. I have not been given an ETA at this time.

[Moribundman]

What I really dread in 2015 is the following:

Ubisoft announce Assassins Creed Victory in the Spring/Summer for AC's usual Fall release schedule. Excitement forn the game is minimal due to Kotaku's leaks peaking the interest of anyone excited at this news, and Unity's woes sapping the enthusiasm of AC's biggest fans.

Ubi reacts by adding more unneccessary new features to the game; external apps to complete for ingame goodies which have trouble syncronizing with Initiates mk3 (which has only just started to work following 6 months of hell for developers and poor sales due to bad word of mouth). A sponsorship deal between Ubi's marketing team and US cosmetic companies, wherein a timed promotion forces Victory's release date to be nailed down sooner than the dev teams would wish.

Sensing they need a "quick win", suits also demand a cheap and cheerful current gen, upscaled conversion of the relatively popular and successful AC Rogue along the model of Liberation HD, for release in Summer 2015 with added content and all the DLC. This further angers fans, by forcing those who bought Rogue on 360/PS3 to repurchase the game, and by seeming poorer quality and a step back from both Unity AND Black Flag for existing current gen gamers who have missed Rogue due to upgrading. Due to the hasty conversion and rushed release, this release is glitchy, further cementing a bad media image for Ubisoft.

As the release date nears, Ubi release previews of Victory, showcasing its fixed 30fps framerate and beautiful resolution. A month or two later, Digital Foundry's boffins reveal this has had to be dialled down due to populating the huge metropolis of 19th century London with intelligent metamissions and dynamic sidequests. Because Victory has probably been in development since circa 2013 (before the likes of Eurogamer went on their maniacal insane hate campaign about the "misogyny" of Unity's Co-op mode for not allowing Arno to change gender!!) devs have been unable to react to press gender discussion in their game, Eurogamer issue another deranged barrage of idiocy when previews reveal that the protagonist of Victory (set in Victorian England) is another white male character, and not a woman of colour.

After a month's delay (when overworked devs would have preferred 2-3 months) in November Victory is released alongside Watchdogs 2 and Far Cry 5. Unfortunately the undertested new version of Initiates fails to import legacy data or recognise when someone has switched console formats between Unity and Victory. Community managers and online devs are too busy to immediately address these issues as they are busy fixing Victory's glitchy "free roam" sandbox deathmatch hunting multiplayer and Jack the Ripper PvP survival modes. The Crew's latest expansion is also keeping online teams busy.

Arriving to starkly mixed reviews from critics, Victory is an incredible breakthrough in the AC saga, perfecting many of the systems introduced with Unity, setting out a plot artfully blending historic facts/events with some of the inventiveness and fiction of the Victorian era. Many praise the more faithful and less confused rendition of Victorian London here than in Sony's troubled cyberpunk action game 1888 the Order released earlier in the year.

Critics bemoan the chronic, immersion shattering overreliance on apps and websites (codes from body spray required to unlock costume 1, uPlay ID required to access costume 2, Initiates diamond level access (unavailable for several months at launch) required for costume 3; weapon 1 in the single player campaign requires completion of PvP mode, weapon 2 requires you to play simultaneously with 10 of your real life Facebook friends; weapon 3 requires you to take a photo of yourself dressed as Altair or Haytham Kenway and set it as your LinkedIn business profile photo...

Sales suffer, the franchise suffers, gamers and devs alike suffer, Victory - potentially the greatest game in the series yet is brought down by travelling at speed in the wrong direction which the series has set a course.

I say all this in jest as a worst case scenario, and yes I am largely being sarcastic. I just hope Ubi do the opposite of the above and learn from everything that has gone wrong this year. Come on guys, we love you really, lets just get the franchise back on its feet, dust it off and get climbing that tower again.

[Odargson]

What I really dread in 2015 is the following:

Ubisoft announce Assassins Creed Victory in the Spring/Summer for AC's usual Fall release schedule. Excitement forn the game is minimal due to Kotaku's leaks peaking the interest of anyone excited at this news, and Unity's woes sapping the enthusiasm of AC's biggest fans.

Ubi reacts by adding more unneccessary new features to the game; external apps to complete for ingame goodies which have trouble syncronizing with Initiates mk3 (which has only just started to work following 6 months of hell for developers and poor sales due to bad word of mouth). A sponsorship deal between Ubi's marketing team and US cosmetic companies, wherein a timed promotion forces Victory's release date to be nailed down sooner than the dev teams would wish.

Sensing they need a "quick win", suits also demand a cheap and cheerful current gen, upscaled conversion of the relatively popular and successful AC Rogue along the model of Liberation HD, for release in Summer 2015 with added content and all the DLC. This further angers fans, by forcing those who bought Rogue on 360/PS3 to repurchase the game, and by seeming poorer quality and a step back from both Unity AND Black Flag for existing current gen gamers who have missed Rogue due to upgrading. Due to the hasty conversion and rushed release, this release is glitchy, further cementing a bad media image for Ubisoft.

As the release date nears, Ubi release previews of Victory, showcasing its fixed 30fps framerate and beautiful resolution. A month or two later, Digital Foundry's boffins reveal this has had to be dialled down due to populating the huge metropolis of 19th century London with intelligent metamissions and dynamic sidequests. Because Victory has probably been in development since circa 2013 (before the likes of Eurogamer went on their maniacal insane hate campaign about the "misogyny" of Unity's Co-op mode for not allowing Arno to change gender!!) devs have been unable to react to press gender discussion in their game, Eurogamer issue another deranged barrage of idiocy when previews reveal that the protagonist of Victory (set in Victorian England) is another white male character, and not a woman of colour.

After a month's delay (when overworked devs would have preferred 2-3 months) in November Victory is released alongside Watchdogs 2 and Far Cry 5. Unfortunately the undertested new version of Initiates fails to import legacy data or recognise when someone has switched console formats between Unity and Victory. Community managers and online devs are too busy to immediately address these issues as they are busy fixing Victory's glitchy "free roam" sandbox deathmatch hunting multiplayer and Jack the Ripper PvP survival modes. The Crew's latest expansion is also keeping online teams busy.

Arriving to starkly mixed reviews from critics, Victory is an incredible breakthrough in the AC saga, perfecting many of the systems introduced with Unity, setting out a plot artfully blending historic facts/events with some of the inventiveness and fiction of the Victorian era. Many praise the more faithful and less confused rendition of Victorian London here than in Sony's troubled cyberpunk action game 1888 the Order released earlier in the year.

Critics bemoan the chronic, immersion shattering overreliance on apps and websites (codes from body spray required to unlock costume 1, uPlay ID required to access costume 2, Initiates diamond level access (unavailable for several months at launch) required for costume 3; weapon 1 in the single player campaign requires completion of PvP mode, weapon 2 requires you to play simultaneously with 10 of your real life Facebook friends; weapon 3 requires you to take a photo of yourself dressed as Altair or Haytham Kenway and set it as your LinkedIn business profile photo...

Sales suffer, the franchise suffers, gamers and devs alike suffer, Victory - potentially the greatest game in the series yet is brought down by travelling at speed in the wrong direction which the series has set a course.

I say all this in jest as a worst case scenario, and yes I am largely being sarcastic. I just hope Ubi do the opposite of the above and learn from everything that has gone wrong this year. Come on guys, we love you really, lets just get the franchise back on its feet, dust it off and get climbing that tower again.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND you're probably right. If i could, i would like this post.

[Numbtoyou]

What I really dread in 2015 is the following:

Ubisoft announce Assassins Creed Victory in the Spring/Summer for AC's usual Fall release schedule. Excitement forn the game is minimal due to Kotaku's leaks peaking the interest of anyone excited at this news, and Unity's woes sapping the enthusiasm of AC's biggest fans.

Ubi reacts by adding more unneccessary new features to the game; external apps to complete for ingame goodies which have trouble syncronizing with Initiates mk3 (which has only just started to work following 6 months of hell for developers and poor sales due to bad word of mouth). A sponsorship deal between Ubi's marketing team and US cosmetic companies, wherein a timed promotion forces Victory's release date to be nailed down sooner than the dev teams would wish.

Sensing they need a "quick win", suits also demand a cheap and cheerful current gen, upscaled conversion of the relatively popular and successful AC Rogue along the model of Liberation HD, for release in Summer 2015 with added content and all the DLC. This further angers fans, by forcing those who bought Rogue on 360/PS3 to repurchase the game, and by seeming poorer quality and a step back from both Unity AND Black Flag for existing current gen gamers who have missed Rogue due to upgrading. Due to the hasty conversion and rushed release, this release is glitchy, further cementing a bad media image for Ubisoft.

As the release date nears, Ubi release previews of Victory, showcasing its fixed 30fps framerate and beautiful resolution. A month or two later, Digital Foundry's boffins reveal this has had to be dialled down due to populating the huge metropolis of 19th century London with intelligent metamissions and dynamic sidequests. Because Victory has probably been in development since circa 2013 (before the likes of Eurogamer went on their maniacal insane hate campaign about the "misogyny" of Unity's Co-op mode for not allowing Arno to change gender!!) devs have been unable to react to press gender discussion in their game, Eurogamer issue another deranged barrage of idiocy when previews reveal that the protagonist of Victory (set in Victorian England) is another white male character, and not a woman of colour.

After a month's delay (when overworked devs would have preferred 2-3 months) in November Victory is released alongside Watchdogs 2 and Far Cry 5. Unfortunately the undertested new version of Initiates fails to import legacy data or recognise when someone has switched console formats between Unity and Victory. Community managers and online devs are too busy to immediately address these issues as they are busy fixing Victory's glitchy "free roam" sandbox deathmatch hunting multiplayer and Jack the Ripper PvP survival modes. The Crew's latest expansion is also keeping online teams busy.

Arriving to starkly mixed reviews from critics, Victory is an incredible breakthrough in the AC saga, perfecting many of the systems introduced with Unity, setting out a plot artfully blending historic facts/events with some of the inventiveness and fiction of the Victorian era. Many praise the more faithful and less confused rendition of Victorian London here than in Sony's troubled cyberpunk action game 1888 the Order released earlier in the year.

Critics bemoan the chronic, immersion shattering overreliance on apps and websites (codes from body spray required to unlock costume 1, uPlay ID required to access costume 2, Initiates diamond level access (unavailable for several months at launch) required for costume 3; weapon 1 in the single player campaign requires completion of PvP mode, weapon 2 requires you to play simultaneously with 10 of your real life Facebook friends; weapon 3 requires you to take a photo of yourself dressed as Altair or Haytham Kenway and set it as your LinkedIn business profile photo...

Sales suffer, the franchise suffers, gamers and devs alike suffer, Victory - potentially the greatest game in the series yet is brought down by travelling at speed in the wrong direction which the series has set a course.

I say all this in jest as a worst case scenario, and yes I am largely being sarcastic. I just hope Ubi do the opposite of the above and learn from everything that has gone wrong this year. Come on guys, we love you really, lets just get the franchise back on its feet, dust it off and get climbing that tower again.

This man is a prophet!

[munarriz33]

The page doesn't load the games and I don't know why?

[Kliorath]

I'm having the exactlysame issue. Urg, this is so frustrating because all I need now are the chests from the Initiates, which I can't get any.

[Odargson]

The page doesn't load the games and I don't know why?

Read some posts before your's and u will know. Everyone is having this problem, some people are like you, blank profiles, others are like my profile, it opens, but dont show the true xp u should have.

[FrozenStar]

Look, I'm a games industry vet who's been through similar issues with external companions, crunch dates, black friday the works...

But this is insane.

The community manager keeps posting requests to file tickets, but the Support site needs more support than the titles. There's not even a "question" under which to file the complaints this 3rd or 4th thread is concerned about; meaning that these tickets are getting spread out into categories that disperse and diffuse the actual magnitude of the situation.

I just filed mine, with as much info as I could provide; but I can't even be sure it will be seen.

I even had to do a "humanity check" just to post this. They make it completely inconvenient to even share concerns.

From now on, I'm using Twitter, Reddit and other easy to convey public opinion sites that are far more damaging and less controlled.


I just thoroughly enjoyed my time in Far Cry 4, from the same publisher. That franchise wasn't so desperate to prevent me from trading in the game, that they spread out and gated a ton of menial content to help subsidize their expenditure and keep folks on the payroll who apparently can't make games without microcrutches.

I got to play it, enjoy it and get back to other games. Do that again every year, and you keep me as a customer.

I'm getting tired of this stuff. I know its ambitious, but after playing every meaningful entry into this franchise, the thing that pisses me off is that the content and features here used to just be included in games.

[RickVarr]

Im having problem with initiates! It didnt syn my game! I spent hours playing Unity and end up with the same lvl on initiates! No xp and nothing in accomplisment tab. It said that every noticfication was on two days ago ><
What happned? I tried to kill some enemies with every kind of weapons i had but Initiate showed that i did nothing graahhhhhhhhhhhhh ><

[Reyne-]

I really hope someone doesn't take your post the wrong way Moribundman. Otherwise, haha!

Unity accomplishments have stopped updating aswell now, happening to anyone else???