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Posted November 14, 2012
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jamyskis: Am I the only one that would prefer an acquisition by Ubisoft over one by EA or Activision?

Sure UPlay sucks massively, including in comparison to Origin, but Ubisoft grants its devs more artistic freedom and regularly churns out superior titles to what EA and Activision usually chuck out.

Of course, the best case scenario would be to revive THQ, but it seems that the company is just suffering from endemic mismanagement and saving it is a bit of a tall order.
I'm with you on that one. I'd take Ubisoft over EA/Activision any day. I get the DRM hate, but other than that they are superior to EA/Activision in every way.
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Qwertyman: I'd love to see someone take over the Warhammer 40k games and make a freakin' turn based game. Way too many RTS's out there already, and I can't afford to spend hundreds of dollars on game pieces to play the board game, not to mention that I don't have any friends who would be even remotely interested in playing.
I think that's impossible. There are legal issues afaik that prevents anyone from making a TBS game in the 40k Universe.
Post edited November 14, 2012 by Aningan
Posted November 14, 2012
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Elmofongo: But EA would than add co-op or Multiplayer to Darksiders and make Homefront 2 beecaues they still believe they can use whatever MMS to compete with COD.

I don't know what they would do to Saints Row however.
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SimonG: Yes, because they don't have their own OLDER modern warfare franchise ....
with me being very naive, what is it?
Posted November 14, 2012
Ubisoft are a little more lazy in their PC ports than most others. The DRM stuff aside, which they stopped anyway, that would be the main reason I would have for wishing someone else bought out THQ's IPs.

That said none of THQ's stuff really sets my world on fire anyway. Never was a fan of Saint's Row, I like the more mature satire of GTA. Red Faction had some cool games but is not really a unique IP. Darksiders... never played, not my thing.
Posted November 14, 2012
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StingingVelvet: Darksiders... never played, not my thing.
Give the first game a shot if you have a chance, even if you aren't a fan of the genre, I'm sure it will grow on you if you give it some time
Posted November 14, 2012
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Aningan: I think that's impossible. There are legal issues afaik that prevents anyone from making a TBS game in the 40k Universe.
Is that a recent thing? There was that WH40K Squad Command game on the PSP / DS...
Posted November 14, 2012
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StingingVelvet: Ubisoft are a little more lazy in their PC ports than most others.
Huh?

Really, all the AC works really fine for me.
Posted November 14, 2012
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StingingVelvet: Ubisoft are a little more lazy in their PC ports than most others.
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SimonG: Huh?

Really, all the AC works really fine for me.
Is that the only series they release?
Posted November 14, 2012
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StingingVelvet: Is that the only series they release?
Appears so.
Posted November 14, 2012
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StingingVelvet: Is that the only series they release?
The only one I play.
Posted November 14, 2012
Oh god no please no not Ubi i hate pc owners soft with their thoughts of pc users as pirates and constant online drm.

Please Take Two buy THQ assets instead.
Posted November 14, 2012
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aluinie: Please Take Two buy THQ assets instead.
You mean 2K I hate pc owners because they are pirates so I make 3 activation limits on Bioshock with no revoke untill the rage and uproar changes my mind ?
Posted November 14, 2012
You know that Ubisoft no longer uses its constant online drm (only activation) and that Bioshock is an old game, do you ?

About every publishes made dick moves with their drm. Some of them took longer than the others to understand that it was not the solution, but in the end, they all do about the same thing now: online activation (often unlimited).
Posted November 14, 2012
Where's Barry with his THQ game wishlist links?
Posted November 14, 2012
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StingingVelvet: Is that the only series they release?
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SimonG: The only one I play.
Well it's by far the best series as far as PC ports. Most others run terrible for how they look or lack a lot of basic PC functionality. They're not unplayable, but compared to something from EA or even THQ (outside of Darksiders) they're really bare-bones. Not boycott level, if there is such a thing, but disappointing.

So to see them take over a ton of IP would be iffy. Still, not a lot of it matters to me, as I said.
Posted November 14, 2012
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Darkcloud: Woah even EA would be bettter.
I agree 100%. I can see it now 'Titan quest of Magic and Might' I am extremely biased about this company. They will never do another proper M&M game imho, wasting a perfectly viable license.

Edit; Don't get me wrong, good games, shit leadership.
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