This isn't an arena shooter. When I was younger games like Halo, Quake, Unreal, Timesplitters, 007 Goldeneye and Perfect Dark where considered arena shooters. You didn't have classes or loadout customization. Plus, weapons where on map, with starting weapons being an exception.
Golden Eye and Perfect Dark weren't arena shooters. Those weren't fast enough. The first real arena shooters would be released with the release of Unreal Tournament and Quake III Arena.
I still stand by arena shooters have equal [or near-equal] starts, lack of customization and weapons on map. You need to keep in mind Golden Eye and Perfect Dark were designed for the N64. Timesplitters a spiritual successor to Golden Eye was much faster spaced.
Some games 90s era arena shooters did have customizable characters. Dark Forces 2 let players choose different force powers, light or dark side. Some games and game modes let players start with different weapons.
In Unreal Championship and Timesplitters characters had different base stats. However, stay differential often had drawbacks,e.g. fast characters had low health.
You know ... I am kinda glad this current "Punk rock moshpit" Ubisoft is not making a new Splinter Cell. I don't want a live service "Punk rock moshpit" Splinter Cell. Its better to boot up the older games and relive the nostalgia rather than see it get desecrated.
Don't be silly, that would mean Ubisoft and other devs taking risks. Actually thinking out the Box scares them to death, and the share holders. Generic is the buzz word for today's gaming industry. Its all about money!!!
Ubisoft avoids platformers these days because they aren't Nintendo and can't reach insane numbers like they can with brand name. What they do is like what happened to many TV channels over the past decade. If you flip on Discovery, True tv, TLC, etc you'll get nothing but reality tv because those networks reached their peak audience and switching to drama filled trash tv is the only way they can continue to grow. In Ubisofts case the only way to grow is to make mass appealing unfocused trash games similar to their TV network counterparts.
Lmao leave it to Ubisoft to put out the most generic shit possible. Just taking the Tom Clancy universe, add a giant heaping of call of duty and use a dash of Homefront styled delivery and bam this is what we’re being served. Halo infinite is free to play. I just don’t know, see or understand how ubisoft thinks they’ll be able to compete with such a juggernaut. Should’ve just made a new Vegas inspired Tom Clancy and stood out from the crowd with a quasi third person/ first person cover shooter. I’m in awe of Ubisoft’s lack of creativity with such big IPs at their disposal. As a fellow Canadian, it hurts to see our biggest game devs constantly making such generic uninspired content
And i still don't understand why people keep asking this new Ubisoft to make a Splinter Cell game. I guess, they want a live service action game (with minor stealth elements sprinkled here and there), with RPG elements, completely forgettable story and in-game shop? Because that's what new Ubisoft gonna do.
Another arena shooter? These devs well most of them, are all followers lately. It's like hey that one jumped off the bridge to his/her death lets go with them too, it seems cool. 😒 Don't we have too much of these shit arena shooters already? For me 2 was enough. I want to see another Unreal/Quake 3 shooter again.
Do game developers ever ask the fans, what they want...NO. they just crap out generic trash that no one really wants and then question why it doesn't sell or review well. They're not even trying here, it's just low hanging fruit, no ambition no new ideas.....
Lord have mercy . . . when will it end? And what is this tagline "A Ubisoft Original" all about? You don't have to say that, Netflix isn't a game streaming service, yet. Honestly it just goes to show you what kind of mindset Ubisoft has.
How many silly shooters are we going to get? It's like many 3rd party ran out of ideas and just do bare minimum with the genre nowadays. Ubisoft is one of the worst/best example of over reliance on one genre.
I'll give it a shot since it's free but man Ubisoft is so out of touch on what people actually want from them, also Tom Clancy is probably doing backflips in his grave at this point with how much Ubi uses his name for projects that have nothing to do with his work.
sometimes i wonder who makes these ideas in the board room meetings. Why are they not make a splinter cell, do they how much gamers would love a new splinter cell.
Meh.
Simply another game going after that free-to-play money.
I cannot tell you how little I care about an Arena Shooter. Where is my Splinter Cell?
Even the reveal trailer has frame drops ... I mean ....
This isn't an arena shooter. When I was younger games like Halo, Quake, Unreal, Timesplitters, 007 Goldeneye and Perfect Dark where considered arena shooters. You didn't have classes or loadout customization. Plus, weapons where on map, with starting weapons being an exception.
Can Ubisoft become any more generic
"Can we have a proper Assassins Creed game focusing on the stealth"
"Can we have a true Beyond Good and Evil sequel as a platformer starring Jade"
"Can we get a new Prince of Persia or wrap the 08 reboot up"
"How about a new Splinter Cell"
Nope...