what do you mean by diverse IP? Ubisoft has notoriously done the exact opposite by eliminating every distinguishing characteristic of their games and converging all of their designs into assassin's creed with another name. Ubisoft has one of the least diverse portfolio of any AAA company, and that's saying something.

the only good (and diverse) things that come out of Ubisoft have been from a small team inside that somehow missed all the rituals to sell their souls to Asmodeus so they keep making bangers like Rayman and the recent Prince metroidvania.

[–] jeeva@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Sadly, I think this person is railing against "having more than just white guys featured" (as if that's forced, when you start making games in new locations around the world) rather than the bland Ubi-style open-world map checklist that you might expect to be the sane complaint.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

oh. going through their profile certainly suggests that way. it's weird to call that "diverse IP"... but weird is pretty on brand for that crowd i guess.

[+] hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world -8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I'm railing about corporate making a mediocre game and then jamming some culture war shit into it in a blantant attempt to distract from the fact that the game is mediocre.

Also AC has had "more than just white guys" featured since the first game.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

No one jams culture war shit into things like people complaining about culture war shit.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The first few games were actually good, though. AC2 is one of my favorites.

[–] hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Exactly. The problem isn't diversity. The problem is soulless corporations who put out mediocre games, and then try to shoehorn diversity in a fairly surface level and lazy fashion as a distraction.

It would have been weird if AC1 didn't star an individual of MENA descent, because the game was set in the middle east. Origins had minority protagonists for similar reasons Connor being Native American in AC3 added a lot of depth when it came to the concept of freedom and how it relates to the American revolution.

I feel like I've seen the same story a million times. Mediocre IP, lazy forced diversity, culture war commentary, undeserved stellar reviews, underperformance with audiences due to fundamental issues.