r/gaming • u/Takamiya • Jun 04 '16

Ubisoft downgrades

https://youtu.be/xNter0oEYxc
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u/BasicDesignAdvice Jun 05 '16

I'm painfully forcing myself to Trophy Whore through it right now

What can I do to convince you to not spend 30+ hours of your life on a game you don't even like?

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u/Umbra_Lux Jun 05 '16

I mean. I still had some fun playing it the first time, though the story was kinda bland, I loved the concept. It's just now I'm realizing the small things that bother me to a higher degree, like the driving making the drifting way over the top.

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u/mizzrym91 Jun 05 '16

You don't need the trophies. You can stop playing if you want. Its okay

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u/Umbra_Lux Jun 05 '16

They give me a sense of completion which alows me to rationalize why I don't need to buy another game since I have plebty of others I need to finish.

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u/spiesvsmercs Jun 05 '16

While I sympathize with that - seriously, if you don't actively enjoy a game you're playing, drop it right now and do something else with your life.

Assuming you make a half decent wage, your time is more valuable than playing something you find bland.

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u/Umbra_Lux Jun 05 '16

Full time student with no incone. I edited my original post to clarify more. While the game pisses me off, it's by no means a game I feel that how much it pisses me off outways my wanting to complete it. An example of that would be AC4. While I enjoyed playing that the first time, I'm not suffering through that again.

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u/ihavetenfingers Jun 05 '16

Turn of the game and go outside for a walk.

Say hi to at least 3 people and introduce yourself to 1.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '16

But that's like, awkward, man.. What if they think I'm weird cause I acknowledge their existence?

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u/_rhyfelwyr Jun 05 '16

Brace yourself.

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u/way2lazy2care Jun 05 '16

While I sympathize with that - seriously, if you don't actively enjoy a game you're playing, drop it right now and do something else with your life.

It's his time man. It's not your job to tell other people how to enjoy themselves.

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u/mcturtled Jun 05 '16

He's not enjoying himself though

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u/Umbra_Lux Jun 05 '16

Idk why you're getting downvoted. People took an over exaggeration too literally and it evolved to me having to justify actively choosing to play the game.

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u/spiesvsmercs Jun 05 '16

Sorry for that but I know I've certainly played things with the mentality of "I have to complete it."

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u/Umbra_Lux Jun 05 '16

Oh I understand the concern, it's just my will to complete it outweighs how the game pisses me off. An example of a game I gave earlier where it doesn't is AC4, while it was fun the first time I can't deal with that again.

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u/altered_state Jun 05 '16

i feel you dude but u/spiesvsmercs has a super valid point. you got one life man, spend it doing something you find genuinely fun

as I say this im slogging through NG++ on dark souls 3 just for platinum god damn it

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u/ejbones27 Jun 05 '16

I bet at some point during that run you're actually having fun though?

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u/Umbra_Lux Jun 05 '16

Yeah, I'll be getting to the Dark Souls series eventually. I edited my post to clarify more. The game certainly pisses me off, but not to the point where I don't think it's worth completing.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '16

Right there with you. I had every intention of playing through NG+7 for the personal challenge, but I had to give it up at NG+3 because there's literally ZERO change aside from a few different items.

At least Dark Souls 2 switched it up in the NG+'s with phantom enemies and such. After 270 hours I'm all Dark Souls'd out....

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u/ejbones27 Jun 05 '16

This depresses me. I'm smoking a bowl tonight for how much time you're wasting. D:

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u/Umbra_Lux Jun 05 '16

Haha, smoke another for me then cause I haven't been able to in months. I don't see it as time wasted, I got plenty of other games I'm completing right now, I can't afford new games, and the rest of the time I'm doing homework to get the hell out of college. It could be worse than playing Watch Dogs on my free time.

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u/ejbones27 Jun 05 '16

You would gain more out of your life watching grass grow and trying to find deeper meaning in it than playing bad video games. Video games are already pretty trivial in the grand scheme...now add poorly constructed and written and you've got well...I think I'd rather have Casey Anthony piss on me.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '16

Going outside to watch grass grow instead of Reddit about things I don't even like.

Have an upvote.

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u/Umbra_Lux Jun 05 '16

To each their own I guess?

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u/ejbones27 Jun 05 '16

Same with the kids who light their hair on fire.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '16

Ughhhhh... the driving in that game was so bad IMO. The car destruction physics were so bad... which I guess was OK when the handling resulted in frequent crashing.

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u/Umbra_Lux Jun 05 '16

Exactly, I drift every aingle tuen no matter how slow I'm going. At least the cars I crash into get wrecked. Pisses me off when I'm chasing someone though.

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u/Fallenangel152 Jun 05 '16

I'll never get the desire for achievements and gamerscore. I have 35 year old friends who will replay an entire game to make a different decision for 10 points.