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Anno 2205 Beta Cancelled
Aug. 4th, 2015 05:50 amI must admit I know pretty much nothing about the game in question. Not surprising since I've long since stopped caring about what Ubisoft releases. However this should spark some warning signs to those who preordered or are thinking of getting it at launch.
Remember, this is the company that tied up their early reviewers of the game with non-disclosure agreements that forbid them from actually reviewing Assasin's Creed Unity until 17 hours after the game had launched. You know, enough time for all the initial sales to be made. And we all saw how horrible that launch turned out right?
So. With that in mind. Why oh why would Ubisoft suddenly pull the advance beta of this game that was promised to all the people that pre-ordered it? And instead, if I read it right, they're just going to get some free/exclusive DLC. DLC they won't be able to use until after the game is released and bought of course.
Personally, if I -did- have a preorder for the game, I'd have cancelled it at this news. Even if it isn't going to be a horrible buggy experience at launch, this is still bait and switch tactics. If I preordered it because I wanted in on the early beta, that's what I want to get. Especially if I wouldn't have preordered it for some DLC.
(Just so we're clear, I'm now eagerly awaiting to hear news on the state of this game when it launches. I really would like to see if it ends up being an embarrassment like Unity was.)
Remember, this is the company that tied up their early reviewers of the game with non-disclosure agreements that forbid them from actually reviewing Assasin's Creed Unity until 17 hours after the game had launched. You know, enough time for all the initial sales to be made. And we all saw how horrible that launch turned out right?
So. With that in mind. Why oh why would Ubisoft suddenly pull the advance beta of this game that was promised to all the people that pre-ordered it? And instead, if I read it right, they're just going to get some free/exclusive DLC. DLC they won't be able to use until after the game is released and bought of course.
Personally, if I -did- have a preorder for the game, I'd have cancelled it at this news. Even if it isn't going to be a horrible buggy experience at launch, this is still bait and switch tactics. If I preordered it because I wanted in on the early beta, that's what I want to get. Especially if I wouldn't have preordered it for some DLC.
(Just so we're clear, I'm now eagerly awaiting to hear news on the state of this game when it launches. I really would like to see if it ends up being an embarrassment like Unity was.)
