This goes for games that I like, too, like Watch Dogs 2 and Ghost Recon Wildlands - titles that double down on current world conflicts, but sanitize them to an offensive degree. Sure, it references current events, or hints at profundity, but ultimately the game's narrative leaves you unchallenged and unchanged in your worldview. Then you level up, slap some points into a skill tree, and keep on truckin'.Īll the while, the game spoonfeeds you a narrative that's topical, but toothless.

More often than not, you find yourself banging your head up against the wall until you eke out a victory, or you pay Ubisoft some sweet microtransaction bucks.

As the player discovers more map, they organically stumble upon side missions that range from 'easy' to 'controller is in chunks on the floor.' Then the story missions get harder, and you're forced to do the side missions - but only certain ones, because other ones are literally impossible. The player gets a big map, most of which is covered up, and is given places to go 'liberate' to unlock more of said map. Pop quiz: what does almost every marquee Ubisoft game since 2012 have in common?Īnswer: they're all the same fucking game.

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