Ubisoft Better Not Repeat an Infamous Controversy in a Previous AC Game That Forced Them to Release a Free DLC as Compensation

Assassin’s Creed Shadows has found itself in a pool of controversies ever since it was first announced a couple of years ago. However, as the game’s development course continues to spiral downward, many are worried the studio will end up making the same mistake they made more than a decade ago.

Moreover, Ubisoft itself has had its fair share of unfortunate mishaps in recent times. With the studio more unstable than ever, will it be able to pull off the biggest comeback of all time in the history of AAA gaming?

It goes without saying that the Assassin’s Creed franchise today is nowhere near the peak it was at till a few years ago, all thanks to the several blunders that gamers had to deal with.

This includes the disastrous release of Assassin’s Creed Unity back in 2014. The game was filled with countless bugs, graphical glitches, and performance issues at launch that turned a next-gen showcase into an industry-wide joke. Ultimately, to compensate for the inconvenience, they not only issued multiple patches but also offered the game’s first paid DLC, Dead Kings, completely free to all players.

Unity is the perfect cautionary tale of what happens when ambition doesn’t perfectly match execution. It is also exactly what fans are afraid will happen with Assassin’s Creed Shadows if Ubisoft isn’t able to perfectly nail everything this time around.

While it is true the company eventually patched most of Unity’s major issues, the damage had been done. The challenge taken up next by the studio would be to deliver their upcoming title in unfavorable conditions, which can only be related to driving a ship through a storm.

Ever since the Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ announcement, everything has been going downhill for the studio. From major game failures to shareholders forcing the hand of the company’s top brass, Ubisoft has seen it all in the past year.

Adding to that, what once was an ambitious title that would have brought the world of feudal Japan into the Assassin’s Creed universe now just remains a ticking time bomb for the studio. However, no matter how much the company tries to delay the game to polish it one last time, if history isn’t presented as it was in reality, it will not sit right with gamers.

The setting of feudal Japan has essentially been long requested by every single fan of the franchise. If Ubisoft can nail it against all the odds, it will have successfully delivered the biggest comeback not only for a single IP but for the studio as a whole.