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Why Do Ubisoft's Handheld Games Suck?

GamingUnion.net: It's not news that the handheld scene sees a plethora and over-saturation of games that hit the market. Most of them aren't that great and the good ones are really quite far and few between. Ubisoft is easily one of the more notable publishers that constantly fart out really shoddy handheld titles, most of which are usually movie tie-ins or mere after-thoughts of the big boys on PS3 and Xbox 360.

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mephman4737d ago

There are some good titles, but they are far and few between. It's a shame, really.

Hardedge4737d ago

Tenchu, despite its low Metacritic score, was a really decent game. Much better than Ubi's recent stuff.

Cheeseknight284737d ago

There really is next to no good games made by Ubisoft on a portable. I checked every GBA, DS, and PSP game they've published - the best I could find were LostMagic and Tenchu. LostMagic was mediocre, but unique at least.

In fact, Ubisoft's console games are pretty bad too. Without Assassin's Creed, they basically have nothing. Last generation they had Prince of Persia and Rayman which were excellent series but now they are not quite the same. I love the Rabbids, but I'd like to see a good new Rayman game.

tweex4737d ago

Even as much as I love the AC series, the handhelds just never did it for me :(.

Hardedge4737d ago

Yeah, same here, it felt like little to no care was given.

Hardedge4737d ago

Bloodlines was really bad. It had the potential but I think Ubi dropped the ball with it.

rabidpancakeburglar4737d ago

It's because generally handheld games are spinoffs of console games, and spinoffs often suck the big one

Hardedge4737d ago

I agree wholeheartedly, the spinoffs/ports are just really bad. The games that were specifically designed for handhelds, however, are usually pretty good.

mephman4737d ago

It's just disappointing that they can take their premium franchises, like Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell, and butcher them so much.

Trroy4737d ago (Edited 4737d ago )

The PoP games on the PSP are actually really good. The sound issues that were reported on the reviewed UMD versions aren't present on the digital versions at all.

TheEatingChampagne4737d ago

POP games on the PSP were the same as the console ones...

Trroy4737d ago

Plus some large amount of extra content, yes. And they, like the console ones, were very good.

What's your point?

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Ubisoft's Recent Antics Have Me Fearful For The Sands of Time Remake

Hanzala from eXputer: "With Ubisoft's practices becoming increasingly anti-consumer lately, the destruction of The Sands of Time Remake looks almost inevitable."

thorstein11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

Hey Ubi, here's a gun, don't shoot yourself in the foot.

*Ubi takes gun, aims at foot, empties clip*

Chocoburger11d ago

At this point, only dummies have any hope left for Ubi-junk games.

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Disney adds Blizzard and Ubisoft veterans to its games leadership team

Top executives including games boss Sean Shoptaw have also been promoted…

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Behind XDefiant's Toxic Work Culture, Crunch, and Years of Delays

Behind XDefiant's toxic work culture, crunch, delays, and a group of directors and managers internally referred to as 'The Boys Club'.

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just_looken31d ago

Man the industry just keeps on going with all this bs and to think this is ubisoft again remember what happened with that skull bones team same crap.
https://www.theverge.com/20...

This game will be tossed out broken unplolished with a bloated budget trying to be cod but will fail sense ubi can get there shit in order. If i was me i would have gotten rid of this boys club asap there is alot looking for work out there.

jznrpg31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

Every industry has these issues

Some companies I’ve worked for were great and some were toxic as hell (UPS when I was a teenager was extremely toxic and I have heard it still is) It all starts at the top. They either hold people accountable , set standards and treat people with respect or the crap rolls downhill.