Ubisoft, you're alright...

Prepare to terminate evil cyborgs as Rex Colt in FC3 Blood Dragon

I know many like to trash Ubisoft these days because of shitty DRM, milking AC and so on.... But truth be told, after things becoming more clear about how things are right now, they're not so bad. Besides, I don't buy their games for PC but didn't they stop or at least make their DRM less bad? I dunno, seems like with all things considered, Ubisoft are one of the good guys today. Perhaps some may find that hard to believe, but allow me to explain...

Tomb Raider this year failed to meet sales expectations, it sold over 3 million copies. There's all the proof you need to know that the industry isn't in a very good shape. No wonder we're seeing online passes, questionable DLC and micro transactions, even the biggest companies are having trouble. Sure they still suck, but keeping this in mind, look at what Ubisoft is doing...

The recently announced Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon is DLC that not only is awesome, but it's a standalone story which don't even require a copy of Far Cry 3. One could imagine that experimenting like this could be dangerous, if they released a full game that's like this it could go bad, perhaps they will do something like this as a bigger thing if this piece of DLC is successful? Because aren't we all tired of the same old? Perhaps that's what they're trying to see with DLC like this, if stuff that isn't the same old could succeed as well as the tried and tested? I don't know, just getting good vibes from Ubisoft right now, not only me right?

Not the first time their doing this either, the very recent AC3 DLC about a greedy and corrupt King Washington shows that they are indeed willing and able to play with expectations. This year, they're also one of the only ones really going for it with a new IP, that being Watch Dogs, so I'm really optimistic for future products from Ubisoft. As consumers, we ought to stay updated to we can support that which we like, still seeing lots of hate for Ubisoft so I just thought it might be good to show them in a more positive light.

On a side note, while it's good to see new IP's like Watch Dogs and The Last of Us, many franchises seem to be making strong returns as well... Gta V, MGS V, if the industry wasn't going down a very shitty toilet right now, I would say it's a good time to be a gamer right now.