Skull and Bones : November 5th 2022 : PreOrder Today!

[Mars]

Looks like a load of walking the plank.  I'll just have a whirl on Black Flag if I need that itch scratching.

[Cyhwuhx]

Ignoring the game itself entirely, the branding of this is... I don't even have words for it.

 

 

This is one "Tom Clancy's" removed of being part of the Ghost Recon or Rainbow Six series.

 

And then you scroll down the game's website and see...

 

 

I mean, what are the odds that this was meant as the original logo for the game with a nice serif title across it? What on Earth possessed them to switch to an in-game spray decal from a competitive shooter instead?

[Mr Do 71]

Panic in the boardroom.

[Cyhwuhx]

7 minutes ago, Mr Do 71 said:

Panic in the boardroom.

 

This is the name of dubstep main theme that plays over the title screen.

[df0]

Ubisoft's Skull & Bones: A Miserable Tale - Eight Years In The Making. A Ubisoft Original. By Ubisoft.

[Captain Kelsten]

17 hours ago, Cyhwuhx said:

Ignoring the game itself entirely, the branding of this is... I don't even have words for it.

 

 

This is one "Tom Clancy's" removed of being part of the Ghost Recon or Rainbow Six series.

 

And then you scroll down the game's website and see...

 

 

I mean, what are the odds that this was meant as the original logo for the game with a nice serif title across it? What on Earth possessed them to switch to an in-game spray decal from a competitive shooter instead?

Well the pirate times were yonks ago, right? So who’s to know what kind of fonts they may have access to way back then? There’s no evidence of it, it’s too long ago. No photos and what not. So maybe they did have access to spray paints and stencils for their decals? You don’t know. You’re not a pirate expert, are you? No. You’re not. 
 

 

[Cyhwuhx]

2 minutes ago, Doctor Shark said:

Well the pirate times were yonks ago, right? So who’s to know what kind of fonts they may have access to way back then? There’s no evidence of it, it’s too long ago. No photos and what not. So maybe they did have access to spray paints and stencils for their decals? You don’t know. You’re not a pirate expert, are you? No. You’re not. 
 

 

 

Based on careful research I would've rather expected a logo along the lines of...

 

[Captain Kelsten]

Good Lord, I’d forgotten how distracting Stan’s coat is. 

[moosegrinder]

That logo is a perfect representation of the problems the development of this game has had. How can it be anything other than a generic shambles? The Division at sea.

 

It should be a slam dunk. They've had so much time to learn from the shaky Sea of Thieves launch to what it's become. They had a super strong base for it with Black Flag. 

 

I kind of hope it fails miserably so Ubisoft is forced to have some kind of introspection of it's goals for their games. Or so the stock drops low enough for someone to buy them and shake them up.

[shirubagan]

28 minutes ago, Doctor Shark said:

Well the pirate times were yonks ago, right? So who’s to know what kind of fonts they may have access to way back then? There’s no evidence of it, it’s too long ago. No photos and what not. So maybe they did have access to spray paints and stencils for their decals? You don’t know. You’re not a pirate expert, are you? No. You’re not. 
 

 

Avant Garrrrrde and Arrrrr-ial were likely top choices for the ship’s weekly newsletter. 

[Sloth]

On 08/07/2022 at 10:09, df0 said:

Don't pre-order. Guaranteed 50% discounted within 4 weeks after launch.

Don’t buy it at all. Steal it if you really must play it, but don’t give these fucks a single penny.

 

It looks shit anyway. 

[Opinionated Ham Scarecrow]

The Division at sea sounds amazing 😅

[Captain Kelsten]

2 hours ago, shirubagan said:

Avant Garrrrrde and Arrrrr-ial were likely top choices for the ship’s weekly newsletter. 

[grounded_dreams]

Just received an invite to a technical test happening over a weekend. Can't remember signing up to it, maybe due to being one a Ubisoft mailing list.

Looks like need to sign a NDA to participate.

 

[moosegrinder]

 

 

[thesnwmn]

So just 4 extra months of polish. Better be pretty darn shiny after that amount of time in the oven given that "development is finished".

 

And yet I place money now on some massive day one patch anyway.

[moosegrinder]

It's going to be shit. It'll be content bare, broken and repetitive. I'd put internal organs on it.

[thesnwmn]

CON +4

Sells millions of copies regardless.

[Siri]

I'm guessing they must have come to an agreement with the Singapore government on that 8 year finance deal.

 

I mean, it will still bomb at this point. Just a shame we can't see Ubi lose a shedload of cash sooner.

[BabelRich]

Or they realised it was coming out the day before the new God of War and noped to the first available open slot.