It's all about context.īut since the so-called next generation rolled into town, that approach has been replaced with near-annual updates dressed up as full sequels. Had they been full-price, we might have been grumpier about what were blatant retreads, albeit quality ones. Take Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow, and Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike - great examples of fan service, and we gave both 8/10. What you were getting was more of the same new levels built on the same tech with the exact same gameplay, and, as a result, a price tag of less than twenty quid.
That also applies to items you’ve already unlocked, so say goodbye to those precious extra outfits in Assassin’s Creed 2.I'll bring this up again since everyone seems to have forgotten: Ubisoft used to call these games "standalone expansion packs". Units and actions are being disabled for all of these games, along with all of their rewards. However, you won’t earn any rewards playing these games anymore. Of course, single-player content will remain intact if you want to go back and play an old campaign or two. And dwindling, albeit dedicated, player bases don’t constitute good reasoning.īut what will actually happen to these games? Well, for starters their multiplayer services will be gone. Keeping servers up for decade-old games isn’t something developers or publishers do unless there’s a good reason. A majority of these games are old, having released at least 10 years ago. It makes sense that these servers are all being taken down. Now, I wouldn’t usually rush to Ubisoft’s defense, but I’ll make an exception here.
The only timeframe offered in the master list is the vague window of 2021. Ghost Recon Future Soldier, Rainbow Six Lockdown, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, and Rainbow Six Vegas are all losing their servers this year. The only difference is that we don’t know exactly when. However, another group of games in the Tom Clancy franchise is also going offline soon.
You can expect servers for the following games to go offline by June 1, 2021: Assassin’s Creed 2, Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands, Far Cry 2, Anno 1404, Might & Magic – Clash of Heroes, Splinter Cell Conviction, The Settlers 7, and Might & Magic X – Legacy. That’s the case for a long list of games published or developed by Ubisoft, which is shutting down a ton of servers very soon.Ī master list of games that have had their servers taken offline by Ubisoft was recently updated with a sizable list of recognizable names.
But other games, regardless of how many are still playing them, just end up being left behind. Sure, not by everyone, I mean you’ll still find Battlefield 3 servers packed full of dedicated players. As time goes on, some games are lost or simply forgotten.
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