Poll: Assassin's Creed Rogue - Too Soon...?

[Lawbringer]

Quite to my surprise, Steam is now advertising Assassin's Creed: Rogue

(Link for your convenience - http://store.steampowered.com/app/311560/)

This seems to have come out rather swiftly and out of nowhere after the recent lame duck that was Unity. One has to question whether this is:
A - An attempt to try to brush Unity under the carpet swiftly and pretend it never happened
B - An attempt to milk the franchise dry now that interest is starting to wane in AC once more

This all seems rather a shame to me as AC certainly had a huge surge in popularity after the success of Black Flag. Interestingly, AC: Rogue (in which you will play an Assassin turned Assassin Hunter) has appeared with almost no fanfare whatsoever. Possibly to avoid the embarrassment of falling flat on it's face when it doesn't live up to expectations.

I am starting to ramble, now, and although there is plenty to say, I'll cut this short and open it up for discussion on three fronts:

1 - Has this come out way too soon, and is is wrong to abandon Unity so quickly?
2 - Does this seem like an interesting concept, or are you disappointed to be in Colonial America AGAIN?
3 - Most importantly...like the famed swan dive of the series, will you be diving back into AC head first once again?

 

[Elfgore]

Rogue was the game released at the same time as Unity. They made if so PS3 and Xbox 360 players could still get a new Assassin's Creed. They're just porting it over to PC now as well. Victory is the new Assassin's Creed coming this year.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

This isn't news to me. Rogue was released for PS3 and 360 around the same time as Unity was released. Yes, Ubisoft decided to release two full blown AC games in one year! Ubisoft announced the PC version back then. We didn't know the month, but we knew that it would be released in early 2015. They should have waited until late this year to release Unity if you ask me.

 

[Lawbringer]

Clearly I am too blinded by worship of the Almighty Gabe Newell to notice anything non-Steam related! Thanks for the info

 

[Sleepy Sol]

Yeah, it's already been released on other platforms

Pretty sure it got a bit more positive reception than Unity, so maybe Ubisoft is just getting it out on Steam as soon as possible to provide a small financial band-aid for the disaster that Unity was.

I haven't played an AC game since Brotherhood, but the next one I want to play is Black Flag without a doubt. Just waiting until I have the money.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

1 - Has this come out way too soon, and is is wrong to abandon Unity so quickly?

Assassin's Creed Rogue was released exactly on the same day as Unity (November 11 2014). It was Ubisoft's way of throwing something at the 7th gen consoles.

2 - Does this seem like an interesting concept, or are you disappointed to be in Colonial America AGAIN?

Not a fan of American history but the sailing from Black Flag is back and that's good enough for a gaiden.

3 - Most importantly...like the famed swan dive of the series, will you be diving back into AC head first once again?

Yes, once the price drops. It's probably the last AC game for the 7th gen, and I won't be jumping to the PS4 until much later, so I might as well get it at some point.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

Eh, I read about the story and I'm not too impressed by it. Also, the fact that it is so connected to Unity but is not on the same console gen is crazy to me. And I played Black Flag a lot. I'm gonna pass.

 

[putowtin]

Good fun, ties together the Conway story and plenty of sailing.

I got it for £10 and really enjoyed it... in fact might go a sailing now!

 

[Rogue Ranger]

Since Unity disappointed, Rogue seemed like an alternative. The latter does the job of ending the whole Kenway saga, so I think that it is necessary. If Victory does not contribute to the modern timeline, then the AC series is done for.

 

[laggyteabag]

It was released at the same time as Unity, but Rogue was only for the 360 and PS3. The reason nobody really cared is that -
A) It was for last gen
B) Unity was the first AC game on current gen
C) Everybody was too busy talking about how awful Unity was to pay attention to Rogue.

That being said though, Rogue actually looks a lot more fun than Unity did/is, so at least it has that behind it. However, if I do get it, I will probably buy it on sale at some point. I have had enough of Ubisoft screwing me over, so I will be damned if I buy it anywhere near launch day at a price that even resembles that of however much it is now.