Ubisoft why cant they make a game right ?

All it takes are one or two mediocre releases, and out comes the hyperbole

Have Ubisoft released some underwhelming games recently? Yes. Should Unity have been given a few extra months polish? Absolutely. But that doesn't mean the company is suddenly All That Is Wrong With the World. This year alone they've released some excellent titles - Valiant Hearts is a little gem, and have heard barely a bad word about Stick of Truth (which they published). Child Of Light I haven't played, but consensus seems to be it missed the mark in some respects but succeeded in others - at very least it's the kind of quirky, offbeat release we don't often get from big name publishers.

To their credit, Ubisoft have a long history of experimental and innovative titles. Their recent Rayman games are among the best platformers of the last decade and full of imagination. They have often released some of the more interesting new IPs - from Beyond Good and Evil to ZombiU. They've even proven themselves willing to experiment with existing franchises (eg the Prince of Persia games, even the flawed but intriguing reboot from a few years back - ditto Far Cry 2, or Blood Dragon). And their UbiArt engine is probably the best going at the moment.

Recently, they have one big problem: their open world 'house style' has grown stale and derivative. They have great concepts, but are full of filler and pointless 'stuff' at the cost of actually exploring the mechanics in an interesting way. This is almost uniform across their biggest franchises - Far Cry and Assassins Creed particularly. These retain some of the most interesting settings in gaming, but they need a radical remix in term of design.

Still, Unity (AC has always been a wildly uneven franchise from its inception anyway, so a weak entry is nothing new) and Watch Dogs (which as far as I can gather is merely underwhelmkng as opposed to legitimately broken) are not definitive proof Ubisoft is the worst company ever. They are missteps, and hopefully the bad press will lead to a change of attitude internally. Also worth noting Ubisoft is first and foremost a business, and the primary concern of the suits will be money. This isn't sinister, it's a simple truth. If they continue funding a lot of experimental and imaginative titles along with the AAA stuff, then at least they'll remain far from the worst of big name publishers. The suits also can't entirely be blamed for devolpers failing to fully realise their vision - perhaps in the case of games rushed to retail, but that's an excuse Watch Dogs particularly cannot convincingly use given it got an extended polish period.

And if they keep funding Beyond Good and Evil 2 until it's good and ready, there's only so much disdain I can muster up