There was a kerfuffle earlier this week when it was revealed that For Honor - Ubisoft's medieval slash-'em-up - would require a constant internet connection to play. However, as with most things in this industry, you've got to take the good with the bad; the good in this case being that much of the upcoming game's downloadable content won't cost you a penny.
Eurogamer reports that the French publisher announced this during a recent press event. The reasoning behind it being that the developer doesn't want to "split the community". Indeed, in the past, we've seen how paid DLC can create cracks in a game's multiplayer offering, with players who decide not to buy the new content getting left behind. With that in mind, Ubisoft's decision seems more than reasonable to us.
However, as the tagline of this article alludes, only new maps and modes have been confirmed to be free. New heroes, on the other hand, have not, meaning that fresh playable characters could end up costing you.
What do you make of this? Draw your sword and charge blindly into the comments section below.
[source eurogamer.net]
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Its damage limitation time at the Ubisoft offices. Steeps sold poorly, Watch Dogs too, the ezio collection ran like a three legged dog - now for honour. How will this pan out? Catch up next week for another episode of - Ubisoft: The company of woe and the sales figures below.
@themcnoisy I think For Honor will do okay in the sense that it'll have a very dedicated core of players, but outside of that, let's just say I can't see it surviving in the sales charts for long.
@ShogunRok The always-online thingy will hurt, make no mistake.
@ShogunRok me neither, Ubisoft as a company need to step back and smell the coffee. They've always been a bit too commercial, but the games are seemingly taking a back step because of their business practises. Make a finished, successful and acclaimed game first then make the dlc / online extras / character sets commitments later.
The Good : Future Maps and Modes Will Be Free.
The Bad : New heroes may still cost you, though.
The Ugly : require a constant internet connection to play.
Always online with singleplayer to I made that mistake one time before i wont do it again. Battleborn the only game I played with a better beta then game. No switching characters in matches made it even worse.
I'm not picking up a Ubisoft game at launch again. I do like the look of this game just can't trust the developer's, they dunno their ass from their elbow.
I'll only pay for Iron Bull.
Always online = goodbye from me!
@xMEADx They do. They sit on their elbow and their ass is half way down their arm!
For Honor comes with a Season Pass, are the maps and modes not part of it?
Bar the microtransactions this worked well for Rainbow 6
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