As you may have already heard, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint hasn't been the smash hit that Ubisoft wanted it to be. Last week, the publisher went on record saying that initial reception and sales have been disappointing, but it also said that it was committed to improving the game over time.
Today, the team behind Breakpoint has reiterated that point and given us a few more details on the subject. Over the next couple of months, updates will be released to hopefully help transform the open world shooter into a better overall experience. The developer says that technical performance is a priority, and that heading into November, a patch will address a number of key concerns.
On top of that, the team's looking into the in-game economy, which has been heavily criticised due to the sheer amount of microtransactions available. AI teammates are also still in the works, but Ubisoft says that this addition will take some time to get right.
Last but certainly not least, the team says that it's "working on a more radical and immersive version of Ghost Recon: Breakpoint". It's a vague statement, but it's clear that big changes are being looked at. The official blog post also makes mention of players being critical of the game's survival and loot systems. It honestly sounds like the developer may be going back to the drawing board when it comes to certain elements of the release.
What do you make of this? Are you a fan of Breakpoint, or are you now waiting to see what happens with all these updates? Stick close to your squad in the comments section below.
[source ghost-recon.ubisoft.com]
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Shouldn't they have done that before selling it?
Turn based battles confirmed
"Devs are working on a more radical and immersive version of the game"
It's called Ghost Recon Wildlands
I've learned to hate the word "immersive" when it relates to the triple A game industry.
So they knew they sold are terrible game.... 😩
And now after it sold poorly they fix it. That shows how they see their customers.... 🤬
I’m actually looking forward to what they come up with, there’s a good game buried under all the crap in Breakpoint and I’d like them to try and dig it out
I don't care how much better they make it, I refuse to spend any money on this game. Should've been that way from the get go, not "lets release a crappy unfinished game, then fix it later if the sales are poor."
I'll give them a chance to make amends. They've got a hell of a job though because I thought the betas were quite poor and very off-putting. I'll wager that's the reason why it didn't sell so well and not just because of all the microtransactions. It would be interesting to see how many pre-orders were cancelled after the betas.
im getting a bit tired of the "improving the game over time" approach. dont release the damn game if its not ready. people pay full price day one and you expect them to sit around and wait for the game to be better??... get real.. people are done with breakpoint and moved on when ubisoft have finally improved it.
I want Ghost Recon, not Division 3. The loot makes no sense in Ghost Recon, it killed the game.
In his letter to the shareholders, Guillemot came out with some crap about Breakpoint being released too soon after Wildlands, which is nonsense.
I loved Wildlands and was really looking forward to Breakpoint when it was first announced, but was instantly put off when I played the technical test, entirely due to the import of gear score and looter-shooter elements from The Division. The same is true of many other fans of the Ghost Recon series and Wildlands fans in particular; if he spent 10 minutes reading Ubi's own forums, he'd know that.
If they persist with this "it's because we released it too soon after the last game" line, they're either idiots, or they're being willfully ignorant. But then it almost seems par for the course these days for some devs/publishers to say "well, we hear what you're saying, but we're going to choose to interpret it as something else entirely."
The ole See how much we can get away with milking Micro trans and when we get caught we will make the game better and try and act like heroes act
It’s a no from me
Funny, i exchanged this game yesterday, because it's no fun being disconnected from the Ubis#!t servers every 15 minutes. Especially when in the middle of clearing an enemy base and having to start it again once connected. Seriously, stop forcing multiplayer on everyone, an offline mode is easy, and i'd still be playing the game if that was the case. As others have said, there's a good/fun game underneath all the crap they ram down your throats.
Take a page out of other IP's books, and also Nintendo's book, and release the game when it is FINISHED! I'm tired of 50GB day one patches because they rush it out the door. I''ll pick the game up again when it has an offline mode, and on sale. BTW i exchanged it for COD:MW and i've only played the first 3 missions of the campaign and i'm already enjoying it more than GR:Breakpoint.
@optic_efun11 Ubisoft's way most of the time sadly....
I canceled my order because I found out it's a online only game, don't like to fully support console games like that. I rented it to try it out, hated the new landscape, loved the controls.
They knew how boring this game was and Ubi just want a repeat of The Division, where it flopped and after 1 year of updates became good to a fan base, and that's what they wanted and hoped for with D2 and it flopped as well
Sorry but they missed their chance now really. MW, The Outer Worlds, Star Wars, Death Stranding and so on, sales aren't going to pick up for Ghost Recon when there's so much else out there being released.
Ubisoft clearly didn’t have a cohesive vision when it came to this game, and instead of giving it more time in the oven, they rushed it out to meet quarterly deadlines... god, the current triple A games market needs to die... I miss the days when games were a complete package day 1 😕
That's good. So once it is the game it should of been. I can buy it for about $10.
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