Definitely not surprised Ubisoft does it in other games of theirs too. They don't exactly diversify much of anything gameplay-wise across their different games.
Just remembered that Dying Light and Dead Island also abused the hell out of it, but mainly in world interactions, which was kind of fun for looting. Annoying in some instances though.
Is it something that's somehow supposed to appeal more to console players/controller users? I've barely played anything with a controller in 20 years so I don't have any idea how that would feel, tactile-wise.
One of the theories I saw floating around which seems plausible is it hits an hours played checklist which is extremely annoying if true. A classic case of, these developers don't really play video games, seem to hate their jobs and are just interested in pumping out crap for the sake of hitting sales targets which really shows lately thanks to the recent DEI/ESG funding.
Gods I hope that's not the case, though I could definitely see it happening. Not just due to DEI/ESG funding, but money spreadsheeting investors in general who've been muddling their way into things.
Definitely not surprised Ubisoft does it in other games of theirs too. They don't exactly diversify much of anything gameplay-wise across their different games.
Just remembered that Dying Light and Dead Island also abused the hell out of it, but mainly in world interactions, which was kind of fun for looting. Annoying in some instances though.
Is it something that's somehow supposed to appeal more to console players/controller users? I've barely played anything with a controller in 20 years so I don't have any idea how that would feel, tactile-wise.
One of the theories I saw floating around which seems plausible is it hits an hours played checklist which is extremely annoying if true. A classic case of, these developers don't really play video games, seem to hate their jobs and are just interested in pumping out crap for the sake of hitting sales targets which really shows lately thanks to the recent DEI/ESG funding.
Gods I hope that's not the case, though I could definitely see it happening. Not just due to DEI/ESG funding, but money spreadsheeting investors in general who've been muddling their way into things.