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[Rosur]

As predicted The Crew's been delayed and to December.

http://blog.ubi.com/the-crew-release-date-december/

lock if old.

 

[TheSinkingKnight]

They should delay it to Nov 2015. The only racing competition then is presumably Need for Speed and Forza. This year has too many racers.

 

[L~A]

2014: everything was 201.... oh wait.

 

[Isotope]

I'm not gonna lie, I forgot about this game.

 

[BY2K]

Good decision. It was launching the same day as two Assassin's Creed and Far Cry 4 releases the week after.

Ubisoft is insane with their release schedule.

 

[Nirolak]

On the one hand this is probably a better timing despite missing Black Friday.

On the other hand I'm not convinced this game will sell regardless of when it releases.

 

[SmokyDave]

Ah, fuck man

At least I have DC to tide me over.

 

[Mesoian]

On the one hand this is probably a better timing despite missing Black Friday.

On the other hand I'm not convinced this game will sell regardless of when it releases.

Totally.

That beta did NOT sell me on anything.

 

[Duxxy3]

I doubt it will be the last delay.

 

[NHale]

They are in no man's land right now. The game has no hype behind it and Ubisoft already has AC Unity and Far Cry 4 to push in November.

Despite the game looking more and more like Driver, I doubt many people know what exactly is this game. Delay it until 2015 seems far fetched since early 2015 is already packed with great games. Sadly this one seems DOA.

 

[mreddie]

Thank jeebus, but why not Far Cry 4? Isn't it still a clusterfuck?

 

[PerezDeCorcho]

Why the fuck wasn't this Far Cry 4?

Ubisoft is on a roll today.

Spoiler

with bullshit

 

[Kayant]

But it has so much hype

 

[KingJ2002]

smart... it let's them fine tune the game & lets the hype die down between the forza / driveclub battle.

let project cars & the crew battle it out.

 

[Jashobeam]

I hope this game turns out ok, it reminds me of Crusin USA but open world.

 

[OverBlood 3]

gotta lower that resolution

 

[uncleniccius]

If we haven't heard that FC is delayed by the end of today I think we're safe.. It'll be one of those ubi news days by the sounds of it.

 

[Certinty]

Can't say I mind too much, November is packed enough as it is. Will still get this on day 1 anyway.

 

[timlot]

Well damn, was looking forward to it. Dec. 2 might turn into early 2015. Makes the decision to pick up FH2 that much easier.

 

[KingJolly]

Shame, looking forward for this game but like above poster said. Let Driveclub battle Forza and Project Cars battle the Crew

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

I'm okay with that. November is already pretty full.

 

[schaft0620]

Why the fuck wasn't this Far Cry 4?

Ubisoft is on a roll today.

Spoiler

with bullshit

What happened with FC4 today?

 

[Turkoop]

1st Release - Spring 2014
2nd Release - Fall 2014
But they announced the 13 November = winter
3rd Release - 2nd December

They delayed it three ! times !!!

 

[Dabanton]

No matter when it gets released, it's being sent to die.

 

[thatmariolover]

The beta really isn't very impressive. Obviously 'not reflective of final product' but I was pretty underwhelmed. Deleted it already.

 

[Duxxy3]

1st Release - Spring 2014
2nd Release - Fall 2014
But they announced the 13 November = winter
3rd Release - 2nd December

They delayed it three ! times !!!

The game looked bad at E3 2013 and it just have never improved.

They should cancel the game and rework it into a Driver reboot.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

No surprise in the delay, although I suspect it will still get a soft-release to death.

 

[jordan0386]

The handling is so fucking bad. Otherwise interesting game.

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

I'm not anticipating it anymore anyways so this doesn't bother me. Ubisoft and racers just sounds like a nasty wet fart.

Watch Dogs really didn't keep me confident in purchasing this game.

 

[Acquiescence]

Delayed so that they can achieve parity between systems?

Spoiler

or because no one gives a shit about it

 

[Turkoop]

The handling is so fucking bad. Otherwise interesting game.

Handling is much better when you configure it

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Don't be delaying FC4 Ubisoft.

Spoiler

plz

 

[Canis lupus]

The cars handle like a bar of wet soap, doubt they delayed it improve the handling.

 

[VE3TRO]

Played the beta for 5 minutes, felt really rough. Don't see it improving much.

 

[Euron]

Really surprised it isn't 2015. Ubisoft is releasing too many games at the same time.

 

[Daffy Duck]

What's all this chatter about FarCry 4?

From what I've read the beta was hot garbage.

 

[Duxxy3]

Handling is much better when you configure it

How many arcade racers do you know of that require you to fine tune the handling before it's in a usable state?

Even if the handling were perfect, the idea of the game is still awful. Add on the persistent connection and the game is a shit show. It's a relic of a time when UBI was forcing persistent connections for everything. Designed around that requirement.

 

[User 479360]

I'm kind of happy about this, because it was going to be a crazy two weeks for reviewing. Still is, though - just not as bad.

I wish one more game would be delayed into December, from November.

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

On the one hand this is probably a better timing despite missing Black Friday.

On the other hand I'm not convinced this game will sell regardless of when it releases.

This.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

The cars handle like a bar of wet soap, doubt they delayed it improve the handling.

Honestly, coming from a studio formed from the ashes of Eden Studios, I'm not especially surprised.

 

[BruiserBear]

This project sounds like a mess.

 

[SmokyDave]

How many arcade racers do you know of that require you to fine tune the handling before it's in a usable state?

Well, there's this one, and, um, Test Drive Unlimited? (Can't quite remember).

It's a shame because first impressions count, and in this case they're deceptive.

 

[friskykillface]

I figured this would happen, a week after assassins creed and right when GTA V hits

but Ubi had far cry 4, the crew and assassins creed hitting in 2-3 weeks before, thats just bad scheduling

 

[Liamario]

gotta lower that resolution

 

[Turkoop]

How many arcade racers do you know of that require you to fine tune the handling before it's in a usable state?

Even if the handling were perfect, the idea of the game is still awful. Add on the persistent connection and the game is a shit show. It's a relic of a time when UBI was forcing persistent connections for everything. Designed around that requirement.

I like the concept, But Ubi have to take more time with The Crew
If they do it right - what they will not do - it could be an awesome Arcade Racing game

 

[Big_Al]

Well, there's this one, and, um, Test Drive Unlimited? (Can't quite remember).

It's a shame because first impressions count, and in this case they're deceptive.

Which are both by essentially the same developers funnily enough.

 

[Footos22]

The beta was seriously boring after coming off of horizon 2. It's also not an ugly game but you can't help Compare.

 

[thelastword]

Ubisoft seems to be struggling this gen, is it that their engine was not up to par for this gen, something seems amiss. I've not been particularly impressed with their output so far.

 

[Rivitur]

Well all knew coming iI to this that the handling didn't feel right and that the crew might have been the worst racing game selling wise of all the racing game coming out. This is only good news but I still don't expect this game to be very good.

 

[viveks86]

Again?!

Oh well...