Namuhla isitolimende esikhulu sesikhombisa se-franchise sifinyelela emakethe yase-Europe Creed Assassin sika. Futhi sikhuluma ngokuyinhloko ngoba kusukela ngo-2007 kunemidlalo eyi-16 kule saga ekhishiwe. Futhi kude nokunciphisa ijubane kulo nyaka sibona ukuthi, ngaphezu kwe-Unity, Rogue, Chronicles yaseChina kanye ne-Birth of a New World zifika kanjani, ukuhlanganiswa okuhlanganisa ndawonye i-Assassin's Creed III, iBlack Flag kanye neNkululeko.
Uma kukhona okuye kwagxekwa Ubisoft kuyo yonke le minyaka bekungu ukusetshenziswa ngokweqile lapho i-franchise ithumele khona, yethula isihloko esikhulu ngonyaka futhi ishiya isikhathi esincane sokuhlanganisa izindaba ezibalulekile nokuvuselela ifomula, kancane kancane, eyeke ukumangala noma ngabe isimo nokushintsha komlando kushintshe kangakanani.
Futhi ngukuthi uma umuntu eza ezinombolweni, lokhu kuyalimaza: Imidlalo yevidiyo engu-16, ama-mini-movie ama-3, amanoveli ayi-7 namanoveli wemifanekiso ayi-8Phakathi kwezinye izinto eziningi, yizinto ezenziwe ngu-Ubisoft ezungeze i-IP. Ukukunikeza umbono, uma sihlanganisa ama-franchise amakhulu afana neGrand Theft Auto, Uncharted kanye namaGiya Wempi asikutholi okuqukethwe okuningi okuphathelene nawo.
Ngokumangazayo ubumbano kwakuyisihloko u-Ubisoft athembisa ukuvuselela i-franchise ngaso, iguqula ngokuphelele izinsika zayo ezintathu eziyinhloko: ipaki, ukulwa kanye nokunyonyoba. Ephepheni babeyizinguquko ezinengqondo futhi ngokuhlanganyela nokuba isihloko sokuqala esikhethekile sesizukulwane esisha futhi babekwa kumongo ocebe njenge-French Revolution, kwabonakala sengathi kwakuyisinyathelo esiphumelelayo. Kepha Akukho okunye okuvela eqinisweni.
Ubumbano Lokholo luka-Assassin selugcine ngokuba yisihloko esintsha nokusha kwaso kubonakala ngokungabikho kwaso ngenxa ukuhlangana okuhambisanayo nokuphindaphindwayo: okweqa kwakhe kwezobuchwepheshe okukhonjiswa ekumodeleni okungcono nasekukhanyeni okuhle kepha nakwizinambuzane eziningi, ukuphahlazeka nokusebenza okushiya okuningi ongakufisa ngakho ukwehla kohlaka njalo njengento ejwayelekile futhi omlando wayo uhlala ngemuva, kuchitha ngokuphelele umongo omkhulu nedolobha eliheha kakhulu.
Singasho ukuthi lokhu okwedlule kungena endizeni engaconsi phansi futhi kuyiqiniso, kepha kungani ngalesi sikhathi, ngemuva kweminyaka eyisikhombisa, siqhubeka nokuzithola sinemishini engaphefumulelwe kanye nokusebenza okulusizi ekwethulweni kwalezi zici? Ngu Ukukhathazeka ngokweqile kwezebhizinisi kuka-Ubisoft kanye nokubaluleka kokukhulula hhayi eyodwa, uma kungenjalo ezimbili noma ngaphezulu zika-Assassin's Creed ngonyaka.
Sikhuluma ngokulethwa ukusebenza kwawo kwi-PC kushiya kungafunwa kakhulu kumishini ezungeze i- € 1500 enezinto ezisezingeni eliphezulu nokuthi kuma-consoles agijima ku-900p kanye nohlaka lohlaka olungazinzile ngempela. Kungani unganiki iqembu izinyanga ezimbalwa zentuthuko ukuthi lihlanze konke lokhu kubukeka? Kukusiphi isikhathi lapho i-Ubisoft inquma ukuthi kungcono ukukhipha isihloko esingaphelele nesingapholishiwe?? Ungasithola kanjani isibindi, ngokwazi ukusebenza kabi komdlalo wakho kuwo wonke amapulatifomu, ukusho ukuthi "Ubumbano Lokholo luka-Assassin luphusha i-Playstation 4 ne-Xbox One kuze kube semkhawulweni"?
Kuyinto esele ishiwo isikhathi eside kepha ngicabanga ukuthi kungaphezu kokusobala ukuthi i-Ubisoft kufanele ivumele isikhathi esithe xaxa phakathi kwesitolimende ngasinye se-franchise ngoba ukusetshenziswa ngokweqile kuya ngokuya kuthonya ikhwalithi yomkhiqizo wokugcina. I-Assassin's Creed II kanye neThe Brotherhood bekungukugqama ngaphakathi kwe-franchise futhi, kusukela lapho, siye Ukwehla okungenakunqandeka okuthi, kubonakala kuqhubeka ngamandla ne-Assassin's Creed Unity.
Kungani ugcine ukungcolisa futhi usenza sibi isithombe se-franchise okuthi, uma siphathwa kangcono, sibe phakathi kwama-franchise aphumelela kakhulu emlandweni wegeyimu yevidiyo? Kungani ungabi nokuqonda okuthe xaxa futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, uhloniphe umsebenzisi? Kungani ungabi ne- ubuqotho ezivela ezinkampanini ezinjengeRockstar, iNaughty Dog, iValve, iRededy Entertainment, iCD Projekt nezinye izinkampani eziningi ezibiza futhi zibeke ikhwalithi yomkhiqizo wokugcina a ukuthengisa? Kungani ekuqaleni kwesizukulwane lapho sesivele sabona ukubambezeleka okuningi ukupholisha nokushelela emaphethelweni amageyimu, i-Unity iyaqhubeka nokuthengiswa ngomsebenzi odabukisayo?
Futhi, njengoba ngishilo, ngaphezu kwenani elikhulu lezimbungulu nokusebenza okudabukisayo, i-franchise iyafiphazwa ukuthi, ezalwa ngesandla UPatrice Désilets (uzizwa kanjani ukusuka kwakho), kunganikeza okuningi. Ngokubumbana kuyacaca ukuthi kusuka e-Ubisoft balahlekile indlela yabo kuze kube manje ngecebo lesikhathi samanje futhi izindaba eziningi ezifiphele nabalingiswa ababoshwe ngamaketanga ahlukahlukene benza intshisekelo ejwayelekile yomkhiqizo iwele ezinombolweni eziningi.
Ngamafuphi, Ubumbano yisibonelo esicacile sokuthi kungani i-Ubisoft kufanele iyeke ukukhombisa futhi iguqule isu lokuhweba abebeliphethe ne-Assassin's Creed Unity selokhu yasungulwa. Abezindaba namanothi omsebenzisi enza ukunganeliseki kucace, manje kulapho-ke lapho kufanele sikhulume nemali yethu futhi sikhombise ukuthi, njengabasebenzisi nabathengi, sifanelwe ileveli esezingeni eliphansi.