AI Summary
5 min readWhy Positive Reviews Aren't Helping Ubisoft
The central argument of this episode is that positive mainstream reviews for Assassin's Creed Shadows have paradoxically hurt Ubisoft's stock price rather than helped it—not because the reviews are negative, but because they are dishonest. The host argues that when reviewers uniformly praise a game that players can see has real quality problems, they destroy their own credibility, mislead the publisher into thinking the product is fine, and ultimately set the studio up for a harder fall when reality catches up.
The Dishonesty Problem
The host points to a specific pattern: when a game becomes caught up in "culture war" debates, mainstream publications all play defense for it. For Assassin's Creed Shadows, the top Google search results for reviews come from IGN, The Guardian, PC Gamer, Polygon, Vice, and even Top Gear—a car website. The host finds this uniformity suspicious: "There is uniformity in the dishonesty and misrepresentation in the quality and content of the game." These outlets call the game "a return to form" and give glowing assessments, but the host claims the actual quality doesn't match. He estimates that only about 20% of the dialogue is good, while 80% is "laughably bad."
Continue reading the full summary in the app — free to try.
Read Full Summary →Free • No credit card required
Never miss an episode of Asmongold TV
Get every new episode summarized in your inbox — free, ~5 minutes to read.
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
What you'll learn
- 1 (01:30) **The Core Question: Why Aren't Positive Reviews Helping?** - The host sets up the episode's central thesis: despite glowing mainstream reviews, Ubisoft's stock price is declining after the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows.
- 2 (02:50) **The Disconnect Between Reviews and Reality** - The host argues the game did not perform as well as needed, and that dishonest reviews are a major factor in the stock's decline.
- 3 (04:09) **Evidence of Quality Issues** - The host points to specific problems in the game that contradict the positive reviews.
- 4 (05:04) **The Selfish Agenda Behind the Reviews** - The host argues that reviewers are prioritizing their own ideology over the health of the studios and the jobs of developers.
- 5 (09:02) **The "Dog Poop" Restaurant Analogy** - The host uses an extended metaphor to illustrate how dishonest reviews destroy consumer trust.
- 6 (11:10) **The Final Verdict: How Dishonesty Kills Trust and Stock Value** - The host summarizes how the combination of dishonest media and toxic fan behavior has destroyed trust and hurt Ubisoft.
- 7 (13:07) **The Path Forward and Closing** - The host offers a solution and concludes the argument.
+ Full timestamped outline available in the app
Show Notes
"Why Are Positive Reviews Not Helping?" Asmongold show for all of his stream highlights, competitions, reactions & more.
----------------------
------------- Keywords: world of warcraft, gaming podcast, streamer content, asmongold
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More from this podcast
Asmongold TV →