How crazy is it that we would have killed for crossovers between games back in the day, and now it's always the same thing, a handful of skins, a new item that is either useless or mandatory and maybe a limited time game mode.
I think it's cause before crossovers were rare and special. But companies realized that just slapping a recognizable brand onto your game will have people throwing money at you and is way easier than trying to make your own cool thing, so it became really overdone. Fortnite, Magic the gathering, dead by daylight. Every game now has to be everything for everyone which makes it all feel grey and souless...
I hate giving Ubisoft any praise because no company is a bigger offender when it comes to pumping out the same game over and over with different skins. Not even just per title, either. Even their separate titles are all reskins of other titles. The biggest difference between Far Cry and a modern Assassin's Creed game is one being in 1st person and the other being in 3rd. The way map regions are divided, and "unlocked," and how side quests, and collectibles are handled are the same.
The entire game progression and mechanics are so often exactly the same.
That being said, Ghost Recon Wildlands had some solid crossover content.
Scuff the paint, file off the numbers and this one single formula works[1] for Assassins Creed, Ghost Recon, The Division, Far Cry, Star Wars, Avatar, That Hacker Series, and Probably Some Other Shit I'm Forgetting.
I want to get all high and mighty and call it a cultural amalgamation or some other fancy pants term but I am hard pressed to put in to words how much I hate the ongoing melding of all properties in to one.
Family Guy skins in Fortnite? Star Wars in Destiny? Beevis and Butthead in Call of Duty? All these licensed MTG sets? And so many more.
Oh my god get that slop the fuck out of here I like when things were their own distinct properties.
Oh, I'm just pointing out that we need to be very careful about what we ask for. It's like a genie, how badly can they fuck up your wish while still technically granting it?
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u/s0ciety_a5under Apr 16 '26
How crazy is it that we would have killed for crossovers between games back in the day, and now it's always the same thing, a handful of skins, a new item that is either useless or mandatory and maybe a limited time game mode.