I've had Uplay since Far Cry 3 came out and I always use offline mode unless I want to patch a game.

Same here. I use only offline mode all the time and only use the online mode to activate a Uplay Key for a game or DLC.

Between this and Grand Theft Auto, I've been surprised by the lack of TV advertising. I don't watch much TV, but I feel like last go around Black Flag and GTA IV had TV ads every five minutes. This time, much much less so.

I don't know if this is a warning sign of belt tightening or just an acknowledgement that last go around was a bit much, but it caught my attention.

I doubt it's that successful. The Unity advert pretty much sums up why. No gameplay footage of any kind and what you can only hope is a gross misrepresentation of the product (a veritable tidal wave of assassins). It was just bad.

The best game advertising I've seen of late has been for Beyond Earth which is almost entirely comprised of in game footage and is a couple of seconds long. Just enough to make you aware of what it is and what kind of game it is and the legendary name behind it.

This is not news. At Ubisoft, before they release a game, they have the usual meeting "What we break this time?".

Now I am worried how Far Cry 4 is going to fare on PC or hell anything. And Far Cry 3 was actually well ported (judging from Totalbiscuits first impressions vid)
What I said about Far Cry 4.

Are the French really such gluttons to have their history bastardised? AC3 was a hit with Americans, but only because they don't really know their own history :P

Which bit? MIsleading? Bad? Comprised of game footage?

I completely agree, even without the immersion breaking it makes me angry. One of the things I like about proper DLC is that it doesn't usually show up in game until you've purchased it. That's one thing I appreciated about FO:3 and FO:NV in that the entry points weren't all in your face about it. Even after you bought it they were just a location you could travel to in order to partake.

The French know their own History, but they are so chauvinistic ("Champions du Monde" World Cup 1998 syndrom) they don't care about the truth if they are the center of the subject.
Notre-Dame de Paris is in AC : Unity, one of the most visited place in France. Trust me, it's a free advertisement for tourism !

The true problem is that we have an inferiority complex about our skills, knowledges and abilities compared to the Americans, which has its origins from the Liberation during the WWII (OMG, US soldiers came with chewing-gum, jazz and stockings for women !!!).

Or in other words, three points below the first game, with "generally favorable reviews." The real issue is that the first Assassin's Creed game had user scores on par with the critical scores; whereas Unity has a user score of 3.3. Which doesn't always mean anything (in the sense that I sometimes enjoy games with low user scores), but ...

Didn't realise you needed it XD

I confess: i enjoyed AC2 series and Liberation HD. I also loved the naval combat in AC4. But Unity looks like a fine mess, so far. And definitely won't buy the standard version. So far, only Far Cry 3 has the option to upgrade to Deluxe (which is still missing the free co-op DLC - mind-blowing, i know). Also you can't have two editions or upgrade the standard by buying a Deluxe edition on UPlay. So, i usually wait for the definitive editions and a serious discount (yeah, i'm a bargain hunter, so sue me).

I am just worried the PC version of Far Cry 4 might suck and its amazing because I have not heard any problems of the PC version of the 3 game.