I personally hope that we will have some exciting news about the future of the franchise soon. With Animus Hub and Shadows' release close, the franchise is about to change forever and I hope that they will change it respecting what came previously, like Desmond's sacrifice and other pieces of lore.

I'm on Xbox and I'm having trouble playing with a friend on Unity. I've already unlinked my account and I can open the multiplayer menu, but whenever I send an invite and my friend accepts it, nothing happens. Is there any fixes?

Ok so hear me out. Ever since the delay the marketing has been very quiet overall. And you'll notice that what we have had has very much been dedicated to hardcore fans rather than the general audience: Deep dive articles and Reddit QAs.

That's the kinda stuff made for fans who are already going to buy the game, the ones who want the nitty gritty details.

Now I'm sure we will still get a big story trailer, another gameplay walkthrough and much more closer to launch. But I don't think they are going to go really, really big on the marketing for three main reasons:

1. This game has had so much controversy and negative discourse that no matter what they post or where they post it, they'll get lots of hate comments. I know this first hand covering the game on my youtube channel. My Shadows videos attract the absolute worst kinds of people to the comments. It's a no-win situation for Ubisoft. Even if it's just a vocal minority, they're very vocal and it's not a good look when your trailers have lots of down votes and comments on how "the game looks trash", even when it looks great.

2. They actually think the game is good enough to create strong word of mouth on release and are playing the long game. Don't underestimate the power of word of mouth. If the game comes out and gets good reviews and actually changes people's opinions, it will sell well in the long term.

3. Marketing is expensive and Ubisoft are in a tight spot right now.

So for the past few months I've been playing through all the AC games in order and minus a couple of entries I couldn't really get in to I've competed all main and side missions and visited all locations. Anyway I've now reached odyssey and I couldn't believe how massive the map is and how long it will probably take me to carry on doing as I have been. I'm fairly busy so only get a couple hours of playtime a day. Is it really worth me seeing everything this game has to offer? Or should I just focus on the main story and do the odd side mission here and there?