On the forums, it has an overwhelming disapproval rate, on the game itself, nobody is playing. On Reddit(Or at least in my experience), it has mixed feelings at best. It might just come down to what we can observe. well Dark Souls II released on 7th gen months after 8th gen consoles released and it was immensely more popular than Blacklist was. You could argue that's because next gen consoles released. Now, to be fair, it's from two generations ago, however, the game has always been barren since about 5 months after release. There is absolutely nobody playing the game. I believe the numbers are definitely important. You meet the people that have ACTUALLY been playing the game since it was a stealth game rather than the people who pushed forward on the control stick in Pandora Tomorrow once in their life and then claimed to have played all the games. It's like walking into a whole different neighborhood. The forums have very little Blacklist fans. At the same time, Ubisoft has specifically told fans to voice their opinion on the forums. I won't ignore the numbers you brought up.

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