ah ok, thanks, I guess we have no ETA on the patch?
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Assassins Creed 4: Black Flag |OT| Not Based on a DisneyLand Ride
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ah ok, thanks, I guess we have no ETA on the patch?
I've been looking all over for a date, all I can find is the 'soon' we were told in the initial announcement. I have a bad relationship with that word after an extended period of abuse by Sega of America.
PoweredBySoy
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Do the Sea Shanty note pages that you have to catch unlock anything? Do they unlock new songs that your crew will sing?
Linkstrikesback
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Maybe. I have read most of the AC books, and I can't remember which parts are in the games and which aren't. Not to go off on a tangent, but people should really read the AC3 novelization if you care about the plot in the historical sections at all. It bridges the gap between AC4:Black Flag and AC3. It's all told from
Haythams
im starting to believe that patch will never come, that blog must have been a way to ease things a bit since at the end the truth about the game resolution would ended up coming out, give all the shit you want to COD and IW but at least they had their patch ready day 1, shame on you UBI
Obviously, yes.
You can cycle through them by pressing right on the dpad while sailing.
So apprently DLC is already on the way? I noticed on the PS4 AC UI icon that underneath it listed a few different things related to AC4 and of them listed a DLC called Freedom Something(i think its cry cannot check right at the moment). This is a game I have no intensions of dropping anytime soon, so im actually really interested in what kind of DLC they come up with for it.
Anyone have any thoughts on how they can top the pirates/ship battles for a possible AC5? The Animus stuff seems to suggest they could do almost anything with the series going forward, ill be really curious to see where the next game is set.
Anyone have any thoughts on how they can top the pirates/ship battles for a possible AC5? The Animus stuff seems to suggest they could do almost anything with the series going forward, ill be really curious to see where the next game is set.
It's Adewale's story.
SJRB
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His father kind of trained him in freerunning by making him run around town delivering messages and whatnot. Ezio and his brothers also climbed around a lot for fun. The city's announcers in Florence even mention this every once in a while, which is a nice detail. In any case, Ezio being a capable climber is infinitely more believable than Edward's "I'm a pirate and I can climb like a pro for no reason".
The series' decline in "what it takes to become an assassin" is something that really annoys me. Altair trained his entire life to become an Assassin, mastering the art of freerunning, fighting, blending in. That was cool stuff, and it showed that Assassins were special - it takes years of practice, skill and dedication and only a select few are good enough.
And now we have a washed up schmuck like Edward who has spent his life on sea and who has elite climbing/fighting skills for no reason whatsoever, who puts on a hood and wears a blade is now an Assassin. Not because he believes in the cause, but because he wants money and power [which is the exact opposite of what Assassins represent] and that sucks.
Oh thats pretty cool, I like the character so ill have to check that out.
He's not an Assassin.
brainzelda
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Just finished on PS3. Best AC since 2. An absolute blast. What's funny though, is that I decided after to finally do the Aveline DLC, and HOLY CRAP. That was probably one of the funnest AC missions I ever played. It felt like Aveline moved twice as fast as any AC protagonist to date (and I played Liberation but didn't feel the speed because of the poor framerate.) or maybe it was a placebo affect because of how lithe she was. But goddamn Aveline can seriously move. Made it super satisfying to fly around the prison area and jack fools one after the other. I'm going to double dip day one on Liberation HD.
chickdigger802
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surely he has some assassin family or something... otherwise desmond shouldn't be able to channel connor... unless the native american mom was an assassin? hmmm..
CitizenCope
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I need my patch!! Picking it up digitally once that comes out.
petethepanda
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I love the historical write-ups as usual and it's great how they keep humor in them with the dev notes, but I wish they showed more text on screen at once instead of like five lines that you have to be constantly scrolling through. So much wasted space on some of the menus.
Edit: I take it there's still no eta on the patch?
Edit: I take it there's still no eta on the patch?
Well technically 'soon after release' can be early December given the EU PS4 date.
Edward doesn't need to have any Assassin blood in him. Everyone has many, many, many ancestors branching off in many, many, many directions. Being an Assassin was never a prerequisite for being able to be accessed through the Animus.
Well yes, you get swarmed quite a lot. But the enemies literally take turns in attacking you... In something like 40 hours of gameplay, only three times did more than one enemy attack me at the same time (which was easily countered by pressing the B button). There needs to be more depth in battles instead of them being a group of 1v1s which play out the same every time.
Yeah I have 40+ hours and performed like one double-counter. It happened a lot more often in 3.
chickdigger802
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Edward doesn't need to have any Assassin blood in him. Everyone has many, many, many ancestors branching off in many, many, many directions. Being an Assassin was never a prerequisite for being able to be accessed through the Animus.
I guess... its more fun if there was some path down all the way to desmond... but then did ezio or fuck, altair even have kids?
can assassins even have kids?
wait they only lose a finger.
They have to have kids in order for their genetic memories to eventually reach Desmond. (This is why all of the player characters have plot armour.
) You see Altair's kids in Revelations and Ezio's in Embers.chickdigger802
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a huge disappointment of 3 was the lack of any sort of 'altair's armor' that you get from doing side tombs and stuff. any of that in 4, or are armors stuff just new skins?
The Templar armour decreases damage taken and the Mayan armour makes you bulletproof. There are a couple of other outfits with special properties as well.
3 did have a ring that made you bulletproof if you collected all of the doohickies. That's kind of like an armour except it doesn't change your look.
ScepticMatt
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uPlay Preorders, how do they work?
I got AC4:BF via the geforce promotion, but it doesn't show up in the uPlay client.
I got AC4:BF via the geforce promotion, but it doesn't show up in the uPlay client.
razgriz417
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You know you've played too much AC4 in a weekend if you have sea shanties stuck in your head all day at work -.-
robotzombie
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Okay so I just got a treasure map when you first get to an island and learn how to hunt. Is this treasure map specifically for this island? Because I can't make heads or tails of it.
Or do you get treasure maps that are for totally other areas?
Or do you get treasure maps that are for totally other areas?
They're for other areas. I think the first one you find is for the immediate area you're in, but all the others I've found - you'll see a set of coordinates in the lower right - set those coordinates on your map to find the island/location for that specific map.
Also - has anyone else found out how to get the gold cutlasses that you're supposed to gain by putting in the pre-order download code?
The English Conquistador
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Same here. :/
I might be super late to the party, but I posted this on Miiverse a few day ago and wondering if anyone else noticed:
https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAABnUgHsQKKAFg
https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAABnUgHsQKKAFg
anyone else remember that ubisoft screenshot of a "new prince of persia" about a year ago? Tell me the 3rd image does not look like the character shown.
SoraanTribal
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Do you get anything for collecting all the animus fragments?
Nope, I was highly upset that I went out of my way to get them only to end up with an Abstergo Achievement.
SketchTheArtist
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Pretty much. The second is a concept art from AC2 I believe.
SoraanTribal
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AGITΩ;90434027 said:
Damn, well that's a lot of time wasted (I've collected most of them). I was hoping it'd give me some sort of armor, outfit, or weapons...
Also, I'm annoyed my game is still bugged out and I cannot complete all the Assassin Contracts.
th4tguy
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I really hoping it will be out in time or earlier than the Xbone launch. I have the game on my PS4 but am willing to wait to play it until the patch. I have a few other games I'm working through on PS4 to keep me busy until then so the wait isn't too bad. Just wish they would hurry up.
Phanatic8390
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If I'm remembering correctly when I redeemed the codes it said something about being emailed the key on release date.
What time that will be is anyone's guess
Just beat it today on 360, really really liked it. Hope to God someone at Ubisoft is already pitching a Pirate's Creed game.
This game was just too much fun for them not to make another, I just hope they have the sense to not make it an AC game because pretty much all it's flaws stemmed from that baggage. Though I have to say most of the annoying AC missions types and filler were rather benign and not a pain unlike ACR/3, still annoying occasionally and shallow but still OK. But the highlight was all the pirate related stuff, sailing, ship battles, boarding, etc.
I think I would just about die if they made a game with AC4 style gameplay and Age of Pirates depth. More cities, more nations, more ships, and a straight forward Pirate's tale without the terrible AC story crap in it would be pure bliss.
This game was just too much fun for them not to make another, I just hope they have the sense to not make it an AC game because pretty much all it's flaws stemmed from that baggage. Though I have to say most of the annoying AC missions types and filler were rather benign and not a pain unlike ACR/3, still annoying occasionally and shallow but still OK. But the highlight was all the pirate related stuff, sailing, ship battles, boarding, etc.
I think I would just about die if they made a game with AC4 style gameplay and Age of Pirates depth. More cities, more nations, more ships, and a straight forward Pirate's tale without the terrible AC story crap in it would be pure bliss.
indigo-cyclops
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Actually in my email from Ubisoft it says the game will appear in the GAMES section of the client upon release. So I'm waiting to see if it appears right at midnight...
Do it. It's still damn beautiful.
Im doing the same, but its pretty ridiculous that we have to do it at all. Out of my 3 launch games I can only really play 1 (Battlefield 4 and AC4 being the others).