XANDER CAGE
Member
One thing I think would be really funny - is there a shanty that's not strictly historically accurate? It would be really cool if you could find, I dunno, a licensed modern pop song cover or something.
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Assassins Creed 4: Black Flag |OT| Not Based on a DisneyLand Ride
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SJRB
Gold Member
It's supposed to be a trait that was passed on from the first civilization, hence also explaining the extraordinary climbing and fighting skills. Only a handful of people would have the ability.
But, as with almost everything regarding the lore in this series, the devs just said "fuck it, we all assassins now". Either that or they themselves lost sight of the game's story. Which, given what a clusterfuck it has become, is also likely.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
haha, I just love being a pirate
I spent most of the time in the seas rather doing the plot quests
Same. I just played for a couple of hours just destroying and pillaging. So fun. When do I get the ability to deep dive?
I don't think they have a proper explanation for it, since Ezio and Altair can both use Eagle Vision and they're not related. The game says something about using all of your senses at once and implies that James Kidd can do it.
Gen.Grievous
Member
Don't read the comments! There be spoilers.
Blue Ninja
Member
I'd die if they started singing "In the Navy".
ReadingRambo
Member
I don't think they have a proper explanation for it, since Ezio and Altair can both use Eagle Vision and they're not related. The game says something about using all of your senses at once and implies that James Kidd can do it.
It's a genetic trait left in the line of Assassin's by the precursors. I think.
SJRB
Gold Member
Sorry, I had no idea. I didn't read the comments.
I removed the url from my post. I hope nothing got spoiled for you, sir.
Edward and Connor don't have to be related to Ezio or Altair because all it takes is for Connor's male descendant to breed with Ezio/Altair's female descendent for both of them to still be related to Desmond without being related to each other. And there are about a billion other points in that family tree where their bloodlines could mix without them ever being related to each other.
Gen.Grievous
Member
Didn't have to remove it. It's a nice channel, a spoiler warning would have been enough. Nothing was spoiled for me though.
chickdigger802
Banned
its not the climbing, everyone can climb in AC universe lol, its how disturbingly efficent he is at combat, but i guess he did fight in the war against spain right?
'gritty veteran'?
Dude had been pirating and privateering for quite a while at that point. You don't kill that many sailors without getting good at it.
Rei no Otaku
Member
One of the shanties mentions a bride in white. Brides didn't start wearing white until the 19th century. So there is one that isn't historically accurate. Nothing as funny as a pop song though.
Blue Ninja
Member
I read a spoiler, but since I know my history, not really a spoiler anyway.
jokebreath
Member
What does it mean when the wifi symbol pops up in the lower left hand corner when you're in the animus? I assume it corresponds to something outside the animus, but what?
Rei no Otaku
Member
I thought that just meant you were connected to Ubi's servers.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Actually the reason that Desmond was so special was because he had the highest concentration of First Civilization DNA of anyone alive. The combination of the lines of Ezio, Altair, Kenway, and Aquilus gave Desmond unprecedented control over First Civilization technology. While other people with smaller portions of FC DNA could access the Eagle Sense, only those with high concentrations could properly control and understand their technology.
Altair and Ezio also had a high concentration, but not high enough to be completely immune to the effects of Pieces of Eden, as evidenced by how Altair was influenced by the illusions produced by his Mentor and how Ezio was injured due to prolonged use of the Apple. I haven't finished Black Flag so I don't know if Edward had a particularly high concentration, it seems he may have.
Most people do possess fragments of First Civilization DNA, it is what causes deja vu. Most Assassins posses higher concentrations than normal people, but not as high as people like Desmond and Ezio. Their high concentration allows them to use Eagle Sense without any training, while others with lesser concentration need extensive training to use it. The reason most Assassins have higher concentrations of FC DNA and why most have been Assassins throughout their family history is because (3rd party material, yet canon spoilers)
Adam and Eve were the progenitors of the Assassins and Templars. They were also each half-First Civilization. Their son Cain became the inspiration for the Templars in the post-Toba Catastrophe world. Cain did not believe that humans should work with the remaining FC to rebuild and killed Abel to steal his Apple (and was branded with the Mark of Cain, the Templar Cross). Abel was the martyr that spurred the formation of the Assassins.
I don't know if that made any sense, but I tried.
jokebreath
Member
Oh, interesting. I thought it was similar to the email icon from past games, indicating there was something of interest outside the animus.
XANDER CAGE
Member
He's a pirate. Murder is his job description.
I was wondering the same thing. A Google search doesn't give much info. I could only imagine most people in those days were more or less multilingual, but had to greatly conform to what the captain was speaking. It could explain the prevalence of Creole languages in that area though.
He wasn't, though, he went straight into the Templars after his father's death, he was never officially an Assassin.
Eagle Vision is not an "Assassins" trick, it's a "Descendants of First Civilization" trick. The Kenway line is descended from Altaïr.. any of his descendents, Assassin or Templar, would have it.
Blue Ninja
Member
From what I just saw,
the Kenway line is descended from the Auditore line. Or at the very least, they're both Desmond's paternal ancestors. Altaïr was an ancestor on Desmond's mother's side.
Yes, it doesn't feel that way at all.
At a certain point a certain character says "we did a certain something two years ago". It was nearly impossible to understand that that character was referring to an event from the actual beginning of the game and not something that happened in the past.
Finally finished the game. I only need to get 2 treasure maps from Kenway's Fleet and 2 bugged collectables fixed to get 100% (I should already have 9/9 viewpoints in Kingston and it says I only hacked 32/33 computers in abstergo entertainment when I see 34 items in the menu). Overall I'd say this is probably my 3rd favorite AC game.
Three things I really didn't like about this game though were:
- the underwater diving sections were terrible
- so many eavesdropping and tailing missions
- the frogger-style hacking puzzle is infuriating near the end
Three things I really didn't like about this game though were:
- the underwater diving sections were terrible
- so many eavesdropping and tailing missions
- the frogger-style hacking puzzle is infuriating near the end
TheRedSnifit
Member
Is this game actually good? I'm hesitant after ACIII.
Maybe I'm confused, then... I could have sworn there was another playable character on Altaïr's side.
chickdigger802
Banned
Pirates actually weren't about murdering really lol they rather you give up gold peacefully xD
It's just odd how easy he can take down assassins and Templars. Maybe those folks should be a bit harder to fight.
Yeah, at some point.
Wolves Evolve
Member
This may have been answered.. but I have AC4 on PS3 and bought some DLC. Does the DLC transfer over to PS4? There seems to be no clarity on this.
Prometheus Zero
Neo Member
Is anyone else bothered by the clipping around the sides of the screen (mostly noticeable during cutscenes) on the ps4? I pretty sure if you have any overscan whatsoever you can't see it. I hope they patch this out.
XANDER CAGE
Member
Let's argue using evidence from the game itself rather than arguing about historical accuracy. The game clearly depicts piracy in a violent manner. The first pirating mission involves a character telling you that you should kill a fraction of the victim ship's crew in order to scare the rest of them.
He's spent two years as a pirate, and several years in the navy by the time the game takes place. It's not ridiculous to assume that he knows how to fight pretty damn well.
IM sure this has been posted already, but oh. my. god.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pQ_ZozZIio
this is literally the funniest game glitch ive EVER seen, LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pQ_ZozZIio
this is literally the funniest game glitch ive EVER seen, LOL
It'll force you to leave and do certain things now and then. Nothing is permanently missable.
PinkCrayon
Member
lol I've had the opposite happen a few times after fast travelling somewhere, jackdaw just drops from the sky.
L2. (Or was it R2?)
Hmmm doesn't seem to work. I know it's Triangle to reload once you've shot all your guns but it doesn't work if you only shot some of your guns.
And I just saw the gun execution for the first time...so kick ass....
Where you grab one of the dude, line him up with another dude behind him and headshot both with one bullet.
tokyostomp
Banned
Just bought the season pass for no reason. Do I only really get sails and a mast head at this point?
Currently I am at sea so I didn't bother checking my weapons.
Currently I am at sea so I didn't bother checking my weapons.
badnewsbeers
Member
Agree totally. Feels like the ebon hawk but better, as you fight with it. Also very slow. Feels like everything could have been amped up in terms of speed just slightly.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Lowlands Away.
It's at least 140 years too new to be accurate. But it's my favorite.
Ether_Snake
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Come on guys, remember in AC2 when it turned out that
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Personally I keep saying it, AC has very strong themes, but the execution of the story is handled no differently than your average game. You can amazing things with initiations, being part of a secret society, fighting against another secret society, mythology/mysticism VS the age of information, etc., but in a way that would be not only more subtle but credible. If the assassins and the templars (names that really only made sense in AC1 due to the game being set in the holy land) were cells who were only in contact with one another through symbolism, secret handshakes, etc., and if the first civ was as mysterious as the origin of any myth or religion, the series would actually be much less constrained by itself and would fit better in each era. Those themes I mentioned can be transposed in any era or location, but not as they have become where everything is too defined and simply becomes jarring when it attempts to remain connected from one game to another, throughout all eras and locations.
Kinda hope for a reboot. Like, just say all AC games were just Abstergo products all along, and start over.
edit: Historical inaccuracies are all over AC. Florence in AC2 had some churches with 19th century facades, Hagia Sophia in ACR had all four minarets + a 19th century gothic mosque, etc.
"We didn't tell you until now Ezio, but we are actually ALL assassins! Surprise!"
Personally I keep saying it, AC has very strong themes, but the execution of the story is handled no differently than your average game. You can amazing things with initiations, being part of a secret society, fighting against another secret society, mythology/mysticism VS the age of information, etc., but in a way that would be not only more subtle but credible. If the assassins and the templars (names that really only made sense in AC1 due to the game being set in the holy land) were cells who were only in contact with one another through symbolism, secret handshakes, etc., and if the first civ was as mysterious as the origin of any myth or religion, the series would actually be much less constrained by itself and would fit better in each era. Those themes I mentioned can be transposed in any era or location, but not as they have become where everything is too defined and simply becomes jarring when it attempts to remain connected from one game to another, throughout all eras and locations.
Kinda hope for a reboot. Like, just say all AC games were just Abstergo products all along, and start over.
edit: Historical inaccuracies are all over AC. Florence in AC2 had some churches with 19th century facades, Hagia Sophia in ACR had all four minarets + a 19th century gothic mosque, etc.
L1 Reloads on PS4.
Ah there you go... Thanks!