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[Kobun Heat]

You guys seen this yet?

An Easter Egg in the game:

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A Giant Squid.

Don't click if you don't want to know: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJZI-54QmRc

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Wow. I was watching this just now while listening to a James Taylor CD, and the minute the thing floated by, he introduced a guitarist named Hugh McCracken. Freaked me out for a second.

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

WTF is up with the TIME PLAYED on the stats page. It says 8 hours, I swear I've played 16 or so. Also, B button shouldn't be loot. It's obnoxious trying to open a chest.

 

[Zeliard]

Can you jump in the water with it?

 

[Baker]

WTF is up with the TIME PLAYED on the stats page. It says 8 hours, I swear I've played 16 or so. Also, B button shouldn't be loot. It's obvious trying to open a chest.

I'm pretty sure it doesn't count continues and cutscenes. I'm not sure about glyph puzzles and stuff like that.

It was definitely off by around five hours for me too.

 

[jett]

Can you jump in the water with it?

Doesn't seem so, you have no control over Ezio when the easter egg shows up.

 

[SlasherJPC]

Was able to see that clip. So why put that in the game just to have it swim by. Anyone think its possible there is a secret quest in the game involving it? Seems like a awfully cool looking model to be simple used for just that.

 

[Sai-kun]

Was able to see that clip. So why put that in the game just to have it swim by. Anyone think its possible there is a secret quest in the game involving it? Seems like a awfully cool looking model to be simple used for just that.

It's called an easter egg. It's for fun.

 

[Baker]

Was able to see that clip. So why put that in the game just to have it swim by. Anyone think its possible there is a secret quest in the game involving it? Seems like a awfully cool looking model to be simple used for just that.

First DLC assassination mission.

It better be chock full of QTEs.

 

[Ranger X]

WTF is up with the TIME PLAYED on the stats page. It says 8 hours, I swear I've played 16 or so. Also, B button shouldn't be loot. It's obnoxious trying to open a chest.

On wich button should it be?

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

On wich button should it be?

x?

 

[Baker]

x?

Ninja Gaiden says the attack button should never do anything else besides attack.

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

Ninja Gaiden says the attack button should never do anything else besides attack.

LB then?

Im at work, cant check the game/remember what button does what in given contexts

 

[Ranger X]

x?

Why is it better than B then? (Just curious of your thoughts about this). Both X and B are "hand buttons". X is "Armed hand" and "B is "Free Hand". Looting isn't an action you do with a weapon.

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[SlasherJPC]

It's called an easter egg. It's for fun.

Oh I'm all for easter eggs but this just seems a tad bit too much simple to be just a egg. Maybe it just is, and if so definetly one of THE coolest ones.

 

[rollingstart]

The squid is in the game because Kojima requested it. Patrice wanted Altair's outfit in MGS4, Kojima wanted some allusions to tentacle porn in AC2.

 

[Ridley327]

The squid is in the game because Kojima requested it. Patrice wanted Altair's outfit in MGS4, Kojima wanted some allusions to tentacle porn in AC2.

But how does Twilight tie into all of this?!

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

Why is it better than B then? (Just curious of your thoughts about this). Both X and B are "hand buttons". X is "Armed hand" and "B is "Free Hand". Looting isn't an action you do with a weapon.

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Because everytime I want to loot even when I hold b, Ezio is gracefully swinging and pushing at the chest.

 

[Baker]

Because everytime I want to loot even when I hold b, Ezio is gracefully swinging and pushing at the chest.

That's weird. On mine he'd warp to the front of the chest even if you were like three feet away from it.

It was very annoying at first but I learned to be ok with it.

 

[MMaRsu]

That's weird. On mine he'd warp to the front of the chest even if you were like three feet away from it.

It was very annoying at first but I learned to be ok with it.

lol same here

 

[Sai-kun]

I always laugh whenever I loot a body on the rooftops, and my hands moving pushes their body off the roof, but I'm still looting. It just looks funny

 

[jett]

I always laugh whenever I loot a body on the rooftops, and my hands moving pushes their body off the roof, but I'm still looting. It just looks funny

Heh, I like how Ezio magically teleports to the front of a chest when I loot one from behind.

 

[Ranger X]

Because everytime I want to loot even when I hold b, Ezio is gracefully swinging and pushing at the chest.

This is happening either because you're too far from the chest or not facing it enough. Or again because you didn't hold the button but damn, I'm sure you know how to hold a button.

The chest interaction zone is also very large. So large that it totally would need a camera cut for Ezio's teleporting because right now it really doesnt look nice to see your character teleports from 4 feet away in order to loot the chest. :lol

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[LiK]

Heh, I like how Ezio magically teleports to the front of a chest when I loot one from behind.

canned animation ftw

 

[Razorskin]

Just finished the game.


holy crap

 

[LiK]

Just finished the game.


holy crap

yea, and guess what? it's all true

 

[Zeliard]

yea, and guess what? it's all true

SPOILERS

 

[LiK]

SPOILERS

:lol

 

[rollingstart]

But how does Twilight tie into all of this?!

Desmond is Bella, Lucy is Edward. Think about it.

 

[Kaako]

I love the fact that they interconnected everything with relevant stuff. I also loved how many of the pages from

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Altair's dairy

reflected my own personal views. Nicely done.

 

[Deleted member 30609]

Think about it.

I refuse!

 

[rollingstart]

I refuse!

You already are. There is no escape.

 

[Dazzyman]

Whats the frame rate like on 360 version? Only asking as its chugging abit on PS3 and Im tempted to trade it for that version. Tearing dont bother me (Ive just finished Bayonetta on 360 and that tears way way worse than this on PS3).

 

[thetrin]

Whats the frame rate like on 360 version? Only asking as its chugging abit on PS3 and Im tempted to trade it for that version. Tearing dont bother me (Ive just finished Bayonetta on 360 and that tears way way worse than this on PS3).

Framerate is pretty good on 360. There's still V Sync issues (especially during syncing on rooftops).

 

[OmonRa]

Was able to see that clip. So why put that in the game just to have it swim by. Anyone think its possible there is a secret quest in the game involving it? Seems like a awfully cool looking model to be simple used for just that.

They put it in the game because the team is fucking awesome.

 

[[Nintex]]

I love the fact that they interconnected everything with relevant stuff. I also loved how many of the pages from

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Altair's dairy

reflected my own personal views. Nicely done.

Haven't found it yet, but I imagine it's something like this:

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Day 1,
Dear Dairy

Today marked the day of my first assassination!

Day 134,
Dear Dairy

I've been doing the same shit for this guy over and over and over again...

Day 836,
Dear Dairy

I feel ike assassinating myself, the old guy in the tower is senile, I just know it!

Day 913
Dear Dairy

Today I really can't take it anymore... curse you father for trading your son with a madman for a goat.

 

[Kaako]

Haven't found it yet, but I imagine it's something like this:

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Day 1,
Dear Dairy

Today marked the day of my first assassination!

Day 134,
Dear Dairy

I've been doing the same shit for this guy over and over and over again...

Day 836,
Dear Dairy

I feel ike assassinating myself, the old guy in the tower is senile, I just know it!

Day 913
Dear Dairy

Today I really can't take it anymore... curse you father for trading your son with a madman for a goat.

Once you find em, read all of them. They're actually really well done imo. I waited till I collected every single piece before starting from page 1. I'm glad I made that choice.

 

[OmonRa]

Haven't found it yet, but I imagine it's something like this:

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Day 1,
Dear Dairy

Today marked the day of my first assassination!

Day 134,
Dear Dairy

I've been doing the same shit for this guy over and over and over again...

Day 836,
Dear Dairy

I feel ike assassinating myself, the old guy in the tower is senile, I just know it!

Day 913
Dear Dairy

Today I really can't take it anymore... curse you father for trading your son with a madman for a goat.

Nintex he means the Codex Pages. You can read them.

Also several of the bad guys drop letters that have backstory/info on them.

 

[PowderedToast]

just recently finished the campaign,

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didn't care for the minerva reveal and would rather it if the game had just focused on ezio's story - though i understand how important it was to the overall plot of the franchise, so it's cool.

all in all, it's easily my game of the year and a really fantastic effort.

because i think it's important, i'll clarify on the bug which i ran into in case it would interest any ubisoft members. after

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sequence 11, (which finishes once you receive the assassin mark on your arm and dive off the bell tower)

, if you press start and quit while the brief cutscene with

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desmond

is playing, it will render your savefile unusable. the next time you load up, your savefile is called hideout and once you load into it there is no way to trigger any cutscenes or enter the animus again. there are no npc's or prompts for anything, essentially forcing you to restart the game.

last time i mentioned this i wrote that i'd read elsewhere that i was

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supposed to be turning on more sensors. this was wrong info, as you never control desmond after the cutscene, you go back into the animus and that's when it skips forward to sequence 14. it's the second time you see desmond after you get into the animus.

hopefully that clears up what i said before. i just want to bring it to the attention of members and possible ubisoft guys because i think it's a pretty huge bug. cheers.

 

[LiK]

Whats the frame rate like on 360 version? Only asking as its chugging abit on PS3 and Im tempted to trade it for that version. Tearing dont bother me (Ive just finished Bayonetta on 360 and that tears way way worse than this on PS3).

COOP mentioned the constant framerate issues on the PS3 version. the 360 version runs silky smooth from my experience. the 360 also has some screen-tearing in some specific sections so they both have that problem.

 

[[Nintex]]

Nintex he means the Codex Pages. You can read them.

Also several of the bad guys drop letters that have backstory/info on them.

Ah, I've read all the letters and pages I've collected so far.

 

[BlindMonkey]

This game is amazing and massive, only on DNA sequence 7 and I've already clocked up 15 and a half hours.

 

[LiK]

i love that the Codex pages expands on

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Altair as a character. you learn more about him and how he created all the new tools that Enzio uses. very cool

 

[PowderedToast]

also i dont think anyone confirmed this so, is there definitely no way to remove armor?

 

[Minamu]

Yeah, the stats timer must be broken somehow. I believe I played close to 8 hours the first day but the game said 3+ hours...

 

[LiK]

also i dont think anyone confirmed this so, is there definitely no way to remove armor?

you can go back to your home and switch back to your other armors. but there's no way to take off your armor.

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

This game is amazing and massive, only on DNA sequence 7 and I've already clocked up 15 and a half hours.

but the game probably says 2.

 

[Sobriquet]

also i dont think anyone confirmed this so, is there definitely no way to remove armor?

AFAIK the only way you can "remove" armor is by putting on the old-school Altair outfit.

 

[BlindMonkey]

but the game probably says 2.

I don't know where you're looking for your stats, I looked at the save game file (PS3)

 

[PowderedToast]

okay thanks guys. a little disappointing because i really like how ezio looks without it.

 

[LiK]

okay thanks guys. a little disappointing because i really like how ezio looks without it.

yea, i think i read in other forums that people mentioned the same thing. maybe they'll have a DLC for it.