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Assassin's Creed II - The |OT|
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pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
I literally just stopped getting trophies after a certain point. I had knocked 5 guards over with a spear and done a lot of the other non story based trophies but as you said, I didn't even get the story based ones either. I really liked the game but I'm pretty pissed this happened. This game's also the first to have frozen my ps3 multiple times, it's never happened with any other game so I say fuck Ubisoft. I now hate this game.Mejilan said:
Also, by searching online it seems this has happened to multiple people.
Oh, that's good to hear!
Hopefully it won't be throwaway filler crap like PoP's "Epilogue" turned out to be.
Edit - Though, on another note, it is irksome to have to pay for content that probably would have been in the game to begin with were it not for deadlines and time crunches...
Hopefully it won't be throwaway filler crap like PoP's "Epilogue" turned out to be.
Edit - Though, on another note, it is irksome to have to pay for content that probably would have been in the game to begin with were it not for deadlines and time crunches...
NullPointer
Member
This makes the second game I love this gen, along with Heavenly Sword.
If I could have anything though, it would be DLC with a realism mode:
* No HUD whatsoever.
* Increased audio cues for treasures and feathers.
* Extend Objective marker into the sky like Crackdown waypoints.
* Max three hits before death. Think Demon's Souls. Heavy weapons can kill in two hits, smaller weapons in three. I feel too invulnerable with my current 20 health diamonds.
* Armor and health wear-and-tear shown on the character model.
* New achievement for beating the game on this difficulty setting.
Is this necessary? hell no. Would it make a fucking great game even better? hell yes.
There are so many clues to be found just by walking and listening. The game is almost perfect for no-HUD playing.
If I could have anything though, it would be DLC with a realism mode:
* No HUD whatsoever.
* Increased audio cues for treasures and feathers.
* Extend Objective marker into the sky like Crackdown waypoints.
* Max three hits before death. Think Demon's Souls. Heavy weapons can kill in two hits, smaller weapons in three. I feel too invulnerable with my current 20 health diamonds.
* Armor and health wear-and-tear shown on the character model.
* New achievement for beating the game on this difficulty setting.
Is this necessary? hell no. Would it make a fucking great game even better? hell yes.
There are so many clues to be found just by walking and listening. The game is almost perfect for no-HUD playing.
Can we expect the patch before the first DLC release date? I'm very pleased to hear the DLC will be coming out relatively soon. One problem though: Will the second be released by itself at a reduced price? It would be kind of unfair to have to buy the first one twice (Once in January, then once again with the set of two) or if they would both be released at the same price (Buying DLC 1, since you'd get it for free with DLC 2).
Anyway, I just hope the DLC offers a few hours worth of play each. Love love love AC2.
Anyway, I just hope the DLC offers a few hours worth of play each. Love love love AC2.
For. ^
I'm enjoying the hell outta AC2, but my biggest issue is that it's way too easy. I'm 9 hours in and I still haven't died yet. I've never been even close, since I can just activate a medkit and have full health if I'm hurt. It kind of hurts the stealth aspect of the game since I can just charge my target like a maniac and kill him without risking death.
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
I am debating over whether or not to keep the unopened 360 version I have versus getting the PC version in March. March is going to kill me with BC2 but I also have no time to play AC2 now even though I want to. Ugh.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
So if the DLC is due January and February, and the PC version is due in March, I guess it's wise to assume the PC version will be another 'Directors Cut'?DenogginizerOS said:
Might be worth waiting, then, I suppose. It'll be cheaper, and the 'full package', if that is the case.
NullPointer
Member
Guess I just never noticed this. Nice.Irish said:
So far I can live without all HUD elements except for the active weapon icon (no use picking a fight with a fully armored halberd wielding guard only to throw coins at him by mistake) and mini-map, and the mini-map I use only for objective waypoints really.
But really, that's my playstyle preference, and I love that the game supports the idea of "show" instead of "tell" to the extent that it does.
At the very least the game could use a difficulty slider or something along those lines. Because as it is, I've only died or gotten seriously wounded from making bad jumps.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I think they added a few more mission types in AC1 on PC.Mejilan said:
oktarb
Member
NullPointer said:
I would love all this and add a good guard bad guard theme.
Some guards are just earning a pay check and here you come along Mr. Honorable(?) Assassin and disembowel him...sometimes I feel bad. Other guards are obviously on the take and supporting my evil corrupt adversaries.
In realism Mode I would have two types of guards. Those you can freely kill and those you need to avoid or run away from. You honorably spare their lives. Maybe Eagle Vision shows you the difference between their souls. Could make for an interesting play-thru.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
I am looking forward to those DLCs... they're like a gig each. I hope they flesh out more of Ezio's character.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
Finished it. Clocked in 25 hours even though the game says 17. My #2 GOTY after UC2.
Pros:
+ Graphics and setting were fantastic. They nailed Renaissance Italy and the mood it conveys including beautifully placed historical touches. The database/codex system is hilarious and informative. The music also brilliantly capture the tone of the game.
+ Collectibles. They fucking got it; forget flags and feathers (AC2) actually. Upgrading your villa, finding every painting/codex/weapon/pouch/etc was the best part of the game to me.
+ Assassin's Tombs. AWESOME. Took some real platforming skill. Just incredible old-school Prince of Persia vibe.
Cons:
- Ezio's voice actor. He was fucking terrible.
- The fight system is still the worst part of the game to me. Don't get me wrong, it was much more enjoyable than AC1, but still rather uninteresting. Countering ad nauseum. Or my favorite- throw a smoke bomb in a crowd of 5+ guys only to double blade them each before they wake out of their trance.
- The ending. It was just goofy.
as was the final cut-scene with Ezio. Rodrigo saying that
just made me want to sympathize with him. The final scene played over the credits (nice touch) was fairly anti-climatic, too. Overall, a weak final 10% of the game IMO.
Can't fucking wait for the DLC and fill the gaps!
Pros:
+ Graphics and setting were fantastic. They nailed Renaissance Italy and the mood it conveys including beautifully placed historical touches. The database/codex system is hilarious and informative. The music also brilliantly capture the tone of the game.
+ Collectibles. They fucking got it; forget flags and feathers (AC2) actually. Upgrading your villa, finding every painting/codex/weapon/pouch/etc was the best part of the game to me.
+ Assassin's Tombs. AWESOME. Took some real platforming skill. Just incredible old-school Prince of Persia vibe.
Cons:
- Ezio's voice actor. He was fucking terrible.
- The fight system is still the worst part of the game to me. Don't get me wrong, it was much more enjoyable than AC1, but still rather uninteresting. Countering ad nauseum. Or my favorite- throw a smoke bomb in a crowd of 5+ guys only to double blade them each before they wake out of their trance.
- The ending. It was just goofy.
Fighting the same dude three times was rather tame
the Bible was full of bullshit
Can't fucking wait for the DLC and fill the gaps!
NullPointer
Member
Yeah, you can disable all of it, and the game provides audio or visual clues for just about everything. For me, I can find everything except objective markers on my own just from listening or looking. And as far as I know, your active weapon isn't shown except for the icon. Active weapon is not a biggy though - I'm sure I can just keep that in mind, but if you have an objective marker that's halfway across the city, there's no spider-sense to tell you what direction you should head, short of using the map or mini-map.mattalos said:
Its so perfect when you clamber up to the highest rooftops and just listen to the ambience of the city. The pigeons cooing near leaps of faith, the coin tosses of nearby thieves hanging out, the bird cries of viewpoints, and the twinkling sound of a treasure or feather nearby. You can look out over the city and navigate your paths by the great basilicas and towers, which you know by name from their database files. You can take a long look with Eagle vision to spot the hide spots and guards making their rounds of the rooftops. And look at what the citizens are wearing and doing on street level. Carrying boxes near shops, guard patrols, and the wild marketplaces filled with bards and socialites engaged in conversation.
Its moments like these, when you put the clues together into your own mental map of the world, and use all of these gameworld elements to plot a strategy for a perfect assassination and escape, that's when this game hits the very highest notes for me. Its so damn rewarding to pull off a well planned strike and disappear into the crowd like a shadow.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
RE5 DLC 2
RE5 DLC 3
ACII DLC 1
ACII DLC 2
all within the first three months of 2010 among Bioshock 2, Bayonetta, Bad Company 2, Mass Effect 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Dante's Inferno and FFXIII.
I need a government bailout. -________-
RE5 DLC 3
ACII DLC 1
ACII DLC 2
all within the first three months of 2010 among Bioshock 2, Bayonetta, Bad Company 2, Mass Effect 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Dante's Inferno and FFXIII.
I need a government bailout. -________-
indigo-cyclops
Member
DLC already, awesome. This is such great news. Looks like we'll finally experience Sequence 12/13. I said this in the other thread but I hope they give us some new weapons (swords/daggers preferably) armor and dyes. Or let us mix and match dye colors for each piece of clothing. In the end however, the story is what matters to me the most!
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
Mindlog said:
you need to collect 50 feathers for it; 100 for the Auditore cap. blegh
DancingJesus
Banned
Domino Theory said:
Yea man, seriously I was just about to post the same thing. I'm going to have to pass on Bayonetta, Bad Company 2 and Dante's Inferno though. The rest I think I'm going to get suckered into.
Fuck my wallet.
rollingstart
Banned
potentially best DLC of 2010. OF ALL TIME.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
OmonRa said:No. The DLC is exactly what you spoilered if you read the titles of the two packs.
Really?
What was described during the in-game voice-over/cutscene seemed very dramatic and exciting, so if they are actually doing that and not just random platforming levels, I'd definitely pick it up. They could even gouge at 15 dollars each and I wouldn't mind.
bloodforge
Member
Just finished the game, LOVED it. I enjoyed the first one too though. Can't wait to see where they go with the 3rd one.
Platinumed the game on the weekend. Very happy with the experience, but it did start to overstay it's welcome by the end (kind of like Bioshock, maybe I'm just getting old) and I was more than happy for the main story to end.
Gorgeous game in most ways, obviously excepting the awful character faces and animations, but wow did it remind me about the scourge of non-stop screen tearing in early PS3 games. :lol
Gorgeous game in most ways, obviously excepting the awful character faces and animations, but wow did it remind me about the scourge of non-stop screen tearing in early PS3 games. :lol
after beating it.....I just have a very satisfied feeling with the story, even with it getting crazy in parts.
I know its cheesy, but being able to use my money to change E's appearance
would have been great.
By the end I had so much money with nothing to use it on.
I know its cheesy, but being able to use my money to change E's appearance
like the beard
By the end I had so much money with nothing to use it on.
Ultimo hombre
Banned
DevelopmentArrested said:
Guess I won't be getting that then.