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Assassin's Creed III |OT| Easier to read than Ratonhnhaké:ton
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What sequence are you on?
I'm on Sequence 3 right now.
So you're still playing as Kenway?
Serious question, have you been on a total blackout on this game up to this point? If so, things should become more clear once you finish this sequence.
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Did you just spoil something for me?
(I know nothing about the game's story any further than from where I'm now)Yep, I've been on an absolute blackout for both this and Halo 4
(on purpose, because I've been looking forward to both titles a lot)!....
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Did you just spoil something for me?
Yeah man, Kenway turns out to be a mutant ninja from the future and spontaneously combusts...
(seriously though, things become clear)
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Did you just spoil something for me?
Yep, I've been on an absolute blackout for both this and Halo 4
Massive spoiler: You eventually play as the guy on the cover of the game.
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Did you just spoil something for me?
Yep, I've been on an absolute blackout for both this and Halo 4
Get out of here then, seriously. At least until after sequence 3.
keep playing, something like 2-3 hours further into story, depending on your play style.
LOL! Gotcha
Yeah well that's something that really confused me. Thing is, I was checking the Wikipedia page and saw the voice actors and it just named one person for the main charac... oh, oh wait.... I think I got an idea of what's going on here. I'll continue playing, anyway
Gotcha!
whassupbun
Member
Yeah happened to me too. I know the convoy is a goner since I didn't go and defend it within the allocated time limit, but now I can't even clear that slot to make space for a new convoy, I'm permanently stuck with 1 "Attacked" convoy and two available slots for other convoys.
CambriaRising
Member
I think the problem is that we were all used to the old "janky" controls, and the transition from those to these was jarring. I know I had trouble with free-running and combat because of this. I have gotten used to them now.
HammerOfThor
Member
the controls improved for climbing and running thru trees and roofs(IMHO), but it still suffers from "I want to climb A but I'm taking cover instead" or "I want to take cover but I just climbed" or "I want to climb A but I'm on B for some reason".
It's in the Frontier.
I happened to run into
the mine on my way to New York.
Wait for the PC version, the 360 version is garbage.
Thanks guys. Guess I'm heading to the frontier then.
Oh btw, I still don't get how I can be incognito in the frontier. I am in both Boston and New York, but not in the frontier strange enough :S
Is it a glitch that I've done all but one Liberation Mission in Boston yet none appear on my map? And is it also a glitch that I'm on sequence 9 and not a single follow-up(meaning, one that levels up the denizens) Homestead Mission has appeared on my map aside from Prudence's Primrose? I'm not sure what's a glitch and what's just annoying game design. Overall I'm enjoying the game, but the fact that some missions show up on the map while others apparently don't makes it really frustrating. I'm honestly hoping these are glitches because at least then they might be fixed. I also prefer the Courier/Beat-Up/Assassination Contract missions of II more than this one, but those can't be blamed on glitches.
To my understanding, you can't. You're pretty much locked to level 1 notoriety at all times, which gets annoying.
Apparently ACIII wil be available through steam. That devilish Ubi DRM will not be an issue anymore.
I'd love an AC running in 1080 at 60 FPS.
infinityBCRT
Member
Man people are unmarked spoiling things left and right here. Really glad I finished the story in like 2 days.
I'm almost done with collectibles (got all Fast travel points, Feathers and Chests, most of the delivery stuff, just need to do like 4 peg legs in the Homestead area). I don't know if the Liberation Mission stuff is bugged out but I wasn't able to do the last two (and presumably get 2 more assassins) for some reason. I'll check again today. Then its off to do some more real stuff. Haven't touched any of the Naval Missions, barely have done any homestead missions, and also haven't done any Achilles stuff either. And there may be a few other things on my map that I still need to do.
I feel like the collectibles are kinda pointless unless there's some sort of pay off. Because really all I did was spend like 4-5 hours doing that stuff and getting absolutely no enjoyment out of it.
Also one thing I seem to be noticing is theres not much music in this game outside of combat and specific mission points, is there? One of the things that made running around in the cities in AC2 awesome was just to hear Jesper Kyd's amazing soundtrack.
I'm almost done with collectibles (got all Fast travel points, Feathers and Chests, most of the delivery stuff, just need to do like 4 peg legs in the Homestead area). I don't know if the Liberation Mission stuff is bugged out but I wasn't able to do the last two (and presumably get 2 more assassins) for some reason. I'll check again today. Then its off to do some more real stuff. Haven't touched any of the Naval Missions, barely have done any homestead missions, and also haven't done any Achilles stuff either. And there may be a few other things on my map that I still need to do.
I feel like the collectibles are kinda pointless unless there's some sort of pay off. Because really all I did was spend like 4-5 hours doing that stuff and getting absolutely no enjoyment out of it.
Also one thing I seem to be noticing is theres not much music in this game outside of combat and specific mission points, is there? One of the things that made running around in the cities in AC2 awesome was just to hear Jesper Kyd's amazing soundtrack.
CrichtonKicks
Member
XHPrime said:
Yeah, there are several areas that have similar platform elements- the Peg Leg missions are the most obvious but there are also some sections of the Underground like that and at least one Homestead mission that I've encountered that was focused on platforming like the AC2 trilogy.
HammerOfThor
Member
Every time I hear "You have my everlasting gratitude" with that damn voice I want to assassinate the man who says it.
Meatvillain
Banned
Haha, they are probably the most annoying NPC yet, and unlike the bard you can't grab them and headbutt them.
I was wondering about this. I was thinking that the underground tunnels were very lame. Light candle, and move on ... but there are actual platforming sections?
The problems with having so many different things to do in the game depending on what section you are in is causing confusion with the controls and because of that,the long tutorials...combine that with giving you new controls in a section that starts you off giving you 10 seconds to not lose you target while having 2 secondary objectives flash on screen for 2 seconds telling you to destroy 3 bomb carts on the way and to pick your nose in a QTE( )...or all of a sudden you are doing something else with new controls,that I wont spoil,but the controls where inverted for me so I missed the secondary objectives again...
It's awesome that the game has so many play styles but it also leads to janky controls at time.
)...or all of a sudden you are doing something else with new controls,that I wont spoil,but the controls where inverted for me so I missed the secondary objectives again...It's awesome that the game has so many play styles but it also leads to janky controls at time.
So I get a message that my convoy is being attacked, but they don't tell me where? I'm not looking for a specific location, just an area. It wasn't in the Frontier. Do I really need to check NY and Boston to see if the icon shows up there as well?
This game feels like a collection of battles, not assassinations. So far (I'm on Sequence 9), my ranking is, from best to worst.
1. AC II
2. AC II Brotherhood
3. AC II Revelations
4. AC I
5. AC III
It's like they threw out everything they learned in the AC II games. So sad.
More like micro-platforming segments. You can get through each in about 30 seconds. So disappointing after the tombs in the ACII games.
This game feels like a collection of battles, not assassinations. So far (I'm on Sequence 9), my ranking is, from best to worst.
1. AC II
2. AC II Brotherhood
3. AC II Revelations
4. AC I
5. AC III
It's like they threw out everything they learned in the AC II games. So sad.
More like micro-platforming segments. You can get through each in about 30 seconds. So disappointing after the tombs in the ACII games.
CrichtonKicks
Member
JB1981 said:
Minor Underground Spoilers:
There are a few different kinds of challenges I've seen in progressing in the Underground- sometimes it's finding an alternate route to circumvent a locked door, sometimes it's straight up platforming, sometimes it's encountering an enemy group, and I've found at least one puzzle down there as well.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
infinityBCRT
Member
Is it locked to Level 1? I've had it gone up to Level 2, and I'm not sure if it goes down after that. Again, as said many times before this game really doesn't explain its systems well.
The underground stuff is the closest thing to tombs from previous games. That being said the new freerunning controls pretty much destroy any enjoyment out of it.
Even more annoying than the beggars and drunks in AC1? That can't be true.
Finished the game the other day and I was actually a bit disappointed with it. I think it's probably the worst Assassin's Creed since the original, yes I actually enjoyed Revelations. Anyone else think the naval battles were probably the best part of the game?
I don't mean to plug the site of anything but I did a review on masonicgamer.com if anyone is interested.
I don't mean to plug the site of anything but I did a review on masonicgamer.com if anyone is interested.
infinityBCRT
Member
Oh weird. I've just straight up seen the white coat in most cutscenes when I've had the colored outfit but I haven't seen this half and half thing. I changed my Assassin's Outfit color during the story but immediately changed it back because of the white outfit showing up in cutscenes. But once I beat the game I changed it back to the colored outfit and what I've noticed is that its inconsistent. I captured some forts in the cities and Connor's outfit was white in the cutscenes, but then with the last few forts I did his outfit was coloured in those cutscenes. Some other people claimed that Ubi knows about this bug and are working on a fix.
Hopefully they pay attention to community feedback and release a big patch to fix stuff.
I mean, I've played GTA IV and RDR for countless hours and didn't run into half the bugs that this game has. They look pretty polished by comparison. Sure, there's streaming issues, but that comes with the territory.
Oh, by locked I meant that level 1 is the minimum. If there's a way to lower it after reaching level 2, I wouldn't know.