krameriffic
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Desmond and Shaun and Rebecca
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Assassin's Creed III |OT| Easier to read than Ratonhnhaké:ton
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7he Talon
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I wonder when the reviews will start appearing.
Pretty sure not till day of release. Or one day before it.
The day it's released at noon east coast time.
The dungeons that did exist in ACR were great, but there were only two IIRC. And ACB had the advantage of simply having more content (more tombs, more puzzles, more missions, etc). But ACR had the advantage of having refined combat/movement mechanics and overall design (missions, city, stealth, etc), and part of that might be because there was less to focus on improving.
I'd say AC2 and ACB got strong reviews, while AC1 and ACR got divided reviews. My thinking is that it has to do with how patient players are and how "experimental" (with combat, exploration, stealth) those players like to be. More patient and exploration-minded players probably prefer AC1 and ACR. Folks who just want to jump in and kill dudes probably prefer AC2 and ACB. Just a guess, though, based on my own tastes. Also, ACR got unfairly knocked for its admittedly terrible den defense. I say "unfairly" because those den defense sequences are incredibly easy to avoid, and it takes some serious neglect and balls-to-the-wall impatience to make them happen.
Regardless, I think they're all four fantastic games.
keltickennedy
Member
Just booted up Uplay to play some ACR and noticed that they have the Uplay rewards listed for AC3. Some unlocks are, Upgrade to Conner's tool pouches and Ezio's Brotherhood outfit.
iNvid02
Member
No. You're not missing all that much.
I'm sure there's a wiki plot summary out there too.
nice, pretty tame as always, but better free then being some 1.99 dlc
Level 20 in MP? I still haven't bother reaching level 5 in Driver: SF's MP.
Oh yeah I forgot about that. Is that even making a return in this game? I haven't seen anything on it being included.
CambriaRising
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Meet subject 16's avatar in animus land
He is totally batshit insane
Shitty first person desmond crap
Ezio gets older, researches Altiar
Learn how to make useless bombs, also tower defense
Find out some more backstory shit about time traveling space assassins stuff
End.
The tomahawk bro.
Really? So you use it to scale buildings and get around, not just for fighting? I guess I haven't been paying as much attention to this game as I thought.
CambriaRising
Member
I have at least seen him using it to zipline, which was one of the uses in ACR.
So yeah basically nothing. Also the first person Desmond platforming stuff was brutally boring.
But I do have to question the tomahawk. How the hell do you climb buildings with a tomahawk? lol
keltickennedy
Member
You don't climb buildings with it. There was some footage shown of Conner using it to zipline down from a building that was blowing up. Looked like a cutscene. If it will be used in-game is yet to be seen.
here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgveaagBbEM&feature=player_detailpage#t=54s
Btw, watching that trailer again has be thinking... I don't think the voice actor for Conner is really that good. I hope that they weren't more worried about just finding an actor with Native American heritage instead of someone who could actually you know.....act.
CambriaRising
Member
It would be weird to remove zip-lines after ACR. They were pretty useful.
I hope they have something to help with climbing because that's where the hookblade was best. It was like a double jump for climbing and I rarely had to slowly circle around buildings to find the next notch to keep going up.
CambriaRising
Member
ACB and AC2 had the gauntlet which was basically the same thing.
scorpscarx
Member
With a more concise op like this, I am actually MORE hyped for the game.
I'm not buying it day 1 though, 6 months it will be good and discounted on Steam.
Have fun.
I'm not buying it day 1 though, 6 months it will be good and discounted on Steam.
Have fun.
keltickennedy
Member
If they don't have a zip line linking buildings together on a free run path, they could always just place a couple trees.
This was more than those. The hookblade started with a leap jump like what you're talking about and then it launched you even higher. It was something the series needed after AC1 honestly.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Is that video that leaked for the first twenty minutes still around anywhere? I wanna watch that, but I can't find it anywhere now. Kotaku had one listed that showed some Desmond gameplay, but that's been pulled too.
CambriaRising
Member
Thats true, I forgot about that part.
DualShadow
Member
It's so hard trying to resist media, thankfully less than a week to go.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Ouch
Edit: on my phone it says not available in my country.
Anyone else have a link?
i don't think anyone posted it, but they made the official Assassin's Creed clothes lineup
https://musterbrand.assassinscreed.com/the-assassin-s-creed-collection
https://musterbrand.assassinscreed.com/the-assassin-s-creed-collection
Vinterbird
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Not from what I've seen after seven hours of gameplay. I really hope it shows up, since it added a lot to your arsenal of movement.
I would try to stay way from it, there's a cool early game twist they haven't communicated which I really enjoyed.
I really can't wait to talk about this game in detail next week. There's some important things to say before people play it.
That doesnt sound like a ringing endorsement. Should those of us who preordered be reconsidering?
Completely disagree. I thought brotherhood was boring and loved Revelations.
Vinterbird
Member
Don't read that deep into it. It's more in the vein of the game has a certain tempo to it, and is very much slowly giving you more and more of its world and systems, and not dumping everything in your face in hour 1.
Great news then, when most open world give you all its systems so quickly, otherwise I tend to become bored rather quick.
No, Ubi's marketing has been phenomenal. Regardless of the intrinsic quality it WILL sell.
Oh ok cool! It sounds a lot like AC 2 in that regard then. You were several hours in before everything was unleashed. Are you able to speak about how long the game is before the embargo is up?
No, the game has the highest preorder number of any Ubisoft game ever.
Vinterbird
Member
I would think that falls into review category, plus I'm not done with it yet anyways.
Main game is 10 to 12 hours, that's if you only do the main story.
That is dissapointing. I thought they said at Comic con 20-25 for the main story and double that if you do all side quests?
Vinterbird
Member
To be honest, putting a number on a game length is always insanely difficult. The developers number could be a average of all playtesters combined, or a estimate based on previous games or something entirely different.
The same with a person outside the development team saying "it took me this long", because everyone has a different way to do a mission, and how you play affect how long it takes and also player skill.
SuperEpicMan
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I watched the intro video that shows Desmond parts and I am glad they changed his look from the Adam Sandler looking model from Revelations.
He still looks terrible. So glad this will be the last game with Desmond.
Vasilisk 2038
Member
Ok people, I can confirm that here in Spain some stores are selling the game, a friend and my cousin have already the game. You know the drill, beware of spoilers. I actually ordered the game from Amazon UK, so I'll have to wait
:3
but this weekend I'm playing the game in my friend's house