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Assassin's Creed III |OT| Easier to read than Ratonhnhaké:ton
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SJRB
Gold Member
It's a known issue - you need to target the barrels on the ground instead of the barrels on the cart. The game explains this in a wrong way.
And the no-lips captain is an issue everyone is having. How this even got past initial testing is beyond me.
It's neat, but it's not a priority. The game needs a lot of debugging, ASAP. And some new, actually enjoyable stealth mechanics. I like to press a button to make my character crouch/hide, not some contextual shit that doesn't work.
SJRB
Gold Member
Most definately, but the endgame character model annoys me to no end and actually takes away my enjoyment of even randomly exploring because I deeply hate the look. I'm using Achilles' outfit now, but I'm not a big fan of that one either.
Truth be told though, the things you want are probably never going to get patched since that would involve drastic change in the basic code instead of something simple like altering a character model load.
I agree that the contextual gameplay is a great error in judgement. "Press O to whistle", unless you're hanging at the edge of a cliff because then O will drop you to your death. Makes sense. And I cannot even count the times I corner-covered next to a tree instead of climbing it, even with R1 pressed.
The patch list for this game would be enormous.
Champomade
Member
Thanks!
This happened to me when I first started the mission, but I exited out of it and then started it again, and his lips were just a jabbering away. So that might be something to try for those who find it really distracting. Not that it's any kind of excusable fix.
Which is why I'm not holding out for anything decent. They knew that the game was like this before release, they're not going to fix it afterwards, especially since you pay a ridiculous amount of money for patches.
Fucking Ubisoft.
WrenchNinja
Member
Hey, thanks Irish and MuseManMike, just got Perfectionist. That mission wasn't so hard after all.
Completionist seems like it's going to be very time consuming. I don't want to go into the underground and do all these club challenges. And how the heck do you even do this Common man quest? Do I have to wait around the homestead all day for everyone to do their thing? Ugh.
Completionist seems like it's going to be very time consuming. I don't want to go into the underground and do all these club challenges. And how the heck do you even do this Common man quest? Do I have to wait around the homestead all day for everyone to do their thing? Ugh.
Common Man is time consuming. You just need to see them doing something and just zoom in on them. Only works during specific animations. it sucks when they repeat the same one even if you stand and wait. kinda random.
I was on my way to the colonist camp (mission) when I encountered some red coats. I decided to led them to the colonist camp. Because, you know...it would be funny to see them fight each other and stuff.
So yeah, I enter the "blue coats" camp with those redcoats chasing me. Expecting a battle between the two. But noooo... instead of a battle between those two... the blue guards are chasing me as well.
What the actual fuck.
So yeah, I enter the "blue coats" camp with those redcoats chasing me. Expecting a battle between the two. But noooo... instead of a battle between those two... the blue guards are chasing me as well.
What the actual fuck.
WrenchNinja
Member
basically be a creeper, lol
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
I did the exact same thing. I opened a chest some redcoats were guarding, and they got pissed and came after me. Led then to the Patriot camp, and they were all attacking me. Is Connor that much of an enemy to everyone that these two can call a truce to bring him down?
Just finished. Wow, the ending really is as awful as everyone was saying. What a disappointing end to a unique idea (Assassin's Creed 1) and three games of steadily improving mechanics (Assassin's Creed 2 sequels). For me, it's tied with Diablo III as this year's biggest disappointment.
in preparation for another sequel. kinda sucked we had no choice with the ending just for the heck of it.
It seemed to work that way during the middle of the game in the cities themselves, but that didn't seem to carry over for some reason.
One hilarious thing is that one of the forts in the Frontier (Fort Duquesne, I believe) always seems to spawn a redcoat hammering on a fence when I fast travel there. One of the patriot guards will then kill him and then accuse me of the murder starting an epic battle in the fort. Every time.
The bluecoats being able to attack you is still one of the most "wtf" design choices to me. What's even the point of liberating the cities and forts if the people who take over are the same as the ones you kick out? You may as well just have the redcoats stay even in a liberated city but heavily reduced in number and have the guards in the fort actually be allies and not recolored guards programmed to not attack on sight. At least then it gives the illusion that the patriots are really your allies.
SJRB
Gold Member
Haha that JUST happened to me.
i would agree about that for every AC game. AC1 was brutal, i didn't even bother., Stupid flags.
Pyccko
Member
Wowee, I'm a little bummed over here.
I was so looking forward to this game, and so far, at the beginning of Sequence 6, the opening hour or so was the most enjoyment I've had with it
Map system is terrible, bugs are terrible. gross filters are terrible, and the story is nothing to write home about so far. I also find myself missing the old controls. I can't run 2 steps without hopping on the nearest barrel now, it's ridiculous.
Also, the eyes. What the hell is with the ULTRA BRIGHT WHITE REFLECTION eyes? Everybody looks like they got a Riddick shine-job.
And why do all the people look so terrible compared to AC2? Jesus, at least the ferns look good, I guess.
What a goddamn shame. I would say when they lost Patrice it really was the end, but
Brotherhood was pretty good, so I really don't know what the deal is.
Geez, I'm just getting more bummed the more I think about it.
Man, f it. As soon as I finish this, I'm replaying AC2. Christ.
I was so looking forward to this game, and so far, at the beginning of Sequence 6, the opening hour or so was the most enjoyment I've had with it
Map system is terrible, bugs are terrible. gross filters are terrible, and the story is nothing to write home about so far. I also find myself missing the old controls. I can't run 2 steps without hopping on the nearest barrel now, it's ridiculous.
Also, the eyes. What the hell is with the ULTRA BRIGHT WHITE REFLECTION eyes? Everybody looks like they got a Riddick shine-job.
And why do all the people look so terrible compared to AC2? Jesus, at least the ferns look good, I guess.
What a goddamn shame. I would say when they lost Patrice it really was the end, but
Brotherhood was pretty good, so I really don't know what the deal is.
Geez, I'm just getting more bummed the more I think about it.
Man, f it. As soon as I finish this, I'm replaying AC2. Christ.
Yeah, I don't think I'll bother with III's. Have the platinums for every other AC, but just can't see myself dealing with the 100% sync requirements here. So frustrating.
I don't want a medal, I want a patch that fixes the Encyclopedia bugs so I can get my god damn platinum already. It's the only trophy I'm missing.
keltickennedy
Member
I heard that you can actually send you assassin recruits out to protect a convey that is under attack. I never tried it since I only use ships now, but that might save a lot of headaches for people when trying to trade. Let me know if it can actually be done.
keltickennedy
Member
Yeah I'm not holding my breathe either. Remember when people wanted the ability to remove armor since AC2. It was never addressed and still featured in future games. Ubisoft doesn't give a shit. The only thing that is going to be updated is multiplayer stuff and single player DLC that is probably already done. By now they are probably working on the next AC game so they aren't even going to bother which is unfortunate.
Yeah I pretty much am giving up my hopes for good story in these games. It is stupid to think there will ever be any real ending when they just wanna keep turning out games. I say fuck Desmond for the future games. Get someone new.
SuperSonic1305
Member
Fuck sakes Ubisoft. I fall to my death and respawn in the middle of the forest then 2 guys walk up to me and I unlock the club invite trophy. This play through is forever tainted. I didn't even hear what they said to me
petethepanda
Member
Doing the first Peg Leg mission. Got the first two full sync objectives, screwed up the third at the very end. Reloaded a checkpoint, got the third full sync objective, finished the mission... and it cleared out the first two of the three. Jesus frigging Christ is this game frustrating.
Duallusion
Member
Judging by the prevalent vibe of this thread, most of those "official" review scores are a bit off the mark, huh?
iNvid02
Member
opinion is split, some game perfect scores (lol) and others gave it as low as 7
i think IGN were on the money though, 8.5
Hm I kind of agree, though I'd say more of an 8 for me.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
I'm in a region in Boston and I think I failed a liberation mission. And now I'm stuck on 2/3 completed on one of the objectives. Do they respawn?
They will always respawn. The game has a bug wheren liberation missions don't show up on the map. You'll need to manually run around to find them pop up again in front of you.
ShockingAlberto
Member
It's pretty fucking terrible design.
It facilitates not getting your assassin crew together because it isn't a simple goal you can set.
So I was listening to the most recent episode of Polygon's The Besties, and NeoGAF's favorite "journalist," Justin McElroy said something interesting about how Assassin's Creed 3 features no counter kills like previous games. He then kind of gets called on his bullshit and reneges, complaining that it only works part of the time.
Now, I don't know just how bad one has to be at a video game not to be able to hit B/Circle in the immensely generous window of time they give before an enemy strikes, then follow up that super-hard button press with one more button press, hitting X/Square, to get an instant counter kill, but holy shit, it's stupidly easy. Works on every single average soldier, and different classes of soldiers/guards simply need to be disarmed beforehand.
Not sure how someone manages to beat a game and not figure out its insanely basic combat system, but this is the same guy who wrote Joystiq's infamous Nier review, so, well, standard fare I suppose.
link: http://www.polygon.com/2012/11/9/3624354/the-besties-podcast-34
His silliness starts at about 15:35.
Now, I don't know just how bad one has to be at a video game not to be able to hit B/Circle in the immensely generous window of time they give before an enemy strikes, then follow up that super-hard button press with one more button press, hitting X/Square, to get an instant counter kill, but holy shit, it's stupidly easy. Works on every single average soldier, and different classes of soldiers/guards simply need to be disarmed beforehand.
Not sure how someone manages to beat a game and not figure out its insanely basic combat system, but this is the same guy who wrote Joystiq's infamous Nier review, so, well, standard fare I suppose.
link: http://www.polygon.com/2012/11/9/3624354/the-besties-podcast-34
His silliness starts at about 15:35.
StevePharma
Member
Just in time for Black Ops 2....
Totally a bug cuz its randomized from different people's experiences. Some people lose it forever and some get it back. Pretty annoying.
I thought it was normal until I did some research and found a ton of complaints. I didn't recruit two guys from Boston until much later in the game cuz I thought their missions were over or something.
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NinjaFridge
Unconfirmed Member
The Benedict Arnold missions? Washington shows up on the outskirts of one of the citie (can't remember which) . He'll give them to you. He might show up on the map.