Probably because most people didn't like Revelations as much as I did.
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petethepanda
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It can be hard to see but there is.
endlessflood
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It's faster to dive headfirst into the ground (and then respawn) than it is to climb down anyway, so you've got nothing to lose
Brotherhood still had input from Patrice right?
endlessflood
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The prices offered by the various stores fluctuate slightly over time. I'm not sure if it's after a full sequence, or just after main missions, but yes the best destination for convoys can and does change.
Probably because most people didn't like Revelations as much as I did.
I like Revelations. Nice setting, nice graphic, and the story of Ezio ended pretty well. I didn't know many people didn't like it. :/
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU. I 100% synched that not knowing there'd be a patch in the future. That's so unfair. I thought something was wrong. There should be a checkpoint post the non-bump sequence but it wasn't there. So if you fucked the fire bits, you are screwed and have to start from the very beginning.
I still can't believe you 100% synched the other missions. How many controllers did you launch into the wall exactly?
Strangely, strangely, even though I was fuming like Hell, I didn't yell obscenities as much as I did in other games (Hi, Uncharted 3 crushing mode!). Maybe it's the thought that I have new HDTV in front of me prevents me from doing that. Because any violent behavior will cost me dearly.
I don't even know why I did that because I sure as Hell am not going to platinum'd the game. I don't have the patience to level up to 20 on MP. I'm just OCD like I said before and just wanted to prove to myself that I can.
If you are as crazy as I was and want to 100% Synched it though, make sure you recruit Assassins left and right and level them up before sequence 11. Trust me, you'll regret it if you didn't. I sure did. I only had 1 assassin and he died instantly, making life Hell to 100% synched sequence 11/12.
There has never been a point beyond an achievement. Skip em.
I did the same thing brother. I feel the same way. Fuck our lives. We should get an exclusive trophy for beating this game 100% pre-patch.
It's not worth it unless you want the trophy, and even then, it's questionable. The game is significantly more enjoyable if you pay zero attention to the sync objectives.
Ugh, we definitely should. Maybe an auto platinum trophy for 100% synched main mission without the patch.
I got that shitty chase segment in sequence 12 full sync by accident when I beat it. The fire hitting you seemed random as hell and you would just fail it sometimes without even getting hurt by anything.
Without aiming for it I actually got most of them, but it seems like the naval stuff would be the most annoying.
Without aiming for it I actually got most of them, but it seems like the naval stuff would be the most annoying.
The full sync on some of the Brotherhood sequences added a bit of extra fun and challenge to them, more so since they never went too far with a lot of them. The problem is with AC3's is that they're ridiculously demanding, and the game's own mechanic to a very poor job of acomodating them.
Hell, I could stretch the "why should I do this" to all the collectibles. At least in previous games finishing stuff like feathers and finding all the tombs gave you actual upgrades to your character that made the player feel the side-questing is worthwhile. The rewards in AC3 are all interchangeable and provide next to no incentive to go for them, and that's without getting into why how they're poorly implement within the context of the game.
Hell, I could stretch the "why should I do this" to all the collectibles. At least in previous games finishing stuff like feathers and finding all the tombs gave you actual upgrades to your character that made the player feel the side-questing is worthwhile. The rewards in AC3 are all interchangeable and provide next to no incentive to go for them, and that's without getting into why how they're poorly implement within the context of the game.
Holy shit fuck these chase sequences and their bullshit full sync objectives. Currently on the Thomas Hickey one, and he takes you in a goddamn circle. What the bloody fuck is that, Montreal? When I realized that, I figured the mission was on some sort of track and that I was supposed to kill him. So I killed him, and desync'd because target died.
I spent about three hours doing side stuff in Boston and the Frontier and had a blast. Frontier is a ton of fun to explore. Hats off to them for that, but seriously, when the most fun part of your game is the side content, and the main content is fucking bananas, someone goofed.
Edit: Oh look at that, you are supposed to attack him, just not with range. pretty cool how hitting square resulted in me pushing someone out of the way to get to him, and QUICKSAVE! Start the memory over to get full sync you dipshit!
Fuck you, Montreal.
I spent about three hours doing side stuff in Boston and the Frontier and had a blast. Frontier is a ton of fun to explore. Hats off to them for that, but seriously, when the most fun part of your game is the side content, and the main content is fucking bananas, someone goofed.
Edit: Oh look at that, you are supposed to attack him, just not with range. pretty cool how hitting square resulted in me pushing someone out of the way to get to him, and QUICKSAVE! Start the memory over to get full sync you dipshit!
Fuck you, Montreal.
I actually agree. But in contrast to AC3, at least Revelations didn't bother trying to tell a story. It was like AC crack. Revelations was AC at its most raw. No story, just awesome mechanics in an awesome environment. Within the AC series, Revelations is sort of like the Beatles' Let It Be. None of the depth or complexity of what came before. Just a shell of their former glory. A bit schizophrenic, but still great for all that.
But, yeah, AC3 proves that without Patrice there is no AC.
Probably because most people didn't like Revelations as much as I did.
But I still don't get your position. With Revelations you have less options to remove notoriety than before. How is that better?
It was more efficient and less obtrusive. Fit more into the regular "flow" of the game and didn't force me to go on a hunt around town for random posters. I could just pop in to bribe a herald real quick (who were always in the same places or could always be found easily by following their loud voices), or if things got really bad, an official would appear on the next street over from wherever I was. So I never had to go look for anything. Bringing my notoriety down in ACR didn't ever interfere with playing the game.
But in the grand scheme of things, this is an incredibly minor quibble. My only reason for bringing it up was as a small piece of evidence that the AC3 team was building off of ideas from earlier games in the series, not from later ones.
btw, someone got the pc version early
Well I didn't like ACR at all so I'll just say I disagree with your notion of awesome mechanics and an awesome environment.
Well I didn't like ACR at all so I'll just say I disagree with your notion of awesome mechanics and an awesome environment.
As I've made clear in this thread and many others, I openly acknowledge that I'm in the minority when it comes to the AC series:Well I didn't like ACR at all so I'll just say I disagree with your notion of awesome mechanics and an awesome environment.
AC1>ACB>ACR>AC2>AC3
ACR has its share of problems (total lack of any story whatsoever, poorly designed "walled" missions:
Altair missions, and the opening and closing Ezio missions
LightofRohan
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No, from this thread I am in the minorty:
AC3 > AC2 > ACB > AC1 > Dead squirrel w/ a stick > ACR
And I thought you were leaving conman? You negative monkies got to move on already *cough* jett *cough*...
AC3 > AC2 > ACB > AC1 > Dead squirrel w/ a stick > ACR
And I thought you were leaving conman? You negative monkies got to move on already *cough* jett *cough*...
ACB > AC2 > AC1 > AC3 > ACR
AssBro is the definitive AssCreed experience, it polished the shit out of all the ideas introduced in AC2, and I love that it's a single, huge city without any loading in it. AC2 has got the most gorgeous locales though, obviously.
ACR is quite simply a jumped up 3DS piece of shit that should have never left its originally designated format.
darkness pls
AssBro is the definitive AssCreed experience, it polished the shit out of all the ideas introduced in AC2, and I love that it's a single, huge city without any loading in it. AC2 has got the most gorgeous locales though, obviously.
ACR is quite simply a jumped up 3DS piece of shit that should have never left its originally designated format.
darkness pls
This thread would be pointless if it were just a bunch of AC3 wankery. Love it or hate it, it's a game with problems. And problems are interesting.
By all means, if you insist on muddying up a thread with your personal attacks, go right ahead. But the rest of us would rather talk about the game.
ShockingAlberto
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100% synch wasn't that hard, you big babies.
I prefer the term "bare bones experience."
Revelations is like eating pancakes without butter or syrup, or a Hitchcock film without a Bernard Hermann score, or a GAF thread without ">" lists on every page. It's still great, but you know it's missing something very important.
LightofRohan
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What's wrong w/ AC3 wankery? I'd be down! My intention wasn't to do personal attacks...
Just don't be surprised if the "AI" gets a little wonky. wink. wink. nudge. nudge.
funkystudent
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I have completely forgotten why I am playing as Connor.
The English guy in the present if finding power cores for the big mcguffin and you go get them when he finds them but it has no connection to Connors story.
They probably explained this 25 hours of game time ago.
Still in awe at times with this game. I wonder if it was a cross gen project like watchdogs at some point. Just looking at it I get the feeling they where targeting the Durango as the lead for a while but when it got delayed out of 2012 they focused on the current gen stuff but didn't cut back enough. Its just trying too many things on these old systems.
Also I love heavy rain + lightning storms. If only the framerate didnt take a dive during them
The English guy in the present if finding power cores for the big mcguffin and you go get them when he finds them but it has no connection to Connors story.
They probably explained this 25 hours of game time ago.
Still in awe at times with this game. I wonder if it was a cross gen project like watchdogs at some point. Just looking at it I get the feeling they where targeting the Durango as the lead for a while but when it got delayed out of 2012 they focused on the current gen stuff but didn't cut back enough. Its just trying too many things on these old systems.
Also I love heavy rain + lightning storms. If only the framerate didnt take a dive during them
Mr. Enigma
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ThoseDeafMutes
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Last PC version I played was AC:B and that didn't have controller support from memory. Will AC3 on PC?
Your memory is faulty, all previous AC games had native 360 controller support.
There was a glitch with the wireless version in AC2 though, but a fix was quickly found.
AC3 is confirmed to have controller support.
From the system requirements :
AC2 > AC3 > AC B > AC1. Haven't played Revelations (yet).
Does anyone know what must be done to get 'completionist' and 'perfectionist'? I don't get the difference between these two achievements.
Also, I already have 100% animus data but I still have three Homestead residents left to do for my encyclopedia. That's strange right?
Does anyone know what must be done to get 'completionist' and 'perfectionist'? I don't get the difference between these two achievements.
Also, I already have 100% animus data but I still have three Homestead residents left to do for my encyclopedia. That's strange right?
Man, Connor just becomes more petulant with age. Dude does not have a single ounce of charisma.
The thunderstorms always seem to kick in at epic moments. I don't know if they're triggered to do that or not, but they've really added to the sense of urgency. Definitely one of my favorite additions.
Also I love heavy rain + lightning storms. If only the framerate didnt take a dive during them
The thunderstorms always seem to kick in at epic moments. I don't know if they're triggered to do that or not, but they've really added to the sense of urgency. Definitely one of my favorite additions.
LightofRohan
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Still in awe at times with this game. I wonder if it was a cross gen project like watchdogs at some point. Just looking at it I get the feeling they where targeting the Durango as the lead for a while but when it got delayed out of 2012 they focused on the current gen stuff but didn't cut back enough. Its just trying too many things on these old systems.
Also I love heavy rain + lightning storms. If only the framerate didnt take a dive during them
Yea I agree w/ this. It's what I've been saying, feels like a next-gen game crammed to fit on the consoles and didn't fit so well. I still love it though... I'm really damn curious for next gen though. Wonder if they'll do HD Collections for this gen games, I'd love a better running Assassins Creed Collection. Would probably be too big of an undertaking, I'll just be happy w/ the PC versions
This is your opinion?
Oh my god, this is your opinion.
This opinion actually exists.
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huh.