Just watched a playthrough of the Lost Archive DLC on Youtube. Wow, I am so glad I didn't spend money on that. I hated the first-person platforming segments in Revelations and the entire DLC consists of first-person platforming segments. I do hope they bring up her death in game III though - most people aren't going to watch/play that DLC, so I can imagine a lot of annoyance and confusion if the game just completely ignores the issue.
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Assassin's Creed III |OT| Easier to read than Ratonhnhaké:ton
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DevelopmentArrested
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Played about 2 hours. It's okay.
Combat is average. Melee isn't as good as Sleeping Dogs, shooting not as good as RDR.
Climbing seems worse than AC2-Rev; way more streamlined, hold RT-Up to get everywhere. Setting is good; atmospheric enough just kind of bland.
I don't know, it's just pretty boring so far.
Oh I forgot, as mentioned - the intro video is AWFUL
What, you don't like chimpanzee Desmond?
Doublesith
Member
Reposting for those who are asking about Lucy.
Here are the transcripts of what was revealed in The Lost Archive:
Here are the transcripts of what was revealed in The Lost Archive:
Subject 16 discovers this recording while hacking into the Abstergo mainframe.
Warren: Lucy, this is where your background comes into play. If our experiments with Desmond in the Animus aren't going well, you will remove him from Abstergo. Take him somewhere he will feel comfortable divulging his secrets. Your Assassins should do the trick. Since Desmond will be reading our emails, we will ensure that secret communications between you and the Assassins go through unimpeded. Once you are imbedded, I will come to pick up the Animus tapes. Make sure you look very upset. You need to be convincing. Desmond will lead you to the Apple and then you bring it right to us. We're counting on you, Lucy. You have served the Templar Order well, and we never forget loyalty. Oh, yes. Once inside their hideout, perhaps you might ask the Assassins why they left you alone for so many years.
He then gets this email from Lucy:
07/2012
Clay,
I've seen the security records from last night. You must want an explanation. I had hoped to tell you about it little by little, to get you on my side, but it's too late now.
William is using us. In this war. In this war against the Templars, he doesn't think about the lives he's hurting. We aren't people to him. How can we trust someone like that? Clay, you of all people should understand.
Abstergo cares about helping people. They understand the realities of the world, its limitations.
But I know that nothing I can say now will really change your mind.
I've deleted the security records. Vidic will never discover the breach. I promised to protect you, but I can't let you leave. William and the others must never know.
I'm sorry.
-Lucy
Warren: Lucy, this is where your background comes into play. If our experiments with Desmond in the Animus aren't going well, you will remove him from Abstergo. Take him somewhere he will feel comfortable divulging his secrets. Your Assassins should do the trick. Since Desmond will be reading our emails, we will ensure that secret communications between you and the Assassins go through unimpeded. Once you are imbedded, I will come to pick up the Animus tapes. Make sure you look very upset. You need to be convincing. Desmond will lead you to the Apple and then you bring it right to us. We're counting on you, Lucy. You have served the Templar Order well, and we never forget loyalty. Oh, yes. Once inside their hideout, perhaps you might ask the Assassins why they left you alone for so many years.
He then gets this email from Lucy:
07/2012
Clay,
I've seen the security records from last night. You must want an explanation. I had hoped to tell you about it little by little, to get you on my side, but it's too late now.
William is using us. In this war. In this war against the Templars, he doesn't think about the lives he's hurting. We aren't people to him. How can we trust someone like that? Clay, you of all people should understand.
Abstergo cares about helping people. They understand the realities of the world, its limitations.
But I know that nothing I can say now will really change your mind.
I've deleted the security records. Vidic will never discover the breach. I promised to protect you, but I can't let you leave. William and the others must never know.
I'm sorry.
-Lucy
batmandarkknight
Member
im quite excited for this game now that we're near the release date. and i was wondering, any spoilers in this OT? kinda scared to read through it. haha!
krameriffic
Member
Good point.
As I said, AC is very much like Lost: after a very sober first season, it became flabby and confusingly told and the writers have no idea what they're doing, but it's still interesting just to see what kind of wacky shit they'll come up with.
SpaceBridge
Member
Wait, I thought I had read that before he left Ubi, Patrice Désilets had written a AC bible that included the outline to how the "trilogy" would end.
petethepanda
Member
I don't think AC has yet reached that point Lost reached in s2/3 where it was clearly getting out of the writers' hands. It's close, but I could still see them reigning it in. We'll see.
Of All Trades
Member
Er, while the plot point may or may not be a good decision for the story (hard to say until it's done), what you're describing is a classic double agent move if the goal is infiltration. edit-deleted for a less recent example.
The Departed does the exact same thing.
The end of the first game when the Apple is activated and the eagle-vision stuff in Abstergo is batshit insane given what had happened so far. I get more confused that people can be confused by the overarching story. I can understand not liking it or thinking it's silly (I like it but think it's silly), but it's a pretty straightforward story in the telling, just doled out extremely slowly.
When hasn't that been the case with the series.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
It's even worse now?
keltickennedy
Member
Loving the game so far. But, my girlfriend and I are super drunk right now and were fucking around in the game and this happened.....Hahahahaha!!
http://youtu.be/GnSSpCLWbUo
Apologizes for the sideways camera.....like I said, we are pretty drunk. lol.
http://youtu.be/GnSSpCLWbUo
Apologizes for the sideways camera.....like I said, we are pretty drunk. lol.
I think they changed it so you don't need to hold RT + A now, but that seems fine to me.
Someone posted a pretty spoilery screenshot earlier. Outside of that, surprisingly, not much.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
Freestyle running is way more loose than before, to get up most lookouts so far you hold up and RT that's it. It climbs itself basically. Whatever, I'm not going to get into semantics and argue. From what I've played of AC3, AC2 felt much more tactile and far less automated.
Hey look, 2 hours in and I get a "follow these guys closely" tutorial. I'm really glad we're still getting these 5 games in....
yeah, thats a drunk post alright.
If it makes mon...I mean if it ain't brok...I mean...shit.
XANDER CAGE
Member
I actually like the idea of a more fluid climbing system. Aside from a few areas in AC2, it was never really about precise puzzle climbing, more just the fact that the environment was more complex and vertical. Moving around with speed sounds cool. We'll see I guess.
MrCookiepants
Member
These impressions might save me some money...
Keep them coming.
Keep them coming.
It hasn't been confirmed. Some say she wanted to focus on movies, while others say she wanted to return.
Notice also, how not only her character was killed in Brotherhood (and the the story changed to make her look like she was with Anstergo); but that Brotherhood was also the last game that used Francisco Randez' face as model for the main character/Desmond.
Which kinda goes with the "3 games contract rumor". So..who knows.
***
In any case, can't wait...
WAIT!!
I'm getting it at Gamestop, is it confirmed that the cover says all the "GameStop Edition" thing; or is a slip...or sticker?
Getting it there anyway; along Liberation.
The actual story is set. And it's great. What I think people are harping on are the details.
IMO, the first game is still the best story-wise. But the subsequent games haven't strayed too far from the source material. It's been consistent the whole way through in terms of the overall arc. It's just that the detours and side stories have been a bit silly. But overall, the central storyline is still intact and still fantastic.
As I and others have said, if the first game is like Umberto Eco or Philip K. Dick, the subsequent games have been like Dan Brown trying to complete an unfinished novel by one of those two authors. You can see the brilliance beneath the hack job. And thankfully, the broad strokes have remained intact. Also, the core themes and interests have remained consistent throughout, as well. All things considered, they've done a remarkable job at staying faithful to the original material. It may not be as awe-inspiring as it could have been, but it's still impressive.
FreeMufasa
Junior Member
Anyone know when this comes out in Japan?
M.W.
Member
Bah, early AssCreed games are usually boring. Let them delve into the story more...
SlasherJPC
Banned
I don't have the best capture for pictures apparently but here ya go.
I didn't think there would be. I thought they always touted this engine how the massive amount of models it can render at once.
SlasherJPC
Banned
I'll admit so far its not as visually updated that I thought it would be, but the style and atmosphere of the setting is vastly different and I really appreciate that. I did notice a lot of pop in and texture draw in though. It's not going to kill the game but its definitely apparent.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
JohnnySasaki86
Member
The major improvements are supposed to be the animations and the number of characters shown on screen.
Some of the free running in that video is worrying :\
rockman zx
Member
I think it's going to be UK.
Man, the secondary objetives are awesome and sometimes hard to pull, love it. Played so far 5-6 hours, and I'm still in the so called tutorial, at first was a big surprise but I want to finish it already to move on into the meaty stuff.
They also have SSAO at all times in game now, not just in some cutscenes and the starting areas. And in the video above there's no screen tearing on PS3. Though the framerate isn't great, far away stuff is very low detail, and the water doesn't reflect anything anymore.
Yep.
JohnnySasaki86
Member
How so? looks great to me
Haha nice, good that you put him out of his misery.
There was a part when the player wanted to climb a window but couldn't. He/she was able to do it to the window next to it. When I saw him/her get on that particular window, I wanted him/her to go back to the one he/she tried just to see if it works.
Another part was when the player wanted to get on a pole sticking out of a building. He/she couldn't get on it by going straight on (i.e., towards the tip of the pole). However, he/she was able to get on it by going at an angle.
Not exactly "free" to me.
Yeah... seems a bit bland to me.
I was going to say the same thing, it looks a bit too misty and bland looking compared to Liberation which seems to have nice colours.
Vinterbird
Member
Yup. It's a great twist, and I am so happy they never revealed it.
Also fuck Ubisoft for their constant fucking tease about Adam and Eve, and what they started in the world of AC. I really really hope they do that story arc for the next set of consoles, and do a prequel series.
magicaltrevor
Banned
Any early releases in the UK? (Liverpool)
Raitosaito
Member
Ok, this slow opening is way slower than any previous game in the series.
I find it fun one second and then realize I'm stuck in a tutorial. It's understandable I guess, I mean this may be a jumping point for a lot of people but I just want to get into the meat of it.
I find it fun one second and then realize I'm stuck in a tutorial. It's understandable I guess, I mean this may be a jumping point for a lot of people but I just want to get into the meat of it.
SuperEpicMan
Banned
Earlier in the thread someone mentioned that Sainsbury's looked like they were selling copies, but he didn't try to buy one.
SuperEpicMan
Banned
UK-GAF! It may be worth checking your local Sainsbury's. My local branch had the game out on the shelf priced up and ready to buy. I didn't try and buy it because I'm not getting the game but I have no doubt if I went to the till, they wouldn't have noticed their error. I think the guys who sort out their gaming assortment have no clue
I'll snap a pic tomorrow when I'm in there.
Found it.
Uno Venova
Banned
I'm already weary of getting a new AC game and these impressions are not helping. I did have hopes it would be some sort of a leap.