Thanks for the link. Very funny. Well, at least there will be hunting. Will Connor get a base he can fix up too, a la Ezio's estate?
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Thanks for the link. Very funny. Well, at least there will be hunting. Will Connor get a base he can fix up too, a la Ezio's estate?
The homestead is kind of like that.
SlasherJPC
Banned
So far my impressions are pretty good. Yes there is some pop in and stutter, but still game is pretty sweet looking and love the environment and setting. AC fans will love it and some of the colors are a bit muted even though my capture device is decent with video but apparently not with screenshots. Also for someone asking, yes there is lot of horses around. Some areas look really good, some areas don't, like some of those other screen shots going around. Don't worry.
But taking it as a whole plot and all, Its really good acc to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnfg1rDmNIw
krameriffic
Member
I've been watching a little of the archive from one of the streams linked above, just open world gameplay, nothing story related. The climbing looks a bit faster and more fluid, but that's something you have to feel rather than watch. The combat so far looked... well, not great. Looks a lot like the previous games where you quickly go from just hitting people with a sword to butchering everyone with a kill streak with no middle ground.
More than anything though, I'm excited to have a new character with a new story and setting. Hopefully they execute it with as much panache as they did with Ezio's early years.
It should be Templars & Assassins in time. That's it.
All of the Desmond stuff is ridiculous and only slow the games down. Basically, the Animus is a dumb idea.
petethepanda
Member
I still can't believe they kept Lost Archive, with its actual story material, for DLC, while putting in the utterly pointless Desmond fps segments in the game proper. All those revealed were extremely basic and unimportant points of backstory that anybody with a brain had already assumed.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
Im drudging slowly through an ugly winter landscape performing QTE fights, bleh
It clearly does not to me, the story simply isn't compelling in my eyes. It lacks depth and shrewdness.
The character of Ezio is really interesting though, unlike the others.
They said it at the end AC Bro as well, but most people seem to miss it. The whole, "someone is tainted with cross" thing and then right after that stabbing Lucy.
Hm, I am just going to have to make the call for myself come Tuesday, though I like what I have seen for the most part. Can do without the hunting quick time events and mini-games, but like you, I think the new setting and character will do it for me on the whole.
Vinterbird
Member
And finished, watching credits roll now.
AC4 (or if they do a Brotherhood like expansion next year) is going to be so interesting. There's a lot of potential for new concepts with where they take the story.
AC4 (or if they do a Brotherhood like expansion next year) is going to be so interesting. There's a lot of potential for new concepts with where they take the story.
RadioactiveLobster
Member
excited to hear you can free roam with your boat. This is shaping up quite nicely, really excited for Wednesday
keltickennedy will have to answer that, all I got was a simple yes
Nice. How long did it take, if you don't mind my asking?
AC games always start out slow.
Yeah that's my main issue right now, while the game remains playable at all times, the new Anvil Next engine clearly struggles to keep up on my 360 version. Pop-in, shadow resolution, aliasing, it's all there. Not as bad as AC1, mind you, but still I can't count the number of times I was wishing to be playing the PC version since I started the game.
The PC version should be quite spectacular, for sure.
9 hours in now, barely starting with the meat of the story...
Looks, like different brains, different likeness. But GAF is the only place where I have seen this much hatred.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
... Ive played all of them.
SlasherJPC
Banned
I think the game doesn't feel that slow. For me its a good balance of teaching the game mechanics and getting the story going.
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
Don't worry, I still love the story. It's fantastic.
At last. XD
Uno Venova
Banned
I feel the same, never cared for the storytelling in AC games.
Vinterbird
Member
Ingame clock says I spent around 11 hours and 20 minutes, which is 36% of the game, ith me going only main story and skipping everything related to side content.
But from what I can see there is some new post credits (which I think are longer then any game I've played recently) content that is still story relevant to do.
This disappoints me and I almost wish I didn't preorder it it seems like they went back to the original to much. People told me that AC 2 was better because there was less stealth and I enjoyed the hell out of it - I hope this stealth is optional at least.
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The only good story was AC1. The whole animus thing was handled in a more interesting fashion, and the Apple/artifacts were just a subtle part of the story. Should have remained this way.
AC games should be first and foremost about the eras in which the games take place, with no more than 5% of the story actually about ancient-civilization mystery.
When the mythology becomes so complex, a lot of people tune out because they can't keep up. It's like what Square did with FFVII' spinoffs.
AC games should be first and foremost about the eras in which the games take place, with no more than 5% of the story actually about ancient-civilization mystery.
When the mythology becomes so complex, a lot of people tune out because they can't keep up. It's like what Square did with FFVII' spinoffs.
Reasonable for just the main story. Plenty to do on the side will add to that nicely, as usual. Thank you.
Don't worry, it's not rigid stealth, and when required you have a pretty big window of time to go into hiding again and stages are very forgiving with plenty of safe spots and such. But yeah this time you feel like an assassin and not Rambo on dress.
Also, keep in mind that there is also a whole ship sub story as well.
The only part of the story that pops up in my mind when thinking about the AC series is the stuff in the past, which is pretty fucking good for any entertainment medium. I'd say there is better character development there than there is in hundreds of different book series. Of course, I leave out the completely batshit insane stuff from the present day.
It's really a weird balance: Really good in the past (better than a lot of other stories) and then complete garbage in the present. I tend to focus on the places where it is good while most critics often cite the present stuff and consider that the only real part of AC's story.
It's really a weird balance: Really good in the past (better than a lot of other stories) and then complete garbage in the present. I tend to focus on the places where it is good while most critics often cite the present stuff and consider that the only real part of AC's story.
so, is the game truly neutral as they're promoting it?
Vinterbird
Member
Neutral? I haven't been following any promotion, so please elaborate.
Is it as anti-British and fuck yeah America as marketing is suggesting, or is it neutral like the devs are saying.
SuperEpicMan
Banned
I think he means whether or not the game is just about the red coats being the only people being killed and portrayed as bad guys
Edit: beaten
rosaceadude2112
Member
Assassin's Creed has a lot of plot, and very little story.
As for Chap 7, neutral. No mention of america liberty and that suff, 100% assassins vs templars.
Vinterbird
Member
This. If anything it's anti America at some points. Shawn at least is very critical of all the founding fathers stuff.
Also when someone else finishes the game, I would love to talk to someone about it, I think the game bugged out from revealing some post-credit stuff for me.
Brilliant. This eases my concerns a little bit
even so, how the heck would you portray the Revolutionary War neutrally as it relates to both sides? I guess you could expose the war crimes on either side, which did exist, but one side clearly had the just cause, and the other side was clearly run by an insane mad King who was hellbent on not seeing reason and abusing the colonies.
Vinterbird
Member
As someone who doesn't know anything about American history, I just saw Connor stab a lot of dudes, and hey that's someone named Washington, now back to stabbing dudes.
The game keeps the history stuff separated from the Templar stuff in a way I never felt the war part was actually relevant to the story, it was just a backdrop for killing Templars.
that's actually highly disappointing to me personally, as the only thing that interests me about the story/setting is the American Revolutionary war stuff. I always tune out the Assassin's vs. Templar garbage. I thought the Ezio Saga did a good job of mixing it up. This integrates historical events/people more poorly than that?
hm, never trust anything you read about George III. Every single historical book will tell you a different tale
as for your question, maybe they did the right thing with this game. Connor witnessing the events while carrying on his personal quest
rosaceadude2112
Member
Why even set it in a historical context if its basically going to ignore that?
Assassin witnesses 9/11: I've got to stop the templars!
Assassin witnesses 9/11: I've got to stop the templars!
Vinterbird
Member
I think it handles it in the same way that AC2 did, but since I really don't know much about it, it's hard to say how much they actually blend Templar and real history. But the story mainly revolves around Connor going on a revenge tour throughout the country, and the key to get to his goal is being involved with Washington and his gang, and that's how to blend in the historical stuff.
Every now and then the real people will interact with the fictional Templars, but mainly in the context of the political war, and not painting them as indoctrinating them or otherwise making them stand out as evil people.