Blue Ninja
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Thanks, I'll try when I'm back there. In Boston at the moment.
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Assassin's Creed III |OT| Easier to read than Ratonhnhaké:ton
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Thanks, I'll try when I'm back there. In Boston at the moment.
He keeps Lucy's lips as a reminder of what could've been.
petethepanda
Member
Wondering this as well.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Can someone refresh my memory on what the truth missions were... I'm drawing a blank.
ussjtrunks
Member
Can the game be played in 3d like revelations?
Not in my experience, but you can counter-disarm them.
Muffdraul
Member
*deep breath*
The grumbling first started right after AC2 when Ubisoft shamelessly announced "We have targeted our highly successful AC franchise as one that should be exploited on an annual basis!" And they announced "The AC2 Episodes Project," with the first one due out in less than a year. That was Brotherhood.
Brotherhood had a lot of cool game play additions; recruiting and deploying assassins, opening shops, kill streaks, throwing heavy weapons, etc. But instead of a nice collection of impeccably designed cities, all you got was one big gray dull one. Flat featureless walls blatantly copy/pasted everywhere. Empty outlands with a few boring ruins strewn about. The 16th century side of story was pretty inconsequential. The 2012 story was actually more relevant. All in all very meh, I thought. The awesome new gameplay was its saving grace, but there was no way I could excuse it as anything but cynical filler. I can't help but grit my teeth and ball up my fists whenever I hear someone claim "it's the best AC!"
Revelations kept all of Brotherhood's cool new game play stuff, and added a few new things. But the new stuff either just wasn't all that great (bombs, zip lines) or it flat out sucked (tower defense mini game.) I thought the city was arguably better than the one in Brotherhood; it was a bit smaller because there were no outlands surrounding it, but the city itself was more dense. And it was still very copy/paste, but at least the elements that were copy/pasted were far more ornate and complex than the bland gray city in Brotherhood. Again the story didn't seem to move forward much. I thought it was close to being as good as Brotherhood... but nah.
IMO they were still well worth playing just because the game play stuff was so fun. But as a whole package, I found them far less satisfying than AC2. Pretty stoked to finally have a true bona fide sequel in my hands after three years.
I haven't checked e-mails at all, are they that valuable to the story?
Which lips though?
Blue Ninja
Member
Yes.
They're interesting, to say the least.
Huh, one of the outfits is a
white and red Assassin suit. Just like old times.
In my time just playing straight through the game, no.
Oh noooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Dumb question - how in the world do I check my emails? I keep seeing that I have new ones all the time and have no clue what to do about it
ussjtrunks
Member
Is the performance rubbish in 3d though or has anyone tried it yet?
Sequence 9 Question:
SlasherJPC
Banned
Kinda... the closest thing is the Peg Leg missions. Also there is refinements to your house and the homestead area.
Yes this has been posted alot recently. Terminal on the right, when you exit the animus.
Muffdraul
Member
Exit the animus and check them on the computer nearby. Just like Brotherhood.
IOnEI Falcon
Member
B+A those guys!
Blue Ninja
Member
Exit the Animus, and the computer is on the other side of the hallway.
Muffdraul
Member
It's not like Rebecca couldn't work it out so you could read your email while you're plugged in to the damn animus. Lazy inefficient freaky-faced skank. >=|
Yeah, the date just keeps getting pushed back. First it was Thursday, now it's Friday.
Thanks for the replies re: Revelations/Brotherhood, guys. Remembering now why I wasn't interested. I think I'll continue skipping them. Not because I don't think they're worth playing, but because I've only got so much time to play games and I'd rather spend it elsewhere.
It's sad that UbiSoft is so bottom-line driven. They pumped out two ACII spin-offs and now it sure seems like their 'true' sequel was rushed to stores. They've probably made very good money in the process, but speaking for myself it's turned me off the series altogether.
It's sad that UbiSoft is so bottom-line driven. They pumped out two ACII spin-offs and now it sure seems like their 'true' sequel was rushed to stores. They've probably made very good money in the process, but speaking for myself it's turned me off the series altogether.
DualShadow
Member
The controls feel so different, going to take a while to get used to them.
Apart from the controls, I'm really enjoying it so far.
Apart from the controls, I'm really enjoying it so far.
Well for me I'd love to get a new AC game every year in the future. I thought Brotherhood was great (my favorite of the series), and Revelations, while lacking in true innovation, was still good enough to pay full price for it. Bring on a game next year I say, but hopefully with another character since I didn't like Connor that much.
SJRB
Gold Member
Finally reached the point where the game "sets me free", so to speak. It took me
which was way, WAY too long. I can understand why they did it from a narrative point of view and it works, but still. This should probably have been handled differently.
First three sequences were an utter snoozefest and left a pretty bad taste in my mouth. The fourth sequence was amazing for numerous reasons [
] not to mention the drastic increase in graphic fidelity. So vibrant and colorful.
Game takes another nosedive with the fifth sequence,
Naval mission was cool [to my own surprise] and didn't overwelcomed its stay - it was short, to the point and looked cool.
I have to admit though that The Frontier is where this game shines. The animations are out of this world, especially for the tree-running. Amazing. As bad as every Boston segment has been with its glitches and afwul jank at every corner, as great is the Frontier. I already know where I will be spending most of my time. Hearing the drums beat in the distance, quickly climb a tree and just watch this convoy pass by while you observe from the tree feels badass as hell.
Game is extremely overwhelming though, it unloads a truckload of game elements in the fifth sequence. Especially the stock book with the purchasing and selling of goods and the whole Homestead management system seemed extremely complex from the tutorial part.
I'm glad the game did a 180 on me, because I wasn't feeling it at all to be honest.
6 hours
First three sequences were an utter snoozefest and left a pretty bad taste in my mouth. The fourth sequence was amazing for numerous reasons [
hunting, setting traps, treeclimbing
Game takes another nosedive with the fifth sequence,
showing the suit and still have you run around for 2 hours doing nothing really until you finally can put it on and become the assassin was the ultimate cocktease.
Naval mission was cool [to my own surprise] and didn't overwelcomed its stay - it was short, to the point and looked cool.
I have to admit though that The Frontier is where this game shines. The animations are out of this world, especially for the tree-running. Amazing. As bad as every Boston segment has been with its glitches and afwul jank at every corner, as great is the Frontier. I already know where I will be spending most of my time. Hearing the drums beat in the distance, quickly climb a tree and just watch this convoy pass by while you observe from the tree feels badass as hell.
Game is extremely overwhelming though, it unloads a truckload of game elements in the fifth sequence. Especially the stock book with the purchasing and selling of goods and the whole Homestead management system seemed extremely complex from the tutorial part.
I'm glad the game did a 180 on me, because I wasn't feeling it at all to be honest.
brandonh83
Banned
This thread is making the wait for the Wii U version substantially easier for me, but not in a good way.
On Xbox it's actually better than 2D due to a lower resolution. That's my impression at least.
What did you think about the city/environment design in Brotherhood?
Gamer @ Heart
Member
Im kind of the opposite.
It makes my wait for the Wii U version easier too, but I expect ultimately more enjoyable thanks to my now lowered expectations.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Yeah that the reason I tell people to really try and get to sequence 6 before making the call.
It's one of the better lock pick mechanics in gaming, but it's still an absolutely fucking useless and unnecessary mechanic.
Well as expected, nothing much to the cities since they are basically more like overgrown villages than actual cities like in the previous AC games.
The frontier/homestead though are great, a real change from the previous games, and a good change at that.
Here to hoping for a mix of a great city and also some great nature element in the next AC game
Why can't I play multiplayer? I'm so sick of this limited mode shit. I've registered and verified a uPlay account and it seems to be associated with my PSN ID (I can log in the uPlay hub), but I can't log in.
Are the Australian servers for this game not up? Is it tied to the storm in the US? What's going on?
Are the Australian servers for this game not up? Is it tied to the storm in the US? What's going on?
brandonh83
Banned
I almost moved my Wii U credit over to a Halo edition 360 for this, Halo 4 and Forza but then Iwata laughed and then I laughed.
Blue Ninja
Member
The outfits don't show up in cutscenes? That's fucking lame.
SlasherJPC
Banned
In previous games it conflicted with sequences where your guy went in disguise or changed his outfit in the story, etc.Yeah I forgot about that and I don't really understand why
Seems like it wouldn't be a big problem to swap it out at important times, but yeah.
Got my copy today and played to the end of sequence 3 in one sitting.
A question about Washington's journal, the one that came with the specia editions: Am I actually supposed to physically cut some of the pages open? Dunno what to think about that... The coin and the leather pouch it came in are pretty cool though.
Dat tweest!
A question about Washington's journal, the one that came with the specia editions: Am I actually supposed to physically cut some of the pages open? Dunno what to think about that... The coin and the leather pouch it came in are pretty cool though.
Didn't Revelations take these out? I remember them for sure in AC2 and ACB, but not ACR.
I miss them too, I guess they were not very popular overall though for the majority of players. I would kinda get freaked out by some of the music / tape recordings, and pictures. I know the truth puzzles were a big source of the "silly, sci-fi" aspects of the story, but they were certainly interesting.