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Assassin's Creed Revelations |OT| Requiescat in Pace (56k)
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Like the hat?
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Ahh why did they change the look of Desmond again? At least with animus characters they could say its equipment upgrades or whatever, but Desmond is supposed to be the "real" one.
I also find the Desmond change really wierd (unless it's explained later of course). Maybe the contract with that model guy ended and they didn't bother to renew? lol
Anyways, regardless of ugly Desmond, I just arrived in Constantinople and I love every second of the game so far. I wonder where was the slow start some reviews were talking about. Brotherhood was starting way more boring than that.
Anyways, regardless of ugly Desmond, I just arrived in Constantinople and I love every second of the game so far. I wonder where was the slow start some reviews were talking about. Brotherhood was starting way more boring than that.
XANDER CAGE
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JaseC said:
What are you talking about? They look absolutely nothing alike.
perineumlick
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As I said before, I think he looks like this guy:
Dude was pretty bad-ass in his prime; he'd make a great Altair in an AC movie, at least physically.
Dude was pretty bad-ass in his prime; he'd make a great Altair in an AC movie, at least physically.
Is there some haystack trick I'm forgetting / missing? It seemed like there were only 5 haystacks in the whole section, and only 2-3 with patrolling guards.
... I don't remember having much trouble with any perfect sync requirements in Brotherhood, and I can't even get one in the first sequence here! Bah, fuck this.
... I don't remember having much trouble with any perfect sync requirements in Brotherhood, and I can't even get one in the first sequence here! Bah, fuck this.
Like the hat?
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I played for about an hour and like it, but why did they put that stupid cart battle in there, especially so early? Does anyone ever like any sections like that in games like this? I know they were in brotherhood, too, but still.
GillianSeed79
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Damn, Giant Bomb really deflated my interest in this, especially Ryan Davis who absolutely loved Brotherhood. I still plan on picking this up (The AC Series is like comfort food for me) but I think my priorities have changed. There's so many games coming out that I might wait a little on this. Basically, my priorities right now are Skyrim, Batman, Skyward Sword and AC:R. Then ME3 is going to be right around the corner. I'm sure I'll love AC:R, but it just seems it might feel too same-y.
The Antitype
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Fuck me, I want a code for that Turkish armor. Why the hell is it UK exclusive, let alone retailer exclusive? Stupid.
The Antitype
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Ranger X said:
I really don't find them that difficult. But I don't play a lot of tower defense, so I guess I don't really have any standards to compare those sections to.
Kind of disappointed about the Altair to Ezio gameplay ratio though. Ah well, first world problems.
Castor Krieg
Banned
Got my Brotherhood achievemets on PS3, but tempted to get this on PC just for the silky-smooth framerate. Will play Skyrim and wait for the reactions about PC version.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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rataven said:
Ha, yeah. The guy is such a passive aggressive trash talker.
Started playing last night.
The cart battle was stupid and pointless, failed four times and then simply hanged back and played real conservatively, barely surviving.
Then the game gets a lot better. Like that the chests with bomb ingredients respawn. Like that conquering the new areas is done as it is done. Tower defense feels pointless and I haven't had to do that after the tutorial fight. It controls OK, but placing the troops feels useless.
Like the graphics, Constantinopol is pretty god damn huge and I am barely scratching the surface here. Also played the first Desmond level. Weird, boring.
The game is proper awesome though. I will blast through it like I have with all Creeds except the first one.
The cart battle was stupid and pointless, failed four times and then simply hanged back and played real conservatively, barely surviving.
Then the game gets a lot better. Like that the chests with bomb ingredients respawn. Like that conquering the new areas is done as it is done. Tower defense feels pointless and I haven't had to do that after the tutorial fight. It controls OK, but placing the troops feels useless.
Like the graphics, Constantinopol is pretty god damn huge and I am barely scratching the surface here. Also played the first Desmond level. Weird, boring.
The game is proper awesome though. I will blast through it like I have with all Creeds except the first one.
The Antitype
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glaurung said:
It's so stupid. The game puts a tip on screen saying 'Wind up to deal more damage', but I beat it in one try when I decided 'fuck it' and just 'snaked' back and forth really quickly, chipping away his damage.
Raitosaito
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I love it when I enjoy a game that the press somehow dislikes. AC: Revelations is definitely up there with Skyrim for me this year from what I've got to play so far. (Unless it gets worse.)
$98?! That's nuts. Ubi's usually pretty good about making exclusive stuff available later on. Might be a bit of a wait, but I'd bet it shows up eventually.
Speaking of which, the first DLC pack is releasing Dec 13th. Looks like it's MP personas.
Speaking of which, the first DLC pack is releasing Dec 13th. Looks like it's MP personas.
rockman zx
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Beat the game last night, for some reason, I don't know if it's because the way the game ends or the failed promises with all the story revelations they promised , but despite I loved the game, I don't feel right about it at this point.
The good:
-Music, pretty good, not on the level of AC2 but better than ACB.
-Graphics, pretty solid with great textures, didn't notice any slowdowns, only some tearing on 360.
-Chapter 7 environment, pretty amazing.
-Chapter 9, frikin awesome till the last minute, another half ass cliffhanger that it's not as suprising as in the other games, it was like meh, but all the stuff before the last minute was awesome.
-Constantinople colors, architecture and atmosphere, beautiful, same that there is not more vertical stuff but it's the way the city was.
-Embers, love the story, love that the woman figure is very relevant and also loved the hint to a new moves or gameplay mechanics in combat for future games. Artstyle is great, from the technnical point of view I think it's crap.
-Less collectibles.
Indifferent:
-Hookblade in combat, ziplines: barely used it, I don't find it that useful and ziplines are pointless.
-Bombs: Don't give a shit about them, I was happy with my smoke bombs from the other games.
-Den Defense, at first it's fun and different but you barely play them if you play the game in a certain way.
The bad:
-Story, too short.
-Revelations, where are they?, some of the stuff they revealed it was well known if you follow the AC universe (not only the games).
-Last minute from the ending.
-The way the handled Lucy.
-Desmond stages, they let you play all of them too early in the game, they are cool but it feels short in content, they created this cool environments with this entertaining mechanic and it's only used in 5 stages, really?.
-Climbing sometimes fail, it happens in the other games too but I found too many places that you should be able to climb and you can't, I don't ask for perfection in this kind of game because they will need to test the game to hell and back in order to reach perfection but some stuff it's pretty obvious in important landmarks.
Overall I loved it but they hyped too much too many stuff that at the end failed or make me feel indifferent.
The good:
-Music, pretty good, not on the level of AC2 but better than ACB.
-Graphics, pretty solid with great textures, didn't notice any slowdowns, only some tearing on 360.
-Chapter 7 environment, pretty amazing.
-Chapter 9, frikin awesome till the last minute, another half ass cliffhanger that it's not as suprising as in the other games, it was like meh, but all the stuff before the last minute was awesome.
-Constantinople colors, architecture and atmosphere, beautiful, same that there is not more vertical stuff but it's the way the city was.
-Embers, love the story, love that the woman figure is very relevant and also loved the hint to a new moves or gameplay mechanics in combat for future games. Artstyle is great, from the technnical point of view I think it's crap.
-Less collectibles.
Indifferent:
-Hookblade in combat, ziplines: barely used it, I don't find it that useful and ziplines are pointless.
-Bombs: Don't give a shit about them, I was happy with my smoke bombs from the other games.
-Den Defense, at first it's fun and different but you barely play them if you play the game in a certain way.
The bad:
-Story, too short.
-Revelations, where are they?, some of the stuff they revealed it was well known if you follow the AC universe (not only the games).
-Last minute from the ending.
-The way the handled Lucy.
-Desmond stages, they let you play all of them too early in the game, they are cool but it feels short in content, they created this cool environments with this entertaining mechanic and it's only used in 5 stages, really?.
-Climbing sometimes fail, it happens in the other games too but I found too many places that you should be able to climb and you can't, I don't ask for perfection in this kind of game because they will need to test the game to hell and back in order to reach perfection but some stuff it's pretty obvious in important landmarks.
Overall I loved it but they hyped too much too many stuff that at the end failed or make me feel indifferent.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
This is pretty funny, an Assassin's Creed music video that is also a parody of 'Creed'... the band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0sU7hTqELg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0sU7hTqELg
I got 3 my first time around, went back to full sync it later.dwebo said:
After assassinating the second guard you encounter at the fortressthe one you encounter immediately after going up the water millcarry his body down by the carriage. Assassinate the guard that's by the hay, then when it's clear, take the body you carried down and put it next to the hay sack. The two guards that are patrolling the pathway nearby should take notice of it and investigate. That should give you three haystack kills... There are two other haystacks along the way that should be pretty obvious.
keltickennedy said:Yeah, I wonder why they felt the need to redesign him........oh wait, I see now.
This shit is getting ridiculous.
I'm not really understanding the fuzz over Desmond's redesign and the whys mentioned (like the creative director 'putting himself' in the game...what?)
It seems to me they just upped the 'arab' look a bit, made the guy look more Middle Eastern. Which falls in nicely with 'who' Desmond is + where Revelations is taking place.
But then again I really didn't like the previous look of Desmond, not at all. So I guess it's easier for me to find some positive justification for the change...
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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I think it's because he looks uglier(imo). Old Desmond was alright, also, you don't need to look Arab to have Arab ancestors.
It's just a jarring change that isn't explained at all.
It's just a jarring change that isn't explained at all.
StunandStab
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Played a bunch of multiplayer tonight, won every match except one. It was fun, though it was pretty annoying that people almost always vote for Deathmatch at the end... I never got to play Wanted 
The best thing about multiplayer is I can still use the courtesan, fuck yeah!
The best thing about multiplayer is I can still use the courtesan, fuck yeah!
Prophet Steve
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It's quite common for game designers to project themselves on characters in the game.Frank said:
The Antitype
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FStop7 said:
Yeah, I just realized that. It was a Walmart pre-order exclusive.
It would have been nice if they had bothered to advertise it around here.
It makes me happy AC doesn't have QTE crap. The presentation and music were amazing during the
dungeon sequence and after it ended I thought about how it would have been ruined by annoying button sequence bs during the short scenes where the
, etc. I hope they never implement it in the following games.
Galata Tower underground
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I just got a code for Altair skin from amazon and the links to download the sountrack, but I have no use for them, so I'm giving them away to:
-The first person to post a picture of their game with proof it's yours, you know, like a piece of paper with your gaf user name on it.
I'll PM you the code and links, good luck
-The first person to post a picture of their game with proof it's yours, you know, like a piece of paper with your gaf user name on it.
I'll PM you the code and links, good luck
Prophet Steve said:
We really need a written sarcasm mark for moments like this
Can't tell if, or if.Anyway, it seems to me Assassin's Creed is quite a huge undertaking at this moment. 5 or so studios working on Revelations, hundreds of people labouring on it, lots of eyes and checkups and whatnot aimed at creating something for a very broad audience. This franchise is one of Ubi's treasure chests.
I don't think there's room for anyone to ego-steal the show in any kind of significant way, however high they are in the production chain.
K' Dash said:I just got a code for Altair skin from amazon and the links to download the sountrack, but I have no use for them, so I'm giving them away to:
-The first person to post a picture of their game with proof it's yours, you know, like a piece of paper with your gaf user name on it.
I'll PM you the code and links, good luck
already got the soundtrack, would love the altair code.
For people having trouble protecting Dens: I may help, i've defended 5 times. The main thing is to have a bunch of rifleman. The more the better and use the cannon. Also try to keep spawning in a wall to protect the Den. Worked for me.
Also, you gain upgraded units after each success so you get better shit which makes it a lil easier if you get attacked again.
Also, you gain upgraded units after each success so you get better shit which makes it a lil easier if you get attacked again.
They talk about the Desmond redesign here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqMAKGL1DpM&feature=relmfu
In sum, it seems like they redid the model from scratch so that he wouldn't look like shit alongside the new graphical upgrades.
However, they also say they rescanned the original actors face before building it again.
So I don't know. Maybe that actor looks slightly different now.
For me he looks the same..just ...older..for some reason I thought that was the Animus making him age along with Ezio or something..but apparently it's just a ground up model.
In sum, it seems like they redid the model from scratch so that he wouldn't look like shit alongside the new graphical upgrades.
However, they also say they rescanned the original actors face before building it again.
So I don't know. Maybe that actor looks slightly different now.
For me he looks the same..just ...older..for some reason I thought that was the Animus making him age along with Ezio or something..but apparently it's just a ground up model.
Yea, the actor looks older or maybe gained a lil weight cuz the face is rounder. Was a bit jarring but not a huge deal. Doesn't make sense in the story since why would he have gained a beard in the Animus? Would've been cooler if he woke up and we saw him with a beard which makes sense since he was unconscious for a bit.