The series isn't ending. Assassins Creed 3 is coming out next year.
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Assassin's Creed Revelations |OT| Requiescat in Pace (56k)
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The series isn't ending. Assassins Creed 3 is coming out next year.
Having beaten this a couple of days ago I would put AC1>AC:B=AC:R>AC2. This is the buggiest AC yet (although I think AC1 probably had more game killer ones) and the tower defense is just blah.
I do like the hookblade and the Assassin mentor missions, but as a complete package it is probably below AC:R.
I didn't like the Desmond "flashbacks" at first, but after either the second or third one I "got" it and then actually appreciated what they were trying to do.
I agree though that AC3 needs to change the formula like AC2 did. AC:R and AC:B are good add ons to AC2, but they are AC2 at their heart.
I do like the hookblade and the Assassin mentor missions, but as a complete package it is probably below AC:R.
I didn't like the Desmond "flashbacks" at first, but after either the second or third one I "got" it and then actually appreciated what they were trying to do.
I agree though that AC3 needs to change the formula like AC2 did. AC:R and AC:B are good add ons to AC2, but they are AC2 at their heart.
Oh wow so that's why it seemed like my infamous meter was randomly spiking. LOL. This game has more stupid decisions than I thought.
The Antitype
Banned
Because people tend to notice if one person or organization is buying up all the property in an area.
It would have been better if it only went up if you buy alot of property in ONE area in a very short amount of time.
About halfway through the game story-wise; I've done all of the side bullshit stuff excluding getting all 100 of the animus fragments, and I honestly have no real desire to keep going. There's just too much added bullshit to this one, and the (apparent) lack of any real villain isn't helping. As a huge, huge fan of the last two games this has been a major disappointment, I honestly regret buying it day 1, and that's not going to happen again.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Is there some kind of glitch with the bank system? I was looking on GameFaqs and it looks like a lot of people seem to have hit a bug where they aren't getting any money. I'm stuck in that situation too. :/
Thats the Global Financial Crisis (TM) feature
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Heh. It's all social commentary.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
Yeah it would have. There are a few things about property that bother me. Why are the shops only open after I buy them, don't the Templar's need to buy stuff too? Shouldn't it be if I buy the shop I get a huge discount instead of paying full price if it was run by a Templar. How come the banks don't work right either, they only hold so much then I need to take it all out just to carry it with me?
.. I know video game logic :/
BJK
Member
There definitely is; I was playing for about 4-5 hours straight today, and only saw 1 deposit in my bank. (They should come every 20 minutes).
I'm well past the 3/4 mark in upgrading the town, so there's not much I need the cash for - thankfully - but I'd like to just buy the last few landmarks and get that part of the game over with.
There were some poor choices made with this game. I've already got 2 sets of armor that are better than the ones I can buy in the blacksmith shop.
Master Assassin's and the Pasha Armor
Having to hit up a herald after every building improvement or two is more of a means to stretch the game out than anything else.
In Chapter 6, and having finished the Desmond missions....I can't help but feel like AC:B had more "revelations" at this point in the game than AC:R has had thusfar.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Wow, just doing the Desmond things. I can't believe they decided to do their own
sequences. I'm not even sure where this idea came from, given that previous games had similar sections but in third person.
Portal-like
The Antitype
Banned
I KNOW!
THAT was my biggest disappointment, forget all the other shit people are complaining about. I was so ready for the Desmond sections of this game to be like the final Subject 16 mission from Brotherhood, where the digital world was forming as you were free-running through it.
Assassin's Creed + Bastion + The Matrix.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, that worked great, so I'm not sure why they felt the need to re-invent the wheel.
True, but its over for me until they change their 1 a year dev cycle... Or until i see significant improvements.
RoninChaos
Member
I still haven't been able to return to this. I'm on chapter 3 I think. So much filler. It just makes me not want to play. I wish I hadn't bought this on day 1.
AC2, Brotherhood and Revelations were made with the same tech so that's why you don't have significant technical improvement from one game to another. The next Assassin's Creed game however is a new gen of tech. Also, they said they have more than one "team" working on Assassin's Creed games, it's not like it's always the same people year after year. Their dev cycles are longer than a year but they have teams overlapping.
Riposte
Member
That's too bad, because it is an ass "action game", but a pretty good "stealth game".
(Also 100% syncs tended to favor stealth in ACB.)
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
So I guess only the DD version of PC has a worldwide release? I misread it as all and was disappointed when I went to the gamestop by me and they said thursday. 
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
It unlocks on Steam tonight. Happy happy! Soon I will be able to read spoilers without fear!
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Yeah, I'm done with this game. Tired of the tower defense, tired of the lackluster story, tired of the same bullshit combat, bombs suck...just bleh. I have zero desire to keep playing this game.
C'mon AC3 :/
C'mon AC3 :/
I've recruited nine assassins for my guild, and only have four unique faces among them. Must be something in Constantinople's water; twins and triplets on the rise.
The Antitype
Banned
Ugh, no.
There is very little traditional stealth in Assassin's Creed. Aside from blending in with crowds and using your free-running to break and stay out of sight-lines, the game has always been more action-focused and better for it.
You stay out of sight until it's time to strike, then the action hits, then the epic chase sequence. The fact that the game gives you flexibility to lean more heavily on stealth or action is nice, but AC is at it's best when you're moving, not when you're hiding.
Apparently Gamespot is handing out an exclusive Skin for the game. Here's the link
http://www.gamespot.com/event/codes/assassins-creed-rev-xbox360/?&tag=stitialclk
http://www.gamespot.com/event/codes/assassins-creed-rev-xbox360/?&tag=stitialclk
WrenchNinja
Member
That armor is already in the retail game. It's tied to one of the collectables and tombs. Seems more like an early unlock circumventing the requirements.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Completed this last night. Funny for all the people complaining about the story or lack of interesting things, for me this is the first Assassins Creed I've been utterly compelled to finish asap (the others I took my time and enjoyed but towards the end of this I had to progess the story and ditch the side stuff for the time being). The end mission was awesome and loved how they ended Etzio and Altairs stories. Bring on AC3 please.
I disagree with this statement. Bombs are awesome.
codswallop
Member
Level up all your assassins to Master Assassin to protect all your dens. Bonus: the Master Assassin missions are not bad.
I didn't care for the bombs at first either, but the tactical and diversion bombs are actually pretty useful if you give them a chance.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Steam, hurry up and let me play it.
Sincerely,
Me
Sincerely,
Me
Castor Krieg
Banned
It's good to know after delaying PC release once again (only two weeks!), and shit Ubisoft is throwing at PC gaming, people still want to drop money Day 1 on Ubisoft game. I guess some like pain and abuse.
Going to get it in two months 50% off.
It's unlocking on D2D at 10:00am PST. I bet steam unlocks then too.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Oh please do get off it. I'm just trying to support some of my friends, who did work on the game.
Yup. I spent a few hours leveling up my assassins to master assassins and used them to protect all the dens.
Also at first I hated the Desmond segments but grew to love them. Actually the more I play the game the way it was meant to be played, the more I love it.
I think it's criminal some of the review scores it got. I'm up to sequence 4, put in about 10 hours, and I'd currently rate the game a 9.5.
The Antitype
Banned
No, the final armor in the game is the Ishak Pasha armor.
This is an outfit that has before this only been available in select special editions and pre-orders.
And IMO, it looks better than the Ishak Pasha armor.
WrenchNinja
Member
It says in the link that it's the Ishak Pasha armor. If it's just a skin, then cool.
StunandStab
Member
I Platinumed the game today.
I guess I'm in the minority, but I really enjoyed this game. My only complaints are the bugs, loss of background music, no bank deposits... really annoying. Also, yes, the tower defense mini game sucks, but you only have to do it once so I don't really care. I think the game was a little short on content, though, and the stuff they added sure didn't make up for it, so I think ACB is the better game.
Despite that, I still had lots of fun with this game, short lived as it was. Maybe it's just because I love Assassin's Creed, I don't know, I'm really not sure why there is so much negativity surrounding this game. I loved the Altair memories, and I loved Sequence 7... hell, as soon as Sequence 7 started I couldn't stop doing story missions until the end of the game and as a result I was left with a lot of side stuff to do afterwards. Oh and the Italian bard mission was fantastic as well.
I guess I'm in the minority, but I really enjoyed this game. My only complaints are the bugs, loss of background music, no bank deposits... really annoying. Also, yes, the tower defense mini game sucks, but you only have to do it once so I don't really care. I think the game was a little short on content, though, and the stuff they added sure didn't make up for it, so I think ACB is the better game.
Despite that, I still had lots of fun with this game, short lived as it was. Maybe it's just because I love Assassin's Creed, I don't know, I'm really not sure why there is so much negativity surrounding this game. I loved the Altair memories, and I loved Sequence 7... hell, as soon as Sequence 7 started I couldn't stop doing story missions until the end of the game and as a result I was left with a lot of side stuff to do afterwards. Oh and the Italian bard mission was fantastic as well.
The Antitype
Banned
Only problem I had with the game aside from the stupid bugs was the lack of major assassination style missions. Not even something as grand as the stuff in AC1, but some of the notable story missions in AC2 and ACB still included infiltrating a section of the city and taking out a particularly sneaky or well-guarded target - like the fat guy at the orgy, for example.
Oh, and as an Altair fan, I would have liked to see longer missions for him. We have yet to play a game that shows him dealing with Attila the Hun and the Mongol horde. Even if we were limited to one smaller area instead of a full city, it would have been cool to see the original badass do more of his thing.
Rented the PS3 version to get an idea of whether or not to pick it up for pc; I thought it was pretty impressive from a technical standpoint for consoles. I'm sure the PC version will be borked at launch, it is a pc game after all and it's from Ubisoft on top of that. However, if they do get it running properly, I think it could be pretty amazing on PC. Open world games really make good use of the extra hardware imo.
I don't like the combat though, it's really boring. Another complaint is there is so much HUD shit taking up space on the screen. Also, I'm really early in the game...but am I being shot by muskets/rifles or something?
I don't like the combat though, it's really boring. Another complaint is there is so much HUD shit taking up space on the screen. Also, I'm really early in the game...but am I being shot by muskets/rifles or something?
Trizzy... Your PC is fucking amazing (well, your components are, should have gotten someone else to build it for you or built it yourself). You can run anything practically. Much better than consoles.
Probably
PC gaming is a fucking pain in the ass. I had a friend help me build it, games crash (BF3 not as bad as it was at launch, Crysis 2 freezes at a point, I can't get past it, so I'm stuck)...paid someone to tear it down and rebuild the right way, and with good cable management, games run great but still have crashing problems.
I can't even get in a game on BF3 because of some kind of network problems, yet I get on just fine with the PS3 version. Arkham city has been great(other than the fact that DX11 has been broken since day one), but for some reason none of the graphical changes I make before launching actually take place.
I can't even get in a game on BF3 because of some kind of network problems, yet I get on just fine with the PS3 version. Arkham city has been great(other than the fact that DX11 has been broken since day one), but for some reason none of the graphical changes I make before launching actually take place.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Are your drivers up to date? Have you downloaded patches if there are any for the games? Have you googled to see if others are having similar issues? Your complaints are really vague so it's hard to help.
Dr Zhivago
Member
They should've made the Piri Reis missions part of the main story. They're short & easy, and they really show what the bombs can do.
You can throw all your international art outsourcing teams onto a game and call it more than 1 year of dev time, but the creative minds behind it still have 1 year. All the animators and artists in beijing, canada, and wherever the hell else they have them don't come up with the compelling, creative gameplay that is needed to keep a 1 a year title interesting.
That comes from a core group of creative types, and I can tell you from experience, that with only a year of dev time, you start falling back on the 'what is popular right now' style of game design and you get shit like a tower defense mini game. You are hamstrung by a budget and a time restraint that really curtails what you can do, all the while being told by your publisher that it needs to not alienate its 'core demographic' so they can guarantee sales of 4 million or whatever.
Maybe a change in tech and a new story will do wonders for the game. If it comes out in a year though, i think you can expect to see minimal advancements in gameplay, even if it has a shiny new coat of paint.
7echnicolor
Member
I was a little bit worried after seeing so many disappointed people in this thread, and I was scared I wouldn't enjoy Revelations as much as the previous AC games based on the reviews I've read. But damn am I surprised at how much I'm enjoying this game.
I'm currently on Sequence 3 and have 26% synchronization, total playtime is ~8 hours.
I've been recruiting Assassin's/leveling them up, I'm enjoying the Assassin missions.
I did one bomb mission so far, bombs aren't as bad as I thought they'd be. I've done the den defense thing twice, and even that isn't as bad as what most people are saying IMO.
I'm loving the city, it's truly beautiful. I'm impressed with how detailed everything is.
In short;
I'm loving everything about this game.
I'm currently on Sequence 3 and have 26% synchronization, total playtime is ~8 hours.
I've been recruiting Assassin's/leveling them up, I'm enjoying the Assassin missions.
I did one bomb mission so far, bombs aren't as bad as I thought they'd be. I've done the den defense thing twice, and even that isn't as bad as what most people are saying IMO.
I'm loving the city, it's truly beautiful. I'm impressed with how detailed everything is.
In short;
I'm loving everything about this game.
... Tower defense is popular? D:
Just finished the game, hugely disappointing. I won't re-iterate my gameplay complaints from before, but aside from that they do jack fucking shit to give the game any sort of focus, story, or characters that you give two shits about whatsoever. People are introduced and die but you don't care, and there's no sort of focus or "villian" until arguably the end, and that's it. The sense of progression in this game is totally messed up; I probably spent literally 3-4 times in this game doing side stuff not related to the main game, and if you did just the story missions you could probably beat the game in a sitting, it's super short (despite the number of sequences it throws at you). The Desmond bits were sort of interesting, but also didn't really add anything. The game's title is completely misleading, someone could fill you in on the events of this game in less than 30 seconds before playing the last game, it's complete and utter filler. It's still a good game on paper mechanics-wise (at least once you lock all your dens, and if you completely ignore Mediterranean Defense) but everything else is not great. Definitely a 7 or 8 at best, and I would have rated the last two games 9.5-10.
Also as a complete aside, it is super disappointing that when you call your assassin's out, they no longer say cool shit before they run off like they used to in Brotherhood (like "Death is the fate of all men", etc).
Also as a complete aside, it is super disappointing that when you call your assassin's out, they no longer say cool shit before they run off like they used to in Brotherhood (like "Death is the fate of all men", etc).