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Assassin's Creed Revelations |OT| Requiescat in Pace (56k)
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LightofRohan
Member
Poorly written? Didn't the AC writers win best writing in a game from many publications even the writers guild?
I thought it was a solid OP man. Haters gonna hate.
I would say given some of the confusion that surrounds the series and the questions people have, and in depth OP such as yours is extremely helpful if not necessary.
Yeah, and? The team does do a lot of good writing. I just think they failed with Ezio.
I agree, the content was pretty damn great. The problem is that presenting text in jpgs is just awful for a variety of reasons - try reading the OP on a phone instead of a MacBook, for example.
try reading the OP on a phone instead of a MacBook, for example.
Ugh... internet on phones is awful. That is one thing I will probably always be a luddite about.
I don't know why anyone would read an OP for an OT on a phone.
LowEndTorque
Member
Finished the game last night.
ACII > Brohood > Revelations > AC
Revelations was a good game but kind of disappointing. The score/soundtrack was unmemorable. The city was kind of bland and was a huge waste of potential. The missions and platforming levels weren't as interesting or well designed as previous instalments. I also noticed that they are shamelessly imitating Uncharted with some of their platforming sequences (as they did in brohood with some of Desmond's lines.)
Overall, still one of my favorite new series this gen.
What made AC great was the whole historical aspect of it - being transported back in time to a living, breathing historical place and time and soaking it all in. A modern-day AC with Desmond as the main character would be boring as shit.
Bring on Egypt and let me climb the Pyramids and ancient Egyptian tombs/ruins, fight the Pharaoh and his soldiers, etc.
ACII > Brohood > Revelations > AC
Revelations was a good game but kind of disappointing. The score/soundtrack was unmemorable. The city was kind of bland and was a huge waste of potential. The missions and platforming levels weren't as interesting or well designed as previous instalments. I also noticed that they are shamelessly imitating Uncharted with some of their platforming sequences (as they did in brohood with some of Desmond's lines.)
Overall, still one of my favorite new series this gen.
What made AC great was the whole historical aspect of it - being transported back in time to a living, breathing historical place and time and soaking it all in. A modern-day AC with Desmond as the main character would be boring as shit.
Bring on Egypt and let me climb the Pyramids and ancient Egyptian tombs/ruins, fight the Pharaoh and his soldiers, etc.
You didn't like the Soundtrack? I thought it was one of the best things about the game. Still listening to the Theme Song.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Ubisoft knows this. At least, they SHOULD.
Either way, I think the conclusion will be split between a new time period/new character and between Desmond wrapping up the story in his time.
iNvid02
Member
i would agree with it being a bit of a letdown, but the way it wrapped up ezio and altair's story was all that mattered for me, and they set it up perfectly for ACIII so im pretty happy with it now.
loved the score, i thought it was very unique and on par with assassin's creed ii's score
some of the platforming in here was the best of the series i thought, but these were rare.
it was a good game but i'd have to be lying if i said i wasn't a little disappointed and sometimes
wondering what they could have accomplished if they had more time.
i hope they wrap everything up in 3, go back to a longer dev cycle and start with a fresh slate
LowEndTorque
Member
No.
Compared to the other AC games it was completely sub-par and unmemorable.
There was nothing like this, for example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EaRHlo4B0Y
or this;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwVvkf5CeJU
In previous AC games the music played a big part in sucking me into the atmosphere and immersion. I experienced nothing of the sort with Revelations.
I, for one, think there are a bunch of great tracks on the Rev OST. Mainly because stuff isn't recycled as much as it was throughout the ACII OST (everything is Ezio's Family). Of course, most of the best tracks are less than a minute long. I think I mainly like this OST because it is so percussion heavy though, definitely fit the environment.
The OST for Rev is no slouch, not possible with Kyd, but it just doesn't have the beautiful diversity of the ACII OST, or the deep and frantic themes of Bro's. If Kyd had composed all of the Rev soundtrack, it might be a different story. But as it stands, Rev's OST feels like too many influences coming together and never really letting any of the elements shine.
Ezio's Family on repeat? I mean, it is a good track, but it gets used in everything afterwards nearabout.
Rev's OST is weird though. I mean, this shit is good, but its like 30 seconds long: The Hidden City. Actually, disc 2 is filled with some really good shit all around.
What? No it doesn't. You're going to have to back up this claim. Point out where it's used on repeat. The only time I recall hearing the track is when Ezio discovers the robes.
Eh, I'm not talking about in-game. I'm just talking about the music. You can hear the tune in a bunch of the tracks. Of course, the AC:R theme is repeated in a lot of Balof's tracks too.
Its 'ezio's theme' kind of, its a good track.
Well, so then point out where it's used on repeat throughout the OST. It's obviously a clear theme to the compositions, and voice is a frequently used instrument throughout that features prominently in Ezio's Family, but I hardly hear the same thing on 'repeat' throughout the OST.
I guess it just jumps out at me more, even when it is barely there. Of course, it could just because the big ones I always think of contain it, like Earth and whatnot.
It's finally 29.99 for both Xbox and PS3 at Amazon.
Took 2 months to drop to half the original retail price. No offense to those got it at launch and loved it but it really pays to wait when purchasing any Ubisoft games I think.
http://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Creed-Revelations-microsoft-xbox-360/dp/B004YVOCYG/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&tag=cheapvideogames08-20&ie=UTF8&qid=1327107658&sr=1-1
Took 2 months to drop to half the original retail price. No offense to those got it at launch and loved it but it really pays to wait when purchasing any Ubisoft games I think.
http://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Creed-Revelations-microsoft-xbox-360/dp/B004YVOCYG/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&tag=cheapvideogames08-20&ie=UTF8&qid=1327107658&sr=1-1
brandonh83
Banned
This game had an incredible end game. Just beat it last night and am still floored by it. I don't fully understand what happened exactly but I got the gist of it.
Beat this game last night as well. While I still love the lore and story of the series, but everything else is getting old. I'm tired of buying up shops just to make a little extra cash on the side. Sending assassins on random missions to level up for what? Combat is easy as shit when all you have to do is spam square+R1 to counter attack. There is no sense of danger at all unless you fuck up running on the roof tops.
I'll say... AC2 > AC Bro > AC Rev > AS1
I really liked Ezio so I'm sort of bummed his story is over. Everything wrapped up nicely and I'm excited to see where they go from here. I really hope we can see a gameplay jump like we got with AC2 after AC1. They just need to make doing the side stuff a little more worthwhile and make upgrading your weapons important.
I'll say... AC2 > AC Bro > AC Rev > AS1
I really liked Ezio so I'm sort of bummed his story is over. Everything wrapped up nicely and I'm excited to see where they go from here. I really hope we can see a gameplay jump like we got with AC2 after AC1. They just need to make doing the side stuff a little more worthwhile and make upgrading your weapons important.
The English Conquistador
Member
Yup, I finished the game for a second time the other night, and the ending still blows me away. Incredibly emotional stuff.
edgefusion
Member
Been playing the multiplayer for the past few days and really enjoying it. One question though, is there any option to turn off all perks for all players? I kinda feel like the super powers ruin the mp a bit, I'd rather it just be pure skill based. It's also more than a little annoying when a fully decked out level 50 ends up in a game of level 10 players and proceeds to rape everyone with abilities.
iNvid02
Member
there is a hardcore type mode with no perks or anything, i think its deathmatch
The reason I used that example is because I actually tried to get caught up on AC on my phone in the bus before jumping into Revelations. I ended up going to Wikipedia instead, which worked just fine.
Soundtrack is definitely the best thing about Revelations. That one track that plays while you're exploring Constantinople during the first sequence is astonishingly beautiful. I forgot what it is called though...
man that's beautiful too but that's not quite the one i was thinking of. It's the one with that segment in it with the lady singing a really haunting melody.
The main theme, perhaps?
While Revelations might not have had the best story, it had the best story telling.
The best part was the whole bigger picture scenario with Ezio and such. I honestly did not know what was happening in Constantinople or who the bad guy was. All the Constantinople characters were pretty bland in retrospect. Yusef was cool I guess, but even he didn't have much going for him.
It also didn't help that I didn't have a clear motive or a clear bad guy to fight. The Borgia family were clear enemies. Here, I didn't know what was going on, I was just playing through it to get more of the Ezio/Altair goodness.
The best part was the whole bigger picture scenario with Ezio and such. I honestly did not know what was happening in Constantinople or who the bad guy was. All the Constantinople characters were pretty bland in retrospect. Yusef was cool I guess, but even he didn't have much going for him.
It also didn't help that I didn't have a clear motive or a clear bad guy to fight. The Borgia family were clear enemies. Here, I didn't know what was going on, I was just playing through it to get more of the Ezio/Altair goodness.
naw, also beautiful though. Maybe I can find a video that has the music playing in the background and show it to you, it's so beautiful that I would often just wander around during the first sequence until it returned to the haunting melody segment of the track and just got chills.
I was so sad when I moved on from the sequence and it never played again
This channel has all the OST tracks on it, for easy finding: http://www.youtube.com/user/Gears2halo?feature=watch#g/c/CF3BBCE11B5FB225naw, also beautiful though. Maybe I can find a video that has the music playing in the background and show it to you, it's so beautiful that I would often just wander around during the first sequence until it returned to the haunting melody segment of the track and just got chills.
I was so sad when I moved on from the sequence and it never played again
Also, one last guess, mainly because I like it and I can't really link it in my mind (even with the obvious title) to where it actually played in the game: The Road to Masysaf
Disregard. I'll check out your video and see if I can remember what it is.
See! It's so beautiful and I can never locate it on the soundtracks either!
But yeah, the entire soundtrack is great. Just that one specific track is still stuck in my head after all this time, so I keep searching for it...
Thanks for the help though
AmenAmazing
Neo Member
Ohh yeah I love this game
iNvid02
Member
the track is called istanbul amirox, i heard it a lot when running around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVrnJriCqeE
just listening to the ost again, its pretty amazing and varied
easily on par with acii in my opinion, if not a little better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVrnJriCqeE
just listening to the ost again, its pretty amazing and varied
easily on par with acii in my opinion, if not a little better
AmenAmazing
Neo Member
The muli is very good
Just finished it. More or less the same thing than the two previous games, but I still enjoyed it. I agree that the soundtrack is one of the most memorable of the series. The ending sets things up nicely, but the game does not live up to its name. Nothing significant was revealed.
I think you guys are looking too deep into the "Revelations" wording expecting some game changing chess piece (watch LOST much? lol).
IMO, the revelations were:
And the backstory on Altair.
IMO, the revelations were:
Ezio saying "fuck it, I dont need this shit, I'm just some tool for you bitches" and leaving, then "speaking" to Desmond with his words
Altair's library not in fact a library, but him and the apple, and how he wound up there (backstory).
Desmond "figuring out what to do"
And the backstory on Altair.
ha fuck yeah dude thanks
Just a heads up for anyone who missed them, but the Desmond hoodies are available again over at ubiworkshop.
Kyd has such a way with the city themes. Knocks them out of the park every time.
That messenger bag is hottttttttttttttt
http://store.ubiworkshop.com/assassins-creed-messenger-bag-light-khaki/
http://store.ubiworkshop.com/assassins-creed-messenger-bag-light-khaki/