iamsirjoshua
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Maybe an hour or so. Sequence 9 is fairly short (or at least it felt like it went by quickly).
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Assassin's Creed Syndicate |OT| Once more unto the glitch
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Maybe an hour or so. Sequence 9 is fairly short (or at least it felt like it went by quickly).
Initiates was such a great way to build the modern day plot and to expand the lore of AC, too bad that this part was ditched when AC Unity was released.She has been through a hell of a lot, as you learnt in Initiates
Markitron
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Maybe an hour or so. Sequence 9 is fairly short (or at least it felt like it went by quickly).
It's surprisingly not broken at all. I mean it has its glitches like old AC games (cutcene glitches are always great) but nothing at the level of Unity.
She has been through a hell of a lot, as you learnt in Initiates
Man, I seriously miss Initiates, that was super entertaining; any chance we might see something similar again in the future?
PowderedToast
Junior Member
this game is a bit odd. it pretends to be about class but doesn't really have the conviction to follow through on that. if anything I would say AC is getting a classist reputation after this and unity. both have featured privileged privately educated protagonists deciding to help the poor and kill the 'corrupt rich'. is it so hard to feature a working class protagonist who might actually understand the struggle? the reception to AC3 must've really burned ubi.
keltickennedy
Member
I wish you were able to use the rope launcher in combat. I miss the rope dart.
Crossing Eden
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This could've been the plot because
Jacob makes things worse everytime he kills a templar target.
The possibilities. The original idea for the rope dart was a bit similar to the rope launcher, it wasn't for movement but was for combat.
xrnzaaas
Member
Syndicate is my first Assassin's Creed since AC III and the limited free running (only up or down) is pissing me off. Stuff like jumping between buildings is a lottery now... will the character do it or will he or she do something stupid (like start climbing down?). Same goes with the rope launcher... it often attaches itself to a different ledge than the one I was interested in. It's a shame really, because I like the setting and that there's more opportunities (and incentive) for playing stealthy.
keltickennedy
Member
I realize that.
I have the same problem with the free-running. I miss the option to input a jump while running. I also wish there was a medium speed jog when pulling the trigger halfway in like in previous games. They changed it to only two speeds in Unity, walk or full sprint.
Crossing Eden
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I feel the same. Actually, even the horse carriage speed is dependent on how you hold the trigger.
Kidnapping missions are the new sailing missions. Especially a particular one where you can't knock them out. If you want me to kidnap someone and keep them alive, don't make it so fucking easy for me to kill them while trying to fight other guys. You'll block me from jumping off something that will kill me but you'll gladly let me run my sword through an important target while fighting 4 other guys without batting an eye
The Libertine
Member
I had this exact same thing happen. It was the scene on
the train after you get the rope launcher, pretty near the beginning
On Sequence 8 now and it's getting a bit long in the tooth now. Conquered the whole map a while ago and the main missions seem a bit weak compared to the interesting side missions with the historical figures.
Oh well I'm sure I will be done with the game soon. Overall it has been pretty enjoyable.
Oh well I'm sure I will be done with the game soon. Overall it has been pretty enjoyable.
RedAssedApe
Banned
sequence 8 was probably my least favorite. made no sense why you were working with that guy instead of just murdering him outright lol. jacob gonna jacob though...
keltickennedy
Member
That guy was cool though. Reminded me of a Victorian London Joker.
DamagedInc
Member
He was a good character but that whole sequence felt totally out of place, there were a couple of missions to not kill the bad guys as you were doing them which made no sense in the context of the game
templars
Yabberwocky
Member
Yes, exactly that! I had no idea what had happened, until the camera shifted to Jacob and Evie stuck on the door. The elegance of a true assassin!
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Just finished it, I felt like the stealth sections got a little excessive towards the end and the game's stealth system couldn't handle it, though I could have just been losing patience with the poor controls. Overall I'd say it's a big improvement over AC:U, though it hasn't gotten the series out of it's rut. On the plus side at least they
I had about 3 major glitches during my playthrough, all of which were really irritating as a scripted mission event didn't activate and I had to restart the mission, I got stuck in the train a couple of times as well.
reintroduced a minimal future plot back into it and advanced Juno's story a little bit. Did anybody else think that it was Desmond they were cloning at first?
I had about 3 major glitches during my playthrough, all of which were really irritating as a scripted mission event didn't activate and I had to restart the mission, I got stuck in the train a couple of times as well.
Shmeagatory94
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Gaf I'm kinda confused. So I just met with Henry Green and
Evie and Jacob meet him at a train station and he says he is proud of us and has something to give us but then the cutscene ends. Did he actually give me something I can use ingame?
Crossing Eden
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The weapon you got from him already. You immediately receive them everytime you get full loyalty but they left in those cutscenes as confirmation that the questline is over.
Shmeagatory94
Member
I see! Thank you for explaining Mr. Guillemot
In my continued lurking of this thread as I wait to buy the game, I think it's good to point out that any discussion about microtransactions has been - from what I've seen - virtually absent. Considering that thread chock full of people pre-release promising that MTs would affect game balance and that no one should trust Ubisoft, this is a pleasant development.
I was quite worried about this myself, but advancement in the game felt fair. I never felt like things were being dragged out to try to wring cash out of me, nor did I hit any difficulty walls that demanded immediate upgrades.
With that said, I still think the presence of these microtransactions is bad. The potential is always there for designers to be pressured into tweaking systems to frustrate players into paying their way out of it. Ubisoft does not spend engineering time on microtransactions with no expected return.
BananasWithGuns
Member
Do you get more loyalty with your associate if you complete the optional objectives?
I'm going through redoing some of the associate activities to complete he optional objectives I missed but I really can't tell if the loyalty is going up at all or not.
Edit: Well did about 4 of them to get the optional objectives and loyalty didn't seem to go up at all so I guess it doesn't matter if you do them or not.
I'm going through redoing some of the associate activities to complete he optional objectives I missed but I really can't tell if the loyalty is going up at all or not.
Edit: Well did about 4 of them to get the optional objectives and loyalty didn't seem to go up at all so I guess it doesn't matter if you do them or not.
Just finished Dreadful crimes side missions. Amazing payoff and last mission. The whole set of missions were fun but the last one takes the cake. Loved it.
You are correct. I did all of them and got to level 5 despite not doing all the optionals.
I just want to know how to level up Robert Topping without doing the awful race missions since doing multiple fight clubs won't make it go up once you've done it once
You are correct. I did all of them and got to level 5 despite not doing all the optionals.
I just want to know how to level up Robert Topping without doing the awful race missions since doing multiple fight clubs won't make it go up once you've done it once
RedlineRonin
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Drive by shitposting. Awesome...
Just bought an NV code on eBay for 25. Here's hoping the PC version is on point. Can't imagine it would be as bad s unity after that fiasco.
30 days a go I couldn't care less and after seeing GAF impressions and a lot of brotherhood comparisons I am 100% in. Hope the gang stuff is cool. Calling assassins to murder dudes was my favorite gameplay mechanic in the whole AC series.
Waylon Drums
Member
The gang stuff is fun and does remind me of the old way of calling assassins. They don't fly out of nowhere, but they're useful nonetheless.
RedlineRonin
Member
Good enough. That mechanic had been surprisingly absent since brotherhood, especially considering how much that game is beloved. Ubi Kiev don't let me down!
BananasWithGuns
Member
I believe it's referring to sequence 8 which you unlock when you take over 3 boroughs. You can access it from the board in the train hideout though I haven't done it myself.
Wow. Evie's assassination mission in sequence 6 might be the best in the franchise (so far). That was a brilliant execution of this assassination mission template, with the right amount of freedom and enjoyable optional objectives -- I performed the scripted assassination, as I have will all the previous assassinations, they're all really good so far -- even better is the fact that it's all optional, you could undertake that mission in any capacity if you so desired.
Very excited to see that the next mission is a Jacob assassination mission
Very excited to see that the next mission is a Jacob assassination mission
TwiztidElf
Member
I was thinking of starting another topic, but screw it, I'll just post it here.
AC:S vs Witcher3? FIGHT!
Because as much as I enjoyed W3, I'm liking this a whole lot more.
With W3, there was waaay too much boring chat and dialogue decisions, combined with far more clunky/janky combat and movement.
This is a lot smoother. Combat is a lot more fun. Traversal is smoother.
What I really like about AC:S is the brevity. Blah, blah, blah - GO! The story is told super quick/short, with long sequences of fun gameplay. It's almost gone too far that way. I'm enjoying Evies story, and there's not enough of it.
AC:S vs Witcher3? FIGHT!
Because as much as I enjoyed W3, I'm liking this a whole lot more.
With W3, there was waaay too much boring chat and dialogue decisions, combined with far more clunky/janky combat and movement.
This is a lot smoother. Combat is a lot more fun. Traversal is smoother.
What I really like about AC:S is the brevity. Blah, blah, blah - GO! The story is told super quick/short, with long sequences of fun gameplay. It's almost gone too far that way. I'm enjoying Evies story, and there's not enough of it.
DamagedInc
Member
I'm not sure I can compare them as they're 2 totally different styles of games for me, I enjoyed both but The Witcher is a massive sprawling rpg and Assassins Creed is more of an action linear based blast through.
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So last night I had a pretty funny glitch (maybe it was supposed to happen this way, but I doubt it). I was playing the Sequence 6 assassination mission
and one of the optional objectives was to free the constable so that I could recruit the guards.
So I freed the constable and immediately he went outside to "rally his men". Before I could even leave the building, they all took off running. I turned on Eagle Vision and watched them all head straight into the building with the target and
, prompting the cut scene. In a way I'm kind of sad that I didn't get the chance to do this myself, but in another way I thought it was kinda great because I'm pretty sure they weren't supposed to do that.
(Lucy Thorne, at the tower of London)
So I freed the constable and immediately he went outside to "rally his men". Before I could even leave the building, they all took off running. I turned on Eagle Vision and watched them all head straight into the building with the target and
kill her
AdaWong
Junior Member
http://kotaku.com/assassin-s-creed-syndicate-players-jacob-or-evie-1740331063
LOL 9000+ votes and Evie is winning with a 75%!!
Seriously such an awesome character. <3
edit: i lowkey want to make a thread of this just to prove how good of a character Evie is (and bring more awareness to her character so Ubi uses her again)
(OvO)/ In Evie we BeliEvie (OvO)/
LOL 9000+ votes and Evie is winning with a 75%!!
Seriously such an awesome character. <3
edit: i lowkey want to make a thread of this just to prove how good of a character Evie is (and bring more awareness to her character so Ubi uses her again)
(OvO)/ In Evie we BeliEvie (OvO)/
I do have a memory of them rushing in in my playthrough, though perhaps not as immediately. Was utter chaos and a lot of fun.
That Mass Effect Jacob on there in the comments is good.
Too late for Ubi to base future DLC around Evie in response?
That's what the Jack the Ripper DLC is, unless you want more.
Yeah but with the Season pass they are presumably doing more story DLC after, right?
Just seems like they could easily sell it with "In the base game we ended up focusing on Jacob towards the end, so for the DLC we're letting Evie take the spotlight" for some good PR.
BananasWithGuns
Member
Not sure what happened but the game stopped recognizing my DLC. Had to reinstall all of it and lost my progress on Darwin/Dickens Conspiracy and RunawayTrain :/.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Was working til I signed in then it said item couldn't be found. Super weird.
