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Assassin's Creed Unity |OT| Liberté, égalité, parité
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False Witness
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See, Amancio is actually why I'm super excited for this entry. I absolutely loved what he did with Revelations. It ties the original game for my favorite in the series. Shame Lacoste isn't the actual art director this time around too. **Yeah, I know he is head art director of the entire series now, but it's not the same as him taking control over a single game's palette.
Blackthorn
"hello?" "this is vagina"
Confused Cheeseburger
Member
Thank you. The British voices are so distracting.
Thats Xbox one footage.
Man I'm so undecided on this game. I'm getting AC2 vibes but thats how I felt about 3, I really like half the series and am meh on the other half but I haven't missed one. I'll be playing on ps4 since I don't think my laptop will handle it well but I'll wait for reviews and GAF impressions
Vire
Member
It's 3am EST for me, sorry bro
East coaster's always getting jived..
Oh well, thanks. I think I'm just gonna bite the bullet and get it, if it sucks I'm blaming Crossing Eden.
See you in co-op.
XANDER CAGE
Member
So how does tonight's release work? Is it only for 'bone preorders?
Curious if I'd be able to play this tonight if I haven't bought/preordered yet. I could theoretically get it on PS4, Bone, or PC I guess.
Curious if I'd be able to play this tonight if I haven't bought/preordered yet. I could theoretically get it on PS4, Bone, or PC I guess.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
I both want and do not want this game at the same time.
I want it because I love Assassin's Creed.
It looks like they've really changed and fixed things this time (tailing and crouch!).
But at the same time I'd rather play Rogue first in-case Unity's improved gameplay spoils me, and I don't want to play Rogue on last-gen consoles.
As well Ubisoft has been really shitty as of late, the inexcusable misogyny for starters.
I might have to end up waiting a couple of months and buying it used that way I can still enjoy Assassin's Creed without giving Ubisoft any of my money.
I want it because I love Assassin's Creed.
It looks like they've really changed and fixed things this time (tailing and crouch!).
But at the same time I'd rather play Rogue first in-case Unity's improved gameplay spoils me, and I don't want to play Rogue on last-gen consoles.
As well Ubisoft has been really shitty as of late, the inexcusable misogyny for starters.
I might have to end up waiting a couple of months and buying it used that way I can still enjoy Assassin's Creed without giving Ubisoft any of my money.
I have never been interested in the AC series. However, Shadow of Mordor got me more open to the idea of this type of game, and I'm sort of interested now. My brother is offering to sell me his AC4 and AC Unity codes on XB1 (not my platform of choice but that's okay) for $40. It's a good deal definitely, but I just don't know. I've had the little paper with the codes on it that he put on my desk for days now enticing me, and haven't paid him or redeemed them yet because I just haven't decided whether I should. I'm afraid the game is going to be bad. We haven't exactly heard great things so far from people. On the AC4 front I'm not really interested in ship combat so I don't know if I'll even play that.
I just wish we knew that the game would be good. It seems like we haven't heard any overtly positive impressions at all yet, and release day review embargoes aren't really a sign of confidence.
I just wish we knew that the game would be good. It seems like we haven't heard any overtly positive impressions at all yet, and release day review embargoes aren't really a sign of confidence.
That's exactly what I'm afraid of. I'll only play rogue on pc or *plz ubi* on my ps4.
EroticSushi
Member
That's how I feel as well so I'll be sticking to English audio as usual. I like it when they transition between English and French but I don't think I'll be able to go through the entire game just constantly reading subs.
I really want to play this in French, to feel the game "the right way" lol .
I'll probably play it in English. haha
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
That's a fantastic OT title. Great OT. Hyped for the game.
matrixman92
Member
tonights release? its out on the 11th
You'll scowl and buy Assassin's Creed 6 when it releases next year.
VisceralBowl
Member
It releases the 10th at 9PM PT if you pre-order digital bone / at Best Buy and happen to be on the west coast of NA.
matrixman92
Member
yea, stores are having a universal release on the 10th for west coast. I thought that poster was saying it was being released tonight, as in November 9th.
Eh, I personally hate the French language. No offence to any francophones out there.
I'm actually glad Ubisoft got British voice actors for this.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Lucky. I get to spend six straight hours Storyboarding and then at least three lip syncing before I can sit down and play it fully. >.>Game's preloading. Playable part (7GB) along the patch and preorder bonuses are set. With my slowass connection, by the time I get back from work after 2AM Tuesday game should be fully downloaded.
EDIT:
Just remembered that I'm free this Tuesday!!
Majority of actors are French Canadian actually.
I really wish they would change the unlock time on PSN to match up with this. If they are allowing retailers to sell it at 9PM PST, then why the hell wouldn't they change the time on PSN? Either way, it is downloading as we speak, and that makes me incredibly happy.
On a separate note, I played through the final part of ACIV again last night. I had forgotten how exceptionally well done that ending is.
I noticed this in their characters trailer. They hired French speaking actors to play French characters with a British accent. WTF...
Vire
Member
Probably due to some back door marketing deal. Pretty annoying since I have tomorrow off.
lowhighkang_LHK
Member
Is this game worth it if you have no interest in the co-op?
Coop is just a minor side thing. Kind of like in blacklist. Just a side thing.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
You can do every single activity by yourself. Including missions that were made for co-op, like heists.
There's still a full story campaign and you can play the co-op missions alone (it will be more difficult/redundant since it's not designed for a single player).
edit : Too slow!
krameriffic
Member
Can you not preload the game on Uplay?
iNvid02
Member
only in emea sometime tomorrow
Hopefully they've made them replayable enough.
Blacklist coop missions were kinda one and done unless you were speed running.
Vire
Member
From what I heard, they randomize loot and guard locations, so that's something at least.
SniperHunter
Banned
Rajaman gaming on youtube has ps4 footage available
Lion Heart
Banned
I'm a few hours in (PS4).
The game looks pretty good, I notice the 900p, not initially but the more you play you can sense its not as sharp as other games that are full HD but its still a good looking game. Better than Black Flags at 1080p. Crowd pop in is pretty distracting though. IQ is good indoors and on objects relatively close but buildings in the semi/far distance have shimmering and aliasing issues.
The parkour is much better this time around, dare I say Arno is more Drake like which is a good thing. It still feels like Ass Creed but they've reduced the unintentional climbing quite a bit and quick descending is a godsend. I just like the movement in the game and its already more enjoyable than past Ass Creeds because of this. The animations are more lifelike it feels like there are simply a lot more contextual animations. Arno does hover when using L2 + X but its excusable because it makes the game control better.
I also love running into peoples homes when available instead of climbing all the way to the top of a building, cutting right through makes things more organic and less of a drag.
Performance wise, the game is pretty stable 30fps a good majority of the time but it will drop in certain instances. No screen tearing whatsoever and the Synchronizations are smooth despite the incredible draw distance. With that said, there is a specific mission in Sainte Chapelle where the game is Skyrim bad, as if there is a memory dump or something. Single digits and near freezing bad. This happened in another mission briefly, indoors as well. I noticed a glitch where it showed my character still outside on top of a building (transitioning from a cutscene to gameplay) and that might be why the framerate tanks at times. Seems a bit buggy.
Anyway I've only played a few missions so far, the stealth is better and the story is better told than usual, Arno is a cool cat and quite likable. The murder Mystery missions, well the one I did anyway is a cool addition. You have to gather clues, the more you gather the better chance of accusing the right person but you are free to accuse the wrong person at any time. If you get it right on the first go you get better gear.
As mentioned I'm only a few hours in but after dreading the game based on it being Ubisoft, its pretty fun so far.
The game looks pretty good, I notice the 900p, not initially but the more you play you can sense its not as sharp as other games that are full HD but its still a good looking game. Better than Black Flags at 1080p. Crowd pop in is pretty distracting though. IQ is good indoors and on objects relatively close but buildings in the semi/far distance have shimmering and aliasing issues.
The parkour is much better this time around, dare I say Arno is more Drake like which is a good thing. It still feels like Ass Creed but they've reduced the unintentional climbing quite a bit and quick descending is a godsend. I just like the movement in the game and its already more enjoyable than past Ass Creeds because of this. The animations are more lifelike it feels like there are simply a lot more contextual animations. Arno does hover when using L2 + X but its excusable because it makes the game control better.
I also love running into peoples homes when available instead of climbing all the way to the top of a building, cutting right through makes things more organic and less of a drag.
Performance wise, the game is pretty stable 30fps a good majority of the time but it will drop in certain instances. No screen tearing whatsoever and the Synchronizations are smooth despite the incredible draw distance. With that said, there is a specific mission in Sainte Chapelle where the game is Skyrim bad, as if there is a memory dump or something. Single digits and near freezing bad. This happened in another mission briefly, indoors as well. I noticed a glitch where it showed my character still outside on top of a building (transitioning from a cutscene to gameplay) and that might be why the framerate tanks at times. Seems a bit buggy.
Anyway I've only played a few missions so far, the stealth is better and the story is better told than usual, Arno is a cool cat and quite likable. The murder Mystery missions, well the one I did anyway is a cool addition. You have to gather clues, the more you gather the better chance of accusing the right person but you are free to accuse the wrong person at any time. If you get it right on the first go you get better gear.
As mentioned I'm only a few hours in but after dreading the game based on it being Ubisoft, its pretty fun so far.
So no NA preload? That's lame. Do we know what time UPlay will be unlocking it? If I remember correctly, Watch_Dogs unlocked at 12 AM EST.
Vire
Member
Thanks for the impressions. This is of course with the 1.01 patch installed already right?
a secret-boss
Banned
well... not into the game but got the X1 bundle so I gotta play
nelsonroyale
Member
Thanks for the impressions mate. I am still mildly interested. How would you compare it to say Infamous visually?
Lion Heart
Banned
Yeah, ~900 mb patch. Never tried before the patch.
Well...Infamous has much better IQ, virtually no pop in compared to this but I'd say this game is more ambitious and Infamous can't match its sheer amount of assets and detail. Hard to say, Infamous is probably the better looking game overall and also runs a lot better.
I'll post some screens soon if thats allowed.
Of course. If you're on a main story mission though, make sure your objective text isn't on. (You should be taking screens with HUD off anyway)