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Assassin's Creed Unity |OT| Liberté, égalité, parité
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MAX PAYMENT
Member
It amuses me how people shit all over Xbox's 900p, but some dudes with mega PCs gladly drop ACU to 720p for a better frame rate.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
I may have forgotten what the HUD looks like because I did this immediately and have been playing the game this way the whole time. HUD=less clutter and more difficult blackbox missions since i'm pretty sure the objectives go away as well, meaning you have to really figure it out and make your own opportunities.
cleveridea
Member
ATM it runs best on xbox one vs PS4. almost every other game is the other way round, but as of now it runs better.
its still not great, the cutscenes look better on PS4.
If they can fix the glitches, the game itself is an excellent AC (its still an AC for better or worse) with a stunningly realized world of paris.
Burger
Member
It's pretty clear that this was all rather sneaky by Ubisoft. They knew it was unfinished but they had to release it before GTA / DA:I, two big releases from EA and Take 2.
They are also feigned ignorance in their live update, knowing full well there was a list of outstanding shit to fix.
Knowing all of this they put a post release embargo on reviews. All designed to prevent people from making an informed choice. Fuckers.
They are also feigned ignorance in their live update, knowing full well there was a list of outstanding shit to fix.
Knowing all of this they put a post release embargo on reviews. All designed to prevent people from making an informed choice. Fuckers.
giancarlo123x
Banned
Upgrade the theater and do the missions asap. After that and buying the social clubs you earn at least 10k every 20 minutes. I'm on sequence 5 and have a 5 star katana, and all my armor is 4 stars.
cleveridea
Member
So for you people who have played a lot of AC ... dont forget that now you have to enter stealth mode with LT and snap with A (x?) I thought stealth was broken but I forgot to use those since I played so many other AC games i wasnt thinking.
Palette Swap
Member
I've been turning off the HUD since AC3 and AFAIK, 4 and Unity do have pop ups that tell you what objectives are when they appear.
Still, turning it on/off on the fly is probably the best solution: when in doubt, I turn it back on.
Also, this will sound stupid but it took me a few hours to realize shops had a shortcut to refill everything in one click.
Yoda
Member
Would waiting a few days to buy the game really stop you from enjoying it in the same way as if you bought it on launch?
matrixman92
Member
you know, I think I actually like the simplicity of past AC games more. Im looking forward to the simplicity of Rogue after this. I really like Unity, but its just too much after a while. Its still one of my favorite AC games, because of setting and characters, but I enjoy the setup of previous games. I also REALLY hope they do not include co op in the next one, or a phone app.
60fps at 720p and the most bugs and glitch videos to make you can stomach.
There are so many bugs in the PC version console is the way to go. Xbox one preferably it seems.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
I am acutely aware of that. Some people on GAF think a slight red decrease is worth starting a riot over.
Knah what I'm sayin'?
matrixman92
Member
I can unlock chests in stuff in the game from the app, but I cant seem to unlock that outfit that is in the cafe outfit room. I am not sure if you have to get to a certain point in the app to unlock it or what
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Just figured that out last night. Way more eager to go to shops now that I know how to make money.
I`ve played coop for the first time yesterday with a friend. It`s pretty fun to parkour around the city together and plan out group executions. There doesn`t seem to be too many coop mission though. Maybe we`re simply not far enough in the story mode to see all there is to offer.
Johan Liebert
Member
Just dropped off a building, went through the road and fell off the map.
hahah
hahah
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Yikes. After seeing and hearing everything it seems like Rogue should have been the big release for this year on all consoles with Unity coming out next year.
SJRB
Gold Member
I'm doing the exact same thing. Navigating the city is pretty ruthless without minimap, I have no idea where to go [yet].
I was quite looking forward to this game. I've only just made it past the late title-card, but I'm really unimpressed by the PS4 version. The game looks good in parts, and on occasion even gorgeous (character models and facial animation) but the framerate is absolutely awful and the aggresive LOD switching is really distracting, especially with the larger crowds they were selling the game on. Also, fuck everything about the unlockables exclusive to the companion app (and the 'Premium' version of said app), microtransactions whatever 'Initiates' is. I'm a huge fan of the series, and I've bought every major title day one (even Revelations, which in retrospect wasn't nearly as offensive as any of this), but fuck this game from the outset.
Hopefully the PC version will be $3 when I get around to upgrading my PC, because what little I saw of it, that looked to be quite alright. I don't expect Ubi to do any major work post-release to clean this mess of a console version up.
Also, is Share Play blocked? I've had no experience with the system, but when I was trying Share Play a moment ago the person on the other end was notified that it was "blocked for that region and something something." Both of us are located in the PAL region, and the game I've got is the PAL (Nordic) version.
Hopefully the PC version will be $3 when I get around to upgrading my PC, because what little I saw of it, that looked to be quite alright. I don't expect Ubi to do any major work post-release to clean this mess of a console version up.
Also, is Share Play blocked? I've had no experience with the system, but when I was trying Share Play a moment ago the person on the other end was notified that it was "blocked for that region and something something." Both of us are located in the PAL region, and the game I've got is the PAL (Nordic) version.
Maybe it's just me being used to some of the frame rate problems but aside from a few rare instances, I haven't had anything extreme. I've also haven't had too many framerate problems with the crowds, which is weird. The worst framerate drops have happened when I'm either alone or with a couple of people in a room and have been related to the lighting filtering through windows. Even those only lasted a couple seconds and everything was fine afterwards.
I didn't even know that you could do that. I've been playing with the mini-map off but being able to assign it to a button press would be very useful.
I didn't even know that you could do that. I've been playing with the mini-map off but being able to assign it to a button press would be very useful.
Believe me it isn't. the aggressive LOD is horrendous on PC too, even maxed out. In motion it is truly horrific.
Sodding_Gamer
Member
Game is an absolute mess. I'm on sequence 4 or 5 and I'm just going to put it down now and hope they patch it. Framerate and glitches are just too much for me.
It's just a default control thing - if you hold R3 it hides all of the UI. I've just set mine in the UI settings to have the only thing displayed be the mini map, so I essentially just toggle it on/off with R3. I never see the health bar or weapon indicator.
This has been my experience as well. If it was some unplayable train wreck that tried to force me to use microtransactions, then I would be raising hell and demanding my money back. But what do you know? I am playing what has turned out to be a great game with some frame dips here and there, maybe some occasional character pop-in and the odd NPC animation from time to time. Nothing broken or unplayable at all. It runs, looks and plays fine for the most part.
-The game is still way too easy. When you're still a white shirt, fights against two star heavy patriots are rather dangerous. I died often. Once you get your gear, however, things change immensely and the game almost becomes a complete cake walk.
-They should cut the rate at which random events (protect the citizen, kill the thieves etc) pop up by 75% (!) and maybe bump the xp gained per event to properly calibrate. These happen so frigging much that they call attention to themselves. It's obviously just a set of variables popping up within a predetermined span of time, more often or less often depending on the area. What's good are patriots walking through the street and occasionally fighting the guys on your side or being harassed by guards. Those are more "systemic". These boring xp "missions" are not, and should be used far, far, FAR more sparingly.
They've had this since AC2, where pickpockets would occasionally snatch a purse etc. Modern Ubisoft has ruined it in this game and Watch_Dogs, where there's always the same criminals popping up in the same exact spots over and over and over. That's half of what made that fucking game so average.
Please, god, just stop spamming those events. That's all you have to do, Ubi. Turn their rate down and turn the xp given up a pinch. That's it! Then develop them much better next game....
-I don't know what to say about the glitches. I've seen a few relatively minor things with NPCs, but nothing major. *shrugs*
-They should cut the rate at which random events (protect the citizen, kill the thieves etc) pop up by 75% (!) and maybe bump the xp gained per event to properly calibrate. These happen so frigging much that they call attention to themselves. It's obviously just a set of variables popping up within a predetermined span of time, more often or less often depending on the area. What's good are patriots walking through the street and occasionally fighting the guys on your side or being harassed by guards. Those are more "systemic". These boring xp "missions" are not, and should be used far, far, FAR more sparingly.
They've had this since AC2, where pickpockets would occasionally snatch a purse etc. Modern Ubisoft has ruined it in this game and Watch_Dogs, where there's always the same criminals popping up in the same exact spots over and over and over. That's half of what made that fucking game so average.
Please, god, just stop spamming those events. That's all you have to do, Ubi. Turn their rate down and turn the xp given up a pinch. That's it! Then develop them much better next game....
-I don't know what to say about the glitches. I've seen a few relatively minor things with NPCs, but nothing major. *shrugs*
cleveridea
Member
Yeah hit same issue
Go to the games screen (xbox main GUI screen)
select game, bring up options menu and do "manage game". you can delete the saved games
matrixman92
Member
I finally got my first in game mission unlocked from the companion app. Walk to point A, kill guy who is standing alone, the end. not sure what the point of that was
MrPressStart
Member
So... is there one platform that is performing better than others?
Xbox one or PS4?
What are the odds that they can fix or patch the issues?
Xbox one or PS4?
What are the odds that they can fix or patch the issues?
I picked up this game on PS4 and it's definitely the best Assassin's Creed game I've played. The city and animations look incredible. Core gameplay is so tight (except for combat when spotted) and I feel much more in control of the freerunning than in previous games. The large groups of people in the streets is definitely important to the gameplay when running through the streets. I feel like I can weave between people with more precision than earlier games.
The framerate is weak at times, and I've seen a few minor bugs, but Ubi was clearly aiming for the stars. I am very happy with the way the game turned out. I love SoM but I cannot get behind people who say that it's filled their need for this game. SoM performs well, and is great for letting you kill a bunch of orcs, but the world in ACU is so much more dense, interesting and alive.
If you like Assassin's Creed at all, you owe it to yourself to play Unity. Sometimes I miss the boats of Black Flag a little, but the on-foot gameplay is a total upgrade. If you're on the fence after hearing all the negative bullshit, PM me and I'll let you try via shareplay.
The framerate is weak at times, and I've seen a few minor bugs, but Ubi was clearly aiming for the stars. I am very happy with the way the game turned out. I love SoM but I cannot get behind people who say that it's filled their need for this game. SoM performs well, and is great for letting you kill a bunch of orcs, but the world in ACU is so much more dense, interesting and alive.
If you like Assassin's Creed at all, you owe it to yourself to play Unity. Sometimes I miss the boats of Black Flag a little, but the on-foot gameplay is a total upgrade. If you're on the fence after hearing all the negative bullshit, PM me and I'll let you try via shareplay.
Xbox One performs better.
They have a liveblog running where they have acknowledged the issues and have stated they are working on it. Doubt it will be any time soon though.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
Are Assassins Creed games playable without huds? How do you know where to go and what t do, etc?
You can still open the main map and place markers. I personally go with a custom model that still shows some things but blocks out the tips and pop ups.
keltickennedy
Member
I turn everything off but the mini map and objective list. Also have been doing it since AC2
As i said, i'm on PC, not xbox.
So i have to delete the saves manually? I can't have 3 anymore?
kitschbeam
Member
My jaw dropped when I saw Le Quartier Latin interior in this game. It's breathtaking.
Captured via PS4 Share.
Captured via PS4 Share.
Bo Knows GAF
Member
I agree 100%. I love this game I think it's fantastic. I get the pop in issues but it's comparibly insignificant to how much I'm enjoy myself. The city looks awesome and I love the custom outfit stuff. Co-OP is also pretty sick. My two favorite cosmetic parts about the game is the lighting and the cut-scenes. Playing on ps4.
Just plug it in via USB, Unity natively supports the DS4 with PlayStation button prompts and all.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
Damn I've never thought I try this. I hate AC's HUDs. They take up waaay too much of the screen.
You can toggle off individual HUD elements in the options. I like to play with minimap and conflict indicators off, but everything else on.