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Assassin's Creed Unity |OT| Liberté, égalité, parité
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papercan55
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I was not optimistic about my chances but... SUCCESS!
i've heard about 8 people that did the same thing today, they all purchased the game last night and all got a refund through sony this morning.
on top of that amazon are also giving free refunds.
theDeeDubs
Member
Don't get me wrong the game was fun, it just felt kind of mindless to me. My favorite part was actually at the end when
you meet your daughter
You can always let GameStop
steal
Sir_Crocodile
Member
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I do think the mix is strange. Voices sound like they are facing away from me, but other sounds are pretty good. It's a bit odd and sounds a little botched.
GavinUK86
Member
I use pretty decent speakers, everything else sounds fine, and this sounds atrocious. It's so low quality it's off putting.
cleveridea
Member
Me too by far the best AC in terms of my personal preferences, which is for open world RPG games. I cant speak for the main story and missions because I enjoy these RPG games by just exploring everywhere and doing side quests as they come up versus the main story path.
I am really impressed with how deep the equipment system is due to all the different bonus abilities types of equipment gives beyond survivability, like extended eagle vision range, more item/ammo space or healing bonuses.
In addition, having the multiple weapon types (with their own movesets) makes the combat feel more varied than games with just 1 type (like AC4 or even shadow of mordor)
The framerate on Xbox one is disappointing but its playable as is. I hope the PS4 people get a patch because the actual game itself is IMO the best AC by far (especially navigation with the down button, makes a huge difference in practice)
The level of detail in the game is incredible, both indoors and outdoors and its very impressive that you can seamlessly move in and outdoors without loading. At first it appears that arent that many detailed interiors, but there are - many get unlocked like opening cafes.
I dont know if its because its Paris and people are not understandable (if you dont soeak french) but I find the world much more believable and immersive than Watchdogs.
Glitch wise, I havent come across anything broken - just fireplace guy like in that bbc URL and citizens who are on top of scenery instead of on the ground sometimes, rarely enough that it doesnt impact my enjoyment
Anyway the core game is great, I am really enjoying it. It has the feel of an epic RPG to me, especially since i enjoy mixing combat and thief (lockpick) especially with the reason to have money now with the equipment system.
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That was my first reaction and I thought it was just me, but almost every other game and movie I have sounds awesome on my speakers so uh oh. Can this be fixed with a patch lol?
Are you using French voices?
The perfect Dark
Banned
So is there an Xbox One GAF club? I'd like to join 
GavinUK86
Member
Glad it's not just me then. I unplugged and reconnected everything because I thought my speakers had blown lol. I'm using English voices btw.
Reckless Onion
Member
So there is no way to buy the regular edition at all on EU psn store on ps4?
All i can find is the gold edition and a all these F2P like transaction money BS, wtf
All i can find is the gold edition and a all these F2P like transaction money BS, wtf
Katana_Strikes
Member
Frame rate is horrific but it's a stunning looking game. It's not bad so far, visuals are definitely helping with the enjoyment. Was going to cancel my order but it was too late so decided to give it a go. Happy with it on the whole despite some glitches and nasty frame rate. By the numbers AC creed however. For better or worse.
cleveridea
Member
I mean the ambient conversations. Ironically I find it a lot more immersive than I am not following their conversations so its left to the imagination.
In watchdogs for example, the constant talking people did was annoying since most of the conversation was BS trivial stuff. It also means I feel kind of obligated to stop and listen, interrupting the flow (eg human nature, if you can hear someone faintly your innate reaction is to try and listen to it). It must be the reason that GTA's have relatively small amount of pedestrian chatter going on, versus watchdogs
cleveridea
Member
Its really weird, its actually really bad early on and gets better later. Perhaps the PS4 performs better than I thought since that first playable section runs horribly despite being so simple (simple looking environment, not many enemies, no NPC's) so it gave the impression that its just going to get worse in Paris which is huge and more detailed.
Bizarrely its the opposite, the game often runs better in paris. Yes it definitely slows down in certain places, but its entirely playable (on xbox one). It also takes a few hours to start seeing how incredibly detailed the world is. Eg at the beginning versaille there were no cafes or stores you can go in (actually I found one with live music second time I started game) so I thought it was kinda like the older AC's where its just outdoor scenery. However not only can you go inside cafes, bars etc but you can own them,
I was really hoping stealth was better in this. It's so half assed, though. Gorgeous game and when climbing works, it works well, but damn if descending isn't an entirely different beast from the graceful decent they showed in one of the first videos. He doesn't realistically find points to grip or perch on that are only a few feet below. He'll skip a bunch of points and do a fifteen foot drop that looks awkward as shit. I appreciate getting down easily without ridiculous haystacks as the only other means, but it's off putting when what they showed looked so good, previously.
Having not played the series since quitting halfway through 3, I'm absolutely lost as to what is going on with Abstergo and all this other stuff. Animation for cutscenes is on another level. Really giving characters life more than ever. Loving the customization as well.
Question maybe no one will answer, but I'll try. Near the beginning of being an assassin here and I took on a side mission dealing with investigating these fountains. I've found two that had me listen to a strange voice and then go to town on fools that showed up all of a sudden. But I go to the third one in between some buildings, it's the smallest of the three....and nothing happens. No prompt to hear a voice. What is strange is I get the vibration just a little bit away from the fountain, as if that fountain isn't what I'm looking for, but it's the only one around. I searched for maybe some underground route I'm not seeing, but couldn't find anything. Anyone else run into this issue?
Having not played the series since quitting halfway through 3, I'm absolutely lost as to what is going on with Abstergo and all this other stuff. Animation for cutscenes is on another level. Really giving characters life more than ever. Loving the customization as well.
Question maybe no one will answer, but I'll try. Near the beginning of being an assassin here and I took on a side mission dealing with investigating these fountains. I've found two that had me listen to a strange voice and then go to town on fools that showed up all of a sudden. But I go to the third one in between some buildings, it's the smallest of the three....and nothing happens. No prompt to hear a voice. What is strange is I get the vibration just a little bit away from the fountain, as if that fountain isn't what I'm looking for, but it's the only one around. I searched for maybe some underground route I'm not seeing, but couldn't find anything. Anyone else run into this issue?
It hasn't exactly fixed the framerate for me, but it stopped the massive frame hitches I started experiencing in Sequence 12. The game was seriously close to unplayable with those hitches, I couldn't see attacks and lockpicking was impossible.
papercan55
Member
So there is no way to buy the regular edition at all on EU psn store on ps4?
All i can find is the gold edition and a all these F2P like transaction money BS, wtf
might be because they had to refund so many people this morning, it probably got taken down to check, not sure though.
If so it'll probably be put back put once they realise that the game actually just runs badly.
MaximusPayne
Member
anyone else wonder why they don't back off the character during combat sequences....I'm getting tired of not seeing when to parry or getting shot from god knows where
Scrooge McDuck
Member
My understanding is that it's not even a DLC. It's a different game altogether weirdly put into the Season Pass.
Valonquar
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You know, it might be fun to collect all of the names listed in the credits has having something to do with the game, and match them up with other games released well before they were ready.
Razvan Rotunjanu (the name listed for "Worlwide Quality Control Director) doesn't seem to have many games assiated with him: Child of Light, Rabbids - Big Bang, Driver - San Fransico, Outland, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
In the past it seems like it has been easy to point the finger at the big company as a whole when it comes time to point fingers, but most of these big companies just own several different studios, and each studio has staff that hops around many different projects and different companies.
Sure, it's likely the head honchos saying "Release the game now, we don't care what you have to do" but there's trickle down, and it still comes down to each studio, and divisions within each studio to push back. I would be curious to see if there's several industry people that were working on Unity that also happened to release other stuff that was riddled with bugs, or if their previous works fared better.
Razvan Rotunjanu (the name listed for "Worlwide Quality Control Director) doesn't seem to have many games assiated with him: Child of Light, Rabbids - Big Bang, Driver - San Fransico, Outland, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
In the past it seems like it has been easy to point the finger at the big company as a whole when it comes time to point fingers, but most of these big companies just own several different studios, and each studio has staff that hops around many different projects and different companies.
Sure, it's likely the head honchos saying "Release the game now, we don't care what you have to do" but there's trickle down, and it still comes down to each studio, and divisions within each studio to push back. I would be curious to see if there's several industry people that were working on Unity that also happened to release other stuff that was riddled with bugs, or if their previous works fared better.
Waylon Drums
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The update blog won't even load now. THE UPDATE BLOG WON'T EVEN LOAD NOW.
iNvid02
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i lost it, god damn npcs interrupting a cutscene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DzsFMsIZPM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DzsFMsIZPM
matrixman92
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i miss the whistle button, i wonder why they took it out
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That YouTube thumbnail looks like it was made by somebody pissed off
Waylon Drums
Member
I miss it too. Someone posted on some other forum that they missed it and some rube jumped down their (figurative) throat telling them that this game is NEW and Ubisoft got rid of OLD gameplay so that's why it's better to not be able to whistle. I've rarely ever wanted to physically assault someone through my computer screen, but this was one of those times.
dead monkey uk
Member
It can not be good reading for Ubisoft that even the BBC are releasing detailed stories on this.
Also just read Eurogamer have tested playing off and online and they say there is little to no difference, what a mess. Think I will keep my money for FC4 and Dragon Age.
Aces&Eights
Member
I had this exact same chat session and the next day I got a denial letter from Sony saying that all sales are final and they would not issue a refund.
In my chat the guy used the exact same verbiage about they normally don't but will this one time. Please allow 3-5 days, etc.
What a crock. I think I just have bad luck
Whistle just made the stealth kills too easy imho.
matrixman92
Member
wasnt working at all for me yesterday
It's always fun when pirates get to have a better experience than me!
I guess they can't open these super cool chests...
The perfect Dark
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I'm sad that so many fans won't buy this game because of bad reviews (and technical issues) because it really is the true successor to AC 2. At least on Xbox One it's absolutely fine and it plays even better than Blag Flag (in terms of framerate issues).
BrassDragon
Member
Went down for me an hour ago, mid-game too... still haven't been able to reconnect or sync my saves.
It's definitely not just you. It was the first thing I noticed when I started the game. The sound effects are just really poor quality. I can't tell if they are actually low quality, or if the mix is off. I notice it mainly in sound effects like fire, weapon sounds, and so on. It comes across as really muffled like you would get from a bad simulated surround sound effect. If they were CPU and memory starved then I guess it could have made sense to cut back on the quality of sound effects to reduce the load, as they most often occur during intense moments. I don't know, whatever it is, it sounds awful.
Irony.
Try not to blame the QA guys. They probably highlighted the issues, it was down to production to fix them before release. These guys will be better at testing games than you are.
I would in no way whatsoever call the performance on XB1 "absolutely fine." It's not. At all. And I am someone who thinks [a very stable] 30fps is totally fine in games.
When did the test it? They brought Uplay down yesterday, so going offline completely shouldn't really make a difference now.
My friend once tested a game and reported some bugs. Nothing major, mind you, but stuff visibly clipping into the ground. He was told "This isn't a bug, this is a bad. What are we paying you for?"
Well, okay sir. I only thought you were making this big AAA game, my bad.
Was there on release and still there to this day. Long story short, many times QA spots the issues but in the end, if the company doesn't want to fix it (because the game HAS to come out), welp.
rockman zx
Member
This is so embarrasing, they should compensate every person that buy this game. Glad that I started with Rouge, having a blast with it and maybe by the time I finish it, Unity will be fixed.