I've played up to Black Flag and I agree with this. AC2/Brotherhood are the most polished and fun but they're kind of typical decent finish and forget Ubisoft games. AC1 actually tried something new and interesting even if it mostly failed at it
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I've played up to Black Flag and I agree with this. AC2/Brotherhood are the most polished and fun but they're kind of typical decent finish and forget Ubisoft games. AC1 actually tried something new and interesting even if it mostly failed at it
stump sock
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well Brotherhood had that in spades once you hired enough dudes
> rain arrows
> win
My main problem with AC as it grew was the addition of 100% syncro with the optional stuff. Because I'm a competitionist I wanted to do all of them so it ended up me just playing the way they wanted me to for the syncro. So for me and people like me that whole system just discouraged the "openness" of doing the assassinations and missions.
Mister Negative
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I like GTAV's approach to that sort of thing, with the fun little checkmark stuff that it gives you afterwards like "took a dip in the pool when escaping" or whatever
firehawk12
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Brotherhood was the best because you were just invested in getting a group of guys to just wreck shit for you.
Yeah and in GTAV you only needed to do a certain number of missions with a gold ranking I think, to get the trophy. But I just wish they didn't have such things at all since I feel compelled to do them. But that's my own problem I suppose.
Mister Negative
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It really depends on the game for me. I really don't care at all about getting gold medals in GTA V missions, but I'll spend hours walking around checking out every question mark on the witcher 3 map.
stump sock
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wow, jeff's macadamia nuts reference in the arcade archives ql even went way over my head
I just have some kinda compulsion to get everything I can out of a game singleplayer wise.
It's lessened a little bit these past few years, but just wanting to 100% games and get the "best" endings has always been a part of my gaming life. Trophies fucked me over there for a while too even though they don't even matter I was compelled to get them anyway. One thing that has changed though is I used to only get like 5-6 games a year and just play those. Now I've had steam for awhile and have so many games from it that getting the most out of a game is slowing dying for me. But it's still there and now I have way too much things to play.
stump sock
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lol I'm totally getting that terrible arcade archives ps4 theme
e: "currently not available for purchase"
dammit
e: "currently not available for purchase"
dammit
randomlyrossy
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I really loved when he explained it to Dan. It's a pretty obscure reference from the sounds of it and Dan's reaction to that was great.
Piston Hyundai
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my favorite giant bomb moment is when rorie says something and is almost immediately proven to be incredibly, astoundingly incorrect
Glitchesarecool
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here's a weird thing, why do we call him roarie and not matt?
He explained once that pretty much everyone calls him Rorie. I'm guessing that's how it goes when you have a name that's as common as Matt. I've got a really common Norwegian name and have always gone by my surname for as long as I can remember. Just easier that way.
stump sock
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I'm gonna say this as vague as possible but it's impressive how quickly Vinny picked up on some clues in that Her Story QL
in fairness, it didn't take me long to go down that same logic path as well but
ACTUAL REAL SPOILERS
in fairness, it didn't take me long to go down that same logic path as well but
ACTUAL REAL SPOILERS
I went down the "are they twins" path first
I'm really glad I tuned out before that part and went back and watched it later. I feel like that would have ruined the game for me.
You can watch roughly ~10 minutes before they get into some serious spoiler territory. They say something like "ok now we're gonna play for real" or something like that. That should be your cue to bail
stump sock
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this. or you can take the word of almost everybody who's played it and just drop the $5 blind
All right cool thanks.
I was planning on finally playing Batman on PS4 tonight (my friend is supposed to give me a free copy but he somehow went dark on FB and hasn't checked his messages for over 8h now...sigh)... I might buy that instead.
It's a pretty interesting 2-3 hour ride. Well worth 5$ if you ask me!
Played it on my iPhone.
BUNTING1243
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I really wish I didn't watch the Quick Look because of the stuff it spoiled and I usually never care about that kinda stuff
Yeah the game is super cool. Well worth checking out, especially at that price.
Love your avatar btw!
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
I'm glad Jeff knows the knife show still exists as 5 hour extravaganzas
Keyser Soze
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Twin Tails
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Hmm, I guess I'll download it since I really liked 2. I got it free a while ago but never bothered wif it.
watching this makes me hate myself and all of humanity but I can't stop, whyyyyyy
edit - ok I finally closed it. Why does she constantly do that thing with her fingernails? It makes me want to strangle something. I now understand how hate crimes are committed.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
stump sock
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*whispers*
This is the sound of my finger pressed against my MacBook Air trackpad, skimming through this 34 minute video.
randomlyrossy
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I watched some of this & then a couple of her other videos and now I've subscribed. ASMR is a weird thing but it does effect me & and I kinda like it.
Keyser Soze
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I am watching ASMR videos now... I think this girl is eating me, and it is making me feel weird.
I should stop.
I should stop.
stump sock
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don't get me wrong, I like sound collages and field recordings and ambient sound stuff, I find all that really interesting
yet somehow ASMR videos creep me the fuck out
randomlyrossy
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It's a super weird feeling, lots of kinda skin bristling/tingling. I'm not even sure I'd call it pleasurable, it's just weird & unique to have a physical reaction like that from just sound.
stump sock
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I'd like to know what ASMR sensitives think of stuff like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJsEahHlnEg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJsEahHlnEg
yes please.
Hell, I'll even take more talk about the horrible bullshit franchise that is Assassin's Creed over this.
Keyser Soze
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I have heard of ASMR before, but never thought much of it. The one Jeff posted is not much either.
This girl seems kinda intruging though - and have no idea why.
Maybe I am up too late.
santeesioux
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Why is it already 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Oregon, guys?
Glitchesarecool
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Keyser Soze
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I now subscribe to SoftlyGaloshes
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