Jimmyfenix
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I don't think we will get a halo mcc quick look anytime soon.
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Giant Bomb X | Built-In Automatic Death Thing For Secret People
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Chance Hale
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It was amusing to have Alex start off with hearsay about the PC version only for it to run perfectly fine at max settings. People love to freak out when they can't run it at 60 FPS with exclusive, incredibly taxing pc features!
Thought the game looked fun though, more Assassin's Creed but it's a pleasant formula and it's nice to be back to a real city after 3 and Blag Flag. Hoping there are more straight, sandbox style assassination missions when I get to it. Shame to have people here calling it a "bad" game when most of the reviews are relatively good.
And why is Patrick still having streaming issues? He's paid to do these things, you'd think he'd be able to work it out.
Thought the game looked fun though, more Assassin's Creed but it's a pleasant formula and it's nice to be back to a real city after 3 and Blag Flag. Hoping there are more straight, sandbox style assassination missions when I get to it. Shame to have people here calling it a "bad" game when most of the reviews are relatively good.
And why is Patrick still having streaming issues? He's paid to do these things, you'd think he'd be able to work it out.
Thought the game looked fun though, more Assassin's Creed but it's a pleasant formula and it's nice to be back to a real city after 3 and Blag Flag. Hoping there are more straight, sandbox style assassination missions when I get to it. Shame to have people here calling it a "bad" game when most of the reviews are relatively good.
Looked like the same streamlined crap they've been pushing out for the last couple years with a shinier coat to me. Also the architecture still hasn't returned to the pre-3 levels of height and density.
Chance Hale
Member
City looked pretty dense to me and there were tall building here and there. Isn't like they went through the entire playing area. Climbing the empire state building wouldn't be fun anyway.Looked like the same streamlined crap they've been pushing out for the last couple years with a shinier coat to me. Also the architecture still hasn't returned to the pre-3 levels of height and density.
City looked pretty dense to me and there were tall building here and there. Isn't like they went through the entire playing area. Climbing the empire state building wouldn't be fun anyway.
I didn't notice anything higher than a church steeple. Climbing the massive towers of 1 and 2 to see the view of the landscape was one of the most amazing things about those earlier games.
bigwinnerx
Member
Unity is a dumpster fire of a game.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Ass creed unity is just a straight up disaster on every front.
This will probably be the first ass creed game I do not want to touch.
This will probably be the first ass creed game I do not want to touch.
edit: actually, now I wonder. If GB gets review copies, surely that's sent to the SF offices not NY.
Don't they usually just get download codes for review copies nowadays?
Basileus777
Member
Don't they usually just get download codes for review copies nowadays?
Even if they don't I'm pretty sure they can email publisher PR and tell them where to mail it.
stump sock
Member
I didn't see it until a few years ago, but the scenescarred me JUST a tad in the head.where Kaori gets crushed in Tetsuo's mutating body
Yeah I was kind of young when I saw it too (13 maybe?), but this was in an era where you couldn't really get most anime in the US (early 90s). That part, and some others, kind of messed with me.
Is this the year that publisher's reach finally exceeds their grasp and they admit that they're being far too aggressive with scheduling?
I mean, Jesus, I get up this morning and I'm looking at the Gaming forum and it's like a graveyard of fubar'd releases.
It's almost becoming a story when the release of a major AAA-game ISN'T totally fucked.
I mean, Jesus, I get up this morning and I'm looking at the Gaming forum and it's like a graveyard of fubar'd releases.
It's almost becoming a story when the release of a major AAA-game ISN'T totally fucked.
Jimmyfenix
Member
I am pretty sure a few years ago Jeff used to mail Alex in New York games which Jeff wanted Alex to review.
Look how far we have come.
Well every platform has had an exclusively busted game as well. Got to keep that parity.
Look how far we have come.
Is this the year that publisher's reach finally exceeds their grasp and they admit that they're being far too aggressive with scheduling?
I mean, Jesus, I get up this morning and I'm looking at the Gaming forum and it's like a graveyard of fubar'd releases.
It's almost becoming a story when the release of a major AAA-game ISN'T totally fucked.
Well every platform has had an exclusively busted game as well. Got to keep that parity.
Looked like the same streamlined crap they've been pushing out for the last couple years with a shinier coat to me.
I would gladly play it if it was just that. AC3 may have been disappointing but a lot of people, myself included, still like the series.
The problem Unity has is not that people who hate the series still hate it, it's that people who do like it have to put up with atrocious performance on every platform.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Is the performance worse compared to what we got last gen?
Is the performance worse compared to what we got last gen?
i'd have to go back and compare but it sure seems like it
I would gladly play it if it was just that. AC3 may have been disappointing but a lot of people, myself included, still like the series.
The problem Unity has is not that people who hate the series still hate it, it's that people who do like it have to put up with atrocious performance on every platform.
The problem appears that they put together a game for screenshots and pretty quotes about tech, and less about the actual experience of playing it.
stump sock
Member
they put together a game for screenshots
lol, that's working out well so far
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
i'd have to go back and compare but it sure seems like it
Huh, that's a shame then. I don't remember the last gen versions being technically competent.
Also rewatching the dan popcorn video and I still maintain that it would be much better if he actually just turned the jelly bean into dust and sprinkle it over the popcorn. Without the whole melty thing.
It seems at least as bad as AC3, and maybe worse. Certainly worse in crowded areas. It goes below 20 on PS4 in the digital foundry video...Is the performance worse compared to what we got last gen?
The problem appears that they put together a game for screenshots and pretty quotes about tech, and less about the actual experience of playing it.
I can't really speak to that until I've played it but it's certainly another possibility. The point is, if it was just "more assassin's creed in a shinier coat", that would be mostly good news for me. Sadly it's not really that.
kind of disappointed they chose to do assassins creed QL on PC and xbone because 'the xbox version runs better' or something. I kind of wanted to see how busted the psbone version is from the ql.
choosing one because it runs better seems like doing a weird and unneccesary favour to ubi soft
Seemed to me that they wanted to see how the game ran on PC, but since Alex had been playing it on the Xbone the majority of the QL focussed on that version. Sure they could've tired the ps4 version too, but it would be a repeat of the part we saw on pc and it's incredibly rare that they show off all platforms in a QL. Not sure how that can be viewed like a favour to Ubi or whatever. He will play some of the game on a ps4 for the review to see how it runs.
This game is getting a low three stars.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Seemed to me that they wanted to see how the game ran on PC, but since Alex had been playing it on the Xbone the majority of the QL focussed on that version. Sure they could've tired the ps4 version too, but it would be a repeat of the part we saw on pc and it's incredibly rare that they show off all platforms in a QL. Not sure how that can be viewed like a favour to Ubi or whatever.
This game is getting a low three stars.
You have high hopes there buddy!
2 stars for me.
You have high hopes there buddy!
2 stars for me.
I was thinking that, but after hearing Alex talk about it on Bombin yesterday, I'm not sure. At one point he even says it's not the worst-performing game he's played this year.
I wouldn't be shocked by 3 stars. I also wouldn't be shocked by 2 stars. My guess is it's a 2.5 star game, and we'll see how Alex rounds.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Is Blackwater the only 1 star game on GB?
Is Blackwater the only 1 star game on GB?
Fable 2 Pub Games!
Jimmyfenix
Member
Fable 2 Pub Games!
Wow i forgot about that.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
the underlying game in Unity is pretty damn solid. it just starts to fall apart when you add in all of the performance problems and glitches.
a real shame.
Is the gameplay really that solid?
The more they streamline the combat, stealth and traversal the more I think "what's the point of having them there then"?
Is Blackwater the only 1 star game on GB?
Last year's NBA Live. Probably more than those two.
Is the gameplay really that solid?
The more they streamline the combat, stealth and traversal the more I think "what's the point of having them there then"?
the parkour is probably the best it's ever been. combat isn't great but it's never been what I come to this series for.
haven't done too many story missions yet but they do seem more open-ended than previous games. side quests have been pretty varied too.
Got to have the illusion of gameplay as a vehicle for collectibles and monetisation.Is the gameplay really that solid?
The more they streamline the combat, stealth and traversal the more I think "what's the point of having them there then"?
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
the parkour is probably the best it's ever been. combat isn't great but it's never been what I come to this series for.
haven't done too many story missions yet but they do seem more open-ended than previous games. side quests have been pretty varied too.
Mordor nailed combat, stealth, side missions, and it looked pretty good. I actually enjoyed getting into conflicts and sneaking around and killing fools in that game, things i haven't enjoyed in an asscreed game since brotherhood. They really need to revamp the whole thing, but that would require that they don't pump one out on a yearly basis and we know that isn't going to happen
Glitchesarecool
Member
the underlying game in Unity is pretty damn solid. it just starts to fall apart when you add in all of the performance problems and glitches.
Is it solid or padded, or the typical quality of "no why are you jumping that way?!" that I've seen develop in AC through the years?
Jimmyfenix
Member
Rorie seems to be really digging Dragon Age. Argh i don't want to wait until the 21st to play it.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
the parkour is probably the best it's ever been. combat isn't great but it's never been what I come to this series for.
haven't done too many story missions yet but they do seem more open-ended than previous games. side quests have been pretty varied too.
I can see the appeal of traversing around the city, problem for me is that none of the missions ever looked fun really.
im still waiting for that Halo QL.
Jeff said on Twitter that they're not doing the QL until the game works properly. They're pushing out a couple of fixes soon now, so we'll see if that fixes the matchmaking.
Jeff said on Twitter that they're not doing the QL until the game works properly. They're pushing out a couple of fixes soon now, so we'll see if that fixes the matchmaking.
but they can still do the single player no?
but they can still do the single player no?
Yes, but he'd rather the entire game work before doing a QL.
Glitchesarecool
Member
but they can still do the single player no?
What would be the point of producing two videos?
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
but they can still do the single player no?
yea but the part most people are curious about is the MP. We kinda know what we're getting with the single player.
I also think that the MP is probably the main draw for most people, so that's what the QL will probably focus on.
And again, this shows that reviewers really should not push out reviews of games with such a heavy MP component without trying it in the wild.
Nah, it's a lot easier just to slap an 9.5 on it and take the publisher's word that it'll launch without a hitch.
Jeff indicating his dislike of the title should curtail anyone thinking the positive reviews would give it a chance during GOTY.
I do think Rorie, if he reviews, will give it a 4, so that's change from my stated position!
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Jeff indicating his dislike of the title should curtail anyone thinking the positive reviews would give it a chance during GOTY.
Like how he disliked the last of us?
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Jeff indicating his dislike of the title should curtail anyone thinking the positive reviews would give it a chance during GOTY.
jeff didn't like TLOU yet it took GOTY last year. Not to say that Dragon Age has a chance, just that jeff isn't going to get in the way of the consensus.
and lets never forget how much he loved Saints Row 3 yet Brad got his crappy Skyrim win and no one walked away happy.