Son Of Sparda
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Never played Black Flag on PS4. How was the performance?
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Assassin's Creed Origins October Previews
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Peroroncino
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Mostly solid 30 from what I remember.
Definitely going to be picking this up now. With trading in Yakuza Kiwami I can get the game for around £30 which moves it from "ehhh, I'll wait" to Day 1. Mainly getting it for the setting, Ancient Egypt is fascinating and it'll be a nice change from the similar-looking Western cities of the past few entries.
Indeed. This should be the approach with every game.
Don't even hesitiate. That's nice ass TV. I have essentially its forerunner from 2 years ago, the JS8500, and games like Horizon, Uncharted 4, Titanfall 2, and Battlefield 1 all look stunning on the Pro. I'm sure that there will be substantial differences between the vanilla and Pro versions of AC Origins.
Seriously, you won't regret it. And contrary to what someone said, Boost mode can improve, or at least stabilize, frame rates of older, unsupported PS4 games.
Buy it.
Darkstorne
Member
Absolutely. Reviews will be out day one at the very latest anyway, so you lose nothing by waiting (except dumb ass pre-order bonuses that you all know you'll never use anyway).
Oh, wow! I'm a little disappointed at being scooped on reading the hieroglyphs (this is what happens when you go on a media blackout), but it's a great sign for the franchise that they're getting back into putting this kind of detail in. It's what vaulted AC2 from a pretty good game to something really amazing.
I studied a different writing system for my postgrad work and have always wanted to apply modern computing techniques to it. That article that you (Darkstorne) reference has a link to participate in (or at least follow) the project, and I'm about to sign up!
Crossing Eden
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Black Flag is the most solid performing AC game this gen due to being cross gen.
What about Rogue?
WhateverItTakes
Banned
I've suddenly realised it's been a long time since I've bought a game like this, the kind you can really sink your teeth into, potential bloat and all.
If reviews come out with favourable comparisons to 2 I might pull the trigger.
If reviews come out with favourable comparisons to 2 I might pull the trigger.
Crossing Eden
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Never came to next gen consoles lol. We really could use an American trilogy as 3 and Rogue were so obviously hampered by last gen limitations if Black Flag and to a lesser extent Rogue's next gen upgrades were any indication. Imagine having much thicker grass in AC3.
Rofl did they really just leave it on last gen and PC?
Crossing Eden
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Yep
Yeah, I was half expecting Ubisoft to pull an Activision and release an $80 AC SKU that comes with a remaster of Rogue.
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Deleted member 471617
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Rogue was released at the same time as Unity and was the better AC game that year.
The more I see, the more I like it.
I bet you can die in the desert if you hang out there too long.
Crossing Eden
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Nah, story is subjective, but the gameplay mechanics in Unity were such a huge move forward from 3's mechanics. I mean just based on the parkour alone and how much more control you had, the larger play spaces for the missions, the core gameplay being based less on context and more on actual manual control. It was very refreshing compared to Rogue even despite the fact that Rogue had you play as a templar.
More_Badass
Member
Its quite impressive that theyre added desert effects. Thats the kind of detail that most games with deserts wouldnt do
Patched Unity is a fantastic gane. Only thing that bugs me is the firecrackers, which did nothing half the time and we're totally unpredictable. Whistling was a welcome re-addition to Syndicate.
It's a fantastic looking game. But the story and characters are all objectively bad by the end.
Paquete_PT
Member
I like the setting and general atmosphere but apart from that, the game is yet to prove to me that it will be superior to the recent AC games. Also, the HUD and the XP points on screen look cheap and detract from the game.
I respect your opinion, but I think we have different understandings of what objective means
I enjoyed them a lot.I personally agree that Unity's story was bad but there's no such thing as an "objectively bad" story.
Crossing Eden
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And the cover system very clearly received the least amount of attention with it's implementation in the level design considering how limiting it was.
True enough. I did find it much harder to do a no-detections stealth run than others games in the series.
Preach.
So true. Such a good looking game with a great setting but the worst story and characters of any AC.
Unity's characters aren't necessarily bad I think. They just did a poor job telling the story. The way it's presented is messy and it's hard to care in the end.
It's a shame as Paris was one of the settings I was excited for when the serie came to light (with Egypt and China, just need the latter now).
It's a shame as Paris was one of the settings I was excited for when the serie came to light (with Egypt and China, just need the latter now).
Heckler456
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So, what are the odds the story actually rivals that of The Witcher 3's, with the extra year of development? I felt that they didn't really do a good job with Watch Dogs 2, and while I really want to buy this game day one, I also don't want to get burned after having not enjoyed an AC story since probably AC2.
Green Yoshi
Member
Taming animals? There's too much Far Cry and too little Prince of Persia in the game. But I hope the pyramids are similar to the tombs in Assassin's Creed 2.
smokey5604
Neo Member
I'm actually pretty excited for an Assassin's Creed game for the first time in a long time. I love the Egyptian aesthetic. The only thing is I haven't been in the loop of AC games since Brotherhood. Are any of the newer (after 3) AC games worth checking out to curb my hunger for this game for a bit?
Peroroncino
Member
Open world ubisoft game with a good story? Yeah, unlikely.
SJRB
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I'm excited too, but let's not get crazy here. If you're expecting or even remotely hoping for a Witcher 3-tier story you're setting yourself up for disappointment.
ParadigmGamer
Member
Any news on when the embargo for reviews lifts?
Top left, "Control Schemes". Switch it to Legacy and it'll play like the other ones.
Personally I don't think the Witcher 3 writing is the god tier its made out to be. More that general videogame writing is just terrible so it stood out for being fairly decent.
Hopefully Origins is "Decent"
Crossing Eden
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Brace for a collection of PS4 footage
Hopefully it's a little more than "decent", I mean, the actual story of this particular event in history is dramatic enough as is when it comes to the wars, leading figures, and changes in each nation. There's so much shit to mine here, I'd hate for them to make it into another Unity.
Heckler456
Banned
Hmm... I'll see what the reviews say. After having spent 80 euros on Mass Effect, and getting bamboozled by Destiny 2, I think I'll wait until the dust settles. Even though I really do want to play it.
Yeah, I'm expecting Witcher lite, but without the amount of freedom and time CDPROJEKT had it is unlikely to reach any crazy highs.