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Assassin's Creed Unity Info from Game Informer
- Thread starter Deadly Cyclone
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hehe, to me that's a bonus. If I never have to play another future segment again it'd not come too soon
I'm guessing all that means is that someone wrote down "French Revolution?" on a white-board in the studio.
When we constantly make fun of the fact an entire country is making AC games it is believable. They splinter of into little teams to research the history and gather gameplay ideas. Not to mention the fact when a previous game comes out they have the time to fix up the gameplay accordingly.
Also AC3 and ACR started development in 2009.
ACB was a quick job because they already made rome for AC2, but couldn't fit it in.
KINGofCRA5H
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Please don't make me regret another AC purchase, Ubisoft. So far it's looking good.
Stone Ocean
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Well it was fairly improved.
Sure they didn't improve it enough to be worth of being called "combat" to begin with, but it's still miles better than Parry simulator
I liked it better than AC1-ACr's combat of turtling and counter killing.
A lot of this actually sounds somewhat promising. I may have to change my timeframe for buying it from Summer Sale 2015 to Winter Sale 2014.
Can't see myself paying full price for any AssCreed game, however. I enjoy the series, but I still think of them as "junk food" games that provide mild to moderate levels of entertainment—hopefully punctuated by a few memorable high points—spread over way too many hours.
Can't see myself paying full price for any AssCreed game, however. I enjoy the series, but I still think of them as "junk food" games that provide mild to moderate levels of entertainment—hopefully punctuated by a few memorable high points—spread over way too many hours.
The Last Wizard
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Damn this sounds amazing.
AC3 was a parry simulator too. And the multi kill parries were the icing on the cake.
All of this sounds promising, but they really need to avoid the checklist gameplay.
They have to improve the mission design for that all to really matter but it sounds somewhat promising. It's always difficult to make both stealth and combat equally viable and I wish they'd focus on stealth but I realise it would be too much to ask from such a big title. Still if they manage to actually manage to make the stealth not feel like shit like in all previous entries I'll give this a shot.
Just wait, in order to get 100% synch, you can't be detected in the vein of insta-fail.
Yes. Boarding is fun and all, but beyond the warfare, sailing is boring. Especially when there's nothing to do but collect crap, and I'm expecting as much in Unity as well.
Eh, I think Connor is fantastic. Not every Assassin has to be another Ezio 2.0 like Haytham or Edward. Hopefully Arno and even Shay in Rogue are their own and not another "charismatic" assassin. Broaden the personalities some more.
But then again, I felt the same as you did with Ezio when ACII came out. Couldn't get into him and got bored of Italy midway through the game. I liked him more in his other two games (did I mention I loathe the fact he got two more games? Even if Rome was already in development), as he became older and more experienced, and able to pass that on to others (even Templar allies).
Glass Rebel
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I'm 100% sure that skill leveling will be the same kinda shit as in Far Cry 3 where you unlock every worthwhile skill halfway through the game.
The no-autofail thing is appreciated but it's a solution to a problem that shouldn't have existed in the first place. The missions affected by this were shit to begin with.
The no-autofail thing is appreciated but it's a solution to a problem that shouldn't have existed in the first place. The missions affected by this were shit to begin with.
Since this is the newest topic about AC Unity you can listen soundtrack samples here
http://www.acunity-unite.com/paris/popin/501_eYPQ7EbVb889z7aN
http://www.acunity-unite.com/paris/popin/505_cVW0Bpa0l7RW50gz
http://www.acunity-unite.com/paris/popin/501_eYPQ7EbVb889z7aN
http://www.acunity-unite.com/paris/popin/505_cVW0Bpa0l7RW50gz
well i mean anything is better than that. but it was still abysmal. i don't really give points for that
I consider it much worse. Counter was dumbed down to a ridiculous notion. The window was increased by an insane amount and you had a giant counter button on screen indicating you when to do it as if it was even needed. Combat was almost as much on autopilot as freerunning. Combat in AC3 and AC4 feels absolutely dreadful to me. It's some of the most unsatisfying shit I've experienced in a basic game mechanic in a major AAA title in recent times.
Frankly, when it comes to combat in ACU the only thing they've been very clear on is that they've removed chain-killing. The rest is pretty nebulous.
I think in the end that sort of comment just means very little.
I'm actually worried about the opposite. It might just be the same tail-chase-track mission in different locations of the city.
iNvid02
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i think if you fail a tailing mission it wont make you start over, it will turn into a chase and then once you kill the guy he will have something on him allowing you to get the info that way rather than eavesdropping.
simple workaround avoids so much frustration, but fuck those tailing missions should be limited anyway
true. but they also have the guy who directed revelations doing this, he left the industry after rev but came back pretty quickly.
simple workaround avoids so much frustration, but fuck those tailing missions should be limited anyway
true. but they also have the guy who directed revelations doing this, he left the industry after rev but came back pretty quickly.
You can't really talk about it in terms of "the" team that worked on this or that Assassin's Creed game, as they're all nightmarish Venn diagrams with tons of contributors. Talking about the "Brotherhood team" just indicates that the team may still exist as a recognizable group, and that may have contributed a large-ish amount to Unity.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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At least the combat was harder back then. Your an assassin not damn rambo.
ReplacementPelican
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So this is the biggest upgrade since AC2? Awesome.
This. I like AC3 and 4's combat just fine, the AC1 combat is easily my least favorite because of how tedious it was. The combat's never been amazing but AC3 and 4's is at least more fun and less grating than 1's and even 2's, to a lesser extent.
For me, I like the idea of Connor, as I'm not a huge fan of the prospect of every character being a bid by Ubisoft to make another Ezio now that they saw how so many hated Connor, but I do think they failed in really making that connection between him and the audience that they could've. As far as the more serious protagonists go, I think I actually liked Altair more, though I've not played Liberation so I don't know where Aveline falls on the spectrum.
This kind of thing concerns me too, for instance AC3's side missions seemed to be an attempt at having less structure than the other games' side missions had and its side missions are some of my least favorite things in the entire series.
from the interviews I've watched, it seems like the Brotherhood team is spearheading the core single-player stuff while Ubisoft Toronto is handling the co-op missions.
John Caboose
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I remember that shit. "We had to release all those Assassins Creed 2 half-sequels in order to afford making Assassins Creed 3 into the masterpiece it is". Ugh.
VisceralBowl
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Control-F "Ships"
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Good.
Aveline is a little bit more lighthearted for sure. I wouldn't put here in the same sphere as Altair and Connor.
I know your fears, but funny enough, Revelations was the game that got me back into the series and is my favorite of the Ezio trilogy after being bored with 2 & Brohood.
TheWorthyEdge
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the AC 3 gameplay was terrible, but it DID make me feel like a Bad Ass with that tomahawk.
i guess it was neat when he would use the tomahawk to pull someone's leg out from under them
but i don't really need to be a badass, I just want a game to feel great to play
TheWorthyEdge
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i guess it was neat when he would use the tomahawk to pull someone's leg out from under them
but i don't really need to be a badass, I just want a game to feel great to play
Yeah.
Also, HOLY SHIT. The same team that made Brotherhood is making this?!?!?!?? AGH YEAHHHHHHHHHHH! Brotherhood is one of my favorite games ever and IMO the best AC game. Hell yeah!
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
ACR is the only game in the series that I actively dislike
For me the only important thing to any setting is how convenient and well designed the major cities are for the free running traversal. Feudal Japanese cities would be atrocious for Assassin Creed gameplay, as much as the history itself might be fascinating.
I can't really stand the AC games so far that have had mediocre or terrible cities, such as ACIII.
Leks
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The development of Assassin's Creed III started after II came out, not Brotherhood.
I think Paris could be pretty boss for traversal, coupled with the new way you get around. I'm looking forward to an AC game for the first time in a loooong time.
RadioactiveLobster
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Control-F "Sea shanty"
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FTFY
Gray Matter
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I still don't understand how multiple games of the same franchise can be in development at the same exact time while "staying true" to the franchise.
So 2010... AC: revelations, AC3, AC4, unity and liberation are under some sort of development.
So 2010... AC: revelations, AC3, AC4, unity and liberation are under some sort of development.
Control-F "Ships"
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Thank Christ. If they're going to go with ships, just spin it off into a new franchise. Keep it out of AC.
SomedayTheFire
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In development since 2010 and they couldn't animate a woman?!
A lot of the changes are definitely for the best, no sailing and no auto failing of missions is great.
A lot of the changes are definitely for the best, no sailing and no auto failing of missions is great.
WeAreStarStuff
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Sounds fantastic. Also, wow at this being in development since 2010.
oh I agree. Paris is actually a great city for this purpose. That's why I'm more interested in Unity than I have been for some time for an AC game. But I always have to be cautious around AC games, because some of them have some really terrible design decisions that ruin everything. Gotta be a skeptic until I play the thing