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Assassin's Creed: Origins - Hype Check

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Deleted member 471617

Unconfirmed Member
4K/HDR/Atmos gets added for Xbox One X on November 7th while 4K/HDR gets added for PS4 Pro on the same day.
 

Frillen

Member
How's the framerate and popin?

Framerate has been stable so far but definitely dips during cut scenes.

Nice! Good to hear, I was sure it was going to be one of the drawbacks of having less power than the Xbox X.

Hows the particules/sand when in the desert? Wind affecting any of it?

Will report on that later.
 
My hype levels for the whole AC series have fallen precipitously in recent years.

I enjoyed Syndicate for a few hours but eventually that trademark AC cut and paste mission design killed it for me.

The historical aspects of AC are still fantastic but the series is in desperate need of a total reboot.
 

Unity2012

Member
Pre-ordered Gold Edition; preloaded and ready to go.

I love everything related to Egyptian times; Alexander the great times (before ACO); and Roman times. So this is a great welcome.
 

Frillen

Member
Just done with the first area. The side quests are closer to The Witcher 3 than previous AC titles, so that's good. Loot system is decent. Combat feels good after a short time. No sprinting sucks though.
 
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Deleted member 471617

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Just done with the first area. The side quests are closer to The Witcher 3 than previous AC titles, so that's good. Loot system is decent. Combat feels good after a short time. No sprinting sucks though.

Sounds very good. You can run by holding the left analog forward.

Would it be possible for you to check the HUD options and see if highlighting it and then pressing X allows you to go into more options or is it truly only four options like I have seen in videos?

Also, could you post an image of the Legacy Control configuration? It would be appreciated. Thanks.
 

DragoonKain

Neighbours from Hell
Not sure if I'm the only one with this mindset, but I'm going into this game like if I don't like it, I'm probably done with the AC series. I mean, I've always liked AC, its act just wore thin on me and ever since ACIV, I haven't really liked it. So if this revamped, reimagined AC game doesn't do it for me, it's probably time to bail on the series.

So hope I really like it. It looks like it has promise.
 

Frillen

Member
Sounds very good. You can run by holding the left analog forward.

Would it be possible for you to check the HUD options and see if highlighting it and then pressing X allows you to go into more options or is it truly only four options like I have seen in videos?

Also, could you post an image of the Legacy Control configuration? It would be appreciated. Thanks.

There's definitely only four options, unfortunately.
 
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Deleted member 471617

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Bad news. What are these 4 options?

The four options are - "show all", "light", "minimal" and "all off". I'm going to see which does what between light and minimal. Below is what I was hoping to have on and off.

OFF
1. The white glare that goes around the rims of the screen. I have hated this shit since the beginning and get so turned off when watching videos so I can imagine how it will be when im playing.
2. The detection meter completely.
3. The compass.
4. All the notification text that appears in the middle of the screen such as "press UP to call Senu"...I literally saw this message stay on screen in a centerstrain video for 15 seconds while he was still traversing and I only think it went off because he called for Senu.
5. The numbers that appear when you hit an enemy ala Division.
6. The big icons that appear in the game world that's not a waypoint. Like seeing the "?" or whatnot while exploring but yet, it's 800M away. The previous AC games also had this and I was always able to turn it off.
7. The info box that appears on the right side of the screen once you acquire a skill, etc.
8. Any other info that appears in the middle of the screen during combat, etc.

ON
1. Health bar (even though I don't like that it's just a straight bar and in the bottom middle of the screen).
2. XP/Level Bar/Icon on the top right corner.
3. Current Objectives in the top left corner.
4. The loot info that appears on the right side of the screen in a little box. Coins, skins, etc.

Also wish you could turn off when you're low on health and the screen starts desynchronizing becoming all warped and whatnot. Never liked this. Oh well, hoping light or minimal actually does what im hoping but im not holding my breath.
 
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Frillen...

Do enemies "re-spawn" after you clear an outpost/fort/location or does it stay cleared? And does loot "re-spawn" or is it all just one and done?

Thanks for the help and info. I appreciate it.
 

Frillen

Member
Frillen...

Do enemies "re-spawn" after you clear an outpost/fort/location or does it stay cleared? And does loot "re-spawn" or is it all just one and done?

Thanks for the help and info. I appreciate it.

Enemies re-spawn after a while, the map will always show you that the camp/outpost/fortress is cleared though.

Not sure about loot, but nothing has re-spawned thus far.
 

Darklor01

Might need to stop sniffing glue
I just found out that Best Buy found a way to combat people getting games early. They now wait until the day before release date and use overnight shipping due to vendors hitting them with fines. New company guidelines. Why does everything good go away? Lol!
 
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Deleted member 471617

Unconfirmed Member
Enemies re-spawn after a while, the map will always show you that the camp/outpost/fortress is cleared though.

Not sure about loot, but nothing has re-spawned thus far.

So the camps, etc. are like Ghost Recon Wildlands? Damn it. Happy that the loot doesn't re-spawn. Thanks for the info and hope that you're enjoying the game. :)
 

120v

Member
i was (and still am) pretty hyped over what i've seen... but Elex (in spite of all its issues) scratched my open world rpg-ish itch so i'm kind of wondering what's the point since i'll be playing that for awhile.

kind of bummed because i really wanted to see my 1080 ti tear into the game but i can't really justify picking it up until awhile. maybe if a black friday deal drops it below $40 or whatever
 

Polygonal_Sprite

Gold Member
I'm looking forward to this but with Odyssey out on the same day I couldn't justify it on day one. I will surely get it in December sometime though! Hope you day one guys and gals enjoy it!

Here's some videos of the game in 4K. One more appealing than the other, although still funny:

When Assassin's Creed Origins Breaks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xXjvUSm23s

The World of Assassin's Creed Origins in 4K
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZU1c12kzmw

Isn't that second one Gamersydes video?
 

@Wreck

Member
GAF doesn't have a very large AC fanbase. Just wanna explore this world.
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And just the QoL features made to the gameplay make it incredibly exciting for me let alone the overhauls.

dud you know i'm always down with AC man i cannot wait
 

Helios13

Neo Member
Amazon just sent me a code for the full game because my Collectors edition was delayed. Code when attempting to redeem shows inactive tho
I'm in the same boat, and I spoke to customer service and they basically said that the code won't be active until 9:00PM pst. So basically when it goes live at 12:01 est Friday.
 
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