DevelopmentArrested
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Im 6 hours in, halfway through.
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Assassin's Creed III |OT| Easier to read than Ratonhnhaké:ton
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This game seems really...weird. Like, if it were a person, it would be a big person with little muscle but lots of fat.
MidnightCowboy
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Weird, I remember someone in this thread saying they were 9 hours in and only getting to the meat of the story.
Someone said they did the main story in 11 hours but it was only like 30% complete in the stats screen. He skipped just about every piece of side content.
This is going to be a 20-30 hour game for most people.
petethepanda
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Seems par for AC. 12ish main story, 35ish 100%.
SJRB
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No. No no nonono noooooo. I see where this is going. A little this, a little that, someone accidentally forgets the spoiler tags and everyone in this thread is fucked.
You want spoilers? Make a spoiler thread.
keltickennedy
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Yeah 11 hours is pretty crazy. I doubt he even tried sneaking around on missions either.
Yeah, WTF? Why the hell would someone want to know these things before the game is even out? Strange...
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Thanks to jeux video, here's a same looking comparison from the PS3 and 360 version, they both look about the same. Previous AC games have looked the same but had differences in performance.
Can't help but notice the massive drop in image quality compared to Revelations.
Can't help but notice the massive drop in image quality compared to Revelations.
Thanks to jeux video, here's a same looking comparison from the PS3 and 360 version, they both look about the same. Previous AC games have looked the same but had differences in performance.
Can't help but notice the massive drop in image quality compared to Revelations.
AHA! The 360 version has no cart by his feet. What awful pop in!
onlyindreams
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this seriously looks like a game from 2006, what the hell
clutch.as.it.gets.
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Watched some vids on youtube and i have to say i don`t like the new running animation when going full speed. Looks very wired. The old one looked way better and more real.
I also saw lots of clipping problems during climbing (feet went trough buildings a lot; i don`t think the old games had the same problem).
I also saw lots of clipping problems during climbing (feet went trough buildings a lot; i don`t think the old games had the same problem).
I'm not sure if you're joking but you can tell he's further up that path on the top picture. The other cart is closer to him.
Side content is pretty rank in AssCrud games. I skip most of it.
Yeah, I'm joking. I thought the "AHA" would give it away.
I NEED SCISSORS
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I hope the PC version looks a lot better than those screens - it looks really... bland. Anvil 2.0 is like Frostbite 2.0 running on consoles all over again.
Then again, I don't expect much more than unnecessarily tessellated assets ala Deus Ex.
Then again, I don't expect much more than unnecessarily tessellated assets ala Deus Ex.
Zero-Crescent
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I guess it's technically a spoiler to say why. An early-game thing, but a spoiler nonetheless.
Apparently, you start off the game as Connor's dad.
Vinterbird
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its revealed that in order to save the world from burning up by a solar flare, Desmond needs to sacrifice itself in order to bring back Juno to the world, because she is the only one who knows how to save the planet.
But as Desmond is about to do that, Minerva shows up and tells Desmond that if he frees Juno shit will go bad for mankind, she tells him if Desmond and the crew stay in the precursor crypt, they will survive the solar flare and be the first mankind on earth, and they would have to repopulate it all again, only to star the same cycle again and do everything as it has already happened.
Desmond refuses that, and chooses to sacrifice himself in order to save the world, but with the consequence that Juno returns to the world of the living with the intent of enslaving mankind, and bring back the times of old where the precursors used Humans as test-subjects and slaves, since they invented them.
They see them as nothing but animals, and Juno wants to restore that. Game ends with Juno leaving the crypt and Desmond dead on the ground
But as Desmond is about to do that, Minerva shows up and tells Desmond that if he frees Juno shit will go bad for mankind, she tells him if Desmond and the crew stay in the precursor crypt, they will survive the solar flare and be the first mankind on earth, and they would have to repopulate it all again, only to star the same cycle again and do everything as it has already happened.
Desmond refuses that, and chooses to sacrifice himself in order to save the world, but with the consequence that Juno returns to the world of the living with the intent of enslaving mankind, and bring back the times of old where the precursors used Humans as test-subjects and slaves, since they invented them.
They see them as nothing but animals, and Juno wants to restore that. Game ends with Juno leaving the crypt and Desmond dead on the ground
DevelopmentArrested
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Then you'll skip most of it in this too.
Why am i being taught to tear down wanted posters 7 hours / 5 games in
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Most of it is, but the missions for the ultimate armors in the AC2 series games have all been kind of awesome, some of the best parts of their respective games in-fact.
keltickennedy
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Some of those posters in some cases clipping in the geometry of the buildings so you can't even tear it down. lol.
Again, the game is enormous in size. The biggest AC game yet. The consoles do not run on fairy dust.
There's no awful stuff like the wagon chase from Revelations is there? That was so, so bad.
I... see.
I... see.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
Gah, this thread is pissing me off! ;p
I wasn't hyped for the first AC; but ended up getting it cheap on PC and played about halfway through. Thought it was okay. I picked up Revelations on the cheap during Black Friday last year, and thought it was okay fun. But again, not a huge fan.
But I just LOVE the setting of this one, and somehow it has been one of my most hyped games of the year - and I figured early impressions would be ecstatic. Sad to see that's not the case - I hope I end up still liking it.
I wasn't hyped for the first AC; but ended up getting it cheap on PC and played about halfway through. Thought it was okay. I picked up Revelations on the cheap during Black Friday last year, and thought it was okay fun. But again, not a huge fan.
But I just LOVE the setting of this one, and somehow it has been one of my most hyped games of the year - and I figured early impressions would be ecstatic. Sad to see that's not the case - I hope I end up still liking it.
I did those. The "platforming" stuff was quite fun. Then they ruined it in Revelations by making it like Uncharted.
The setting is the part that interests me as well.
I've always expected that everything else would basically be standard Assassin's Creed. Sales-wise they basically have a winning formula, so it'd be hard to expect any real changes.
Why dont you give us a review aswell as youve obviously played a lot of it..
StevePharma
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2012. The year of the video game endings.....
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That is some Mass Effect 3 shit they are pulling there....really interested to see the fan reaction to it.
I'm definitely interested in exploring a setting this relatively unique in video games and have been since the game was announced.
That'd be the reason I would play it, and exploring various settings is probably the most enjoyable part of the series for me. It's always been strong in that respect.
DevelopmentArrested
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if Rev was like Uncharted, AC3 is like PoP 08
Damn I had to look back at what you were replying to. My review is it sucks but it's probably a decent action game for dumb people.
Now we can get back to talking about AC3.
So I played the first Assassin's Creed for about 2 hours when it was still fairly new and never played the series again until a little over a week ago when I started playing AC2 on my friend's 360 and fell in love with it. The game just clicked with me in a way the first one never even came close to doing. I knew people said the second one was a lot better, but I still wasn't expecting it to bee this good. I just beat the game last night and started Brotherhood.
Now that I have a new found interest in the series, I just looked at the trailer and a gameplay video of AC3 and got super hyped. Now, my question to GAF is if I should just get AC3 when it comes out this week, or wait until I beat the previous titles? The problem is that my friend only owns AC2 and Brotherhood, so if I wanted to try to play Revelations I would have to buy it myself anyway. I don't really give a shit about the story. I enjoy it enough and have a shallow understanding of what's going on, but I prefer the self contained aspects to the broader Assassin/Templar conflict anyway.
I'm leaning towards just picking up AC3 on Tuesday and then going back to beat Brotherhood and Revelations afterwards. Is there any reason, other than story details I don't care too much about, for me to make sure I finish the other games before 3?
Now that I have a new found interest in the series, I just looked at the trailer and a gameplay video of AC3 and got super hyped. Now, my question to GAF is if I should just get AC3 when it comes out this week, or wait until I beat the previous titles? The problem is that my friend only owns AC2 and Brotherhood, so if I wanted to try to play Revelations I would have to buy it myself anyway. I don't really give a shit about the story. I enjoy it enough and have a shallow understanding of what's going on, but I prefer the self contained aspects to the broader Assassin/Templar conflict anyway.
I'm leaning towards just picking up AC3 on Tuesday and then going back to beat Brotherhood and Revelations afterwards. Is there any reason, other than story details I don't care too much about, for me to make sure I finish the other games before 3?
uh oh hot dog
denshuu
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Wow, seriously?
I wonder about the sales actually. How will it do in Europe as opposed to the US? We've got pretty much a change in setting from Europe to the US, from a period of history that most Europeans know a lot about and are proud about it to a period of history about which most US people know about and are proud of it.
I am personally completely disinterested in American Revolution and much prefer the Liberation setting (simply cause I know very little about it and it seems to be a more personal story). That's actually the thing, I thought the previous AC games used the time period as a backdrop to tell a personal story of the Assasin whereas this seems to be telling the story of American Independence on the back of Conor's story.
Not really, the American Revolution is really in the background.
AlimNassor
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I'm glad you're the one who can be the judge of that.
That's reassuring, because from all the promo and trailers it seemed like Conor is out there to fight in the revolution and that's pretty much all.
I was going to post The Gifs but I didn't want to get too far off subject. We'll have plenty of time to rip Splinter Cell apart in the coming months
I know why you think that, but people who played the game are saying that is not the case.
Edit: Misread your post.
Sorry.You know, previous AC games already looked noticeably better on a decent PC even without sheer graphical upgrades. I don't see why AC 3 would be any different.
Keep in mind that the PC build will have way better textures (confirmed).
You don't like tessellated water ?
It's confirmed to be the case in the PC version. I have no idea if other elements are concerned.
I think we can expect other DX11 enhancements as well. And it should trump the console version rather easily.
astroturfing
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lots of negativity in here...
so what exactly is wrong with the game as compared to previous AC games? i don't nitpick graphics and i don't care if the combat is too easy (i play other games for challenge), so what else?
so what exactly is wrong with the game as compared to previous AC games? i don't nitpick graphics and i don't care if the combat is too easy (i play other games for challenge), so what else?
Fried Food
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how long is it taking people to get through the main story? AC2 was around 17 hours judging from this site (I don't remember how long it took me)
http://howlongtobeat.com/gamebreakdown.php?gameid=967
http://howlongtobeat.com/gamebreakdown.php?gameid=967
I'm not sure why people are getting up in arms over those screenshots. Screenshots like those have come out for every AC game before release and the game always looks decent at the end of the day when your actually playing it. AC games have never looked great, only good, and at least ACIII had fairly honest trailers that showed some of the shortcomings from a graphics standpoint.
For those with the game, is the brotherhood/creed/recruit system as annoying and time intensive as it was in AC:R or have they scaled it back to be more manageable and less micro?
For those with the game, is the brotherhood/creed/recruit system as annoying and time intensive as it was in AC:R or have they scaled it back to be more manageable and less micro?