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[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

It seems that previews from gaming outlets and various YouTubers have just started dropping so let's move the discussion in this new thread instead: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/assassins-creed-mirage-preview-thread.1660938/

 

[spons]

Seems to be watermarked, judging from the bottom-right text. Someone's losing their job.

 

[GymWolf]

Dreadfull.

Hopefully the samurai one is gonna look better.

This feels like C team.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I've downloaded the video in case/when it will be taken down. Let me know a good mirror to upload it to.

 

[samoilaaa]

the world looks/feels so dead , nothing reacts to anything

 

[BbMajor7th]

*Swan dives into a pile of hay*. NPC: 'I've seen enough'.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Dull

 

[Zheph]

Unconvincing

Cuddling the cat is the best moment

 

[baphomet]

The fact that this series made it past the first game tells me everything I need to know about how bad the average gamer's taste in games is.

 

[supernova8]

Whenever I hear the old woman's voice all I can see is:

 

[Punished Miku]

Not bad. The training montage is pretty good. Definitely more focus on stealth throughout the video. I'll get it on sale.

 

[GymWolf]

Whenever I hear the old woman's voice all I can see is:

They are over-using her in videogames lately.

 

[supernova8]

They are over-using her in videogames lately.

What other games is she in?

Problem is her voice is too unique. It's literally in Sylvester Stallone territory.

 

[GymWolf]

What other games is she in?

Problem is her voice is too unique. It's literally in Sylvester Stallone territory.

I think i heard her in other games recently, i have to check.

Yeah her voice is pretty unique, you have to smoke 5 packs of cigs everyday for 20 years to get close.

 

[Luipadre]

Yeeeeeah im gonna pass on this one.

 

[FunkMiller]

Are these games even trying to stick to an overall narrative arc anymore?

This just looks like the first game again.

 

[Success]

This legit looks like a mid-gen PS4 game in both graphics and gameplay.

What the hell went wrong?

 

[balls of snow]

Whenever I hear the old woman's voice all I can see is:

And that Quarian in Tali's loyalty mission.

Also, preordered lets go.

 

[A Most Virtuous Cat]

It looks dated, both the graphics and the gameplay.

 

[A Most Virtuous Cat]

What the hell went wrong?

This:

Also, preordered lets go.

 

[Crispy Gamer]

Damn it's an updated build too

 

[CuNi]

First, I'd like to say I only played the first AC, but except for a few entries (the Pirate one and the Greek one), to me, they all look 95% the same.
Good for them, but honestly, I don't know how those games managed to survive that long.

 

[Zuzu]

I watched the whole video. Nothing looks bad per se but it’s just a typical casual mainstream AAA game. Parkour looks simplistic, combat and stealth are simplistic. Boring x-ray vision dependent stealth. Graphics range from average to quite nice. Oh well, it’ll sell enough to churn out the next one.

 

[Nankatsu]

Easy skip. PS Plus will give it in the future.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

This legit looks like a mid-gen PS4 game in both graphics and gameplay.

What the hell went wrong?

Nothing, it’s bland by design. McDonald’s of videogames.

 

[wipeout364]

I wonder when this game does poorly will Ubisoft say “ see we told you, people want games that are bloated messes laden with micro transactions “

Ubisoft seems like they are in a bad place these days, I hope they don’t go under/get acquired but they need to get things turned around ASAP.

 

[balls of snow]

This:

Hey give me another game where I can tour Baghdad's golden age. Im sure theres a million of em you can list right. Right?
UBi makes some good research into building their cities so get off your gamer high horse and play those civilisation games over there in silence.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I wonder when this game does poorly will Ubisoft say “ see we told you, people want games that are bloated messes laden with micro transactions “

Ubisoft seems like they are in a bad place these days, I hope they don’t go under/get acquired but they need to get things turned around ASAP.

This one should do pretty good since there are many fans who were asking for a return to the old AC style. It's also priced lower at €50 which will help move plenty of units.

 

[jezhumphrey75]

seen it all before (all games)....everythings been done too death, got no interest in new games anymore.

 

[Fahdis]

People seem to be hell bent on the destruction of certain franchises because it doesn't tickle their fancy. If you're looking for a gourmet meal that is subjective to your enjoyment, go ahead. McDonalds is sometimed alright. I am sure most of you have many games to play. Or is GAF just about complaints now? You've been playing the same shit since 2002 anyways with some condiments added here and there.

 

[Hudo]

Man, I always wish that Ubisoft would start to give more shits about the world and work on the world-reactivity.

 

[kikkis]

Dunno why they went back to assassinations style gameplay. To me it's dull as hell.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Looks alright to me. I just got into this series a month or so ago, been playing through most of them. I kinda love them, even the newer games (Played Origins and Odyssey so far of the newer ones) just in a different way.

 

[SJRB]

This legit looks like a mid-gen PS4 game in both graphics and gameplay.

What the hell went wrong?

This started as DLC for Valhalla, but was made into a stand-alone game along the way. Smaller budget, smaller team.

It looks like a last-gen game because it is.

 

[blastprocessor]

Visually looks out of date now with it's cross gen roots.

 

[Kikorin]

I was bored to death by this series after the second one, it blows my mind people still playing these games. After more than a decade seems absolutely nothing has changed, to be fair I remember animations and city of AC2 looking better than this, and I remember seeing my brother playing Unity and looking miles better.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Yeah her voice is pretty unique, you have to smoke 5 packs of cigs everyday for 20 years to get close.

I have..

..I'm not even close.

 

[lh032]

Same shit, same bloated content

 

[GHG]

What a load of crap this looks like.

 

[CGNoire]

I was bored to death by this series after the second one, it blows my mind people still playing these games. After more than a decade seems absolutely nothing has changed, to be fair I remember animations and city of AC2 looking better than this, and I remember seeing my brother playing Unity and looking miles better.

They sacrificed POP for this

 

[Sybrix]

I was bored to death by this series after the second one, it blows my mind people still playing these games. After more than a decade seems absolutely nothing has changed, to be fair I remember animations and city of AC2 looking better than this, and I remember seeing my brother playing Unity and looking miles better.

Couldn't have put it better myself.

I don't know whos playing Assassins Creed now, it can only be new players who never played AC1,2,3 etc.

The games are so dreadfully dull now it's amazing Ubisoft still pump this shit out.

 

[Lokaum D+]

 

[VN1X]

Dreadfull.

Hopefully the samurai one is gonna look better.

This feels like C team.

Scanning through the footage now and what makes you say it looks dreadfull?

I haven't played an AC game since ACII and Origins so maybe I'm missing something?

 

[Gamezone]

Looks the same as every other game in the series.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Really, it looks like Origins with better freerunning animations. I'm ok with that, but it's gonna be tough to top Origins and Bayek's journey. I hope it's a return to form, but it's been so formulaic for so long that pretty much everyone knows what to expect at this point, and other than digital tourism, there's not too much excitement with the series in my opinion.

I really wished they hadn't messed up Unity's launch so badly, because it's such an awesome game when running on appropriate hardware, and the freerunning had never been better before or since. It felt like it drastically changed the direction of the series since then. They really haven't done well with the series since Origins and I'm well over it. I'll pick it up on a sale way in the future. Ubisoft games never hold value long and picking it up day one is usually not worth it.

 

[GrayChild]

Armored Core 6 was great though.

 

[Evil Calvin]

1. Looks drab like Origins and Odyssey
2. Looks worse than Odyssey?
3. Nothing new at all from what I watched

That said.....I still might get it. But getting tired of all of these brick and dirt buildings. I miss the old Italian and English architecture. It must be laziness as it takes lots of work to make a game that detailed. Just throw some sand and bricks together, copy/paste and call it a day. Sad.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Is this the PS3 version? Visually leaves a lot to be desired but I'm still cautiously optimistic, let's see how things turn out.

 

[Larxia]

It's so weird how I used to be a huge fan of this series back in the day, and how I don't care about it at all today.

There are some exceptions, like black flag being pretty cool as a pirate game, but in general the real essence of the series died when Patrice Desilets left. 1, 2 and Brotherhood had something quite unique, the sci-fi aspect was really good and interesting, there was something with the atmosphere and all the secrets, but even in the following games with Desmond where Desilets wasn't there, it wasn't the same already. AC 3 was pretty rushed and I wish I could have seen the conclusion to Desmond's arc if it all remained under the same direction as the first episodes.

Some games are still decent, black flag, Unity (although way too bugged sadly), but it's not quite as special as it was before. The AC Fatigue obviously played a huge role in that too, and not just AC. When AC1 came out, even if it was quite repetitive in itself, it was a new design we didn't see before, but after this game, EVERY open world in existence copied this formula, so obviously none of these games feel unique anymore. I saw a video interview with Patrice Desilets where he, while laughing, apologize for creating the ubi tower, because he didn't imagine they would ruin the future of video games like this .

I used to love them, but I can't play games like this anymore, where I know exactly how it will be before even playing the game.

 

[MikeM]

I’m so burnt out by these AC games. Not picking this one up.

Still struggling to get through Origins.