JimmyRustler
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None of the AC games was shitty....Gemüsepizza;182536553 said:
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Assassin's Creed Syndicate |OT| Once more unto the glitch
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Ah come on, 3 happened. I'm not a fan of some of them but I won't argue that they're shitty (and I've not got around to Unity yet... Maybe one day), but 3 is god awful.
What did you not like about it?
Gemüsepizza
Member
I played all of them, imo AC III and Unity have been quite bad. And the story is getting worse everytime since Desmond's departure.
I don't think that all Ubisoft games are shitty.
I like the AC series. What I don't like is what Ubisoft is doing with those games recently. AC has so much potential and deserves better. I don't know yet if I will like AC Syndicate. But considering that I didn't like Unity that much, I am very sceptical. As are other people. Why do you go out of your way and try to defend a game which isn't even out yet?
Ship tailing in BF wasn't as bad as doing it on foot I found.
Welp, at least they've cut back on tailing for Syndicate from what I gather.
The modern story acted as a real drive for me to push and made me feel like I was going somewhere. I get we can't have a resolution as AC series must be annual/live on forever but a little more effort and cohesion there would be appreciated.
It would also be nice to finally get to play as a guy or girl in the modern day with Assassino abilities akin to Desmond. Who didn't enjoy parkouring in that Italian villa?haha
Probably one of the most unlikable main characters I've ever had the mis-fortune of playing with and the game drags on and on at the start going through his life as a kid with me thinking I just want to parkour some stuff. Then you finally can and the big wide open towns don't lend themselves to playing an actual Assassins Creed game and manage to make the bollocks missions like following someone even worse because of it. Those types of missions where even in the fun AC games, I would sigh when they happened, but now amplified to a massive extent because of the dull environment, horrible character you're controlling and generally not caring about the story.
Ship stuff was good though, so I was very glad they focused on that as the redeeming feature of AC3 and basically made a game around it.
ricardo_sousa11
Member
I think it looks quite bad compared to Unity, apart from some places, it looks quite terrible.
GlamFM
Banned
Maybe they should just make Black Flag 2 and ditch Assassins Creed in the title.
Review embargo lifts in how many hours?
Impulsor
Member
1:40 h
The best thing about Unity was that it got rid of most of the tailing missions. I think there was one in the main storyline and one or two in side missions.
Acquiescence
Member
That original banner lol! Assassin's Creed is just such an easy target by this point, but Ubisoft did it all unto themselves, so you can't say it's undeserved.
What time does the embargo lift today then? I'm curious to see how this scores in comparison to Unity. nvm
Yeah it looks worse but I'd take dynamic day/night over Unity's graphics any day
Yeah, I'm not pleased with an OT like that when we have no conclusive evidence that the game will be resembling Unity in terms of glitches or overall quality.
At this point, after enduring the whole narrative this game has been subjected to, I want it to score 9s across the board just so there's a crow banquet.
At this point, after enduring the whole narrative this game has been subjected to, I want it to score 9s across the board just so there's a crow banquet.
I saw an unusual glitch in two of the streams I've watched where the character models are missing during the first cutscene where they meet the Scottish lady on the train. Every other stream I've watched is fine so I'm not quite sure what caused it. They were all on PS4. It's not a big deal to me but I could see it being posted online a lot if it happens when the game comes out.
Seems like the modern story is mostly told in the numbered series
3 closed desmond story as he saved the world from the premonition he saw in the first Assassins creed
4 opened up new avenues with the Sage trying to bring back the ancient woman. And now we are collecting artifacts of eden to achieve that goal
mumbles365
Banned
Sounds like your sense of humor needs a patch. Stop getting so offended, it's tongue in cheek and the OP itself gave out all the information.
I'm so sorry that OP didnt worship AC in his post so that you wouldnt be offended.
Impulsor
Member
They did not close a thing.3 ended in a Huge cliffhanger, even with what happened at the end, and they ditched that storyline right after 3.
4 has an insignificant future story arc in comparison. And now Syndicate too? So yeah, why not just forget about it, like it never even happened, and that's it.
Speaking of, have Ubi said what they're doing with numbers and subtitles now? Is there a strategy, or just doing what feels right?
Seemed like it was going to be a number for each new character in history at one point and the numbered entries sold a lot better with 3 doing gangbusters. So they did 4 straight after, now we've had all subtitles, but new characters each time. I'm not sure if they've totally ditched numbers or what.
soon.......
If Videogamer have a 'special' video, they either love the game or hate it. They tend not to do them for middling games.
birthbysleep
Member
Ubi's new mantra with this series is making it as accessible as possible. Adding a number makes the average consumer less likely to pick up a game with a 5 if they haven't played 1-4.
Also probably why the modern story/over-arching plot is all but gone, too.
Robot Pants
Member
Pretty much all of them after brotherhood
Jim will love it I'm sure. He gave Unity an 8 or a 9 though so he may feel obliged to give this one a bad score to recover his credibility in the office.
It will probably be glitches video.
What cliffhanger was left?
Oh you mean the cliffhanger where Juno said shes coming back and that the assassins would have to prepare for the war
Which is what we are doing now collecting the pieces of Eden to bring Juno back
AHA-Lambda
Member
Uni said before they're stopping numbers for AC
Burns gave impressions on the newest podcast, seemed to dislike it. Better than Unity still crap.
The special thing could be a gaf joke though
Except 4 was amazing and Rouge was decent.
Impulsor
Member
up till 3 the future story arc was advancing a lot. 4 did almost nothing with it and almost completely left Desmond out. I can't even remember about Unity either. Did they do something with that one?
I just hope they do something incredible with the future arc, on this game or in the next.
One question though, is the future character of this game the same one than 4?
Shift Breaker
Member
I'm pretty sure that OTs for sequels often tend to reference their predecessors. Unity was, at launch, a glitchy mess. With how unsure we are about this game yet, I'd say this sort of OT is fair game, especially as it's just the title and banners, rather than going GLITCH LOL at every opportunity.
Ennosuke
Member
I tend to agree, but I wouldn't say shitty. I would prefer almost shitty, but definitely bad.
The modern plot isn't in the future, it's in the present time.
And I don't think we'll ever play as the same character than in AC4. Since AC4 we don't play an important character with a multi-games plot. We juste play a random man/woman that use an Abstergo product. In AC:BF it was some using it for work, in AC:Unity it was someone playing with it.
i didn't like AC3 either. hated the main character and thought the story was boring. BUT...AC3 was far from shitty. big rigs is shitty. robocop is shitty. unearthed is shitty. AC3 was just average for an AC game.
So by your logic no AAA title can be shitty? If production values are there even tho as a videogame is crap it can't be defined as shitty?
Well, I don't know what I expected to read in a AC thread.
TheSlySoul
Member
Considering their preview, 4/10 is my guess.
soon.......
Hope it is a glitch video.
Unity modern story:
"Hey you, guy playing the Abstergo video game (Helix machine.)
You're an assassin descendant you know. Come help us random assassin folks find pieces of Eden!"
Laughable.
Jim is like the Crossing Eden of Videogamer so unless his taste in games has drastically changed in the year since he gave Unity an 8 I doubt it.
EDIT: Or unless Steve Burns is reviewing it
Actually no, they don't say you are an assassin descendant. Lore wise, Helix let anyone explore a DNA history. So it's more like:
"Hey you, guy playing the Abstergo video game (Helix machine.)
Abstergo is not showing you the true history. Come help us random assassin folks find pieces of Eden!"
AHA-Lambda
Member
Even Jim's opinion is starting to waver on AC. He's by no means an apologist, and recognises it's getting stale.
SlipperyFishes
Banned
Y'all are going to be very surprised when the reviews hit. Very.
I think he's just embarrassed. Deep down he still loves it
Eh, big AC fan here and always will be. I like each game for what it is and am excited for each and every one regardless of reviews.
I really wish people would stop assuming something is bad just because of someone elses experience or opinion. You're going to miss out on some real gems if you do
I really wish people would stop assuming something is bad just because of someone elses experience or opinion. You're going to miss out on some real gems if you do
everybody is expecting low scores. does this mean the game is good?
Impulsor
Member
Sorry for that little detail, it was a way of referencing that it's in the future from the Assassin character you are playing.
And yeah, it's laughable, even though you aren't really told you are a descendant, just that abstergo is lying and they want your help.
Got fresh crow in the fridge marinating right now.