CyberPunked
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It does now. I can preload starting tomorrow because I'm in the UK which has a release date of the 13th
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Assassin's Creed Unity |OT| Liberté, égalité, parité
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Wow that's sad. Ubi, if you want to move this stuff ahead you should at least do basic things like making it so I don't have to wait hours more to play it on your own store than on someone else's.
Spazznid
Member
I have a spare code for the Xbone if you want to purchase it. I extended an invitation to someone else, so you'll have to wait until I confirm if they want it first, but if not, send me a PM if you're interested.
Krappadizzle
Gold Member
My buddy just gifted this to me on Steam. So Tuesday is Master Chief Collection, AC:Unity, and Valkryia Chronicles(Different buddy gifted this to me saying I have to play it) on Steam. Holy shit so many games. Fucking excellent.
Krappadizzle
Gold Member
SlasherJPC
Banned
You have nice friends then lol
SilentFlyer
Member
PM sent.
Not getting a preload option here. Are you sure you're able to?
Krappadizzle
Gold Member
We're called the Best Friends Club.
ToVenusAndBack
Member
Can I join haha!
kitschbeam
Member
Sold my CoD:AW for this game.
yes
If one of you wants to sell his unity code for cheap to make a gaffer a good week, send me a pm ^_^""
Yes it was mistake. Only UK version should be removed but Valve removed games in all regions. Next day everything was fine.
3507, but who's counting.
Yeah, they were removed worldwide in error.
Not that I can provide supporting evidence, but I guarantee you it wasn't Valve. Just as how the games not being available in the UK has nothing to do with Valve despite Ubi's hot air implying the contrary.
Edit:
I'd planned on finishing LibHD before Unity, but alas it didn't happen. I realise the game is a product of the limited hardware it was originally envisioned for, however even with that in mind I can't entirely forgive just how bland a game it is.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
I can never see that AA technique without doing a doubletake on its name. Quincunx sounds like a gamergate hashtag.
Then Ubi guy/girl didn't read memo to the end XD He/Her saw remove games from Steam part but not in UK only part XD
CyberPunked
Member
Can confirm. I can preload now actually
Yeah, I think what happened is that the games were made available on the UK store by an employee who wasn't aware that they're supposed to be unavailable and another employee (or perhaps the same one) later mistakenly yanked the games from Steam entirely instead of just from the UK store. Additionally, since Ubi had just a few days earlier claimed to be in talks with Valve regarding the availability of the games on Steam UK, it was decided to keep them off for a day to make it seem as though there was an ongoing problem somehow related to the aforementioned discussions.
You know, I played it over the summer on PC after nearly giving up on Vita. And at times, it really did feel like a chore. The outfit notoriety system felt unique to me, but eeek I really disliked The Lady outfit (both in concept and in navigation). By restricting traversal to force blending, flirting and parasol attacks, I was just not feeling that aspect of it at all.
I really enjoyed New Orleans, and the Bayou was fun to explore- but it sure showed it's handheld roots. I think Aveline was an awesome Assassin- her rapport with Gérald was so awkward, and kind of rad. I've got a real love/hate thing for the smaller American cities in AC games.
The outfit system could have been rather neat if Ubi had designed the missions around all three and left the question of "Which one would work best here?" up to the player. Speaking of Aveline herself, though, what irks me is that I'd held off on the Aveline DLC for Black Flag in anticipation of first completing LibHD, but now I don't know if I'll ever get around to it, haha. If only the game hadn't been added to GameSave Manager too early!
I was about 2/3rds through the game before I lost my save.Sounds good. But I need to know how are the assassinations so far? AC 1 and 2 good or Black Flag's level of laziness?
Really hope this will turn out to be true.
Glorious thread title. I'm interested in the game, Paris in particular looks great but I need to learn more about the mission design, combat and story to figure out when I'm going to get it.
lordfuzzybutt
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Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Lol, very clever.
No. Valve still has to change release states manually -- which is why publishers can't unlock games on weekends -- and it's currently 1:30am over in Bellevue, so in all likelihood the switch won't be flipped for another few hours.
Sodding_Gamer
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The frame rate issue in the Chapelle is definitely a bug. I saw a twitch streamer showing off the Xbone version and it did the exact same thing in one specific area whilst hanging near a window. From what I've seen so far it looks quite unpolished but still fun. Parkour looks great.
Spacecowboy77
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d00d3n
Member
Ok, thanks. Still plenty of time to download the game before release though (although maybe not for me if I have to do it through VPN or wait another day ...)
What irked me the most of what I've seen played so far is that all NPCs seem to be Japanese magical girls: once they pass a certain "distance to player character" threshold they will magically change into new costumes.
Sitting on a roof and just watching the crowd below was hilarious. Women would suddenly *poof* into extravagant dresses while they were just wearing a simple coat before. Men changed into entirely different costumes altogether, with other colors than they were wearing before, making the change completely obvious. I don't know the exact technical terms used for these things and there probably is one but it's obvious that the game loads more detailed models when NPCs come closer. Which is nothing new - I've seen that happen in other games. But Unity simply makes it way too obvious because the transition between "simple clothes" to "detailed clothes" is too big.
It's very jarring when you're running through the streets and see these things pop up like that all around you. Completely takes you out of the game.
Very curious how reviews will turn out.
Sitting on a roof and just watching the crowd below was hilarious. Women would suddenly *poof* into extravagant dresses while they were just wearing a simple coat before. Men changed into entirely different costumes altogether, with other colors than they were wearing before, making the change completely obvious. I don't know the exact technical terms used for these things and there probably is one but it's obvious that the game loads more detailed models when NPCs come closer. Which is nothing new - I've seen that happen in other games. But Unity simply makes it way too obvious because the transition between "simple clothes" to "detailed clothes" is too big.
It's very jarring when you're running through the streets and see these things pop up like that all around you. Completely takes you out of the game.
Very curious how reviews will turn out.
Wat - Tell me more. Something like that exists?
yep but not sure if its bigfixed enough - didnt get to the DLC yet, but works fine on my Uplay copy , but not sure if it can mess up something as the version i have can also unlock Deluxe ed. content which is kinda grey area and might mess up something on Uplay
I'm watching some story recaps of the previous games, and I found a 4 hour AC3 video where someone edited all the custcenes and important story moments into a movie. I stopped playing AC3 because of constant crashes and bad performance on PC, but I have to say I'm pretty into the story. Connor seems like a great character to me. Untraditional, yes, but interesting. Could be that the editor chose to portray him differently, but the video seems to be pretty much every cutscene.
Really recommended.
Really recommended.
GrizzleBoy
Banned
I cant believe I'm buying another game this year...... wtf.......
dampflokfreund
Banned
The minimum PC specs are ridiculous. Why won't Ubisoft give a shit about optimizing...
Mind sending me a PM with a link or something, if you have one? That's very interesting, indeed.
I didn't check the specs until now. 680 minimum HAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh Ubisoft.
Isn't Quebecois closer to what French sounded like in the late 1700s than today's Parisian French is?
Perfect.