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Assassin's Creed Unity Info from Game Informer
- Thread starter Deadly Cyclone
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How about what the hell happened to any of the plot points that Clay/Subject 16 was rambling on about in AC2&Brotherhood only to be dropped in ACR?
"Fuck it all!" - Ubisoft 2011
It makes me wonder how Altair's character was received when the first game came out.
Yes, it's good, and if you're in the mood for AC it will definitely scratch that itch really well.
eh. Its the only assassins creed game that I don't like.
heard it's mediocre. everyone told me to play the HD remaster over the Vita one because of controls and framerate. i might just play my Vita copy first and see if it's really that bad technically.
The fact they keep dropping plot points in AC is so fucking frustrating. Just make it like Zelda and have a timeline without some thing trying to connect all the games together.
They would be so much better without the animus or the modern day stuff.
It stinks because I actually really like the modern day stuff, but even that deteriorated by Brotherhood's ending and made worse by Revelations (actually, you can even say it started going down the shitter with ACII's ending with the start of the whole "end of the world" plot). After that it's just a mess. I liked ACIV's take on it, feeling removed was a nice change of pace, but I'm incredibly intrigued by what Unity will do for sure.
keltickennedy
Member
He does have a ship and helped out Gilbert du Motier....just saying. I wouldn't be surprised if he shows up for a bit in Unity.
Mass Effect
Member
Legitimately excited for Unity. I felt burned by 3 so bad I still haven't even played Black Flag yet despite the praise it received. But everything I've seen and heard about Unity has been great so far, so I remain very hopeful for it.
I'm also glad they are going back to Europe. It will be nice to have proper cities again. Everything was just too sparse in 3, even more so with Black Flag.
I'm also glad they are going back to Europe. It will be nice to have proper cities again. Everything was just too sparse in 3, even more so with Black Flag.
Ascenion
Member
It's frustrating I know and its 100% because after Brotherhood and mega fame they really didn't know what to do with the metastory and they fucked up. However AC3 presented the chance for a soft reboot and so far so good imo. I'll give them the chance to make it work better.
Doubtful unless they pull a Halo Reach level retcon. His story has been told and finished and has had its influence on the series.
TranceKuja
Member
Hopefully no more auto-fail also means less tailing missions in general. I'm playing through AC4 now and enjoying it but like 80 percent of every mission has you slowly follow some people. Every time I think to myself: who actually thinks this is fun? Apparently everyone on the team does or something because it's not one or two but a ton of missions.
It also makes the plot harder to follow for me, because my brain can't listen to a conversation while I have to use full capacity apparently to plan my route/not be seen/improvise when controls fail. Annoying and confusing.
Am looking forward to Unity though. I think/hope the stealth-button will make a lot of difference.
Also I kind of enjoy the future conspiracy-storyline thing. Don't mind that they keep it, if they do.
It also makes the plot harder to follow for me, because my brain can't listen to a conversation while I have to use full capacity apparently to plan my route/not be seen/improvise when controls fail. Annoying and confusing.
Am looking forward to Unity though. I think/hope the stealth-button will make a lot of difference.
Also I kind of enjoy the future conspiracy-storyline thing. Don't mind that they keep it, if they do.
All I really wanted was for the game to go deeper with the Adam and Eve stuff, with possibly even a playable Eden part.
All those little puzzles and then the 'truth' video were some of my favourite parts of the series but after they ignored them they even went and fucked up the Desmond stuff too by completely ruining his story and giving him a shit ending and depriving me of the 'current day' Desmond game the first games were all leading up to.
"Hey desmond we need you to learn all the ancestor skills and abilities so we can stop the Templars/Abstergo evil plans to enslave the world using pieces of Eden"
Cue some short platform sequences and watch him touch a giant ball of death.
Fuck you Ubisoft. Yes, I'm still salty.
All those little puzzles and then the 'truth' video were some of my favourite parts of the series but after they ignored them they even went and fucked up the Desmond stuff too by completely ruining his story and giving him a shit ending and depriving me of the 'current day' Desmond game the first games were all leading up to.
"Hey desmond we need you to learn all the ancestor skills and abilities so we can stop the Templars/Abstergo evil plans to enslave the world using pieces of Eden"
Cue some short platform sequences and watch him touch a giant ball of death.
Fuck you Ubisoft. Yes, I'm still salty.
Angelus Errare
Banned
It'll be released....on 3DS. :3
I'm actually really excited for this one. I think the premise of Rogue sounds more interesting but I can't ignore the updates in this one. Will probably buy both :3
Though admittedly ACIII being the mess that it is certainly didn't help people come around to Connor either.
But Altaïr wasn't boring. He actually had character progression and a personality that wasn't renascent of a pile of stones.
Though admittedly ACIII being the mess that it is certainly didn't help people come around to Connor either.
Scrooge McDuck
Member
Aa, this and Rayman are the only Ubisoft franchises I play. Which of other games' defining feature are they implementing into this?
I think Connor would be better received if he's not so intense all the time. It gets exhausting sometimes. I like his "downtime" self during the Homestead missions.
Don't even joke, bro.
I liked how he is. I liked that he didn't let anyone weasel out of anything and call their asses out on their bullshit. One of the best things about Connor is the perspective he offers us. The game could've easily been about some colonial dude who knows he has to fight for freedom without question and gets it in the end. Here, we have a hardened guy who continues to lose everything.
Plus, he had a mouth at times. (Haytham sequence).
Homestead missions were fantasic for expanding Connor's character more. They're easily my favorite missions in the game as he builds his own little America and helps people get married lol.
All I remember is everyone hated his voice.
MaximusPayne
Member
cool story, bra
Yea, It was a pretty flat performance.
Scorpion Soldier
Member
From what little I remember, I concur. It was nice to have him back for Revelations.
GuitarAtomik
Member
He wasn't received well. He came across as kind of an arrogant dick in the beginning and, though that was the point of the intro, he has so little character after that it still remains the most memorable thing about him. So basically he was kind of a bland, boring, blank slate who's only real character trait was that he was kind of a dick at one point. People were super happy when it became obvious that Ezio was going to have an actual personality.
Yeah, the VA for the first game was arabic, but they told him not to use his accent. What a waste.
Luckily for the VA in Revelations they didn't hold back.
It was cool to finally see him putting the pieces back together in his head by the end, but yeah, he's a douche and it's essentially his fall from grace story.
Ezio on the other hand, for me, was better in Brohood and Revelations. I dunno why I couldn't get into his character in II.
Boombloxer
Member
Control-F "Ships"
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Yea, fuck ships. It's in Rogue, and should stay there. That boat shit is not welcome.
Ezio is the best Assassin so far, period. Beats everyone else by a mile.
Altair was wood.
Really looking forward to this.
People who claim Connor didn't have character progression didn't play the same game I did. Like what are people talking about? Connor went from a young naive boy with a "good vs evil" worldview, to someone who by the end of the game understands everything he's been led to believe has been total bullshit.
Kssio_Aug
Member
Control-F "Ships"
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Thank god no. I mean, I liked the ships on ACIV but I dont want AC to be turned into a pirate game. They should do a proper franchise with it imo.
About those infos, that adapting system that no longer let missions "auto-fail" can be by itself a huge improvement to the game.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Ezio really was the best protagonist thus far. I did like Connor, but I felt like Ubi gutted some of the more interesting stuff from his story and screwed around with the pacing, which makes him look worse than he is. Altair's okay too, but he has a terrible VA in the first game, but Revelations has a great capper for his tale. Edward came off as kind of a selfish twat. I can see that they were trying to make him more charming, but I never warmed up to him. Heytham was interesting. Adewale was decent. I haven't played Liberation.
I have high hopes for Arno.
I have high hopes for Arno.
SJRB
Gold Member
Ezio is a fucking sociopath. He was good in ACII and Brotherhood, but turned into a psycho during Revelations.
GameAddict411
Member
Nice improvements! Too bad I will be too busy this fall to play anything.
keltickennedy
Member
It would be a first for the series if there wasn't an option in the game. I'm 99.9% sure there will be audio language options.
Btw, I think the games have always had really good french VO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uzFuT8AwfI
Are you talking about the more murderous methods of killing during combat in Revelations? That's pretty easy to understand why. Look at the progression from ACII-Revelations.
In ACII he's a novice, his moves are pretty standard.
In Brotherhood, his moves are much flashier, for example the way he uses his pistol or counters enemies.
In Revelations, the man is tired of it. That's what the game is about in terms of his character progression. He's done it all and is just taking a solo journey to get some questions answered he had lingering for awhile. Combat-wise, it's no wonder he just goes straight for the kill, however brutal it is. Ezio just wants to end it and move on.
But those damn Janissaries.
GameAddict411
Member
No no no, ezio by far the most annoying characters last gen. The most terrible un-natural accent...ugh and the forced pervey behavior another turn off.
SJRB
Gold Member
It's not the combat, but his actions.
His selfish acts gets the entire Assassin order in Istanbul killed. He also destroys that cave-city and subsequently kills hundreds if not thousands of people by setting it ablaze. If not dead they're homeless. And for what? To capture one templar who, as it turns out, isn't even the man Ezio was looking for in the first place.
Which is why I really hate Revelations. There's no "revelation" to be found anywhere, and instead a previously smart and capable guy turns into this murderous lunatic.
Which is why I really hate Revelations. There's no "revelation" to be found anywhere, and instead a previously smart and capable guy turns into this murderous lunatic.
I loved the boats, it adds that feeling of exploration and adventure. Something Brotherhood and Revelations lacked and II could have done better.
In terms of best Assassins
I
say Kenway is best Assassin, in terms of personality
and Altair best Assassin in terms of most deadly/professional Assassin, as well as the wisest of the bunch
It's been awhile since I played Revelations, but:
His selfish act, did you mean when he gets the clan to help him storm Ahmet? I don't remember the order being wiped out in the game at all. I know some died with Yusuf for Sofia, but nothing specific. The city was rebuilt, though, sure a lot of people probably died, but how was he supposed to know about Ahmet before hand?
But to be fair, he did take out Tarik. Big mistake that he quickly realizes as it's too late. That and utterly fails to assassinate Shahkulu, even in "the white (black?) room" reminiscent of Rodrigo. Plus, he has poor aim in the Forum of Ox mission.
If anything, I'd just chalk it up to his age. Dude was worn out and finally admits it to himself in the first mission going up the water-wheel. Ezio clearly didn't have his head on all the way throughout the game, even before it starts with the intro cinematic with him being distracted by visions of Altair mid-battle.
But to be fair, he did take out Tarik. Big mistake that he quickly realizes as it's too late. That and utterly fails to assassinate Shahkulu, even in "the white (black?) room" reminiscent of Rodrigo. Plus, he has poor aim in the Forum of Ox mission.
If anything, I'd just chalk it up to his age. Dude was worn out and finally admits it to himself in the first mission going up the water-wheel. Ezio clearly didn't have his head on all the way throughout the game, even before it starts with the intro cinematic with him being distracted by visions of Altair mid-battle.
GuitarAtomik
Member
I really liked Connor. I think if you don't bother with most of the Homestead stuff, he kind of just comes across as constantly pissed and confrontational, but I played all of them and they really highlight how he is with "normal" people and the "lighter" side of him. The Homestead stuff was probably my favorite part about AC3.
Gaffercake
Member
Brand new video full of alpha and prototype game footage, apologies if already posted:
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featu...he-new-gameplay-of-assassins-creed-unity.aspx
Thread worthy? Someone make one
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featu...he-new-gameplay-of-assassins-creed-unity.aspx
Thread worthy? Someone make one
He spends most of the game with hypocrites and liars, calls them out on their bullshit, and then gets criticized for being stubborn and pissy. Like what? Not to mention he's essentially a kid throughout the whole game, and people expect him to be all knowing and perfect. People don't want video game protagonists to be believable, they want perfect persona's they as the player can latch onto in order to fulfill some player fantasy, which Ezio is the embodiment of. It's a shame the storytelling is so disjointed, otherwise I feel Connor would be a more liked character.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
I get to play the game like an open world splinter cell. HNGGG
SJRB
Gold Member
Trigger = Run
Trigger + A = Climb up [parkour up]
Trigger + B = Climb down [parkour down]
So you'll never randomly run up a wall or get stuck on a treebranch or whatever when running ever again. God bless them for fixing an issue that's been an annoyance since the very first game.
Sword Of Doom
Member
Reading the first few items this sounds like "Assassin's Destiny"
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Hmm, this sounds pretty cool. Might be my first AC game!
GuitarAtomik
Member
Yep. Pretty much. If you really think about the context of his more "pissy" convos/actions they make sense. Considering the people he's talking to, the information he has access to at given times, and his previous experiences, it's no wonder he's so confrontational with them. Once he's put more in a situation where he's not looked down on and tasked with helping regular well meaning/good people just going about their lives, he's about as altruistic as you can get.