Chû Totoro
Member
If Unity is not broken any more I may buy it now. Does free roaming is fun? I mean if I'm mostly interested in doing random things and parkour in Paris am I going to enjoy it?
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Assasins Creed Syndicate
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Chû Totoro
Member
Will try then. Find it for 30, physical version. I'm not expecting much and Black Flag wasn't for me so if Unity is more like previous ones and now that it's not broken I may at least enjoy one of the main appeal of the franchise : historical setting.
I just wish they would make a few changes in gameplay and put less shitty activities to do.
Mass_Pincup
Banned
Criticism are perfectly normal if you played the game which is not the case of a lot of posters. I won't go to a Destiny thread to say that the game is bad or boring if I haven't played it.
Valonquar
Member
I pre-ordered the deluxe edition of Unity, and now I'll never buy another AC game until bargin bin. Unity was so fucking terrible in every regard it isn't funny.
The new engine allows the developers to create cities in a fraction of the time by reusing assets to generate entire towns that you're supposed to not notice how much is being rehashed... but it's so cookie cutter it isn't funny, especially from rooftop.
The map screen is such a vomit filled mess of icons it's a challenge to even select the correct waypoint without hitting another icon by mistake. The online components are all over the place as well, and some collectibles reset, becoming recollectible. This means even if you try to sweep up everything, the game starts shitting all over the map again.
The combat changes continue to be lame. Sure combat got easy by AC3, but at least it looked really cool the way everything chained together in large groups. How is getting gaffled and dying by more than 4 guys more fun than murdering a 20 guys?
The storyline in Unity was so terrible and trope driven it was hard to play all the way through. There's literally no reason to care about the love interest woman at all, and the main character is a complete twat, even by Nathan Drake standards.
The game was so buggy that my first hour of the game featured me fall through the world map TWICE trying to chase someone in the first mission. It's the first time I attempted to ask for a return on PSN (which was unceremoniously denied) and has made me wary of digital purchases altogether.
Even with all that, I do somehow still enjoy the core mechanics of the games, and the very tiny slivers of sci-fi they throw in the storyline occasionally. Maybe when Syndicate hits sub $25 I'll give it a whirl, but not before. Too many RPGs out now to play anyhow.
The new engine allows the developers to create cities in a fraction of the time by reusing assets to generate entire towns that you're supposed to not notice how much is being rehashed... but it's so cookie cutter it isn't funny, especially from rooftop.
The map screen is such a vomit filled mess of icons it's a challenge to even select the correct waypoint without hitting another icon by mistake. The online components are all over the place as well, and some collectibles reset, becoming recollectible. This means even if you try to sweep up everything, the game starts shitting all over the map again.
The combat changes continue to be lame. Sure combat got easy by AC3, but at least it looked really cool the way everything chained together in large groups. How is getting gaffled and dying by more than 4 guys more fun than murdering a 20 guys?
The storyline in Unity was so terrible and trope driven it was hard to play all the way through. There's literally no reason to care about the love interest woman at all, and the main character is a complete twat, even by Nathan Drake standards.
The game was so buggy that my first hour of the game featured me fall through the world map TWICE trying to chase someone in the first mission. It's the first time I attempted to ask for a return on PSN (which was unceremoniously denied) and has made me wary of digital purchases altogether.
Even with all that, I do somehow still enjoy the core mechanics of the games, and the very tiny slivers of sci-fi they throw in the storyline occasionally. Maybe when Syndicate hits sub $25 I'll give it a whirl, but not before. Too many RPGs out now to play anyhow.
keltickennedy
Member
Chû Totoro;182323344 said:
Free running is slightly different from previous games. I see a lot of players still holding down the RT+A combo all the time. They made it so you only use that for approaching vertical walls and to perform bigger jumps. The quick descend is also a really good addition.
RowdyReverb
Member
Underrated post
yellow submarine
Member
I am actually excited for it. And I need something to play other than FIFA.
keltickennedy
Member
|OT| Everything is True, Nothing is Polished
This is great
SJRB
Gold Member
You take back London from a gang of thugs by forming a gang of thugs.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
No one says the game IS boring, but that it LOOKS boring. And that's a perfect sensible thing to say. The trailers, teasers, previews, 30-minute demos, etc were all made to entice us to buy the game. Everyone's allowed to have an opinion on what the game looks like based on Ubisoft's PR material.
.RichiRamjag
Member
I didn't think unity was good. The story was mediocre, the characters were flat as well. The game also played too similarly to past ones. The best part of it was France, but even that gets old.
At this point, the only thing that will bring me back would be Japan, but that is too close to what many want, so Ubisoft won't do it. Their excuse of the era being played out is silly.
Yes, opinions that aren't yours are totally tolerated.
KnownAsEpic
Banned
OT should be "Assassin's Creed Syndicate |OT| Everything is Rushed, Nothing is Polished"
Depending on definition I'd add Unity and especially the first game as potentially bad games. I would require a hourly wage to play through 3 or the original again.
I find if I play ever 3rd game I can somewhat avoid the fatigue annual players experience. But the lack of real innovation in this series makes COD look groundbreaking.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
that sucks didnt see it was set for november if it would of come out this week i would of played through it real quick before fallout 4 and battlefront come out well thats crappy was looking for something to tide me over but guess ill stick with bf4 and smite just gotta last a couple more weeks
Perfect.
RedAssedApe
Banned
I actually liked the one evie walk through i watched where they described several ways to handle the assassination outside of the usual. kill everyone and then kill the target.
cautiously optimistic. will check out the reviews to see if i will pick this up at launch but will probably eventually play this anyways. im part of the problem i guess :\
cautiously optimistic. will check out the reviews to see if i will pick this up at launch but will probably eventually play this anyways. im part of the problem i guess :\
Karak
Member
Ya I am reviewing it now and that kind of stuff is actually present everywhere in the title.
CopperPuppy
Member
He is referring to posts like these:
Of which there are countless in this thread and the other active Syndicate thread on the first page. This is very different from someone criticizing the series or expressing their opinion, which should be welcomed. The above posters either didn't post again in the thread, or only posted again to make a similar comment. It's drive-by shitposting, which he expressly singled out in his post. It stifles conversation about the game itself, as well as actual criticism, by derailing substantive discussions and dog-piling on something that isn't "popular." You could rip similar tripe right out of an IGN article's comments section. GAF is better than that.
Yes it does
RedAssedApe
Banned
hmm...that has me intrigued. more choice and variety is good.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Do we know when the review embargo is? And it's weird it's launching on Friday in the US too.
Thursday
75 metacritic and 5.0 userscore confirmed. When a game can't be reviewed till the last second, usually it means its going to disappoint
Sounds like you've already decided anyway so shouldn't matter
RedAssedApe
Banned
eh...this only affects people who pre-order and you can always cancel or return your game. don't really care about this as long as the reviews are out before. if they aren't sending out review copies at all and having reviewers buy their own copies thats when you should get worried.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
iNvid02
Member
yeah this is the best
The home of the Shit Mountain OT is?
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Chû Totoro;182323344 said:
Free Roaming is not fun with the horrible controls...
Why did the Nathan Drake collection and Halo 5 review copies come out WAY before their release? It is worrying you have to wait till the last second to see reviews of the game, but who knows?
controls were fine in unity people just refused to adjust to the new additions to the system
Golden Slumbers
Member
As long as it's spelled "Assasins" in the official OT I'll be happy
RedAssedApe
Banned
Those two games are actually out of the ordinary.
level1
Member
Yeah, I tend to agree changes to navigation were for the best. Except for climbing into windows. That shit got annoying fast.
RedAssedApe
Banned
the addition of downwards parkour in unity was great. especially when you compare it to other games that came after it.
dying light for example was super awkward. anytime you wanted to reach the ground quickly you needed to find trashbags (and hope you didn't mistime your jump and die) or try and find a zipline somewhere.
dying light for example was super awkward. anytime you wanted to reach the ground quickly you needed to find trashbags (and hope you didn't mistime your jump and die) or try and find a zipline somewhere.