Support NeoGAF

[Allnamestakenlol]

I'd recommend switching to the alternate control scheme and just give it an hour or so. I struggled at first with the controls, but it's definitely worth persevering with.

I second this recommendation.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Is next week the start of a new trial? Hope they fix the graphics by then.

 

[midasmulligan]

I second this recommendation.

The only problem I have with the alternate controls is dropping down to hamg on a ledge, I can't do it without jumping off the entire building

 

[Strife In a Teacup]

Is next week the start of a new trial? Hope they fix the graphics by then.

Me too. I'm not a huge graphics person, but the downgrade they did is just too jarring for me. Even going back to playing Elex, the pop-in/draw distance is nowhere near as bad as AC:O now, not even close.

It seems so weird too. I re-installed it from disc and re-downloaded patch 1.04 and it seems to have removed some of it, but it's still there. Now it seems like if Bayek is in the center of a pie let's say, one large slice of it sometimes will have super low quality detail on the whole portion, outside of the 30 feet "pretty" bubble. I've seen it where some trees that are further away are fully rendered and some that are close are bitmaps.

It's just really whacky, and hard to play when it's doing that sort of crap at random intervals. I guess if you were in tombs all of the time this would be fine, but it's Assassin's Creed and you're climbing and looking across long distances. Chopping the LOD/draw distance was probably the one thing they shouldn't have compromised on in this patch.

 

[norm9]

Beat this after spending most of yesterday beating the last two or three legs of the main quest. Got to the point where the story kept going and it kept wanting me to level up by doing more side quests that I just said the heck with it and struggled through the rest of the final part severely underleveled.

Very frustrating and kinda tainted some of the cool locations. Overall, still had a ton of fun.

Probably won't be going back to the game until the codex and database stuff gets added. It really is a sticking point for me, still. For example, there's a potion later in the game with an aqueduct and you have to talk to a guy. Would have been nice to get a blurb like un Unity or BF where they tell you who this dude is, is he real? Or what the deal with the aqueduct is? This bugged me every time I came across something I wanted to know more about; the arenas, canals, ecosystem, statues, etc.

 

[Jelle]

[...] the downgrade they did is just too jarring for me. [...]

Is this for all versions, including pc?

 

[RPGCrazied]

Is this for all versions, including pc?

I believe so. The only one not touched was the Xbox One X. Take that with what you will.

 

[Kamina]

https://twitter.com/AshrafAIsmail/status/929620007587405824?s=17

John Read
@castoread
@AshrafAIsmail Is your team looking into the downgrade for LOD etc introduced in patch 1.04 for #AssassinsCreedOrigins please? Is it a bug?

Ashraf Ismail
@AshrafAIsmail
Replying to @castoread
it’s an optimization bug and is being fixed, hopefully more info very soon

 

[RPGCrazied]

https://twitter.com/AshrafAIsmail/status/929620007587405824?s=17

John Read
@castoread
@AshrafAIsmail Is your team looking into the downgrade for LOD etc introduced in patch 1.04 for #AssassinsCreedOrigins please? Is it a bug?

Ashraf Ismail
@AshrafAIsmail
Replying to @castoread
it's an optimization bug and is being fixed, hopefully more info very soon

Thats it? They did something to the lighting and texture detail, I seriously doubt it was a bug.

And all the texture pop ins can't be just a "bug", they just need to own it and say we downgraded the graphics for whatever reason.

 

[Kamina]

Maybe it was a mistake? Horizon Zero Dawn has texture popping too after the last patch and i doubt that was intentional.

 

[Ombra]

The Arena is fun but gating the boss battles with the 3 other mook battles with the kind of loading times this entails kills my desire to go any further with that part of the game.

 

[dcx4610]

Just started the game. It runs well for me (60fps+) on Ultra with some minor tweaks.

That said, anyone else having trouble with the cut scenes being jumpy and skippy while the rest of the game runs well?

I've played and beat every AC game and I have to hand it to them, this one definitely feels different in tone and gameplay. I haven't quite gotten used to the bumpers and triggers for attacking but everything else seems nice and refined. I'm still not a fan of the Spider-man climbing and wish it was nerfed and difficult like the original games but I guess that's just what the series has turned into.

 

[Traxtech]

Anyone else getting the ambient music bug..? They added a setting which does nothing and now ambient music kicks in at weird times or not at all. Was perfect before the patches

 

[chaosaeon]

^^ So basically what they've done is patch in bugs and make the game worse since launch, smh. For once they release a game that isn't meme worthy at launch, only to do this right after anyway ... -_-.

 

[dcx4610]

Switched over the alternate control scheme and it's way better. More intuitive and improves the gameplay experience. Highly recommended. Especially if you're used to past AC games.

 

[Strife In a Teacup]

Is this for all versions, including pc?

100% confirmed by me and others on PS4/PS4 Pro. I'm using a PS4 Pro for reference with 4k/HDR.

Confirmed by a couple of people that I've seen on the Ubisoft forums that this is occurring on an Xbox 1 X. I haven't seen a lot of other instances of Xbox 1 players talking about having issues themselves but it seems to be confirmed nonetheless.

Last I heard they're holding patch 1.04 for PC.

Latest update would be from RPGCrazied's post about the tweet from Ashraf.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Beat the game in under 30 hours, went through two rounds of gathering side quests just so I can quickly level up and stand a chance in the main quests (you can take them on head on but good luck). I’ll probably go back to this game of the year contender once you can binge the DLC.

 

[Stiler]

I've dropped in 67 hours and I'm only at 60% complete.

I'm taking my time though and doing all sidequests and markers along my way. Been spending a lot of time doing the side stuff since I'm near the end of the main story (I assume, last target, etc).

Doing the arena made me really really find some faults with the games combat and how annoying it can be. Some sucked with lock on, others lock on made 100% easier (spear), also screw getting locked into 4+ hit combo's that you can't block or dodge out of.

 

[keltickennedy]

I defeated 1 of 4 War Elephants. Man...they are more agile than the enemies in the game. It's kind of silly.

 

[chaosaeon]

I defeated 1 of 4 War Elephants. Man...they are more agile than the enemies in the game. It's kind of silly.

Well Bayek already slides around like he's on roller skates anyway. Combat may be more challenging now but boy does it look unnatural and silly. Visually speaking, the older games' combat was much much better.

 

[Xplatformer]

Well Bayek already slides around like he's on roller skates anyway. Combat may be more challenging now but boy does it look unnatural and silly. Visually speaking, the older games' combat was much much better.

You're correct. The combat was much better to look at.

But the development team went for making combat tactically better this time around, which they did. imo the combat may look more janky, but it's much more enjoyable to play.

 

[chaosaeon]

You're correct. The combat was much better to look at.

But the development team went for making combat tactically better this time around, which they did. imo the combat may look more janky, but it's much more enjoyable to play.

If they could retain the challenge but implement the visual smoothness and flow of the older combat they'd have a really good balance. Too many enemies in AC:O just get hit with a basic slash and ragdoll over. Putting enemies down to a certain health, a back attack, or a skilled parry should put them into a vulnerable state and allow for a killing blow like the old counters/combo kills at the player's discretion (with parrying kills being like a fancier Demons/Dark Souls parry execution). I feel you should be able to kill everyone with a fancy stylish kill as long as you can pull off the skills to do it.

 

[OsirisBlack]

Anyone know if the Anubis trial will ever be repeated?

 

[TroicaBlur]

This is my first AC game and I am here because they said the combat is good. It definitely is. But next year I want the combat animations improved.

 

[TGO]

Is any of the DLC for pre-ordering/ Deluxe/ CE actually available?
All I see is coming soon.

 

[HamsterExAstris]

Anyone know if the Anubis trial will ever be repeated?

They said on Twitter that it would be. (Hope so - I waited until I got my Xbox One X to start playing, so I couldn't hit the necessary level by the time the trial ended.)

Is any of the DLC for pre-ordering/ Deluxe/ CE actually available?
All I see is coming soon.

Do you mean available for separate purchase, or available for people who have the codes to redeem? The preorder/Deluxe stuff is available for download, at least on Xbox. (Although the preorder DLC is disabled due to a game-breaking bug.)

 

[RPGCrazied]

Getting Black Flag soon in the mail, I think today. I heard its the best AC game by a ton of people. Lets see if it can pass Origins for me. Will be tough.

 

[perineumlick]

Getting Black Flag soon in the mail, I think today. I heard its the best AC game by a ton of people. Lets see if it can pass Origins for me. Will be tough.

Black Flag was my favorite also, but it can't match Origins imo. Just the variety of locations alone is so much better; BF was great if all you wanted was naval combat, it's got Origins beat there, but everything else was just so much better. I almost want to call it the most beautiful and alive open world game I've ever played; it's up there with Horizon for sure.

 

[OmNomMonster]

Finally got the Isu Armor unlocked, and good lord it took me awhile.

 

[TGO]

They said on Twitter that it would be. (Hope so - I waited until I got my Xbox One X to start playing, so I couldn't hit the necessary level by the time the trial ended.)


Do you mean available for separate purchase, or available for people who have the codes to redeem? The preorder/Deluxe stuff is available for download, at least on Xbox. (Although the preorder DLC is disabled due to a game-breaking bug.)

I have the Gold Deluxe, I've redeem my codes and there was nothing to download, no Desert Cobra pack, no Navel Mission and the Pre-order stuff I didn't even get a code for and Ubi CC gave me some BS that it's only available with Digital purchase or direct from UbiStore.
other than the Season Pass I've got nothing that the Standard Edition purchasers have, in fact they my have more as it's likely they got the Pre-order DLC lol.

 

[Calibos]

This game is sublime. I have played all of the assassin's creed games to one degree or another and for me, this is the best so far.

I am thinking it is on my game of the year list right next to Horizon.

 

[HamsterExAstris]

I have the Gold Deluxe, I've redeem my codes and there was nothing to download, no Desert Cobra pack, no Navel Mission and the Pre-order stuff I didn't even get a code for and Ubi CC gave me some BS that it's only available with Digital purchase or direct from UbiStore.
other than the Season Pass I've got nothing that the Standard Edition purchasers have, in fact they my have more as it's likely they got the Pre-order DLC lol.

What platform are you on? And have you tried redeeming the Season Pass code? On Xbox One, the Season Pass code in the Gold Edition included all of the other content too.

 

[TGO]

What platform are you on? And have you tried redeeming the Season Pass code? On Xbox One, the Season Pass code in the Gold Edition included all of the other content too.

PS4Pro, I got 2 codes
One for Deluxe Content and another for the Season Pass.
I've just restored my licenses and they've appeared now for download, it's just Pre-order DLC I'm missing now.
Really wanted to know those secrets too.
They need to fix the paper mashi textures they introduced in the 1.03 update too, got was sharp as clean before. Shame DF used that for the comparison.

 

[Mister Apoc]

so I have a lore question: how do the Templars and assassins views differ on the Isu?

 

[Strife In a Teacup]

1.05 Patch notes for all versions:

Assassin's Creed Origins - 1.0.5 Patch Notes

Hey everyone,

This is to let you know that the 1.0.5 patch will be deployed on PS4 tomorrow, Nov 16. The Xbox One update is currently scheduled for deployment on Nov 20.

We will be sharing more information on the PC update when available.

Patch Size:
Xbox One: 1.3GB
PS4: 1.3GB
Uplay PC/Steam: TBC

Please find the latest changes below.

Patch Highlights

Ambush at Sea – The issue that caused for some save games to be corrupted was fixed and the mission is now available to players again
Note: The mission should reappear on the map after a reboot of your system. Be sure to be connected to the online services while starting the game.
Difficulty – Enemies of a lower leven than the playable character are now more challenging in Hard Mode.
Beard/Hair Toggle
Selected preference of beard/hair will remain saved now
Added support for Keyboard and mouse controls
[Shift]+[Z] – Hair
[Ctrl] + [Z] - Beard
Performance and Stability improvements on all platforms


System

Improved performance and stability
Fixed some infinite loading and black screen hang
[PC] Fixed hardware performance metrics for Radeon R9 2xx series
[PC] Fixed several Ultra HD monitor, multi-monitor mode, and multi GPU mode issues
[PC] Fixed infinite saving occurring in Photo Mode when anti-aliasing option is Off


Graphics & Audio

Improved Sandstorm ending visual
Fixed some level of detail issues in the world and for some NPCs
Fixed an issue that could prevent the call mount whistle from playing
Fixed an issue that could cause music tracks to overlap
[Xbox One X][PS4] Revised the default Luminance value in the HDR settings
[PC] Temporarily deactivated spatial sound support to resolve issues with some USB headsets
[PC] Fixed the functionality of the Field Of View option during the Benchmark session


World

Improved appearance of the water in caves
Removed some invisible collision in Siwa
Fixed various issues with the spawning of boats
Fixed a lighting issue in the Sunken Temple of Sarapeion
Fixed some floating NPCs, floating rocks, and other floating objects
Fixed various texturing issues


Gameplay

The selected cheat option for Bayek’s hair and beard will now remain saved
Improved various animations on the playable character
Improved the navigation of the playable character
Improved shield stance behavior while on vehicles or mounts
Improved NPCs and animals reactions and navigation
Improved Raging Axe’s boss fight behavior in Arena
Improved spawning delay on loot bags when killing NPCs
Improved shield charge behavior
Improved Follow Road mode
Revised fire damage taken by the playable character
Revised poison propagation
Made enemies of lower level than the player more challenging in Hard Mode
Fixed some loading issues while using Senu
Fixed some issues preventing the playable character from interacting with loot bags
Fixed an issue that allowed thrown torches to inflict poison or bleed effect
Fixed spear fight animation against some enemies
Fixed an issue with loot bag spawning in shallow water
Fixed an issue preventing crocodiles from being damaged while in water
Fixed an issue with the activation of slow-motion
Fixed various issues causing the playable character to be stuck
Fixed some camera clipping issues
Fixed some issues preventing bows to automatically sheathe
Fixed an issue where counterweights could remain stuck on the ceiling in the Tomb of Sneferu
Fixed an issue that could prevent Overpower Chain Throw from being used
Fixed an issue that could prevent Chain Attack from dealing damage when a spear is equipped
Fixed an issue that could prevent the player from interacting with the entrance of “Eesfet Oon-m’Aa Poo”
Fixed issue preventing Senu’s perception range from being taken into account when loading a save game
[PC] Fixed movement issues in Walk mode


Quests

Improved various cinematic transitions
Fixed an issue that could corrupt the playable character’s inventory after completing “Ambush at Sea” quest
Fixed an issue that could prevent the player from completing quests after returning to the title screen
Fixed various issues causing Quest objectives to disappear after desynchronization
Fixed various issues with Flavius during ‘’The Final Weighing’’ quest
Fixed an issue where the objective would not update during ‘’The Hungry River’’ quest
Fixed an issue with Theodoros who could stay in midair during ‘’A Rebel Alliance’’ quest
Fixed an issue where leader’s health could be restored during ‘’Plight of the Rebels’’ quest
Fixed various issues with Pothinus’ elephant during ‘’Battle of the Nile’’ quest
Fixed an issue with Hotephres’ ship being sunk in gameplay and cinematic during ‘’The Crocodile’s Scales’’ quest
Fixed an issue where the Planetarium Tunnel could remain closed after performing a save/load action
Fixed an issue where the “Wild Ride” quest would fail when getting on a chariot or a cart
Fixed an issue where objectives in the ‘’The Flea of Cyrene’’ quest would not properly update after performing a leap of faith from the Apollo Temple
Fixed various issues with the fight against the war elephant Herwennefer
Fixed issues preventing the ancient tablets to be interacted with
Fixed an issue which allowed the playable character to keep the “The Battle of the Nile” quest spear
Fixed issue where Apollodorus could remain stuck in a wall during ‘’Egypt’s Medjay’’ quest
Fixed dialogues that would sometime be missing from the cinematics of “Playing with Fire” quest
Fixed an issue that could prevent Hypatos from attacking the playable character in the quest “Homecoming”
Fixed an issue that could make Septimus invisible during “The Final Weighing” quest
Fixed various issues with Thutmose during “Blood in the Water” quest
Fixed an issue preventing the player from completing the quest “Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another” because he spawned as Bayek


Activities

Improved the spawning of enemies in the Cyrene Arena
Fixed an issue preventing the unlockables completed as Aya from carrying over to Bayek
Fixed various issues causing the playable character to be pushed out of the chariot while in Hippodrome races
Fixed an issue where the playable character could remain stuck in the Arena ‘’lobby’’


User Interface

The selected Map filter will now remain saved
Added sound feedback when switching the editing modes during Photo Mode
Added button mapping for petting Senu in the alternate control scheme
mapped to specific keys
Improved image resolution of crafting items
Improved fire visual effects on animals
Changed health gain visual feedback to display in green when hitting enemies
Fixed Senu’s marked location for the Tomb of Khufu
Fixed various issues with icons in the Map
Fixed an issue where the Photo Mode HUD could not appear
Fixed HUD modules that stayed hidden changing HUD Preset to ‘Show All’
Fixed the suggested level of some quests
for some their owners
Fixed multiple typos in the menus
[PS4] Fixed the Season Pass and Deluxe Pack showing up as “Coming Soon” in the Store
[PC] Added mouse support for rotating the character in the Gear menu
[PC] Added mouse and keyboard support to toggle Bayek’s hair and beard in Gear menu
Hide Arena HUD while in Photo Mode
[PC] Allowed triggering Call Mount and Animus Pulse on button Press when they are



If you have any issues, please contact customer support for further assistance.

https://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1787488-Assassin-s-Creed-Origins-1-0-5-Patch-Notes

 

[ubiblu]

1.05 Patch notes for all versions:

https://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1787488-Assassin-s-Creed-Origins-1-0-5-Patch-Notes

Just picked up the game for my PS4 Pro last night and really enjoyed the first couple hours; best one since Black Flag already.

I hear this patch should resolve a lot of recent graphical issues. Great timing!

 

[jshackles]

Beard toggle? Awesome.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Looks like a good update, hopefully PC isn't to much longer.

so I have a lore question: how do the Templars and assassins views differ on the Isu?

I don't know if this will help

http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Isu

 

[CaptainSmirnov]

Man I was hoping ubi caved and added HDR to PC, unless they need some more time I doubt it'll ever get added

 

[RPGCrazied]

Sounds like a great patch, but I'm not expecting 1.02 levels of graphics on PS4. We might get terrain distance back, but thats probably it.

I just started black flag and having a blast. Runs like a dream on PS4.

 

[Kumorin]

Difficulty – Enemies of a lower leven than the playable character are now more challenging in Hard Mode.

This should be interesting... I definitely want these side quests to be more challenging when I’ve inevitably outpaced them by at least three levels by no fault of mine.

 

[Strife In a Teacup]

1.05 is live...

I don't know what I expected. My expectations were in check and pretty low and they still managed to disappoint.

Many people are reporting the same issues still happening which I just confirmed myself.

They should remove the predator bow from the game for their own sake.

https://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1787891-1-05-and-graphical-downgrade-still-the-same

 

[Echelon079]

Loved the game, and story, up until the 30's. Then the story just kinda falls the hell apart and gets so disjointed it's dumb. I like the "Observer" shit but you can go through the entire story without ever encountering anything other than the first one, that was COMPLETELY randomly thrown in with a boss battle. The other one I found, the game never even takes you to the zone during normal play.

If I go back after the story to the bureau, will it tie in at all? Cause right now I have ZERO reason to play after the story is finished.

 

[Faynwulf]

Anything new about the abnormal CPU requirements for the PC version?

 

[Kamina]

1.05 is live...

I don't know what I expected. My expectations were in check and pretty low and they still managed to disappoint.

Many people are reporting the same issues still happening which I just confirmed myself.

They should remove the predator bow from the game for their own sake.

https://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1787891-1-05-and-graphical-downgrade-still-the-same

I just spent some time to inspect the patch myzslf and i do see slight improvement.
-> Draw-distance seems wider
-> Better LOD shadows detail
-> Slightly less pop-in
However...
-> still not patch 1.02 level
-> still pop-in (why the fuck no fade-in?)
-> still inconsistent LOD shadow detail

All in all i can at least play again now, but for fucks sake Ubi, please just roll back to 1.02, add HDR and all Bufixes, call it 1.06 or 1.1 or whatever and we will forgive and forget.

 

[Strife In a Teacup]

All in all i can at least play again now

I'll probably try reinstalling it again.

 

[oktarb]

Annoyed the hell out of me the the Anubis challenge came out so soon and had a high level limit. Here's bacon!...Yoink! No bacon for you.

 

[tanooki27]

finally, I can keep my beard

 

[jshackles]

Annoyed the hell out of me the the Anubis challenge came out so soon and had a high level limit. Here's bacon!...Yoink! No bacon for you.

Same here. I've already played this game 20 hours and it hasn't even been out three weeks yet. I get that some people have way more time to put into games, but I don't.

Oh well. I've just hit level 30 and I'm so far still enjoying the game so I'll try and let it slide and (perhaps) be ready for the next one.

 

[DualShadow]

Annoyed the hell out of me the the Anubis challenge came out so soon and had a high level limit. Here's bacon!...Yoink! No bacon for you.

Same here. I've already played this game 20 hours and it hasn't even been out three weeks yet. I get that some people have way more time to put into games, but I don't.

Oh well. I've just hit level 30 and I'm so far still enjoying the game so I'll try and let it slide and (perhaps) be ready for the next one.

Feeling the same, still level 25 so no chance for event. I think I saw on a Facebook post that it will be back in the future though.