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[Always-honest]

Pretty much done with the series.

 

[Crypt]

The carriage racing made me laugh out loud. It's a carriage with horses, not a friggin' car. Just the way the horses would slam into any random thing and knock out street poles was pretty funny to me.

 

[Falchion]

Kind of feels like playing through a Sherlock Holmes movie which is cool. I enjoyed Unity a lot so I'll play this for sure.

 

[adamantypants]

We're at like a 10% approval in this thread haha

 

[AndyD]

The carriage racing made me laugh out loud. It's a carriage with horses, not a friggin' car. Just the way the horses would slam into any random thing and knock out street poles was pretty funny to me.

Yep. It's GTA Creed!

Looks terrible. It's like a reskinned AC, but with some Batman gadgets and GTA bits thrown in for good measure.

 

[ISee]

The grappling hook seems cool (as do the new vehicles likes trains and carriages). That being said, it's the same sh*t they've been doing outside of that.

Both the carriage and the hook are nice additions, I agree. But they only help you to traverse the city a bit different and faster. That doesn't mix up the same old and by now boring formula. The last good thing they added were the ships, sadly they fail to build uppon that. So it is the same for me, this will be the first main AC title I am going to skip.

Also the carriage pursuit reminded me of the AC 2 carriage pursiuts...

 

[Asgaro]

Fucking lol at the INVINCIBLE HORSES m8.

 

[RowdyReverb]

Glad to see whistling from cover is back. Gameplay and visuals look nice. I'm already not a huge fan of the plot though. It's a little too clichéd for my tastes, but I'm not sure what else you can do in such a well-worn setting as Victorian England.

 

[Nuke Soda]

Fucking lol at the INVINCIBLE HORSES m8.

Those horses were built Tonka tough.

 

[keltickennedy]

The carriage racing made me laugh out loud. It's a carriage with horses, not a friggin' car. Just the way the horses would slam into any random thing and knock out street poles was pretty funny to me.

That was pretty funny. Though it would get pretty frustrating to the player if the horse was more like a real horse and would fall over in similar chase situations or get spooked and loose control around gun fire.



I hope they keep the customization that was in Unity. I wasn't really feeling the style of his leather jacket. Looked more like an Assassin Pimp.

 

[Banana Aeon]

That was the most flaccid reveal I have ever witnessed. I saw nothing to be inspired on and nothing that makes me wanna learn more.

At least Unity attempted to be interesting, until it shit the bed before launch.

 

[BNGames]

Even the trailer framerate was bad.

 

[Meneses]

This did nothing for me. I think the series fatigue is real.

I'm sure the game will do just fine anyway.

 

[keltickennedy]

That was the most flaccid reveal I have ever witnessed. I saw nothing to be inspired on and nothing that makes me wanna learn more.

At least Unity attempted to be interesting, until it shit the bed before launch.

It was the first reveal where they decided to show ACTUAL gameplay. Instead of the same old fluff demo that was created specifically for an event and nothing else.

 

[halfbeast]

I can't even tell anymore if I'm burned out or this is just horribly bland. maybe a bit of both.

 

[ashbash159]

For some reason this looks worse than AC usually does.

I was interested in the London setting, but now I'm not interested at all.

 

[Devilinthiscity]

Yup. I'll probably play it eventually, but not at launch.

 

[a secret-boss]

I can see it already 2/100 ally rescue
At least you don't get de-synchronized for pedestrians you run over lol

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Color was not one of the reasons that made black flag interesting. Matter of fact the color green is synonymous with annoyance in black flag, since its the area of limited movement and opportunities

Literally the only reason people hold Black Flag to such a standard is because of ships

You can't tell me that this

Doesn't look nicer (color-wise, and on the eyes/more interesting) that this:

I'm still excited for Syndicate, but I love those greens and blues of Black Flag.

 

[Cidd]

I can see it already 2/100 ally rescue
At least you don't get de-synchronized for pedestrians you run over lol

Don't be so sure, This is only Pre Alpha...

 

[Alienous]

Both the carriage and the hook are nice additions, I agree. But they only help you to traverse the city a bit different and faster. That doesn't mix up the same old and by now boring formula. The last good thing they added were the ships, sadly they fail to build uppon that. So it is the same for me, this will be the first main AC title I am going to skip.

Also the carriage pursuit reminded me of the AC 2 carriage pursiuts...

Pretty much.

Heck, Revelations had a pretty cool carriage chase thing at the end.

 

[RowdyReverb]

You can't tell me that this


Doesn't look nicer (color-wise, and on the eyes/more interesting) that this:


I'm still excited for Syndicate, but I love those greens and blues of Black Flag.

I mean, that's why people vacation in the Caribbean. It looks beautiful. Really hard to top that aesthetic with gritty, industrial stuff.

 

[NastyBook]

Can it run at 15fps though?

Oh, you betcha. Don't let this closed environment shit fool you. This game will chug like a frat party.

Spoiler

I am still so butthurt from Unity.

 

[Psoelberg]

I keep hearing:
"This is an assassins creed game like never before"

But this looks like the smallest gap between AC games.

It's like Ubisoft don't understand that they need to redesign the whole game and mission structure.

 

[TsuWave]

So generic.

The least exciting AC reveal.

felt like that to me too, i mean, "new to out game is the ability to use the environment to take out enemys" *throws a knife at some barrels and they drop on some dude*, and i'm all like "really?"

 

[16BitNova]

Yeah its not going to look like that at release.

Hmm. I don't see why not. This looks like what Assassins Creed Unity looked like to me on PS4.

 

[Kin5290]

New AC is revealed to a resounding "meh".
Assassin's Creed Ancient China cant come soon enough.

A full, 3D Shao Jun game set in China would be so great.

 

[Cidd]

So it's Official, Ubisoft finally killed Assassin's Creed like they did with Splinter Cell and Prince of Persia.

 

[Johndoey]

So that was Ubisoft putting their best foot forward? With that?

 

[Always-honest]

This did nothing for me. I think the series fatigue is real.

I'm sure the game will do just fine anyway.

Yep

 

[BabyFaceKillah]

not feeling it at all...

 

[ryseing]

.

Exactly how I feel about this series minus Black Flag.

 

[artsi]

Most boring AC reveal yet. Personally I'm getting out of the series for good unless they start innovating.

 

[Henkka]

Crouching around in "stealth mode" in plain sight of civilians looked odd. I was hoping that after skipping Unity, this could be more exciting, but it wasn't really.

 

[Lux R7]

This looks really ugly and bland, the gameplay is just old.

Oh and i have never understood the hype for the Victorian London setting. But that's just a personal taste.

 

[Gamezone]

It looks like any new Assassins Creed game. Same game, different place. But that`s just my opinion.

 

[Johndoey]

Though to be fair from the small glimpse it looks like combat might actually be a bit less horrid. Everything else including the animation looks questionable, and be serious this ain't pre-alpha.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

This looks really ugly and bland, the gameplay is just old.

Oh and i have never understood the hype for the Victorian London setting. But that's just a personal taste.

The Order, despite its issues, did that era very well. Not sure how AC will.

 

[Bubba_Sparks]

Game looks janky as fuck! The setting is cool and all, but honestly they need to spend more time developing rather than just shitting these out each year.

 

[Nokterian]

Yup. I'll probably play it eventually, but not at launch.

Not really i stopped playing at the best Brotherhood..glad i did. Looks very boring and generic.

 

[Lux R7]

The Order, despite its issues, did that era very well. Not sure how AC will.

no it's ok, i just don't like it. I'm a medieval/medieval-fantasy fan.

 

[Ooccoo]

I asked the creative director and it's a single-player only game. So that, at least, is a step in the right direction. Also, not the same team from Unity, so probably no forced social apps content like treasure chests. However, pre-order DLCs have already been confirmed (one mission so far).

 

[KooopaKid]

First, I appreciate, they showed real gameplay. Good on them.
Second, Grand Theft Trolley looked completely ridiculous. The streets being very wide make the city empty. The gameplay looked mundane (Except the zip line which is pretty cool). I expected an AC in XIXth century London to be quite interesting, but that did nothing for me. Gangs of London isn't exciting. Is AC becoming a brawler?

I feel the Assassin's Creed franchise has jumped the shark.

 

[Turin Turambar]

I congratulate Ubisoft for not bullshitting us and showing the game as it is: repetitive side tasks (liberate x hostages!), repetitive structure (control x districtcs killing the enemies in each!), mediocre combat, and framerate that still has to improve.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

I honestly wonder why they didn't make the girl fully playable as the main character. When I read the news about siblings I assumed you would be able to chose who you wanted to play as, and the other would just be along for the inevitable death scene.

Anyway, as I said, I haven't played AC since 2 and I've always been on the lookout for the series to see if there's a good game that merits coming back. There's some interesting stuff in the video but in the end it looks like the same old AC with a different setting. I'll wait for reviews and impressions as usual.

 

[Johndoey]

"Our climbing mechanics are simply the bees knees, to accentuate this important strength we'll add a tool that utterly invalidates their existence."

 

[robb_w7]

I congratulate Ubisoft for not bullshitting us and showing the game as it is: repetitive side tasks (liberate x hostages!), repetitive structure (control x districtcs killing the enemies in each!), mediocre combat, and framerate that still has to improve.

This

My thoughts exactly, its the most honest trailer for AC ever

 

[Lux R7]

"Our climbing mechanics are simply the bees knees, to accentuate this important strength we'll add a tool that utterly invalidates their existence."

ahahah this

 

[OléGunner]

Posting my reaction from reveal thread:

I was wary of the the setting and time period once the leaks came out last year. This reveal just cemented how dreary and boring this London setting looks. Lacks all the spark and charm of Italy or the Caribbean.

The combat looks better though, I like the gritty brawler style of fighting they've included. Otherwise it simply looks like more bog standard AC+rope dart.

Was pre alpha footage too but the visuals have taken a big hit imo, maybe Ubi can deliver a technically competent game as a result.

 

[Servbot24]

I congratulate Ubisoft for not bullshitting us and showing the game as it is: repetitive side tasks (liberate x hostages!), repetitive structure (control x districtcs killing the enemies in each!), mediocre combat, and framerate that still has to improve.

Pretty much. This is the ultimate "well it's a new game in a series whose name keeps getting repeated at me, guess I have to buy it" series. It's baffling.