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[DOWN]

The pop in of totally new costumes as you approach the crowd sounds like a total error. They really need to make sure that it just loads the higher detail version of what the NPC already had on, not a totally new outfit. That must be a glitch they had trouble managing and not just something they thought looked okay, since past titles handled it way smoother.

 

[B4D1E]

Great OT title.

On the Xbox Store webpage, it's written that the game will not be playable until 12:01 PST? Anyone can confirm? I hope you're right OP and the game page didn't get updated.

 

[Sodding_Gamer]

The pop in of totally new costumes as you approach the crowd sounds like a total error. They really need to make sure that it just loads the higher detail version of what the NPC already had on, not a totally new outfit. That must be a glitch they had trouble managing and not just something they thought looked okay, since past titles handled it way smoother.

I really hope it gets addressed in a patch. It's the only thing that's really bugging me about the game. We had pop in on black flag but these guys pop in and then change outfit when you get closer which makes it that bit more noticeable.

 

[Wolves Evolve]

The extremely slow pace of this thread seems like a bad sign.

 

[dex3108]

The extremely slow pace of this thread seems like a bad sign.

Destiny OT was moving extremely fast but game ended up being average at best.

 

[Darkstorne]

The extremely slow pace of this thread seems like a bad sign.

I think a lot of people are still feeling stung after Watch Dogs, and don't trust Ubi's trailers and screenshots any more. And for those of us interested in the PC version... those minimum spec requirements are also pointing to another Watch Dogs issue...

 

[Konosuke]

The extremely slow pace of this thread seems like a bad sign.

Bad PR taking it's toll. If only the producer had kept his mouth shut.

 

[dogstar]

Do you have the game or are you just basing it on screenshots?

Check out this video at the highest quality setting and tell me it looks like buttcheeks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksxm5g884BI

Yep, that looks pretty fine to me.. a lot of vids look far better than the stills, as that shows. The detail in the assets looks amazing to me, and the lighting has a wonderful atmospheric, painterly quality to it.

I'm not the biggest AC fan but I looking forward to picking this up on Fri for my PS4.

 

[Kezen]

Do you have the game or are you just basing it on screenshots?

Check out this video at the highest quality setting and tell me it looks like buttcheeks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksxm5g884BI

Is it me or the framerate in this video is really rough ?

I have the game pre ordered. Ready to go for the 13th. The PC version has very notable improvement over the consoles and my system should be able to run it at near max settings while keeping a high framerate (50+ average).

 

[rockman zx]

Old?.

 

[Cyborg]

That OP title....hahah!
No buy for me I dont support parité

 

[Hobohodo]

So what's the modern day shenanigans this time around? I assume they haven't abandoned it.

 

[Roronoa95]

Congrats for the title!

Looking forward to the PC performance thread !

 

[kubus]

Old?.

Yeah, that patch has been live since at least saturday.

Played a bit pre-patch and the framerate was horrible, slideshow-like in one of the opening levels (dipping below 20s). After patch, the same level was a bit better. Unfortunately it hasn't fixed the framerate issues entirely. Hopefully another patch soon.

 

[Yiorgos]

Amazing title! Parite. Lol

 

[nelsonroyale]

Is it me or the framerate in this video is really rough ?

I have the game pre ordered. Ready to go for the 13th. The PC version has very notable improvement over the consoles and my system should be able to run it at near max settings while keeping a high framerate (50+ average).

I think the main improvement will be IQ, which should make a pretty big difference. Console versions have high quality assets and the same geometry obviously, but the soft image does the game no favours. The extra Nvidia features are nice, but I don't think they are up to that much. IQ and FPS are the big deals. The game already has very few jaggies, although the AA solution seems to smear the image a bit.

Yeah, it still looks good in that video Vire posted.

 

[Impeccable]

After my initial claims of boycotting the game due to "debates and stuff" I honestly found myself wavering and found myself considering buying it anyways because I'm mentally weak and love the series.

However, the last couple of days with streams has shown that this game wasn't or isn't ready for release yet and they had the right idea by blocking streams to hide that. I think I'm finally decided on at least waiting until the price drops and possibly not buying it at all which is pretty big for a big fan of the series. The nerd rage over the "debates and stuff" is gone but I'm not sure I can support a game that runs as bad as "Skyrim PS3" bug or not.

Either way, I hope this is the start of a good arc and maybe I'll join next game or when this is cheap. Hope everyone has fun.

 

[ekim]

Argh... I just feel the AC hype creeping up in me again. Every year I tell myself to not buy the most recent game because I won't finish it but every year I'm getting it day one... -.-

 

[Osahi]

So what's the modern day shenanigans this time around? I assume they haven't abandoned it.

It's downscaled a lot. There is literally no modern day level with another character. It's more handled like AC: Liberation, where you play 'a game' by Abstergo. But your game is hacked by modern-day Assassin's who give you some objectives (you have to find a certain character for them who Arno should have met, and try to figure out where his remains are).

Only real modern intrusion are the Rifts, like the one you saw with the Nazi Eiffel Tower. It's Abstergo who notices your game is hacked and try to kick you of the server, so you have to dig into the code or something which brings you to buggy versions of Paris, where different time zones connect. There are some sidequests around this, that are part of the modern-day storyline (you have to free assassin's who got stuck in the code)

I'm really glad they dumped the modern stuff. I hated those levels in every AC game to date (except maybe AC2)

 

[impact]

That OP title....hahah!
No buy for me I dont support parité

That's what Gamefly is for. Get to play this 900pos and Ubi gets no money from me.

I hope they send it to me. I've got the 2 games out with nothing out and nothing else in my Q. If not, I will be furious.

Argh... I just feel the AC hype creeping up in me again. Every year I tell myself to not buy the most recent game because I won't finish it but every year I'm getting it day one... -.-

Read above my man, sounds like Gamefly is perfect for you.

 

[Kezen]

I think the main improvement will be IQ, which should make a pretty big difference. Console versions have high quality assets and the same geometry obviously

The wording seems to suggest tessellation is only available on PC, so geometry should be higher on PC. Or perhaps consoles do feature tessellation but a higher level is offered on option on PC.

but the soft image does the game no favours. The extra Nvidia features are nice, but I don't think they are up to that much.

I expect them to make a pretty substantial difference, HBAO+ and PCSS to me add another layer of believability to the game.

IQ and FPS are the big deals. The game already has very few jaggies, although the AA solution seems to smear the image a bit.
Yeah, it still looks good in that video Vire posted.

I don't like their AA solution at all, it's way too blurry and the 900p does not do the game justice IMO. Should be much, much crisper on PC at 1080p + good post process AA.
Similarly I don't like Nvidia's TXAA.

 

[DOWN]

The blur thing is blown out of proportion. It doesnt have some out-of-focus look, it's just an AA softness like Killzome 2, but it definitely compares beautifully as a current gen game.

That's what Gamefly is for. Get to play this 900pos and Ubi gets no money from me.

I hope they send it to me. I've got the 2 games out with nothing out and nothing else in my Q. If not, I will be furious.



Read above my man, sounds like Gamefly is perfect for you.

You realize you are paying Gamefly so they can use the money on Ubisoft games? They get your money.

 

[martino]

imo ot shoul have been liberté, parité , fraternité
Saying this cause i'm french and "parité" is a synonym of "égalité"
Also we need more "fraternité" against parity

 

[dex3108]

That's what Gamefly is for. Get to play this 900pos and Ubi gets no money from me.

If you want to prove a point skip the game.

 

[Kuldar]

Isn't Quebecois closer to what French sounded like in the late 1700s than today's Parisian French is?

I think they're both pretty different to how French sounds in the late 1700s.

 

[woen]

Fantastic title, made me laugh.

It also made something dawn on me. Ubisoft is a French company. France is a nation of socialists. Socialists do their utmost to drag everyone down to the same level (they think they are building people up through common centralized ownership and economic and social uniformity but they effectively end up dragging everyone down).

Platform parity would be amenable to a socialist.

In France we would call you what you say a "cliché débile"

 

[Kezen]

Fantastic title, made me laugh.

It also made something dawn on me. Ubisoft is a French company. France is a nation of socialists. Socialists do their utmost to drag everyone down to the same level (they think they are building people up through common centralized ownership and economic and social uniformity but they effectively end up dragging everyone down).

Platform parity would be amenable to a socialist.

You know absolutely nothing about France.

 

[impact]

You realize you are paying Gamefly so they can use the money on Ubisoft games? They get your money.

Right. Then I'm curious why the all star team of MS/EA/Ubi wanted to block used games and rentals before this gen started.

If you want to prove a point skip the game.

I don't wanna prove a point. I just want something to play on my duststation 4 and I don't buy PS4 games under my TVs native res. I did buy and enjoy AC4 on PS4.

 

[jimbobsmells]

You know absolutely nothing about France.

Or socialism.

 

[Joey Ravn]

This comes out today/tomorrow... and I'm in Madrid for a congress the whole week. Yay, research! Yay, PhD! Yay...

At least I'll have an excuse to be super excited to get back home on Saturday. Hopefully the PC version doesn't blow, and it has a nice SLI scaling out of the box*

*

Spoiler

lol, doubt it.

 

[Kiraly]

What time does it unlock on US PSN for us European filthy continental peasants?

 

[d9b]

haha you went with my thread title!

*cough* justsayin' *cough*

d9b

11-02-2014, 11:28 PM,Post #782

Liberté, Égalité, Parité!

 

[noomi]

Congrats for the title!

Looking forward to the PC performance thread !

Ah, yes Those are always fun. Everyone trying to figure out the best settings, and comparing performance. Love it!

 

[ZeroX03]

*cough* justsayin' *cough*

d9b

11-02-2014, 11:28 PM,Post #782

Assassin's Creed: Unity [OT] Liberté, Égalité, Parité

Jett's post was two days earlier you credit stealing monster.

 

[Osahi]

Or socialism.

I think he's joking...

I hope....

But the amount of people who mistake modern socialism (= capitalism with social corrections and state organised social security) with comunism is astounding.

 

[Azdoune]

Fantastic title, made me laugh.

It also made something dawn on me. Ubisoft is a French company. France is a nation of socialists. Socialists do their utmost to drag everyone down to the same level (they think they are building people up through common centralized ownership and economic and social uniformity but they effectively end up dragging everyone down).

Platform parity would be amenable to a socialist.

Socialism isn't communism.

And ubisoft is not a public company.

Your theory is just a massive bullshit, une légende urbaine, about french economy.

 

[Traffcore]

Great OP!

When is the review embargo?

 

[K' Dash]

this will unlock at 2AM for me maybe I'll wake up early and sink a couple of hours before work.

 

[woen]

Or socialism.

Probably both.

Spoiler

I hope he's just kidding

 

[PodcastFips]

The extremely slow pace of this thread seems like a bad sign.

If I remember the last update on GAF right, OT's are supposed to be posted on release day. Common GAF sense tells me, everyone posting in here before midnight will receive a ban. Including me.

 

[VisceralBowl]

If I remember the last update on GAF right, OT's are supposed to be posted on release day. Common GAF sense tells me, everyone posting in here before midnight will receive a ban. Including me.

Today is release day for me.

 

[Chrizzy_81]

Does anyone think I have a hope in hell of running this? Running an a8 5500 with a gtx 750ti.

 

[GHG]

Fucking hell those PC requirements.

Hopefully there is SLI support, if not this will be the 1st game i officially can't run without an upgrade.

 

[base shagohod]

The blur thing is blown out of proportion. It doesnt have some out-of-focus look, it's just an AA softness like Killzome 2, but it definitely compares beautifully as a current gen game.


You realize you are paying Gamefly so they can use the money on Ubisoft games? They get your money.

Shhh, let's just all soak up the irony that he hasn't realized yet.

Got this preloaded on the XB1 ready to go. Mad excited to start on it tonight.. If I'm off tomorrow. Don't know if it's a holiday for my office or not

 

[Kinthalis]

IS it just me? Looking at actual gameplay vids on youtube (I know not the best line of comparison), the game doesn't look much betetr than the last AC, at least on PC. AND the pop-in is comical at times! This appears to be the PS4 version. Haven't seen footage of the PC version yet.

 

[JaseC]

Fucking hell those PC requirements.

Hopefully there is SLI support, if not this will be the 1st game i officially can't run without an upgrade.

The current profile has no SLI bits, but Black Flag's (0x0A0040F5) should work to some extent considering Unity uses its own branch of AnvilNext. We'll find out in 29 hours.

 

[KorrZ]

Gonna be picking this up after work tomorrow and playing all night. Can't wait, I've always been a sucker for AC games and this one - technical issues aside - looks to be the best AC in quite some time.

Spoiler

who could resist dat french revolution setting...

 

[GHG]

The current profile has no SLI bits, but Black Flag's should work to some extent considering Unity uses its own branch of AnvilNext. We'll find out in 29 hours.

Yeh I'm going to let everyone else test this before deciding whether its a buy or not.

If it turns out to be good and I require an upgrade then ill get the game free with nvidias promotion anyway.

 

[Mogwai]

Yeh I'm going to let everyone else test this before deciding whether its a buy or not.

If it turns out to be good and I require an upgrade then ill get the game free with nvidias promotion anyway.

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

 

[Khrno]

My new 970 and my old i7 2600K -just overclocked to 4.5 GHz- are ready.