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New Assassin's Creed 2 Screens!
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AltogetherAndrews
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Decado said:
Me saying this may be somewhat surprising to some, but you missed out if you didn't at least check out Acre, and the countryside. I'm replaying it right now, and it seems more tolerable this time around.
Mr. Durden
Banned
Who are you kidding. AC has never looked anything less than amazing. The fact you had a lot of tearing and pop-in is just because you played the PS3 version. A shame yes, but there were good versions out there as well.Raist said:
AltogetherAndrews
Member
Mr. Durden said:
The 360 version has plenty of tearing. Not as bad as the Ps3 launch version (haven't played that version much after the patch), but it's definitely there.
AltogetherAndrews said:
Yeah, Acre is incredible. I replayed it not too long ago and picked up all the flags, and all of the Acre points just stood out the most. It has the most variety with climbing(the cathedral which always reminded me of the crackdown agency tower, the guard castle, the docks, etc) and was always the most visually appealing to me with the bluish tint.
iceatcs
Junior Member
They should be already on it.BeeDog said:
http://kotaku.com/5047674/ubisoft-to-subtitle-their-games
Rekki-Maru
Banned
ALaz502 said:
yea, the first game set the tone perfectly for a good story like that. Alot of people that played the game never took the time to do any of the conversations/lab stuff, which was the whole point of the story, really added focus.
What? Aside from the all too predictable 'actually you're the bad guy' ending, the story was fantastic. Most of the people you killed were interesting, and upon their deaths there was usally a moral discussion. It's easy enough to write off the first few as crazies, but you slowly come to realize that they can't all be insane.op_ivy said:
2 Minutes Turkish
Banned
Swimming and gliding would be fuck awesome.
Despite being a re0skinned version of the first game, I loved the first game and am going to buy this shit regardless.
Despite being a re0skinned version of the first game, I loved the first game and am going to buy this shit regardless.
LoganKnight4949
Member
Rekki-Maru said:
Yeah, I don't think that many people "got" the story, or the significance of what was occuring in it half of the time. Granted, the only significant bits of story/lore were at the beginning, in the lab sections, and at the end. The actual assassinations and what was going on in the cities was really inconsequential to the story whatsoever.
Mr. Durden
Banned
What game doesn't have graphical flaws? Every single game has them. Of course, the PS3 version of Assassin's was kinda bad, sure, but the other versions didn't have any serious problems, none that most other games don't have. Since I've got both Assassin's and Uncharted I'm quite shocked at your hate, since Assassin's looks better than Uncharted, technically and artistically.Raist said:
New Video Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfWviDU4GJo&fmt=18
Ether_Snake
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Nirolak said:
Ah this dates back to two weeks ago. Some good info there about the story, and some new art.
There's another one with Jade but I can't find it (it was some German site).
Obvious bullshots in some of those screens in the op. At any rate, art direction was never a fault in the first AC, it's the gameplay that was the problem.
Any interview with the designers should be prefaced with questions about how many flags are we collecting, how many times they rehashed the same game/quest mechanic, and whether or not they actually included a narrative with a solid ending this time.
Any interview with the designers should be prefaced with questions about how many flags are we collecting, how many times they rehashed the same game/quest mechanic, and whether or not they actually included a narrative with a solid ending this time.
I think I found the German one as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez9mPOHFYDYEther_Snake said:
The person who put up the interview was nice enough to translate it:
Translation said:
FunkyMunkey
Banned
Those images look really impressive! I enjoyed AC1 and with a little more gameplay polish, this game has the potential to be phenomenal.
Andalus0880
Member
Lovely new screens...where are the new screens of Jade Raymond?
Mr. Durden said:
As I originally said, AC looked very good on screens, and its worse flaws (tearing and pop in) would obviously not show up on screens if they're in AC2 too. And I don't give a shit about other versions. Ubisoft made a PS3 version, and it was horrible. I don't even know how it passed QA.
:lol
Yeah, not even close.
Since you're taking this example, UC add some aliasing and tearing, but nowhere near AC. And let's not even mention pop in. AC had geometry AND shadow AND texture popin, like I've never seen in any other game. Not even in GTAIV.
Ether_Snake
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jett said:
Nah, not confirmed.
Ether_Snake
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jett said:
Yeah, not confirmed. It's just some interview. Wait till a press release.
PLEASE add more varied gameplay, like a deeper sneaking mechanic that punishes you for jumping around rooftops instead of employing more stealth. I imagined this game as a Splinter Cell game set in the Middle Ages with Prince of Persia platforming elements mixed in. What we got failed to live up to either of those franchises, and was instead insanely repetitive
I'm sure it'll be a great looking game like the first one. I hope they can get the story together in such a way that they don't have to jump the shark half a dozen times. Also, everything about this game screams Batman in the Renaissance - including part of the storyline... Do want.
Slavik81 said:
to be perfectly honest i hated the way the story telling was done so much that i tuned out most of the actual story. in the games defense, it may have been good, i just didnt care. so, at the very least, the game was a huge failure to me in that regard.
i still have no idea what all the futuristic scenes were about. every time they came up i got frustrated with how dull they were and wandered around trying to figure out what i needed to do to move on.
i felt like all the assassinations were lame as well. the moral discussions, as you put it, were so very over done, cheesy, and ultimately fell flat. to top it off, they all followed the same formula of drama whilst on deaths bed, that like the gameplay itself it got tiresome.
it may have just been me. i dont mean to rain on anyone elses parade, i just hope there has been a shit ton of improvements in many areas of this sequel.
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Yeah I have no idea what the fuck they were talking about at any time in AC1. I couldn't remember the names, and couldn't understand who the heck they were talking about when giving me a mission. I just looked at my map to find out where to go and be done with it.
overthehill99
Member
Story was horrid in the first one. VA too.Ether_Snake said:
Loved the first game, but I hope the second fixes some minor irritations I had with AC1:
1.) Lack of subtitles. I know there was a lot of dialog, but not all of us have 100% of our hearing.
2.) Skippable cutscenes for all missions (because if we have to repeat them (those damn informer/assassin missions), it's incredibly annoying/time-consuming to hear the speeches our contacts make again and again (and again). Along with this, don't lock our focus when the contact is speaking (e.g., the citizen rescue (also more diversity in the thank you speeches would be greatly appreciated)).
3.) Please let Desmond run in the "present" scenes. He walks veerrrrryyyy slowly.
4.) I loved the animations/platforming in AC1 (I think they're the best of this gen), but it would be nice if they could be a bit quicker. Altair was not the fastest climber in the world. I know Ubi was probably going for realism here, but it made for tedious platforming.
and my own personal request:
5.) Fewer beggars and insane people. Video game characters rarely inspire such hatred in me as they did.
Looking forward to AC2!
1.) Lack of subtitles. I know there was a lot of dialog, but not all of us have 100% of our hearing.
2.) Skippable cutscenes for all missions (because if we have to repeat them (those damn informer/assassin missions), it's incredibly annoying/time-consuming to hear the speeches our contacts make again and again (and again). Along with this, don't lock our focus when the contact is speaking (e.g., the citizen rescue (also more diversity in the thank you speeches would be greatly appreciated)).
3.) Please let Desmond run in the "present" scenes. He walks veerrrrryyyy slowly.
4.) I loved the animations/platforming in AC1 (I think they're the best of this gen), but it would be nice if they could be a bit quicker. Altair was not the fastest climber in the world. I know Ubi was probably going for realism here, but it made for tedious platforming.
and my own personal request:
5.) Fewer beggars and insane people. Video game characters rarely inspire such hatred in me as they did.
Looking forward to AC2!