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Rogue is like the most fun AC released next to Brotherhood but it's still AC.
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Yeah, literally the only reason I'm not immediately putting money down on Rogue (I even rented the PS3 version from Gamefly just to make sure it's good) is because my PC's not quite all the way up to spec, and the second I order it, I'm worried they're gonna announce a PS4 port.
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Mar 9, 2015 16:52
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The Iron Rose posted:Me too! Doesn't it come out midnight tonight? 10AM PST
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Mar 9, 2015 17:00
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Here's a video of Rogue's gameplay with some of its new features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBVMUAbdE8I
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Mar 9, 2015 17:04
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Mar 9, 2015 17:13
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Out or preload?
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Mar 9, 2015 17:30
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Orv posted:Out or preload? Afaik, uplay doesn't have preloading.
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Mar 9, 2015 17:32
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It does.
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Mar 9, 2015 17:38
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Orv posted:It does. Welp, I just activated the key nuuvem gave me so we'll find out in 20 mins.
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Mar 9, 2015 17:53
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I haven't gotten my nuuvem key yet. 
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Mar 9, 2015 17:58
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Orv posted:I haven't gotten my nuuvem key yet. Well, the good news is that it's not a preload and is in fact playable right now.  Get loving hyped. Deakul fucked around with this message at 18:16 on Mar 9, 2015 |
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Mar 9, 2015 18:12
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Crappy Jack posted:Rogue also lets you walk around in this outfit, so it's the best game in the franchise. John Marston's a playable character now?
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Mar 9, 2015 18:15
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Orv posted:10AM PST Deakul posted:Well, the good news is that it's not a preload and is in fact playable right now. Man gently caress you I don't have my nuuvem key either 
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Mar 9, 2015 18:25
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10AM PST on Steam, to be clear.
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Mar 9, 2015 18:32
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Apparently nuuvem unlocks items on UK time, for whatever reason, so I'll check back in with y'all in 6 hours.
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Mar 9, 2015 18:41
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I would kill several men for an AC in a Parisian belle époque setting, like those bits from Unity. But good like Black Flag.
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Mar 9, 2015 18:51
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Pork Pie Hat posted:I would kill several men for an AC in a Parisian belle époque setting, like those bits from Unity. But good like Black Flag. So instead of a pirate ship you've got a pirate air balloon? That sounds like some sort of Assassin's Creed Bioshock Infinite lovechild. (I'd buy it.)
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Mar 9, 2015 18:53
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macnbc posted:So instead of a pirate ship you've got a pirate air balloon? YES. YES EXACTLY THIS.
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Mar 9, 2015 18:59
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God DAMMIT, I had almost gone a day without wanting a Skies of Arcadia sequel. Also Skies of Arcadia is literally Pirates with Airships, and it is The Best.
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Mar 9, 2015 19:06
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It looks like certain naval ships will attempt to board your ship in Rogue. I like this new direction of the enemy being capable of doing the same things you can.
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Mar 9, 2015 20:01
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Brutakas posted:It looks like certain naval ships will attempt to board your ship in Rogue. I like this new direction of the enemy being capable of doing the same things you can. Yeah, enemy ships can board you. They can also leave trails of flaming oil to stop you pursuing them. You can do the same. Also your ship guns require you to actually aim, instead of just holding down a button and autofiring at their weak spots. Also you face Assassin enemies, who will hide in haystacks and try to ambush you. You can also intercept Assassination contracts and in a twist on the usual formula, attempt to protect a Templar target who is about to be killed. It's Black Flag, but better.
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Mar 9, 2015 20:08
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The Iron Rose posted:Yeah I finally finished black flag yesterday and absolutely loved it. The story and gameplay were both fantastic and worked together well, and I actually cared about the characters involved. On one hand I did, but on the other, it felt like it spent a lot of time fuckin' around and doing its best to avoid getting down to business... which I guess is actually kinda representative of Edward Kenway as a character. One thing I didn't like was that he just didn't really give a gently caress when I, as the player, wanted him to quite a bit. Becoming an Assassin seemed more like a FINE, MA, GOD drat event rather than legit maturation. Shame, really, because he was very likeable otherwise.
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Mar 9, 2015 20:12
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The White Dragon posted:On one hand I did, but on the other, it felt like it spent a lot of time fuckin' around and doing its best to avoid getting down to business... which I guess is actually kinda representative of Edward Kenway as a character. One thing I didn't like was that he just didn't really give a gently caress when I, as the player, wanted him to quite a bit. Becoming an Assassin seemed more like a FINE, MA, GOD drat event rather than legit maturation. Shame, really, because he was very likeable otherwise. Honestly I was cool with that. I didn't want him to be an assassin at the end of it. I'd have rather he worked with them, eventually growing to have sympathy for their cause (as he did) but not working with them explicitly because he hadn't adopted their Creed for his own yet. Which is basically exactly what happened, so I was fine with that. But yeah it could have been condensed a little bit and been fine for it for sure.
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Mar 9, 2015 20:28
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Finally, an AC game that lets you get an NPC's cool rear end outfit. Too bad you only get two pistols this time, though. And god dammit I want to use a small axe with my knife, that was the only thing I liked about AC3
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Mar 9, 2015 23:50
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Rogue seems to run approximately 100.5% better than Black Flag ever did on maxed settings for me, holy crap.
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Mar 10, 2015 00:00
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Installing now! Can't wait  Also PM me if you want Assassin's Creed Liberation. I already have it and have a uplay key from Uplay.
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Mar 10, 2015 00:04
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I just finished 100%ing Rogue last night, haha. The last legendary ship battle was sooo difficult until I switched up my strat and knocked it out on the first try, finishing it with a full health bar and change. You don't even need to do all the fleet missions to get the full sync so I felt like an idiot for even getting started on that smh
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Mar 10, 2015 00:08
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Deakul posted:Rogue seems to run approximately 100.5% better than Black Flag ever did on maxed settings for me, holy crap. Yeah it's just insanely well optimized. I got a lot of stuttering with volumetric fog in Black Flag but this doesn't drop at all. Wandering the River Valley area in the frontiersman outfit makes me want a PC release of Red Dead Redemption so much
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Mar 10, 2015 00:19
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Templar Enforcer outfit is also dope but takes way too long to unlock
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Mar 10, 2015 00:57
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I assume that any modern day sections of Rogue don't feature Desmond, right? Given his reaction to the twist early in AC3 and all of his bullshit I had to put up with for five games I would have rather enjoyed forcing him to relive his life as a Templar this time around. (I like the modern day stuff and the Subject 16 puzzles, I just thought Desmond was a mug).
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Mar 10, 2015 01:08
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Pork Pie Hat posted:I assume that any modern day sections of Rogue don't feature Desmond, right? Desmond is dead so nope.
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Mar 10, 2015 01:13
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You know, I know that by liking AC so much and buying all of them (except quite possibly Victory at this rate) I am enabling a terrible thing to be foisted upon consumers and gaming in general, but then I boot up a new one and the lady starts rehearsing for a lovely horror movie in my ear and it's all okay. Except Unity. Man, gently caress Unity. E: Also the soundtrack for Rogue might be even better than Black Sails but that's probably my love for gaelic folk stuff talking. Orv fucked around with this message at 02:22 on Mar 10, 2015 |
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Mar 10, 2015 02:19
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^^^ yessss the tavern songs are a DELIGHT The modern-day sections of Rogue are a lot like the modern-day sections of Black Flag, except some rooms are blocked off, it's winter in Montreal, and you have different real-world companions (well, and Melanie Lemay is back). Most of the rewards for hacking computers are audio files but they tell a couple interesting stories about the modern-day Assassins, including this buff gay Assassin couple--one guy is an MMA fighter and the other was a high school football player. I love tthem. I love them
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Mar 10, 2015 02:24
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Pretzel Rod Stewart posted:^^^ yessss the tavern songs are a DELIGHT I like Melanie. She's so spunky and not-evil. She just wants to make cool vidya games.  EDIT: Well...she might be evil now based off of the Helix docs from Unity. I hope not. 
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Mar 10, 2015 02:37
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Also can we talk about how they should stop trying to "improve" the AC stealth when Black Flag got it exactly right? Good LoS for hostiles so they're not blind when you're more than ten feet away, but if you're fast and smart you can run around in the middle of a bunch of dudes all day playing Batman as long as no-one sees you. It's great.
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Mar 10, 2015 03:07
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Orv posted:Also can we talk about how they should stop trying to "improve" the AC stealth when Black Flag got it exactly right? Good LoS for hostiles so they're not blind when you're more than ten feet away, but if you're fast and smart you can run around in the middle of a bunch of dudes all day playing Batman as long as no-one sees you. It's great. I actually think the plan-on-paper for Unity was great. The system just didn't work worth a drat. Stealth should be the easier and more preferable path in an AC game to just running in and killing everyone. Combat was way too easy in earlier games from counter kills. Unity made it marginally more difficult but I could still mow down an entire fort's worth of soldiers if I had a half dozen smoke bombs on me.
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Mar 10, 2015 03:26
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Pork Pie Hat posted:I would kill several men for an AC in a Parisian belle époque setting, like those bits from Unity. But good like Black Flag. The British Raj is an obvious setting. Lots of historical events happening and a crazy vibrant and diverse setting, but with enough blank canvas to tell whatever stories the writers want.
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Mar 10, 2015 06:27
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Pork Pie Hat posted:Given his reaction to the twist early in AC3 and all of his bullshit I had to put up with for five games I would have rather enjoyed forcing him to relive his life as a Templar this time around.
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Mar 10, 2015 07:31
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 "Oooh lookit me I'm James Cook, hotshot explorer loving about the arctic without cold weather gear. I see you eyeballing my mittens. Enjoy your frostbite, bonehead.  "
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Mar 10, 2015 10:18
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Orv posted:Also can we talk about how they should stop trying to "improve" the AC stealth when Black Flag got it exactly right? Good LoS for hostiles so they're not blind when you're more than ten feet away, but if you're fast and smart you can run around in the middle of a bunch of dudes all day playing Batman as long as no-one sees you. It's great. The only problem with Black Flag stealth is that you were totally silent while sprinting and holding the attack button made you instantly double-impale anyone nearby so you were basically the ghost-face from Scream running around corners and popping in and out of cornfields killing dozens of guards without ever aggroing them- I take it back the stealth was awesome
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