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Palpek posted:He gets killed at the end of AC3 so all games after it don't feature him. Yeah I knew he died, but I wasn't sure when Rogue was set. As it's a Templar game, does this mean Danny loving Wallace is also absent? Because I do not like Danny Wallace.
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Pork Pie Hat posted:Yeah I knew he died, but I wasn't sure when Rogue was set. No Danny Wallace. Who I actually like. I thought Desmond was kind of a goofball, so I liked having a character around whose sole function was to go "who the gently caress is this guy? The Chosen One? Goddamn, that's stupid."
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Crappy Jack posted:No Danny Wallace. Who I actually like. I thought Desmond was kind of a goofball, so I liked having a character around whose sole function was to go "who the gently caress is this guy? The Chosen One? Goddamn, that's stupid." I take your point about Desmond, but we had him doing his nonsense over 5 pretty long games. It wore thin very quickly for me. I do like the modern day stuff though and know I'm pretty much in a minority there. Danny Wallace is far too tied up with Dave Gorman, who I would never tire of punching, in my mind to be redeemed though. I hear he's a nice guy, but it's much too late for that now. And if I want deadpan English snark in my murder sim I'm more than capable of doing it myself.
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Mar 10, 2015 14:18
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Man, after getting so used to Unity's parkour system Black Flag's just feels super weird. I honestly think Unity's was an improvement.
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Mar 10, 2015 15:29
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Daily Forecast posted:Man, after getting so used to Unity's parkour system Black Flag's just feels super weird. I honestly think Unity's was an improvement. It's about the only thing in Unity that was an improvement.
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Mar 10, 2015 16:19
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Daily Forecast posted:Man, after getting so used to Unity's parkour system Black Flag's just feels super weird. I honestly think Unity's was an improvement. Me too. Unity's felt much more fluid.
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Mar 10, 2015 16:20
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Slightly disappointed with the fact that the Morrigan is smaller and has less guns than the Jackdaw, but the speed and maneuverability are definitely really nice. Ultimately not sure which ship I prefer! Ah who am I kidding. I prefer that Man O' War you helm in that one mission in Black Flag.
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Mar 10, 2015 16:57
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Mar 10, 2015 17:51
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The Iron Rose posted:Slightly disappointed with the fact that the Morrigan is smaller and has less guns than the Jackdaw, but the speed and maneuverability are definitely really nice. Ultimately not sure which ship I prefer! There's an upgrade for the round shot that makes your cannons shoot a double load, though. Also the carronades and Puckle guns own.
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Mar 10, 2015 18:05
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Deakul posted:I was always a little disappointed that you couldn't commandeer a variety of ships in the games, making it into Grand Theft Nautical or something, would've made the fights with legendary ships a bit easier. Yeah, but I think they wanted to build up an emotional connection to the Jackdaw. I think they even said in marketing that it was like a second character unto itself. So switching around multiple ships just doesn't give you the same connection as that ship you upgraded from nothing into a fierce demon ship that terrorizes the high seas.
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Mar 10, 2015 18:25
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Crappy Jack posted:Yeah, but I think they wanted to build up an emotional connection to the Jackdaw. I think they even said in marketing that it was like a second character unto itself. So switching around multiple ships just doesn't give you the same connection as that ship you upgraded from nothing into a fierce demon ship that terrorizes the high seas. Fair enough, though I haven't felt much of a connection cause I constantly swap figureheads, sails, and wheels just about all the time.  I don't even know what the canon appearance of the ship is anymore.
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Deakul posted:Fair enough, though I haven't felt much of a connection cause I constantly swap figureheads, sails, and wheels just about all the time. Yeah, I think it's pretty hard to build a connection to a ship when the extent of your customization is some fairly limited cosmetic things and everything else is required upgrades. Also when you don't have to deal with the random idiosyncrasies that pop up with any constantly used piece of equipment and just hit "repair" at a shop. People don't get attached to things just because they use them all the time.
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Capn Beeb posted:"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. I still want Assassin's Creed: Paradise Lost about the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii. The tutorial sequence can be you're playing as one of the main character's ancestors and you stealth into Captain Cook's encampment and ruin his poo poo 
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Mar 10, 2015 20:15
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Oh thank Christ. Got past Sequence 2 in Rogue and Shay is way more attractive now. Dunno how much longer I could've gone staring at his ugly mug back from the early game.
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Mar 10, 2015 20:47
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Mar 10, 2015 21:00
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So, how's everyone finding Rogue? (Waiting for a sale to pick it up, guess this summer?) I really like the idea of river sailing. Also, just because I like Pretty
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Mar 11, 2015 00:18
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Nckdictator posted:So, how's everyone finding Rogue? (Waiting for a sale to pick it up, guess this summer?) I really like the idea of river sailing. Also, just because I like Pretty http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed:_Rogue_outfits It's a lot better. You can dress up as a cowboy.
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Nckdictator posted:So, how's everyone finding Rogue? (Waiting for a sale to pick it up, guess this summer?) I really like the idea of river sailing. Also, just because I like Pretty I find that I don't like the river sailing all that much, but it's still a great game. Not as pretty as Black Flag either, which is disappointing, but the ship combat is as fantastic as always and the new tools you have are hella fun.
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Mar 11, 2015 00:48
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Yeah, the river sailing isn't that great. Shooting icebergs with your cannons though? 
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Mar 11, 2015 01:02
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I'm enjoying the new assassin enemy type. It's fun to sneak up on a guy trying to sneak up on you. It's even more fun when they are hiding in a haystack only for me to dive in with them, blade first.
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Crappy Jack posted:http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed:_Rogue_outfits   
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Mar 11, 2015 06:09
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Everything about Lisbon was cool, except the shot at the end that looks like a bad stage prop. Definitely the first Precursor stuff they've done that has a definite alien feel rather than just tech-y.
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Mar 11, 2015 06:27
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I've only been able to play Rogue for a couple hours so far because work is dumb but oh my god  This might be the best AC game by default now.
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Mar 11, 2015 06:35
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Holy poo poo. So, I guess instead of Mayans or Native Americans as the background cultural motif this time it's the Norse?
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Me a few hours into Rogue: You know, this has been a really polished, enjoyable experience so far, I haven't noticed anything amiss! Not ten minutes later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5dWlC78_-0
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Mar 11, 2015 09:18
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Ha. And still a better experience than Unity.
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Moments later I sleep darted a fox because it wouldn't stop running faster than me and then I skinned it alive.  Unrelated, if I hear about how everything has been tense since Jumonville one more time I might kill somebody. Orv fucked around with this message at 09:31 on Mar 11, 2015 |
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Berserk darts have always hosed with this series. There was a part in Black Flag where I guess I used them where I wasn't supposed to: Those guys would just run around crazy but not fight one another and the Berserk effect wouldn't end.
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Pretty much. I berserk darted a bunch of guards at the first visit to Mount Vernon and then the assassination target ran around murdering his guests for a while.
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I love the pistola. The moment the hidden blade pistola became available it was instantly my go to tool for dealing with 'escaping' VIPs. "Catch him before he escapes!" *caps his rear end* 'bene' What I'm saying is every time I instantly end a chase by shooting the runner before the chase even starts i feel like Harrison Ford.
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The setpiece in Portugal was really awesome and I didn't expect something like that out of what is essentially a spinoff/expansion of 4. I'm really enjoying this game and as the one person who loves the modern day poo poo, it's already washing the bad taste Unity left in my mouth. Great PC port, too. Seems to have eliminated the problem with 4 where the vsync didn't support triple buffering.
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The Iron Rose posted:Slightly disappointed with the fact that the Morrigan is smaller and has less guns than the Jackdaw, but the speed and maneuverability are definitely really nice. Wow the Jackdaw was already hilariously maneuverable. The Morrigan must handle like a jetski. IRL it could take a minute or two for a sailing ship to make a U-turn. Everything's human-powered and the sails need to be drastically repositioned if you significantly alter the ship's heading relative to the wind.
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Arglebargle III posted:Wow the Jackdaw was already hilariously maneuverable. The Morrigan must handle like a jetski. IRL it could take a minute or two for a sailing ship to make a U-turn. Everything's human-powered and the sails need to be drastically repositioned if you significantly alter the ship's heading relative to the wind. Oh yeah this is no Naval Action. Once you hit a brig with the focsle guns it's all over but the crying and a hilariously impotent game of duck duck explosive shot.
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Would it be worth finishing Revelations before I tackle Black Flag? Got the latter as a birthday gift but I never tied up Ezio's story - there was so much stuff going on I kind of wandered off and never really picked up the second half of Rev.
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poptart_fairy posted:Would it be worth finishing Revelations before I tackle Black Flag? Got the latter as a birthday gift but I never tied up Ezio's story - there was so much stuff going on I kind of wandered off and never really picked up the second half of Rev. Do you care about closure for both Ezio and Altair at all? If so, do it. If not, skip it.
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Orv posted:Pretty much. I berserk darted a bunch of guards at the first visit to Mount Vernon and then the assassination target ran around murdering his guests for a while. That's how you know it's a good party.
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Orv posted:Do you care about closure for both Ezio and Altair at all? If so, do it. If not, skip it. Cool. I'll just focus on the main mission storyline stuff then. I'll dick about in black Flag.
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Revelations is fine, it does add some unnecessary mechanics but the game itself is good and definitely better than AC2. It also finishes Ezio's story really nicely.
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