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christmas boots posted:AC works best with settings that are less remembered in detail imo. Crusades? great. Pirates? Absolutely. counterpoint: we have extremely detailed historical knowledge of 19th century london, and syndicate is great
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Beyond the setting just not making for an interesting experience because of bad cities and all, I think the reason it didn't work is because it felt like a historical checklist in the same way that learning about it in school does, instead of just being a backdrop for the game to happen in.
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Aug 27, 2023 22:20
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Syndicate is more fine than great, the grappling hook is kind of a way of sidestepping the parkour instead of improving on it, there is a lot of filler and I don't think the game ever really gets better structurally than the back to back setpiece missions that start everything off
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Aug 27, 2023 22:59
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AC Syndicate is only just okay as a game but it successfully makes 1866 London look like the filthiest most foul smelling place on Earth, so mission accomplished there.
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Aug 27, 2023 23:03
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I think Syndicate felt like the best realization of classic asscreed. Everything came together very nicely and it feels good to play. The grappling hook adds some nice extra movement options as well. And it’s drat gorgeous. The story is kinda whatever but it has the good sense to maintain some camp.
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man nurse posted:I think Syndicate felt like the best realization of classic asscreed. Everything came together very nicely and it feels good to play. The grappling hook adds some nice extra movement options as well. And it’s drat gorgeous. yeah, i wouldnt claim it's the best in the series or anything but its a really solid fun game and it holds up well today. its got one of the more interesting cities to kind of stroll around and take in, plus a lot of fun alternative modes of transit - not just the grappling hook but the carriages and the sort of frogger-like boat hopping on the thames and the train base that moves around the map. plus its got some of the better more assassin-y combat animations in the series, i love the way you can calmly walk down the street and cut someones throat and then just keep walking while they bleed out behind you. and the protagonists while again not the best in the series are pretty fun characters
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Aug 27, 2023 23:15
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What I rembember from Syndicate:
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The plot is quite forgettable. I’m not finished yet but I think I’m close enough to say it’s one of the weaker ones I’ve played in that regard.
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Aug 27, 2023 23:37
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christmas boots posted:AC works best with settings that are less remembered in detail imo. Crusades? great. Pirates? Absolutely. Give me my Triple Alliance game already.
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Aug 28, 2023 03:17
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Jacob was surprisingly fun when they leaned more into the doofus/himbo side of his character. All the promo stuff presented him as "Batman England Ezio" at the time.
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Aug 28, 2023 04:13
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Am I remembering this wrong or did a bunch of the Parisian NPCs in unity all have cockney accents?
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Zedd posted:Jacob was surprisingly fun when they leaned more into the doofus/himbo side of his character. All the promo stuff presented him as "Batman England Ezio" at the time. I love the bit where Jacob, nanoseconds after hearing an off-hand mention of the word "gangs" as one of the arms of Templar power, proposes starting his own street gang complete with name and uniforms and ideology like it's his lifelong dream. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dan5DcUrpYk&t=3238s
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Aug 28, 2023 13:06
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christmas boots posted:AC works best with settings that are less remembered in detail imo. Crusades? great. Pirates? Absolutely. this. victorian london and ptolimaic egypt ruled. I think. i think golden age bagdad will rule. Doctor Spaceman posted:I love the bit where Jacob, nanoseconds after hearing an off-hand mention of the word "gangs" as one of the arms of Templar power, proposes starting his own street gang complete with name and uniforms and ideology like it's his lifelong dream. yeah. i like that jacob is just some care free moron who just chases weird flights of fancy and beats them like a dead horse. reminds me of myself but with weird rear end art commisions instead of dickensian gangs. man nurse posted:I think Syndicate felt like the best realization of classic asscreed. Everything came together very nicely and it feels good to play. The grappling hook adds some nice extra movement options as well. And it’s drat gorgeous. story is fine, dumb but fun. I enjoyed the open world and fights and poo poo. just fighting dozens of giant cockney men in the street and going fast furious with carriages.
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Aug 28, 2023 13:12
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I like Jacob because he's a good 'I'm going to get poo poo done' character', and then in the expansion the game has enough self awareness to acknowledge that like basically all AC characters, the poo poo he wants to get done is actually pretty silly.
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Aug 28, 2023 15:37
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Alchenar posted:I like Jacob because he's a good 'I'm going to get poo poo done' character', and then in the expansion the game has enough self awareness to acknowledge that like basically all AC characters, the poo poo he wants to get done is actually pretty silly. Yeah, I like that you see you didn’t make poo poo better with your gang of puckish rogues. They just end up doing crimes and betraying you when your student hulk smashes you. I like Jack. He is so loving insane and stupid and monsterious.
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Aug 28, 2023 16:04
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It's just nice that the protagonist of the game is someone who wants things. Shockingly, this is not a bar that quite a few AC games do not meet.
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Alchenar posted:I like Jacob because he's a good 'I'm going to get poo poo done' character', and then in the expansion the game has enough self awareness to acknowledge that like basically all AC characters, the poo poo he wants to get done is actually pretty silly. This is a large part of the reason why I like the Syndicate DLC.
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Aug 28, 2023 23:07
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I'm happy to report playing Valhalla with Ubisoft+ active did not nuke my save file now that the sub is over. I did get to keep this cool hat, though.
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Wouldn’t you sooner or later poke your eyes out with those fangs
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Mokotow posted:Wouldn’t you sooner or later poke your eyes out with those fangs Eh, you'll probably die in battle before then and it looks cool.
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The reality is that the Norse people wore non-horned helmets and mail in warfare like everybody else from this period. But reality is BORING!!!
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When you watch a movie about a modern badass hero they probably don't use standard army-issued equipment and tactics. So it's all fine when we play as the only Spartan who hates shields or the only Norseman who imported limited edition Egyptian armor & cloak premium set.
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it is a bit silly that Eivor can't use one handed swords even though you spend most of the game fighting dudes with one handed swords and there are one handed swords lying all over the ground after every fight. i do miss that feature in AC's 2 and 3 (i think?) where you could just pick up and temporarily use any weapon an enemy dropped
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Assassin's Creed Mirage Hands On Preview by Gamespot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRtRjcQxmMw
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ilitarist posted:Assassin's Creed Mirage Hands On Preview by Gamespot "Closest feeling to the first game that we've seen in year". Suddenly I'm very interested.
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I like it being focused on a single city. But these "black box" missions were the worst every time they've introduced them. It's like AC2/3 extremely scripted missions but when you step away from breadcrumbs you can just murder a hundred people and the target instead of getting a cutscene kill. Here the player describes some possible variation, but it still looks linear. When Odyssey wants me to kill a nation leader and I run around searching for ways to undermine their authority I feel much more as a master assassin than in, say, Syndicate mission of walking up to a body bug and killing an evil doctor in a cutscene.
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To be honest I'd rather hear "closest feeling to the second game" but I'll hear what the full reviews and gooncensus say about it.
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Yeah I definitely don't want, and don't know why anyone would want, a game like the first assassins creed.
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Seems like a mixed bag lol that the free running still seems like poo poo
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RenegadeStyle1 posted:Yeah I definitely don't want, and don't know why anyone would want, a game like the first assassins creed. *adding RenegadeStyle1 to my list of people to curse, right up there with the Christian king and his army of infidels*
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This all looks so small and unambitious... The cities of AC1/Brotherhood/Revelations/Unity might have been "technically" smaller but smart level design and no drat bird made they seem/feel bigger.
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Kuiperdolin posted:This all looks so small and unambitious... The cities of AC1/Brotherhood/Revelations/Unity might have been "technically" smaller but smart level design and no drat bird made they seem/feel bigger. i feel like this is the "holdover game" before red mixed with them wanting to try to mix the new games control mechanics with the older games more "social" stealth approach. ill buy it because its 50 bucks and looks fun enough for setting.
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I love Dishonored but this is not what I imagined as a return to form. https://twitter.com/Bolverk15/status/1701865799978283448 I know Odyssey and Valhalla had somewhat similar abilities but those were one of many available abilities and weren't a big deal cause you could climb always anywhere anyway. From what I understand this is the only ability Basim can "charge". Which reminds me: I think in Origins and Odyssey they planned for fort walls to not be climbable. Otherwise, I can't explain why most forts have secret underground passages into them: it makes no sense cause it's much easier to find an unobserved wall, climb it, and start picking up enemies one by one instead of finding yourself in the middle of a camp.
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I'm wondering if this supposed speed of his, which is why his movements can't be shown as anything by the animus as anything other than a teleport, will be accessible elsewhere? Like there better not be any rubberbanding with guards chasing me.
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ilitarist posted:I love Dishonored but this is not what I imagined as a return to form. Now that's a power that would have been useful to have when he fought Eivor 
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Lobok posted:I'm wondering if this supposed speed of his, which is why his movements can't be shown as anything by the animus as anything other than a teleport, will be accessible elsewhere? Like there better not be any rubberbanding with guards chasing me. apperently the explanation is that basim is fast as gently caress and it breaks the animus when it tries to render it or something. I mean i am fine with that kinda poo poo. Kass had magic god spear that could do AOE mmo attacks.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:apperently the explanation is that basim is fast as gently caress and it breaks the animus when it tries to render it or something. I mean i am fine with that kinda poo poo. Kass had magic god spear that could do AOE mmo attacks. I'm not inherently against magic or demigod type stuff, like I'll take Kass over Eivor any day. Was just wondering if this apparent Flash speed is going to be present anywhere else in your movement or moveset because at the moment it just sounds like a justification they came up with after the fact for having a grounded game that also has magic teleportation throat-slitting.
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Ubi hit me with a lengthy survey so my thoughts were tuned to AC for a bit I find I'm warming to Odyssey over time even more than I did when I played it (and I really liked it!). First Blade was offensively trash, but I loved the mythical dlc both in Origins and Odyssey (one of the areas in Origins is just incredible). Conversely I still have not finished Valhalla, and like, theoretically vikings are my favorite of the trifecta. In practice though, Egypt and Kassandra are just too strong and England is loving boring . It's similar to the problem I had with Witcher 3 (other than the assy combat), shithole villages are... well, lovely. I'll probably give Valhalla another chance at some point, but I feel like revisiting the first two is more likely. Mirage doesn't do much for me, the prospect of live service Infinity is repulsive, and Japan AC is less exciting with sushi ghost in existence. That leaves the future of AC in a weird place for me personally. I guess I can't be too upset given the amount of game there is in the too much stuff trilogy, but it would be loving wild to see AC Maya or AC China or whatever with today's fidelity of AAA games.
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I think they should try releasing Assassin’s Creed games if they want to know how people feel about Assassin’s Creed games
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AC Japan could be good if it was not set in the medieval period. like for the one city style of AC game, Edo/Tokyo in 1868 could be good. or for the larger rpg big open world style AC game, the Russo-Japan war of 1905, including Manchuria and the Korean peninsula. the latter would even give them a chance to include the island of Tsushima 
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