2012-11-04, 19:05 | Link #182 |
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Ok, finished it. Nothing occurred in the last two sequences to change my review.
As for the ending, I do wish we'd seen more of the....let's say consequences. That we didn't, might mean there's an opening for more AC games down the road though. Anyways, it's kind of a bummer to end the series with a below average story, at best. If you don't care about story, this is still one of the more refined gameplay you'll get out of the AC games, though I thought the removal of "upgrades" to your health/armor/etc made things easy. I literally didn't buy a single thing the entire game (except the one time the game forces you to for the tutorial section). I'm not even sure what the point of having money was. In terms of things to do in the sandbox area, I still think AC 2 and Brotherhood far outstripped AC 3.
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2012-11-04, 19:07 | Link #183 | ||
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I mean you got him crashing onto the battlefield and single-handly taking out a platoon and then axing the leader and then you got naval battles...I mean what? |
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2012-11-04, 19:52 | Link #184 | |
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And, yes, there are a few forced stealth missions (failure on detection), but when it isn't enforced, it's far easier to just wade in and press counter, attack or counter, break until there are a pile of bodies around you. Brute force should be the harder path, and nigh near impossible, with stealth and actual assassination rewarded. There's never been an easier AC game than AC 3. Which, if the story wasn't complete shite, I wouldn't have minded so much.
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2012-11-04, 23:48 | Link #186 | |
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I feel that the Templars genuinely believed they were the good guys, doing what was necessary to keep humanity safe, willingly sacrificing freedom (though not their own) to accomplish it. In contrast, many of Ezio's targets were simply corrupt and had actually strayed from the intended Templar path. Only Rodrigo Borgia really had any Templar goals in mind. Now, in this, we return to Templars who genuinely believe they're doing the right thing and don't necessarily need to resort to violence to do it - but they're just as willing to as always and will suffer no impediment to their goals. The more sympathetic enemy, if you will. So was I the only one whose jaw dropped at the end of sequence 3 it opened up a whole new preceptive for me when they reviled... Spoiler:
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2012-11-05, 00:46 | Link #187 | ||
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As Yahtzee once said, "rather than being mother teresa or a baby eating monster...couldn't we have something that's between them?" Quote:
I'm also curious as to why guys like Ezio and Altair got like 3-4 games and Connor only got 1. From what I'm reading the game suffers from that. |
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2012-11-05, 02:26 | Link #188 |
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One of the big problems (which may have led to poor scripting), IMHO, is that Ubisoft tried to rush AC3 because one of the in-game deadlines (the satellite launch) was getting closer and closer in real-life and they wanted to keep things 'realistic' (imagine if Stanley Kubrick, had he lived longer, had released his 2001 movie in...2005?). They probably were so concerned about this date that they rushed the storyline and didn't bother exploring other outcomes.
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2012-11-05, 11:29 | Link #189 |
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Hm, these negative reviews are making me hesitate on picking it up for PC .. it's sad that such a series that has focused so much on it's plot is hurting in that very direction..
One of my friends apparently has hermitted himself to play the game over the last weekend so I'll ask him how he's found it.. EDIT: Seems like the reviews aren't all bad.. Last edited by willx; 2012-11-05 at 11:46. |
2012-11-05, 22:28 | Link #191 |
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I was really enjoying all parts of the game. So many activities, a bit slow in the beginning sequences but it was nice pacing. My only disappointing opinion has to be the ending, all I got to say is....................well at least it wasn't as hard of an impact like Mass Effect 3. Well there are more games coming out of the series.
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2012-11-06, 16:16 | Link #193 | |
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Still, it was a brilliant twist, I grinned like a madman when the reveal came. And then it became a bit of a disappointment when by the game's end it remained the one and only good twist in the game. |
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2012-11-06, 21:10 | Link #195 | |
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Other then that this game is pretty sweet especially the hunting which reminds me of another favorite Red Dead Redemption. Hey maybe we'll get an AC game that takes place during the time of the Western expansion though I still would like one based around the French Revaluation.
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2012-11-06, 21:17 | Link #196 | |
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2012-11-06, 22:26 | Link #198 | |
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AC 4 set in the aftermath of Desmond's decision at the end of AC 3 could be quite interesting.
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2012-11-06, 22:26 | Link #199 |
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Honestly, a clash between the old and the new in Japan (just at the beginning of the Meiji Era, circa 1868) would be a perfect setting for the next Assassin's Creed. Of course, I wouldn't mind if we go back in the Japanese medieval era; however, a period of clashes is a perfect setting as it always has been in previous games.
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2012-11-06, 22:59 | Link #200 | |
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