Same gameplay as the previous 15 Assassin's Creed games?Yeah, I don't get it. Least they could do is make combat a bit harder. There's still, just like in the previous 15 AC games, no incentive at all to not just kill every soldier and guard in view using only your left hand while reading a book. Makes it very boring. You're just "seeing the story through", because the gameplay itself offers no challenge. Which would be a bit better if the missions weren't all so alike and if the story was actually interesting.(click to show/hide)
AC1's shallowness was excusable because it did so many other things right, added a lot of other new things. But after AC1, the changes they've made have been mostly small cosmetic things, gameplay works like 99% the same.
Core gameplay was still completely the same.
Brb hating on AC franchise
Brb hating on COD franchise
Brb hating on BF franchise
Brb hating on sports games
Brb jizzing my pants over retarded indie games and mods.
In what manner?
Brb hating on AC franchise
Brb hating on COD franchise
Brb hating on BF franchise
Brb hating on sports games
Brb jizzing my pants over retarded indie games and mods.
AC went shit after Brotherhood, and AC3 fucked up with its setting for me. I want to play as an assassin, not to jump around trees and shoot muskets.AC3 is the only AC game I actually managed to complete the story. Not a single bullet was fired that playthrough...
Also, who hates sports games?
Everyone.
AC3 is the only AC game I actually managed to complete the story. Not a single bullet was fired that playthrough...
It's always funny to read this when you post in a forum about a mod of an "indie" videogame.
:lol:
Plz don't be an indie loving my old friendgt kthxbye
Many indie games have much greater depth than many new aaa titles, so plz dont be an indie hating my old friendgt kthxbye.
It's a sad fact that the big companies make ultra-casualized retarded games. There are some great ones that don't, though, like CD Projekt RED.
NES graphics depth trololol
NES graphics depth trololol
Witcher games sucks but Cyberpunk 2077 game is probably the game i'm the most excited for amongst all games to be released but it won't be released till like 2015-2016 so can't really count them now.
I almost feel like an imbecileThat's not just a feeling
I almost feel like an imbecile having to remind people every day that games are usually about something called gameplay.
Also NES graphics? Did you see Trine 2? Do some research on indie scene before coming to conclusions.
Serius arguing with Berenger about this subject?:lol: Are you new here?
I almost feel like an imbecile having to remind people every day that games are usually about something called gameplay.
Also NES graphics? Did you see Trine 2? Do some research on indie scene before coming to conclusions.
Point taken.
Did not just see Trine 2. I have it. And to be honest, its mediocre at best. Last good indie game i played was Braid. Most indie games sucks anyhow.
Gf my old friendt
So what's going on is the dude still in Animus "tracing the steps of his ancestors" if so how is his brain not fried yet, if not don't care the plot must me more stretched by now than Prison Break season 2.
It just shows the moneygrabbing nature of the studio. It makes no sense at all, but they do it anyways because pirates sell.
If people are actually interested in playing that period though surely that isn't a bad thing as they are actually catering to what people want?
Are you saying you cant assassinate plot important characters while sailing around at the same time?
I really don't see the problem with the theme of this one, far more interesting than 3 also a nice change to the dynamic of gameplay that the franchise sorely needs.
Sorry, but slapping pirates over a franchise that has nothing really to do with them does not make it awesome, remember Risen 2.
As far as I can remember, this game was originally more or less about assasinating plot-important villains, not sailing a ship and fucking arund in pirate costume.
Nope you still can, but why would any assasin want to become a notorious pirate, and why on earth pirates?
Risen Dark Waters sucked because height of the Gothic franchise(which is what Risen is basically part of, wether it likes it or not) died long ago with Jowood, a company thats been bankruped for some time now. And Deep Silver just continued making the exact same mistakes of producing terribly bugged games with crap combatmechanics in Jowoods example.
Id like to say you are wrong. I consider sailing a ship and "fucking arund in a pirate costume" a very nice change of pace. The rooftopthing got really boring long ago and this seemed like the oblivious move, considering the fact that the only thing people really endorsed in AC3 was sailing. So going for pirates is logical. Who else would you sail for anyway? The Assassins Order personal armada?
And the protagonist was an pirate first before he was an assassin and that makes sense. Get your faxs straighte!
Nope you still can, but why would any assasin want to become a notorious pirate
If you bothered to play the game for more than 5 minutes or at least read the plot, you would know that's not the case.
After hearing the shanties in the Nord-thread I am wondering...
Is there a soundtrack of those shanties? :O
I really don't see the problem.
AC has never been hard, it's always been a doddle since the first one because they have always had insta-kill counter attacks. But it's a game that's never been about difficulty. For me it's always been about presenting me with cities, terrain and places that I'd have loved to have seen in those time periods and doing a good job of bringing them alive. And so far (except maybe for AC3) they have fulfilled that for me. To expect any different isn't really realistic, and it also doesn't particularly seem to be what people want considering how well these games sell.
The future side of AC has always been a sideline for me as well and I've never been all that interested in it so I'm not fussed about the plot holes ect.
True stealth could be better that's for sure.Have a little teaser :)
Anyway, this arrived yesterday so I installed it. Psyched about getting home from work and playing it tonight.
I still like it. Compared to boring Italy and lame USoA... the Caribbean is very nice.
If you barge in... you chose to play that way. The game offers always a way through the trees or jumping bushes - I choose to play that way.You can also play with your eyes closed to add challenge. If you have to do that to get challenge, that means the game is flawed. Sure, you can choose to play stealthily, but there's still absolutely zero incentive to do so, and if you get discovered it doesn't matter in the slightest, you just kill everybody. If you get discovered: because of the crappy stealth mechanisms, they had to make the guards total retards, which means getting discovered is very hard.
Why would you complain about choice?
You can also play with your eyes closed to add challenge. If you have to do that to get challenge, that means the game is flawed. Sure, you can choose to play stealthily, but there's still absolutely zero incentive to do so, and if you get discovered it doesn't matter in the slightest, you just kill everybody. If you get discovered: because of the crappy stealth mechanisms, they had to make the guards total retards, which means getting discovered is very hard.Most of the time you get more money if you do the kill stealthy. Otherwise, I don't disagree with you that the mechanics are flawed but they've put some work in them. It ain't as bad as it used to be.
So started playing anyone else got shit fps? seems horribly optimised for amd, getting beta driver incase it helps.Intel [email protected], 8GB RAM, HD6870... running like a charm with nearly everything maxed out. As I said before, runs way better on my rig then AC3 did. I am using the Ati Beta 13.8 drivers atm.
I played AC1,2,3 and I like them all in many ways, but the controls are still complete ASS. they use 1 or 2 buttons for every major action, so your trying to sprint then your guy is climbing the wrong direction or you tell your guy to jump up and instead he jumps the opposite way and falls all the way down. I get used to it each time but when I start one of these games I really want to beat a puppy to death.
also from what I gather (barely pay attention) the craptastic future justification this time is; your playing genetic memories to make a feature film for absturgo entertainment. that justification could have been explained entirely through the animus, or even just hinted at/implied. instead of us having to to briefly play as a person in the present tense, which is really jarring to the overall imersion of the experience (since that too obviously feels like playing a game, because it IS a game)- especially since this time around its completely non essential to the overall story of the game. not sure I explained myself properly, maybe you understand what I mean.
I just wish there was a separate key for running and freerunning. So annoying to start running up a wall when all you wanted was to run through a gateway or something.That happens to me quite often too. And having two separate keys would be wonderful. I'm playing with an xbox controller and it happens less often since I do, tapping the freerun button helps a little too. Everytime I see a passage I wanna run through not up I release the button for a brief moment. He doesn't instantly stop running but slows down over distance... it helps.
So started playing anyone else got shit fps? seems horribly optimised for amd, getting beta driver incase it helps.
So let me get this straight, it was supposed to be a secret, some sort of a plot twist, that James Kidd is a woman? Wut. Biggest surprise since ever!1111
So let me get this straight, it was supposed to be a secret, some sort of a plot twist, that James Kidd is a woman? Wut. Biggest surprise since ever!1111
Watched a minute from the middle, the guy playing almost dies in melee because the only thing he does is spam mouse1. I didn't think anyone could be challenged by the combat, but I guess I was wrong.Yeah, melee is basically just spamming one button and occasionally counter. Sometimes them enemies can kill you in melee, but that only happens during horrible frame drops because my PC can´t always handle all the shit happening in screen because of bad optimization ubisoft did with PC port. :(
It took a while but now I realized that it actually gives quite the advantage to have someone as UPlay "friend" who's playing AC4 too....
...like those White Whale locations, shorter travel time for the fleet. Things like that.
Since I don't wanna invite just random people: My UPlay-nickname is "kamelle".
Invite! :wink:
Haven't gotten far in the game but there better be a Kraken in the game and a Ghost Ship.There are Ghost Ships of sort... check the 4 far corners of the map...
Hahaha. That sounds so silly.
Iirc you get the 2 volleys too when you upgrade the round shot to max, don't you? Not sure though...
Just found out that the actor for Kenway is from Swansea, geddon boyo!
Yesterday I tried this "walking backwards" to a shanty cuz I failed to get it after the 3rd try... that actually works :lol:
Lol an actor actually acting his nationality. That's a new one.
I liked AC1's storytelling, in AC2 I think they attempted to increase the game's lifetime but it simply doesn't work as the gameplay was still oversimplified. Stopped after that.Personally I just really enjoy the living history they create or at least the impression of life in a certain timeframe.
Just found out that the actor for Kenway is from Swansea, geddon boyo!
Did anybody else like how the game ended as much as I did? By ending I mean the credits and end cut scene.
I haven't started the MP even once and I probably won't... Couldn't care less about multiplayer in a single player game.
Just finished the game... Nope, I can't say I saw that one coming :o
Though I feel the whole "endgame" seems a bit rushed for some reason... like they had to wrap it up quickly story wise.
Is the Deluxe version worth it?I have to say No. Quite a lot of stuff is for MP anyway. Personally, I haven't started that even once. And those items you get in the Deluxe are not even really better than the gear you get regularly.
I thought the story came around and delivered at the end, except the execution in terms of the story build up was really poor, especially handling all the characters like Blackbeard, Mary, etc. I found the story incredibly underwhelming up until things start snowballing after Blackbeard dies (no that is not a spoiler, open up a history book). All in all, I came away with a pretty decent impression on this game, though for some reason I found AC3 more compelling and fun.
25% off on steam for those who haven't checkedHere it's just 25€. That's another 12€ less than the German pricing Steam sale but it's a UPlay key. (http://www.g2play.net/store/Assassin-s-Creed-IV-Black-Flag-English-Only-Uplay-Key.html)