Assassin's Creed 4

[Malaclypse]

I like the sad ones

[chadz]

This is quite an interesting situation. The normal game is as boring as the first one (didn't play 2 and 3, seems like I haven't missed much).

But the Sea stuff is amazing. The difference between the sea gameplay (interesting fights, tactics, multiple weapons that are very well balanced, actual participation in doing stuff) and the normal fighting (press E to win, button smashing while your char autoruns to victory) are so apart from each other that it's gonna be interesting for the future.

The thing is: ubisoft fucked up. If they would have created a new brand, they'd be the winner now. Now they are in this hilarious situation that they fucked up their main franchise. What are they gonna do next? Another Time period? I can't imagine ever playing another AC that has only the boring lame-ass "run towards target and play minigames on the way" gameplay. So they either find something to top the pirate gameplay, which will be damn hard - or go and make 10 pirate sequels. I can already tell it's #2. Either way they're fucked. Funny 

If they would have created a new game, with more replayability, and even more cloned from Pirates!, then they would have had the chance to create a goty. Like this, it's a game that doesn't know what it wants to be - and still manages to be better than all ACs before combined.

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But they really did their homework on the seafaring stuff. The feeling when a gust hits you suddenly from the side, the ship starts heeling, and you feel like you really have to push against it.. amazing. Well done. Just wished the wind would actualy be more accurate, but well, its still a console game. The thing that really made me cringe was the sails fluttering all the time 

[Havoco]

Yeah, I've always wanted a pirate era game similar to silent hunter with depth and an open world. Not to mention the immersion I get with the storms. Being able to manage your crew, design a ship with different gun loadouts, have some scale of boarding combat similar to M&B.


And before u say it, I'm not talking about pirates of the burning sea.

[Overdriven]

I have to say, this is the best AC in a long while though if not the best. I'm spending hours just gliding around the ocean enjoying it. Not doing all those many missions or anything.

I agree they'll have a hard time taking the franchise anywhere else now that they've introduced this though. There's only so many ways to couple sailing, and an interesting time period. Even if they go to ancient times just running around won't cut it any more.

Anyone been to the far north corner yet? 

[Havoco]

Lol pirate galleys in roman era

[Overdriven]

Well I'm wondering whether the next step could be towards Napoleonic Europe. Pretty obvious how they could incorporate the sea there  Mind you doubt they will go that line.

[Molly]

I love it when the waves are higher and the ship dives done after being on top of it and then the water floods the deck... really awesome. Or those mega waves and the crunching sound of the wood... I've played like 50% now, did a lot of side stuff and I haven't once used the fast travel cuz the sea is so good

[LordBerenger]

Next AC will be World War 1 or 2 so expect airplanes instead of ships and jumping out of airplanes.

[Xant]

I actually hope so. Making melee something you only do occasionally would make the current melee combat fine.

[Tibe]

"The saboteur" was pretty much AC in WW2. Only there was no meleecombat, no secret order and the protagonist was a pissed off irishman.

[Xant]

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

[Jarold]

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

Yeah I just did that part too! WTF, did someone actually fall for that shit. It was completely obvious!

[chadz]

It's not like they came up with that though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Read

But yeah, they really could have hidden that better. I always wondered why that girl has a boys name.

[Banok]

Am I the only one disappointed in the sea combat? I thought they would flesh it out from ac3 considering its no longer a sidequest, but its identical. it could have been way more interesting/tactical than a 1 button quick-time event.

sure it is better than the ground combat, press counter to win, but not by much.

@havoco and yes sailing through a storm is fucking epic, and does make me dream of a m&b style ship game, remember this? http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,199081.0.html

but we're never gona get a game that can make ships look good as ac4 and doesn't have completely shallow game-mechanics. very few games let us have our cake and eat it (gfx+gameplay)

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

I was like wtf is that supposed to be a boy or a girl? I decided that it was supposed to be an adolescent boy but they decided to get a female to voice him, for some stupid reason. so silly me, I actually didn't predict it, but it wasn't exactly a shock!

[Molly]

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!