ThermoNukePanda Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Anyone else planning on picking this game up or checking it out? I'll be grabbing my copy later and I'll let you know what I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBadExample Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Assassin's Creed: Retirement Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kira Onime Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Maybe once it drops under 20$.I'm getting really tired of this series and the story seems to be going nowhere.I've also have yet to be attached to any character since Ezio. I just want the story to come to an end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spawn622 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Picked it up. Played it for an hour or so...It's not good. Very, very pretty, but not good. Took it back and put the money towards other stuff. No time for mediocre games any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dateranoth Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I, sadly, own most of these but have played only the first two. Lost interest with those two weird intermediate ones. Brotherhood and Revelations I think. I really do want to pick up after those and give the series another go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spawn622 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Just skip straight to 4 Dat and stop after that. 4 is the best iteration since Brotherhood, so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kira Onime Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I, sadly, own most of these but have played only the first two. Lost interest with those two weird intermediate ones. Brotherhood and Revelations I think.I really do want to pick up after those and give the series another go. It's after revelations that the series starts going downhill.Revelations really was Brotherhood but with a new paintjob. Still a good game just to finish the Ezio trilogy. 3.... let's not even speak about it. 4... eh. Edward, the assassin, really has no motivation to be an assassin and just kinda finds the robe and wears it cause it was all he had. Really doesn't give a shit for more than half the game. Good mechanics but no memorable characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThermoNukePanda Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 I read reviews yesterday and ended up NOT picking it up. I'm glad I waited. I think I may Gamefly it. Going to save my money for next week's GTA and Dragon Age. Sad though, really wanted to see this be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevnvek Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Well I'm certainly enjoying it. The series has never been about creating an entirely new gameplay system every iteration, that would be kind of crazy. Sure the gameplay is roughly the same. Although there are new additions like a dedicated button to climb down objects while running. This might not sound like much, but it makes the simple act of dropping seamlessly from ledges until you reach street level much easier. The cooperative components are fun as well from what I've played so far. I enjoy it more than the versus modes from previous games, though I've always preferred co-op to competitive. Where it really shines, as with any major game in the series, is presenting a new historical setting. The cities are very detailed, and there's a lot to explore. I honestly don't see what could be so negative in the reviews. The worst I've seen is a couple minor bugs, mostly things like an NPC glitching out once in a while (which is bound to happen with so many on screen). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spawn622 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I can only speak for PS4, but the frame rate is shit. No matter what is happening it just chugs along. It eventually catches up, but it's terrible. The new controls I hated, but could've gotten used to using, however they are unresponsive as hell, just like every other iteration of this damn series. It's all so stupid dull. There's nothing interesting going on at all.All in all, games like Shadow of Mordor ruin mediocre games. It's bad when Ubi's last gen game is better that their next gen offering. Reviews are all personal preference for sure, but man they've pretty well nailed all my issues with Unity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kira Onime Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Read a handful of reviews. Optimization is shit unless you're on a 970-80.Some previous basic abilities are now character upgrades?Real money trading for in-game currency?I hear they're moving away more and more for the original in-game "real life" characters. I don't even think I want to play it even if its offered to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThermoNukePanda Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 My issue that I don't want to deal with is the terrible frame rates. I bought a PS4 to not deal with that sort of stuff. If it gets patched and fixed in a bunch of areas I'm absolutely willing to try it but I don't want an exercise in frustration for right now. Glad to hear it's decent though on other levels though Kevin! Thanks for the input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kira Onime Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 SO apparently there's a user found fix for the framerate problems...... Disconnect from the internet entirely when playing the game, goes for all consoles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThermoNukePanda Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 SO apparently there's a user found fix for the framerate problems...... Disconnect from the internet entirely when playing the game, goes for all consoles. That's probably because the game is constantly attempting to connect to the ubi servers to throw the BUY NOW BUY NOW BUY NOW microtransaction crap at you along with the idiocy of having to use their companion app or whatever to open chests. /facepalm I still want to play though. Thanks for the info Kira. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevnvek Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Apparently I get a free game since I own the broken season pass from the gold edition. I'll get either Watchdogs or Far Cry 4.The games are:The CrewFar Cry 4Watch DogsAssassin’s Creed Black FlagRayman LegendsJust Dance 2015http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-US/community/liveupdates/live_updates_details.aspx?c=tcm%3A152-186654-16&ct=tcm%3A148-76770-32http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-US/community/liveupdates/live_updates_details.aspx?c=tcm:152-186650-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32That's pretty awesome. The issues hadn't really affected me too much since I haven't had much time to play the game anyways. EDIT: As I suspected, Watchdogs just went on sale (actually I didn't expect it to happen the same day I was thinking about it though), so I just bought it. I'll use this to get Far Cry 4 since I keep hearing you guys say how good it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dateranoth Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Far cry 4 is the way to go anyway. Watchdogs is ok, but nothing to write home about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevnvek Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 The website to redeem your free game if you bought the ACU Season Pass or ACU Gold Edition is now live.https://acu.ubi.com/It's super simple, I just redeemed Far Cry 4, and they e-mailed me a Steam key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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