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Whoa this is surprising. I just got notification from Newegg my preorder is shipping today. Three day shipping means I'll get the game Thursday or Friday  I'm unbelievably pumped for this game.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 17:58 |
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why oh WHY posted:Yeah Sandy is a bitch. Where are you getting your copy from?
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 18:12 |
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It would be awesome if Gamestop locally delivered games to my doorstep so I don't have to go outside and into a giant hurricane 
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 18:47 |
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Hurricane Sandy is actually a Templar plot.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 19:25 |
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Zedd posted:Well fear not! I can't spell for poo poo so that would have been butchered even more. Well, you can make up for it by linking to Brad Neely's "Washington" video in the OP. It should be required watching for anyone playing this game. I know my Connor will be saving the children, but not the British children. 
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 19:28 |
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Springheel Jack posted:I'm pretty sure it isn't a bank holiday. I also had post (no game, mind), my gym was open normal hours and there is no listing on the Government's own website - https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays#england-and-wales Yeah, just realised the site I looked at was only for the ROI.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 19:42 |
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Wow! Thanks Future Shop. Got my copy in the mail this morning!! Super stoked!
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 19:44 |
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Is anyone else going to a midnight release tonight? My GameStop is having one. (PS: It's Assassin, not Asassin.)
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 20:37 |
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Syka posted:Is anyone else going to a midnight release tonight? My GameStop is having one. edit: were there big launch events in Boston and NYC that were planned for tomorrow but had to be cancelled? Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at Oct 29, 2012 around 20:42 |
| # ? Oct 29, 2012 20:38 |
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Samurai Sanders posted:edit: were there big launch events in Boston and NYC that were planned for tomorrow but had to be cancelled? I don't know about "big launch events" per se, but GameStop recently announced that all midnight releases in the Northeast have been cancelled.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 21:25 |
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Thanks for the story summary. As someone who only played a bit of the first one, that was really helpful. It sounds totally insane, but that's how I like my video game stories.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 21:29 |
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DopeGhoti posted:I don't know about "big launch events" per se, but GameStop recently announced that all midnight releases in the Northeast have been cancelled.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 21:30 |
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Thanks for the fantastic OP. So psyched for this game.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 21:34 |
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Glug_Glug posted:It sounds totally insane, but that's how I like my video game stories. The cliffhanger at the end of AC2 is one of my all-time favourites. "What. The. gently caress?" indeed, Desmond.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 21:46 |
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Welp GameStop cancelled the midnight launch for AC3 (for the north east) so I guess I'm getting it sometime tomorrow... This blows.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 21:47 |
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Syka posted:Is anyone else going to a midnight release tonight? My GameStop is having one. 
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 21:57 |
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Are there no reviews yet? When does the embargo lift?
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 21:57 |
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Comrade Flynn posted:Are there no reviews yet? When does the embargo lift? Turns out there is no game, this was all actually one huge scam to get us all to donate 60 bucks to Romney 
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 21:59 |
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404GoonNotFound posted:Turns out there is no game, this was all actually one huge scam to get us all to donate 60 bucks to Romney The most templar conspiracy.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 22:01 |
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Man I am excited. This marks the first (of many games I have enjoyed) where the engine and mechanics are fairly updated and refreshed... Tomorrow cannot come soon enough. I hope the PSN servers are not a poo poo-show for Day 1 Digital-ers.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 22:51 |
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As a history major I can't wait to sperg out and stab British soldiers as I complain to my roommate about how historically accurate/inaccurate this game is. It's going to be great.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 22:57 |
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Zedd posted:
 but that "screenshot" from III is a magazine scan, that guy in front of Connor who looks horribly out of place was another image on that page, hence why the lighting doesn't match.And (Liberation spoiler) Abstergo Industries is the game-universe publisher for Liberation. I tried to find a better link for that, but my internet is loving up (drat hurricane). Hopefully my power doesn't go out by midnight? gabi fucked around with this message at Oct 29, 2012 around 23:08 |
| # ? Oct 29, 2012 23:05 |
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Quote is not edit, drat it.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 23:06 |
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To anyone who has the game: How's it performing technically? The only review on Metacritic for the PS3 version says it's riddled with bugs and poor AI.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 23:23 |
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I'm on the fence. The game looks great, but AC games tend to get really boring to me after 5 or 6 hours. Crossing my fingers it will be in Red Box tomorrow so I can figure out if I wan to buy it or not.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 23:24 |
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Just want to point out that some of the mission synch objectives (of the early game missions) are horribly loving obtuse in the usual Ubisoft way. I.e. popup text quickly telling you what to do before buggering off and leaving you to try and figure out what the hell it actually meant. Otherwise, the game is pretty good. edit: Combat is also somewhat poorly explained. Like I'm pretty sure it's still not told me anything about actually chaining combo kills, just countering and I'm pretty much well out of the intro. Performance-wise it seems fine on the Xbox. There are 2 disks of stuff to install and i've only ever seen one texture rendering issue in one of the earlier cutscenes. Kin fucked around with this message at Oct 29, 2012 around 23:28 |
| # ? Oct 29, 2012 23:24 |
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Only played for half an hour (x360) but the polish is quite visible compared to revelations. Nice touches on model animation too (eye movement is a lot more natural during engine-rendered cinematics, textures seem nicer too). Very cool little natural-feeling small stuff like your character occasionally politely begging pardon for inconveniencing others (that's a first!), great interiors....the epoch thing really does feel a lot more believable. I for one hate Desmond and everything Desmond related so I'll gloss over that. So, moving on, it's been a while since I played but I don't remember being able to freerun, jump etc by just holding the RT down, well that's doable now. Of course that might've been so in the previous games as well and I was holding down another button like a retard for no good reason at all. In ~30 min of gameplay my one complaint so far is one quicktime event. I can let that go. Also, not trying to spoil anything, and maybe it's me, but in the first part of the game a very prominent character appears to be the 1700s spittin'image of Mitt Romney. I'm way too tired to play it anymore and by the time I get home tomorrow a lot of you guys will have sunk your teeth in it, so there. Good first impression on my part.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 23:28 |
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Kin posted:edit: Combat is also somewhat poorly explained. Like I'm pretty sure it's still not told me anything about actually chaining combo kills, just countering and I'm pretty much well out of the intro. Confession time: I never actually did any of the sub-weapon killstreak bits in Brotherhood or Revelations, and am still not clear on how exactly they work (having sold my copies months ago).
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 23:31 |
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gabi posted:And (Liberation spoiler) Abstergo Industries is the game-universe publisher for Liberation This. This is the reason I like this series. Oh and 404GoonNotFound posted:Turns out there is no game, this was all actually one huge scam to get us all to donate 60 bucks to Romney Comrade Flynn posted:The most templar conspiracy. I have to work tomorrow 8-5, but I'm seriously considering going to the midnight release to score some giveaways and maybe play a few minutes of the game before crashing for the night. Oh well, 5pm tomorrow and then I can murder redcoats to my heart's content. e: Mr Underhill posted:In ~30 min of gameplay my one complaint so far is one quicktime event. Please tell me it's brofisting Franklin. CloFan fucked around with this message at Oct 29, 2012 around 23:36 |
| # ? Oct 29, 2012 23:33 |
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NESguerilla posted:I'm on the fence. The game looks great, but AC games tend to get really boring to me after 5 or 6 hours. Crossing my fingers it will be in Red Box tomorrow so I can figure out if I wan to buy it or not. Text these codes to 727272 for free game rentals: TRYGAMES TRYITOUT RENT JUSTDANCE TRYREDBOX SCREEN You'll have to return the game each day since they are 1 day rentals, but you can just rent it again after you return it. I used these for Dishonored, and BL2. It was awesome. I'm using friends phones to rent AC3 for free for as long as I want.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 23:37 |
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404GoonNotFound posted:Confession time: I never actually did any of the sub-weapon killstreak bits in Brotherhood or Revelations, and am still not clear on how exactly they work (having sold my copies months ago). Once you perform a counter kill point in another direction and hit attack and you'll instantly kill the other guy. The only thing is that the previous games had a very noticeable indicator for who you were pointing the stick at, but it's not been that clear to me while i've been playing it. The previous games also had a near infinite range of the combat zone in which to chain up the next victim, but it seems like you can only continue the chain to someone immediately within your vicinity in this one.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 23:44 |
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Kin posted:Once you perform a counter kill point in another direction and hit attack and you'll instantly kill the other guy. No, not that part. I meant how you could use, say, the hidden gun or throwing knives in a melee chain kill without losing your flow. I was too obsessed with stabbity to figure it out. E: Nevermind, I think I get what you're saying now. Must've misread it. 404GoonNotFound fucked around with this message at Oct 29, 2012 around 23:49 |
| # ? Oct 29, 2012 23:45 |
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What's this micro transaction bullshit?
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 23:48 |
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Cross-posting from the old thread:GUI posted:How are the graphics on the PS3 version? I've been considering getting it for the PS3, but I saw these three pictures and I'm considering getting it for PC instead next month.
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| # ? Oct 29, 2012 23:55 |
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I've never played an Assassin's Creed game but this looks really good. I just cancelled my Amazon preorder and preordered it through Best Buy with in store pickup so I can get it tomorrow.
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| # ? Oct 30, 2012 00:15 |
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I got my copy early today, I'm 3 sequences in and I still haven't played as Connor, this is however a very very minor thing as the character I have played so far is so loving awesome that I almost wish he was here the entire game, which he might be in some fashion, I don't know yet. He's like an awesome mix of James Bond and Ezio. There are some pretty sweet changes to combat, and the animations just seem a lot more fluid than the previous game. So far I have no complaints at all, looks to be an epic game if it keeps up with the part I have played so far.
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| # ? Oct 30, 2012 00:34 |
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Well, poo poo. I checked with all my local gamestops and no one is getting any extra copies of the limited edition. I went to order it online, and while it's still available, I found out my "fun money" fund is a lot more limited than I thought. So, if anyone just wants to sell the flag that comes with it, lemme know. Gonna grab the game in a few weeks.
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| # ? Oct 30, 2012 00:50 |
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Coulis posted:I love the part where ezio tries to inflitrate the French fortress in Brotherhood and they start speaking in French. "Your accent is weird, where are you from ?" "MONTREAL!". That was probably the funniest thing in the whole game. Fact: the small mountains around Montreal are known as the Monteregian Hills. The hillside town where Ezio's family made a base was Monteriggioni. Coincidence?
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| # ? Oct 30, 2012 00:55 |
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Does the PS3 have an install like the 360 does? I hate, hate waiting for disc-loads, and every previous installment I've been on 360.The Dark One posted:Fact: the small mountains around Montreal are known as the Monteregian Hills. The hillside town where Ezio's family made a base was Monteriggioni. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monteriggioni !
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One of my favorite things about the AC series is randomly finding out about historical events/places and going "Whoa, that wasn't just a plot point in Assassin's Creed?"
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