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Sequence 3:I love how Haytham completely fails to climb the trees when chasing theKanien'kehá:ka(quite a mouthful)woman. It'll be rewarding when I revisit this forest as Conor and I'm a master tree traverser. Also QTE wolf fighting is 
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Early game (I hope?): Seriously what sequence do I get to be Connor? Or better, when do I get to be him not in a bullshit tutorial and actually have free movement and all?
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| # ? Oct 30, 2012 16:05 |
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Glitterbomber posted:Early game (I hope?): Seriously what sequence do I get to be Connor? Or better, when do I get to be him not in a bullshit tutorial and actually have free movement and all? Early game sequence spoilers: Sequence 3 is the last Haytham sequence. After that you still have a good couple of hours of tutorial to go before you're completely free to go out into the world
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Der Shovel posted:Early game sequence spoilers: 
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RT + B/R2 + Square is fantastic when running. Stops you looking like a complete idiot jumping off everything.
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| # ? Oct 30, 2012 16:15 |
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OK, clearly I'm a moron. In sequence 2, I'm supposed to shoot some explosive barrels by pressing L1 to zoom in. I can zoom in fine, but nothing I do will cause Haytham to do anything but stand there or draw his sword. I can't shoot for the life of me, and I'm locked in position so I can't move. Help? What am I doing wrong?
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Joystiq gave it 3.5/5, but their only complaints seem to be AI and that there's too much optional stuff to do. IGN is 8.5, nothing it's inconsistent.
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Zurai posted:OK, clearly I'm a moron. In sequence 2, I'm supposed to shoot some explosive barrels by pressing L1 to zoom in. I can zoom in fine, but nothing I do will cause Haytham to do anything but stand there or draw his sword. I can't shoot for the life of me, and I'm locked in position so I can't move. Help? What am I doing wrong? I had the same problem. Aim at the barrels underneath the cart and you should be able to fire.
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Syka posted:I had the same problem. Aim at the barrels underneath the cart and you should be able to fire. Aphrodite posted:Joystiq gave it 3.5/5, but their only complaints seem to be AI and that there's too much optional stuff to do.
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Aphrodite posted:Joystiq gave it 3.5/5, but their only complaints seem to be AI and that there's too much optional stuff to do. Honestly, and it's not my review so don't think I'm pimping my own, the CVG review reads the truest to me. They praise the world which feels really great, the naval combat (which is amazing and I want a full game of it) and the additions, while criticizing the overtly scripted missions and some of the bugs present. http://www.computerandvideogames.co...ge=1#top_banner Der Shovel fucked around with this message at Oct 30, 2012 around 16:26 |
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Syka posted:I had the same problem. Aim at the barrels underneath the cart and you should be able to fire. Ahh, thanks, that wasn't what I was missing but it helped me figure it out. I didn't notice that there was a tiny little targeting reticule that I needed to aim with, although it makes sense in retrospect.
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| # ? Oct 30, 2012 16:32 |
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The reviews are pretty interesting so far. It looks like your enjoyment will depend on whether or not you're okay with minor improvements in a new environment, and how much you care about the story being relatively safe while still taking its sci-fi elements a little too seriously.
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Corin Tucker's Stalker posted:The reviews are pretty interesting so far. It looks like your enjoyment will depend on whether or not you're okay with minor improvements in a new environment, and how much you care about the story being relatively safe while still taking its sci-fi elements a little too seriously. I'm pretty much A-OK with what I've read in the reviews, so this is a definite buy from me. Now to just either wait for Subway service to resume, or hope the nearby (almost a mile) Gamestop is open and walk there. Might pick up the Vita game as well, though I'm kind of waiting to read a little more about it. And also finish Revelations. The OCD in me won't let me play AC3 otherwise. Hell I hunkered down and finished 1 before playing 2.
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Ubisoft's got a day-one patch already that apparently fixes a lot of the glitches. http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/30/a...past/#continued
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Der Shovel posted:Don't drop massive spoilers like that without any context, it's a pretty big dick move especially since the game isn't even out yet. Luckily I already played that part, but yeah, go into this game spoiler free and don't even look up any achievements because there are some that are context sensitive. That spoiler (mentioned on the previous page) was easily one of the best twists, in the whole franchise.
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So, why did the most obnoxious character in the series (who I was VERY disappointed to learn hadn't been killed sometime in Brotherhood or Revelations, preferably by being an enemy spy and me needing to kill him myself) write all of the encyclopedia entries in that insufferable style of his? Do French Canadians think that kind of character is funny or something?
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Samurai Sanders posted:So, why did the most obnoxious character in the series (who I was VERY disappointed to learn hadn't been killed sometime in Brotherhood or Revelations, preferably by being an enemy spy and me needing to kill him myself) write all of the encyclopedia entries in that insufferable style of his? Do French Canadians think that kind of character is funny or something? Because otherwise you'd just have boring encyclopedia entries, which you could very easily get by looking in an encyclopedia, I would imagine.
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Crappy Jack posted:Because otherwise you'd just have boring encyclopedia entries, which you could very easily get by looking in an encyclopedia, I would imagine.
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Pablo Gigante posted:Ubisoft's got a day-one patch already that apparently fixes a lot of the glitches. I was just coming here to ask that if most of these early players had been forced to download 1.01 because I just was now... 
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I wonder, if you just stuck around in the beginning, if you could hear the entire Beggar's Opera.
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Samurai Sanders posted:Who says those are the only two choices? I'm asking why what's his name exists in the game at all (except as someone for me to gleefully kill), not why one of the characters wrote the encyclopedia in an in-game style. Personally, I love him. I wish every game had characters who were annoyed at the fact that the player character is some sort of mystical chosen-by-fate hero who holds the key to saving the world because they're just some idiot teenage runaway bartender with lovely tattoos and no understanding of anything. Desmond is basically the ultimate result of nepotism. The only reason he's important at all is because of all the poo poo his ancestors did, and all he ever did was be born and get plugged into a machine. Meanwhile Shaun's been studying all of human history and spending his entire life fighting to save the entire species from an all-encompassing group that seeks to enslave the planet that only a handful of people even know exist, and here he is having to play second fiddle and explain poo poo to this random dumbass. Shaun owns. Crappy Jack fucked around with this message at Oct 30, 2012 around 17:23 |
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rizuhbull posted:Fun game, but kinda disappointed. Nowhere near as quality as I was expecting. I'm still Haytham, but so far it's just Assassin's Creed with a couple new animations, a new map and story missions. The engine is most certainly the same as in previous games and the graphics are sub-par, so that seems like a gigantic lie from Ubisoft. With that said, I'm really hoping the new additions are as fun as they sound and the mid-end (Connor) game picks up. Ship battles, base building, character progression, animal huntin'. Same here. For all the talk around the new engine, this game feels like a simple revamp with a bunch of new animations but worse framerate/view distance. Ironically, Florence/Rome/Constantinople was a much more awe inducing setting too. Story doesn't seem to be great so far, and voice acting is mediocre. I hope the game gets better but for IGN to give AC3 8.5 I'm afraid it might reach Dragon Age 2 levels of bad 6-7 hours in.
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Crappy Jack posted:Personally, I love him. I wish every game had characters who were annoyed at the fact that the player character is some sort of mystical chosen-by-fate hero who holds the key to saving the world because they're just some idiot teenage runaway bartender with lovely tattoos and no understanding of anything. The Sean Encyclopedia is great and I love it. I'll hear no different!
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Crappy Jack posted:Personally, I love him. I wish every game had characters who were annoyed at the fact that the player character is some sort of mystical chosen-by-fate hero who holds the key to saving the world because they're just some idiot teenage runaway bartender with lovely tattoos and no understanding of anything. edit: the beginning segments were clearly designed to be more like previous AC games than the actual meat of the game looks from trailers and stuff, to provide a smooth transition I guess. It's definitely too long though. Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at Oct 30, 2012 around 17:26 |
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Paino posted:Same here. For all the talk around the new engine, this game feels like a simple revamp with a bunch of new animations but worse framerate/view distance. Ironically, Florence/Rome/Constantinople was a much more awe inducing setting too. Please update your thoughts when you reach later in the game. People have said (reviews as well) that it is really slow for the first few hours but picks up later. If this happens for you as well I would be curious of your thoughts. It may make the decision between a day one purchase and a Steam sale a lot easier. With that said I think a lot of people are thinking this is a new engine. It isn't. It's just an updated engine from the last two iterations using a lot of the same old core components but adding a few for dynamic weather, a way to maximize character models on screen at once, etc. The game itself isn't going to look that much different than any of the other AC's until it comes to these added features which it or may not do well, and they may have had to cut draw distance to support it. Utnayan fucked around with this message at Oct 30, 2012 around 17:43 |
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Yeah don't read the entry for Connors mom if you don't want the plot spoiled before finishing sequence 3.
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Crappy Jack posted:Personally, I love him. I wish every game had characters who were annoyed at the fact that the player character is some sort of mystical chosen-by-fate hero who holds the key to saving the world because they're just some idiot teenage runaway bartender with lovely tattoos and no understanding of anything. This is pretty much exactly how I feel about Shaun and it's a nice contrast to ~*The Chosen One*~ Desmond.
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Utnayan posted:Please update your thoughts when you reach later in the game. People have said (reviews as well) that it is really slow for the first few hours but picks up later. If this happens for you as well I would be curious of your thoughts. It may make the decision between a day one purchase and a Steam sale a lot easier. I will! And I'm trying to love it as much as I can because I'm a big Ac fan, so I'm not unbiased either.
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Does anyone know how to change equipment? I have picked up a couple of swords and extra pistols but I can't see how to equip them?
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TescoBag posted:Does anyone know how to change equipment? I have picked up a couple of swords and extra pistols but I can't see how to equip them? Utnayan posted:Please update your thoughts when you reach later in the game. People have said (reviews as well) that it is really slow for the first few hours but picks up later. If this happens for you as well I would be curious of your thoughts. It may make the decision between a day one purchase and a Steam sale a lot easier. Like the one review said, at a certain point the optional side-missions are so many that people who are OCD might just go insane.
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| # ? Oct 30, 2012 17:46 |
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Some people have a Heroic Chin. Haytham has a Heroic Nose. No, really, I can't get over how awesomely chiseled his nose is.
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Crappy Jack posted:Personally, I love him. I wish every game had characters who were annoyed at the fact that the player character is some sort of mystical chosen-by-fate hero who holds the key to saving the world because they're just some idiot teenage runaway bartender with lovely tattoos and no understanding of anything. I like the character in theory, it's just that the writing for him isn't as strong as it needs to be, which is compounded by the fact that Danny Wallace is a terrible VO artist. Shaun is a snarky fucker, but he's not a likeable or funny snarky fucker. I think if they had a decent voice actor then that would have overcome the poor writing even, but as it is he's just a bit of dick.
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Not sure where to post this so I'll leave it here. AC3 is $48 on New Egg right now with these promo codes: PS3 = EMCJNGN97 360 = EMCJNGN96
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Someone in this thread earlier complained about not being able to gently caress up citizens with your weaponry as you could in previous games. You totally can still do all of this, you just have to target them first now due to the way 3 handles combat.
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Gunder posted:Someone in this thread earlier complained about not being able to gently caress up citizens with your weaponry as you could in previous games. You totally can still do all of this, you just have to target them first now due to the way 3 handles combat. So no more accidentally stabbing some random douche while chasing my target? Alright AC2, well done.
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Gunder posted:Someone in this thread earlier complained about not being able to gently caress up citizens with your weaponry as you could in previous games. You totally can still do all of this, you just have to target them first now due to the way 3 handles combat. Does it desync you if you do so?
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DrNutt posted:Does it desync you if you do so? It gives you the standard STOP STABBING THOSE INNOCENTS warning and then de-syncs you if you continue to do so.
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Anyone done any hunting yet? I got kind of bored and unleashed genocide on the beaver population. Only thing I don't like is I get these traps and bait and stuff, but it's way easier just to sprint around stabbing things with my hidden blades. When my legs get tired, I just do the same thing but from horseback.
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Gunder posted:It gives you the standard STOP STABBING THOSE INNOCENTS warning and then de-syncs you if you continue to do so. Okay, pretty stoked now since this seems to solve the shanking the wrong person on accident from the previous games while still allowing for dickery when you want to.
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AndrewFL9 posted:Anyone done any hunting yet? I got kind of bored and unleashed genocide on the beaver population. Only thing I don't like is I get these traps and bait and stuff, but it's way easier just to sprint around stabbing things with my hidden blades. When my legs get tired, I just do the same thing but from horseback. I couldn't figuer out how to get the bait and snare to work. I dropped a snare, then dropped bait then waited somewhere hidden or ran away but all that happened is my snare would disappear from the map.
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