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AC2 but Origins style would make me cry, probably. imagine going through all of Italy with no loading screens and having it look legitimately gorgeous
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Walking two blocks away from the Pantheon into generic countryside and firing ten bullets into a wolf to craft 1/24 of a parachute.
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Aug 23, 2018 14:08
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underage at the vape shop posted:take a look at r/assassins creed.
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Aug 23, 2018 14:38
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Aug 23, 2018 14:41
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The AC subreddit is a bizarro land where the animus plot is cool and AC3 was the masterpiece of the series.
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Aug 23, 2018 14:42
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underage at the vape shop posted:take a look at r/ Let me stop you right there.
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Aug 23, 2018 15:08
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I always felt like stealth in AC was extremely rudimentary. The social stealth was extremely context sensitive to the point of being no better than a glorified bush to hide in, I don't really miss them at all. It never made much sense past AC1 either, Altair dressed like a monk so it worked... every other entry never even bothered trying to blend the protag in with the crowds. I'm cool with stealth just being like it is now, crouch down and sneak around dudes while avoiding their line of sight and snipping alarm bells.
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Aug 23, 2018 15:45
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Also at a point in AC1, the social stealth mechanic where you pretend to pray and all became mandatory to even move on the ground floor. I wish you could still blend in with crowds and disappear into the masses though, that as an escape mechanic is good, as is pretending to be on a bench or something. Those are things you can use to break pursuit, not requirements for stealth. If we could do a number of those things with the AC:O-series level of control and fluidity the stealth would actually be even better.
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Aug 23, 2018 16:55
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Unity has a lot of problems, but the huge mobs hanging out every twenty feet made the whole social stealth thing a lot easier and more fluid. Strolling up, shanking a dude, and disappearing into a crowd screaming for public executions always felt pretty cool.
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Aug 23, 2018 17:00
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Deakul posted:I always felt like stealth in AC was extremely rudimentary. Yeah,I meant the theory behind them, not the execution. Lunethex posted:I wish you could still blend in with crowds and disappear into the masses though, that as an escape mechanic is good, as is pretending to be on a bench or something. Those are things you can use to break pursuit, not requirements for stealth. Basically this. Add in disguises a la the Carnival part of AC2 and maybe some Hitman style stuff where you can steal a papal guard outfit and get away with walking in some other areas at a distance without completely tipping off all the guards, and it would be perfect. Literally stealing a monk robe and sneaking into a monastery to murder the lovely Abbott while he wrings his hands maniacally while watching a chorus of Choir boys would be pretty cathartic. Basically the series should be more Hitman and less GTA with swords and camels.
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Aug 23, 2018 18:32
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Lambert posted:This. The historic settings are what's special about AC, not the framing device or their stupid lore about magic apples or something. this, that being said, i like the templar/assassins forever war. but the alien wizards and poo poo i can take and leave.
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Aug 23, 2018 20:14
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You guys are forgetting that the magic apple stuff gave them a plot device to allow Bayek to canonically travel into the land of the dead and fist fight King Tut, so it's good now, actually.
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Aug 23, 2018 20:18
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Crowetron posted:You guys are forgetting that the magic apple stuff gave them a plot device to allow Bayek to canonically travel into the land of the dead and fist fight King Tut, so it's good now, actually. what the gently caress is up with that. so is the apple like a mobile holodeck or what.
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Aug 23, 2018 22:52
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Has a character in the game said “how do ya like them apples” or are they saving it for the final game in the series
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Aug 23, 2018 22:55
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Dapper_Swindler posted:what the gently caress is up with that. so is the apple like a mobile holodeck or what. Bayek carries real physical objects out of the afterlife, so gently caress if I know. Ainsley McTree posted:Has a character in the game said “how do ya like them apples” or are they saving it for the final game in the series Desmond thought of this line exactly one second before dying like an idiot, and went out filled with deep regret.
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Aug 23, 2018 23:00
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I think just making everything with the apples and magic/etc weirder is the way to go, honestly. When I went back and played the Ezio games I was surprised at how insignificant the apple is, if I recall it just temporarily makes people crazy? And you can kinda control them but only a little bit and it hurts you? Whereas having it raise the dead and make demons come out of the ground is cool as hell and added some much-needed variety to Origins enemies (even if it wasn't enough to keep me playing to the end but that game is just too drat long). While some nerd is gonna complain that going hard on magic monsters ruins the historical authenticity or whatever, I would argue that you're playing a game where a tireless parkour man commits dozens of murders on a daily basis and falls rear end-backwards into every major historical figure; its already a ridiculous fantasy, might as well embrace that and throw in some culturally-appropriate and period-specific mythological creatures to stab.
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Aug 24, 2018 00:34
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Precursor tech has also been the justification for buffy mcguffins in all of the games.
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Scott Forstall posted:I’m going to play hundreds of hours of odyssey so a year off it fine, they better come back with AC Feudal Japan built on the Odyssey rpg framework Ghost of Tsushima will prob come out at some point in 2019 tho and that looks sweeeeeet 
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Aug 24, 2018 01:21
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Node posted:So I sperged the gently caress out of Assassin's Creed: Origins and got every achievement and club challenge. You'd think I'd want to stay the gently caress away from the series for another ten years, but I'm ready to play more. I got all the achievements except one, completing every location. There was just too drat many for me.
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Aug 24, 2018 02:44
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Alchenar posted:Precursor tech has also been the justification for buffy mcguffins in all of the games. pretty much. i assume its some super duper star trek level poo poo. i mean the isu or whatever created humanity as basically in their image but basically a dumb drone race that was susceptible to their tech.
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Aug 24, 2018 02:58
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Having just gone back to Origins because the DLC was finally on sale, I am now definitely looking forward to playing Odyssey when it comes out. The mercenary system sounds awesome and I love the idea of earning some legendary weapons by beating people that use them against me rather than just picking them up from a box somewhere. The one thing I'm hesitant about is the leveled/spec'd armor. I loved wearing whatever I wanted in Origins because it was purely cosmetic. I hope there are at least a whole bunch of high-end things to play dress up with so that you don't end up railroaded toward one or two OP sets.
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https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/08/26/assassin-s-creed-odyssey-full-world-map-revealed-and-its-huge/ also new game plus is coming sometime after launch.
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The key thing, to me, is that while the map is bigger there is less actual land than Origins. As someone who doesn't care about boat stuff and find that all dreadfully dull this is a negative to me.
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Aug 26, 2018 17:13
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PureRok posted:The key thing, to me, is that while the map is bigger there is less actual land than Origins. As someone who doesn't care about boat stuff and find that all dreadfully dull this is a negative to me. Given how much of Origins' landmass was pure desert, I feel like it probably evens out?
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Aug 26, 2018 17:20
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These games already have way too much to do so they don't need to get any bigger imho.
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Aug 26, 2018 17:21
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Yep, Origins was way too big, tons of filler content.
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exquisite tea posted:These games already have way too much to do so they don't need to get any bigger imho. kinda this. i like biggish maps with lots of details and quests but origins felt to big at times. i never explored some of the zones because it was all high level desert.
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Islands make it easier to have distinct locations as well.
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Aug 26, 2018 17:33
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I'm good with less land as well - if there's poo poo to do along the way (which it looks like there will be) I use conventional travel way more often. Add sailing & shanties to the mix, and I don't expect to use fast travel often at all.
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Alchenar posted:Islands make it easier to have distinct locations as well. i like the look of the new sea fights so i am ok with more navy poo poo. also the different islands and poo poo look diverse as gently caress so good poo poo there.
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I assume they're also gonna add an autopilot option to the sailing. What made the islands in Origins such a pain was going from chilling as Senu while you cruised along on horseback to having to actually steer and hold down buttons just to get to the next objective.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/08/26/assassin-s-creed-odyssey-full-world-map-revealed-and-its-huge/ second-hand, but someone at resetera said it was 60% larger than Origins.
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Scott Forstall posted:second-hand, but someone at resetera said it was 60% larger than Origins. sounds about right. sea combat is cool and the different islands gives them room to tell different stories and poo poo. so anyone gonna pick a side. sparta or athens.
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I'm gonna pick Synthesis and give all of antiquity glowing green hats.
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exquisite tea posted:I'm gonna pick Synthesis and give all of antiquity glowing green hats. oh god, if they just pulled a ME3 ending, id laugh my rear end off.
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So it's Black Flag but with Ancient Greece, by the look of the world size and amount of actual land. That could be both good and bad, but hey, I'm game.
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Aug 26, 2018 22:19
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Fuzz posted:So it's Black Flag but with Ancient Greece, by the look of the world size and amount of actual land. The Black Flag map was really misleading though. A lot of the landmass was blocked off by cliff faces so you were essentially playing in disguised corridors once you were on land in a lot of places.
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Fuzz posted:So it's Black Flag but with Ancient Greece, by the look of the world size and amount of actual land. Did they have sea shanties in Ancient Greece though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QapvJeWiHwo
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Dapper_Swindler posted:oh god, if they just pulled a ME3 ending, id laugh my rear end off. I threw my hat in the "your player character will become Alexander the Great" ring and I'm sticking to it.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Did they have sea shanties in Ancient Greece though they have sea shanties in the game apperently.
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