Assassin's Creed 3

[Rahdulan]

I read they managed to dumb down the gameplay even more?

I doubt that's even possible.

Skimmed over some Metactritic user reviews and yes, apparently all you need to do is press RT and Connor does the rest automatically (tree jumping, hiding in bushes etc.). Combat also seems to be even easier. It's all style and no substance. That's why I never got into the AC series.

From what I've seen in various videos it seems like combat executions take forever to finish now compared to earlier games because the entire thing seems way more choreographed instead of simply being practical. Pair that with apparently even greater focus on combat, as if Ezio counter killing half of Italy wasn't enough, and you have a recipe for repetitive frustration. Add to that what you say about automated parkour and expectations plummet down fast.

 

[Trash]

Liked the first as a parcour simulator and because I actually visited the places that one portrayed. Must say they really nailed the atmosphere there. Second one was fun and added lots to the formula but was then followed by increasingly pointless sequels. With three they can either step into a new direction and reinvigorate the series or keep going on that same pointless path. I was hopefull but with everything I read it seems to go for that whole style over substance thing.

 

[Fens]

I was hopefull

Joined: Dec 12, 2002

you really should know better by now

 

[Manjuice Nutella]

All potential the series could have had at some point was forever lost in order to cater to consoletards. Massive commercial success inherently conflicts with quality, especially in this particular branch of industry.

 

[Aeschylus]

I always thought the best thing about the AC games was the engine. It's the only one that's ever really managed to show a realistic city (well, except all the perfectly interconnecting rooftops) in 3d. I've been hoping for a while that a competent developer would take advantage and license the engine to create a game with a bit more substance, but no such luck so far.

 

[Trash]

I always thought the best thing about the AC games was the engine. It's the only one that's ever really managed to show a realistic city (well, except all the perfectly interconnecting rooftops) in 3d. I've been hoping for a while that a competent developer would take advantage and license the engine to create a game with a bit more substance, but no such luck so far.

An action rpg set in and around a single detailed and living city with different moves for different character builds in this engine would be awesome. Won't ever happen though.

I was hopefull

Joined: Dec 12, 2002

you really should know better by now

Nah. The first was fun, second was better. Besides, after more than a decade of steady decline the last two years have seen some marked incline in gaming. Goody.

 

[Manjuice Nutella]

Journalists on their knees again. The "most negative" review would be http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/30/assassins-creed-3-review-declination-of-independence/

That effortless flow carries over to the redesigned combat, which breaks out of the franchise's staccato loop and lets you dispatch enemies without losing momentum, counter several incoming blows at once, and inject any equipped tool into the fight. It's tempting to fall back into the old wait-and-counter routine, but the animations are so flamboyant it's always worth experimenting with different finishers.

So apparently "staccato loop" is the synonym for shitty combat mechanics.

Holy cow - you're not reviewing Citizen Kane, you half-wit... get over yourself. This game is good. Not great, and certainly not deserving of this flowery garbage review.

I DO want fries with that. (Just sayin', horrible review person).

 

[Weierstraß]

He gave it 3.5 stars and people whine?

Anyway, probably not playing this one. I only played the earlier ones because I liked the settings, and this one I'm a lot less interested in.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Waiting for PC version.

 

[Toffeli]

http://www.1up.com/reviews/assassin-creed-iii-review

1Up wasn't that excited either. The reviewer also got a lot of flak in the comments because he said he had not played Brotherhood and Revelations...

 

[sea]

That's really the issue with Assassin's Creed: after the first game, everything had to be bigger, more impressive, "better." It led to serious feature bloat and over-extended gameplay that was never as refined or polished as it should be because the developers simply added more rather than fixing real issues and re-thinking the core gameplay. But the thing is, now they can't go back, because all their fans expect more and more every time, so it's doomed to suck and spiral into increasing irrelevance.

 

[TripJack]

no, the issue with assassin's creed is that they are bland console games with uninteresting gameplay

 

[abnaxus]

The best part of the previous AC games was playing parkour in a meticulously recreated historical city, but by setting it in Boston (lol) that's lost completely.

Why didn't they set it in Paris during the French Revolution?

 

[DalekFlay]

Waiting for PC version, will get it eventually because I am an explore-fag.

I actually liked the first game more than the second. It was simplistic and repetitive as hell but it felt unique and looked amazing at the time (on PC anyway). The second added a ton of MMO bullshit and looked worse somehow. Neither was great but if you wanna larp around historical settings they're amusing.

 

[TripJack]

Why didn't they set it in Paris during the French Revolution?

most kwans don't know what the french revolution is

 

[DalekFlay]

Victorian England is what I have wanted since the first game. Hopefully that's the next one.

 

[Manjuice Nutella]

But the thing is, now they can't go back, because all their fans expect more and more every time, so it's doomed to suck and spiral into increasing irrelevance.

I guess there's a strong chance it ends here, because it seems they pulled the Mass Effect 3 ending here: apparently

Spoiler

Juno (of Those That Were Here Before Us or smth) enslaved the humankind in the ending

Why didn't they set it in Paris during the French Revolution?

most kwans don't know what the french revolution is

That's what you have Assassin's Creed for. Why don't history books tell us the truth about Leonardo Da Vinci being Ezio's friend?

 

[Gord]

I bought AC2 mostly because it interested me to do sightseeing in renaissance Italy and indeed that special charm seems lost in AC3.
Of course, I think the sightseeing aspect is not enough to carry the game, let alone the series.
I was pretty surprised at how "actiony" the game is, somehow i expected more sneaking and assassin-stuff than the amount of out-in-the-open fighting (which turned out to be piss-easy, too).
Looks like AC3 has even expanded on the fighting and action parts.

 

[Rahdulan]

I bought AC2 mostly because it interested me to do sightseeing in renaissance Italy and indeed that special charm seems lost in AC3.
Of course, I think the sightseeing aspect is not enough to carry the game, let alone the series.
I was pretty surprised at how "actiony" the game is, somehow i expected more sneaking and assassin-stuff than the amount of out-in-the-open fighting (which turned out to be piss-easy, too).
Looks like AC3 has even expanded on the fighting and action parts.

Previous games actually faltered the most when they tried being stealthy because AC controls are far too imprecise for anything except parkouring over rooftops and moving in general direction on foot. AC1 averted that by, well, not really having stealth while AC3 seems to have moved the exploration outside of the fledgeling cities and atop the trees which I imagine is all kinds of jarring because there are only so many tree models and formation you can employ before you notice you're climbing the same X number of trees over and over and over again.

 

[Horus]

Skimmed over some Metactritic user reviews and yes, apparently all you need to do is press RT and Connor does the rest automatically (tree jumping, hiding in bushes etc.). Combat also seems to be even easier. It's all style and no substance. That's why I never got into the AC series.

So even morgoth didn't like AC series.They must be a real shit.

 

[Angthoron]

I couldn't even finish the first one, and the series degenerated since then? Holy shit.

 

[Modron]

Victorian England is what I have wanted since the first game. Hopefully that's the next one.

I always thought Edinburgh (there is a reason the city influenced Jekyll and Hide) would be a great city for an AC game; because everyone tried to build within its walls it had some of the first skyscrapers, also leading to some claustrophobic like conditions, Burke and Hare, etc... and one section of the city was built on top of an older poorer section with old buildings serving as support for the new gentrified city above. Evidence shows people continued living in the old parts of the underground city for years.

 

[Raghar]

I couldn't even finish the first one, and the series degenerated since then? Holy shit.

I liked the "It's me MARIO." I also liked the improvements of villa.

 

[Wulfstand]

My sides

 

[Mangoose]

Arkham City is the best Assassin's Creed game.