So is the AC series dead at this point?
Taking a year long hiatus apparently since people got so burned out on the mediocre ones they've been giving us lately.
The present day plot is a fucking mess though and I have no idea how or if they're even going to try to salvage it.
>>336162325
Almost. I think Empire/Egypt can bring it back from the brink.
They shouldn't have fucked with the weapons and flow of combat. Fighting in Syndicate is the most awkward-looking shit, and you can only see your character hold his/her weapon in combat.
Getting caught up in the fad of multiple playable characters didn't help things, and making China and Russia, two very interesting locations, short 2.5D games instead of full titles just about did it.
>>336163196
Fuck. I forgot about the modern day shit. Yeah, it's a mess. Personally, I wouldn't mind Watch_Dogs 2 being more connected to Assassin's Creed and even taking its place, and AC just focusing on the historical story.
>>336162325
>Ubisoft
It's dead to me.
Honestly Syndicate was the best one since 2 imo.
>>336162325
I really fucking hope not
Love the series and would love for it to be revived in a sense
Lets go to space
in all honesty
They should have kept the whole "sci-fi revisiting the past through dna" shit out of it
>>336163196
>>336163830
Did you guys play the chronicles games?
The tie into the present day plot through a 500 year long story
It's nice
But china is mediocre, india is ok, and omly russia is actually good
>>336164545
No
Brotherhood was better
But the best since Brotherhood
>>336165020
I didn't like Brotherhood.
I thought that the map was too big and didn't like that Ezio was being milked for another game. Also online shit was stupid imo.
>at this point
Died with Ezio.
>>336164545
Shit taste detected. Syndicate was dull as all hell, had a crossdressing for NO REASONunlike Kidd from Black Flag, had the probably the worst non-ground-level traversal (haven't played Unity), made all weapons contextual, had a shit pistol sight, some of the worst assassins to date, andthis one is just my opinionhaving your character take off their hood after every little fucking cutscene was so annoying. Why even have that mechanic? Like, I get the crouching option; but why have them take off their hood when standing?
>>336162325
Been dead to me since the failure that was AC3. Brotherhood was the best game. I haven't played a game since AC4 and I won't ever again.
>>336162325
Ubisoft is gonna make another big budget jab at it in a year or so. If that doesn't bring the sales back up then expect the series to go into hibernation for a few years while they work on an overhaul.
>>336165020
I have yet to play the Chronicles games. I'm waiting for another AC sale on the PS Store.
>>336165243
Because Jacob can't wear a top hat with a hood
>>336165232
this
>>336165243
I think people running around in hoods when NOT sneaking is straight up retarded. Especially when only assassins wear hoods, templars can just look for people with hoods and attack them. I love that your character actually took it off when just casually going about.
The rest of your complaints are also opinions. And what crossdressing? I don't even know what you're referring to.
>>336165351
You can pirate them, they run on toasters
China has you play as your Chinese waifu
India you play as Indian Ezio
Russia as Russian Joel from TLOU
>>336162325
Armored Core? Yes. Ace Combat? 7 Soonish.
>>336162325
Too early to say. If they release exactly the same rehashed Ubisoft Open World Game™ next year, it is certainly done.
>>336165408
The top hats were gay, anyway.
>>336162325
its been dead since revelations
In my mind, ACIV was the ending of the series. Of course there are games after it, but that's only because Ubisoft knows it's their most profitable franchise.
>>336165530
Fair enough about the hoods, I guess.
The bitch who gives you side missions to steal carriages and boat cargo. She has a cutscene and everything.
>>336162325
If it's not then it definitely should be.
I feel that AC games would benefit greatly from a stamina management system, and some other RPG mechanics.
>>336162325
more like a zombie.
>>336162325
This will be the first year since the franchise's inception that won't see an AC game release. There are more AC games than years the franchise has existed.
>>336165730
They were. And having them on 95% of the outfits was bullshit.
>>336164545
Syndicate was one of the worst games I've ever played. Good animations and all that, but the setting and city layout were so fuck awful.
>>336165773
What a shit way to end the series that would've been. Tons of tailing and eavesdropping missions surrounded by ship combat
>>336162325
I saw this exact OP a while ago, same image and all.
Whatever, it kinda is. They've got one last try with Empire in 2017, if that doesn't blow people away it's dead.
The series has been suffering since Revelations, with Black Flag being the only exception. It's like a diamond in a pile of shit. The series went south really fucking hard, it's sad really.
I'm really not sure if they'll be able to pull it off with Empire.
>>336166082
>Syndicate
>good animations
Outside of combat, yeah.
>>336165867
Are you insane?
Fuck off, ridding Ass Creed of infinite stamina would completely ruin the game
The best thing is infinitely running and climbing everywhere
>>336166082
>Syndicate
>good animations
you can't be fucking serious, someone post those webms.
they are godawful
>>336165805
I thought that was an effeminate male... Ned right?
>>336166082
I liked the city more than most AC enviornments.
>>336166120
I liked Revelations. Good setting, characters, and old EzioAdam Sandler face sucked, though
>>336166283
>Ned
Yeah, that's the one. It's a woman. Literally no explanation is given for it.
>>336165867
Good thing you don't work for Ubisoft.
>>336166429
That's not a woman, it's supposed to be a transgender character. Yeah, looks like a woman who dresses up as a man but officially it's a trans character.
>>336166429
I didn't even notice it so doesn't bother me. Clearly it was not at all intrusive to my gameplay experience, which is when I actually dislike SJW shit. If its in the game naturally and not shoved in my face then fine, why not.
>yfw we will live to see an Assassin's Creed reboot
guys i miss desmond ;_;
>>336166205
Forgot about the combat. Yeah, that was pretty bad too.
>>336166283
The city layout was really what killed it for me in this game. It really just boiled down to those wide streets that were such a pain when you were running across rooftops. You had to descend all the way to ground level, then climb all the way back up on the other side. Who the fuck thought that was a good idea for a game that revolves around parkour?
>>336166548
I wouldnt be suprised if ubisoft introduced next c with:
>after 1 year hiatus we've come up with an innovative stamina system so you need to plan your climbing and combat carefully
>also more gear progression, stats and basebuilding
>>336166706
Hopefully without all the modern 'genetic memory' bullshit.
>>336162325
It's been dead since the very beginning. People only like because muh cosplayz.
>>336162325
After playing The Division (I got it for free with my GPU, don't judge), I never want to play another Ubisoft game again. Their writers are something special. I've never heard such idiocy before.
>>336165530
>contextual combat
>only being able to wield one weapon
>not being able to use the hidden blade outside of killing one or two enemies at a time and only while outside of combat
How is that not shit?
>>336166767
>You had to descend all the way to ground level, then climb all the way back up on the other side. Who the fuck thought that was a good idea for a game that revolves around parkour?
Dude... you had a zipline for a reason...
Seriously you're supposed to just zip across the street like spideman, not jump down like an idiot and climb back up.
When played correctly the game plays like a spiderman game with you swinging all around. Its amazing.
>>336166754
I miss the times where AC1 and AC2 were the only games and it was all supposed to end with AC3. Patrice's version of AC3, atleast. Not the heap of shit we got.
>>336166574
Kill yourself.
>>336166973
You could only hold 1 weapon at a time in other games too. Plus you had tons of side weapons and junk. Combat felt literally the same to me as other games. Also combat in all the other games sucked cause it was too easy, at least in Syndicate they have health bars and levels and shit. Made me feel like i was playing an actual videogame.
Also what is contextual combat?
>>336166767
You get a zipline/grappling hook. It's still pretty shit, though.
>>336167082
Why? I'm just stating facts.
>>336167187
>Also what is contextual combat
There it is. Haha
>>336166980
>>336167207
I never even knew about the zipline. I never got that far in the story.
>>336166853
That would kill the series. Assassin's Creed is not an RPG.
>>336167424
You didn't even play 2 hours dude.
>>336165730
if they gave the option to have the top hat on or not would've made the game a whole lot better, because that shit looked stupid af
>>336167424
It wasn't even that far into it, but I can't blame you. Syndicate was a bore, and the combat sucked eggs.
>>336167515
Yeah. I know.
>>336167424
Its pretty early on.
And it makes the travel the best in the series imo.
>>336167538
I agree. Liberation had something like that, so it's not like it wasn't something they didn't think of. Fuckers.
>>336167471
Every modern game needs to have RPG elements, like gear progression, levels, base building, thousands of pieces of equipment to buy, etc etc, because they can't into actual character progression and they need to jew people with buying fake money
I hate modern AAA games.
>>336167668
>best in the series
Yeah, I love slowly scooting across wide streets. Revelations did it much better.
>>336162325
Maybe if they add well designed, fun mechanics and challenging gameplay. Right now it barely feels like a game. But it won't be an actual game, because ubisoft only hires game developers to do the bare minimum. They are making products for the masses. They are the equivalent of michael bay. Their products aren't targeted at people that are actually a part of this hobby.
What I'm curious about is how being a dev at ubi must be. I think it's the equivalent if being a metro driver. Ubi devs must want to end it all by now.
>>336167731
that's literally one of the big reasons I skipped this game and because I was just so fucking mad of the top hat. It looks so fucking stupid.
I haven't played an AC since like, black flag I think. I don't think I finished revelations either.
What does the ratchet and clank movie failure spell for the ac movie?
Why did they get rid of the glyphs? Those were fun.
>>336168059
Who knows, they're not the same type of movie. R&C was just a bad movie to get kids into the games
>>336168059
>AAA dudebro franchise, live action with a recognizable star in lead role
>cartoonish platformer animated movie
It's a vidya movie so AC movie will be shit but I could see it fairing better than R&C movie for those reasons.
>>336167829
>revelations did it better
Now THAT is just pure hating. Revelations had you go to predetermined ziplines and using them. In Syndicate you get to place and control the ziplines and they have far more reach, maneuverability, and functions.
This is just getting silly. I know its popular to hate the new AC games and like the old ones but use some common sense guys.
>>336167972
I played the whole game alternating between Edward's outfit and the Huntsman one.
>>336168358
Syndicate's were also slow as hell unless you were on a tower heading downward, and they were pretty slow, even then.
>>336168757
You know you could push a button to go faster on the ziplines right?
>>336167972
I liked Jacob much more than Evie's cheeky ass, but his outfits were almost all garbage for that reason.
>>336168060
How would they bring them back? Don't get me wrong, they were one of my favourite things in AC2 and ACB but they served their purpose.
>>336168904
Not much faster. And unlike a lot of people who complain about a game nowadays, I've played through the whole story and the Jack the Ripper DLC.
>>336163830
>historical story
What a fucking faggot you are, anon.
>>336168949
I have no idea how they would bring them back. I just wish they did. Once they got rid of those, the game got a little bit more boring for me.
>>336169151
but that's literally the premise of the franchise
>>336163196
>desmond dies
>it was actually an elaborate ruse!!!!1111!!
>lol nevermind the ghost person got trapped in computer
>doesn't enter the random guys body because reasons
>Rogue, Unity, and Syndicate contribute nothing
why do they even bother
>>336169151
You must be gay for Desmond, am I right?
>>336164857
This
Stop caring after they killed off Desmond and the entire past civilization subplot they had going that made it different from every other game where you go around killing people.
They decided to focus on the ADD market which is why they have to pump out a new game each year instead of actually putting in effort into a memorable story that makes you think a bit.
>>336165154
Multiplayer was fun but extremely unbalanced and messy
>>336169435
Rogue was fucking awesome, man. I liked it better than 3 and most of IV.
>>336169561
>Liking Rogue better than IV
Fucking kill yourself.
>>336168059
If both Warcraft and AC movie fail to please the critics, then I seriously don't see how vidya game will become a thing these days.
I wouldn't call these movies the best thing we can get, but it's a best shot we've got if you compare this to the shit from the 90s or resident evil movies.
I know that people hate on Warcraft already, but Warcraft has only 100$ mil budget, which is very small for a heavily-cgi movie like Warcraft. it's not Chappie where there is only one robot to cgi, there are thousands of orcs & even human armour which is 100% cgi. only 100$ mil? that movie has too many red flags. the only good thing about this film so far is the director, but directors are not perfect - m night was a good director once back in the day.
>>336169651
4 was boring as fuck rogue did everything better
>>336169342
>>336169447
I'm talking about using 2 words that literally mean the same next to each other, are you guys mongoloid or something? Were you dropped as babies? Holy shit.
>>336167781
>I want every game to feel the same
>>336169651
MOST OF, you dipshit.
Really, the only thing IV had over it was killing dudes on tropical islands.
>>336169724
Fuck your opinion.
>>336169971
I think he meant to say that as the mindset of AAA developers/publishers, not his personal views
>>336169971
But they do, because they all feature most if not all of the things listed.
>>336169931
>historical
>story
>the same thing
Pick up a dictionary sometime, retard.
hopefully they create a new pirate IP because black flag was fucking fantastic, I've yet to play Rogue however.
>>336170026
No yours
>>336170156
Rogue should've been AC IV. Black Flag should've had the assassin story removed and been a new IP.
>>336170278
That being said, Freedom Cry was a great. I have yet to play Aveline's "60 minute" dlc.
>>336170117
And you pick up a brain whenever you find one. How can you be so fucking stupid, holy shit.
I don't know if you guys care, but trailer for ac movie was shown at CinemaCon, and they use I am God by Yeezy for the trailer.
I'm not joking.get hype
>>336170278
This guy fucks.
>>336164545
Played for 30 mins, just stopped and never played it again. the game wasn't fun at all
>>336170470
Yes I do.
>>336170508
The Dreadful Crime missions are the only fun to be had in the game, which is pretty fucking sad.
>>336170470
Your mum :^)
>>336169662
I actually have faith for the new ac movie even though autistic mouth breathers are already dogging it for the onset pics. Faussbender has show himself to be a capable actor .plus, the director did kings speech and the recent macbeth. So he knows how to make small budget movies look like blockbusters
>>336170026
>I can't come up with anything to back my argument, so fuck you.
II > Brotherhood > Black Flag > original > Revelations > III
Haven't played Syndicate yet.
>>336171170
Fuck you too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLXOkZtAkPw
leaked gameplay video of assassin's creed: empire. SPOILERS BEWARE
yes it's ancient egypt if you wondering
>>336171181
More like
II > Brotherhood > Rogue > Revelations > Black Flag > Original > III > dogshit > Syndicate > Unity
>>336171548
Unity is the best what the fuck are you smoking bitchass nigga
>>336171548
>Black Flag worse than Revelations
>>336171548
>revelations above anything
>>336171548
Freedom Cry and Liberation would be before Black Flag, and the Chronicles games would be somewhere before Unity for sure, maybe Syndicate too.
>>336172107
>>336172195
People falling for the ezio dick, why is it surprising to you? This is the common denominator among normies, are you just an autistic stupid fuck who cannot realize this simple stuffs? Just kill yourself already.
>>336171548
Oh my fucking god Rogue has got to be the most overrated game in the series.
>>336170026
Cry more bitch.
>>336172107
>>336172195
Besides the recycled weapons, it was great.
Black Flag had far too many tailing missions, and Edward started off as a badass but kinda dulls down.
>>336172279
black flag is no good? shame there aren't more pirate games.
the first one sucked, the second one set in Italy was pretty fun for a bit, then there was one in Constantinople that was exactly the same
I got halfway through the one set in Boston but there is just not enough stuff to do to justify rehash after rehash
>>336172357
>I've never played Rogue
>>336166574
>>336166321
You realise that she/he was real person right?
I would have preferred if the series was just a series of barely connected past revisiting stories with that meta-narrative about Abstergo creating video games and media out of them. Instead, Ubisoft forced a dumb as shit 2012 aliens and gods story and a bland protagonist.
>>336172195
Even if it was milking him one time too many, it's still Ezio. That's major points for it with a lot of people.
>>336172518
Not as an AC game. Nearly all of the Assassin missions are just awful.
Killing people in the jungle and ship combat and boarding are fun, though.
>hear everyone jizz themselves over Black Flag
>decide to check it out
>it's babby's first naval combat game with the same shitty melee combat as all the other ass creed games
The naval combat is shallow as FUCK. I don't understand what all the hype was about.
>>336172563
No she wasn't. You're gonna need to source that bullshit.
>>336172558
I have, you bitch. It's good, I'm not saying it's bad. Just really fucking overrated.
It doesn't hold a candle to AC2, Brotherhood or Black Flag.
my favorite in the series is black flag
>>336172563
Oh course. I've even seen "Jack and Jill"It was fucking awful, but made this funny
skip to 0:51
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOzrgw70cyc
>>336172645
Trying to develop Desmond as a character in between sessions where you played as Ezio was such a fucking disaster. He was literally the most boring guy alive in comparison.
How does /v/ feel about AC Bloodlines? I never see it mentioned in these threads.
>>336172771
The series itself is made for the lowest common denominator. Many people have a craving for a good pirate game, and it just so happens the ones that play Ass Creed are easily satisfied with shallow naval aspects as long as it pays lip service to a pirate theme.
>>336172903
You don't need to spoil that mate, it's not going to get you lynched. It's definitely in the highest tier as far as AC is concerned.
>buy ass creed bundle a while back
>finally get around to playing it
>hear it's like bamham and shadow of mordor, kinda
>there's almost no stealth in this game
>who the fuck thought it was a good idea to lock basic moves like countering until you finish your first mission
wouldn't it make more sense that the head assassin makes you do "training" to unlock moves because you're demoted. so you have to do things the guild's way instead of IMALTAIRIDOWHATIWANT.
this gets better right? because i another 150+ games i could play instead
>>336172893
I agree on all points except that it's not better than Black Flag. It has the same ship combat with less tailing bullshit and arguably better characters.
>>336173145
I pirated it and I still felt like I wasted my time.
>>336173145
Nobody ever played it.
>>336173202
First game has mediocre mechanics but has the best assassination missions. Everything you do in between is filler though.
>>336173145
That existed?
>>336173202
Which bundle?
>>336173202
Skip AC 1 and just play AC 2
quality wise it has been dead since 2, but faggots will keep buying it forever
>>336173576
>skip part of the story
Why are people so retarded.
>>336173145
Pretty good, like a portable AC1, smaller areas though.
The DS Games were also pretty good.
>>336173202
Not being able to counter is frustrating. Once you do unlock it you're pretty much set. Combo kills and defense breaks are nice but counter kills are all you really need.
AC1 feels like a really big tech demo at times. Some people prefer the way that you gather intel about your targets at your own pace (it's linear missions in the following games) but I think AC2 does literally everything better.
>>336173145
it was pretty okay I guess.
>>336173730
The game itself is mediocre. You can easily be informed of the backstory by reading a summary.The overall story is shit too, not sure why you care.
The final death gasp will be one set in the future.
>>336173730
He said he thought the game was boring and that he had other games to play.
AC 1 is the weakest one in terms of gameplay and the story is not that important because the other games don't mention Altair a lot, Ezio's story is the one that is actually good.
it's much better to just skip one game than to get frustrated and just give up on the series.
>>336172771
I fell for the same scam.
The truth is that Black Fag is overrated as fuck. After you board 2 ships you've seen it all when it comes to naval combat really, it has probably the worst on foot missions of the series, and hunting, whaling, most of the side content is dull.
The series is dead to me. Ubisoft has won, they have shat out so many tedious games that I can't even get curious to pirate them. Playing Far Cry or AssCreed these days is almost coma inducing.
I still think AC1 is the best looking and Most Atmospheric game in the entire series.
>makes an ancient civilization subplot, puts it on back burner except to add in out-of-blue, tedious, ridiculous nonsense every once in a while
>make present day scenario uninteresting, removing main character from series because le critics complained about having to leave Animus once in awhile
>create a bunch of dank puzzles in second game, then never do that again
>let's put in multiplayer and then take it out for no reason
>completely blunder 3rd game in past main character and present day ending, then use that as an excuse to never make the series ever have any high stakes ever again
>bungle timeline to the point that developers can't dream of ever leaving fucking Europe again (except to be in pirate ships LOL)
>you know what sells more copies? Shipping the game BROKEN in every technological way
>oh people liked the Italian guy? Let's use up precious time and resources to make him into 3 games, instead of creating one very good game.
>Black Flag was half decent? Well let's make sure the fifth game is not nearly as interesting or innovative.
>YOU WILL NEVER BE A SAMURAI
yeah Assassins Creed is on life support
>>336174626
>YOU WILL NEVER BE A SAMURAI
Ninja anon. Ninja.
>>336174626
>>oh people liked the Italian guy? Let's use up precious time and resources to make him into 3 games, instead of creating one very good game.
They made two brah. Spot on with the rest though
>>336174226
Why play videogames when you can read books then, faggot.
>>336174942
and by that I mean two very good games.
>>336174507
You should've played Rogue instead.
>>336174973
You're the one going into an autist rage because someone is skipping the first game's story. Try to pay attention.
AC1 was repetitive but fun
AC2 was pretty good.
AC3 was crap
Black Flag was a welcome change of pace, and I enjoyed being a pirate.
Haven't played any of the others because fuck Ubisoft for churning out the same garbage every year.
And fuck people for continuing to eat it up.
>>336175136
Rogue is the same shit.
>>336175136
I enjoyed it more than Black Flag, but it was too short
From what I've played
2=Syndicate>4>3>Revelations>Brotherhood>1
>>336174823
I'd like Shao Jun to have a full game.I play Syndicate with Evie in her outfit exclusively
>>336175269
You've either not played it at all or not played enough of it.
>Would you like to become Jesus 2.0 and guarantee world happiness for a millennia
>Or die for your coworkers to scam random people into maybe killing Evil God
Fuck you Desmond.
>>336175295
That is one shit opinion, pilgrim.
>>336175423
I've played it. The naval combat and melee combat is the same, which is what I didn't like about black flag to begin with.
>>336165567
thank you, only anon, who knows what AC is allowed to stand for. the rest of you should be ashamed.
The guy who created Assassin's Creed, Patrice Desilets, made a new company, he's working on a new game that seems to be a neanderthal creed of sorts:
also took a dig at the milking of his baby with the trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucyi2WT7XwQ
>>336175542
I know I'm in the minority opinion, even among other actual fans of the series.
>>336172563
You realise Ned was an entirely made up character? Lots of the Syndicate characters were, which pissed me off as it was in no way in keeping with the approach the rest of the series had taken.
>>336175671
He also got the IP rights to 1666 Amsterdam back from Ubisoft. No idea how long until we see anything come of that.
>western combat stylings
yeah it's dead
>>336164857
This
To this day I have no fucking idea how any of that garbage adds to the story. It's like the writers never heard of a single writing rule. "Less is more" "If you don't need it, remove it". etc. This is high school level shit for fuck's sake. It also confuses me that Abstergo is alluded to being Ubisoft, despite them being the antagonists of the series. Like does Ubi even understand that?
Was it ever confirmed that Watch Dogs and AC are the same universe?
>>336175864
There's a leaked gameplay of that game
>>336176554
I think the series was meant to advance to modern day game with Desmond full time.
Was.
>>336176809
There is no connection between them at all.
>>336176809
Was it ever confirmed that a single person fucking cares?
>>336176839
That what I thought in the Ezio games, but then 3 comes out and it goes nowhere. 3 should've been modern day AC. I get the feeling they realized they're not talented enough to do that.
>>336176809
Yes.
One of the bosses of Abstergo Entertainment you chat to in Black Flag talks about going to Chicago for a meeting with another company.
In Watch Dogs, you get a mission to kill him en route to a meeting, same VA, some character model.
In AC Rogue, they discuss how he was killed in Chicago by a hitman.
>>336176828
Yeah, I've seen it, but it's old as fuck. It's from a ps3/360 build for fucks sake.
>>336176809
Not really, but with the "easter eggs" in both WD and Black Flag, I guess it's up for interpretation
>>336176886
>>336176968
Dumbasses
>>336177046
There's also an email from Blume in IV.
>>336177364
>>336177235
It's the fact they outright, unavoidably discuss it during the modern day section of Rogue.
>>336177364
>meme image and butthurt
>>336178071
Easter eggs mean fuck all and you know it.
>>336178395
It's not an easter egg when it gets explicitly discussed in two AC games. Though it's hidden pretty good in WD itself.
>>336173145
It was myfirstAC. I only had a psp back then, I actually liked it.
>>336163830
Wasn't the crossover mission in Watch Dogs declared non-canon to the AC Universe? That's what the wiki claims and Rogue says Oliver disappeared/killed himself due to finding out the truth of the Templars.
>>336164545
>Victorian London
>let's make an openly trans character and lesbians!
So the movie's supposed to be canon to the games and advance the modern plot right? How the hell does Ubisoft plan on making it understandable to non players while making it advance the plot?
>>336180839
I didn't even mind the homo shit between Jacob and that other guy because it made sense.
That "transgender" character was completely unnecessary and just shoved into the game for the sake of "progression"
>>336181030I think it happens before the games.
I think
>>336181230
Honestly, whether the writer intended Jacob to be bi or not it still came across more as him being grossed out.
>AC1
Awesome when it came out but I can't bring myself to play it again after AC2, feels dated.
>AC 2
fucking amazing
>AC: Brotherhood
upgrade from AC 2 in every way. pinnacle of the series imo
>AC: Revelations
bored me to tears and I had to force myself through it
>AC III
fucked up the combat for no reason but I enjoyed it
That's all I played. Should I bother continuing?
>>336181454
Play Black Flag and Rogue
>>336181454
black flag and rogue are my favorites, they feature a much more expanded/better version of the ship combat in AC3
>>336181416
Yeah, I got that impression too. It was refreshing
>>336181454
Lots of people love Black Flag/Rogue for their navel shit but I wasn't a fan personally.
Haven't played Unity/Syndicate. Waiting until the PS4 gets games before I buy one and will play them on that since the PC ports are borked.
>>336182160
I actually mostly liked Rogue for the missions, story, and characters.
While there aren't any AC games this year, it jumped over to comic books, which are pretty decent, if a bit too SocJus to like outright.
They use settings which aren't financially viable to use in a big budget title, even if it would be cool.
>>336182028
It was nice, yeah. Glad the writer wasn't in charge of animations.
>>336182813
What kind of settings?
Black Flag is the best game, but instead on building on it and it's mechanics they just reverted to the same boring gameplay.
>>336183453
>I didn't play Rogue
I agree as far as Unity and Syndicate are concerned, though
>>336164545
>Karl Marx
>shit cunt telling Winston Churchill about muh women election rights
>trans faggotry
>poo in the loo
>>336183682
I did play Rogue, and it was also a good addition to the series. Having a Templar game was long overdue.
>>336163830
>Watch_Dogs 2
For what purpose?
>>336183851
>shit cunt telling Winston Churchill about muh women election rights
HOLY FUCK YES. Made me not even want to do the WWI segment.
"Progressive" writing is cancer, but it's even worse when a game is set in the past and pulls that shit.
>>336183061
There's a splash page of a robbery of a stagecoach
There's an arc in Salem for the witch trials.
The second arc is Incan Empire 1500s
There's a second series focused on the Templar order in 1930s Shanghai.
>>336184097
More Digital Trips.
>>336184201
Goddamn, those sound cool. I'll check them out
>>336162325
The problem with AC is that Ubisoft turned it into a rough whore of the masses. With each game, the vocal section of the audience changed. People were extremely divided on how they wanted the present day, the control scheme, moral ambiguity, focus on character vs Assassin order, and so on and so forth. The game still kept a baseline decency from title to title, but Ubi kept pandering to one side or the other too heavily, so each game there was something that stuck out as an extreme sore thumb in the design direction, and of course the later ones started to have more technical problems.
The reason the early AC games, specifically 1 and 2, work so well despite dated elements is because they came across as the developers just making something they wanted to instead of having some kind of agenda in mind. Setting wasn't irrelevant but notable persons of interest came into play. Heavy segments of the story were about Ezio and Altair growing as characters, but the Assassin Order they served was a large part of the plot. Difficulty wasn't hard, but it had a satisfying level of challenge as is with no handholding. On numerous other qualities, early AC kept everything balanced well and didn't have the outside influences that caused great elements of the game to be stripped down or changed.
Ubi has shown sign of improvements in the recent years. They're still in a deep funk, but I think they've become aware their series are darlings in no ones' eyes anymore. By putting more time into development instead of having B-teams remake A-team products into something else, hopefully more effort is being put into making AC: We Wuz something that can pull the franchise out of the nosedive into obscurity that it's been heading gleefully into.
>>336183851
That romance between Evie and Patal was so fucking forced and awkward, like most of the story.
So what happened to Shay? Did he get offed by Assassins?
>>336184201
Shit, man. The game series has such potential, but Ubisoft just can't stop fucking up.
>>336162325
It's been dead since 2; where have you been?
>>336185279
I don't think it's ever shown what happened to him. Maybe they're saving that for a future game or dlc.
>>336185450
Fuck off, memer.
>>336185298
Tell me about it. AC China or Russia in full 3D with the "classic" combat mechanics (as opposed to Unity and Syndicate's bullshit) would've been amazing.
>>336186156
>"classic" combat mechanics (as opposed to Unity and Syndicate's bullshit)
Both combat systems are ass. How about something new that's actually good?
>>336186952
>Both combat systems are ass
The original one is miles ahead of the other. Sure, it's really easy once you get it down; but at least it isn't a janky-looking, drawn out shitfest.
I mean, you can't even equip more than one weapon anymore. And that one weapon is only shows up while in combat (in Syndicate, anyway).
>>336162325
They are all the exact same game. Play one and you've played them all.
>>336163196
>implying a year off is enough to reinvigorste such a stale series
Don't get your hopes up, it's Ubisoft after all. Their motto is "find a formula and stick to it".
>>336187812
>the exact same
Get fucked, dipshit.
While most share the same combat system and some have the same character, each game brings something new to the series.
I WANT TO PLAY JADE'S GAME
>>336187440
>Sure, it's really easy once you get it down
Which doesn't take long at all. It's shallow as fuck, and at least the combat in Unity is such that you can't one hit kill 99% of the enemies.
>>336166952
>no mention of the completely uninspiring game play
Ubisoft do boringly mediocre wonderfully. They also do completely broken well but that's pretty much every publisher nowadays rushing out garbage.
>>336188315
Okay, but Syndicate's combat is still the worst in the series.
I was kind of enjoying the ancient aliens thing they had going on with Desmond. I feel like they blew their load too soon and ran out of ideas though. Guess that happens when you're pumping out games like a worn out bitch on a puppy farm.
I don't know about anyone else but I don't want to have to be forced to spend hours just in regular combat with generic grunts. at least the older system let you take them down quickly.
>>336173880
AC1 has the best assassinations in the series. The targets are also the most memorable in my opinion. It actually made you question your perspective.
Other than that it was mostly busy work. The other games just fancied up that busy work though in my opinion and 2 was kind of silly, i really don't remember much of it.
>buy Unity
>wanted to enjoy it so much
>instead get the worst most non existent story along with god tier gameplay
I am conflicted about Unity. Never suffered any of the bugs people talked about but the story legit pissed me off.
>>336187812
this desu
the only reason I played the others after II was because of the story
>>336182160
Unity has better, challenging combat for a change, but I thought everything else, including the parkour was worse.
The rooftops are just shitty to climb, many of them are a slog to free run around due to their layout. Also there's a shitty animation problem with some jumps that triggers me badly, when doing long jumps, you jump faster than the run speed, which ends up looking terrible.
>>336181454
>fucking amazing
None of them are that good really. They're just 'good' at best.
>>336188040
Aww I made you mad. I'm sorry I criticised one of Ubisofts tired old cash cows. I don't see how anyone can have stuck with the series from the beginning until now. Nobody I know who played the first still cares.
The only thing they have going for them is they're incredibly easy and any retard can pop it in and play it without expending a braincell. They're the equivalent of soap operas at this point. Just completely bottom rung entertainment.
>>336189139
>expecting the ending to be at least descend
>lol, the sage is in another castle
>>336190054
>Nobody I know who played the first still cares.
Your mom doesn't count.
>all of these people shit talking the modern day
I bet you don't even DEEPLORE
>>336191931
>AC deeplore
I'm a huge AC fan. Hit me with deeplore.
>>336191931
Desmond was never that great of a character, and Rebecca is a "l33t hacker" headphone-wearing douche.
>>336192203
I'd take Rebecca over the smug British asshole
>>336192108
It is by playing modern day stuff that you will discover that:
>Jesus was framed and executed by the Templars so that they could get the Shroud of Turin, a precursor artifact
>Native Americans were far more in-tune with the precursor powers than any other human civilization
>the 2000 USA election was rigged to get GWB, a Templar, into office (I'll admit that one is really fuckin dumb but it IS a part of the lore, like it or not)
>the holocaust was actually orchestrated by the Templars in order to get rid of the tribal societies like the Romani or Hebrews because they feared the fact that these groups were more ethnically similar to the First Civilization
>>336192203
Desmond is boring because he's supposed to be a blank slate for the player to project onto. You're right that Rebeca is rather unsufferable, though.I personally like Shaun the best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOgvbS4GkF0
>>336192973
WWII Assassin's Creed when?
>>336162325
I'll end up buying the sequel if it comes back with PvP online again.Even if the community is a bunch of cuck nu males I know some of you faggots surf this board seriously fuck you for making such an unbearable fucking experience socially.
>>336188846
I think the point of making combat slower in the newer games is to reinforce that it's a stealth game, and you should be avoiding combat. At least that was the idea in development I guess, but they abandoned that quick considering they force you into combat all the goddamn time.
