OXM - I'm not enjoying Assassin's Creed 3. In fact, I think it's fair to say I loathe it. That's partly because after several hours of play, I'm only just beginning to experience the game Ubisoft has spent the past six months banging on about in the trailers. The monstrous prologue (which, in fairness, houses a cunning twist) is clearly the work of a team that's simultaneously too fond of its own universe and excessively anxious about teaching newcomers the basics. New and familiar tools are handed out to players grudgingly, and the use of those tools is broken up by fat, clumsy hunks of exposition.
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I love the game. Campaign & MP both.
When I play AC3, I kick back, relax and cruise in my ship, go hunting, explore the wilderness, play some mp
But whatever, different opinions for different people... neither of us are right or wrong
Im very pre occupied with AC3, where as I didn't feel compeled to go back and play dishonored again killing everyone.
I did the exact same thing, glad to know I wasn't the only one who squealed. lol! The only thing I find disappointing is how easy it is to hunt. I'm literally running into deer and rabbits non stop...they could have made it so you HAVE to use your tools to track and capture/kill them.
That and the freerunning in the cities is a bit difficult as opposed to ACII where the rooftops were easy to transition on from one to the other. The little twist at the end of the prologue was pretty cool, like whaaaat?!
Is N4G the home of AC3 fanboys as well now?
This game is really fun. Tons of stuff to do. Enough stuff updated and refined. Love the new additions, the looks, feel, sound of this game.
They did a really good job outside of a few graphical glitches that in no way ruined my gaming experience.
Running through the trees is fun. How many other games can you do that in ?
The Story is good as well and it was fun playing as Haytham and young conner as well as regular conner.
This might be my favorite AC game yet. AC2 is my other fave.
Connor is the most annoying character. He is a naive brute. Haytham is a way better character.
The combat is better but it seems like they took a lot of stuff from Batman Arkam City
AC2 and Brotherhood are my favorite AC games.
I did like climbing on the tree. Out of all the assassins Connor really believes he is a one man army.
both have it's own gameplay and story / positives and negatives , so why complain ?.. just play both ^^ ...
I mean, what purpose does it serve beyond getting hits. It's hardly informative.
Hmmmm, the majority are really enjoying AC3. I know, i'll write several paragraphs about how much I hate it. People will be angry with what I have to say, but it's my right as an opinionated gaming 'journlist' to get on my soapbox and type dross that benefits no one. And the hits will flow. *performs finger pyramid of evil contemplation*
We really have reached the bottom. Can't think of an interesting, intelligent and insightful article to write. Don't worry, just spout your meaningless opinions. Cos' that's what being a journalist is all about these days.
In fact the line between journalist and blogger has almost blured together now thanks to the sheer stupidity of some opinion pieces. And no Im not saying this because its AC3... Im tired of all the negativity on this site
Yeah, journalism in general has died a painful death. It's all about opinions these days. As far as i'm concerned that is a dirty word. People hide behind it rather than making a valid point.
Reviews are meaningless these days as well. They used to be crammed full of relevant details that, we as consumers, could genuinely utilise. Now they are forced humour with authors who don't know how to take a step back and be objective and seem to have agendas laced within their vitriol.
Hmmmm, an opinion piece that cuts against the grain. I know, rather than *actually engage* with the points expressed, I'll write several paragraphs of blanket dismissal and vacuous, second-hand pronouncements about the "state of journalism", thus perpetuating a toxic boy's club culture under which anything that diverges from consensus is prematurely deemed either moronic or cynical.
However, I still think AC3 is a beautiful, vibrant masterpiece which provides the best sense of 'place' since RDR.
One pattern that emerged for me is that a majority of bugs I encountered were during my time playing as Haytham. The further in I got, the less frequent the bugs got. I wonder if originally Ubi had something different planned (story wise) for the beginning that perhaps didn't work, so they added the Haytham prologue last without properly testing it.
I'm a diehard ac fan but this game really frustrated at times. I still don't understand a lot of things about trade and my assassins. The whole trading menu is clunky and time consuming. Also, why do I defend sea trade routes if I don't trade by sea? Im at 56% completion but maybe that will open up later but why involve parts of that now when it doesn't make a difference. I feel like they've made a lot of advances but some things are stepping backwards. I don't really like the new free run system. I don't like the emphasis on the optional objectives; I just want to play my way. I don't like how I have to manually send trade caravans as opposed to previous games giving a steady income every 20 min. Enough ranting sorry. Just wish it had a bit more polish. Hopefully they'll at least patch the bugs.
but still the game is amazing , i only noticed the bugs at first , then i really didnt care like the other games so i didnt notice them...
Bottomline, AC3 has the most boring and pointless 6hrs in a big budget game EVER. I mean really, did I need to play hide and seek twice?
I'm not even joking. It takes 6hrs to get Connor into the assassin's robe. SIX HOURS. And then after that you're still dicking around doing menial tasks.
Also I liked playing hide and seek... I was really fascinated with the language of the mohawk
That's more than I can say for Cesare, Rodrigo, or whatever the bad guy's name was in Revelations ^^
This is by far the best setting for an AC game (imo), and the story is excellent so far. But it's clearly the worst in the series when it comes to gameplay, UI and overall glitchiness. I'm into sequence 6 now and the potential for one of the best games ever is there. It was simply rushed to market for the $$$. Fuck the big corporate gaming machine that is Ubi/Activision/EA ect.
UI wise, i'm not a fan of the new health bar, and the map in the frontier is as useless as a chocolate teapot. For sure, AC3 has issues and needed/needs some more polish. When all of its parts come together though, it can be mesmerisingly brilliant. And personally, that makes me forgive its flaws.
is it one those things where it feels gimped or something? Like graphically it could have been better or it's not as smooth or as expansive or the AI isn't up to par? I'm just curious what warrants the next-gen? Or is it just the overall presentation?
(I also ask because some games obviously needs better hardware like The Witcher 2 and some games can get by without it, like Need for Speed)
It's obvious playing this that we are overdue for a hardware upgrade. I find it hard to believe that Ubisoft said this game had something like 3 years in development. AC 3 has TONS of cosmetic errors like pop-in, clipping and a wonky framerate. Controls are clunkier than ever.... And it's odd because I don't remember AC 2 looking or playing as dull as this one. That game was a masterpiece.
Point blank I think their ambition was too big and they should've really waited and fine tuned this thing for the new systems. This game reminds me of every shoddy demo that has to say "this is taken from a game still in development" before booting up.
Wow - I am only up to Sequence 3. Very poor pacing so far. Cutscene and then it just teleports you to the mission? Really?!
So I have to go through to Sequence 6 until I actually start playing the game?
I sure hope once I FINALLY get to play Connor that the world environments opens up and I can do ANYTHING (like the previous AC games).
So far it feels like I am playing through a tutorial.
Obviously the improvements are there - graphics are much better, animations are better, but all that means NOTHING if the pacing and gameplay is boring.
I sure hope that this game actually becomes ASSASSINS CREED once I reach sequence 6.
If you don't like the lore to the games, the climbing, and other aspects then obviously won't like it in this one. Beyond that though visually this game is phenomenal and throwing you in great places. I've been playing for hours and yeah it is buggy, but are any of those bugs affecting the core gameplay? No, only one time did a bug actually throw me off so far....Yet look at other popular games where the gameplay totally hurt the game and they still fly on by getting praised and high reviews....