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robthehermit 7,412 posts
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DUFFMAN5 24,778 posts
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Registered 15 years agoerasr wrote:
Re "how does it compare" we don't know yet. It is getting very positive "buzz" Origins was excellent, it did take a long time to click for me however. In the end I did almost everything including all dlc and clicked 60+ hours.
Will this be less repetitive than most other Ubisoft games, including Far Cry? I bought Far Cry 5 and thought it was brilliant at first but then ditched it half way through. That's the same cycle I've had with most Ubisoft games.
I like the look of Odyssey. How does it compare?
To some degree all games are repetitive, once you get down to the nuts and bolts. Are you going to have fun in the world created for you and the toys therein is more the question for me.
Odyssey looks excellent in the vids I have seen and the articles I have read.
I thought FC5 was ok, prob a 7/10 for me, again I completed but I thought it was weaker than 3,4 and Primal. The second game is also excellent but a different beast to those that have come after.
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Derblington 31,776 posts
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Registered 15 years agoChiefGB wrote:
They've said that she's canon from the start, they just allow you to pick what you want.
robthehermit wrote:
That's not the way they've been marketing the game, the cut scene trailers seem to focus on alexios, not saying it's not true just that if it is ubi seem to be shying away from it. Not an issue for me, picking Kassandra from the moment I saw her.
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superdelphinus 10,064 posts
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Registered 14 years agoNot strictly relevant but I started replaying Unity the other day (never got around to finishing it originally and origins got me obsessed with them again) and I reckon it’s a massively underrated game. At 4k on high details it’s absolutely stunning - the atmosphere and busyness of the streets is way ahead of its time. I think it’s actually more impressive than origins graphically, though I did play that on PS4 pro rather than PC. -
superdelphinus 10,064 posts
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Registered 14 years agorobthehermit wrote:
The ‘narrative director’ looks like a hipster ginger Harry Potter.
@ChiefGB
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-09-26-how-odyssey-is-changing-the-face-of-assassins-creed
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I honestly thought she was a badly rendered character in one of the shitty modern day sections when I first saw the picture. -
ChiefGB 11,053 posts
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Registered 8 years agoAgain though regardless of what they are saying the promo material is NOT running with her front and centre, there are more statues with him in and like only one with her last I checked. Im not digging anyone out but Ubi pr/marketing here. -
wuntyphyve 12,414 posts
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Registered 6 years ago@superdelphinus I finished Unity a week or so ago, having never bought any AC game since AC3. I thought it was bloody fantastic if I'm honest. It rekindled my interest in the series and I'm now stuck into Black Flag, which is immense. Got Syndicate and Origins (which I did actually start before I decided to pop it on hold and play most of the ones I missed) ready to play after.
But yeah. Paris was something else. Not experienced anything like it. What a beautiful game world. -
neems 4,604 posts
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Registered 11 years agoUnity had some issues as a game (don't they all?) but Paris was absolutely amazing, I used to just wander around the map doing the odd side activity. -
andy10 322 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI also went back to Unity recently, after rinsing Origins. I think it's the most brilliantly realised 'world' they've put together - I found myself wishing my geography of Paris was slightly better, to help me orient myself and aid with the investigative quests. I initially bounced off Unity because the combat is punishing if you stray outside of the areas you're levelled for (and I got frustrated that my stealth approach would frequently fall apart at the slightest error). But, post-Origins, I'm less averse to the idea of levelling up my equipment and taking my time.
The one criticism that still holds up is the travesty of a map screen - even after completing every activity in an area it's still an ilegible, cluttered mess.
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DUFFMAN5 24,778 posts
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Registered 15 years agoandy10 wrote:
Syndicate is in my top 3, brilliant game/atmosphere
I also went back to Unity recently,
Once I'm done with Odyssey I think I'll go back and give Syndicate another try.
Cor blimey etc etc...
I also really enjoyed Unity, apart from trying to climb through mother fucking open windows -
Derblington 31,776 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI don't understand the praise for Syndicate. It's everything stale about Ass Creed but set in London.
I agree that the location is as much of a character as any of the written parts but it;s not enough in isolation to combat the boredom. If Origins hadn't made moves to fix everything else, Egypt being pretty wouldn't have been enough to get it the reception it has. -
DUFFMAN5 24,778 posts
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Registered 15 years agoDerblington wrote:
I on the other hand don't understand a lot of the hate for Syndicate.Luckily we can all agree that Origins was good and everything we have read/seen about Odyssey would suggest it is dialed up to 11, which is one louder of course.
I don't understand the praise for Syndicate. It's everything stale about Ass Creed but set in London.
I agree that the location is as much of a character as any of the written parts but it;s not enough in isolation to combat the boredom. If Origins hadn't made moves to fix everything else, Egypt being pretty wouldn't have been enough to get it the reception it has.
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robthehermit 7,412 posts
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Registered 15 years agoWell I'm currently pootling about collecting flags in the original. Looks nice on the Xbone. -
DUFFMAN5 24,778 posts
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Registered 15 years ago@robthehermit
Awaiting release next Tues I'm playing
Gears UE,3,4 TDM and KOTH
and Aliens CM on 360!
After a run of HZD complete,Spider-man and Detroit the ps4 is having a well earned breather
No point starting a new game/campaign as I will not have time to enjoy before game drops. -
robthehermit 7,412 posts
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Registered 15 years agoWasn't Colonial Marines a massive bag of shite? -
DUFFMAN5 24,778 posts
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Opinion is divided on the subject,. All the other Egers say it is; I say it isn't.
...actually always had a morbid fascination with wanting to play it. so I am. Only on chapter/level 3 but it is ok. I do fancy trying a bit of mp, quite enjoyed that in DS2. -
wuntyphyve 12,414 posts
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Registered 6 years agoI eh... heh, really enjoyed Colonial Marines. -
Derblington 31,776 posts
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Registered 15 years agoDUFFMAN5 wrote:
I take it that you just generally like the series though, and just put up with all the shit, repetitive mechanics that Origins (mostly) threw away?
Derblington wrote:
I on the other hand don't understand a lot of the hate for Syndicate.Luckily we can all agree that Origins was good and everything we have read/seen about Odyssey would suggest it is dialed up to 11, which is one louder of course.
I don't understand the praise for Syndicate. It's everything stale about Ass Creed but set in London.
I agree that the location is as much of a character as any of the written parts but it;s not enough in isolation to combat the boredom. If Origins hadn't made moves to fix everything else, Egypt being pretty wouldn't have been enough to get it the reception it has.
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DUFFMAN5 24,778 posts
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Registered 15 years ago@Derblington
Derbs I have not got the energy not inclination to bandy words around with you mate, you win Syndicate is repetitive shit and Origins is not. -
Derblington 31,776 posts
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Registered 15 years agoIt was a simple question.
Sorry if you don't like the phrasing but if the mechanics weren't repetitive after a decade of the same thing they wouldn't have garnered so much criticism and then changed them. -
I liked (what I played of) Syndicate. For London, and also for Evie, who's the best protagonist in the series after Ezio IMO. It was a pain in the ass having to go back to playing as Jacob. -
minky-kong 14,315 posts
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Registered 11 years agoHe will not stop until everyone agrees with him! -
ChiefGB 11,053 posts
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Registered 8 years agoThe grapple introduced in syndicate made traversing that wonderful city even more enjoyable, kind of like Spider-Man, it was enjoyable to just zoom about, picking fights with mouthy cockney wenches. I also remember just standing outside buck palace watching some gents playing cricket for a few minutes, going on tours of the famous places and taking great pics/vids -
MrWonderstuff 2,980 posts
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Registered 14 years agoSyndicate was my favourite. I actually made my way to Leicester Square from Parliament using my knowledge of the area IRL. Whilst it was all a stylised rendition of Victorian London I really appreciated the feeling of it all - it must have something like that. -
superdelphinus 10,064 posts
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Registered 14 years agoYeah I will go back to syndicate after I’ve finished unity. I didn’t finish that one either - my only real recollection of it was that it felt a bit too much like a London theme park. -
DUFFMAN5 24,778 posts
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Registered 15 years agoHave Ubi every mentioned about putting mp back into AC ? I really liked Wolfpack. -
Derblington 31,776 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI don't think it was popular enough to justify the resources.
I've just been watching a play through for the start of the game. Narratively everything makes more sense that Alexios is the main character so I find it odd that they've chosen Kassandra to be canon other than pushing the 'more women in gaming' angle (which I'm absolutely fine with). Alexios will be my character though (I never really choose female characters).
I'm really looking forward to this one now but I don't think I have enough time to play it before RDR2. -
DUFFMAN5 24,778 posts
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Registered 15 years agoDerblington wrote:
This was my quandary, in the end I have gone for it. I will play AC until RDR then more than likely alternate the two until AC is "complete" then concentrate on Red, until the dlc starts dropping for AC. Sorted
I'm really looking forward to this one now but I don't think I have enough time to play it before RDR2. -
Why are people putting up screenshots of Zeus' statue dick climb? 
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