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  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Even though AC2 was deeper, I still prefer the plot, setting & protagonist of AC1.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I'm ashamed to say I've only played 'AC' 1 - 3, never tried out 'Revelations' or 'Brotherhood.' Through ranking, I'd say:

    1.) AC2
    2.) AC1


    3.) AC3
  • The first one was fun at first but towards the end it bored me to death. Doing the same thing over and over and over. The missions were so boring. Sit on a bench, pick pocket a guy, interrogate a guy, assassinate a guy. Wash, rinse and repeat.

    I thought there was barely any story to it (Altair cocks up a mission and almost loses some treasure, he's sent to kill a bunch of Templars, isn't a cocky dick anymore, finds out his master was a Templar all along and just wanted the treasure to himself, kills him).

    I liked Altair by the end of the game but he's not as good a character as Ezio or Connor imo and I have no idea why he was the only one in the Holy Land with a generic American accent.

    Everyone seems to hate AC 3 (not entirely sure why to be honest), but at least it had variety, things to do in the world and a story.

    1) AC 2
    2) AC 3
    3) AC Revelations

    4) AC Brotherhood
    5) AC 1
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @thelivingroyale, the reason I despised AC3 was because it lacked...beauty, I suppose? You play almost half of the game as someone else, then when you switch to Connor, I was just left playing as someone I couldn't care less about, growing up with him and doing tiring tutorial missions (again) for him. Even the world we were in - mainly the forest area and the Homestead - were incredibly dull and I just had no fun roaming the world we were given. Being a completionist - though this is really my fault - I couldn't stand having to do all of those side objectives within missions. It took me months to beat the game, solely because I found even putting it in and starting it up to be a chore. I just didn't enjoy myself with it.

    As I watched videos before it was released, I couldn't believe how beautiful and fluid the combat looked, and I honestly thought fighting enemies would be something that I wouldn't be able to stop enjoying, but after a while, it, too, became stale and annoying when I would press buttons and my action wouldn't register, I would turn to hit one enemy but Connor would hit an enemy in a different direction, and when it boiled down to controls, even trying to register running up this ladder, not the wall, or hopping this rail, not the window, became tiresome because I couldn't find myself being able to hone in on what exactly I wanted to do.

    Granted, AC4 looks much, much more beautiful than the last game, with a lot more to see. But in the end, it just looks exactly the same as past installments, and with that, I'll more than likely pass on it. I just have too much to pay off and play this fall as it is, anyway, and once 2014 rolls around and more games are released on the XB1, I'll have zero interest to play it.
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    I liked playing as Haytham. He was a suave badass. The plot twist when they revealed he was one of the bad guys was brilliant imo and it meant that your targets (especially Haytham and his lackey with the moustache) were proper characters that you knew about rather than just more things to stab.

    I liked Connor too. Bit naïve but he was a good person trying to do the right thing despite having a crap life (mum burns alive, forced to kill his dad and his best mate, mentor/father figure dies and even after killing the Templars helping the Americans win a hypocritical war for freedom his people are still forced to leave their village).

    He went through all that shit but still came out of it as a good person. I didn't like him much at first but now I think he was one of the best characters I'd ever played as in a game.

    I thought the cities were a bit dull when it came to parkour (shame too because they'd really improved the free running), but it was still cool wandering around on the streets and seeing how alive it all was.

    I thought the frontier was amazing. It was a massive sprawling wilderness full of life and I had fun attacking forts, hunting animals, etc.

    I never had any problem with the controls. In fact I thought they were miles better than the other games. The combat was much more fluid than before.

    Then you have hunting, naval missions, good music, graphics and all the rest of it to make what was easily one of the best games in the series imo.

    It had it's faults sure (too linear during the missions, story got boring and too America f**k yeah during the middle section), but I enjoyed it and they seem to have fixed all this for AC 4.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    A lot of people say their favorite part of the game was the naval aspect, and at times I loved it, and other times I was irked because I would just barely get killed or fail, and have to restart a long checkpoint. Overall, it was fun.

    I guess in terms of the wilderness, RDR spoiled me on that.
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    I thought AC 3 beat Red Dead in terms of wilderness. While I really liked Red Dead I got bored of exploring pretty quickly.

    While AC 3 had fields, forest, cliffs, waterfalls, etc, Red Dead was mostly just desert. I thought exploring was much more fun too because in AC 3 you can scale cliffs and free run through the trees, in Red Dead you just rode a horse or ran.

    I thought it was also better in terms of animals. Seemed like there was much more of them and hunting was much deeper and more fun than in Red Dead imo.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @thelivingroyale, we'll agree to disagree. I had so much fun hunting, skinning, and selling animals in RDR, but not in AC3. I'm not sure why. Then again - and I think I've said it before - I think I just had a poor attitude about AC3, and had a hard time letting go of it as I played it. I'm sure if I went back, played it, and didn't focus on the optional objectives or achievements, then I would have fun.
  • I thought the main draw in RDR was the campaign (which to be fair was brilliant). I had fun dicking about in the world afterwards, jumping on trains, shooting bandits, starting bar fights, etc, but I never really bothered hunting much.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I thought the main draw in RDR was the campaign (which to be fair was brilliant). I had fun dicking about in the world afterwards, jumping on trains, shooting bandits, starting bar fights, etc, but I never really bothered hunting much.

    There was nothing better than getting to hogtie someone, lay them on the train tracks, and then wait as the train came by and devoured them.

    I remember it glitched one time, and I had a nun on the tracks, and the entire train ran over her, and as it passed, she was just laying there, still hogtied.
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    Well this is embarassing. All this time I thought you folks were referring to Ace Combat when you said "AC", and now I realize you were talking about Assassins' all along. Silly me, I'm surprised nobody called me out on it before.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Well this is embarassing. All this time I thought you folks were referring to Ace Combat when you said "AC", and now I realize you were talking about Assassins' all along. Silly me, I'm surprised nobody called me out on it before.

    Haha, I never even noticed! I usually just establish a game, and when it turns into a discussion, I resort to abbreviations.
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    Creasy47 wrote:
    Well this is embarassing. All this time I thought you folks were referring to Ace Combat when you said "AC", and now I realize you were talking about Assassins' all along. Silly me, I'm surprised nobody called me out on it before.

    Haha, I never even noticed! I usually just establish a game, and when it turns into a discussion, I resort to abbreviations.

    Well, what I said back then was relevant anyway, I think. Ace Combat is certainly a series that has gone downhill since their peak with AC04.
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    Well this is embarassing. All this time I thought you folks were referring to Ace Combat when you said "AC", and now I realize you were talking about Assassins' all along. Silly me, I'm surprised nobody called me out on it before.

    I forgot Ace Combat (Air Combat, I believe, for the first one) even existed. Anybody here still play it?
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    I still play Shattered Skies regularly. It is still one of the greatest video games ever made and extremely underrated.
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    I played whatever the third one was back when it came out, and since then, haven't touched the series.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Creasy47 wrote:
    Ubisoft reiterates that they are still working on 'Rainbow Six: Patriots':

    http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-15920-Rainbow-6-Patriots--Still-Cooking--Says-Ubisoft.html

    Yeah, that last time we saw it was... when? The 2010 Spike VGAs? The 2011 VGAs? It's been so long that I can't even remember.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Creasy47 wrote:
    Ubisoft reiterates that they are still working on 'Rainbow Six: Patriots':

    http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-15920-Rainbow-6-Patriots--Still-Cooking--Says-Ubisoft.html

    Yeah, that last time we saw it was... when? The 2010 Spike VGAs? The 2011 VGAs? It's been so long that I can't even remember.

    I remember when Ubisoft released a CGI/graphic video a few years back that showed off what 'Patriots' would look like as a blueprint, but after that I lost all track of it. Not a great marketing plan, really.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @Agent007391, that was 2011, I believe. I hate when games do that: they're announced, show off a smidge of gameplay or reveal a bit of information, and then disappear into the nether for a few years. In a few months time, I'm sure it will be unveiled with gameplay, all the information, and then we'll still have to wait eight months - one year to play it.
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    I wish, if Patriots was going to take this freakin' long, they wouldn't have shown us anything. I'm all for seeing footage of Rockstar's Agent, because that game intrigues me, but since we haven't, I'm not disappointed with it for the moment. Patriots disappoints me, because unlike some of the more recent Rainbow Six games, it looked interesting.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    I agree, gentlemen. Funnily enough, @Agent007391, I was going to name Rockstar's 'Agent' as a big example of games you could easily forget about (though I haven't) since we really haven't be shown anything at all. Hopefully with GTAV releasing very soon Rockstar will finally finish up that game and release it. I don't know of any other games they have on the back-burner right now, so fingers crossed.
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    I'm betting Agent will get a PS4 release (I'm quite certain it was originally supposed to be a PS3 exclusive, so I doubt there'll be an XBone release as well). Hell, at this point, I'm willing to believe Rainbow Six: Patriots will get a PS5/Xbox Jaws (how can they get stupider than Xbox One, you ask? Xbox Jaws, probably with an Xbox Bigger Jaws following it, probably with the Xbox Sharknado 2: The Second One following that) release.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Agent now being a PS4 release could very well be true. I know it was supposed to be a PS3 exclusive as you said, but that could very well have changed and now Rockstar may simply be waiting until the next generation starts up to release it.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    'GTA V' has gone Gold, but beware: due to a problem with some type of pre-order on the PS3, some people have been able to download a pre-load of the game, and items such as the map, loading screen, intro video, soundtrack, audio files, and huge spoilers/ending of the game have been leaked. If you're anticipating this game, tread lightly.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Creasy47 wrote:
    'GTA V' has gone Gold, but beware: due to a problem with some type of pre-order on the PS3, some people have been able to download a pre-load of the game, and items such as the map, loading screen, intro video, soundtrack, audio files, and huge spoilers/ending of the game have been leaked. If you're anticipating this game, tread lightly.
    Really? Great... The internet age will prove once again that we can no longer enjoy a product unspoiled.
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    I'm going to politely ask that nobody on MI6C post the leaked content directly on here in order to avoid spoiling the game for anyone who wants to get the full experience out of it with no anticipation ruined.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    I'm going to politely ask that nobody on MI6C post the leaked content directly on here in order to avoid spoiling the game for anyone who wants to get the full experience out of it with no anticipation ruined.
    I'm hoping everyone would never do such a thing. I think all the gamers here want to enjoy the game unspoiled, so hopefully that worry is unwarranted.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I really hope people wouldn't do that. Then again, I wouldn't put it past some people, such as those who spoiled nearly everything there was to spoil in SF, sans spoiler tags in non-spoiler threads.
  • I read yesterday that GTA V has multiple endings.
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