yea just finished playing a few hours. there really is quite a few unexpectedly similar things in the game, even major things like game mechanics.KickableYeah I loved shooting people in Assassin's Creed in first person.....oh wait
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[QUOTE="ABakedAlien"]What? Are you serious? AC's combat was just about you holding the right trigger and mashing X to multi-counter everything. Now, you actually have to engage enemies and fight them. You can't one-shot everybody unless you start a killstreak, which isn't easy to pull off. That's a common belief that isn't true. If you tapped the attack button at the right time after already having pressed it you would instantly kill the enemy. Basically you could either wait and counter or you could attack by repeatedly pressing the the attack button again on impact to trigger a kill. You could also grab someone at will and didnt have to wait to counter them. It's actually surprising how many people think that you could only counter in the earlier AC games. My 2 real life friends both thought that aswell.The combat has been simplified and made casual friendly (this doesn't mean easier, it means more simple, there's a difference), which to me is a huge downfall as the combat before wasn't ever that complex but it took skill and was much more enjoyable. It made you feel like you were more in control of the assassins and weren't just watching him fight.Fandango_Letho
In my opinion the combat was changed for the worse. The setting was ambitious but didnt fit with AC gameplay (2 story buildings spaced far apart). The hunting was so simple and boring it might aswell not even of been in the game. The side missions are even worse with absolutelty no reason to complete them unless you want achievements (assuming there is some for side missions). The story was so poorly executed and uninteresting with very bland voice acting, it felt like I was watching some cheap B movie with horrible actors. Framerate issues and countless bugs. Also a more slight nitpick is I found the frontier to be boring to explore as you knew the only two things you were going to find was animals or redcoats.
I did however like the animations in general and especially the tree running was cool (although I still do like the original AC control scheme) . I had lots of fun with AC 1 and 2, but for me the assassin's creed forumla has grown stale anyway and then on top of that AC 3 just isnt that good of a game in my opinion.
Now I'm not trolling kids. this is called a negative opinion of a game. I'm sorry I dont like your beloved AC3. So seriously don't bash me for not liking the game. I made the title inviting people who didnt like the game for a reason. I know im in the minority but I just really didnt care for AC 3 regardless of a few bugs.
Anyone else feel similar or the same way?
That's absolutely ridiculous you took the time to critque MY opinion of a game. What are you doing? Trying to say I'm wrong or change my mind? It's almost like you are trying to convince yourself of something. Like holy buddy get a life.[QUOTE="ABakedAlien"]
Depends on what you define success for a game is. Financially the game is obviously a success. Personally do I like the game? Kinda, as a fan from AC 1 the series has been gradually growing stale for me (the yearly "AC 2" games didn't help). AC 3 is a great assassin's creed game with it's flaws. In my opinion the flaws I've experienced hold the game back from being a truly great game.
What do you mean by "Yearly" AC games? You mean brotherhood and revelations? Brotherhood was a great game and didn't feel "rushed at all" If anything it was better than AC 2 in a lot of ways. A lot of people like having one huge open city instead of a bunch that were tiny.Revelations was medicore in comparision to the rest, but it was still an average title and it was obvious most of the developement time was being put into AC III.The combat has been simplified and made casual friendly (this doesn't mean easier, it means more simple, there's a difference), which to me is a huge downfall as the combat before wasn't ever that complex but it took skill and was much more enjoyable. It made you feel like you were more in control of the assassins and weren't just watching him fight.
The combat wasn't simplified or "made easier" Literally all they did was take out the need to press LT. The combat was if anything far more difficult in this game compared to brotherhood or AC II in my opinion. I could literally chain kill 30-40 mobs in Brotherhood, at least the mobs in this game actually put up a fight at times.I found the cut-scenes to be painful to watch alot of the time.First of all the flow between gameplay and cut-scenes is quite poor as there is a loading screen going in and going out of the scene. Although this seems minor it really does disconnect the player from the game. I almost would of preferred just a classic ingame cutscene, instead of trying to make it into a movie. Also I found the voice acting to be cheesy at some points.
I loved the cutscenes, and again, I don't know why you are complaining here as you are in a small minority. I don't know what you are talking about by "disconnect" Yes there were some minor glitches at times with the voice acting being out of sync, but I hardly if ever noticed that or came across that. I thought the voice actors did an amazing job.There were a few "cheesy" ones but you can find that in every game.The secondary missions are so boring, I mean the main missions are boring enough as they are so linear and there's barely any freedom anymore on how to complete a mission. The only reason I can see someone actually doing all the side missions is to say they completed all the side missions in AC 3 (achievements). Even the hunting sucks as you dont even have to aim! I got bored of it in 5 mins and said "screw it im not even going to bother with hunting in this game".
The secondary missions are not "boring" The naval combat was fun, and the "secondary" missions in this game were superior to the ones in previous games. The only thing I miss is the platforming missions. But the naval combat, trinket missions, homestead missions and liberation missions more than make up for it. I thought the hunting was "meh" too, but that is the only thing I agree with. Also the main missions were great and on par with the previous titles, if not better.The best thing about the game is the animations and free running mechanics (although again it has been simplified which isnt all bad tho). Running in the trees is quite amazing.
The "Free" running mechanics haven't really been "simplified" It's the climbing that has been made a bit easier as you don't have to actually jump up when climbing now, the game will do it for you. I still don't see that being a "problem" though.Overall though the game feels unfinished. I feel like they tried to put all these features into the game but didnt take the time to slow down and make sure everything was nice and polished. However I do believe i am in the minority as most casual to even minor hardcore gamers will enjoy this game, as it is definitely not a bad game. I just feel it didn't live up to it's potential and is not a huge successful masterpiece that some claim it is.
Game doesn't feel "unfinished to me" I thought they did an amazing job with the side content and everything else they added. The glitches were a given seeing as how big the game is, though there are planned patches and there has already been a major patch that fixed a lot of them.LLYNCES
Depends on what you define success for a game is. Financially the game is obviously a success. Personally do I like the game? Kinda, as a fan from AC 1 the series has been gradually growing stale for me (the yearly "AC 2" games didn't help). AC 3 is a great assassin's creed game with it's flaws. In my opinion the flaws I've experienced hold the game back from being a truly great game.
The combat has been simplified and made casual friendly (this doesn't mean easier, it means more simple, there's a difference), which to me is a huge downfall as the combat before wasn't ever that complex but it took skill and was much more enjoyable. It made you feel like you were more in control of the assassins and weren't just watching him fight.
I found the cut-scenes to be painful to watch alot of the time.First of all the flow between gameplay and cut-scenes is quite poor as there is a loading screen going in and going out of the scene. Although this seems minor it really does disconnect the player from the game. I almost would of preferred just a classic ingame cutscene, instead of trying to make it into a movie. Also I found the voice acting to be cheesy at some points.
The secondary missions are so boring, I mean the main missions are boring enough as they are so linear and there's barely any freedom anymore on how to complete a mission. The only reason I can see someone actually doing all the side missions is to say they completed all the side missions in AC 3 (achievements). Even the hunting sucks as you dont even have to aim! I got bored of it in 5 mins and said "screw it im not even going to bother with hunting in this game".
The best thing about the game is the animations and free running mechanics (although again it has been simplified which isnt all bad tho). Running in the trees is quite amazing.
Overall though the game feels unfinished. I feel like they tried to put all these features into the game but didnt take the time to slow down and make sure everything was nice and polished. However I do believe i am in the minority as most casual to even minor hardcore gamers will enjoy this game, as it is definitely not a bad game. I just feel it didn't live up to it's potential and is not a huge successful masterpiece that some claim it is.
Does the pope take dumps in his hat? Of course they will, its 2012, if somthing breaks pre-order records for a company it's getting a sequel.Do you think theres a chance of them milking the franchise and creating more games
LilLefty34
The intro does get kinda painful. The game picks up quite a bit once you are playing as connor in full gear. But I agree with the combat change, I personally don't find it more difficult just more simple. The old combat took more skill and was much more enjoyable in my opinion. To me it's not the masterpiece some people thought it would be but overall it is a good game.
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