@Danny_1993 Conclusion to the series? Highly unlikely, Ubisoft is never going to let go of this money making franchise, most likely will at least do is Brotherhood type sequel and DLC's. I really hope they stop before this series becomes stale and repetitive(which almost happened in Revelations) but as long as it makes money I doubt they'll kill it off completely.
@hystavito As you can see, there's basically no HUD in the big screen because it's all in the tablet, health bar etc. so I guess when playing a game like this, the hud just shows over the game screen and it has a mini map, like in about all first person games. The tablet just makes some stuff easier with the touch bad and extra screen, and leaves all of the big screen for the gameplay, so yeah, I bet in some games, like this, it might hurt the overall experience, but I also think that it's not any different than playing, say, on PSP or PS Vita's smaller screen with everything cramped in there, so it might be just all up to you how you like it and aren't bothered with smaller screen. And even if it hurts the overall feeling, it doesn't mean it's bad game when playing from tablet. It looks like it can have all the features in both ways.
But it's certain that in the future some games focus solely on these 2 screens and don't let you use only tablet.
No matter what people think about the quality of this series and the first AC game, no one can deny that this really is a unique, ground breaking series. I personally didn't care about AC1 that much, but it did set a new standard for gaming, graphics and environment from that point on, and AC2 even more. No one deny the success of AC and the impact it had, this is a series that will be talked long after like people nowadays talk about Wolfenstein or Doom. AC2 then is one of my fave games of all time, it's one of the most perfect games I've played and huge, huge improvement over AC1. I hope Ubisoft will do something similarly ground breaking with next gen, or already in this gen with Watch Dogs. Ubisoft is model example of a company that progresses with time and they do games that evolve, not try to go for retro style or try to please majority crowd with FPS games. They want to do something new, not just rehash the same old model because it's tried and sold well. Like Rayman Origins, it had that old Rayman feel to it, but it felt new and fresh. Some games weren't as good, like Prince of Persia 2008, but it still felt new and fresh, not just copy of previous PoP titles, unfortunately PoP08 didn't work as well.
@Joshua2222 @decoy1978 I enjoyed it too, but it was a disappointment nonetheless. There was just so much missing and missed opportunities, like letting us explore the really beautiful world. Narrow hallways, first 20h were really boring and villains were just godawful. Characters too were mostly annoying. It wasn't a bad game, but it didn't live up to its name.
And if you enjoyed XIII, like me, play Xenoblade, get Wii just for that. That game blew my mind with how good it was, the best game ever made imo. It's what XIII should've been like, it shows you how apparent XIII flaws are and what makes a game truly great.
@Armedranger True fans aren't like that, true fans don't blindly just like the game that has the same name as previous title in the series. True fans are the ones who give the best feedback because they really know what makes the game work and what does not. True fans are the ones who should really hate and criticize the game, because then company can learn what they really want.
3DS definitely is getting love from devs and that's really good thing, I better start saving some money for it :) And it's really saying something about Vita if it doesn't sell even in Japan where they seem to just love Sony and Nintendo, and Xbox 360 is only 1/3 below Vita and Japan seems to really hate 360. It's really sad, Vita seems like a really nice piece of hardware, but it's just not powerful machine and cool features like touch screen and two analog sticks that sell it, it's the games. Sony just seemed to believe it would sell because it's more powerful than 3DS, they don't seem to be focusing on the thing that actually sells game consoles, and those're the games. Good lineup for release is really good way to sell them and planning ahead, getting devs to make games for it, but in my opinion there hasn't been a game that's worth the console price yet nor is there coming one.
@Sgthombre There's also Armored Core V which already came out, though it seems average at best, and also *groans* Steel Battalion Heavy Armor which is just, nicely put, garpage. Let's hope MWO and Hawken turn todays mech game reputation around
@JimmeyBurrows Yes, it is worth giving a try already just for the fact that it's going to be free to play, you don't have to pay anything to play it. The gameplay is really awesome. Though the game looks and kind of plays fast even though you're inside a mech, it still feels like a mech, the control is a bit sluggish despite the fact that you can use boost, and the sluggish control gives it that mech feeling but not being too slow, and the cockpit around the edges feels a bit stuffy, like really watching from a mech. If you get into the beta, give it a try and when it's set to launch in december, definitely give it a try. But yeah, it's also basically another shooter with machines, but those little control tweaks and some mech customization give it some personality to stand out. It's still F2P so I don't think anyone should except anything grand or ground breaking
@Bakh77 I prefer using Xbox controller if I just can, but I've been playing Dishonored with mouse+keyboard, and I really like it, it really gives better control for a game like this, except blocking, it's awkward to reach for Ctrl, but I'm playing stealth so I don't really need to block.
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