Assassin's Creed 3

[Secura]

I'd kill for a Victorian London setting. Something about playing through the period of time that the sewers of London and The Great Eastern were constructed sounds amazing to me, I'd love for the protagonist to know Isambard Brunel - there's some real opportunity for Da Vinci stuff to go on there.

Edited December 19, 2012 by Lightning Strike

[Algonquin Assassin]

I'd kill for a Victorian London setting. Something about playing through the period of time that the sewers of London and The Great Eastern were constructed sounds amazing to me, I'd love for the protagonist to know Isambard Brunel - there's some real opportunity for Da Vinci stuff to go on there.

Victoria London would be pretty cool, but would it perhaps being getting a bit too modern for an Assassin's Creed game?

 

Personally I'd like to see 16th century China.

[davidrobo88]

Right I am still stuck on delivery requests, last post I made I mentioned West New York glitching on me but then I found the guy in the frontier at Valley Forge so I thought maybe I had done the new york one and forgotten but I completed it and I am still at 66% delivery requests.

 

Am I right in thinking each section counts as 33%? I am 100% sure I have done Boston and the frontier now but I have been at 66% for ages now. Why couldn't they separate the delivery requests into 3 sections so I could tell where the last one is.

 

Is there any other way to tell and has anyone else had a problem with this?

[kj2022]

did anybody else get really pissed off when you have to kill John Pitcairn?

[El Dildo]

 

did anybody else get really pissed off when you have to kill John Pitcairn?

why?

what is it that pissed you off?

[kj2022]

did anybody else get really pissed off when you have to kill John Pitcairn?

why?

what is it that pissed you off?

idk, I think it was myself tbh, it just seemed way too hard compared to the previous objectives.

[Chaise]

did anybody else get really pissed off when you have to kill John Pitcairn?

why?

what is it that pissed you off?

idk, I think it was myself tbh, it just seemed way too hard compared to the previous objectives.

It was my favorite mission in the game. You go from cannon balls and tons of bullets flying at you, to sneaking around and killing guards one by one until you finally get close enough to kill him.

 

Definitely my favorite moment of AC3.

 

[papanesta]

did anybody else get really pissed off when you have to kill John Pitcairn?

why?

what is it that pissed you off?

idk, I think it was myself tbh, it just seemed way too hard compared to the previous objectives.

There's a fairly clear path you can sneak round...

[kj2022]

did anybody else get really pissed off when you have to kill John Pitcairn?

why?

what is it that pissed you off?

idk, I think it was myself tbh, it just seemed way too hard compared to the previous objectives.

There's a fairly clear path you can sneak round...

I've not slept in a few days so my senses are dulled, it just seemed like I kept getting caught.

[G The Generous]

DEMONS!!!!

[darthYENIK]

Haha. When I played the missions where Achilles dies and you have his funeral, I walked back into the house, and went to look at the picture over the fireplace. Then I turned around, and there was Achilles walking out of the office, down the hall and into the living room. I thought it was going to be a ghost that just disappears after you take the camera off of it, but I approached and he just said, "Hello, Connor." Then I realized it was a well timed glitch.

[Itachi Uchiha]

I quit the game on ps3 reason Combat System i die every time

[fridaynightscream]

I'm getting this game for Christmas. As a fan of open world games and American History who could be entertained reading a History textbook (with pictures ) I can't wait

[.dre.]

I was planning on playing all the PS3 assassin creed games in order but I decided not to. I really hate when games tell you that you failed certain requirements just because you didn't play THEIR way and not your own. For example, the full Synch crap. It takes me out of the game way too many times. FAIL FAIL FAIL. Hell, I wouldn't mind if they would at least have checkpoints for it, but no you have to start all the way over. I know I don't have to do them. Call it gaming OCD but I feel like I'm missing something from the game if I don't get these 100 synchs before I move the story forward. Anyway I'm sick of it so when I found out 3 still had this lame feature I decided to stop the series all together. I hope they really take this feature out in the future, not to mention the 100 pop ups that goes up on your screen while you're playing an Assassin Creed game.

[Staten]

Hell, I wouldn't mind if they would at least have checkpoints for it, but no you have to start all the way over.

There are checkpoints in III.

[.dre.]

Hell, I wouldn't mind if they would at least have checkpoints for it, but no you have to start all the way over.

There are checkpoints in III.

I might just pick it up then. I'll just get Revelations over and done with. Thanks for telling me this.

[Abel.]

Got this for the PC yesterday and I've been getting good performance out of my Q6600 at 3Ghz and GTX 260. However, on reaching the camp where I need to steal the book as Haytham (you know, where George Washington and Fraser are talking about the war) the game sporadically crashes to the desktop.

 

Is there any way of fixing this? I'm downloading Beta drivers from nVidia to see if they work, but this seems like more of a game issue than a driver one.

 

EDIT: Beta drivers seemed to work...then I got a blue screen during gameplay. Surprised to be getting issues to be honest--ACIII has had a fair bit of coverage on the nVidia site as of late.

Edited December 26, 2012 by elanman

[Creed Bratton]

What kind of FPS are you getting? I have an older machine that runs a Q6600 so I might try using it for AC3 since the game sucks so bad on my i5 2500k machine with an HD7850

 

Good to know that q6600 is still kicking ass in gaming. That processor was a beast when it was first released. Especially the G0 revision. Very overclockable. Runs hot like hell though.

[Abel.]

 

What kind of FPS are you getting? I have an older machine that runs a Q6600 so I might try using it for AC3 since the game sucks so bad on my i5 2500k machine with an HD7850

 

Good to know that q6600 is still kicking ass in gaming. That processor was a beast when it was first released. Especially the G0 revision. Very overclockable. Runs hot like hell though.

Actually there was a guy on Youtube who said he was getting sh*t FPS from his 7950 and posted a fix:

 

 

 

His fix might work for you, though it's so obvious that you've probably already tried it.

 

I'm running an aftermarket air cooler and I get around 40 degrees idle, about 50 degrees in-game. I have the G0 version and find it to be robust and reliable. I'm reinstalling the game now so I can't check the what FPS I got exactly, but in general everything was smooth at 1440x900, all settings normal.

 

Your bad FPS could be down to driver issues, though the game could just be nVidia-biased--ACII certainly was.

 

I really don't understand these crashes mind you. I have found that setting the processor affinity for the game to one core, and underclocking the GPU, to decrease the frequency of them; this of course makes the game run at around 20 FPS, which is barely playable.

 

EDIT: reinstalled using English language pack (had the German one before for practice); running vanilla version to see if this circumvents crashes. 30-46 FPS in forest environment. Very strange glitch which causes hair to appear blue and red, but preferable to sporadic crashes so I'll avoid installing the patch for now. Settings are: High textures, high environment detail, else normal. Same resolution as before.

Edited December 26, 2012 by elanman

[TOMAHAWKS]

The Synchronized kills SUCK in this game. You'd think they woul be different when you use different characters or something, but they're all the same thing over and over again.

[Abel.]

Managed to fix the crashing. Installed new sound drivers and installed a no-Uplay patch; since discussing such things is forbidden, I'll give the crack to anyone who wants it via PM.

[Mak]

Is it just me or is there NO difference between Normal & High Texture Quality, at least I don't see a huge difference.

[fridaynightscream]

I got this and The Walking Dead for Christmas, and I'm expecting Far Cry 3 in the mail today. So far I LOVE this game! I don't understand the hate

[papanesta]

I got this and The Walking Dead for Christmas, and I'm expecting Far Cry 3 in the mail today. So far I LOVE this game! I don't understand the hate

You have a fixed version of the game, unless you haven't patched it. It took it two huge updates to get it where it is.

[Sean_R_LFC]

did not like the ending!

[papanesta]

did not like the ending!

I'm hoping responses to Ubisoft's huuuge survey make them reconsider where things are heading.

[Secura]

did not like the ending!

I'm hoping responses to Ubisoft's huuuge survey make them reconsider where things are heading.

Survey, what survey ?.

[.dre.]

So far the story is great but the gameplay is terrible. It's clunky and doesn't work well at all. With every Assassin Creed I just keep thinking to myself that Ubisoft should just write movies. With the game industry constantly promising consumers with limitless freedom and numerous ways to achieve missions I feel that UbiSoft just doesn't get it. They limit the player with Full Synchro which I don't get the point of. Full Synchro just keeps reminding me that I'm playing a game. I complete a mission and here's something telling me that I didn't do it the UbiSoft way. Wtf? Who created this sh*t? The point of a game is to complete it YOUR way without anything reminding you any different. And it takes away from great moments in the series. As soon as I stopped caring about Full Syncro, the more fun I had. It's still annoying to see failure every other mission due to gaming OCD but at least I could give two sh*ts from then on.

[El Dildo]

yeah I've seriously changed my mind about AC3.

 

this is definitely NOT game of the year.

it's not even game of the month.

 

somehow Ubisoft managed to make AC3 the worst AC yet. it's not Connor's fault and it's not the story's fault; it's the gameplay.

they essentially broke the most fundamental aspects of AC gameplay that they had been building ever since the first game.

 

the cover / detection system is ruined. we've been over this before... enemies can spot you from the back of their head while facing the other direction, the entire area is alerted, guards will spawn out of thin air who know EXACTLY where you are, line-of-sight does not exist, etc etc. it's absolutely terrible and every mission that has to do with infiltrating a guarded zone or killing a target without being detected is NO FUN whatsoever. I have NO FUN playing these missions. trying to navigate a guarded base (an area marked in red on the minimap) is the most unrealistic, tedious, boring, and maddening experience I've ever had in an AC game.

 

Connor is a guy living in the 18th century.

Connor's enemies are cyborgs from the future with heat-seeking, night-vision, 180-degree laser targeting. they can also communicate instantly across the map using their built-in Bluetooth headsets so that every guard in the area is on the same page at all times. it's f*cking absurd.

 

basic gameplay is utterly broken in AC3.

in fact, the ONLY thing they did well in AC3 is the Naval missions. those are awesome. everything else feels like a chore with almost no enjoyment attached to it.

[Secura]

 

yeah I've seriously changed my mind about AC3.

 

this is definitely NOT game of the year.

it's not even game of the month.

 

somehow Ubisoft managed to make AC3 the worst AC yet. it's not Connor's fault and it's not the story's fault; it's the gameplay.

they essentially broke the most fundamental aspects of AC gameplay that they had been building ever since the first game.

 

the cover / detection system is ruined. we've been over this before... enemies can spot you from the back of their head while facing the other direction, the entire area is alerted, guards will spawn out of thin air who know EXACTLY where you are, line-of-sight does not exist, etc etc. it's absolutely terrible and every mission that has to do with infiltrating a guarded zone or killing a target without being detected is NO FUN whatsoever. I have NO FUN playing these missions. trying to navigate a guarded base (an area marked in red on the minimap) is the most unrealistic, tedious, boring, and maddening experience I've ever had in an AC game.

 

Connor is a guy living in the 18th century.

Connor's enemies are cyborgs from the future with heat-seeking, night-vision, 180-degree laser targeting. they can also communicate instantly across the map using their built-in Bluetooth headsets so that every guard in the area is on the same page at all times. it's f*cking absurd.

 

basic gameplay is utterly broken in AC3.

in fact, the ONLY thing they did well in AC3 is the Naval missions. those are awesome. everything else feels like a chore with almost no enjoyment attached to it.

One is an uninteresting, flat and boring lead and the other is an unsatisfying rushed piece of crap that focuses more on 18th century American politics then anything else.

 

In many ways the gameplay's been vastly improved from the tree climbing to the combat but I'll agree that the stealth in the game's been given the sh*t stick again but to a much worse extent this time. Ubisoft need to realize that Assassin's Creed games need to be something special not something that's shipped out annually like a certain FPS.

 

Also, who in the hell decided it'd be a smart idea to show off this trailer ...

 

 

 

You can't do ANY of that in the normal game, Ubisoft never ceased to mention how there were going to be two thousand NPC's on screen at once, and that you would have to trek across a battlefield to reach a target and asssassinate them. That trailer's completely misleading, where's the horse riding in battle ? where's the "choose your own approach to take the guy down" option ? where's the "I don't want to sneak I'll charge the British lines by myself.

 

On a side note, anyone remember that image with the canoe ?

 

 

What happened to this feature exactly ? And ziplines what happened to them ? The game's not been polished as it's horrificly glitchy, the main character's about as interesting as a piece of plywood, the mechanics are often broken and unfinished and there's a ton of missing content.

 

Ubisoft, step it up.

Edited December 30, 2012 by Lightning Strike