SixTwoSixFour Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 I'm afraid there's no way that they'll change the design. The cloak and hood is basically their brand marker now- most gamers identity Assassin's Creed with that outfit. To maintain brand identity, they have no choice but to keep it. It works slightly better, however, given the circumstances- it's clearly winter in the game, and it makes sense that a hunter- which, at a glance, the new assassin appears to be- would wear white clothes to blend in with the snow, and would wear a hood or some other warm clothing. He stands out, but he doesn't look completely bizarre, as he might in the middle of summer. Those shots look really fantastic. It's getting hard to stay pessimistic when it looks this cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Okay, so this is basically what I was hoping for. They've been working on it for a few years now and it looks like they improved the engine and everything. If that's all true, then as long as they basic gameplay formula isn't lifted straight from Brotherhood and Revelations, then I'm definitely back in. http://gamingbolt.com/assassins-creed-3-info-blowout-new-engine-protagonist-information-new-camera-animus-3-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 (edited) See, I agree with you up until the gameplay part. I will be extremely disappointed if there are any significant changes to the gameplay. Tweaks and stuff are fine, but nothing that changes the "feel" of it. *Edit* - Though I will say that I was disappointed with the lack of side quests in Revelations. So far Brotherhood has been my favorite of the series. Edited March 2, 2012 by TheMightyEthan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 So since one of the guys in Steam Chat was all "Yay, get to kill the British!" it's probably worth pointing out that the dual Game Informer covers imply you get to be on either side of the war. (The game cover is even at such an angle that it'd hide any of the robe tweaks for one side or another). I've a feeling factions will be a new part of AC3 (Unless Revelations was similar beyond the "Templars vs Assassins" element. I've yet to play). It does make sense. The Subject 16 stuff makes a point of Templars generally just being folks in power, not with any particular nationality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 SO AWESOME. Who needs buildings, right??? Those look like American settlers. They better watch out!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 See, I agree with you up until the gameplay part. I will be extremely disappointed if there are any significant changes to the gameplay. Tweaks and stuff are fine, but nothing that changes the "feel" of it. *Edit* - Though I will say that I was disappointed with the lack of side quests in Revelations. So far Brotherhood has been my favorite of the series. I assume that was in reply to my post? If so, I didn't mean the "feel" of it. I was referring more to how Brotherhood and Revelations are basically the same game. I don't want ACIII to be set in a single city which I will slowly renovate for no reason whatsoever. I still want to run around on rooftops and stab people in the throat, just make the general structure of the campaign and side-stuff a bit more interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Oh okay, you were talking about larger design rather than moment-to-moment gameplay. In that case, I agree with you wholeheartedly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 I hope you don't fight for one side or the other. I hope the main char. is neutral, and there are Templars on both sides of the war. I'm not a fan of factions (Figuring out what faction I want to join is always hard), so I just hope that you end up on both sides through out the story, leading to great twists! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maritan Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 (edited) I think they are trying to make their own RDR. Which is cool. I don't like AC, but somehow I'm interested in the third game. I just hope the combat system will not be "press X to win"(but it probably will be that way). So since one of the guys in Steam Chat was all "Yay, get to kill the British!" it's probably worth pointing out that the dual Game Informer covers imply you get to be on either side of the war. (The game cover is even at such an angle that it'd hide any of the robe tweaks for one side or another). I've a feeling factions will be a new part of AC3 (Unless Revelations was similar beyond the "Templars vs Assassins" element. I've yet to play). It does make sense. The Subject 16 stuff makes a point of Templars generally just being folks in power, not with any particular nationality. I SOOOOOO hope you're right. But I think it's obvious that developers don't have balls to make a game where you kill Americans. Man, I want to be on the British side. Or at least kill everyone as an Indian and not take sides. Edited March 2, 2012 by Maritan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Oh if they made it into a big conspiracy for the US gov, I'd love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 They said they're reworking the moment-to-moment gameplay mechanics from the ground up, so hopefully that'll change a lot, and stop it being 'press X to win'. Which is something I've wanted since AC1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 I'm afraid there's no way that they'll change the design. The cloak and hood is basically their brand marker now- most gamers identity Assassin's Creed with that outfit. To maintain brand identity, they have no choice but to keep it. If memory serves me right the brand marker is the red logo (I forget is it the abstergo logo?) anyway that logo is more representative of Assassin's creed along with the dubstep trailer lol. While the character look exists, I'm fairly certain we'll get an Altair and Ezio skin so there'll be no issue for them to try a new look as it won't make them lose brand identity. However I do believe that thanks to year releases the game suffers from Brand dilution and might not see massive sales with revelations or even AC3. Pretty sure revelations wasn't as big a hit as brotherhood (maybe it should've stayed on the 3DS?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 I think it would have been cool if the plot was the Brits were the good guys and Americans were the Templars, so right from the off you knew you were fighting a losing battle to stop the Templars taking over the USA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 While that makes sense, think about it. Who do you think has a higher chance of being templars? The Royalty and nobles [like in every freaking game so far] or the 'underpowered' rebels? The Americans only won many of the battles due to guerrilla warfare. Hiding, being sneaky, using terrain to their advantage.... what does that sound like? I don't want the americans to be painted in a beautiful light either. But making them the bad guys wouldnt make sense in comparisson to the other games. I would rather templars be amongst the americans, unnoticed but not necessarily in control. like loyalists and stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 i still havent played brotherhood, or revelations so this could be totally out of whack, but the templars could have been reduced to their knees by the ezio, and the assassins guild in europe, which is why they were trying to build a new powerbase in usa where the assassins arent already a powerful force keeping them under control. it would explain why they are the underdog, why they wanted to be in america and why, in desmonds time they are powerful in usa, but not nobility but business - they wanted to do it in a new way in the usa - it's harder to take down a web of business than a family. i definitely think it could work, though we know it's not how they're doing it so i guess it's moot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Yeah that's really stretching it. The Templars always have the upper hand really in terms of resources and manpower. Revelations and Brotherhood are basically "the adventures of Ezio" where they may fight the templars and gain some power but gain the upperhand? No. What most likely happened is what the wikia says. To keep it short, big american industrialists (edison, ford) were templars. They sought for influence not control. They later established abstergo as a company to control capitalism. The true power that they have is influence and the power of economy. It doesn't mention the templars being revolutionaries. In fact everything points to the british being the templars as it makes sense. Probably their current "control" over America is the same control as a a multibillion dollar company has in US politics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 They said they're reworking the moment-to-moment gameplay mechanics from the ground up, so hopefully that'll change a lot, and stop it being 'press X to win'. Which is something I've wanted since AC1. I will be so pissed if they change the moment-to-moment gameplay. I think it's enough that there are a couple enemy types that are uncounterable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maritan Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 I've found an alternative box art. It probably reflects the final quality of the game better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixTwoSixFour Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 (edited) I don't get why he would try to axe our delicious World Famous Fries, golden on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside, now only a dollar on our Value Menu, world class potatoes make world famous fries, I'm lovin' in. ...Why are you guys giving me weird looks? Edited March 3, 2012 by SixTwoSixFour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/04/tons-of-new-assassins-creed-iii-details-leaked/ These sound promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Sounds like I'm finally getting that sequel to Red Dead Redemption that I've been asking for. Also: I love how a week ago that poll had 1 vote for Revolutionary America, now it has 4. Cheaters! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Only 8 hours left until the trailer. I can hardly wait to throw a tomahawk at someone's chest. : D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 That does sound interesting. And the series really did need a revamp. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Well in all honesty it is a fairly logical progression from Israel, Jordan etc to Italy to Half English-Half Native American second generation first settler since Desmond is obviously settled in N. America and definitely not first generation it would seem like they could bring it earlier than later. Though we might see a scoot back to Victorian England possibly with Jack the Ripper playing a role in the late 19th century before they take us back to the present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Sounds pretty stunning, now I have to start Assassins Creed 2 on PC, install and then finish Brotherhood which I got for cheap on PC, and then buy and finish Revelations. All in a days work what else extra is there to read or play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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