Yantelope V2 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Yep, totally didn't break the balance or make the game even easier at all. Honestly I remember liking the combat in the original simply because it put a lot of focus on each swing of the blade. I know it came down to a lot of countering but I liked that in a way. Now it seems Ezio got so many tools you could just shoot everyone to death and it took a little bit of the suspense out of the combat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 ^Agreed. AC2 was when combat was at its best. The linking thing really made combat too easy in the games after. Amongst all of your other tools and resources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 I'd say the combat in AC:B was the best (before the addition of your assassin followers, cause I agree that's like cheat mode). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 As far as the combination of difficulty and badassery, I'd have to go with AC2 as well, but god damn, chaining together kills in Brotherhood just felt so satisfying. It may have been the easiest, but for me it was the most fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 *Throw down smoke bomb* *Stab everyone before the smoke clears* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 people don't seem to like admitting that easy is fun for some games. Easy isn't always a bad thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Yeah I'm fine with it being "easy" or "not a challenge". If I want a challenge there's plenty other games. I just like being a sneaky bastard n killing folks before they get word out. The bombs are kinda neat to play with. Messing with the AI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Yeah, Assassin's Creed 1 was easy as shit, but I still sunk tens upon tens of hours into it just running around and getting into really cinematic fights on rooftops. That shit was fun. Even if I had to make the fun myself half the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 people don't seem to like admitting that easy is fun for some games. Easy isn't always a bad thing. In AC:B easy became repetitive as all you had to do was just chain everything and you would tear through 20 guys at once. What was the term from Kotaku they used earlier... "gameplay loop." Same shit. All the time. Slightly incremental changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 people don't seem to like admitting that easy is fun for some games. Easy isn't always a bad thing. In AC:B easy became repetitive as all you had to do was just chain everything and you would tear through 20 guys at once. What was the term from Kotaku they used earlier... "gameplay loop." Same shit. All the time. Slightly incremental changes. And when they tried to break the loop (guards who could block certain weapons) the loop was instantly reinstated when the player realises certain weapons or tactics worked on everyone regardless. Talking about 'making your own fun', in AC:B, for me, it got to the stage where I would get into a fair-sized fight near an edge, and systematically disarm every bad guy, and drop their weapon off said edge. Just so I could get into a bloody good fistfight. *sigh* why wouldn't they simply add enemies who can disarm you, or a place to have good fistfights that aren't the ridiculous, arbitrarily time-limit mercenary fight club things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Yeah I'm with Gerbil, I'm hoping for some more stealthy areas surfacing in screenshots. The wide open areas of Rome were some of the crappiest parts of the game, I'm glad AC:r dropped them. It'd be a shame is ACIII brought them back. Maybe intro-ing guns more prominently is to get us shifted over to the idea of liking them, cos I bet they're struggling with how they get hidden blades working fine in a modern day setting. But guns? They fit in fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/18/author-sues-ubisoft-over-asscreeds-animus-nonsense/ *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Silly authors. If people could sue for similar ideas, James Cameron would be FUCKED. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 So would anyone who's ever written a Hero's Journey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 The lawsuit gave me brain cancer, while reading that article gave me colon cancer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 As part of my brother getting a PS3 I dumped a bunch of games on him. ACII included. He told me this weekend he gave up on it, he disliked that at the start of the game the dude would just jump off the side of the building randomly. Can't blame him, I hate that issue too. Since it's somewhat similar (with the whole "open world climbing" thing) I've pointed him to try out InFamous. He does have my collection built up over several years, which is a fair chunk of games, so I guess his tolerance will be pretty low before moving on, so not gonna push him too hard even if I think the AC franchise is pretty nifty. Anyway I know he's really hankering after the game with big american titties, and I'm sure as hell gonna draw it out a fair while before I'm dumping that on him . (Also since my lapse of mental retardation subsided and I remembered I own Portal 2 on Steam I dumped Portal 2 on him this weekend. That I know he'll hate cos it requires thinking a bit) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Big American titties, you say? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 An insight into Dean's mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 BEEG AMEREECAN TEETEES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 God bless big American titties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 I want to play that game again now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 GTA IV. I'm replaying it..ish. So he's not having it until I've actually fully beaten it (I got as far as the last mission. Since then they added trophy support) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 I like to play it every now and then just to drive around. Love that sandbox. Shame the PC version runs like ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 (edited) Definitely one of the best sandboxes. My only wish is that it had slightly better cheat support... GTAIII had the best cheats ever. You could give everyone weapons, then make them all fight each other, so the whole city was just one massive amazing warzone. Imagine that in the Euphoria'd RAGE engine... Saints Row kinda had this but I can't stand how that series plays. I actually resort to watching videos of the PC port of GTAIV, heavily modded, to watch action in slowmotion with cool camera angles and see euphoria funtimes in slomo. RDR slo mo is awesome but not as emergent without cars and big explosions everywhere. On topic, are there any AC mods on PC? Edited April 22, 2012 by kenshi_ryden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 You guys are such boobs. Though admittedly american bazongas are the tits 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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