Assassin's Creed

[TheMightyEthan]

It could be that your connection is interacting weirdly with the netcode of the game, so it's kind of your connection's fault, and kind of not.

[D-K]

Doesn't explain that I can connect fine too bags, smooves and you. It's the rtemplar/D-K combination that's causing problems. Obvious correlation would be location but I can't figure out how that'd be a factor.

[toxicitizen]

Don't forget that when it was only you and me trying to connect with Smooves, whoever connected first to the game was okay while the other was told the session was unreachable.

[D-K]

Ah that's right..

 

I forget things

[rainetemplar]

Quick question, I haven't finished the game yet - but can you still play and do missions after the ending?

[TheMightyEthan]

You can play in Rome after the end, but you cannot play in the Real World. So if there's anything you want to do as Desmond, you have to do it before the end.

 

And a word of warning, it starts railroading you through at like the end of Chapter 8, so do whatever you want to do with Desmond before then.

[rainetemplar]

Okay that's good to know, phew. Wasn't looking forward to doing all the side missions first. I want progress, and I want it now!

 

On a side note: I just bought the Pantheon. Booya!

[c hoertjes]

Christmas needs to hurry up so I can fucking play this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mr. McFluffermutton]

I have Brotherhood set aside because I'm in the process of playing AC2 first. When I got to Venice, I figured the game would end sometime shortly after Forli, but now that I'm there, I have the feeling I'm only half way done.

[rainetemplar]

I loved Venice in AC2. I can't say I remember exactly, but I'd say you're about a quarter away from the ending. Wait 'till you get to the ending It will set your mind on fire.

[c hoertjes]

Also, am I the only one who's going to be playing on Xbox 360?

[rainetemplar]

Also, am I the only one who's going to be playing on Xbox 360?

 

Most likely.

 

Edit:

I need Xbox friends to play it with...

[c hoertjes]

Oh good, I get stuck with Strife, the Really Good Looking Guy. =\

[toxicitizen]

I think Kayce said something about wanting to play but being on X360 when we played for the first time.

[TheMightyEthan]

I have Brotherhood set aside because I'm in the process of playing AC2 first. When I got to Venice, I figured the game would end sometime shortly after Forli, but now that I'm there, I have the feeling I'm only half way done.

Do you have the DLC? The Battle of Forli is very meh, but Bonfire of the Vanities is my favorite part of the whole game.

[Mr. McFluffermutton]

I loved Venice in AC2. I can't say I remember exactly, but I'd say you're about a quarter away from the ending. Wait 'till you get to the ending It will set your mind on fire.

That's what I've been told. I just wonder if I'm really going to end up assassinating the Pope. For a game that seems to pride itself on history, I can't imagine it would stray so far from it as to allow me to assassinate the Pope.

 

On another note, is anyone else actually interested in the sci-fi bit of it? I mean, as inevitable as it is, I loath the idea of a game set primarily around Desmond. What I love, however, is the Matrix-esque sci-fi backdrop for the games. I think the real reason I'm iffy on the idea of Desmond's game isn't because it won't have an awesome historical setting (here's to hoping the French Revolution is after Brotherhood), but because it won't be a simulated memory. It'll just be plain old sci-fi.

 

 

I have Brotherhood set aside because I'm in the process of playing AC2 first. When I got to Venice, I figured the game would end sometime shortly after Forli, but now that I'm there, I have the feeling I'm only half way done.

Do you have the DLC? The Battle of Forli is very meh, but Bonfire of the Vanities is my favorite part of the whole game.

....I guess I do? Your question prompted me to go look up how to buy the DLC, but I own the pc version, which apparently came packaged with the DLC. I finished the Battle of Forli thinking it was a change of pace, albeit part of the normal story. Last I played, I had just entered Florence and met up with Machiavelli in what I assume is Bonfire of the Vanities.

 

lol, now I know why it said "Repaired Memory" on the map instead of whatever it normally does.

[Showmeyomoves!]

I loved Venice in AC2. I can't say I remember exactly, but I'd say you're about a quarter away from the ending. Wait 'till you get to the ending It will set your mind on fire.

That's what I've been told. I just wonder if I'm really going to end up assassinating the Pope. For a game that seems to pride itself on history, I can't imagine it would stray so far from it as to allow me to assassinate the Pope.

 

On another note, is anyone else actually interested in the sci-fi bit of it? I mean, as inevitable as it is, I loath the idea of a game set primarily around Desmond. What I love, however, is the Matrix-esque sci-fi backdrop for the games. I think the real reason I'm iffy on the idea of Desmond's game isn't because it won't have an awesome historical setting (here's to hoping the French Revolution is after Brotherhood), but because it won't be a simulated memory. It'll just be plain old sci-fi.

 

You might be interested to know that Brotherhood expands the 2012 setting a bit. In a way... You get to go outside. But since 2012 is just over a year away, don't expect the world to look radically different.

 

I'm personally hoping for a more exotic location for AC3. Something like South America (e.g. Aztec) or Asia (e.g. Mongolia). Perhaps even Africa (e.g. Egypt). 18th century France is a bit too close to the Renaissance in terms of aesthetics, I think. Then again, since Desmond's ancestry seems to be European, I don't know how they would implement a South-American/Asian/African ancestor... But I hope they find a way.

[rainetemplar]

Good new guys! Supposodely it won't take long before our problems regarding multiplayer (and/or singleplayer) will be fixed - or so we hope. There's a patch coming up for both PS3 and Xbox. I'll post the link here.

 

AC:B Patch

[TheMightyEthan]

I still want them to acknowledge that the glitch that makes it so that no voices play, but all other sounds work fine, is a problem with the game and not a problem with my PS3.

 

Fuckers.

[toxicitizen]

You mean like voice chat isn't working? Or voices don't play in the single-player campaign?

 

If the latter, talk about an experience-ruining bug!

[TheMightyEthan]

Voices don't play in the single-player. Luckily it didn't manifest until after I'd beat the story, so all I missed out on was a little bit of talking in the Truth artifact things, but at least I had subtitles.

[c hoertjes]

There were instances of that in AC2 as well.

[rainetemplar]

I finally got to Chapter 8, and I was really surprised that

 

Machiavelli wasn't the rat. I didn't like his smug face from the first time he appeared.

 

 

I'm going to try to finish the SP tomorrow, after that it's assassination contracts, faction challenges, and other side missions. Also, one more Romulus scroll to go!

Edited December 26, 2010 by rtemplar

[rainetemplar]

I finished the SP yesterday. So...

 

What was up with

that fighting with the Apple? For something that's supposed to be one of the most powerful things in the world it was awkward and frustrating as hell. I can't believe they agreed on putting this in the game this way. Seriously, no one that tested the game could open their mouths and say something about it?

 

 

I thought the pacing was SO off.

 

One thing I loved -

the last part where you get to play as Desmond. I loved to jump around as him, and I loved the part in the church (temple of Juno). I also see how the ending should've been 'WTF?!' but Desmond stabbing Lucy didn't do it for me. I don't know why, because it sucks if she's really dead, I liked her character - but somehow it didn't have that WOW/WTF factor.

 

 

Any thoughts on the ending would be welcome.

[toxicitizen]

Yeah, I really love

the parts where you play as Desmond. Finally he gets to do some assassin moves!

Though the jumping puzzle at the very end was bordering on frustrating.

 

Also, I agree that the ending was definitely not quite on the same WTF level as ACII. It was more of a "shock" ending but it carried nowhere near the same weight as the one from ACII. I mean, in II you spend so much time in that realistic historical setting that when things get all sci-fi it's a huge change of atmosphere. And then the reveal that Ezio is merely a "vessel" and that the warning is actually for Desmond was pretty awesome

It really tied the two timelines/storyline together in a good way.

 

Here's it's just like "wait, what?" *stab* THE END But I guess it makes sense considering that it's not a "proper" sequel. I really doubt that Lucy is dead, though. Judging from the dialogue during the credits, the other assassins arrived pretty quickly.

 

 

Oh and

At first I liked the idea of using the apple but I hated how it locks you out of using anything else. Plus, you're stuck using only it for way too long.

 

Edited December 29, 2010 by FLD