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Title: Ass Creed III
Post by: maxy on October 27, 2012, 03:25:27 AM
45 minutes,early in the game,minimum spoilers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp7Fgpbyr0E
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: SantaC on October 28, 2012, 03:27:58 PM
looks ass
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: demi on October 28, 2012, 03:36:28 PM
i'm so hype for this one just to see how the Desmond story ends.

this will be $48 at TRU next week... no need to buy it now
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Joe Molotov on October 28, 2012, 04:04:36 PM
Waiting for the PC version, since I've got a million games to play right now anyway.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Eric P on October 28, 2012, 04:12:58 PM
Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on October 28, 2012, 04:04:36 PM
Waiting for the PC version, since I've got a million games to play right now anyway.

Pretty much this as well.  We'll see how cheap this gets during the winter sales.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: pilonv1 on October 28, 2012, 08:32:03 PM
Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on October 28, 2012, 04:04:36 PM
Waiting for the PC version, since I've got a million games to play right now anyway.

Not steamworks is it? Wondering if it will be cheaper on greenmangaming
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on October 28, 2012, 09:18:39 PM
dis game gun be rad yo
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: cool breeze on October 28, 2012, 09:25:35 PM
Quote from: pilonv1 on October 28, 2012, 08:32:03 PM
Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on October 28, 2012, 04:04:36 PM
Waiting for the PC version, since I've got a million games to play right now anyway.

Not steamworks is it? Wondering if it will be cheaper on greenmangaming

Ubisoft has their Uplay thing and don't typically use Steamworks, but sometimes third party sellers like Amazon sell Steam keys instead of regular old serial keys.

I'll probably get the game down the road on PC too.  It's looking great.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 28, 2012, 10:28:05 PM
Assassin's Creed 3 is NOT Steamworks.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: pilonv1 on October 28, 2012, 11:19:45 PM
Didn't think so.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: demi on October 28, 2012, 11:41:04 PM
Wow, just saw the ending... um... yeah

Pretty... shitty
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Positive Touch on October 29, 2012, 12:08:24 AM
who gives a shit about the story dweeb

its all about those rooftop kills
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: demi on October 29, 2012, 12:21:47 AM
I did that in the past five games so hop off the ivory swanson, guido
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 29, 2012, 02:37:07 AM
Oh boy another uplay title. Barf. Might play it on consoles just so I don't gotta put that garbage on my PC
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: cool breeze on October 29, 2012, 02:47:50 AM
Quote from: demi on October 28, 2012, 11:41:04 PM
Wow, just saw the ending... um... yeah

Pretty... shitty

haha no kidding

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Masterful how it wastes no time setting up the next Season of Assassin's Creed.  And how there isn't a choice.
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What I like about the series is that there's the Desmond story and then the individual Altair-Ezio-NativeAmericanDude story.  The Desmond one is fun for the intrigue junk; hard to take seriously.  Also, Desmond's face looks totally different from Brotherhood (and 1 and 2).
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: pilonv1 on October 29, 2012, 04:59:41 AM
Quote from: Sho Nuff on October 29, 2012, 02:37:07 AM
Oh boy another uplay title. Barf. Might play it on consoles just so I don't gotta put that garbage on my PC

I can't handle 20fps on consoles though :(
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: bork on October 29, 2012, 08:08:34 AM
Quote from: demi on October 28, 2012, 11:41:04 PM
Wow, just saw the ending... um... yeah

Pretty... shitty

 :-\
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 29, 2012, 10:32:33 AM
I always thought the overarching story was horeshit. That's not why I play that series though.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: DCharlieJP on October 29, 2012, 10:35:45 AM
I wont be able to play on anything other than the vita realistically - but given all 4 of my memory cards are full, i'm toying with just buying this as it's likely going to be some 2 gig monster.

Plus then the wife can play it seeing as she's finished most the others.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: bork on October 29, 2012, 12:59:34 PM
Quote from: DCharlieJP on October 29, 2012, 10:35:45 AM
I wont be able to play on anything other than the vita realistically - but given all 4 of my memory cards are full, i'm toying with just buying this as it's likely going to be some 2 gig monster.

Plus then the wife can play it seeing as she's finished most the others.

It's almost 3GB on PSN.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Spurgeon on October 29, 2012, 02:07:29 PM
This will be my first AssCreed; I just want to kill some white dudes.

Getting the hideous PS3 bundle. I miss my white slim  :'(
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: bork on October 29, 2012, 03:23:00 PM
(http://i.minus.com/irVv4QwUwCtUc.gif)
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Madrun Badrun on October 29, 2012, 04:45:32 PM
I've only played the first.  Do I need to play the second or the others to get the story?
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: demi on October 29, 2012, 04:47:26 PM
Only the Desmond parts, otherwise no

And if you really care just Wiki the Desmond parts
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: TakingBackSunday on October 29, 2012, 06:55:06 PM
Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on October 29, 2012, 04:45:32 PM
I've only played the first.  Do I need to play the second or the others to get the story?

no but good christ you should play the second if only for how awesome killing folks in renaissance europe is
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on October 29, 2012, 07:04:19 PM
i hated ass creed series but ass creed 2 is legit good game and like dat kid said its fun to run around renaiisance era. im hoping idont roll my eyes out of socket with this game tho cuz i love early american history
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Madrun Badrun on October 29, 2012, 07:22:45 PM
I disliked 1 so much that I didn't want to play the others but now I have found my self owning both 2 and 3.  Might play 2.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: demi on October 29, 2012, 07:23:52 PM
2, Brotherhood, and Revelations are its own Arc really. You wont get Ezio's whole story just playing 2... unless you Wiki of course.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: bork on October 29, 2012, 07:27:01 PM
Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on October 29, 2012, 07:22:45 PM
I disliked 1 so much that I didn't want to play the others but now I have found my self owning both 2 and 3.  Might play 2.

I wasn't thrilled with AC1 either.  AC2 is much better.  Never did finish it and might get that PS3 compilation of all three AC2 games but ACIII+Liberation is probably more than enough.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: DCharlieJP on October 30, 2012, 06:49:42 AM
downloaded it for Vita. Low frame rate, sub native - still looks pretty nice. Son has grabbed vita to play Paint Park. Game over.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: bork on October 30, 2012, 08:10:20 AM
Shipping delays from Amazon.   :gloomy  Weird since my state is not affected by the storm and the games should also be coming from the same state, TN, or KY.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on October 30, 2012, 08:25:19 AM
arent you in NH? mine is fine  ???
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: bork on October 30, 2012, 08:37:34 AM
No...I'm in Georgia.  I think Amazon has a warehouse here now...lately stuff has been shipped to me from right within the city.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on October 30, 2012, 08:40:36 AM
o well gl
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: maxy on October 30, 2012, 09:50:42 AM
Quote from: DCharlieJP on October 30, 2012, 06:49:42 AM
downloaded it for Vita. Low frame rate, sub native - still looks pretty nice. Son has grabbed vita to play Paint Park. Game over.

Approx. 720x384
 :tomato

Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on October 30, 2012, 09:52:18 AM
and yet literally no one cares because its a great game
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 30, 2012, 04:16:57 PM
I'm interested, but it's pretty much a given that it will be $30 or $40 at Amazon on Black Friday.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 30, 2012, 07:19:53 PM
Will buy on console for half price eventually
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: demi on October 30, 2012, 07:21:42 PM
Eventually? It is $48 at TRU in a couple days...
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 30, 2012, 07:37:53 PM
SHO Nuff has the patience of a saint

He also doesn't have much money but has a shitload of free Redbox game rentals soooooo
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 30, 2012, 09:37:45 PM
Still early but its enjoyable. Some of the mission design though in a few cases has been confusing to me but maybe that's because I skipped the last few.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on October 30, 2012, 09:51:51 PM
nah the game is geniuinely confusing and barely tells you anything. 3 hours in and still having taken control of connor yet. read it takes up to sequence 6 to do that...im on sequence 2 :piss
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: bork on October 30, 2012, 11:13:04 PM
What have you been doing for so long?  I got to sequence 2 before I stopped playing for the night...I think that was barely an hour in, if that.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on October 30, 2012, 11:20:53 PM
walking everywheres and getting the synchs
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Positive Touch on October 31, 2012, 04:07:12 PM
cliffhanger again?

no way it can be worse that 2's, where he didnt kill the bad guy for NO REASON
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on October 31, 2012, 04:12:31 PM
if youre playing this don't read character bios cuz some are glitched and will spoil late game events for you :piss
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 31, 2012, 11:11:49 PM
Some of the missions are really poorly designed and instructed. And the controls feel even more automated than in prior games. I like the game but for a big budget game it doesn't feel as polished as I would hope. Still early though.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: brob on November 01, 2012, 12:56:08 AM
the opening is really annoying. they give you the shortest missions possible and interject small, flow breaking cut-scenes after each one. Yay, you walked up the stairs onto the deck. cut scene! now walk up to the captain. CUTSCENE.

I always want to like these games, but have such a hard time doing it. I enjoyed brotherhood, especially the optional crypts where I felt sneaking was good and fun. The rest of the time I'm usually just fantasizing about playing thief.  :-\
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Stoney Mason on November 01, 2012, 02:20:40 AM
The thing is I really like the game. It's just frustrating when you have to do a mission 3 or 4 times because you don't understand what is expected of you instead of just being able to get it right the first time.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Spurgeon on November 01, 2012, 07:53:28 AM
As a newcomer to the series: this frame rate sucks dick.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: bork on November 01, 2012, 09:11:47 AM
Didn't play more of ACIII, but played a bit more of ACIII Liberation last night.  I can see the outfit-changing system being very annoying- when you are dressed in your "noblewoman" clothes, you can't do parkour and are limited in other abilities. 

There was also already an escort mission  :yuck where the NPC I was leading apparently couldn't hop over a fence and instead decided to go run off to another area of the map.   :-\  But I'm still having fun with it.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: cool breeze on November 02, 2012, 02:33:54 AM
Did they change the horse riding to make it better? and is it even necessary?

I'm playing Brotherhood now and it's mostly great but the horse riding is pointless and bad.  It's little thing like how in Shadow of the Colossus and Red Dead Redemption, you can be running, call your horse, and he'll catch up and you can mount him without stopping.  In Brotherhood, you call the horse and he comes to where you called it and stops, so you too need to stand and wait for him.  Speed/travel wise it's pretty inconsequential when you're running speed isn't much slower.  It's just a weird addition to Assassin's Creed 2.

If AC3 has more open terrain, I can see horse riding actually matter.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: rodi on November 04, 2012, 05:03:31 AM
Just got past the Boston Tea Party... still lacking an interesting protagonist. Haytham Kenway > Connor.

edit: Horse riding is still pretty pointless.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 04, 2012, 09:39:16 AM
i hope this series gets its comeuppance one day.   Its what I think of when I think of smoke+mirrors game design.  Jerks you off with easy gameplay and nice graphics (but shitty framerate and only nerds care about that, amirite) and a "complex" story.   

Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on November 04, 2012, 10:36:30 AM
i got to connor and just stopped playing. kind of bored wit hthe game which sucks because I loved playing as Haythum. He didn't seem like a "bad guy" like the other main characters have, he was just a normal kind of guy and I liked hte idea of the grassroots nature of it.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
that twist of him being a templar did get me though
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Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Huff on November 04, 2012, 01:02:18 PM
Just got to connor. I have to stop playing because of my one day free rental from redbox is over. good thing I have more free codes for the next couple weeks to finish the game
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: CajoleJuice on November 05, 2012, 03:41:50 PM
I am playing Brotherhood. Two games behind, whoops
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Positive Touch on November 05, 2012, 04:38:51 PM
brotherhood sucks and revelations is supposed to be worse
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Sho Nuff on November 05, 2012, 04:52:40 PM
Noooo Brotherhood is Brothergood, Revelations is Revelousy

Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Tucah on November 05, 2012, 05:22:07 PM
I'm pretty far into this (Sequence 9) and having mixed feelings. The setting is fine, the story sucks, Connor is a terrible protagonist (game would be 10x better with Haytham as the main character), the game is absolutely horrible at explaining anything, it's glitchy as fuck and like 2/3 of the missions are godawful. Despite all this, it's still a pretty fun game and the mechanics remain solid and entertaining. Tomohawking dudes in the face never stops being awesome, the easy auto-platforming still looks pretty cool most of the time and my OCD side still loves collecting everything (aka it's more AC). It's probably one of my least favorite games in the series (Bro>AC2>AC3=Rev>AC1) but I'm having a decent time.

Oh, and give me an entire game of naval missions, those are awesome.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Stoney Mason on November 05, 2012, 06:15:49 PM
Quote from: Tucah on November 05, 2012, 05:22:07 PM
I'm pretty far into this (Sequence 9) and having mixed feelings. The setting is fine, the story sucks, Connor is a terrible protagonist (game would be 10x better with Haytham as the main character), the game is absolutely horrible at explaining anything, it's glitchy as fuck and like 2/3 of the missions are godawful. Despite all this, it's still a pretty fun game and the mechanics remain solid and entertaining. Tomohawking dudes in the face never stops being awesome, the easy auto-platforming still looks pretty cool most of the time and my OCD side still loves collecting everything (aka it's more AC). It's probably one of my least favorite games in the series (Bro>AC2>AC3=Rev>AC1) but I'm having a decent time.

Oh, and give me an entire game of naval missions, those are awesome.

It's sort of a mess of a game. Within it are the elements of a truly great game. But for lots of reasons its a very uneven experience and a shockingly poorly explained one. Literally there are parts of the game I don't understand. You just have to do it a whole bunch to figure some things out. Which is not the way a mainstream game should be.

It's an enjoyable mess imo.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Stoney Mason on November 09, 2012, 03:03:12 PM
http://kotaku.com/5958941/how-has-assassins-creed-iii-disappointed-me-let-me-count-the-ways

He's right about a lot of this.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Eric P on November 09, 2012, 03:40:33 PM
so i should basically wait for the game to be $5 on Steam next year?
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 09, 2012, 03:52:57 PM
huge disparity between reviews and user impressions.   :geoff
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Stoney Mason on November 09, 2012, 04:25:17 PM
Quote from: Eric P on November 09, 2012, 03:40:33 PM
so i should basically wait for the game to be $5 on Steam next year?

I compare this game to Borderlands 2 which is refined fix of everything in Borderlands 1. That's a really good sequel. This is a game that adds in a lot of stuff but most of it isn't refined and it still hasn't fixed a lot of the core issues with the series that have been in there since the first and second game.

I'll stand by the fact that I think its a good game and an ambitious one even but for all the talk of how long it was in development and how many people worked on it, its a messy messy game. Another good comparison would be Red Dead Redemption which also was a bit of a messy game but they got a ton more right. They delivered on their ambition by comparison.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Sho Nuff on November 22, 2012, 04:08:05 AM
I just borrowed a copy of this and it's a god damn fucking mess, even with the patch that just went live. Horrible player messaging, inexplicable insta-death instances, idiot buddy AI, the list goes on and on. It's like they didn't do any usability testing whatsoever.

Note that this is coming from someone who LOOOOOVES these games, I even completed Revelations (and enjoyed it) for Chrissakes.

Also...

spoiler (click to show/hide)
didnt I fucking stab Lucy at the end of Brotherhood? Was that EVER addressed?
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Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: rodi on November 23, 2012, 10:08:22 PM
Quote from: Sho Nuff on November 22, 2012, 04:08:05 AM
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didnt I fucking stab Lucy at the end of Brotherhood? Was that EVER addressed?
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spoiler (click to show/hide)
She's a triple agent for the Templars. But this isn't shown or even told to you in-game... supposedly it's revealed in books or some shit. As for me, I read it on wikipedia.
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Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Sho Nuff on November 24, 2012, 01:43:16 AM
Finished it. This is clearly the shittiest AC game ever made.

2>Brotherhood>Revelations>1>This turd

Just the worst player messaging ever. Incredibly confusing. Shitty missions where you walk from cutscene to cutscene. HORRIBLE ending. Patrice is crying somewhere.

I think I spent about 20 minutes in New York. Ship combat was neato but but that was it. Put this series in the poop bin
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: maxy on November 24, 2012, 09:17:31 AM
Will you get Far Cry 3,Mr.Sho?

If you do please give your verdict,reviews for it are crazy but I don't trust reviews.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: demi on November 24, 2012, 11:29:29 AM
Stoney's review of Far Cry 3: "It's ok. I don't follow reviews so. It is what it is."
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Sho Nuff on November 24, 2012, 12:45:43 PM
Quote from: maxy on November 24, 2012, 09:17:31 AM
Will you get Far Cry 3,Mr.Sho?

If you do please give your verdict,reviews for it are crazy but I don't trust reviews.

Yes I sure will. It looks awesome. I might wait for a sale though because I'm poor
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Stoney Mason on February 19, 2013, 07:42:36 PM
I've tried to pick this up again but honestly I don't think I will finish it unless I make a beeline through the main quest. The game is baffling to me at this point since I have forgotten everything. There are a billion icons on the map. I have no idea what they do. The missions are as confusing as ever. I forgot how overly automated the controls were in general. And there are all this little side activities that are so poorly integrated and messaged that I have no idea what is going on. This series must be utterly baffling to newcomers.

I feel like the whole thing needs a big reboot already.  Taking such a long break and coming back to it has really given me a new perspective on where this series is going wrong. Far Cry 3 was fun. This isn't.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Sho Nuff on February 19, 2013, 07:59:04 PM
Yeah this game was a hot mess. I did not have fun with it at all and it made me question why I feel like I have to play this shit beginning to end.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Stoney Mason on February 19, 2013, 08:09:04 PM
I thought I had outgrown this because I normally don't do it anymore but the only reason I'm still playing is because I spent $60 bucks on it at launch and because its this really big budget title so I want to see the spectacle of it to a degree and and where the money went. But its certainly not because I'm enjoying the game at all  so that's not a good sign at all certainly. It's like I need to squeeze some value out of it.

This game is also an indictment of a certain philosophy that is rampant that you need to keep adding shit in sequel after sequel. Instead of them adding all this shit, I wish they would just fix their game. A smaller scope and a more fun game would be so much better.

Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Don Flamenco on February 19, 2013, 08:20:31 PM
Quote from: Stoney Mason on February 19, 2013, 07:42:36 PM
I feel like the whole thing needs a big reboot already.  Taking such a long break and coming back to it has really given me a new perspective on where this series is going wrong. Far Cry 3 was fun. This isn't.



What if I told you that the series has always been like this but you're just now noticing it?  :lol  This series has been off the mark (but frustratingly close to it) from beginning to end. 

I really wish we got the medieval stealth game we thought AC1 would be.   That sounded fun.   I can't believe they squeezed out 7 of these games (1, 2, 2-2, 2-3, 3, PSP, Vita) in one gen.  That has to be a record for a brand new IP to start fresh and get 7 iterations/releases in one gen.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Stoney Mason on February 19, 2013, 08:40:12 PM
Quote from: Don Flamenco on February 19, 2013, 08:20:31 PM
Quote from: Stoney Mason on February 19, 2013, 07:42:36 PM
I feel like the whole thing needs a big reboot already.  Taking such a long break and coming back to it has really given me a new perspective on where this series is going wrong. Far Cry 3 was fun. This isn't.



What if I told you that the series has always been like this but you're just now noticing it?  :lol  This series has been off the mark (but frustratingly close to it) from beginning to end. 

I really wish we got the medieval stealth game we thought AC1 would be.   That sounded fun.   I can't believe they squeezed out 7 of these games (1, 2, 2-2, 2-3, 3, PSP, Vita) in one gen.  That has to be a record for a brand new IP to start fresh and get 7 iterations/releases in one gen.

I don't disagree the series has always been this way. I've always felt it was a bit over-rated. I just thought AC 3 would be the one where they would actually fix at least some of its issues.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: demi on February 19, 2013, 10:39:24 PM
I got this game too from GameFly and it is probably the worst intro this side of Kingdom Hearts. Every sequence is a tutorial so far.
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on February 19, 2013, 10:50:17 PM
The intro is the best part of the game  ??? . Haythum is the best character and the twist is great
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Stoney Mason on February 19, 2013, 11:44:28 PM
Quote from: MyNameIsMethodis on February 19, 2013, 10:50:17 PM
The intro is the best part of the game  ??? . Haythum is the best character and the twist is great

I actually kinda agree. That part was at least interesting to me. The stuff since has been worse and the American History tie ins feel dumb,
Title: Re: Ass Creed III
Post by: Stoney Mason on March 03, 2013, 01:37:36 PM
Playing some more today. I feel like every mission is purposely poorly designed and instructed to pad out the gameplay. It happens too often to be a coincidence. I feel like they think figuring out what you are supposed to be doing is "gameplay".