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Assassins Creed Liberation HD Coming January 14th - $20
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GardenSirens
Banned
Really thinking of getting this one. Looks like a lot of fun.
I did the first sequence last night and there appeared to be holes in between almost every memory. There is still stuff in the database to read up on but that's just poor design asking you to go digging to work out relationships between characters.
From what I understand though there was going to be some rebalancing done to the game so I don't know if that meant cutting large chunks of the narrative out as well.
feint_ruled
Member
It's like that on the Vita as well. So far as I have played the HD version nothing has been cut from the narrative.
Hahahaha oh. Interesting choice seeing as the whole first hour I was trying to tie everyone together. I don't know if there was meant to be any modern world stuff in this that would have explained character relationships a bit more.
There's cuts here and there, but if you didn't know they were there you wouldn't even notice, it was that haphazard in the original as well. Probably because they had to fit the story into very little gameplay they had.
Yeah I thought it was alright. Its why the sound being low quality on the Vita version annoyed me, ruined it.
Environments in the game seem super sparse and the textures are pretty nasty at 1080p on my PC. It's clearly a port of a game that was intended to run on a small screen. Having said that, performance is good and it plays like you would expect an Assassin's Creed to play. I'm only maybe 90 minutes into it, and I'll probably finish it.
xKilltheMx
Member
The vita original version was better than AC3 ignoring technical problems. Enjoy you newcomers!
doop
First AC game I've platinumed since II. I normally don't bother because there are usually some optional mission constraints that are unfun bullshit, and there are always multiplayer trophies. The optional constraints in Liberation are totally doable, though.
Working on my review now.
First AC game I've platinumed since II. I normally don't bother because there are usually some optional mission constraints that are unfun bullshit, and there are always multiplayer trophies. The optional constraints in Liberation are totally doable, though.
Working on my review now.
That's exactly how it was in the Vita game. Jarring.
lol at you.
Surprisingly it seems comparable to AssCreed 2 to me, both in terms of asset quality (good) and the poor LOD system (bad). Hopefully the latter is patched, but seeing as Ubi never fixed 2's utterly broken LOD system, I'm hardly holding my breath.
RedSoxFan9
Banned
I might get this because it won't have the terrible gyroscope mini games.
doop
First AC game I've platinumed since II. I normally don't bother because there are usually some optional mission constraints that are unfun bullshit, and there are always multiplayer trophies. The optional constraints in Liberation are totally doable, though.
Working on my review now.
Nice I'll try for that too, played about 18 hours so far, only on sequence 4. I think I'll go far enough into the story that the Persona collectables unlock. Then go on a collecting spree. When that's done just blast through the rest of the game.
Played the demo today, and my god I felt so awkward playing it. I spent roughly half a hour just figuring out where to go until I realized I needed to change personas. The graphics make it look exactly like it's running on ac3 engine (I'm sure of this). I didn't exactly come out impressed though after my demo play through.
It's been there since day 1. You need to find the game's own square under "games". Click on it and it should only be $14.99
IdreamofHIME
Member
It comes together at the end, especially if you seek out the missing scenes.
What you have to remember is this is the 1st Abstergo AC game, in that you're not playing as Desmond revisiting his ancestors, you're playing a simulation produced by the bad guys of the 1st five games. So you can't trust everything you see and you should question anything that doesn't make sense...coz it's probably been tampered with.
It's all very meta. I've never had a problem with the Animus as much as others, but it's use as a story device in ACL and AC4 is very different from the other games.
Still, though, Aveline was in Chichen Itza for like two years, and it really doesn't feel like she was gone that long. Like all the AC games, Liberation skips through time a lot without ever being that noticeable if you're not keeping track of the dates that appear on screen.
Not showing up for me
doop
First AC game I've platinumed since II. I normally don't bother because there are usually some optional mission constraints that are unfun bullshit, and there are always multiplayer trophies. The optional constraints in Liberation are totally doable, though.
Working on my review now.
That was quick. :lol
I'll definitely Platinum it as well. Will be my 4th AC game Platinum.
It's quite short yes, pity they didt do more with the Mexico part. However the caves in that part are so beautiful, all those white lights. Really really nice.About 15 hours.
Game is ok but keep running into some crazy glitches. Like this one I had last night, swimming in the bayou swamp trying to get back onto land, and then this happens...
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ISD4rM3Tdxo&desktop_uri=/watch?v=ISD4rM3Tdxo
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ISD4rM3Tdxo&desktop_uri=/watch?v=ISD4rM3Tdxo
lucius
Member
So I downloaded the demo after playing the Aveline mission on PS4 which I really enjoyed, sadly this game just does not play as well as that one. I was not expecting as good graphics but the gameplay even seems off. Game does not seem to be running on AC4 engine, guess I should have expected that since this is just the Vita game slightly updated. It's just hard for me to go back to this after playing 30+ hours of AC4. I almost blind bought this game after playing the extra Aveline mission in AC4, I would buy a full game like that day 1, but this game I will pass. I would argue this game does not play as well as AC3 and even Revelations even though the main character is very well done.
UnluckyKate
Member
is there many animus stuff in this one ?
BlackLagoon
Member
Did they keep the terrible grinding trophies from the Vita version? The climb X amount of distance was especially egregious, since even after completing everything else in the game it still left you basically having to bump up against a wall for an hour or so to get it. Never mind the completely broken multiplayer "strategy" game.
There's no Animus stuff at all. There is some programming weirdness you have to contend with to unlock the real final mission, but you never actually leave the game to do anything.
Sucks for you, game is good.
The only trophy I had to grind for was pickpocketing 5000 ecu and that wasn't a big deal. No trophies for climbing and hanging or anything.
grosvenor_92
Member
after playing the demo on 360 (don't get why there isn't a PC demo) I might pick this up on PC once the price as dropped
That was what kinda pissed me off about AC4, they kinda jumped a lot between sequences without dating them anywhere, either in the opening cinematic or in the sequence menu. That being said I was expecting it but from a game that does it often and likes to date things during the animus flyover scenes in previous games, I was disappointed it got relegated to during dialogue or exposition if any.
Dragon1893
Member
I never got into AC but this one has me intrigued because of the protagonist, I really like her design and the idea of playing as a female assassin.
GardenSirens
Banned
For the price this isn't too bad. I played it on Vita and was a lot of fun. I'll be picking this up for PS3 in the next week or so.
Ugh preordered it and it was the only AC game I liked. It was a buggy chore to play
and I sold it.Ugh preordered it and it was the only AC game I liked. It was a buggy chore to play
You liked it and you thought it was a chore?
Alright got my plat. Took me about 12 hours, it definitely has the crazy jumping through time thing most AC games have. Most of the optional objectives were ok, but a few were still annoying. I almost wish they used text boxes in parts or something so there could be more story/dialog without having to rely on voice.