Tribes of Trusty
Member
...since Brotherhood that is.
A little backstory first : I got all the Assassin's Creed games. I hated the first one, when you remove the presentation and the setting (really, it's awesome to have an Arab country and protagonist in a video game once in a while), the game was boring and just the same mission type over and over again.
II was truly awesome. It corrected every gripe I had with the the first one and added variety, another awesome setting, a likeable, hero, etc /gushing.
Brotherhood is my favourite. It has less scope than II because of its limited area (Only Rome) but it was so much fun, and there was so much to do that wasn't boring.
Revelations was where I began to feel franchise fatigue. Plus, fucking tower defense, really ?
III, while it has imho its strenghs
, it also had its faults (everything else). I struggled to finish it but sense some great potential from the naval gameplay.
Which brings us to IV Black Flag, which I just beat. The game was really great. I liked :
+ The protagonist, Edward Kenway, is a refreshing change from the previous main characters. He's a pirate : selfish, only cares about profit and rum, and just do whatever the hell he wants to
+ Speaking of pirates. He's a pirate assassin. I mean, how cool is that ?
+ The setting, the Carribean, is beautiful. I played it on PS4, and you feel that is a crossgen game, however the game was a treat to the eyes : from jungles to the lagoons, to the typical towns, everything looks good.
+ The feeling of uncharted territory and exploring is well done.
+ The sea gameplay, of fighting other ships, boarding them, fighting the Spanish and British soldiers, raiding sea forts, everything was good, albeit a little repetitive after 20 hours.
+ The pirate songs
+ The multiple languages you hear during gameplay, it made the game sound cosmopolitan.
+ Just sailing on the sea to the next destination, rescuing castaways, getting booty, is satisfying.
+ There is a good amount of things to do : hunting, wailing, minigames, underwater exploration for treasure.
+ The freeruning has been improved in the natural environments.
+ The presentation of the modern day segments, as an employee of Abstergo Entertainment, was quite well done imho.
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+ You can SKIP
the credits. In a Ubisoft game ! [/megaton]
But it has some downsides :
- It really feels at moments like two games mashed in one, and the assassin side is a little boring at times.
- The story is kind of weak and disjointed.
- While I really enjoy the present-day story and overarching plot
, the hacking gets old really fast. Like at the second minigame they force you to do. Also, the overall plot has not progressed. Which makes me sad.
- I still hate with a passion that freerunning and climbing are merged and you activate climbing with only the right trigger instead of trigger+button. I can't count the number of times Edward did something I did not want him to.
- The game is still buggy. I stopped counting the number of times Edward fell because of something unrelated and I accidentally killed someone down below instead of the guy I was fighting on the roofs. Also at times Edward wouldn't get in combat mode, which got me killed several times.
- Tailing missions. Everyone hates them.
- Also, multiplayer trophies. Everyone hates them
- Ubisoft really should improve the Assassination gameplay, give to it more variety and/or revamp it.
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So, if you're like me and did not like AC3, you should give 4 a go. It really has a chance to please you.
So now, with all that said, I ponder if I should get Unity when it gets cheaper or if I should wait for Rogue to come to current-gen(which it definitely is...right guys ?)
A little backstory first : I got all the Assassin's Creed games. I hated the first one, when you remove the presentation and the setting (really, it's awesome to have an Arab country and protagonist in a video game once in a while), the game was boring and just the same mission type over and over again.
II was truly awesome. It corrected every gripe I had with the the first one and added variety, another awesome setting, a likeable, hero, etc /gushing.
Brotherhood is my favourite. It has less scope than II because of its limited area (Only Rome) but it was so much fun, and there was so much to do that wasn't boring.
Revelations was where I began to feel franchise fatigue. Plus, fucking tower defense, really ?
Hookblade was cool though
The prologue with Haytham Kenway, the whole plot twist, the Abstergo attack in modern day, the setting, the boat
Which brings us to IV Black Flag, which I just beat. The game was really great. I liked :
+ The protagonist, Edward Kenway, is a refreshing change from the previous main characters. He's a pirate : selfish, only cares about profit and rum, and just do whatever the hell he wants to
+ Speaking of pirates. He's a pirate assassin. I mean, how cool is that ?
+ The setting, the Carribean, is beautiful. I played it on PS4, and you feel that is a crossgen game, however the game was a treat to the eyes : from jungles to the lagoons, to the typical towns, everything looks good.
+ The feeling of uncharted territory and exploring is well done.
+ The sea gameplay, of fighting other ships, boarding them, fighting the Spanish and British soldiers, raiding sea forts, everything was good, albeit a little repetitive after 20 hours.
+ The pirate songs
+ The multiple languages you hear during gameplay, it made the game sound cosmopolitan.
+ Just sailing on the sea to the next destination, rescuing castaways, getting booty, is satisfying.
+ There is a good amount of things to do : hunting, wailing, minigames, underwater exploration for treasure.
+ The freeruning has been improved in the natural environments.
+ The presentation of the modern day segments, as an employee of Abstergo Entertainment, was quite well done imho.
+
The ending in the theater with Haytham, which was a nice callback to ACIII's beginning
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But it has some downsides :
- It really feels at moments like two games mashed in one, and the assassin side is a little boring at times.
- The story is kind of weak and disjointed.
- While I really enjoy the present-day story and overarching plot
I fully assume this statement
- I still hate with a passion that freerunning and climbing are merged and you activate climbing with only the right trigger instead of trigger+button. I can't count the number of times Edward did something I did not want him to.
- The game is still buggy. I stopped counting the number of times Edward fell because of something unrelated and I accidentally killed someone down below instead of the guy I was fighting on the roofs. Also at times Edward wouldn't get in combat mode, which got me killed several times.
- Tailing missions. Everyone hates them.
- Also, multiplayer trophies. Everyone hates them
I would have loved get a platinum for this game if not for this
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I thought we were going to kill Woodes Rogers in London
So, if you're like me and did not like AC3, you should give 4 a go. It really has a chance to please you.
So now, with all that said, I ponder if I should get Unity when it gets cheaper or if I should wait for Rogue to come to current-gen(which it definitely is...right guys ?)
