dragonflys545
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A lot of games coming out this fall won't run on the switch flawlessly unless they down port it to hell.
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Assassin's Creed Origins screenshot leaks, new details (AC4 team, Naval combat, more)
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A lot of games coming out this fall won't run on the switch flawlessly unless they down port it to hell.
WraithWalker1893
Banned
Of course. Why wouldn't it? K bye then.
Next we're gonna be questioning why the next Mario game has jumping and power ups.
The modern day has been an integral part to Assassin's Creed since the very beginning.
giancarlo123x
Banned
Were people honestly expecting a switch version? I'm sure this will push the ps4 and xbone pretty hard.
Really don't find shoving naval combat in this one necessary, especially considering the setting in that:
1. This is Ancient Eygpt, how could primitive boats top off pirate vessels?
2. It's not a pirate game anymore, this is Assassin's Creed. I'd rather work be put into making drastic yet innovative changes to the original formula than once again bringing back what should have been a one off aspect.
Naval combat never grabbed me like it did with most. It's simply something I have no interest in with AC. Bringing it back in a pirate-esque AC, sure, but I don't think of it as a staple to the franchise.
I probably won't be getting it. Both because of the naval combat that the game will force on me and the cold hard fact that this will probably end up as another typical Ubisoft open world game that I don't see them ever improving.
1. This is Ancient Eygpt, how could primitive boats top off pirate vessels?
2. It's not a pirate game anymore, this is Assassin's Creed. I'd rather work be put into making drastic yet innovative changes to the original formula than once again bringing back what should have been a one off aspect.
Naval combat never grabbed me like it did with most. It's simply something I have no interest in with AC. Bringing it back in a pirate-esque AC, sure, but I don't think of it as a staple to the franchise.
I probably won't be getting it. Both because of the naval combat that the game will force on me and the cold hard fact that this will probably end up as another typical Ubisoft open world game that I don't see them ever improving.
I wonder what naval combat will look like. Looking at those ships in the screenshot it would probably be more effective to just jump onto the other ship and kill everyone by hand.
Also hope that they give us actually playable present day segments again. Those short render movies in Unity and Syndicate were absolutely pointless.
Also hope that they give us actually playable present day segments again. Those short render movies in Unity and Syndicate were absolutely pointless.
ASilentProtagonist
Member
Some people here are making some big assumptions based off a single screenshot. I doubt naval combat will have as big role of a role as it did in Black Flag.
The ship he's on is also a very one man type of ship as it should be. Ships will probably be used mostly for traversal like other games such as W3 with combat sprinkled in.
The ship he's on is also a very one man type of ship as it should be. Ships will probably be used mostly for traversal like other games such as W3 with combat sprinkled in.
SapphiCine
Member
Ancient naval combat doesn't sound that exciting relative to the series. All they had in terms of projectiles was arrows, right?
I did! The beans are everywhere. We're standing in them right now, discussing them.
I would rather it be in a more interesting time period like Cleopatra era but I will take it.
I don't see naval combat working. Ramming is not as fun as a cannon. It might be for transportation than actually fighting.
Hopefully they revamp the modern day stuff
It's the backbone of the series and getting rid of it you might as well cancel the series.
Hopefully there is no multiplayer, it's been the worst part of the series by far.
The sphinx is rumoured to have secret passages so that would be a good Base
I don't see naval combat working. Ramming is not as fun as a cannon. It might be for transportation than actually fighting.
Hopefully they revamp the modern day stuff
It's the backbone of the series and getting rid of it you might as well cancel the series.
Hopefully there is no multiplayer, it's been the worst part of the series by far.
The sphinx is rumoured to have secret passages so that would be a good Base
ByWatterson
Member
Depends on what "ancient Egypt" means. If during the Greek rule, as seems likely, could get super fun.
pillowtalk
Member
Naval combat might just be regular combat, after boarding enemy ships. Either way doesn't bother me at all though, AC4 was my favorite because of the ships. I want a femMC though.
I H8 Memes
Member
Guarantee you they dropped the modern day garbage completely.
WraithWalker1893
Banned
Not garbage, and they haven't if you've been paying enough attention recently to the info. They've not dropped it. At all. And they're not going too.
ROUGE_BLOCK
Member
Despite the leak saying the exact opposite?
More_Badass
Member
Easy. Ancient naval battles are way more aggressive than pirate battles. Like the main Ancient Greek tactic was just literally t-boning into enemy ships, and then boarding amid the chaos.
It's more melee with boats, plus flamethrowers if you include Greek fire, than the ranged cannon battles of pirate ships.
RichiRamjag
Member
Well hopefully it'll be dialed back as it's been for years now.
Shmeagatory94
Member
Im wondering if we will get a new main character for the modern day segments. Most interesting part of the story in my opinion and I think having a new main character would help the story out.
To last gen graphics yes.
So ps3/360 like graphics wich is not too bad way better than Wii atleast.
I'd rather have a full Ancient Greece setting but this will do too.
But maaaan, Ancient Greece would've been so much better.
Well, AC 3 and AC 4 were on WiiU and Ubisoft generally supports new platforms early in their lifecycle so I'm not surprised people were expecting AC 2017 on Switch.
TDLink
Member
They stopped tying into some overarching plot (at least in any significant way) a long time ago. Pretty much every game from Black Flag on you can play without any prior knowledge.
It very well could be true that it won't come to Switch, but I wouldn't say that's a certainty based on this tweet. This guy has proven he's full of shit as an insider many times before.
I played almost all of them. Don't bother. Read up on the plot if you like, but Ubisoft killed it off a few games ago and doesn't give a fuuuuuuuuuuck about it. Just jump in on this. Otherwise check out the London one. Unity if you want coop. (I liked Unity.)
False Witness
Member
You should be fine to just jump right in.
Seijuro
Member
This will most probably be a reboot concerning the overarching modern day storyline, so it should be a very good time to jump in.
Last year, Laura Kate Dale said it was coming:
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...me_to_release_simultaneously_on_ps4xboxswitch
Tom Philips now also says it's not coming, at least not at the same time:
"Rumours last year AC: Origins would launch same time on Switch. In case it still needs saying, that's not happening"
https://twitter.com/tomphillipsEG/status/861978190507540480
Okami Haundo
Member
For whatever reason, there are some people who expect every AAA third party title releasing this year to have a Switch version... There are some cases where a Switch version would make sense if third parties were willing to take the dive, but this doesn't seem to be one of them.
Assassin's Creed needs to regain some serious mindshare if we want more games in the series. I'm not expecting it, but I think it would be refreshing if they just rebooted the story entirely. Obviously they'd keep the core premise of the Animus and Templars vs. Assassin's, but I'd like to start fresh as if the other games didn't happen.
The Last One
Member
This is expected.
WraithWalker1893
Banned
It was tighter, with a better protagonist (I'm over sassy white guys), had ZERO tailing missions, sailing was relegated to setpieces, the environment was more, I dunno, somber? which was really interesting (all Black Flags islands/Cities look the same) and the story is really well done.
marthurstewart
Member
I can't wait to stick a hidden blade through a crocodile's throat.
BigEmil
Junior Member
Ubisoft is not going to risk releasing another AC game on a Nintendo console, after the disaster the Wii U versions sold.
And I understand them, it was so not worth it, you can't say they didn't try.
For reference :
3rd point was "Wii U owners need to buy Ubisoft games"
Rayman and Rabbids games coming soon to Switch too Ubisoft support won't be like Wii U's
Alexandria was basically a Greek city (far more Greek than Egyptian, anyway) and it was bigger and probably richer/more impressive than any of the big cities in Greece during their heydays. Not sure how well it'd lend itself to AC-style gameplay, though. It had a lot of wide streets and I'm pretty sure that the majority of its buildings weren't all that tall. Plus, the facades of many Greek-style monumental buildings don't really have much in the way of hand- and footholds. Though Alexandrian architecture was probably a bit more liberal with regards to ornamentations than the classical Greek styles, so who knows.
Serenitynow
Member
Rayman and Rabbids games coming soon to Switch too Ubisoft support won't be like Wii U's
They're just now warming up to it? Are you telling me Yves Guillemot was blowing hot air every time he said, "We believe in the NX?!"
I feel personally betrayed.
I H8 Memes
Member
Must miss gaming. Nothing like memory walls and a trip to the 21st century to rip you right out of that 15th century Italy atmosphere. I was always willing to overlook the manufactured home feel of Ubisoft games just because of the settings. Nobody else uses those game settings. But I cant get past the 21st century garbage.