ASSASSIN'S CREED 3 (Zero Punctuation)
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This week, Zero Punctuation reviews Assassin's Creed 3.
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i just finished brotherhood and all i can remember is renovating shops. it almost felt like something you'd watch on discovery channel, except somehow filmed during the renaissance.
"my name is ezio auditore, i learned my trade in florence and now i'm here in rome to show these people how we do business. stay tuned for... The Renovators!"
I love how he predicted the future of assassin's creed there at the end
+Requ1escat1nPACE Yes, I love AC: Gooseity
Looks at this comment in 2019....well
@@thestrangah9690 UGG would have been fucking amazing as an Assassin's Creed game, not that I respect Ubisoft enough to give them one more goddamn penny.
One thing I truly hate is that it lets you play as Haytham at the beginning. He's just so interesting that when you get to play as Connor he becomes even more bland then he already is, the whole time I just wanted to play as Haytham again through the whole thing which is not a good thing where you want to play as a different character even more then the main one.
Am I the only one that hated the haytwat?
Because that would mean playing as a Templar and Ubisoft saved that until Rogue.
I like his mind
He thought about leading people into grandiosity
Connor thought about killing people who opposed his faction, not stopping to see if his faction was right
Absolutely. I hated Haytham at first, but he really grew on me. I mean, I still hated him, but I was ENJOYING it.
Yahtzee: Or a really historical significant goose.
2019: Here is a really historical significant goose for your Nintendo.
0.49 'This work of fiction was developed by a multicultural team of human beings and Sesame street monsters' lol
AC1: I loved it when it first came out, but it didn't age well at all.
AC2: Incredible!
ACB: Even better than AC2. One of my favorite games ever.
ACR: Not as good as 2 or Brohood, but I still really enjoyed it.
AC3: Oh my God, what a fucking chore!
what about AC4?
Michael Kemel Probarly didnt even purchase, as neither did i
I haven't played AC4 yet, but I keep hearing that it's one of the better ones.
ThomasStreet Its a very different game, but if you like the idea of a Wind Waker style game with ship battles and towns that revert to assassins creed style play, then its great.
Cool! AC3 almost killed the series for me, but AC4 sounds like it's a massive improvement.
No mention of how the tutorial section of the game is hours long?
Or did it just feel hours long? I traded it in ages ago.
No it really was and by god, for a series that was like 4 games deep that's just ridiculous. Here's a sharp thing, press this button to put holes in people, try not to die, there you go.
How are 4 to 6 hours of a 54 hour game half is beyond me.
I love how in every game since Brotherhood you can pretty much gather masses of money and yet be the one without any influence. After buying out nearly the entirety of Rome from bankruptcy, the Vatican and Papal army is still somehow relevant...
Same thing here, you end up with insane amounts of money and apparently can't spend it to buy people off.
Funny how he put a French revolution reference in there since the next one is in the French Revolution.
dumbass he made this before people even new about black flag never mind the French revolution one
Zepwnzer RJ Why are you calling me a dumbass? I know when he made this video I was simply stating the coincidence.
Zepwnzer RJ That's why it's funny.
***** Shhh... You just revealed the new mechanic in Watch_Dogs 2. In addition to your hack skills there's a whole new "LOLFAG" button which allows you to post douchey comments on the internet anonymously.
Jared Graham No welcome to the internet.
Ben: "When do we get back to stabbing people?"
Game: "What is it with you and stabbing people?
Ben: "WHAT IS IT WITH YOU AND NOT STABBING PEOPLE?"
Said by every single fan of this franchise to Ubisoft as they played through this snooze-fest.
7 years after it came out, the remaster has caused it to undergo a re-evaluation (especially since Black Flag, Freedom Cry, Rogue, Unity, Syndicate, Chronicles, the movie, Origins and Odyssey came out in the intervening years).
This has been an on going joke between my wife and I
“What is it with you and the ________?”
“WHAT IS IT WITH YOU AND NOT ________!?!?”
Assassins Creed was pretty tedious for me (my game refused to point out where to go so after scaling every fucking building to synchronize I was forced to wander about until I bumped into my interrogation mission or a templar) but the characters, plot, and setting were what kept me playing. I loved Malik and Kadar who barely got any screentime. Everything, everyone, every line felt important, but in AC3 there's very few things that feel dire and necessary- even when it actually is.
As a British person I felt somewhat uncomfortable dumping tea into Boston harbour xD
Finally, someone that thinks Assassin's Creed needs more 'assassin'.
One thing I've said a few times now to various people, is that I think Assassin's Creed needs more stealth and actual assassinations. Even in AC1, you barely relied on stealth. A lot of times you even COULDN'T rely on stealth, because the person you need to kill is surrounded by people. For a game called "Assassin's" Creed, you'd think there would be more stealthy assassinations.
The argument I always get is "Oh, it's not actually a stealth game, it's an action game." Well why call it assassin's creed them? Call it Murderer's Creed. Stabby McCreed, anything other than ASSASSIN's Creed. Assassin implies stealthy assassinations. While Assassinations don't necessarily have to be stealthy, it's 'implied'. Most people that first heard mention of AC before it was fully revealed, probably thought the same thing. Silent stealthy assassination game. Instead, you tend to go running into groups of enemies, stabbing and dodging everything that moves. Then when you're a bit too wanted, you can barely even play right because you're busy hiding on rooftops doing nothing.
Even Dishonored had more stealthy assassinations than ASSASSIN's Creed. And it's just getting worse and worse as the games go on. At least in AC1 you were assassinating people, and at least maybe possibly once, you had the choice to be stealthy. Everything after that just turned into 'Attack > Dodge > Attack > Dodge', on every group of enemies you come across. And then a running away mission when you get remotely close to the target...IF there's even a target.
This comment is 8 years old so my apologies if you already figured this out by now but the Assassin Order you're a part of in AC1 operates on the basis of recklessly diving into danger to kill the target and then dropping dead. The fact that you keep doing that and not dying is what makes you the protagonist.
"whats with you and stabbing people"
'WHATS WITH YOU AND *NOT* STABBING PEOPLE"
One of the only reviews that points out my biggest frustration with these games; they're called 'assassin's creed' and haven't lived up to that title since the first game.
The second one wasn't too bad, I preferred it's architecture as it gave me more vantage points for picking off enemies. After that game though they completely lost me.
Yeah but I don't like the architecture of that era very much so I didn't even have that to fall back on lol
The Skull Kid
I think I just disliked the brown, grey and white of the first game. I thought they were both very good and at least revolved around assassinations-but after that things seemed to dive bomb fairly quickly after that.
Blackemperess That's understandable. I actually have sort of an interest in that time period (the setting of the first game) so for the story and setting that was definitely my favourite. I didn't love the second one but it was still good. I think it should have stopped there, rather than taken the path it has.
The Skull Kid
Oh I didn't hate the first game, I just found the color quite offputting, whereas in AC2 the variations made me pay closer attention to the environments and architecture.
I am baffled by their seeming reluctance to take the game to any other time period in the east where I think the setting would be well suited.
Brotherhood had a good balance of: plenty of stabbing, enough gadget stuff for variety of combat and a brilliant storyline and it still looks great today -> Favorite.
I'm playing the remaster. I just said screw it and ran everywhere killing people. Made the missions a lot more fun.
Connor: Hi, I'm here to buy some supplies.
Store guy: Yeah, but why did you have to kill 30 guards outside of my store? That's bad for business!
"They cost 50 pounds each!"
-the lord of Swamp Castle
3:14 "Sorry, when does this get back to stabbing people?"
"What is it with you and stabbing people?"
"WHAT IS IT WITH YOU AND NOT STABBING PEOPLE???"
All I did in this game was stab people. stab stab stab. how was there little stabbing? I stabbed lots of stabworthy people. the only items I used were darts (which were basically remote stabberators), and the bow (also a remote stabberator).
he not talking about combat in general, he is talking about assassinations
this is because since assassins creed 1, its been more warriors creed than assassins creed, with you being able to take on dozens if not hundreds of enemies and easily come out on top
not too mention the additional side quests
Niall Duffield My point about stabbing remains valid. there were many stabworthy people who were stabbed.
2:20 Assassin's Creed: Unity wants to speak with you..
Hm. The biggest problem i ever had with Assassins creed 3 was that i didn't agree with the main character (Connor). At first i was pretty neutral to how he behaved. "Getting revenge for your tribe that was slaughtered?" Fine by me.
But when the game got into the later stages with the involvement of politics and the british and whatnot, i started really disliking him. As i remember someone saying: "He wants what all children wants, total freedom without any responsibility." That's pretty much what i felt about him.
I actually would have liked Assassin's Creed 3 if the game focused on the father-son relationship between Haytham and Connor. Those two interacting and trying to work together was the only bit of humor and sass in the whole game and it was great and super entertaining to me, but criminally short. Also, after getting to play as Haytham, having to play as Connor was extra painful. Haytham was interesting and had a sense of humor and charm about him, but that made Connor all the more mind-numbingly dull and dour.
That 240p though.
You have perfectly described my feelings about this game word for word, and sprinkled them with hilarious animations. I think I love you
Agreed. The sailing was definitely the most inovative, well done, and fun part of the game. I had felt the same way and in the end just rushed to finish the story mode as quickly as possible so I could say it was done, and sail my ship more.
I fucking hated this game. Which makes me very sad because I loved Creed 1 and 2.
@Lord Inquisitor Shadowlord What ABOUT them?
Favorite parts of this entire game:
1. Watching the homestead grow bit by Actraiser/Soul Blazer reminiscent bit
2. Actual side quests like the Frontiersmen and Hunters, instead of the same old 'race this guy, beat up that guy' stuff
3. Naval combat
Bring these back in your next project, Ubisoft. But this time, with the 'homestead' thing, don't make very few actually usable items. Let people fully customize furniture, rooms, etc. in their home, even make their own furniture for home use.
Lol, I love Zero Punctuation. First one I watched (Ride to hell if you were wondering) nearly made me die of laughter.
Oh that was one of his best reviews! Haha
The starting quote about british is spot on. I cant wait to move lol
And now Yahtzee lives in the US as well.
And that fucking ending! 5 games of build up and Ubisoft refuses to show us how the apocalypse was averted! What the actual fuck?
*****
I thought it was pretty cool honestly. I liked how it starts the same date the game released. I got it opening day, so it was pretty immersive.
At the risk of being crucified, I enjoyed this game, I enjoy tailing missions, and I wasn't impressed with Ezio to the point that I always wondered why they chose to make 3 fucking games about him.
I agree that ezio wasn't great enough to last us 3 fucking games, but jesus christ! remember how this damned game was sold? They told us there'd be large scale Brit/American battles we could fuck around with! Connor was fucking boring- and oh god was he bland.... remember that Connor opening young boy bit? That was tedious...... remember the fucking terrible story, the terrible and arduous side quests? You won't get crucified, just subtly brainwashed till you remember that game like I have to!
I've been told I don't play these games like the average person. There's just something about being on top of a building and stalking your target as he casually talks to someone else where the only indication he has that he's being followed is your own distorted shadow following his.
That being said, I will not defend the part with Paul Revere... That shit was just dumb.
DarthVaizard I reckon I played the game pretty similarly, and I found AC1 to be far better at being an AC game than anything from AC brotherhood
onward (Yes, that includes Black Flag which was not a fun jumpy climby stabby game, but a pirate game horribly mis-sold). It was a dumb game (AC3, that is) and not even dumb in the funny way: just tedious.
They really need to take a break from the annualization and just make a game about being an assassin with some serious polish. I'm sure if they were determined enough, they could out do AC2. There's some real talent at Ubisoft but it's being squelched because they think we need a new game every year...
DarthVaizard no more ubisoft. It's intolerable. I can't play FC3 cos of fucking UPLAY- I've had it. First AC3 lying campaign, then this.... no more.
completely fucking spot on in every aspect. Couldn't even be bothered to finish the campaign.
I couldn't even be bothered to finish the tutorial.
+mrwindupbird101 you did well man. It only just got worse.
Baroque Chevalier Noir They just need to make a pirate simulator at this point. That'd be great
mrwindupbird101 YES, the reason why they had to tie pirates with assassins is still beyond me. A pirate simulator could've been a spiritual successor, but it seems that now they just dropped it. Oh well.
Yeah it wasn't an assassin's creed game it was already pretty much a pirate game with the ac logo stuck onto it
As someone who has spent the past week in Washington, the quote about the war of independence is spot on.
being honest I would rather it had been Templar's creed and played as Haytham whilst I stabbed people.
Coney Dawg yeah i loved Haytham. when i first started playing it. as you probably know you start the game as haytham. when i assassinated someone at the opera house. i felt like such a badass. just the way he goes about, and how deceiving he is. and then i played as connor and was disappointed.
Coney Dawg Haytham was a better character, but I bought the game to play as Connor, not him.
Abby Witteveen So did everyone else, then many people realised just how bloody boring he was. Even altair had a more interesting story arc. I would rather play as a dark, interesting character whose moral choices leave me conflicted than a character whose childish, naïve attitude drives me up the wall as he tries to be the hero in every situation he's put in.
Jon Baxter Oh God I loved that Haytham was so involved in AC Rogue but I'd love a game where you play as him; sorta describing his journey from Templar to the Grand Master, because he was my favourite character in the series apart from Ezio. It could sort of be an AC Brotherhood for Haytham.
Jon Baxter That's very true; and to be honest I think the few memories we were allowed to play as Haythem were better than the rest of the game playing as Connor :P
Haythem was a massive hit with me; he was so cold and methodical with only the Templar goals in his mind, he kinda made me think of an evil Machievelli.
"What is it with you and stabbing people? WHAT IS IT WITH YOU AND NOT STABBING PEOPLE!" Best line in the video.
Can't wait to play Ass-Ass-ins creed 5: World war - You were actualy Hitler
Nengex
Well that's a shame.
Nengex PLOT TWIST! :D You were a templar assassin! OwO
The best part about being named Conner. He was said to be just dark enough to pass for Spanish or Italian. Then they're all like, "you better go by, 'Conner'!"
In fairness capitalist exploitation and infinite money collection are very appropriate given the setting
I think Ubisoft cocked an ear to what Yahtzee said about getting closer to the Present: Assassin's Creed 4 is supposed to take place around the time when Blackbeard was alive and we get to play as either Conner's grandfather or his great grandfather, I can't remember which off the top of my head. It's said to come out this autumn
Shame that Connor gets shit on so much, I fancied him as one of the more interesting protagonists in the AC series. Edward and Ezio are basically the same person, just centuries apart and sporting a different accent and Altair is halfway to being a mute, which is ok. Connor brought some needed depth to the struggle of being an Assassin, and while I understand that a quiet and stoic hero isn't every ones cup of tea, they should likewise understand that other people will like him. I do wish we could have fallowed his story a bit more and I did love the setting, equal parts nature and city which brought back memories of the Kingdom from AC1. Sitting on a tree branch as a patrol came within pouncing distance, stringing up their captain and barreling into the rest with tomahawk and dagger in hand was really fun.
"What is it with you and NOT stabbing people?!" was pretty much my feelings toward the combat. The variety of weapons and the new style was still cool but still, I like to stab people when I get mad at the game and they pretty much took that away
AC3 needed more time! Blame Ubisoft for rushing their games every year.
They were still working on the naval gameplay. You know what they ended up with? Black Flag
If they had just given it a little more time...
Black Flag finished what AC3 could not.
I dont think ac3 was attempting to be a pirate fantasy game.
No, we would have gotten a naval commander game.
AC3 was in development since AC2.
Max Notogan In the cover story of an issue of Game Informer focusing on AC3, one of the developers said it had been in development since AC2. If you need it I'll see if I can find a link or something.
+Max Notogan still wouldn't have helped make the main character more interesting
We redefine things all the time. The definition of getting a message to someone else used to be word of mouth. Then cave drawing, messengers, written text with messengers, eventually Morse Code followed by the radio, then phones, and now the internet in it's many sub-forms. What used to be insane to fathom is now commonplace.
Just like how a game with no cutscenes, no breaks, no vocalization of the character can still be an enveloping and deep experience. Like what Half-Life did.
Cop: What is it with you and stabbing people?
Serial Killer: What is it with you and NOT stabbing people?!
Cop: You're under arrest.
Not to mention that the book covers several parts including that haythan saved connor, and ubisoft decided to take even the last monologue about it away.
Ass Cream 3 was the worst of the Ass Cream games and one of the reasons why it's so bad is the fact that Haytham could have turned into a good guy in the game but instead the "plot" or lack thereof chose to turn him back into generic bad boss number 23 from the generic bad guy boss collection out of the ass dimension. The whole time I was rooting for Haytham to become an assassin again but then have his boring son get killed off by other Templars so you spend the rest of the game as Haytham the more interesting character trying to get revenge or whatever which would have made this game so much better then what it was.
But no the Developers were like "our audience couldn't possibly handle such a plot lets just keep it simple so that the toddlers don't fry their brains over such a concept." and therefore haytham is a bad guy and always will be with no redemption whatsoever lets keep him evil let's not go with the concept of bad guys can turn good but good guys can turn bad which is apparently what ass cream roulette rouge squadron piss yellow game is going to be touching soon.
***** Haytham isn't too old to have kids ya know... or maybe at least get Conner's love interest knocked up or whatever. Idk I'm pretty sure there's multiple ways to do that.
***** honestly that also can be fixed by simply saying "the trail goes cold with this ancestor... First off why is it always Desmond's ancestors that find the damn thing? Why not one of the other two members of the modern assassins or maybe a Templar and have the modern assassins kidnap that Templar the same way the Templar kidnapped Desmond? Why can't the game have a more complex story that involves more then one persons ancestors finding the pieces of eden? Like Desmond is just too lame of a character to have him be the driving point of the narrative of having to dive into dead Desmond's head (spoilers) Like not even the other two care about what happend to the body of Desmond.. When Desmond died (again spoilers) he should have immediately went to irrelevant status and cremated or whatever. And plus the Dad is still fucking alive...
***** I wasn't expecting that... I would have preferred it went that route tho.
I'll tell you from my perspective, I've been playing them since the release of the original. I played them for the assassinations, but even more so the plot. I was intrigued with the incredibly detailed plot & the settings around it, particularly in Assassins Creed II. It's difficult to explain unless you actually play it yourself, although I recommend just skipping to AC2 at this point. If there is a major selling point, the soundtrack is absolutely phenomenal.
...And the eagle vision thing keeps getting less and less useful, like they don't even want me to use it. :\
You have no idea how LONG i've wanted Assassin's Creed to move to feudal Japan. Respect.
3:14
Again, I have to say that we can change how something looks or how we do/make it, but we can't change it's core. Message has always meant something that is used to communicate something. The medium through which we send messages may change, but the core of what a message is doesn't.
I really liked 3! I mean, it wasn't as good as 2 or Brotherhood, but still pretty fucking fun.
+Vic 2.0 For sure. AC3 is the best AC up until AC4
I haven't really played much Ass Creed (aside from the first half of AC2,) so this may have already been revealed, but I bet $10 that the big twist at the end of the series is that you're actually someone else living Desmond's life through an animous.
Anyone else want a mod that replaces the character with a goose?
would like to see that skipping through the forest trees
Brandon F. I know your comment is old, but hear this, your request is possible! There is an Easter egg that unlocks an Assassin Turkey! He even wears a hood!
You have to give them credit for one thing, they have a very well developed engine for dealing with uneven surfaces,
but all things considered they should broaden their perspectives when it comes to the "FUN" aspect.
Here's to experiments.
Assassin's Creed III is my favourite one
that's sad
As is taking time out of your day to insult people you've never met
declaration14 Not really because it's funner then Assassins creed 3 :D
I liked it. I know it's one of the less popular installments of the series but I thought it was a really good character piece exploring Conor learning to equate the ideologies he's been taught to value with the real world situations he finds himself. The whole story is about him learning about realism and losing his naivety, which doesn't fully happen until the end of the story when his tribe's land gets sold and that coupled with the still present slavery, he learns that freedom is conditional to being a certain type of person and the fight is far from over.
declaration14 Where was this in the game> Connor was as interesting as a brick wall
Still my favorite Assassin's Creed game and Connor had the most realistic personalities of all the other assassin's. Everyone else besides Altiar was basically Ezio.
if it was only an Assassins Creed game
same here. connor was a dick, but it made sense
I thought he was realistic except for being an insufferable, ridiculous bastard to Achilles, who he should have had the utmost respect and appreciation for. For fuck's sake, I don't think he ever knew his dad, so he could have used a father figure, but he just shits on Achilles until the poor man gives up all hope and drops dead.
Requ1escat1nPACE At first he's brash and naïve, but throughout the game he gets older and more mature. You honor Achilles by finding his family portrait and assassin outfit. .
Damn dude, sorry to hear that :(
Benjamin Franklin actually was flying a kite in Assassin’s Creed Rogue two years later.
Assassins Creed 3 had so much promise. Now its probably one of the most boring games in a franchise. Ubisoft could've replaced Conner with a piece of paper and you wouldn't have noticed a difference...
ITS SO AWKWARD THAT I WAS PLAYING WITH A PIECE OF BLUETACK AT 2:20
i liked ac3 ;1
I know, we had a comment train about it. Also, totally agree about the "number system" ratings. If we just review based on a game's merits and faults wouldn't that be better than a number that usually doesn't get your point across?
What? 240p?!? DA FUQ??!?!?!?!
It dosen't matter. it's stickfigures moron
>_> But we NEED the high definition stick figures!
No. Theses vids are about a anglo australian
cunt rambeling about games. HD does not matter
there could be no video at all, it's not the point
No, the video is often necessary to create context and/or emphasize a point. But often is't just for comic effect. But it is a vital part non the less. The point is: It does not need to be in glorious HD
All it did was explain how the templars in the colonies were formed and how Haytham met Connor's mom.
They probably could have gotten the naval battle tutorial out of the way on Haytham's side when they were being chased by the ship. And the only reason Haytham had hidden blades was to make you think he was an assassin.
One of the worst and most boring games i've ever played. Ugh. Assassin's Creed (the first) stills stands as the best in the series by far, it at least, had an idea, a vision and a goal. You got your target, you went there and actually had to do some un-linear planning. Sure it wasn't deep, but you had some choice, same thing with the assassinations, it wasn't stealthy, it wasn't deep or fleshed out, but you still had your choice in the matter. The later games makes the assassinations linear bore-fests where you do nothing and by AC III, the assassin-element is gone. They only thing that make me love Ezio-trilogy is Ezio as a character, he is interserting enough and his story is good enough for me to play through his games, but even they, compared to AC I is lackluster when it comes to the assassinations. Ubisoft ruined what could be a cool concept by having to many ideas. Since when do we need freaking naval-battles in a games about assassinations? The most overrated and overhyped game-series of all time, Call of Duty does at least stick to it's core, even if it's boring and overdone these days.
Assassin's Creed 4 has actually been in development since 2011, even though it's coming out now. It's not as rushed as it seems.
AC3 is the best.
I got to throwing tea in the harbor and gave it back to my fried who kept telling me it gets better. But that's meet the case in a game where cutscenes glitch guards and animals into it, thus killing you as if the cutscenes never existed.
And, when Guantanamo Bay gets closed down, where do all those dangerously sociopathic criminals hell bent on destroying anyone not subscribed to Allah go to? Would you guys in the UK like to offer to take them? =3
i know this is probably gonna start a stupid chain of comments but guantanamo bay isn't only for terrorists if it was only that only a very vocal minority would care. the thing, its a place to put political prisoners and all of them jailed without trial. they've been doing this since the cold war especially towards central and south america during cold and drug war(and the drug war was mostly bullshit for various technical and cultural reasons) era where they take leaders of not only countries(most of them also fucking democratically elected by their people) and various members of NGO's because they don't like US influence in their respective countries especially if it results in death camps (see school of the americas and various facilities like it).
Just stop torturing them and only put actual terrorists in there.
If they are truly terrorists as you said, give them a fair trial either in US or in international court and put a bullet in their heads. What is all this secretly holding ppl forever thing?
***** You seriously think that war criminals deserve a fair trial? You seriously think they should get an open microphone to spread propaganda? This is a Radical Ideology and it's infecting many people within our own borders.
if we are to be a free country all ideas even the most vile and disgusting have to be protected its not like anybody likes the idea of letting terrorists spew shit all over the airwaves but to protect our integrity and the rights of others every man should be treated equally. we cant pick and choose because imagine what happens when we do, look at the Salem witch hunt, the Mcarthy era, the trail of tears, not allowing minorities to have say in our government. shit like this this can happen if we pick and choose. its equality or no equality. it sucks it has to be that way and again nobody fucking wants terrorists to spew their shit but we have to, to protect something bigger than them
My opinion is that AC5 should take place with Minerva resurrecting Desmond and then he has to get back into the Animus to find a way to stop Juno while visiting an ancestor from the American Civil War, where you'll have people like John Wilkes Booth and Jesse James in the brotherhood and Abe Lincoln and William T. Sherman for the Templars.
A question often asked by those new to this series. Now I shall present the usual list. Portal, Portal 2, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Silent Hill 2, Shadow of The Colossus, Paper Mario: Thousand Door, Half Life, Saints Row 2, Batman Arkham Asylum, Spec Ops: The Line, Psychonauts, L4D, Rayman Origins, Bastion, Painkiller, Far Cry 3, XCOM.
AC3 is still one of the more underrated games in the series. It's top five for me though, Connor is a beast.
God I love the lawn mower scene in Braindead... lol
wait, where are the related videos that are supposed to be right next to the comments? damn, it starts with a glitchy format on youtube then it escalates to Dec 21. may god help us all.
And still Connor would never have any doubts in the people whose butts he saved over and over again, even when Haytham threw a few funny facts straight into his face, only because he picked to help those who had seemed nicer to him. Plus, his only motivation to even join the Assassin order was because a glowing woman told him to do so and he believed that this "Goddess" would save his people. At that point I was pretty much at "Oh gawd, no wonder they never spoke to Templars".
during my half term holiday this week, zero punctuation has been like crack to me. DONT JUDGE ME. its just so goddamned irresistable.
"Don't be Farmville, Assassin's Creed. Be Assassin's Creed. We've already got a Farmville; it's called Farmville."
Couldn't have explained it better myself.
"what is it with you and stabbing people? What is it with you and NOT stabbing people?!" XD I died from laughter for some reason
Who's ancestral memories wouldn't be more interesting than a really historically significant goose?
This was the first AC that i didn't finish.
As arse as Revelation's story was, I still wanted to finish it because Ezio was a good character.
What's funny is that Connors story is so ooo disconnected that Desmond is only revisiting those memories to pass the time until the british guy finds another power cell for the temple
Same here. But those are practically like the bomb crafting in Revelations, but those are necessary to an extent, if you want to kill easier and make the game a bit more entertaining.
It takes AGES to finally get to be Connor and actually be an assassin in AC3, it's just sooo slow, I haven't even got to the main bit yet, so I hope it's worth it!
and now assains 4 is on the way, well in the interviews ubisoft says they are going back towards a more 1 way, but who knows?
In which you spend your entire time selling tatami mattresses, and then you move on to exporting the tatami mattresses to the Portuguese.
For every stabby sta.... I mean slicey slicey you get, an hour more of establishing trade routes from the port of Nagasaki. enthralling!
It's amazing how so many people, like myself, were so excited to fully engross ourselves in Colonial America while playing as an ASSASSIN! For all the hype that Ubisoft drummed up, I guess they forgot to mention that ASSASSINATING was taking a backseat this time around.
If you have the main character constantly shopping, brawling, crafting, recruiting, collecting, liberating, some boring-ass talking, AND THEN a little assassinating, your identity as an ASSASSIN becomes weak and pointless.
I've heard that for Black Flag, they are "returning to their roots" with the level design, i.e. you get an area and a target, and are left to figure out a plan. Not sure how true this will turn out to be
I'd like to point out that the final boss of AssCreed Trois is a relative of mine. Just in case Oobi try to pull the same shit they did with "ooooooohhhh, well, we wouldn't want to offend the feelies of Charles Darwin's descendants, now would we?" in Ass Syndie.
Oh look, Yahtzee predicted the future again.
yeah... so true it makes me cry at whats happening...
I want a "What is it with you and not stabbing people!!!" T-shirt
Coming back to these old videos, it is weird seeing him go "wouldn't it be stupid if..." Then that actually happens.
Like in this one, "Wouldn't it be stupid if you could play as a goose?"
If they made an Assassin's Creed game where you could decide how to kill the target, [kinda like how in Far Cry 3 you are able to figure out how to take out an outpost or small group of enemies], I'd buy that regardless of what time and place the game is in.
You can't deny the story has become extremely important in video games these days. What's Mass Effect without it's story? Shooting aliens and blowing up robots.
I think Assassins Creed 3 should have been a stand alone Desmond story. To see him use the skills from 2 badass assassins in the 3rd game would have been cool, also they could have implemented some cool elements making desmonds story cooler. Like a sandbox game where you climb sky scrapers, and use up to date parachutes to land, or use a mariache band to sneak past places. I like Connors story but I think it would have been smarter to start the Kenway saga after Desmond had his stand alone.
I strongly agree, There are so many fantastic ancient settings for Assassins Creed, (Japan would be another great one) and losing out on guns is hardly a loss. That said I really want to buy the new one.
This review was spot on. This game was terrible on all-accounts and it forgot that it was supposed be an Assassin's Creed game.
When you ain't got any real means of transport OUT of the country that's either available or affordable, you can consider it pretty much forced.
Y'know, I think this will all end as someone reliving the life of Desmond. It seems like the plot twist we get nowadays...
"More about politics and less about hitting each other with spikey metal balls"
Uh, Yatz. I hate to be the one to tell you this, but EVERY major conflict throughout history was about politics.