Assassins Creed 3

Helix · 05-03-2012 5:55pm

Andy!! wrote: »

Did you read the article? Gameplay is changing substantially.

i dont need to read the article to find out about ac3

Andy!! · 05-03-2012 6:10pm

Helix wrote: »

i dont need to read the article to find out about ac3

And right there is the reason. Don't be posting, stating people are incorrect when you aren't even familiar with what we are discussing. Cool? :pac:

Helix · 05-03-2012 6:12pm

Andy!! wrote: »

And right there is the reason. Don't be posting, stating people are incorrect when you aren't even familiar with what we are discussing. Cool? :pac:

i assure you, im quite familiar with what im talking about

johnny_ultimate · 05-03-2012 6:13pm

Andy!! wrote: »

And right there is the reason. Don't be posting, stating people are incorrect when you aren't even familiar with what we are discussing. Cool? :pac:

*whispers*
Dude, Helix is a games journalist himself. Purple Monkey Dishwasher.

bluestripe93 · 05-03-2012 6:15pm

Reveal Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BVUMPrv8oRw

Killinator · 05-03-2012 6:19pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGbPDbax4Ag

Edit:Bested!

Andy!! · 05-03-2012 6:20pm

Helix wrote: »

i assure you, im quite familiar with what im talking about

Helix wrote: »

i dont remember john marston running around scaling buildings, climbing trees and assassinating guys with a tomahawk

Apparently not. Because I immediately concluded that he was referring to killing animals and such... so I'm not sure why you weren't able to.

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-11021-Assassin-s-Creed-III-Pre-Order-Steelbook-Incentive-Revealed.html

That is damn nice. I don't normally go in for steel case deals but that looks lovely.

I was slightly underwhelmed with that trailer, the animation was a tad poor

Hard to believe it was done by the same guys as the one from the last game, I thought Blur had done that.

Helix · 05-03-2012 6:21pm

Andy!! wrote: »

Apparently not. Because I immediately concluded that he was referring to killing animals and such... so I'm not sure why you weren't able to.

because i know that the game is absolutely nothing like RDR?

Andy!! · 05-03-2012 6:26pm

Liam O wrote: »

How on Earth is East coast during the American revolution in any way a similar setting as South coast and Mexico in 1911? Pretty ridiculous comparison to make.

This is the comment that I took issue with. I clearly stated that it was probably the animal hunting, and not the setting, that he felt were similar.

But feel free to troll the rest of your day away

I just won't be paying any notice.

Helix · 05-03-2012 6:29pm

Andy!! wrote: »

It's MY ball and you can't play with it because I said so

ta ra

jill_valentine · 05-03-2012 6:50pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I wouldn't call Red Dead's setting novelty at all - genuinely felt like a full-formed, varied game world the likes of which we really hadn't seen before.

Just to clarify - No, I don't think the RDR setting was novelty as such, it's just not a setting that particularly interests me in itself. It was cool to see purely because I hadn't seen much of it before.

I am partly referring to the gameplay, and partly the setting, for the record. The new emphasis on hunting and collecting in young America rang a couple of bells, albeit in very different political climates. Whatever about the Mexican border, I spent quite a bit of my RDR time hunting big game in Tall Trees and running around Thieves' Landing....

I just mean to say that's maybe one of the reasons these screenshots don't excite me overmuch.

Star Lord · 05-03-2012 7:11pm

Loving the look of the free-running through the trees in the trailer, hope the game allows you to do that in a decent fashion, and not just along pre-scripted path, or in a way which makes the forest look like the branches are actually meant to be paths.

Liam O · 05-03-2012 9:03pm

Andy!! wrote: »

This is the comment that I took issue with. I clearly stated that it was probably the animal hunting, and not the setting, that he felt were similar.

But feel free to troll the rest of your day away I just won't be paying any notice.

yep, you've convinced me, I'm not going to buy it because it's too similar to Skyrim, wait RDR was it you said? Not the only games to have hunting in them...

Andy!! · 05-03-2012 10:58pm

Liam O wrote: »

yep, you've convinced me, I'm not going to buy it because it's too similar to Skyrim, wait RDR was it you said? Not the only games to have hunting in them...

Im not trying to convince of anything, in fact I'm pretty sure Ive said this is the first Assasins Creed since the first one that I'm actually very excited about. It looks like a breath of fresh air for the franchise.

And yeh it does have the occasional similarity to Skyrim too (based off screens). Will be interesting if Conners interaction with the environment is that much different from Marsden and Dovakiin because of the vertical aspect of his abilities

EDIT: also there's word coming through that there'll be a Wii-U version. Hopefully they implement the controller in an innovative way.

Noopti · 06-03-2012 11:48am

Looks interesting, and I am glad they are going in a different direction to Revelations etc. Should result in a more polished and focused game.

And I also thought of RDR when I viewed the trailer for a number of reasons such as the setting (frontier), the music and the hunting/pelt collecting. Obviously it is going to be a completely different game to RDR though.

And if it does take a few cues from RDR then I am all for it, RDR is up there as one of my favourite games this generation.

cherryghost · 06-03-2012 12:33pm

What a stupid concept of a game. There was at least 2 scenes in that trailer where he should have got shot, and that should have been the end of it.

So now I expect:

- Retarded AI who can't aim for ****
- The simple fact that the area won't be built up meaning you can probably hide behind a twig and the AI still won't be able to figure out whether you're a bush or a man pissing by a tree.
- AI AI AI AI.

Somnus · 06-03-2012 12:36pm

cherryghost wrote: »

- Retarded AI who can't aim for ****

To be fair, they're using muskets which couldn't aim for ****!

Andy!! · 06-03-2012 3:30pm

And were very slow to load.

Sudden Valley · 06-03-2012 8:25pm

I presume from the timeline given in the reviews it will include the seven years war and so the French and British will be the enemies. though the mohawks fought with the British agianst the Americans in the revolution, seems like a massive oversight.

Andy!! · 06-03-2012 11:49pm

Sudden Valley wrote: »

I presume from the timeline given in the reviews it will include the seven years war and so the French and British will be the enemies. though the mohawks fought with the British agianst the Americans in the revolution, seems like a massive oversight.

All I heard was seven sequels.

Mellor · 07-03-2012 5:38am

cherryghost wrote: »

What a stupid concept of a game. There was at least 2 scenes in that trailer where he should have got shot, and that should have been the end of it.

Out of curiosity, when exactly?

Sudden Valley wrote: »

I presume from the timeline given in the reviews it will include the seven years war and so the French and British will be the enemies. though the mohawks fought with the British agianst the Americans in the revolution, seems like a massive oversight.

I did a bit of checking up on this. Basically to fill in the holes in my American history. I think I've found something interesting

7 year War aka The French-Indian War (in North America).
French fighting the British.
Washington leads an army as part of the British Colonies. Mohawks fight with the British. (Kahnawake Mohawks from Canada fought with the French)
American Revolution
American colonies split from from the British Crown. Mohawks mostly fight with the British. Some Mohawks remained Neutral, and one individual, Joseph Louis Cook, fought with the Americans. This is the I found interestign in realtion to Assassins Creed 3.

Joseph Louis Cook, whose birth name was Akiatonharónkwen.
Was mixed race. Born to an Native american mother and African father. He was later adopted by the Kahnawake Mohawks. He fought with the French in the 7 year war. Include in one battle where he fought against Washington.

During the American Revolution. He offered his services to General George Washington in as 1775. Cook was with Benedict Arnold on his expedition into Quebec. Washington again met with Cook in 1776 and referred to him as "Colonel Louis".
In New York, Louis Cook was present at the Battle of Oriskany (big bloody battle in the revolution). Cook led a large body of Oneida warriors.
The familiar name "Colonel Louis" became official in 1779, when he received a commission from Continental Congress as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Continental Army. This commission was the highest rank awarded to an American Indian during the Revolution.

During the war, Colonel Louis Cook became a personal enemy of Captain Joseph Brant, a Mohawk who supported the British, who was also a Freemanson (obvious Templar connection there). When each returned to their homes after the war, their personal conflict divided the Mohawk nation and brought the Seven Nations and Iroquois to the brink of war.

We know very little of our new protagaonist. Basically that his name is Connor, but his birth name is Ratohnhaké:ton. And he is half Mohawk.
I'm not saying he is based on the above Colonel Louis Cook. But it does suggest that what ever fictional storyline they might be going with, could be based in reality.
Besides, anything outside of factual history could be explained simply by the fact that the assassins aren't always aligned with any one side. (look at AC:R, at various times you are fighting against Ottoman soldiers, but Suleiman was an Ally)

J. Marston · 23-03-2012 3:30am

Otters! (Or beavers, I'm not sure)

Mellor · 23-03-2012 3:59am

J. Marston wrote: »

Otters! (Or beavers, I'm not sure)

Beavers

funky penguin · 23-03-2012 10:40am

Can't believe I never noticed the duel pistols until now!

spankmaster2000 · 23-03-2012 11:52am

J. Marston wrote: »

I like the way that he crafted his axe to look like the "A for Assassin" symbol.

Penn · 23-03-2012 12:44pm

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It looks.... glorious.....

Gunmonkey · 23-03-2012 1:25pm

I think this is gonna be one of those "buy 20 copies, grind discs into fine powder and inject into my veins" type of game by the screenshots. Can't wait.