Assassins Creed - Unity

Josey Wales · 08-01-2015 10:39pm

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

Just after setting up a boards one. Just look for club called BoardsIE

Just applied.

Dayum · 09-01-2015 1:12pm

Is this game fixed yet?

Nalz · 09-01-2015 1:13pm

Dayum wrote: »

Is this game fixed yet?

no

EoinMcLovin · 09-01-2015 7:51pm

Josey Wales wrote: »

Just applied.

Accepted club application

Josey Wales · 09-01-2015 11:04pm

Dayum wrote: »

Is this game fixed yet?

Seems fine to me.

Captain Chaos · 09-01-2015 11:40pm

Josey Wales wrote: »

Seems fine to me.

No, there are still aload of bugs and glitches. I've had to restart the game a few times because the controls stopped working. I've got stuck in the ground after leaps of faith. NPC change form and pop in from no where as you are looking at them. NPCs still glide around the place and start doing funny walks while gliding around.

Josey Wales · 10-01-2015 12:44am

Captain Chaos wrote: »

No, there are still aload of bugs and glitches. I've had to restart the game a few times because the controls stopped working. I've got stuck in the ground after leaps of faith. NPC change form and pop in from no where as you are looking at them. NPCs still glide around the place and start doing funny walks while gliding around.

I had one issue after just five minutes with the game. A cutscene didn't start and I lost control of my character. Had to quit out.

Apart from that NPCs doing weird things isn't that big a deal.

Killinator · 11-01-2015 12:53am

Applied to club

Captain Chaos · 11-01-2015 1:41am

Josey Wales wrote: »

Apart from that NPCs doing weird things isn't that big a deal.

It is when it's the 8th installment of an IP that is basically copy and paste with a lick of paint every year.

Shiminay · 11-01-2015 2:02am

But it's not the same technology underneath. It's a brand new engine running on relatively new hardware (in the case of the consoles).

5uspect · 11-01-2015 1:16pm

Dayum wrote: »

Is this game fixed yet?

I picked this up for £22 on Amazon for the PS4. After waiting for PSN to drag down the 6GB update at a snails pace on my 120MB UPC line (having to restart it a few times until it exceeded 100kbps) I got to try it out and it crashed after the prologue.

Technically the game is a mess. Bugs abound; NPCs do weird things, some of the post processing effects don't turn off properly, loading times are horrid, the frame rate is... ugh, and the game likes to crash frequently, seemingly at random.
It's crashed at least every time I've played it.

But - the game is kinda fun. It feels like old school AC without a lot of the additional crap that the New World games added. You're an Assassin again in a beautiful city with character. The assassination missions are about sticking a knife in a guy and I haven't seen any of that awful eavesdropping ****e yet. I've enjoyed failing and retrying missions for the first time since AC1. In Black Flag the missions were either so dull or the controls so frustrating that I just gave each mission a 1 star rating and turned the game off in disgust. Unity's controls are better, not perfect, but better. Arno gets stuck less and you can run down a alley without grabbing onto a windowsill. The addition of upwards and downwards free running is a positive step.

So this is a new engine and a new AC. The engine looks great but runs like crap. A new engine on new hardware is always going to be tough but the current state of the game is pretty inexcusable. But it is a proper AC game which is welcome.

EoinMcLovin · 11-01-2015 1:22pm

Killinator wrote: »

Applied to club

Accepted

Nalz · 11-01-2015 4:50pm

5uspect wrote: »

In Black Flag the missions were either so dull or the controls so frustrating that I just gave each mission a 1 star rating and turned the game off in disgust. Unity's controls are better, not perfect, but better. Arno gets stuck less and you can run down a alley without grabbing onto a windowsill. The addition of upwards and downwards free running is a positive step.

So this is a new engine and a new AC. The engine looks great but runs like crap. A new engine on new hardware is always going to be tough but the current state of the game is pretty inexcusable. But it is a proper AC game which is welcome.

I played Unity before blag flag (a newbie to the AC games) and hated the controls. Not sure I can even play the game after playing ACU. As bad as ACU was it had its fun and easy to play moments. Black Flag seems to be very finicky in terms of controls

Josey Wales · 11-01-2015 5:29pm

I think they really need to bring back the Brotherhood mechanic from AC Brotherhood. It was great being able to call in your Assassin recruits to help take out enemies. It was so effective and looked awesome.

They should also bring back the hookblade from Revelations.

ItsHoggie · 11-01-2015 6:06pm

Dayum wrote: »

Is this game fixed yet?

I started playing mine after Patch 4 and I've had no problems yet besides random NPC glitches

Nalz · 12-01-2015 10:41am

ItsHoggie wrote: »

I started playing mine after Patch 4 and I've had no problems yet besides random NPC glitches

No enemies randomly appearing?
No hay trailor jump fails?
No annoying fails when trying to jump through a window?
No freezing?

You my friend got an extra special patch it seems

OmegaRed · 12-01-2015 10:47am

Josey Wales wrote: »

I think they really need to bring back the Brotherhood mechanic from AC Brotherhood. It was great being able to call in your Assassin recruits to help take out enemies. It was so effective and looked awesome.

They should also bring back the hookblade from Revelations.

QFT

Arrow storm FTW!

ItsHoggie · 12-01-2015 11:56am

Trilla wrote: »

No enemies randomly appearing?
No hay trailor jump fails?
No annoying fails when trying to jump through a window?
No freezing?

You my friend got an extra special patch it seems

Nope,
Nope,
Yes, but mistakes like this are constant in AC games :pac:
And nope not once so far,
There was one thing where the corners of the screen went black when I ran up walls but a quick reload and it fixed it

ZiabR · 13-01-2015 9:27am

I am really enjoying this.

Only issue I have run into so far is that one cut scene did not trigger.

calex71 · 13-01-2015 9:45am

Dead Kings DLC is up on the marketplace now, clocks in at 7.68GB

ZiabR · 13-01-2015 9:57am

calex71 wrote: »

Dead Kings DLC is up on the marketplace now, clocks in at 7.68GB

And free right?

calex71 · 13-01-2015 10:00am

logik wrote: »

And free right?

Oh I should have mentioned that important detail, yes free for all as they promised.

tripperman · 13-01-2015 12:00pm

calex71 wrote: »

Dead Kings DLC is up on the marketplace now, clocks in at 7.68GB

how long is it staying up for free and can you download without finishing unity?

Nalz · 13-01-2015 12:01pm

ItsHoggie wrote: »

Nope,
Nope,
Yes, but mistakes like this are constant in AC games :pac:
And nope not once so far,
There was one thing where the corners of the screen went black when I ran up walls but a quick reload and it fixed it

Lucky man!

Sephiroth_dude · 13-01-2015 12:22pm

Are there trophies/achievements with the new dlc?

calex71 · 13-01-2015 12:31pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Are there trophies/achievements with the new dlc?

Yes there are actually.

EoinMcLovin · 13-01-2015 1:17pm

Achievement / Trophy List for Dead Kings

Defender of Franciade 50G , Bronze
Complete Suger's Legacy and recover the Eagle of Suger.

Liberator 25G, Bronze
Free every outpost in Franciade.

Reign of Terror 25G, Bronze
Kill 5 enemies at the same time with a Guillotine Gun.

Freedom Fighter 20G, Bronze
Kill 15 Raider leaders.

Hydrogen Bonded 30G, Bronze
Achieve 100% synchronization in Dead Kings.

Fraternité! 50G, Silver
Complete the Heist and the Co-op mission in Dead Kings at least once.

Secret Achievements
Peace of Eden 100G, Gold
Complete Memory Sequence 13.

Josey Wales · 13-01-2015 2:08pm

I too am enjoying my time with Unity. Plus it gets better the more time you invest with it. Unlike some past AC games there is a reason to get involved in the in-game economy. Building up your equipment and skills is absolutely necessary.

In past AC games you could complete the game with the starting weapons and not worry about taking on large groups of enemies at a time. But the combat in Unity is subtlety changed so that fighting groups is much harder. Or fighting high level enemies is very hard too.

I'm not in agreement with locking certain skills away such as double assassinations but the equipment upgrades are handled well. I've never thought too hard about them in the past but now I'm keeping an eye on what I want to buy and upgrade. Tackling high difficulty missions without being prepared is an exercise in frustration.

irish_stevo815 · 13-01-2015 2:19pm

Josey Wales wrote: »

Tackling high difficulty missions without being prepared is an exercise in frustration.

This 100%. Only got the game last week, have been enjoying it so far. Played Sequence 5, Mission 2

La Halle Auc Blés

last night, and my god I wasnt prepared. I must have died about 10 times before getting anywhere.

EoinMcLovin · 13-01-2015 2:34pm

irish_stevo815 wrote: »

This 100%. Only got the game last week, have been enjoying it so far. Played Sequence 5, Mission 2
La Halle Auc Blés
last night, and my god I wasnt prepared. I must have died about 10 times before getting anywhere.

Yeah preparation is key, I completed the game and always restocked my supplies before starting a mission. For equipment I always looked for gauntlets that gave me more phantom blades and pouches that gave more smoke bombs and medicine along with added health. I used the phantom blade more than the gun as its perfect for stealth
Do the crowd events as I unlocked the master Phantom coat from doing them.

Assassins Creed - Unity

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