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Revelations Stunted My Excitement For Assassin's Creed 3

GamingUnion.net: "When looking at this fall's leading titles, Assassin's Creed: Revelations was one of the titles that stood out from the pack. Unlike many of the other games, which we knew would have fantastic gameplay and contain great stories, Revelations had the potential to set itself apart due to its continuation of the canon that has gripped so many over the past few years. "

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Nate-Dog4552d ago

Haven't finished it yet, although I've put in around 20 hours now probably, but I felt this way with Brotherhood (although I seemed to be in a minority then). I don't think the majority think this but a lot of people are beginning to see and feel the burn-out AC is going through with Revelations and how little progress has been made in 4 games in 5 years. Combat hasn't changed bar addition of weaponry and whatnot (but it's always been almost always down to the simple attack to break enemies's defense, or counter), AI is really, really lacking, music and buildings and well so much is just being re-used, and it has to be for Ubisoft to be putting out this many titles in such a short period of time. The story is still good but despite how much I like it it's obviously just being dragged out and it saddens me that I don't feel that fussed with ACIII and concluding Desmond's story right now.

When Ubisoft said they wanted to go back to 2 year breaks like that which they took between AC and ACII I felt almost elated at the news because it will give them time to make real adjustments and additions that they need... and then they said "we'll do that... AFTER ACIII". Of course I can understand why they want to release ACIII next year for a number of reasons but it's a shame the final title of this series (or at least this part of the series) probably won't be of the quality it deserves to be. (I'm sure the story will be fine though, unless Ubisoft want to drag things out even further that is.)

ShoryukenII4552d ago

I think they don't make improvements so they can take 3 years worth of ideas and put them all into Assassin's Creed III. At least I hope that is what they are doing...

Nate-Dog4552d ago

It's possible but realistically how many changes / additions could they implement in less than a year? Even with Ubisoft putting multitudes of teams working on Revelations they couldn't add in much.

ShoryukenII4551d ago

I believe that they've been working on Assassin's Creed III since Assassin's Creed II was done. So if that is correct, it should be the best one yet.

Tanir4552d ago

when i played brotherhood in the first 4 hours i knew it was the same crap as before. I mean this is a series that it's first game got repetitive as hell, so why would the other games in the series be any better? especially a spin off.

now AC2 was way better than AC1, but the spin offs of 2 just suck apparently from my experience with brother hood, and well im not gonna bother with revalations.....if i wanna see what happens to ezio i will youtube it

fozzness4552d ago

You make some really good points here. I too was fairly disappointed in Revelations.. tbh, after Patrice left I think they would've been better off waiting.. although maybe since they have, now they know what no-nos to keep out :P

snowman21494552d ago

Patrice Desilets and Jade Raymond need to come back to make AC3 the best game of 2012, also a release date of mid December instead of november would give the team more time to make it the best game possible!

GraySnake4552d ago

wait wait wait... I thought ubi said that work on ac3 has started since 2...

You know whats fairly disappointing? A game like this got so much criticism... yet the yearly spawn of a certain game called CoD got free passes.

I don't know but it bugs me to hear people say, " oh i'm burned out by ac." but like no one is burned out by cod?

Maybe its my hardcore fan in me, but Revelations definitely sits by 2 as the best in the series...

ironfist924552d ago

You're absolutely right. People make baseless judgements without looking at the facts.

Ubisoft HAVE been working on AC3 after AC2, but of course worked on the spin-offs simulataneously to further Ezio's epic saga.

And people say they are burnt out by AC, yet somehoe COD remains the highest selling franchise of all time?

Hypocrisy at its finest.

Revelations is the best Ac game so far, each game being better than the last. Yes gameplay improvements need to be made for AC3, but other than that, I cant wait to see what happens next.

STICKzophrenic4552d ago

I was kind of disappointed with Revelations, until I got to the ending. I absolutely loved the ending.

My problems with Revelations are the unnecessary additions to the game. Den defense isn't fun at all. It sucks even more that you're basically forced to do it. Why are you forced to do it? Because every time you renovate buildings, your awareness is raised. Oh I'll just go rip down my wanted poster. Oh wait, there are no wanted posters now, just the stupid Heralds and witnesses or whatever has that eye icon.

Also, the pacing was off, but I'll attribute that partly to my play style. I try to buy everything and do everything. A lot of the time, I was kind of fuzzy on what happened in the previous story sequence.

I also love the hook blade and ziplines, but there weren't enough ziplines! It seemed like all the ziplines were always going in the direction I wasn't lol.

ironfist924552d ago

Yea, there definitly wasnt enough Ziplines, and I was feeling the game was wearing a bit on, until we finally got to Cappadocia. Everything from then on was absoluetly amazing. And the ending, coupled with Embers, made me weep like a bitch.

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Decommissioning of online services for several AC games (October 2022)

"Hello everyone, we have more details to share concerning the upcoming decommissioning of online services affecting several AC titles, including additional information regarding the DLC for these titles."

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CrimsonWing69620d ago

When will you decommission this new one? I’m only asking so I can be happier by not buying it at full price.

bunt-custardly620d ago

The dog Chorizo from FAR CRY 6 has wheelchair legs, so is hardly a decommissioned pet. In fact very useful for digging up dirt.

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Historic Eras that Video Games Need to Explore

Xfire writes "Worldbuilding is a crucial part of any story. It's not an easy task to create a believable setting with its own set of rules, customs, traditions and political affiliations and then weave a story into the said setting. Luckily, storytellers and video game writers don't always need to create complex settings when we've got history books as thick as Big Chungus.

Historical eras make a fabulous setting for video games. They've already got the world-building nailed, complete with their own set of rules, customs, traditions and political affiliations. Honestly, I don't think I need to justify the fact that historical eras make an amazing setting for video games. If you don't believe me, just go ahead and play the Ghost of Tsushima or any of the Assassin's Creed games."

sourOG1154d ago

The first crusade would be pretty sweet. I’d probably enjoy any of those on your list if they were done respectfully. Like not some dork in Portland making a Russian Revolution game.

343_Guilty_Spark1152d ago

Benin Empire, Far East, Central America. Games are pretty biased toward Europe, North America, and the Middle East. There is a very big world out there.

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Assassin’s Creed Build Your Own Bundle: 3 games for $9.99 or 5 games for $14.99

Fans of Assassin’s Creed will want to check out a new Build Your Own Bundle featuring ten different games from Ubisoft’s popular action-adventure franchise.

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FlavorLav011393d ago (Edited 1393d ago )

You know a game comes out too often when we’re getting BYOB (Build-your-own-bundle) deals! And this cheap? Good deal for parkour lovers! Haha!!

GoodGuy091393d ago

What Ill be doing for valhalla, wait for a sale. Ac and far cry games go really cheap pretty quick. Picked up fc5 for $5 and Odyssey for $10.

EastOfTheAnduin1393d ago

I always wait for Black Friday for Assassin's Creed.

Baza1393d ago

Sounds like a PC gamer deal.. *clicks on link* yup

Inverno1393d ago

Or just wait til Ubisoft gives em out for free lol. they've practically given out all the AC games for free, as well as both Watch Dog games, and Rayman. Ubisoft is weird