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Assassin's Creed Series Discussion
Ubisoft just announced that Assassin's Creed III will take place during the Revolutionary War! Sweet!!
The Assassin's Creed series, developed by Ubisoft, debuted in 2007 with the original Assassin's Creed for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Players assumed the role of Desmond Miles, a modern day fellow who just happens to have a genetic assassin ancestor in his past. Using a machine called the Animus, Desmond is able to view and control his ancestor, an assassin by the name of Altair. Combining elements of stealth, action, science-fiction, and (partially) historical accurate references, AC was a commercial success for Ubisoft and work for a sequel was placed underway.
Assassin's Creed II launched in November of 2009, once again for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. The sequel had players still playing as Desmond, but controlling a different assassin ancestor by the name of Ezio. AC2 added new gameplay elements such as swimming, riding horses and boats, and the introduction of Leonardo da Vinci who invents a bunch of devices for Ezio to use.
Riding upon the success of ACII, Ubisoft released the newest game in the series, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood in 2010 for the Xbox 360 and Playstion 3. AC:B is a sequel in story to AC2 with players once again controlling the assassin Ezio. The difference this time around is that Ezio can recruit other assassins to work for him in his struggles against the Templars. Finally, AC:B is also the first game in the series to feature a multiplayer mode in which players are hunting targets while avoiding being targeted themselves.
You can learn more about the series by visiting the official webpage, joining the Facebook page, playing the interactive Facebook game Project Legacy, watching the animated movie Assassin's Creed Ascendance, or connecting to Uplay and earn points to unlock new multiplayer characters and gear in AC:B.
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The first one... I mean, sure, you get a little meta-plot/story, but it really isn't important.
AC2 is leaps and bounds better (see what I did there!) and overall a much better designed game.
I could sum up AC 1 for you in 3 sentences and you wouldn't miss out on any nuance or element of it.
My feeling is that if you ever think you might play and finish AC1, do it before you start AC2. AC1 is still a very good game in my opinion, but AC2 truly is an improvement in every way (story, mechanics, etc.), so it would be difficult to go back and play the first after 2.
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I didn't particularly enjoy AC 1 and wasn't going to buy 2--I didn't buy it until it'd been out for quite some time and review after review said it was really interesting gameplay wise. I loved 2 but 1... well, the basic story was good, but it doesn't spoil anything if you play 2 first.
I liked the concept, but the execution was lacking. My go-to activity by the end of a game should never be "sit on a bench and don't play for a minute."
A combination of 1 and 2 would be great I think. 2 or 3 mandatory ones that give you info on your mission and target and a 3 or 4 optional side missions that make your job easier (e.g., bribe a corrupt guard to make sure there are fewer guards patrolling than normal or pick up a map (similar to how you obtain codex pages in AC2) to know where a good path is to not be seen for part of your big mission).
Seriously though, no game should be so tedious at the end that I'm looking at missions and saying "I need eavesdrop and pickpocket so I can get through this because I'll be damned if I'm collecting flags for that douche again!"
I loved 1, but I understand why some people didn't like it. The repetition didn't bother me at all, but 2 made all of the assassination preparation feel very organic and part of the story. Still, I think AC1 is a worthwhile experience, especially if you get the PC version with the more varied investigations. But if you start playing AC2, don't bother with 1.
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Hey she's pretty. I hope this goes somewhere...
That sucks, Ezio has to leave...
What the fuck? Engaged? To a gambling loser asshole?...
She's mad at ME for not breaking up her engagement?...
Oh great. Her gambling loser husband gets them attacked, she gets mortally wounded and dies in Ezio's arms...
Exit game.
Again, like I said in the previous thread, they were flashbacks and I know they weren't going to end up together. But at least give Cristina a happy ending. Ezio shows up, she has kids and is happy because the husband lived up to his word of being a good husband. Then she shows him the pendant and reassures him that she'll always love him, they kiss and he leaves. Story over. It's not hard and it doesn't leave you feeling like you just got kicked in the fucking chest.
Honestly I was half expecting there to be a current day mission where you run into her in Rome, but nope. Instead I got chest kicked.
It's a powerful story for the short amount of time it was given.
I really, really hate the annoying beggars and crazy/drunk people who are always getting in your way in AC1. At least with the bards in AC2 you just had to run into them to get them to drop their guitar and leave you alone.
One more assassination to go before I can move onto my replay of AC2 again. I never did play those two DLC chapters of AC2.
Uh oh... That is something that really annoyed the fire out of me in AC2. But yeah, like you said, all you had to do was drop their guitar and they'd stop.
I was going to go back and actually play AC1 after beating 2 and AssBro. Now I'm a bit hesitant, though. I'll probably still do it though. Despite the beggars and, from what I've read, a very unlikeable and robotic Alt.
Hahahaha. I'll need to try that.
But you don't understand. They have nothing.
Aside from the ones you mentioned, they also made climbing a lot faster in AC2. Altair reaches for a hold with one hand, then grabs it with his other hand. Ezio grabs a hold, pulls himself up, and uses his other hand to reach an even higher hold, and he does this so quickly.
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I'd love to tell ya'll my thoughts on the ending, but chances are someone would probably force me to write something I didn't want to and then all the sudden make me stop in the middle of a sentence.
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I also noticed this. He walks more like Ezio though.
Yes. It's as full of a game as the others.
Assbro is chock full of Ezio's story and such.
I wouldn't say that the Desmond story is really all that advancing. It has a few shocks and surprises.
It's worth picking up for the gameplay all by itself though.
oh well
Seriously? I thought it advanced the grand story way more then any other games, really.
anyway i just got this on PC.
Any recommendations for things to note that are different to AC2? Every game has the little tricks you find out on second playthrus that you wish you knew for the first one.
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You destroyed the plans for the machine first yes? It has been awhile since I finished that mission.
Um... I can't remember. I've just been going around buying businesses and bringing down Borgias members in the meantime. The destroy the machine mission is the only one available on the map (disregarding things like, say, missions for the guilds).
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I have, or have had, this one, the SC2 thread, and the SF4 thread. Always a fallback thread when the others get snatched away from me.
This one I actually run because of my ties with Ubisoft. I can get messages, complaints, or praises directly to the people at Ubisoft that matter. Word.
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Once you enter the mission specific map you have a few mission objectives to follow. If your current objective is to destroy the weapon (after you found the architect and burned the plan), you have to walk up to the explosive barrels and interact with them. You can enter the small building next to the weapon to reach the barrels without being seen.
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Ah damn it... on each playthrough I could have done that. Cheers man.
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Yeah, this is the first time Desmond is actually going out and doing stuff instead of sitting in a room.
Nothing significant happened in the majority of the game. In the other games usually there was some information gained halfway.
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AC1: Ancient Technologies 1!1! Maps!
AC2: You Too Can Save Mankind Desmond
ACB: GASP NOOOOO CHARACTER I LIKE/DISLIKE!
:whistle: One of these three is not like the others, one of these does not belong. :whistle:
You are confusing story/plot with action that is interesting to watch.
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Man, it isn't that you HAVE to pick it up--the stuff you'll miss out on you could just read behind a spoiler tag. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood really is the best game in the series so far in terms of game play elements. If you would play any of the future games, you might as well play this one, just to enjoy yourself