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[Assassin's Creed] FOLD UP THE FLAGS. THIS THREAD IS DEAD! ARRR!

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    What is this app?

  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Ah, so it's the map info you can get on the Wii U screen. Cool that they made something for those with the other versions.

  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited October 2013
    And the shanties while sailing. I could just sail around all day. I don't think I'll ever use fast travel.

    Such as this?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9bXjttMxKY

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    Kenway: "So, do I get my hidden blades now, or...?"
    Mentor: "What? No, we don't do that anymore."
    Kenway: "We are called 'Assassins', right?"
    Mentor: "Yeah, but now we just insult people to death. But only in rhymed verse."
    Kenway: "...I'm out."

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Renzo wrote: »
    Kenway: "So, do I get my hidden blades now, or...?"
    Mentor: "What? No, we don't do that anymore."
    Kenway: "We are called 'Assassins', right?"
    Mentor: "Yeah, but now we just insult people to death. But only in rhymed verse."
    Kenway: "...I'm out."

    I would play that game so hard.

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  • Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    If just once during a sword fight someone said to Kenway, "You fight like a dairy farmer." Then Kenway responded, "How appropriate. You fight like a cow." I would love this game for all time.

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  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    That there's is no Dread Pirate Roberts outfit is what's keeping this from game of the year.

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  • RisenPhoenixRisenPhoenix SUPER HOTRegistered User regular
    I may have squealed with joy when I heard
    Shaun's arrogant pommy voice echoing from the lobby.

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  • jefe414jefe414 "My Other Drill Hole is a Teleporter" Mechagodzilla is Best GodzillaRegistered User regular
    That there's is no Dread Pirate Roberts outfit is what's keeping this from game of the year.

    Second to last suggestion: kotaku.com/tips for playing assassins creed iv black flag
    I haven't seen it yet though

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    The Uplay Passport has been dropped. Ubi is done with online passes.

    http://blog.ubi.com/assassins-creed-iv-black-flag-and-uplay-passport/

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  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    'We listen to our community'

    Except the PC players. You are all thieving cretins.

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    'We listen to our community'

    Except the PC players. You are all thieving cretins.

    What's wrong with their PC games? DRM?

  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    DRM - though I think they finally knocked that off, their stupid uplay launcher garbage, and always arbitrarily holding back PC releases because they are afraid that people will just steal the PC version rather than buying the console version.

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    The Uplayer is some hot garbage, no doubt. I think I've only played 1 Ubisoft game on PC, so thankfully I haven't had to deal with that very much.

  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    At least UPlay works properly with Steam now.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Holy crap the soundtrack for the game I got with the collectors edition includes all the sea shanties! And one of the sea shanties is the one quint sings in jaws "Farewell and Adieu to you Fair Spanish Ladies!"

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • Ov3rchargeOv3rcharge R.I.P. Mass Effect You were dead to me for yearsRegistered User regular
    So I just met James Kidd.
    That's totally a chick. I hope no one is fooled by that.

  • PreciousBodilyFluidsPreciousBodilyFluids Registered User regular
    Ov3rcharge wrote: »
    So I just met James Kidd.
    That's totally a chick. I hope no one is fooled by that.

    I had that deep suspicion too, yeah

    Not yet far enough to be sure, but we'll see.

    On an unrelated Assassin/Templar note:
    I love how Kenway just doesn't give a flying fuck about either of them

    I've killed Assassins, I've killed Templars

    Didn't care much about their whole deal and started building my pirate Empire instead

    I fully expect this dynamic to change soon, but at least these first few sequences are a refreshing take on it all

  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    Holy crap the soundtrack for the game I got with the collectors edition includes all the sea shanties! And one of the sea shanties is the one quint sings in jaws "Farewell and Adieu to you Fair Spanish Ladies!"

    Goddammit, now I really want that. I'm also loving the score music, but I knew it was going to be the good because Brian Tyler makes awesome music.

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  • FreiFrei A French Prometheus Unbound DeadwoodRegistered User regular
    gamefly digital sent me a coupon for 25 percent off, so I'm grabbing the Gold edition for the same price as the normal one. nifty.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Ov3rcharge wrote: »
    So I just met James Kidd.
    That's totally a chick. I hope no one is fooled by that.

    I had that deep suspicion too, yeah

    Not yet far enough to be sure, but we'll see.

    On an unrelated Assassin/Templar note:
    I love how Kenway just doesn't give a flying fuck about either of them

    I've killed Assassins, I've killed Templars

    Didn't care much about their whole deal and started building my pirate Empire instead

    I fully expect this dynamic to change soon, but at least these first few sequences are a refreshing take on it all

    The character profile for james kidd doesn't mention anything about sexuality confusion.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Also hunting sharks/whales may be a fairly simple minigame, but god damn do I feel all Quee Queg doing it.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • KadokenKadoken Giving Ends to my Friends and it Feels Stupendous Registered User regular
    I wonder if they ever got tired of making AC they could just do a non-AC pirate spinoff, kind of like how the original AC was going to be a multiplayer Prince of Persia game.

  • HalleckHalleck Registered User regular
    Ov3rcharge wrote: »
    So I just met James Kidd.
    That's totally a chick. I hope no one is fooled by that.

    Which made me giddy, since that's exactly what a few documented pirates did.

    RisenPhoenix
  • HonkHonk Honk is this poster. Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Is the modern day aspect of this game truly as fucking stupid as it seems to be? I got enraged just seeing the premise.

    Or do they manage to take it somewhere interesting?

    Because right now I will consider paying someone to play those sections for me.

    PSN: Honkalot
  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    Honk wrote: »
    Is the modern day aspect of this game truly as fucking stupid as it seems to be? I got enraged just seeing the premise.

    Or do they manage to take it somewhere interesting?

    Because right now I will consider paying someone to play those sections for me.

    I don't understand what you're saying cause the premise is awesome.

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  • HonkHonk Honk is this poster. Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    Is the modern day aspect of this game truly as fucking stupid as it seems to be? I got enraged just seeing the premise.

    Or do they manage to take it somewhere interesting?

    Because right now I will consider paying someone to play those sections for me.

    I don't understand what you're saying cause the premise is awesome.
    The part where the premise is just a bad meta joke.

    PSN: Honkalot
  • LanrutconLanrutcon The LabyrinthRegistered User regular
    Renzo wrote: »
    'We listen to our community'

    Except the PC players. You are all thieving cretins.

    What's wrong with their PC games? DRM?

    *insert random delay for the PC version*

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  • Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
    Not planning on picking this one up for a while, could someone gimme the gist of the Modern storyline this time, how it continues from 3 and if the Liberation Abstergo console is involved?

    Oh brilliant
  • HonkHonk Honk is this poster. Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Not planning on picking this one up for a while, could someone gimme the gist of the Modern storyline this time, how it continues from 3 and if the Liberation Abstergo console is involved?

    From what I understand it is this:
    You are an employee for Abstergo Entertainment which is a game developer that cooperates with Ubisoft to create the game Assassin's Creed IV. You use the animus to find cool pirate memories to use in order to make the game.

    Which is what made me not want to buy it.

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  • klemmingklemming Registered User regular
    Honk wrote: »
    Not planning on picking this one up for a while, could someone gimme the gist of the Modern storyline this time, how it continues from 3 and if the Liberation Abstergo console is involved?

    From what I understand it is this:
    You are an employee for Abstergo Entertainment which is a game developer that cooperates with Ubisoft to create the game Assassin's Creed IV. You use the animus to find cool pirate memories to use in order to make the game.

    Which is what made me not want to buy it.
    Have they totally dropped the whole Juno plot? I know some people didn't like them, but I did.
    I'm waiting for the PC release, but it sounds like we're seeing the public face of Abstergo, so I'm hoping we get to see the Templar side of it later on?

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  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    Honk wrote: »
    Not planning on picking this one up for a while, could someone gimme the gist of the Modern storyline this time, how it continues from 3 and if the Liberation Abstergo console is involved?

    From what I understand it is this:
    You are an employee for Abstergo Entertainment which is a game developer that cooperates with Ubisoft to create the game Assassin's Creed IV. You use the animus to find cool pirate memories to use in order to make the game.

    Which is what made me not want to buy it.

    This is a silly reason to not play this, as being a pirate is awesome and the modern day stuff seems highly optional so far.

    But then again, Assassins Creed 3 pushed me over the "god, fuck both the Templars and the Assassins" edge so quite frankly
    getting both a modern day and historical scenario that seem to give a middle finger to taking sides in that clusterfuck is a boon for me.

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  • HonkHonk Honk is this poster. Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2013
    I don't know more than I wrote, just from seeing a preview of it. I would guess no, since the story for this game seems to just be a meta joke to them now. Poor form.

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  • HonkHonk Honk is this poster. Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Honk wrote: »
    Not planning on picking this one up for a while, could someone gimme the gist of the Modern storyline this time, how it continues from 3 and if the Liberation Abstergo console is involved?

    From what I understand it is this:
    You are an employee for Abstergo Entertainment which is a game developer that cooperates with Ubisoft to create the game Assassin's Creed IV. You use the animus to find cool pirate memories to use in order to make the game.

    Which is what made me not want to buy it.

    This is a silly reason to not play this, as being a pirate is awesome and the modern day stuff seems highly optional so far.

    But then again, Assassins Creed 3 pushed me over the "god, fuck both the Templars and the Assassins" edge so quite frankly
    getting both a modern day and historical scenario that seem to give a middle finger to taking sides in that clusterfuck is a boon for me.
    I don't want to play a game where I am developing the game that I am playing, where all the pirate stuff is simply a simulation with zero worth. It removes immersion completely for me.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    Honk wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    Not planning on picking this one up for a while, could someone gimme the gist of the Modern storyline this time, how it continues from 3 and if the Liberation Abstergo console is involved?

    From what I understand it is this:
    You are an employee for Abstergo Entertainment which is a game developer that cooperates with Ubisoft to create the game Assassin's Creed IV. You use the animus to find cool pirate memories to use in order to make the game.

    Which is what made me not want to buy it.

    This is a silly reason to not play this, as being a pirate is awesome and the modern day stuff seems highly optional so far.

    But then again, Assassins Creed 3 pushed me over the "god, fuck both the Templars and the Assassins" edge so quite frankly
    getting both a modern day and historical scenario that seem to give a middle finger to taking sides in that clusterfuck is a boon for me.
    I don't want to play a game where I am developing the game that I am playing, where all the pirate stuff is simply a simulation with zero worth. It removes immersion completely for me.

    You barely spend any time in the modern setting if you don't want to, but reviews have consistently mentioned how well it's actually handled.

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    Honk wrote: »
    I don't know more than I wrote, just from seeing a preview of it. I would guess no, since the story for this game seems to just be a meta joke to them now. Poor form.

    Well it's about time they finally caught on. The meta story was always a joke.

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  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    I would suspect that, given the employer's parent company, the framing device is more that it initially seems.

    But I have not touched it since the initial introduction because YARRR.

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  • HonkHonk Honk is this poster. Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    I don't know more than I wrote, just from seeing a preview of it. I would guess no, since the story for this game seems to just be a meta joke to them now. Poor form.

    Well it's about time they finally caught on. The meta story was always a joke.

    Of course then when you have made a series with a bad story you make it all into an actual joke instead of trying again and improving it.

    It is obvious that we see this very differently. This is "all previous seasons were actually a dream" territory of terrible to me.

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  • DeadfallDeadfall I don't think you realize just how rich he is. In fact, I should put on a monocle.Registered User regular
    re: modern story: I've made it no secret how much I hated the modern story line. That said I like where I think this one is going.
    Yes you are a lowly game tester for Abstergo but there is definitely something going on.

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