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Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
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It does give you complete control but there aren't a lot of options for you. Look at a series like Hitman, the way you take out a target while having the open freedom to choose it is great, but it gives you many clever ways in order to do it that makes each target feel unique and fun to figure out all the different ways you can tackle it.
Something feels lacking about them in AC:O from a gameplay perspective. It would have been nice if they were more unique and you had various ways to take out the target that fit within the context of their character, location, story, etc.
Giving the player the freedom doesn't mean a lot when you really only have very simple means in order to do it, sneak up to them or just run in sword swinging. No clever disguises, no traps, no setting up "accidents" or anything else to figure out.
It's probably the weakest area of the game imo.
Even then it's still one of my favorite AC games, the world design/gameplay is near the top of any of them.
Whats the point of the towers anyway? It says gives Ansu more perception but I dont understand that
She can spot and mark more, faster, and at a greater distance as you unlock the viewpoints. It took me a while to notice the change.
Thats a good point I hadn't thought of. I haven't played the newest Hitman, but does it tackle it in an open world?
Wearing disguies and having a low profile in general I think would be a boost to the series. The main character is too often a known hero/well doer in the games.
so I think missed a tool tip or something, what's the deal with these over-leveled dudes marked with the red icons looking for me everywhere?
as far as I can tell increased perception is the only thing it does, which makes Senu able to mark targets from greater distances
It's probably the next step but I wonder if they could make it work with the current scope of the open world, which is at the core of the games. Isn't Hitman in smaller worlds-levels with less variables to take into account ? It would be more contextual.
Otherwise that would make a perfect spin-off series, focused only on perfect assassinations in black box levels.
But then you visit "lvl n" question marks/sidequests and you're "lvl n+3" and there isn't any more any kind of challenge or sense of risk. (I'm lvl 11 but it's already broken in that regard, I gain too much exp for doing nothing/doing basic exploration and lvl up too quickly)
I just got the game and before leaving Siwa, the opening area, I explored some of the desert to the north and noticed
Anybody else notice this?
Loving the game so far!
suddenly there was a swarm of scarabs, some incoherent speaking, a burning bush and a guy on a camel. Is this a bible easter egg or something? I've heard of the burning bush before.
Loving the game so far!
Have they released sales figures besides saying it outsold Syndicate in the UK?
Those are Phylakes (bounty hunters/police) who are hunting you because
you killed Gennadios in Alexandria.
They didn't release figures for Unity and Syndicate but maybe they will this time ? Maybe after Christmas and everything ?
I hope it is selling well as I really feel it's a step in the right direction. If I get a X1X for Xmas, I will definitely double dip.
Just completed the Trial of Anubis but the item I got just says "Anubis gear item" with no pic or description, anyone else?
That's a bug - https://support.ubi.com/en-GB/Faqs/000032141 - Should have the Conductor of Souls sword in your Gear as well
Not sure why they couldn't. All it really is is level design, having the npc with a path and routine it follows (which they already do with most of their npc's in the world) that they go through in that area and then designing it so that there's multiple ways you can take them out over the course of their routines. No reason it would need to be done in a small scale. The Hitman games have gotten fairly good at having large levels with their targets and how to do this. It's not one large open world but there's no real reason it couldn't work the same way within a large open world.
this? all I got was the sword
http://www.gamersheroes.com/game-guides/anubis-gear-set-item-assassins-creed-origins/
It's a bug. You got a piece of the armor. There's just no picture.
I'd love to see a fortress go on lockdown if they discover shady work a foot. Gives more of a reason to hide bodies, disguise your way in, or force to find another route in, like through caves or an open window.
As it stands, if you're discovered they just throw more enemies at you.
EDIT: Which could create a scenario of, sneaking in, putting a trap on the door, go out and cause a ruckus. The Target retreats back further into the stronghold (where arrows are rendered useless), but they trigger the trap you had set previously.
Or if you sneak deep in the stronghold, you call the Brotherhood to make a scene outside, which again will cause the Target to retreat, where they could trap themselves inside with you.
You should have also gotten a sword. The blue item is a glitch and you are not supposed to get anything there but it happens.
Steamspy is showing 320k owners after a couple of weeks. AC Syndicate, in comparison, had 370k owners in August 2017, almost 2 years after its release.
I just beat the game. The ending is
because
bad
because
I feel like the ending they tried is undeserved. The actions of Bayek and Aya didn't make sense to me, in the end. Especially Bayek. The beginning of the game felt disjointed, but the ending is a whole other thing of bad. The last missions just throw you around different areas, really fast, and the story is confusingly built. The middle was so good, in this game. The side quests were always great, as well. They should have saved assassinating Julius Caesar for another game. Thrown in the end, like this, is just not what it deserved.
The ending just feels not right. Motivations feel forced, and I think a sequel will be hurt by where they left off.
The ending just feels not right. Motivations feel forced, and I think a sequel will be hurt by where they left off.
It would be nice if it could beat Unity, but that's probably asking a lot.
Bump for a new page. Wondering the same thing. Not sure if the patch affects the X1X like it did the Pro.
It's at the very least doing much better on PC than the last handful. It had something 40k peak players, something that's nearly 3 times as much as even the hits like Black Flag, and of course that's not counting Uplay numbers.
It will, at some point. Unity was not that successful due to bad word of mouth. Origins is the total opposite, it has received good impressions from both critics and fans. I believe it'll push the sales even further beyond Unity as time goes by.
Completely agree.
Aya being the main character is a game in ancient Rome just seems perfect. While they could still do that, this seems like such a waste. Could've been a decent first mission at least to start the sequel.
I like what they were aiming for, they just completely failed to execute it properly.
I like what they were aiming for, they just completely failed to execute it properly.
Indeed.
The end is badly paced and somewhat feel forced. They should've made Aya's mission in Rome as an expansion for next year, where she could fully utilize all of the systems in the open world structure like Bayek in Egypt. However, I'm not sure what's the alternative for the ending if not for the current one. They could make Flavius as the real last target for their main objective, vengeance. But the whole plot about the problem between Egypt and Rome would be unresolved, and people would riot because the true ending in Rome is locked behind DLC.
It's odd that reviewers have been less kind to it than consumers. I went into it thinking it would probably be another Syndicate (which I did not like) with a much better coat of paint, but ended up loving the hell out of it. Yeah, I screamed and complained a lot about the optimization bug, and the story has some... issues, but I like the direction they've taken the gameplay. Hopefully, word of mouth will continue to help sell copies.
It actually pulled me away from Horizon ZD.
I think reviewers are a bit more critical because it doesn't really do anything new in terms of open world games. I mean, it's a very well-made game and I had a blast, but it doesn't exactly reinvent the wheel.
What about Bayek's actions didn't make sense? He establishes the Assassin brotherhood, continues to fight against the Order of Ancients, and stands for freedom. Aya had been drifting away from Bayek over the course of the game, and her anger made her cold and dead inside rather than hot-headed like Bayek. I didn't find myself questioning anything either character did (beyond being so trusting of Cleopatra and Caesar, but that was the "twist" and/or their flaw). I agree that the final few sequences were rushed and confusing (pretty much everything after Caesar is introduced, to be honest), and I was actually surprised that the game didn't end with Bayek's last segment (and the modern day introduction of William Miles), but I don't feel that any of the actions taken were out of character for either Bayek or Aya.
The story gets wonky, it went from about revenge, to about Rome and Cleopatra. The moment Cleopatra becomes Queen and her brother dies, the story derails.
If the focus remained on Bayek and his revenge, having deciding to move on and focus on helping everyones children and founding the Brotherhood. With Aya deciding she cant just drop it and going to Rome to end it, they part ways.
Which I thought is what the game was going for, but everything seems so rushed.
Pretty much make it AC2s ending but with a wife lol.
If the focus remained on Bayek and his revenge, having deciding to move on and focus on helping everyones children and founding the Brotherhood. With Aya deciding she cant just drop it and going to Rome to end it, they part ways.
Which I thought is what the game was going for, but everything seems so rushed.
Pretty much make it AC2s ending but with a wife lol.
Horizon did not too. It's a combination of things that have been implemented in past open world games, but it's reviewed way better than Origins.
There are some things that Horizon did better and vice versa. But overall I think they're pretty much comparable and equal.
It did for me because I haven't liked an AC game since Black Flag. LOL
Horizon was a supremely polished game at launch with graphics that can't be beat, a strong art design, well written story, and superb animations - at least for Aloy and the machines. The combat is also very fun apart from melee.
It's not too surprising that it reviewed so well.
That said, I think Origins is right there with it - although for different reasons. The world building and all the different AI systems are super impressive. Horizon's map is tiny by comparison and has very little going on in it - I bet the map is only around 5 miles across - and you won't see a lot of emergent gameplay with its AI systems.
All I know is, it's going to be tough for me to pick my GotY winner this year.
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What would have been better, IMO, would have been to just do another round of assassinations after the crocodile. 3 more targets would have been a good balance, IMO. It would have given more to explore, and kept the best part of the game, intact. Then, just end it with the sequence after the crocodile, leading up to Cleo betraying you. Have Aya and Bayak chase after her, in revenge, and roll credits. Or whatever they want to do. It seems like they wanted to separate the two, so Aya can have her sequel in Rome. If that is the case, just kill off Bayek. Would have made a lot of sense to do that, and added emotion and motivation to the sequel. Not perfect, but I feel like they could have pulled this off, instead. It's not much more work, and fixes the big problems.
I sure hope so because it was a pain in the ass killing Anubis at level 36. I don't think I will be able to play tomorrow so I killed him tonight so I won't miss out on him. I used my trusty cursed Sarissa spear so I could kill the zombies in a few hits and I very slowly chipped him down with my bow. I really hope I didnt just wastes 30 minutes on that fight for nothing...
I felt like it was out of character because, while Aya was getting more distant, it did not seem it would go full on "We should never see each other again." That didn't feel right. IIRC Aya said something like "We knew from the beginning that our love was impossible." There was literally no feeling like that. Ever. They seemed in love, the whole time. Some misgiving because they lost their kid, but still stronger together. I would have believed it, maybe, if it was a heartfelt goodbye, but it was cold. Cold on both sides. Bayek seemed to, more or less, just agree with her, and leave. WHAT? Aya, maybe. Not Bayek though. He fought forever to redeem his kid, and clearly loved Aya tremendously.
Like I said, it didn't feel right, or deserved. I feel like Ubi wrote on some paper where the story would pan out for the, already being made, sequel. They ran out of time, though, but had to match up with what some other Ubi studio was already developing, and pushed everything, as fast as possible.
Like I said, it didn't feel right, or deserved. I feel like Ubi wrote on some paper where the story would pan out for the, already being made, sequel. They ran out of time, though, but had to match up with what some other Ubi studio was already developing, and pushed everything, as fast as possible.
Finished the main story yesterday. It's far from a perfect game, but it's the best Assassin's Creed in years and the entire experience as a whole was so good that I want to keep playing and I'm already looking forward to the expansions.
That being said, after wrapping up the story I've been working toward the platinum (playing on PS4 Pro) and today I realized that a bug will prevent me from getting it if it doesn't get patched. Ubi has identified this bug and is currently working on it, but no guarantee a fix would be retroactive and that's a bit frustrating. Here's what's happening:
I encountered a few other bugs during the game but they were fairly minor, other than the LOD/texture streaming issue, and for a big open world game it wasn't bad. I also played Skyrim and the Witcher 3 at launch, so these big games being a bit buggy is just part of their charm. I'm just annoyed because 70+ hours of work toward that platinum is about to grind toward a halt.
That being said, after wrapping up the story I've been working toward the platinum (playing on PS4 Pro) and today I realized that a bug will prevent me from getting it if it doesn't get patched. Ubi has identified this bug and is currently working on it, but no guarantee a fix would be retroactive and that's a bit frustrating. Here's what's happening:
Any items picked up by Aya during her segments won't carry over to Bayek. One of the papyri in Alexandria, at Alexander the Great's Tomb, is accessible to Aya. I grabbed it with her, and now the game will not transfer it to Bayek or respawn it, so I am unable to complete that location and the trophy for completing all locations will never unlock.
I encountered a few other bugs during the game but they were fairly minor, other than the LOD/texture streaming issue, and for a big open world game it wasn't bad. I also played Skyrim and the Witcher 3 at launch, so these big games being a bit buggy is just part of their charm. I'm just annoyed because 70+ hours of work toward that platinum is about to grind toward a halt.
Are the Trials one time only? Like, since I don't have the game yet, will I miss out on getting this piece of gear, or will they cycle through again?