The characters and story are a lot better in Odyssey, so I definitely think you'll have a great time with. Also the abilities are fun and really enhance combat.
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Polygon: "Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s Best Feature Costs an Extra 10 Bucks"
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The characters and story are a lot better in Odyssey, so I definitely think you'll have a great time with. Also the abilities are fun and really enhance combat.
this is some backwards shit if i've ever seen it.
multiplayer mtx's that can potentially affect other non-paying players isn't as bad the single-player mtx's that affect no one but the paying user lmfaooooooo
$10 cheat code hahaha outrage culture is real as fuck when it comes to AC
Yes, exactly. I love that you added in the 'as intended' part. People spend $60 on a video game ready to be engrossed in this massive Odyssey across Gre- wait no BEELINE THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN AND WE'RE DONE HERE PLEASE
"man, I really like the look of Witcher 3 but I don't have time nor desire to spend 40+ hours going through the main story"
Don't buy the fucking 50+ hour RPG then jesus christ.
Hyperbole. Everywhere. How are optional MTX for outfits and whatever in AC "intrusive?"
I dont get why people defend this even if you dont need it to enjoy the game. it'll just lead to them eventually if not already artificially increase the grind with this game or the next game and make you spend more money or ruin the experience. This shouldn't be tolerated in any paid game
Yerrrrppppppp. Inb4 the usual suspects who weren't gonna buy the game pop in to tell us that this is the nail in the coffin.
This is my exact reaction to these threads/articles. Love this gif. Saving.
Nobody should be defending this and it's pretty bad it's become acceptable. The integrity of the leveling up design is in question with the pay for more XPs existence.
lol no, this is a symptom of places like polygon being wrong about something but doubling down on it. This isn't a big deal and definitely isn't required.
I don't agree, This is not a big deal and for some to try to make it seem like it is just makes it look insane.
Is that really such a hot take? I'm another thread it was pointed out that the side missions were essential to the characters' development.
If you don't work at Ubisoft and insist that Assassin's Creed Odyssey could be updated to make the Permanent XP boost a standard part of the game, you literally don't know what you're talking about.
It doesn't matter if there is or not. it's an overreaction and doesn't matter.
I'll go even as far to say as when people like Gies and ben kechura are railing against it means it doesn't matter even less because those two have no clue what they are talking about.
But... You get the game you paid for. And they want you to keep buying the games, so why would they make it a miserable experience and alienate buyers? People won't buy the game at all this way.
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You're an assassin but you can't jump on someone and stab them in the neck and kill them unless your character is a similar level to that character. This is the kind of super arbitrary gamified nonsense I can't stand in these kinds of games. Talk about killing the sense of immersion.
Also it's purely there to pad out gameplay by gatekeeping half of the game behind grinding rather than behind any sense of skill or getting better at the controls. I wish games would move away from this shit already, and certainly not do it in such a negative way for the user, who now gets a crapper experience unless they pay yet more money for what is a full priced title. Shameful.
Also it's purely there to pad out gameplay by gatekeeping half of the game behind grinding rather than behind any sense of skill or getting better at the controls. I wish games would move away from this shit already, and certainly not do it in such a negative way for the user, who now gets a crapper experience unless they pay yet more money for what is a full priced title. Shameful.
It's one thing to disagree with the direction of a game franchise, it's another to say that this is some sort of price gouge.
But... don't go in areas that aren't meant for your level. And progress as designed.
Wtf?
I would never try to kill someone above my level, I'd just get wrecked. "If yoh don't have time to gain xp"? Has this dude ever played an RPG? Jrpgs are even worse!
The first article was bait from polygon, and now they made a second one.
And of course Sterling is jumping in on the clicks.
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You know when Jim Sterling, Gies and Ben kuchera all are shitting on something than ubisoft must be doing something right.
I'm really glad to see AC get raked over the coals for its levelling system, as it should have happened last year but didn't.
Because itll just encourage Ubisoft and others to make the grind worse in future games to encourage more people to buy this and make more money.
The way exp is handed out in the game really breaks RPG conventions in general. I thought a quick fix to my xp woes would just to be find and fight higher level enemies that dont have the insta kill symbol over their head. But nope, theres not much of an xp reward for spending time killing high level enemies or mercenaries after you. I used the ubiclub 2 hour XP boost, made a world of difference however.
I'm still assassinating everyone I come across. I've spent 2 points in my assassin's skill tree on assassin passive damage, and critical assassination. the only people I can't kill outright are the mercenaries.
You said dumb shit in the last thread and here you are again. Its a god damn RPG dude not a skill-based fighter/twitch-shooter or some shit what are you even talking about?
The quote is misleadingly taken out of context. He's citing the fact that he has to master low-level abilities even with the XP boost as a good thing. His point is that because of the level scaling and other gating mechanisms the game remains fair and has a satisfying sense of progression with the XP boost, and that it doesn't feel like a "cheat code" that cheapens the game.
Jim Sterling banging his usual drum about greedy MTX greedy publishers, for those YouTube hits and that sweet sweet revenue from the outrage crowd.
It's natural to be suspicious when a game sells upgrades like this. You immediately start to wonder if they slowed down the progression to drive microtransaction purchases.
I'm not saying they did, I'm saying that when you decide to sell this kind of upgrade, you pretty much are inviting this kind of speculation.
I'm not saying they did, I'm saying that when you decide to sell this kind of upgrade, you pretty much are inviting this kind of speculation.
If anything the fact that the animation properly reflects that you failed the attempt and just missed the mark is pretty immersive in and of itself:
yeah god forbid dudes defend consumer rights against corporations squeezing money out of their consumers.
They also need to add a feature that skips the entire game and just shows the ending for the laziest of people.
I spoke of this in the other thread, but do you not question how far the developers would push a system like this? Ubisoft obviously wants people to purchase extra content or micritransactions. If they set your next level to take 2000 more xp, but found that if they instead set your next level to take 5000 xp, they'd get a certain percentage of people to pay up? What if they push it even further? At what point would a larger part of their customer base be willing to spend? There's a really slippery slope here. The design of the game can suffer because of it even if you're personally never going to shell out an extra $10. Just the fact the option exists is an issue. We'll never know if the game was changed to compensate for it's inclusion no matter what they say.
Posts like yours are hilarous because those three are not defending consumer rights. You are delusional if you believe otherwise.
People yelling about microtransactions have been saying it's a slippery slope and it hasn't mattered. Nobody should buy the xp boost. it's not needed at all.
I'm becoming increasingly more,and more glad I skipped this. RDR2 is good enough for me this month.
The problem with these games is they value length and mass of content above anything else. Inevitably open world filler is the result, even if there are great parts in between. I love the worlds in Assassin's Creed, but I don't want to put 80+++ hours into these games, I don't think the mecahanics are that rewarding, and so I'd love it if the story campaigns were just shorter.
When you get a shortcut through some of that grind, and it's behind a paywall, yes, that's provocative, and I agree with the authoer.
When you get a shortcut through some of that grind, and it's behind a paywall, yes, that's provocative, and I agree with the authoer.
Indefensible and downright shitty. If they wanted to give players the option to skip the grind (that they intentionally put into the game to encourage you to buy shit like this, mind you), it should be a an option you can simply toggle on and off. To charge you extra for it on top of the minimum $60 you have to pay to play the game at all is a cash grab that no one should buy into.
"Literally playing sidequests in an RPG is grinding."
The consumer right to not play side quests in an RPG that literally never showed us gameplay of the main quest during marketing.