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Title: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Zylos on March 08, 2013, 12:49:09 AM
I'm sure most of you have already heard, but I'll leave this here for those of you who were oblivious like myself. x.x


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvJcxrAj49Y" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvJcxrAj49Y</a>



Apparently they're going backwards in history a little. Should be interesting.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Acolyte on March 08, 2013, 02:39:44 AM
Excited about the game, but sad that connor isn't getting a sequel. :(
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: strike on March 08, 2013, 02:41:23 AM
it's annoying that the only reason connor isn't getting more screen time is because all the reviewers thought he was too stoic compared to ezio. totally unfair comparison.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Dwarra? on March 08, 2013, 03:06:30 AM
Connor sucked though
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: pacdiggity on March 08, 2013, 03:39:08 AM
Quote from: DrSword on March 08, 2013, 03:06:30 AM
Connor sucked though

I'm also hoping that instead of Desmond we get to play as someone who isn't an emotionless sponge.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Acolyte on March 08, 2013, 04:00:21 AM
Well, to each his own. I personally thought Connor had a lot of great characterizing moments, especially with the homestead missions.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Dwarra? on March 08, 2013, 06:26:46 AM
Yes silly goyim, I'm sure that you did.
(https://rmrk.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FGUYhLg9.gif&hash=8335c60fb79b6ea0f954b2e01b1dc6d1e495ca82)
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: EvilM00s on March 08, 2013, 01:42:59 PM
Dammit... now I gotta go get the last one, cuz I'm not about to miss out on Assassins AND Pirates.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: chewey on March 08, 2013, 07:20:44 PM
zzz
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Moss. on March 08, 2013, 07:30:38 PM
they should take some time off
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: haloOfTheSun on March 08, 2013, 09:06:52 PM
Wasn't Assassin's Creed 3 released just last year
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Holkeye on March 08, 2013, 09:46:54 PM
They need to finish the story before people stop caring 3 games ago.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Malson on March 08, 2013, 09:52:24 PM
Quote from: Dr_Arlen on March 08, 2013, 07:30:38 PM
they should take some time off

that's no way to make money
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Moss. on March 08, 2013, 11:10:22 PM
If we were talking about EA, I'd laugh heartily. But I actually really like Ubisoft Montreal. I mean, people complained about DRM in their games, and they were like "okay, we'll get rid of it." And they make fun games. So they're cool in my book. Even if uPlay is utter garbage.

But I still think they should settle down, or get ready to let this franchise die.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Malson on March 08, 2013, 11:20:01 PM
I just hope they don't forget about Watch_Dogs in lieu of Assassins of the Caribbean.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Moss. on March 09, 2013, 01:42:36 AM
It's pretty much the same game anyway.







okay not really i'm really excited for watch dogs
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Holkeye on March 09, 2013, 03:43:50 AM
Wait, I thought uplay is drm though. I mean, you can't run your game unless you're in uplay, right? Am I wrong about this?
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Dwarra? on March 09, 2013, 04:09:59 AM
No you're right to an extent, my roommate wasn't able to play Assassins Creed 3 until we got internet since he already registered the game with uPlay.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Moss. on March 09, 2013, 04:58:02 AM
I registered Assassin's Creed: Revelations once, and it let me play offline plenty of times after that.


Talking about always on DRM, here.



You know, the kind that currently destroying the new Sim City game.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Acolyte on March 09, 2013, 06:39:19 AM
Quote from: Wikipedia
As the fourth largest video game company in the world as of 2009, Ubisoft studios employs the second largest amount of in-house development staff in the world and has several divisions and offices throughout the world

I'm pretty sure they can handle working on more than one game at a time you guys.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Kokowam on March 09, 2013, 07:29:34 AM
DOKTOR ARL
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Moss. on March 09, 2013, 03:51:24 PM
Quote from: Acolyte on March 09, 2013, 06:39:19 AM
Quote from: Wikipedia
As the fourth largest video game company in the world as of 2009, Ubisoft studios employs the second largest amount of in-house development staff in the world and has several divisions and offices throughout the world

I'm pretty sure they can handle working on more than one game at a time you guys.
Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: strike on March 09, 2013, 04:31:52 PM
There are like 9 different ubi studios

jesus christ arl you sound like a kotaku troll
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Moss. on March 09, 2013, 05:08:04 PM
I don't understand.

The Sim City DRM nightmare is common knowledge; it's all over reddit.
Assassin's Creed: Revelations doesn't have always-on DRM. That's an actual fact.
The line completely in italics wasn't exactly serious.
neither was the line without caps or punctuation
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Acolyte on March 09, 2013, 08:53:14 PM
I just don't get the contention. You guys act like releasing a game each year hasn't been a common practice.

Spoiler for For Example: Final Fantasy Timeline:
Timeline of release years
1987 –       – Final Fantasy
1988 –       – Final Fantasy II
1989 –       
1990 –       – Final Fantasy III
1991 –       – Final Fantasy IV
1992 –       – Final Fantasy V
1993 –       
1994 –       – Final Fantasy VI
1995 –       
1996 –       
1997 –       – Final Fantasy VII
1998 –       
1999 –       – Final Fantasy VIII
2000 –       – Final Fantasy IX
2001 –       – Final Fantasy X
2002 –       – Final Fantasy XI
2003 –       
2004 –       
2005 –       
2006 –       – Final Fantasy XII
2007 –       
2008 –       
2009 –       – Final Fantasy XIII
2010 –       – Final Fantasy XIV

Between 1987 and 2002 there were only five years that didn't have a final fantasy release. And I'm sure most of you agree that most of these titles were good ones.

All I'm saying is, if they release quality titles, what's the big deal?
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Moss. on March 09, 2013, 09:06:19 PM
Those were all separate games with completely different storylines. Assassin's Creed is really just one story that refuses to end.


Honestly, though, at this point I'm just playing devil's advocate. I don't really have much invested in this debate.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Malson on March 09, 2013, 09:30:23 PM
Quote from: Acolyte on March 09, 2013, 06:39:19 AM
Quote from: Wikipedia
As the fourth largest video game company in the world as of 2009, Ubisoft studios employs the second largest amount of in-house development staff in the world and has several divisions and offices throughout the world

I'm pretty sure they can handle working on more than one game at a time you guys.

I thought it was obvious enough from the context, but I should note that Ubisoft Montreal (which is but one of Ubisoft's studios) is developing both titles.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Acolyte on March 09, 2013, 09:34:02 PM
>Implying that Ubisoft Montreal isn't a huge division in it's own right with multiple development teams.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Malson on March 09, 2013, 09:40:25 PM
>implying that I was disagreeing with you about it
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Acolyte on March 09, 2013, 09:47:11 PM
Well if you agree, then what's your problem with it? :o
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Malson on March 09, 2013, 10:23:24 PM
When did I say I had a problem with it?
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Acolyte on March 09, 2013, 10:48:06 PM
Quote from: Malson on March 08, 2013, 11:20:01 PM
I just hope they don't forget about Watch_Dogs in lieu of Assassins of the Caribbean.

So we're in agreement that they have two separate teams for these games, and that one getting more press doesn't necessarily mean the other game is getting shafted? :irock2:
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Malson on March 10, 2013, 12:47:40 PM
I think you took that comment a bit more seriously than I intended it to be. I'm not very good at sarcasm sometimes.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Acolyte on March 10, 2013, 04:43:52 PM
Oh, my apologies then. :-X
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: chewey on March 19, 2013, 06:41:23 PM
Quote from: Acolyte on March 09, 2013, 08:53:14 PM
if they release quality titles

huh what since when
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Holkeye on March 20, 2013, 01:48:12 AM
The problem that I have is the same problem that I have with most serialized television shows: I got into it because it was enjoyable, and I want to see how the story ends. Unfortunately, because they make so much money from this franchise every year, they stretch the content thinner and thinner, until what would've made a nice trilogy turns into a 7+ game slog. I just don't give enough of a shit about it to invest that much time and money into it.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Dr. Mc on March 20, 2013, 08:24:29 PM
I'v given up on the main story a long time ago, I just play it for the freer-roam :p Also since this post is about Black Flag I guess I'll throw this out there...

Spoiler for Do I see a beard down there?:
(https://rmrk.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi113.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn224%2Fmangamariah%2FAC4_zps20c65fa9.jpg&hash=8763cfa158f246ba1ac4b01a29a286ef903cffc2)

To me it seems like they don't even know what to do with the story anymore. In AC2/AC2Brotherhood (not sure which) Subject 16 mentions something about how Desmond needs to go find "Eve" (I'm guessing hes supposed to be the Adam)
Spoiler for No really a spoiler:
Which is probably why they killed out Lucy, cuz shes not Eve or something
But then it changes to being about gods and blah blah....


PS: Did you know that AC is based on a comic, and in that comic theres a special (staff was it?) of Eden that could resurrect people? Just sayin'  :blizj:
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: pacdiggity on March 21, 2013, 05:54:24 AM
The Desmond story was all such bollocks. Got in the way of the game. That's the first thing they should fix.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Moss. on March 21, 2013, 12:52:46 PM
It didn't make sense to me.


HEY! SPOILERS!

Spoiler for:
AC1: Why am I here? I'm not even an assassin, I'm a bartender; this doesn't make sense!
AC2: Hey, I'm finally learning how to be an assassin. I can climb shit now.
ACB: I'm kind of an assassin, now, thanks to the animus. Crazy how that sciency stuff worked, huh?
ACR: Oh, right, I guess I forgot that I trained to be an assassin my whole life. HA, MY B. ALSO, HI DAD.


I haven't played III yet, be cool.



I do like the turn it took to be about Gods and an old race and shit, though. That was actually cool, and a huge weight of uncertainty lifted at the end of ACR. I mean, they'd been hinting at it since ACII.


Again, haven't played ACIII yet. Shhh.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Acolyte on March 21, 2013, 08:01:22 PM
Honestly I was never a huge fan of desmond's excuse plot. It started out kind of interesting and then it just got silly.
Now that they're supposedly done with desmond though, maybe they'll start to get away from all the needless justification for everything.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Post by: Dr. Mc on March 21, 2013, 08:06:58 PM
AC3 is all about that god shit, seriously. I really just sit around and play the multiplayer now (you dont HAVE to pay for a Uplay passport for it, it usualy comes with one like always but my sister just made a Uplay account online and linked them, free) :V


I like how Connor can climb ANYTHING (He climbs cracks in rocks better then he climbs trees O_e)