Assassin's Creed III

[cdj]

Ubisoft today confirmed when it will release Assassin's Creed III this fall.

The game will arrive on October 30, 2012, the publisher said. No other details were announced.

"We will push the title a lot because it's a fantastic product that the team has been working for three years," said CEO Yves Guillemot. "What we have seen is just fabulous."

Ubisoft also said it shipped 7 million copies of Assassin's Creed Revelations so far through December 2011.

Courtesy: Game Informer (http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/02/15/assassin-39-s-creed-3-release-date.aspx)

[SmoothPancakes]

Damn. They're starting to pump these out pretty quick. I still have half the story from Revelations to finish up yet.

[JBHuskers]

Did the same studio work on Brotherhood and Revelations, or was it a different studio, i.e. like Call of Duty using Treyarch

[SmoothPancakes]

Did the same studio work on Brotherhood and Revelations, or was it a different studio, i.e. like Call of Duty using Treyarch

As far as I know, Ubisoft Montreal is the only one.

[cdj]

An image reportedly from Assassin's Creed III has leaked.

The image allegedly comes from Best Buy's internal employee news and was sent to Kotaku by an employee.

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/121/1219745/accc_1330566813.jpg

The image clearly features Native American influences, including a bow and arrow, headdress and necklace. The character is also wearing cowskin boots and holding what appears to be a Revolutionary pistol.

This seems to confirm popular rumors that the third installment of Assassin's Creed will be set in the American Revolution. For now, we're not sure, but earlier today Ubisoft confirmed that a major announcement will be coming on Monday.

Courtesy: IGN (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/121/1219745p1.html)

[JBHuskers]

Pretty sweet premise. This is a series I'll need to get caught up in eventually. At least AC I and II before III.

[SmoothPancakes]

There's supposed to be an announcement either today or in the coming days. Posted 20 hours ago on the Assassin's Creed Facebook page:


A major announcement from Assassin’s Creed is only days away. Tune in to http://www.assassinscreed.com/ tomorrow for more details.

[Marlowe]

Interesting. So maybe the character is like Hawkeye from Last of the Mohicans or Mel Gibson's character from The Patriot? I have to admit though that I played the first game and was bored after a few hours due to the repetitive missions. Felt like I was playing a Rockstar game. :rolleyes:

[SmoothPancakes]

Interesting. So maybe the character is like Hawkeye from Last of the Mohicans or Mel Gibson's character from The Patriot? I have to admit though that I played the first game and was bored after a few hours due to the repetitive missions. Felt like I was playing a Rockstar game. :rolleyes:

Yeah, the first one was, while fun at times, very, very repetitive. However, Assassin's Creed II was a massive upgrade and a 1000x better than AC1. AC: Brotherhood and Revelations got even better as they went on, so I have tons of optimism for ACIII. They've found a good method in adding new things and making the games better from game to game, so I have no reason to think ACIII won't be good and fun.

[JBHuskers]

Yeah that's what I hear all the time too. Choke down AC1 as fast as you can to get to AC2. I'll really have to choke AC1 down because it doesn't have trophies :fp: :D

[SmoothPancakes]

Yeah that's what I hear all the time too. Choke down AC1 as fast as you can to get to AC2. I'll really have to choke AC1 down because it doesn't have trophies :fp: :D

Well there's your problem. :D Should have gotten it for 360 so you'd have achievements.

Yep, that's definitely the way though for the AC series. Choke down AC1 as fast as possible and get to AC2. It's night and day between the two games, and only get better with each game further into the series.

[SmoothPancakes]

Assassin's Creed III packshots have been posted on Facebook.

http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/SmoothPancakes/421353_10150594294428068_6119163067_9102680_186421 5996_n.jpg

http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/SmoothPancakes/422433_10150594293533068_6119163067_9102678_209358 1204_n.jpg

http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/SmoothPancakes/64997_10150594294993068_6119163067_9102681_1998473 807_n.jpg

[JBHuskers]

We now have some foxy box art.


http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s159/jbennett98/ACIII.jpg

[JBHuskers]

:D jinx

I started my post right when you ended yours.

[JBHuskers]

So AC + Revolutionary War....damn I'm really digging this concept more and more.

[SmoothPancakes]

:D

[SmoothPancakes]

So AC + Revolutionary War....damn I'm really digging this concept more and more.

Yeah, it'll be really interesting to see what they do with it. I'm looking forward to it, it should be fun, especially with the Native American and US/British weapons that can/could be used during the course of the game.

[JBHuskers]

:D

I took the time to put it into Photobucket because I was pulling it from Facebook :D that's what took me so long.

[JBHuskers]

Yeah, it'll be really interesting to see what they do with it. I'm looking forward to it, it should be fun, especially with the Native American and US/British weapons that can/could be used during the course of the game.

Considering that we're probably dealing with breach lock and flint lock pistols, you better hope you have a plan B after your shot :D

[I OU a Beatn]

I hope they buck their current trend. AC1 was decent. ACII was flat out amazing. Brotherhood was very good but felt much of the same as did ACII, so it got a bit boring. Revelations was a complete rehash of Brotherhood and I've been trying to play it since release but I just can't get into it. I kind of figured it would happen once they started that yearly development cycle, but this has been in development for over 3 years so hopefully it's more refreshing(and I think it will be).

[SmoothPancakes]

I took the time to put it into Photobucket because I was pulling it from Facebook :D that's what took me so long.

So did I. And I got all three pictures instead of just one. :P

[SmoothPancakes]

Something new regarding ACIII is coming out on Monday. If you go to http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/ac/en-US/, it has a countdown on it for ACIII, currently at 3 days, 4 hours and 8 minutes as of this post. So Monday at noon ET, either the ACIII website or some sort of news about ACIII is going to be getting released.

[bdoughty]

Game Informer details on the game. Source: Someone who read the magazine article.

-Want it to be a jumping on point for new players without losing touch with what longtime fans cherish most.
-New hero called Connor/Ratohnhake:ton (pronounced Ra-doon-ha-***-doo). He has an English father and Native American mother.
-More details about the protagonist/scenarios: You will experience Conner's childhood on the American frontier as he is raised by the Mohawk. The Mohawk eventually clash with white colonists who burn their village down, causing Connor to dedicate his life to confront tyranny and injustice.
-A new traversal approach that has players leaping and climbing trees and mountain cliffs.
-Uses a new version of the Anvil engine that can "depict thousands of troops engaged in bloody battle" along with highly detailed face close-ups. They later imply that if they used version numbers, they would be like going from Anvil 1.0 -> Anvil 2.0 or something of that nature.
-Judging by the images, the faces really are quite good.
-Combat is focused on putting you on the offensive and based on speed/momentum.
-The main character has thousands of new and unique animations (no carry over from other titles) to support the new combat system.
-Character details:
-George Washington: Interacting with Washington is one of the core relationships of the game.
-Benjamin Franklin: He's not a convenient inventor a la Da Vinci.
-Charles Lee: His role is a mystery.
-The game is set between the years 1753-1783 and is centered around the cities of Boston and New York.
-"It's not just going to a historical building now; it's going to a historical event."
-Event examples: "You will see the great fire of New York. You will visit Valley Forge as a location that is currently occupied by Washington's forces. You will visit these places in the moment that they were important, and hopefully, experience the reason why we know where they are today. That's the goal."
-Connor is in the heart of major battles, and they can now have a couple thousand guys on screen, whereas before it was capped at about 100.
-The overall story is still centered around the Assassins versus the Templars and Connor's journey.
-Not all the Colonists will be cast as good people, and not all the British will be cast as evil oppressors. They're trying to focus on how both the Assassins and Templars viewpoints exist in a gray morality as the Templars really believe they're saving the world.
-The French and Native Americans will also feature in the game, as was probably really obvious.
-The modern day stuff relates to that location in New York at the end of Revelations.
-There will be all sorts of wilderness in the game referred to as the Frontier.
-The map of the Frontier is 1.5 times bigger than the entire map of Brotherhood.
-The Frontier is not empty like in Assassin's Creed 1, but features a third of the game's missions and gameplay content.
-The Frontier also includes colonial settlements like Lexington and Concord and Connor's Mohawk village.
-You can hunt animals for resources, and how you kill them effects your reward. A one hit kill on a bear gets you a much more valuable pelt than stabbing it eight times.
-The wilderness traversal plays a big part in the gameplay in the Frontier, allowing you to use trees, cliffs, ledges, and more to set up kills and combat.
-Connor does have a hidden blade.
-The world changes as time passes, so a field where a battle happened in one year may just be a series of empty encampments a few months later.
-The entire world will change with seasons, so the cities and the wilderness will all exist in both Summer and Winter settings.
-In the winter, soldiers will move slowly and stumble about in the snow, and lakes and rivers will freeze over allowing you new terrain to work with. This gives Connor an extra advantage since he can still use the trees and wilderness pretty effectively during this time of year.
-There are all sorts of clubs and groups who want you to join and give you quests. These are separate from the mission system. These clubs will contact you based on what you do in the game. For example, hunting a lot will get you an invitation to the hunting society.
-There will be a goods based economy, a new property system, and more Desmond stuff.
-There's going to be some new puzzle thing like the first person Tetris.
-There's a new Animus database known as Animus 3.0.
-They're not unveiling anything about the multiplayer yet.
-There will be more platforming levels.
-Full synchronization returns, but with major tweaks. Missions have checkpoints, You also get significant rewards for doing these tasks instead of a 100%. "Imagine a leveling system in an RPG, except there's a finite amount of XP to find. The more in-sync you get, the more you fill your sync bar. Within each mission, each activity you complete has a value". You can replay everything to increase your score.
-They imply there is something resembling the Brotherhood system of picking up fellow assassins.
-Aligned groups are gone, but something new is replacing them in regards to factions. They don't say what.
-There's a new notoriety system that is more hidden and doesn't penalize you for exploring risky areas.
-The game has fast travel because the game has more traveling.
-Don't expect more tower defense.
-You can upgrade Connor's gear and costume as the game goes on in an attempt to make it feel more authentic.
-The cities have a lot more subtle detail now in terms of ambient things that happen.
-You can now leap over wagons or slide under obstacles, including navigating over and around moving objects. The free running stuff also has you jumping through windows to trees and then on top of church roofs. Basically, expect the free running stuff, but more fluid and presumably generally closer to the ground.
-Connor enters battle with two weapons. The game uses the same controls in and out of battle.
-The tomahawk and knife are a "constant presence" in battle. They also let you do double counters and multiple takedowns, and you can chain kills.
-There's no more target locking, it just automatically detects your target. Counter/defense are the same button to prevent turtling.
-You can use human shields and other context sensitive moves.
-They want you to constantly move in battle.
-There are lots of secondary attacks like the one shot pistol on the Y button.
-There's a new dynamic camera to track the action and make it look as cinematic as possible.
-There is a new sprinting system also, so you can hold the button to instantly turn around and start fleeing from combat. They also let you kill people while still moving so you can keep chasing a target. They kind of imply you can even leap off of them after you kill them, though I'm not sure if that makes you faster or just doesn't impede your movement.
-They really, really, really want you to constantly move. I mean like they say this every four sentences. Not just in battle, but in every section of the game.
-They also try to keep you more in control of the combat than ever before.
-Game Informer really loves their animation system.
-There are around 2.5 hours of character scenes in the game that are fully acted and recorded. They mean this in Naughty Dog style where they have the actors being mocaped while performing on a set that resembles the scene in the game.
-They're aiming for accuracy by having historical dialog consultants and actual Native American actors.
-This game has the longest development cycle since AC1, and has twice the production capacity (in terms of work hours) and budget of Revelations.
-They want the game to feel like AC3.5, and the game will have its first version complete in just a few more weeks, at which point they're going to spend the rest of their time refining it.

[bdoughty]

Starts in 1753 (French Indian war was just a few years later) had me waxing poetically about...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9SEFMIBwAs

[bdoughty]

And we have some screens. Never played an Assassins Creed game but I think this will be my first.

http://oi40.tinypic.com/4ux5qh.jpg

http://oi41.tinypic.com/f108eo.jpg

http://oi44.tinypic.com/23ljb81.jpg

http://oi39.tinypic.com/6omyae.jpg

http://oi40.tinypic.com/2qth3cm.jpg

[Marlowe]

ok all that info has me interested in this game now :)
not to nitpick but...you'd think being dressed up in a white monk hood would make this guy stick out like a sore thumb considering the local attire. :dunno:

[SmoothPancakes]

Sweet. Looking forward to this game. Like every other AC game since I first got into the series in May 2010, gonna be buying this the first day.

[JeffHCross]

Wouldn't be surprised to see this play into the setting ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar_(Freemasonry)

[bdoughty]

Wouldn't be surprised to see this play into the setting ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar_(Freemasonry)

One would suspect that since the Templars did play into the settings of all the games before this one. I would even go as far as willing to bet on it, since I did read all the spoilers, which in reality are not that spoily.

[JeffHCross]

One would suspect that since the Templars did play into the settings of all the games before this one.Well, there's no actual known or claimed connection being the Templars that are associated with the Masons and the medieval Templars. Even though every History Channel show on the subject claims otherwise. But, just like no known connection between King Arthur and Rome didn't stop two movies from being made, I would suspect that there will suddenly be a link in ACIII. It just makes sense.

[bdoughty]

A few new screens

http://oi39.tinypic.com/2zt9iz4.jpg

http://oi39.tinypic.com/r79hn9.jpg

http://oi42.tinypic.com/2dvizpe.jpg

http://oi40.tinypic.com/2lcsap3.jpg

[SmoothPancakes]

Man, this is going to be sweet. Especially with there being more wilderness in here, instead of just city, city, more city, some countryside, and then even more city, like the past couple AC games.

[SmoothPancakes]

The first trailer has just been released.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSa0Xg-YadY

[JBHuskers]

I have never gotten overly excited over any release of Assassin's Creed, until now.

[I OU a Beatn]

Slap down $5 at Best Buy and get this:

http://gamepodunk.ipbhost.com/uploads/gallery/album_10/gallery_30_10_219709.png

...today. You don't have to wait for it like at GS, and the $5 counts as a down payment for ACIII.

[SmoothPancakes]

Sweet. If we had a Best Buy within a 30-40 minute drive, I'd go hit it up. But unfortunately not driving over an hour round trip just to get it now.

[bdoughty]

Press Release

Ubisoft® Ignites the American Revolution with Assassin’s Creed® III

Paris, France — March 5, 2012 — Assassin’s Creed® III will hit store shelves on October 31, 2012, encouraging gamers to experience the American Revolutionary War not written about in history books. The largest project in Ubisoft’s history also introduces a new hero for the ages.

With a development cycle of over three years and twice the production capacity of any previous Ubisoft game, Assassin’s Creed III is set to release on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Windows PC and is also in development for Wii U™ from Nintendo. Assassin’s Creed III is developed by Ubisoft Montreal in collaboration with six other Ubisoft studios.

Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution in the late 18th century, Assassin’s Creed III introduces a new hero, Ratohnhaké:ton, of Native American and English heritage. Adopting the name Connor, he becomes the new voice for justice in the ancient war between the Assassins and Templars. Players become an Assassin in the war for liberty against ruthless tyranny in the most stylized and fluid combat experiences in the franchise to date. Assassin’s Creed III spans the Revolutionary War, taking gamers from the vibrant, untamed frontier to bustling colonial towns and the intense, chaotic battlefields where George Washington’s Continental Army clashed with the imposing British Army.

Assassin’s Creed III is powered by Ubisoft-AnvilNext, a revolutionary new game engine that delivers breakthroughs in visual quality, character models and artificial intelligence. Assassin’s Creed III will feature a ground-breaking level of stunning graphics that bring Colonial America to life.

“Assassin’s Creed III features the franchise’s most expansive setting so far, along with an exciting new hero and exponentially more gameplay,” said Yves Guillemot, chief executive officer at Ubisoft. “Whether you’re a longtime fan of Assassin’s Creed or if you’re new to the franchise, you’re going to be blown away by the scale and marvel of Assassin’s Creed III.”

Assassin’s Creed III also can be pre-ordered at UBIShop® by visiting: http://shop.ubi.com/assassinscreed3

New artwork from Assassin’s Creed III also will be featured in Assassin’s Creed Recollection, the real-time board game for the iPad.

For more information on Assassin’s Creed, please visit the Assassin’s Creed Official Website (www.assassinscreed.com) and facebook.com/assassinscreed.



I know what I will be doing this Halloween. :up:

http://i.minus.com/i6jDYQsJpSYF.gif

[I OU a Beatn]

Sweet. If we had a Best Buy within a 30-40 minute drive, I'd go hit it up. But unfortunately not driving over an hour round trip just to get it now.

The steelbook is now a preorder bonus with Amazon and GS while supplies last...the only difference you get it once your order ships. Still, free steelbook.

EDIT: On the GS site, it says you get it at the time your preorder is placed, so I guess they're like Best Buy and are giving it out now.

[SmoothPancakes]

The steelbook is now a preorder bonus with Amazon and GS while supplies last...the only difference you get it once your order ships. Still, free steelbook.

EDIT: On the GS site, it says you get it at the time your preorder is placed, so I guess they're like Best Buy and are giving it out now.

Gamestop is tempting, but even then, it's still another drive clear over to the next town, which is a good 15-20 minute drive. And I like the convenience of having Amazon ship it to my door on release day, instead of having to find the time to make that 30-40+ minute round trip drive, over 45-50 minutes by the time you add in going into the store, on a Tuesday to go pick up the game. I'll have to think about it.

[DariusLock]

I wish a good war game would come out for that time period indians vs. british/french etc.

[Marlowe]

News for ACIII multiplayer (http://www.gamespot.com/news/assassins-creed-iii-mp-tasked-to-revelations-team-6367354)

Not much details aside from the team working on it.

[bdoughty]

New screens

http://i.imgur.com/i6RHU.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/2JlyD.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nx8Zb.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/AmhWa.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/suKb8.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/LcmMj.jpg

[Marlowe]

I wonder if that canoe pic is a movie capture or if we'll actually be able to paddle around...screens look nice. Trying not to psyche myself up too much for this game although the multiplayer has piqued my interest.

[bdoughty]

Video footage, gameplay improvements.

http://www.ign.com/videos/2012/03/26/assassins-creed-3-gameplay-innovation?show=HD

Profile trailer

http://www.gamespot.com/assassins-creed-iii/videos/connor-assassins-creed-iii-profile-trailer-6368082/

[SmoothPancakes]

Sweet. :)

[SmoothPancakes]

That guy you just killed? Yeah, you just repeated history. Get ready for older women, Uncle Benny loves them. And prepare to defend against the loss of precious bodily fluids. (http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/selecting-victims-in-assassins-creed-3-these-are-real-people-and-this-is-wh#vanilla-comments)



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Selecting victims in Assassin’s Creed 3: These are real people, and this is where and when they died

Ben Kuchera / Fri, May 4, 2012

It hasn’t been widely reported, but Assassin’s Creed 3’s creative director Alex Hutchinson claimed that each of the named victims killed in the series has been a real person. When your character kills these historical figures, he does so in the right year, in the right location. The cause of death is not necessarily accurate, as there’s just not much documented evidence of real people murdered by hooded assassins. But if you research the named characters that fall to Altair and Ezio, you’ll find that their in-game deaths line up with history.

This adherence to historical mortality presented difficulties for Assassin’s Creed 3, a game that takes place during the American Revolution, in an era of history dominated by the near-mythological figures of our founding fathers.

Finding the right deaths

“It’s super difficult, this period, because no one famous dies,” Hutinson said. “We have a rule: Everyone dies in the right year, at the right place. They have to be real people.” All the Assassin’s Creed games have held true to this. “We don’t get enough mileage out of it, I think it’s kind of magical, and yet no one knows. I don’t know how we make it more obvious.”

Historical accuracy is important to the game’s sense of place, and Hutchinson wants to make sure it sinks in. “Every single person is a legit person, and they die in the right place at the right time,” he repeated.

Identifying people for the protagonist to kill is one of the first tasks undertaken when an Assassin’s Creed game goes into production. The development team creates a huge list of people who lived and died in those specific years in that specific setting, and then they have to find people who died in certain locations. They also have to make sure those people die in a specific order, so that the linear story of the game makes sense.

“In the American Revolution, no one of note dies,” Hutchinson explained. “None of the founding fathers die, all the generals of the British Army pretty much die of old age back in England. Only poor people died.” And those poor folk are eclipsed in the shadow of the (surviving) major historical figures of the era.

Luckily, the setting allowed for a wide variety of people who were into less than legal pursuits. This opened up many doors for the game’s narrative. “We had to find people who died, and then find out what they were doing,” Hutchinson said. “Many people were in semi-shady stuff, whether it was slavery or they were running counterfeiting rings. It’s a new country, so it’s the Wild West.”

The adherence to historical death raises an interesting question: What happens when someone plays the game and recognizes a character? Or if a family name is used, someone does some digging, and the player discovers they just killed one of their own ancestors? “We’re really close now. This is someone’s great-grandfather,” Hutchinson said.

Which made things difficult when naming the Templars in this game: with real people involved, they had to sensitive about who they are calling out as the game’s bad guys. Some perspective helps: “For us they’re not villains, they’re misguided. Everyone is trying to save the world, they’re just doing it a different way. For this script we worked on it, and we really got [the Templer] perspective,” Hutchinson explained.

Benjamin Franklin’s love of women, and the loss of bodily fluids

“His nose is super-hard to model. Fucking upsetting. Even when you’ve got those statues,” Hutchinson told us as we looked at pictures of famous figures from the American Revolution. George Washington’s nose may have been hard to model, and the reality of the man may have been that he was portly but dressed well. The idea of the super hero from paintings and modern day depictions may be inspiring, but it’s not accurate. These are the areas where Assassin’s Creed 3 may get to have some fun with American history not by taking liberties, but by telling the truth.

Fans assumed Ben Franklin would assume the da Vinci role from previous Assassin’s Creed games, but that doesn’t stand up to scrutiny; Franklin never drew sketches of tanks or fire ships. He also spent much of his time in France. “So we got him in a little bit, we went with the more unusual sides of him. Like his love of women,” Hutchinson explained.

If you go back and read the unedited writing of Benjamin Franklin, you see just how… well, bawdy the man was in life. Franklin once made the argument that if you’re going to take a mistress, you should take an older woman for your companion. “He said that women dry out, but they dry out from the top down, and therefore the bits that you need never dry out. I know we’re going to get [complaints], but this is all public record.”

I had to look this up for myself. Benjamin Franklin gave this advice in mistress selection in a letter, and the section discussed above is even worse with the original text. Here are the words of Benjamin Franklin, with the original capitalization and punctuation:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKR32ImWYzw

“Because in every Animal that walks upright, the Deficiency of the Fluids that fill the Muscles appears first in the highest Part: The Face first grows lank and wrinkled; then the Neck; then the Breast and Arms; the lower Parts continuing to the last as plump as ever: So that covering all above with a Basket, and regarding only what is below the Girdle, it is impossible of two Women to know an old from a young one. And as in the dark all Cats are grey, the Pleasure of corporal Enjoyment with an old Woman is at least equal, and frequently superior, every Knack being by Practice capable of Improvement.”

There were other reasons for prizing age, including Franklin’s advice that you’ll likely make a young woman miserable in your affections, but will almost assuredly make an older woman happy. Once you begin to read the words of our Founding Fathers, you’ll find a very different picture than the one taught in school.

[baseballplyrmvp]

:D

[gschwendt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIPC97zQxJU

[DariusLock]

DAMMMNNNN. Nice :).

[souljahbill]

Assassin's Creed is my second favorite new IP this generation (behind Mass Effect). I've played and beaten the other 4 games and this is the only game I HAVE to have this fall.

[JBHuskers]

Outside of the Brotherhood beta, I haven't played this series, but yet Assassin's Creed III may be my most anticipated game of the year with Borderlands 2.

[I OU a Beatn]

Outside of the Brotherhood beta, I haven't played this series, but yet Assassin's Creed III may be my most anticipated game of the year with Borderlands 2.

Oh my God. ACII is easily top 10 games this generation. You don't even know what you're missing.

[SmoothPancakes]

Oh my God. ACII is easily top 10 games this generation. You don't even know what you're missing.

Agreed. I too had not played any of the AC games but bought AC 1 and 2 on a whim at Gamestop in April last year. Best "on a whim" purchase I've ever made. I picked up Brotherhood in May last year and had Revelations preordered by June. I've had AC III preordered since March 5th.

[JBHuskers]

Oh my God. ACII is easily top 10 games this generation. You don't even know what you're missing.

I know I have ACI (got it as a gift) ... I'll catch up. I'll just run through them on easy (especially ACI since it doesn't have trophies :D)

[I OU a Beatn]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91W-4IbhkxL._AA1500_.jpg

You can currently preorder this for $119.99 on Amazon(which comes with DLC and a $10 credit) or at Gamestop as well.

[CLW]

Haven't really played either of the 1st two in the series but from what I can tell it doesn't look like it is necessary since this is a "new" Assassin. Who has the best "deal" right now for a pre-order?

[gschwendt]

Haven't really played either of the 1st two in the series but from what I can tell it doesn't look like it is necessary since this is a "new" Assassin. Who has the best "deal" right now for a pre-order? Actually, you'll probably want to play some of the previous games... there's a central story that ties them all together. I would at least suggest starting the first one to get a little of the background.

As well, there are 4 previous ones... AC1, AC2, AC2:Brotherhood, & AC2: Revelations. Each with a full, separate storyline. The three AC2 titles all have the same central character.

[I OU a Beatn]

AC1 and 2 are the absolute essentials. I didn't think Brotherhood and Revelations contained really necessary stuff to understand the story line, but the first two games laid the groundwork for all the sequels. They're all very good games, though. AC1 is more repetitive than the rest, but even it is very enjoyable.

[I OU a Beatn]

AC3: Liberation for the Vita:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM6sPSZojJI

[cdj]

RUMOR: Assassin’s Creed III Getting Post-Launch DLC With Season Pass

Ubisoft has a dedicated team working on post-launch DLC for Assassin’s Creed III, which will be purchasable via a season pass, if a letter addressed to GameStop is authentic.

In the letter—forwarded to Kotaku—the Assassin’s Creed team’s DLC plans for the game are detailed, and a planned season pass is also mentioned. “What’s next? We are currently in the process of creating a complementary development team that will begin working on post-launch episodic content to continue the Game of the Year experience that Assassin’s Creed III will undoubtedly deliver,” reads the letter.

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17tnkknrvst73jpg/original.jpg

Courtesy: EGMNOW (http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-assassins-creed-iii-getting-post-launch-dlc-with-season-pass/) & Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5928119/sounds-like-assassins-creed-iii-is-getting-a-ton-of-dlc)

[I OU a Beatn]

Hopefully it's single player expansion type stuff as opposed to multiplayer maps. I may be alone, but Assassin's Creed multiplayer does nothing but bore me to death.

[souljahbill]

Hopefully it's single player expansion type stuff as opposed to multiplayer maps. I may be alone, but Assassin's Creed multiplayer does nothing but bore me to death.

Yeah, I'm not in MP in general but I have a feeling that this will be MP based.

[JBHuskers]

Remember when EA was the devil for bringing in Online Pass :D

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[SmoothPancakes]

Remember when EA was the devil for bringing in Online Pass :D

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Yep. :D And wasn't EA not even the first one to do it? Wasn't it THQ or whoever, and yet EA was the devil for doing it and it was going to be the downfall and destruction of gaming as we know it.

[JBHuskers]

Yep. :D And wasn't EA not even the first one to do it? Wasn't it THQ or whoever, and yet EA was the devil for doing it and it was going to be the downfall and destruction of gaming as we know it.

Exactly.

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[I OU a Beatn]

I thought this was a season pass, or at least what CDJ posted was. So pay up front and then get all the DLC for a lower rate. I'm pretty sure at least one of the other Assassin's Creed had an actual online pass, though.

[JBHuskers]

Multiplayer Trailer:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nGZVWdTx_uE

[JBHuskers]

Video blocked :fp: I'll see if I can find another.

[SmoothPancakes]

:clap: :D

[JBHuskers]

Guess the leak wasn't liked by Ubisoft :D

[cdj]

A tiny bit of light has been shed on the PS3-exclusive DLC for Assassin's Creed 3, according to box art posted on Amazon UK. According to said art, the PlayStation 3 version of Assassin's Creed 3 will include an additional hour of gameplay, which sounds like just about enough to encompass a meaty mission or two. Ubisoft has confirmed to Joystiq that this is indeed the DLC Sony announced during E3, and not additional content beyond what has already been revealed.

Sony and Assassin's Creed have something of a history when it comes to exclusive content, with the PS3 getting exclusive launch DLC for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and later hosting an exclusive beta for Assassin's Creed: Revelations.

Courtesy: Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/06/ps3-exclusive-assassins-creed-3-dlc-adds-an-hour-of-content/)

[SmoothPancakes]

Now when they say PS3-exclusive, are they talking like with COD, PS3 will get it exclusive for a couple months and then eventually it'll get released on 360, or will this extra hour of game play never be seen on 360?

If the latter's the case, that's fucked up bullshit. I'm paying 60 fucking dollars for a game and I'm basically getting told to fuck off by the devs because I play with one system and not the other.

[I OU a Beatn]

It's the latter. Brotherhood had PS3 exclusive DLC that never saw the light of day on 360.

[SmoothPancakes]

It's the latter. Brotherhood had PS3 exclusive DLC that never saw the light of day on 360.

Go figure. I never knew that about Brotherhood, but regardless, that's fucking stupid. Unless the game itself is a PS3 exclusive, it's one thing to have DLC on one system exclusively, then release it on the other a month or two later (COD), it's an entirely different thing to have DLC exclusive to only one system while pretty much giving the middle finger to and saying "fuck you" to everyone else on the other system. If I'm not going to to get every single DLC (or have any chance at all of ever getting every single DLC) that is ever made for the game, then why the hell should I have to pay $60 for what will essentially be an incomplete game?

[JBHuskers]

Walmart has a major pricing error on the pre-order for Assassin's Creed III - $14.99 (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Assassin-s-Creed-3-Xbox-360-Xbox-360/20452320?dest=9999999997&sourceid=29665572253272655233&veh=aff&wmlspartner=lw9MynSeamY)

I did it for the hell of it in case they honor it. It is Wal-Mart, they just might :D

[cdj]

Gamescom 2012 Naval Battles Trailer:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJcnC5nRlH4

[cdj]

While Ubisoft has been quick to introduce Connor and focus on the single-player campaign in Assassin's Creed 3, not much has been said on the multiplayer side, a staple of the series since being introduced in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. Multiplayer developer Ubisoft Annecy says there will be a greater focus on multiplayer in Assassin's Creed 3 – both in terms of support from Ubisoft and its impact on the overall Assassin's Creed lore.

Abstergo has turned the Animus into a commercial product, and you'll play as one consumer who's looking forward to "reliving the past in HD." Every month, Ubisoft will give players new content to unlock through new challenges. "As you progress in the game and level up your character, you access these files and videos. Every month you'll have new challenges to unlock new content that will continue the storyline throughout the year," Ubisoft Annecy game director Damien Kieken told CVG.

The multiplayer environments themselves will now have a greater impact on gameplay – weather effects such as sudden rain storms or blizzards can impact visibility and players can employ special environmental kills using objects like bottles and axes. Back at Gamescom, Ubisoft demoed Wolfpack and Domination, two modes we were able to sample – a new wave-based co-op mode where players hunt down targets in the environment and take them down, and the more traditional four-on-four team-based mode, respectively.

Courtesy: Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/02/assassins-creed-3-will-have-new-challenges-and-content-every-mo/)

[I OU a Beatn]

Assassin's Creed III Achievements Revealed (http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/assassins-creed-3/achievements/)

Only 3 or 4 online achievements and all of them are very easy. THANK GOD. Some of those online achievements for the past 2 were annoying as hell.

[bdoughty]

Exploring Assassin's Creed 3's New Frontier
We spend four hours with Assassin's Creed 3, and get a feel for the open expanses of colonial America.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/24/exploring-assassins-creed-3s-new-frontier

and more vids

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/24/watch-a-ton-of-amazing-assassins-creed-iii-videos


Just hurry up and get here October 30th.

[cdj]

How would history be different if George Washington succumbed to the allure of infinite power? Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed III will answer that question through downloadable content called "The Tyranny of King George."

http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespot/images/2012/276/KingGeorge_28554_screen.jpg

A single-player campaign delivered through three episodes, the content tasks players will dethroning Washington and returning freedom to the colonies. Ubisoft had no qualms about altering history, according to executive producer Sebastien Puel.

“History is our playground, and [Assassin's Creed] teams have always loved playing with historical facts and their consequences as a way to better understand a time period,” Puel said in a statement. “While Assassin’s Creed III concentrates on history as it happens, we wanted to take some liberties with this DLC and tell you how things ‘could have happened.’”

The Tyranny of King George DLC will be included with the $30 Assassin's Creed III season pass. The pass offers gamers access to five DLC packs, and will be available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Pass-holders will not only save 25 percent over the cost of purchasing each add-on individually, but they will also have access to the content a week ahead of everyone else.

On top of the single-player DLC, upcoming Assassin's Creed III add-on content will include new maps and characters for the game's multiplayer component. No further information on these offerings was made available. Further, no standalone price was provided for The Tyranny of King George or the multiplayer packs, and a Ubisoft representative was not immediately available for comment.

Assassin's Creed III is due out for PS3 and Xbox 360 on October 30, with release following on launch day for Wii U on November 18. The PC version was originally targeted to ship alongside the console iterations, but was delayed to November 20.

LINK (http://www.gamespot.com/news/aciii-dlc-includes-tyrannical-george-washington-campaign-6397607)

[I OU a Beatn]

That sounds AWESOME. I'll definitely be picking up the Season Pass now.

[CLW]

How would history be different if George Washington succumbed to the allure of infinite power?

It wouldn't because George UNDERSTOOD the inevitable problems associated with infinite power having just led a revolution against same.

Was this game made in Iran? :smh:

[SmoothPancakes]

How would history be different if George Washington succumbed to the allure of infinite power?

It wouldn't because George UNDERSTOOD the inevitable problems associated with infinite power having just led a revolution against same.

Was this game made in Iran? :smh:

:fp:

[JBHuskers]

That sounds AWESOME. I'll definitely be picking up the Season Pass now.

:+1:

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[CLW]

:fp:

I see your sarcasm detector is WEAK! :fp:

[SmoothPancakes]

I see your sarcasm detector is WEAK! :fp:

:D Well played sir, well played. Between ram and others recently, my sarcasm detector is apparently a bit off.

[bdoughty]

No season pass for me since I could care less about the multiplayer but I will buy all the single player DLC. I am so excited for this game I went out and bought all 4 of the AC games for the 360, which I promised myself I would not do.

[cdj]

Connor story trailer


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajgk0GdmP8U&feature=g-all-u

[souljahbill]

No season pass for me since I could care less about the multiplayer but I will buy all the single player DLC. I am so excited for this game I went out and bought all 4 of the AC games for the 360, which I promised myself I would not do.

Good move. My 2nd favorite new IP this generation. I think they've gotten better each game (though the RTS game in Revelations was terrible).

[oweb26]

How would history be different if George Washington succumbed to the allure of infinite power?

It wouldn't because George UNDERSTOOD the inevitable problems associated with infinite power having just led a revolution against same.

Was this game made in Iran? :smh:

Are you serious or just fucking with us? Not the George Washington part but the sense that you take an offense to this being part of a game?

[SmoothPancakes]

Are you serious or just fucking with us? Not the George Washington part but the sense that you take an offense to this being part of a game?

He's just fucking with us. The bastard tricked me too, thinking he was serious. :D

[bdoughty]

So glad we live in an internet age. Assassin's Creed 1 is just not all the enjoyable, repetitive and I stopped about half way through. Just read up on the ending of the first and move on to greener pastures.
Fortunately I knew in advance that 2 was superior to it in every way and so far I agree with that assessment.

[oweb26]

So glad we live in an internet age. Assassin's Creed 1 is just not all the enjoyable, repetitive and I stopped about half way through. Just read up on the ending of the first and move on to greener pastures.
Fortunately I knew in advance that 2 was superior to it in every way and so far I agree with that assessment.


LOL I did the same thing.

[CLW]

He's just fucking with us. The bastard tricked me too, thinking he was serious. :D

I just realized that allot of people here probably don't realize that 3/4 of what I post here is all in fun. :smh: Damn Al Gore and his internet! :nod:

[oweb26]

I just realized that allot of people here probably don't realize that 3/4 of what I post here is all in fun. :smh: Damn Al Gore and his internet! :nod:
At least I asked. :) Honestly I only asked because when I came over and read this I had just left "joystiq" and people where seriously complaining about the "alternative reality" and I wanted to know what the big deal was.

[CLW]

At least I asked. :) Honestly I only asked because when I came over and read this I had just left "joystiq" and people where seriously complaining about the "alternative reality" and I wanted to know what the big deal was.

Oh I'm sure there are people who REALLY do hate the "alternative reality" scenario probably to the point they won't buy/play the game. To me, it's an interesting concept particularly if it's done well.

[oweb26]

Oh I'm sure there are people who REALLY do hate the "alternative reality" scenario probably to the point they won't buy/play the game. To me, it's an interesting concept particularly if it's done well.

To me the keys words "alternative reality" equals fake, so why worry about it.

[bdoughty]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5bqQPVRpXU

[bdoughty]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA2PfFiH0cc

[bdoughty]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/benedict-arnold-missions-exclusive-to-ps3-assassins-creed-iii-6398722

I hate console exclusive crap, no matter the console it is on. That said someone has to be grinning at Ubisoft that made the Benedict Arnold DLC exclusive to the PS3.


Think about it.

[SmoothPancakes]

Ubisoft can go fuck themselves up the ass.

[I OU a Beatn]

You're still buying. So am I. :D

[SmoothPancakes]

You're still buying. So am I. :D

I know, I still am buying. :( Assassin's Creed is one of my top two games, the other being Halo, above even FIFA, NCAA Football or NHL. If it was some lesser game that I was interested in but could live without, I'd cancel the preorder as my own personal "fuck you" to Ubisoft. But Assassin's Creed, I unfortunately could never bring myself to cancel the preorder or not buy it. Those bastards have me hooked in regardless of what they do.

[I OU a Beatn]

Honestly, though, the exclusive DLC they had for Brotherhood or Revelations(whichever it was) was minimal at best. Sony has started doing this with Assassin's Creed and other games trying to do the same Microsoft did with the Call of Duty stuff. I think it's stupid as hell(it was smart on Microsoft's part simply because of how amazingly popular Call of Duty is) and all DLC should be available at the same time for all systems. If you're going to make something exclusive, quit fucking around and just make the game itself exclusive. Just my 2 cents.

I already have my limited edition paid off and I've got some MSP ready to go for the Season Pass. CAN'T WAIT!

Then Halo 4 comes out the next week followed by Black Ops 2 the week after. I've never seen so many high quality releases released in consecutive weeks before. Crazy.

[SmoothPancakes]

Yeah, AC3 and Halo 4 are going to be battling for time in my system. I have Black Ops 2 preordered, but I don't know that I'll spend a whole lot of serious time on it.

[gschwendt]

I hadn't plan to get this game at launch but Ubisoft just sent me a 30% off code for my birthday and since I can't use it on pre-orders (for Far Cry 3), then I guess I'll just have to use it for AC3 for PC. It doesn't release until 11/20 but thankfully that falls JUST under the 30 day limit. :)

[CLW]

I'm on the fence on this game. I haven't had time to play any of the previous editions and games like this (GTA, Red Dead, etc...) I just cannot get into/play long enough before I lose interest in the "story".

[SmoothPancakes]

YES! Assassin's Creed 3 just arrived. 3:30 is a somewhat odd time for UPS to make a delivery here (it's pretty much always between 1 and 2 or 4 and 5pm. But I'm not gonna complain. :D Two more matches to close out and end my second season of FIFA, and then it's on to bitchslapping those fucking Brits for the rest of the night.

[SmoothPancakes]

Damn, did I miss something? They've got single-player and multi-player on separate discs.

[bdoughty]

Damn, did I miss something? They've got single-player and multi-player on separate discs.

That is the new hip thing these days. My Red Dead GOTY does the same.

Picking AC3 up in a few hours only to shelve it until I finish AC2, BH and Rev.

[JBHuskers]

I have AC1 and AC2 to play and finish yet :D but I do own them now....

[I OU a Beatn]

Damn, did I miss something? They've got single-player and multi-player on separate discs.

Which makes it all the more baffling as to why they would release a steelbook case as a preorder bonus with only one disc slot. :fp:

[bdoughty]

I have AC1 and AC2 to play and finish yet :D but I do own them now....

Save yourself playing AC1 and just read up on the story. AC2 is so much better it is not even worth comparing. AC1 was tedious at best and I stopped under half way in.

http://www.ign.com/videos/2012/10/26/assassins-creed-in-5-minutes

Watch up to 3:00 and you get all the main information from AC1.

[I OU a Beatn]

Save yourself playing AC1 and just read up on the story. AC2 is so much better it is not even worth comparing. AC1 was tedious at best and I stopped under half way in.


Yeah, not a fan of the original. It's very repetitive.

[SmoothPancakes]

Which makes it all the more baffling as to why they would release a steelbook case as a preorder bonus with only one disc slot. :fp:

Yeah, that definitely made me :fp: when I saw that. I was expecting the game to just plain come in the steelbook case like Modern Warfare 2 and NHL 13 did. I was surprised when I opened my package and found the steelbook case and the regular game case packaged together.

As for the game, I'm liking playing as Kenway for the time being. This dude doesn't hold shit back when talking. :D

[SmoothPancakes]

:D Ben Franklin just read me the riot act on why you should fuck older women instead of younger, going item by item down his 8 reason list.

[bdoughty]

:D Ben Franklin just read me the riot act on why you should fuck older women instead of younger, going item by item down his 8 reason list.

Sweet. Got my game from Gamestop (hate that place but had store credit) and I get the Gamestop Edition of the game.

http://www.gamestop.com/common/images/lbox/201328b1.jpg

I need a black marker, stat!

[SmoothPancakes]

I'm glad I got the steelbook. Definitely a sweeter cover than the normal, in my opinion.

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/news/ac3-steelbook.jpg

[SmoothPancakes]

End of Sequence 3 spoiler

OH SHIT! I did not see that coming. I thought Haytham was with the Assassins. To suddenly find out that he's a Templar. Either I missed something in the storyline and cut scenes before now, or Ubisoft did a DAMN good job of hiding that twist.

[CLW]

Looks like AC III is comin' my way via GameFly. Any suggestions/tips on what the best way to play this game? From what I can tell its more of an "open world" concept game with missions (GTA style) and those games tend to give me trouble in that I can never decide what I need/want to do given the lack of structure to the game and so I inevitably lose interest quickly.

[SmoothPancakes]

Looks like AC III is comin' my way via GameFly. Any suggestions/tips on what the best way to play this game? From what I can tell its more of an "open world" concept game with missions (GTA style) and those games tend to give me trouble in that I can never decide what I need/want to do given the lack of structure to the game and so I inevitably lose interest quickly.

Yeah, you described me perfectly. The first 36 hours, I was still only in the first three sequences, because instead of actually doing missions, I was running around constantly attacking and getting into fights with guards, or doing side shit like going after Ben Franklin's papers or treasure chests. For one point, for probably a good two hours, I was just running from street to street attacking and assassinating guards and ending up in open battle with a group of 5 or 6 of them, fighting my way out.

Finally, I eventually buckled down and get back to getting the missions completed and advancing the storyline. I'm in sequence 6 now, I think, and while I'm keeping the story moving pretty good, I'm still occasionally getting sidetracked, this time between fighting/killing animals in the Frontier, and sailing my ship and getting into battles with the bastard redcoats on the high seas.

[bdoughty]

Welp, I said screw it to the other Assassins Creed games and plan on jumping into 3 tonight. It was just sitting there taunting me so I watched the 7 minute video explaining the earlier AC games. Gave the other AC games to a friend and will just stick with the series from 3 on.


I knew Lucy was a traitor.

[SmoothPancakes]

I haven't gotten to play at all since Wednesday night. :( I had remotes from 6am-1pm yesterday, and was tired as hell because I didn't sleep well Wednesday night, that I spent most of the rest of Thursday napping on and off. Today, had more remotes, was out freezing my ass off to collect money for a couple hours, and am tired as hell, so I'll be calling it an early night since I have to be up at 2am. Then tomorrow, have my morning show until 9am, coming home and going back to bed for a couple hours, and then have to run the studio for a HS football playoff game from 6pm to whenever (at least 10pm).

So while I was able to sink a ton of hours into AC3 on Tuesday night and Wednesday, it'll probably be Saturday night after 10pm or Sunday at the earliest before I'll actually get to even so much as turn on my 360 again, much less actually play AC3.

[SmoothPancakes]

This is why I never get anything done in these games.

I've spent the last hour, hour and a half running back and forth, up and down the same stretch of land on the SE outskirts of Boston, right before you leave to go to the Frontier, with full notoriety killing Jagers and regular soldiers over and over, using my 3 assassin recruits when I get overwhelmed and outnumbered and need help.

In that time period, if I have kill 67 Jagers. I am currently ranked in the Top 1% in the world for total kills and Jagers killed. Ranked #8,837 for Jagers killed, and #8,954 for total kills.

Thus why I never get anything done in these games. :D

Edit - And I made it even higher. I was able to get in an extra 30-40 minutes of killing before I had to get ready and leave for work. When I shut down the 360, I had 120 Jager kills. According to the leaderboards, I was ranked #3,011 in the world, but it was only recognizing and counting 110 kills, so once those remaining 10 kills get updated and counted, I should be inside the top 3,000 in the world. Even though I'm only halfway through the game, with one mission still left to complete to wrap up Sequence 6, I'll probably end up spending another couple hours just screwing around and killing Jagers. :D

[souljahbill]

I play differently. When I play, I plow through the story. The only side stuff I do is getting all the hideouts and filling them with master assassins, finding and jumping from every lookout point, owning and upgrading all the shops/banks/guilds/landmarks, and finding Animus symbols to do the puzzles and unlocking whatever it unlocks. I did have a shit-ton of fun making and using the different bombs in Revelations.

[SmoothPancakes]

I play differently. When I play, I plow through the story. The only side stuff I do is getting all the hideouts and filling them with master assassins, finding and jumping from every lookout point, owning and upgrading all the shops/banks/guilds/landmarks, and finding Animus symbols to do the puzzles and unlocking whatever it unlocks. I did have a shit-ton of fun making and using the different bombs in Revelations.

Well, AC3 is definitely different. At least so far through Sequence 6, where I have only seen Boston and the Frontier (and sailing on the sea), there isn't anything like landmarks/banks/shops, etc. There are a couple guilds that you can complete challenges for, Frontiersmen, Thieves, and Brawlers.

There's Almanac pages to find for Ben Franklin, there are feathers to find out in the Frontier for the Indian aspect of the game, there are trinkets to find for "Peg Leg'. Sailing missions where you can do some pirating and go to war on the high seas with British ships. Courier missions, assassination contracts on Templars, treasure chests. The lookout points are back.

There is also the hunting and trading on the Frontier. A bunch of animals (rabbits, deer, elk, bears, beavers, cougars, foxes, and others) that you can hunt, kill and skin, you can sell the pelts and other items from them in general stores for money. There's the Homestead, where you can help people around there from whatever problems they initially have, then they'll settle on the Homestead, open up a logging mill or other places, and you can take the goods they produce and sell/trade them for money or use them to build various items.

There might be new stuff that I have yet to come across or experience once you get to New York, but that's it so far through Sequence 6.

[SmoothPancakes]

:D Ben Franklin just read me the riot act on why you should fuck older women instead of younger, going item by item down his 8 reason list.

And leave it to Kotaku to get the video of Ben Franklin's riot act reading on sex advice. :D

Assassin’s Creed III Recreates Another Key Moment of American History: Ben Franklin Doling Out Sex Advice. (http://kotaku.com/5958093/blockbuster-video-game-vividly-reminds-us-that-ben-franklin-recommended-having-an-older-mistress)

[JeffHCross]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOg8Cz9yfWg&feature=plcp

[bdoughty]

Thank you for that beautiful video, I had never heard of her. I loved her Skyrim video even more, one of my favorite VG themes and she and the male singer nail it.

[oweb26]

This is not necessarily aimed at any one person who does those videos but I think its about as lame as lame can get when you do video game tribute videos/reenactment or whatever you want to call it.

Actually hers was tolerable but some of them I have seen I have thought damn people need more hobbies besides video games like going outside or something. Lol

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[I OU a Beatn]

What's this "outside" you speak of?

[baseballplyrmvp]

What's this "outside" you speak of?

:+1:

i've never heard of it either....

[JeffHCross]

Thank you for that beautiful video, I had never heard of her. I loved her Skyrim video even more, one of my favorite VG themes and she and the male singer nail it.Check out her Zelda videos too. She does great work, and the videos are all top notch. Game of Thrones was impressive too.


Actually hers was tolerable but some of them I have seen I have thought damn people need more hobbies besides video games like going outside or something. Lol I get what you're saying. The key difference with Lindsey is that she's an artist first (recently released her first album and is now on tour), and she's an artist that just happens to like VG themes. I can't blame her for it either, because so many VG themes are perfect for a violin. If I had any artistic ability whatsoever I'd definitely learn the themes. :)

[oweb26]

Yeah hers wasn't bad by any means, but I have stumbled across some and literally thought man kids need to get out more. Even in high school for me I didn't play that many games (granted this was PS2 days) we play football and basketball games against each other then we were either A. Literally playing the sport or B. trying to get laid.

I honestly didnt like outside until I got to college when I realized "fuck its hot outside"....lol but even then girls was priority number one even moreso than actual school.

To each their own though, if it makes them happy I am tickled pink no matter how lazy/crazy I think it is.

[cdj]

If you've managed to sneak up on a bug or glitch in Assassin's Creed 3, there's a good chance it'll be addressed "by the end of next week." A planned Xbox 360 and PS3 patch rivaling the game's hefty day-one patch will address both multiplayer and single-player issues – that includes a problem on the Fort Wolcott map where players would become stuck in the warm-up screen. Targeting a player with throwing knives will prevent them from contesting kills, which should cut down on cheap escapes.

On the single-player side, just about every campaign mission will see an update. Missing NPCs, objects and audio will be returned, and several mission-breaking bugs will be squashed, including a few that would get you stuck in an infinite loop of respawn and death.

The descriptions on many of these fixes stray into spoiler territory, so read up on the full list at your own risk.

Full list at Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/16/assassins-creed-3-patch-cuts-down-game-breaking-bugs-next-week/)

[cdj]

A big "holiday patch" coming soon for ACIII. (http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/739410-Assassin-s-Creed-III-Holiday-Patch-Spoilers-Forums)

[CLW]

http://youtu.be/BZbYrrNFC5I

[SmoothPancakes]

Ah yes, King Washington was released today. I've still got to finish up the storyline. Been playing AC3 the last two days, currently at the beginning of sequence 9. Been fun getting into the actual battles now. I think I might try to keep knocking out the campaign today, only four more sequences to play through, before I jump fully back into my Tulsa dynasty. I can do the side stuff later.

[bdoughty]

I need to start playing this again. Pretty sure I bought the season pass so a downloading GW we will go.

[SmoothPancakes]

Finally finished the game. I was watching TV last Saturday night, came across The Patriot on TNT or whatever channel it was, and one of the battlefield scenes with the armies marching at each other sparked a reminder in my mind that I had never finished AC3 before Halo 4 released (I wasn't even halfway through, hadn't made it to the start of the war yet). So I spent the past week powering through the game.

Completely done with the storyline, the epilogue and the homestead missions. All that's left is finishing up the naval missions and collectibles, and then the "King Washington" DLC, that I'm gonna wait until all three parts have been released and play through it in one go.

[bdoughty]

Wow we kinda jumped off the deep end with part 2 of the DLC.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv8Wh8B6dQc

[I OU a Beatn]

Season Pass for this is on sale for 1600MSP(usually 2400) on Monday only on the Live Marketplace.

[cdj]

Finished this one on Friday. I'll SPOILER some thoughts.

* Good game and I liked a lot of what they did with historical aspects, providing different angles. Though, while they provided backdrop and angles for the Americans and British, I never felt they did the same with the Indians.

* Is Connor the worst main character so far in the franchise? At times, he was likable - but overall, they tried too hard to make it look like he was a victim of circumstance which is tough to buy when he's killed hundreds of people by the end of the game. He's no Ezio, that's for sure.

* Initially, I was planning on buying the Washington DLC, but I think I would probably get pissed at the liberties (no pun intended) taken.

* I think this is the first AC game where I was interested in the real-life (outside animus) aspects as much as the memories - and maybe more so by the end of it. I thought the memory ending wasn't as engaging as it could or should have been. The real-life ending was pretty solid, however.

[souljahbill]

Starting over. I only got 2 hours in when I started last year.

[souljahbill]

I made it past the Templar plot twist and now playing as the Redskin (see how ugly that sounds?). Can't wait to kill Cliff Lee.

How the Hell do you get Ben Franklin's almanac pages? They go high into the air instantly and disappear as soon as you climb a building.

[gschwendt]

How the Hell do you get Ben Franklin's almanac pages? They go high into the air instantly and disappear as soon as you climb a building.
Climb an adjacent building and be up on roof as you approach page... it will still take off flying but will be on a path you can follow.

[souljahbill]

Climb an adjacent building and be up on roof as you approach page... it will still take off flying but will be on a path you can follow.

Thank ya, homie. I'm assuming I can do it with the kid or do I have to go back to play as the dad? What's the prize for completing the mission?

[gschwendt]

Thank ya, homie. I'm assuming I can do it with the kid or do I have to go back to play as the dad? What's the prize for completing the mission?

I think you can do it as either... It's been awhile though so not sure. Not sure the reward though.

[souljahbill]

Just "learned" how to convoy and was told that I need to recruit people for the homestead. Not sure about the convoy stuff yet but I loved building up Assassins in the previous games which is what I assume the homestead is about.

[souljahbill]

I think you can do it as either... It's been awhile though so not sure. Not sure the reward though.

I started collecting them. You gain recipes for completing an almanac set.

Oh, and I learned the Homestead isn't where you start building Assassins but rather, where you earn items to make stuff to sell on the convoy.

Aaaaaand, I'm not a fan of Naval battles yet. I'm still trying to get the hang of sailing and turning.

[souljahbill]

Finished it last night. I know it got a ton of flack but I loved it. The Naval battles even grew once I figured it out. The assassins that you keep on-call weren't as useful as they were in Brotherhood and Revelation so that was disappointing. Once I figured out how to work the convoy, money was no longer an issue. Pelts go for big money so I stopped bothering trying to craft things.

I bought the PSN HD version of AC: Liberation. It stars a black chick in my hometown of New Orleans so the locale alone has me intrigued. Aveline, the main character, has all of Connor's tree-hopping mobility but instead of the frontier, she's in the bayou and instead of bears and bobcats, she hunts gators.

[Coach Kernzy]

AC IV is leaps and bounds better than AC III in almost every regard when it comes to gameplay. The story was better with III I thought and IV's ending leaves a little to be desired but overall IV is a much better game.

AC series is probably top 3 for me as an Xbox guy so I haven't had the pleasure of things like Uncharted and The Last of Us on Playstation.

[souljahbill]

Just finished AC: Liberations. Excellent game. Aveline is now my favorite assassin of them all. She's a badass. She definitely has more charm and charisma than Conner. Speaking of which, there's a sequence in the game where they actually team up. That was cool.

It's on sale on PS3 right now so if you're interested, it's less than $10 if you have PS+.