illdog Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Anybody else played this? Im about 4 hours in I guess, I'm not in love with it. It is slowly getting better but it's a hard game to go back to after the high of Syndicate and the change of direction that was Origins. My fault of course for not playing them in chronological order. Still, in order or not, the game feels like it lacks a flow. You sail everywhere in your bloody great ship, you slowly pull up to your destination, often stopping too far away then you have to jump in the water and swim to the dock and then you can carry on with the next bit of the story or whatever you are here to do. You do unlock fast travel shortly in to the game but obvioulsy you can only fast travel to places you've been. Also, the controls are clunky. Or clunkier than recent attempts. And you cant enter in to sneak mode either, the game does it for you when you are in bushes and the like. I don't like that. Story wise, you are Shay, you have a terrible Irish accent and the rest I couldn't give a single fuck about. I do like it now more than I did an hour in though, it does have a quality that makes me want to continue playing. It'sgot that big map to explore, it's got those treasure icons and collectibles all spread out, good old sandbox fun if that's your bag. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I don’t think I’ve ever even heard of this one! I had to look it up because I was convinced you were making it up. Must’ve really made an impression on everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I remember it. It came out last gen the same time Unity came out and I remember people liking that it wasn't broken like that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Ah right, this is that one. I remember hearing that old generation game was much better than Unity, but you never hear anyone say anything about this now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regemond Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Yeah, I got it cheap and played it not long after Unity. Genuinely thought it was an outstanding follow-up to Black Flag. Having the extra locations really made the difference to me and made it feel like it wasn't just copied and pasted from BF (even though a hell of a lot was). 11 hours ago, illdog said: it does have a quality that makes me want to continue playing. It's got that big map to explore, it's got those treasure icons and collectibles all spread out, good old sandbox fun if that's your bag. Fully agree with this too. That gameplay loop was super satisfying. Potential spoiler question, but... Spoiler ...have you sailed in the ice yet? That added a bit of depth to the boat sailing, and added to making it feel like its own thing, instead of Black Flag's little brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 This is one of the only mainline AC game along with Liberation I’ve not played. Got them both on Steam but just never got round to them ? Always heard good things but I just couldn’t buy both when Unity came out so went for that instead (and loved it) so this just got left in the ether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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