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FinalFantasyVII
09/26/18 12:30:47 AM
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might be time to put this franchise to sleep.
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zebatov
09/26/18 12:38:11 AM
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I don't mind them doing stuff like this. I miss the days before consoles had internet and there were tons of extras hidden in the game, some that had nothing to do with it.
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ParanoidObsessive
09/26/18 1:12:57 AM
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If it was only this franchise that was the problem, I might agree with you.


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Zeus
09/26/18 1:17:05 AM
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What's wrong with unicorns now? Horses are cool, horns are cool. Where can you go wrong by combining them? >_>
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FinalFantasyVII
09/26/18 7:43:52 AM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
If it was only this franchise that was the problem, I might agree with you.



It's not just the lame preorder bonus concept it's the fact that you're an assassin riding Unicorns.
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JoanOfArcade
09/26/18 8:04:58 AM
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FinalFantasyVII posted...
ParanoidObsessive posted...
If it was only this franchise that was the problem, I might agree with you.



It's not just the lame preorder bonus concept it's the fact that you're an assassin riding Unicorns.

So unicorns suddenly break the immersion of being in a machine that lets you see the past...
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FinalFantasyVII
09/26/18 9:29:36 AM
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Yes honestly.
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Far-Queue
09/26/18 9:36:57 AM
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You're not forced to ride the unicorn, you know.

Pretty sure you could play the whole game without even looking at a unicorn.
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DPsx7
09/26/18 9:43:52 AM
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While I don't hate AC's annual releases as much as CoD's, I'll say the series could use a break. I have like 5 of their games on my backlog. The reason I'm not burned out is because I don't play it every year.
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Dikitain
09/26/18 9:44:33 AM
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I am glad the series is going in a less-realistic route. It always baffled me why a game where you are essentially playing a video game of your ancestors experiences didn't let you have a little bat-shit crazy fun once in a while.

Not everyone wants a historically accurate experience of life in ancient Greece. Life kind of sucked back then honestly. I would rather ride a flying unicorn while shooting rainbows at my enemies causing them to explode into Skittles.
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JoanOfArcade
09/26/18 10:58:43 AM
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Dikitain posted...
I am glad the series is going in a less-realistic route. It always baffled me why a game where you are essentially playing a video game of your ancestors experiences didn't let you have a little bat-shit crazy fun once in a while.

Not everyone wants a historically accurate experience of life in ancient Greece. Life kind of sucked back then honestly. I would rather ride a flying unicorn while shooting rainbows at my enemies causing them to explode into Skittles.

This I hate the Animus shit and the series would've been better without it anyone who argues otherwise go check the plot of three so fucking stupid
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ernieforss
09/26/18 11:10:07 AM
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did red faction do this already and It can fart rainbows that can destroy anything
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Blighboy
09/26/18 11:13:17 AM
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Out of curiosity, what have they done with the overall plot since 3? Or even in 3? I got bored and didn't finish 3 so I dont actually know what happened.

I remember hearing they backtracked into "maybe templars and assassins both have good points both sides etc" but I'm not sure how far that went.
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ernieforss
09/26/18 11:26:32 AM
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The Templars made a VR video game system. It's selling gang buster because they can put people inside the past and relive history. They are secretly taking information from the players. the workers at Templar headquarters are recruited based off there dna to make new games (but really they are trying to find more relics). And that's the over all plot. it really small and weak. The Assassin are still trying to stop Templars I haven't beaten origin yet (because the game is total shit and a step back), but basically they are trying to make another Desmin character. Your an archeologist searching her past to find some relic for the Templars. I'm not sure if she really is a Templar since she needs funding for the equipment or if she is a assassin that needs funding for the equipment.
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Dikitain
09/26/18 12:45:56 PM
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ernieforss posted...
The Templars made a VR video game system. It's selling gang buster because they can put people inside the past and relive history. They are secretly taking information from the players. the workers at Templar headquarters are recruited based off there dna to make new games (but really they are trying to find more relics). And that's the over all plot. it really small and weak. The Assassin are still trying to stop Templars I haven't beaten origin yet (because the game is total shit and a step back), but basically they are trying to make another Desmin character. Your an archeologist searching her past to find some relic for the Templars. I'm not sure if she really is a Templar since she needs funding for the equipment or if she is a assassin that needs funding for the equipment.

She is a Templar, but gets betrayed by Abstergo about halfway through. The Assassin's contact her, but I don't think it is known if she actually joins them or not, she just accepts his help. Her motivation ends up just trying to get information on Bayek and Aya.

Honestly, not a lot of plot development as far as the Animus is concerned.

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wwinterj25
09/26/18 1:18:48 PM
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I see nothing wrong with this.
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ParanoidObsessive
09/26/18 7:30:42 PM
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FinalFantasyVII posted...
It's not just the lame preorder bonus concept it's the fact that you're an assassin riding Unicorns.

You've never been an assassin, though. You've always been an asshole in the present pretending to be an assassin in a virtual reality video game based on genetic memories, trying to discover the secrets of an ancient civilization with technology so advanced it's essentially magic.

If it helps you to cope, assume one of the present-day Abstergo programmers added the unicorn to the Animus code as an easter egg, and they'll get yelled at by their Templar bosses if they ever find out about it.


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Blighboy
09/26/18 10:39:32 PM
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Templars were bronies all along
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ParanoidObsessive
09/26/18 11:02:21 PM
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ernieforss posted...
but basically they are trying to make another Desmin character.

There's always a "Desmond character".

In ACIV you're a programmer at "Totally Not Ubisoft, Honest", the Abstergo video game company sifting through the memories they recorded from Desmond's brain (and the character is supposed to represent you, the player - ie, YOU got hired to work for them). Ultimately, the modern-day Assassins try to recruit you (but it's left vague whether or not you accept).

In AC: Rogue you're a different programmer at "Totally Not Ubisoft, Honest", the Abstergo video game company sifting through the memories they recorded from Desmond's brain (and the character is supposed to represent you, the player - ie, YOU got hired to work for them). Ultimately, the modern-day Templars try to recruit you (but it's left vague whether or not you accept).

In AC:Unity you're a gamer who is playing a game on the Helix - the game console the Templars/Abstergo released based on the memories of the Assassins, and created via the work of the previous protagonists. Again, the player is supposed to literally BE -you-. And at the end of the game, you're recruited into the Assassins.

In AC:Syndicate you're the same player from Unity, now working directly for the Assassins.

That's why, as much as people who disliked the Assassin's Creed movie said things like "They should have just done it as a period piece and dropped the modern Animus stuff entirely", it's never going to happen - the developers clearly view the Animus as being a crucial part of the setting, no matter how it can limit their design choices (see also, why people are complaining about being able to choose the gender of the main character in Odyssey).

Layla's the first POV character they've used since Desmond to actually have a NAME, and to clearly be separate from the player themselves, but her present-day adventures aren't really all that different from the stuff the no-name faceless "you" characters were doing in the other games.


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likehelly
09/26/18 11:03:49 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
In AC:Syndicate you're the same player from Unity, now working directly for the Assassins.

really?

i don't remember making that connection
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ParanoidObsessive
09/26/18 11:22:30 PM
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likehelly posted...
ParanoidObsessive posted...
In AC:Syndicate you're the same player from Unity, now working directly for the Assassins.

really?

i don't remember making that connection

Bishop recruits you in Unity.

The beginning of Syndicate is her giving you an assignment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql_DZQOsgZE" data-time="&start=187

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mmZJRI6Hh4" data-time="&start=48


Technically, you COULD be two different nameless, faceless Initiates who both report to Bishop, but the implication seems pretty strong that you ARE the same person in both (especially since both games relate directly to what the Phoenix Project is doing). And I seem to remember that the developers did confirm it at some point.


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Revelation34
09/27/18 4:47:56 AM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
You've never been an assassin, though. You've always been an asshole in the present pretending to be an assassin in a virtual reality video game based on genetic memories, trying to discover the secrets of an ancient civilization with technology so advanced it's essentially magic.


So they can create illusions from ancestor's mental diseases?
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Bird_Man_Yu
09/27/18 6:07:41 AM
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I admit, My reaction when I saw that commercial was "Um, OK but WHY?!", I mean, it's a pre-order bonus so I don't really care, still gonna play and enjoy the shit outta this game since I loved Origins, Now I can just say I rode in on my Unicorn and spartan kicked someone off a cliff or something, LOL.
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Blighboy
09/28/18 3:46:21 PM
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Dikitain
09/28/18 3:51:48 PM
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Blighboy posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jju5Ys9KUs" data-time="


Wow Ubisoft

That's uh

Something

You can literally cuckold a guy and have him pay you for the pleasure...

10/10, game of the year, all years!!!
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Blighboy
09/28/18 3:54:18 PM
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I'm still waiting for the game which let's other players cuckold me.
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GanglyKhan
09/28/18 4:12:19 PM
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Blighboy posted...
I'm still waiting for the game which let's other players cuckold me.

Consider never having offspring
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LinkPizza
09/28/18 4:43:15 PM
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FinalFantasyVII posted...
Yes honestly.

That seems more like a you problem. Not trying to be mean. But that should be the one thing that break your immersion...

Far-Queue posted...
You're not forced to ride the unicorn, you know.

Pretty sure you could play the whole game without even looking at a unicorn.

This is true...

wwinterj25 posted...
I see nothing wrong with this.

I agree.

ParanoidObsessive posted...
FinalFantasyVII posted...
It's not just the lame preorder bonus concept it's the fact that you're an assassin riding Unicorns.

You've never been an assassin, though. You've always been an asshole in the present pretending to be an assassin in a virtual reality video game based on genetic memories, trying to discover the secrets of an ancient civilization with technology so advanced it's essentially magic.

If it helps you to cope, assume one of the present-day Abstergo programmers added the unicorn to the Animus code as an easter egg, and they'll get yelled at by their Templar bosses if they ever find out about it.


I was thinking this, too. Since it's basically a game you character is playing, anyway... Well, usually it is, right? I haven't played the whole series. Just bits and pieces...

Bird_Man_Yu posted...
I admit, My reaction when I saw that commercial was "Um, OK but WHY?!", I mean, it's a pre-order bonus so I don't really care, still gonna play and enjoy the shit outta this game since I loved Origins, Now I can just say I rode in on my Unicorn and spartan kicked someone off a cliff or something, LOL.

Again, true...

Basically, I see nothing wrong with this. It's a pre-order bonus. AFAIK, you're not forced to use it. And it could be a programmer messing with stuff in the 'game'. Also, they do a lot of changing history in these games, right? By that, I mean there are things they say happened that basically didn't. Maybe the history that like is the one that had unicorns or whatever. In the end, if you don't want the unicorn, then don't ride it. It's just a fun little thing that others seem to be ok with.
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Miroku_of_Nite1
09/28/18 4:49:49 PM
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Blighboy posted...
I'm still waiting for the game which let's other players cuckold me.


Try Crusader Kings.
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Revelation34
09/28/18 5:56:42 PM
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Miroku_of_Nite1 posted...

Try Crusader Kings.

Then execute your wife and her lover.
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Revelation34
09/28/18 5:58:09 PM
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LinkPizza posted...
Again, true...

Basically, I see nothing wrong with this. It's a pre-order bonus. AFAIK, you're not forced to use it. And it could be a programmer messing with stuff in the 'game'. Also, they do a lot of changing history in these games, right? By that, I mean there are things they say happened that basically didn't. Maybe the history that like is the one that had unicorns or whatever. In the end, if you don't want the unicorn, then don't ride it. It's just a fun little thing that others seem to be ok with.


My sarcastic post earlier shows why the unicorn is dumb.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/3-poll-of-the-day/77040892/909528882
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LinkPizza
09/28/18 6:14:03 PM
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Revelation34 posted...
LinkPizza posted...
Again, true...

Basically, I see nothing wrong with this. It's a pre-order bonus. AFAIK, you're not forced to use it. And it could be a programmer messing with stuff in the 'game'. Also, they do a lot of changing history in these games, right? By that, I mean there are things they say happened that basically didn't. Maybe the history that like is the one that had unicorns or whatever. In the end, if you don't want the unicorn, then don't ride it. It's just a fun little thing that others seem to be ok with.


My sarcastic post earlier shows why the unicorn is dumb.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/3-poll-of-the-day/77040892/909528882

Still don't see a reason why it really is...
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Dikitain
09/28/18 10:57:40 PM
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Revelation34 posted...
LinkPizza posted...
Again, true...

Basically, I see nothing wrong with this. It's a pre-order bonus. AFAIK, you're not forced to use it. And it could be a programmer messing with stuff in the 'game'. Also, they do a lot of changing history in these games, right? By that, I mean there are things they say happened that basically didn't. Maybe the history that like is the one that had unicorns or whatever. In the end, if you don't want the unicorn, then don't ride it. It's just a fun little thing that others seem to be ok with.


My sarcastic post earlier shows why the unicorn is dumb.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/3-poll-of-the-day/77040892/909528882

Wait, that was sarcasm?

Given how the series actually plays out I thought it was truthful...
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Revelation34
09/29/18 3:24:58 AM
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Dikitain posted...

Wait, that was sarcasm?

Given how the series actually plays out I thought it was truthful...


My point was unicorns never existed so if it was genetic memories then clearly the ancestor was batshit insane.
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Zareth
09/29/18 3:27:00 AM
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Wow, surprised PO cares about such a shit franchise.
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ParanoidObsessive
09/29/18 3:42:27 AM
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Zareth posted...
Wow, surprised PO cares about such a shit franchise.

Ehh, it's better than most of the franchises most posters on this board tend to masturbate over on a regular basis.


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Dikitain
09/29/18 7:01:30 AM
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Revelation34 posted...
Dikitain posted...

Wait, that was sarcasm?

Given how the series actually plays out I thought it was truthful...


My point was unicorns never existed so if it was genetic memories then clearly the ancestor was batshit insane.

It is their memories, but it is also a representation of their memories interpreted by a computer (that can do whatever it wants to them) then relived by an entirely different person. I mean that is basically how they explain why everybody in the crusades-era middle east can speak clear understandable English when you encounter them.

Plus this isn't really new, the PC version of origins had mod tools that let you mess with everything in the Animus and basically turn Bayek into a god.
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Blighboy
09/29/18 10:56:01 AM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
Zareth posted...
Wow, surprised PO cares about such a shit franchise.

Ehh, it's better than most of the franchises most posters on this board tend to masturbate over on a regular basis.


Why would you masturbate to assassins creed if it has no cute girls
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LinkPizza
09/29/18 11:14:31 AM
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Blighboy posted...
ParanoidObsessive posted...
Zareth posted...
Wow, surprised PO cares about such a shit franchise.

Ehh, it's better than most of the franchises most posters on this board tend to masturbate over on a regular basis.


Why would you masturbate to assassins creed if it has no cute girls

Because of the unicorn...
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