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So apparently there's just an option to turn one hit assassinations back on so you gotta wonder why they even still bother with that mechanic in the first place

Darkninja42 posted...

So apparently there's just an option to turn one hit assassinations back on so you gotta wonder why they even still bother with that mechanic in the first place

At this point with all the delays and controversies it's going to be pretty much impossible to untangle what was added as a hasty response to criticism versus what was part of the original game design. This particular toggle sounds like something they threw in because people were complaining, or because some focus group thought it would appease the people that preferred stealth from the old games.

Somehow, Assassin's Creed returnz to form
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/8e839123.jpg

s0nicfan posted...

At this point with all the delays and controversies it's going to be pretty much impossible to untangle what was added as a hasty response to criticism versus what was part of the original game design. This particular toggle sounds like something they threw in because people were complaining, or because some focus group thought it would appease the people that preferred stealth from the old games.

It's interesting that they waited until now to do it because it's been a huge complaint since Origins. Although am I wrong in thinking that they had taken it out before?

Darkninja42 posted...

It's interesting that they waited until now to do it because it's been a huge complaint since Origins. Although am I wrong in thinking that they had taken it out before?

One hit assassinations were in Valhalla. Not sure if they were in Mirage.

DrizztLink posted...

As in actually leaving the Animus and playing as them.

Pretty sure the entire series has the "playing someone playing someone else" thing, since it's like the entire background of the plot.

Apparently this has basically no modern day segment, as they are moving that all to the Animus Hub thing they have coming out.

Basically you get the hub, add the games to it, and it will cover the modern stuff now. Or something, I don't know, Ubisoft is dumb

Board_hunter567 posted...

Makes is so you can't destroy furniture in shrines and reduces or removes spilled blood from innocent NPCs, done so because of how Japanese players and others might see it as disrespectful.

is that international or a Japan only change, though?

I know WoW, for example, had some censorship just for China.

Shah138 posted...

One hit assassinations were in Valhalla. Not sure if they were in Mirage.

This. It's not new and not a "hasty response".

TendoDRM posted...

This. It's not new and not a "hasty response".

They were in Odyssey too.

Hell, once I put points into the explosive arrow skill I could kill a high level target(like an area leader) and all his bodyguards in one shot

I'll get it eventually. I really like the series, and Origins onward have been particularly enjoyable, but I have too much to play already and I'm actually not that excited about a setting that I've experienced innumerable times elsewhere, even with AC's greater focus on details.

Looks like ubisoft might have became the dev to make a game that has the most drastic difference between said game running on a standard PS5+xbox series X compared to the PS5 pro. I always thought FF7 rebirth and recently monster hunter wilds was the two biggest differences before, but the raytracing they pulled off in performance on the pro for ass creed shadows has those beat.

Actually got me a little excited to try this game later tonight.
https://youtu.be/UxzpAluabec?t=46

TendoDRM posted...

This. It's not new and not a "hasty response".

thronedfire2 posted...

They were in Odyssey too.

Hell, once I put points into the explosive arrow skill I could kill a high level target(like an area leader) and all his bodyguards in one shot

As an option in the settings or by leveling?

Honestly asking, I don't remember offhand.

DrizztLink posted...

As an option in the settings or by leveling?

Honestly asking, I don't remember offhand.

Both I believe? In the options you can enable it to always be on. Otherwise you can get a skill where if you press a button during an assassination and get the timing right you'll get the kill.

Toonstrack posted...

Discourse on this game is going to be insufferable. Like snow white its become a culture war vehicle rather than a thing unto itself.

Essentially.

I think this game might do well because AC still is a big name.

I just don't think it will be enough to save Ubisoft.

012yArthur0 posted...

Essentially.

I think this game might do well because AC still is a big name.

I just don't think it will be enough to save Ubisoft.

People have been writing Ubisoft's obituary for a decade

Euripides posted...

People have been writing Ubisoft's obituary for a decade

This time hold grounds though. The situation for Ubisoft looks really bad now.

012yArthur0 posted...

This time hold grounds though. The situation for Ubisoft looks really bad now.

I'm not well versed in their business/financial situation. I just know that their games aren't half as bad as people like to say they are

Im liking this, but what I cant stand is the terrain. So many times I cant see where Im going, stuck behind trees and constantly sliding down hills I didnt even know I was on

thd other games never had this issue and its making going to simple places annoying and a hassle

Euripides posted...

I'm not well versed in their business/financial situation. I just know that their games aren't half as bad as people like to say they are

Their business is not well to do. They've suffered multiple layoffs and most of their recent games have flopped. Star Wars Outlaws, Prince of Persia, XDefiant are the big ones of the last year. Probably AC Mirage as well, that one really came and went. Not even including Skull and Bones and the last Ghost Recon.

There stock is in the shitter. They are in talks to potentially sell to Tencent. This is not the same as yesteryear of people complaining about their stale games.

https://tinyurl.com/2wh6mmuc

From the flopping of numerous big-budget releases like Star Wars Outlaws and Skull & Bones, to the shuttering of the live-service XDefiant, to multiple rounds of layoffs, to the slow decline of the Assassins Creed franchise in general and thats to say nothing of the ongoing Shadows debacle Ubisofts last few years have been an absolute master class in not only how not to run a video game studio, but how not to run a business in general.

Meanwhile, Ubisofts founders, the Guillemot Brothers, are reportedly exploring the option of selling the company off to a completely separate entity (possibly Tencent, who already have own a minority stake in their operations).

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9525e4a8.jpg

I just played a little past the first assassination mission. I've got to get used to the combat, lol. I'm doing OK, but I gotta remember to keep my thumb on the roll button to avoid attacks.