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Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
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Mostly Origins is different enough to other AC games to be it's own thing in the series, but I'd say Black Flag is the "closest" for the focus on environment exploration in a huge open world.
You're better off thinking of Origins as Witcher 3 lite though.
If you like The Witcher 3, Horizon, and BotW, you'll definitely like AC Origins. Stealth is still the main focus of this game and it seems that AI is vastly improved. Combat is like the combination of The Witcher 3 and Souls. You can lock on targets and dodge with hitboxes, but there's no stamina system here.
More attention to detail, if you walk for a bit the camera slowly zooms in until it's over the shoulder
Is there a way to figure out what exactly the differences are between weapons? I had a heavy weapon briefly and the Heavy Attack did some sort of flashing gray feint, then attack. Couldn't figure out what it was meant to be doing. Makes me think it was meant to be like a parry but couldn't work out the timing (and was replaced shortly but a sword).
Ok thanks. I will give this game a chance. Didn't expect it to turn out so good.
Bought a legendary outfit. 5000G but it's nice. Sea green with wolf pelt it looks like.
How far am I if I just finished the
and am investigating
?
Estimated hours left would be helpful, as I'm quite curious.
dream sequence snake boss
the bull's sickness, by saving the twin sisters' captured brother
Estimated hours left would be helpful, as I'm quite curious.
How many souls were sacrificed to get the black magic required to make a base PS4 game that's the size of a country look like this:
All gameplay..
All gameplay..
Practice. Yes the move you're talking about is a parry.
Check the sound settings, there's an option to increase the voice sounds.
Got a curved sword that applies poison on hit, people drop like crazy. I've got a cursed spear that I think just has a huge crit chance/dmg, I can't atm but it does WORK.
If we talking about perfomance, I suggest you to watch Digital Foundry lookup of the game. Find out on youtube. It runs great, anyway.
Yeah, I've been burned to death 3 times so far and it seemed impossible to stop the fire unless you're close to a water source.
I'm having a hard time with the mission structure.
The world they've made looks brilliant. Some of the cities are massive in scale. And being able to climb so freely and easy is the best it's felt in the series.
But locking story missions behind levelling up is a poor decision. Especially when the side missions are so repetitive. Always someone to talk to. Then they always make you fetch something or someone. Then you have to go back and they do it again.
I sighed and switched it off yesterday after doing a story mission then after being told I need to level up to 28 to do the next one. That's 3 more levels from what I'm on.
The world they've made looks brilliant. Some of the cities are massive in scale. And being able to climb so freely and easy is the best it's felt in the series.
But locking story missions behind levelling up is a poor decision. Especially when the side missions are so repetitive. Always someone to talk to. Then they always make you fetch something or someone. Then you have to go back and they do it again.
I sighed and switched it off yesterday after doing a story mission then after being told I need to level up to 28 to do the next one. That's 3 more levels from what I'm on.
I just let it burn out. The fire stops after I lost around 1/3 of my health. Don't know why it doesn't stop until you are died.
I tried to do a drop and roll but there is no roll button, Bayek sometimes roll when you dodge a few times. I guess you can also try jumping into water.
About the photo mode, it can be better, all the filters are trash. But most importantly, PLEASE LET US CHANGE THE TIME!! Like in Horizon.
Oh wait, I notice the time does not change unless you have the dusk til dawn skill, or only change in a cut scene. Does that mean there is no dynamic day and night cycle in this?
So, after 4 (!) Hours I finally got the "I know My land - Unlock all the map -" Achievement. It's super rare so far, only 0.4% of people have done it.
Jesus, Ubisoft, you really threw everything into the sink. Gigantic, sprawling, intimidating world.
I think this one bests The Witcher, because it had lots of small, medium sized and large cities.
I'm only level 15 Btw, can't wait to reach those places again to see what they're used for.
Btw, those desert areas are gigantic, and scary.
Jesus, Ubisoft, you really threw everything into the sink. Gigantic, sprawling, intimidating world.
I think this one bests The Witcher, because it had lots of small, medium sized and large cities.
I'm only level 15 Btw, can't wait to reach those places again to see what they're used for.
Btw, those desert areas are gigantic, and scary.
There is a day and night cycle. The dusk till dawn skill is pretty much a necessity and not for taking photo's, but for changing the routine of enemies in camps.
Just left Siwa, and I'm loving this new AC as I haven't since Black Flag. Really enjoying Egypt, the new combat and climbing and just exploring and doing sidequests.
Man, it's good to feel reunited with my favorite franchise from PS3/360.
Man, it's good to feel reunited with my favorite franchise from PS3/360.
Tap the dodge button 3 times. The first is a little dash, the second is another dash and the third is a roll. Stop, drop and roll as they say. :)
I think there's a loading hint about it as well.
Cool! I haven't read that tip and never spam the dodge button so I never knew that you can actually dodge roll.
Thanks for the tip.
Hoping the stort gets better, the first chapter was really weirdly done. Would have preferred the past bits as the opening then the return to exact vengeance instead of interspersed between the chapter.
Just press the dodge button 3 times. First 2 times Bayeks is doing a dodge. Тhe third time he rolls and the flames are extinguished. That's it.
Second option is to find water to dive in.
The only AC game I've really played through fully and enjoyed (quite a lot) is Black Flag. I felt like sailing with your own ship was so freeing and gave a grand sense of adventure.
So gang, how integral is seafaring in this compared to Black Flag? Is it as prominent of a feature? Is it as satisfying?
So gang, how integral is seafaring in this compared to Black Flag? Is it as prominent of a feature? Is it as satisfying?
Does anything top the
costume spoiler:
costume spoiler:
bath towel? lol
theres the mummy outfit but thats dlc.
theres the mummy outfit but thats dlc.
the setting for this game is the biggest desert on the planet. how prominent do you think can it be lol?
its there but not much . the sense of adventure exploring the desert is just as good though, maybe even better because youre visiting far more iconic locations.
also theres plenty of water to swim around and boat around in btw.
also theres plenty of water to swim around and boat around in btw.
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I've been playing it on the base PS4 and having a blast. Game runs pretty damn smooth, even in the larger city areas like Alexandria.
It might not be as pretty as the Pro version but it doesn't run any less for it.
Not as far as some in this thread, but there's nothing close to Black Flag's sea traversal in here. You can ride small boats, but I haven't seen anything similar to a sea battle. Most of the game is on the ground (mainly because a big part of Egypt is a desert, you know lol)
I've got around 3-4 hours with the game on a base PS4 and it runs decently. The cutscenes are pretty choppy, but the gameplay runs fine enough around the 30 FPS target. It dips quite often but it's nothing compared to the slideshow we got with Unity.
From my understanding the Pro also has regular dips, so I'm perfectly fine with playing it on a base PS4.
In the modern day? The Templars wanted to find the Pieces of Eden which were made by TWCB to control humanity and bring peace and order to the world through control.
The assassins were trying to stop them as they believe peace should be arrived at through free will.
Unless they retconned any of it in Origins, I'm only just in Alexandria.
PS4 Pro here. I couldn't be happier with how it looks, and performance wise I've got no issues either. At times it looks at least as good as Horizon's 4K mode. Can't wait for HDR. Other times though it gets weird, like ME:Andromeda weird. Texture streaming issues and animation goofs could use some patching.
Story seems rushed and chaotic, I hope it comes together in the end. Combat is the best it's ever been for AC.
Story seems rushed and chaotic, I hope it comes together in the end. Combat is the best it's ever been for AC.
7 hours of playtime on my first day is definitely not the norm with any new game. I had an absolute blast playing through most of the first area before finally deciding to move on. Normally I'm not one to do all the side stuff and can quickly get bored but man oh man, this game has its hook in me. Destiny 2 for PC, what's that again? I guess you can just wait.
But seriously, this game has so much going on and it all works perfectly. Only complain so far is multiple crashes. Ubi will throw out a patch soon right? Right? Yeah, yeah I know.
But seriously, this game has so much going on and it all works perfectly. Only complain so far is multiple crashes. Ubi will throw out a patch soon right? Right? Yeah, yeah I know.
Advice if i should buy the game or not, i am like 2 clicks away from buying this after everyone's impressions.
Hated the combat in past AC and did not like the standard open world marathon of go capture the tower of get that collectible. Did this AC fix those things ? I love me some rpg elements and i like the setting.
Hated the combat in past AC and did not like the standard open world marathon of go capture the tower of get that collectible. Did this AC fix those things ? I love me some rpg elements and i like the setting.
The combat is different. I think it's worse, but some people really like it, it's closer to The Witcher 3's combat.
Towers are really secondary in this one, you can complete the game (I think) without climbing one. The focus is on secondary quests this time (again, like The Witcher or Horizon)
There's no collectible junk at least. All the side content seems to have a purpose like EXP and Unique Gear. Combat is absolutely the best part, aside from graphics and Ubisoft's realization of the setting.
Unfortunately towers are still a thing. There's like 58 of them. Given the size of the map though, one should be grateful it's only 58.
I Know My Land is for defogging the whole map. There is another achievement called Old Habits, which requires the player to complete all locations, meaning go to every single question marks on the map and complete the objectives there.
If you like the setting, you'll adore the game. Egypt's open world, scale, wildlife, and insane attention to detail is the star of the show. If you enjoyed The Witcher 3 and Horizon Zero Dawn, those are good indications of whether you'll enjoy the core gameplay loop of exploration and side quests. Past AC obsessions with collectathons, hunting down the nine billionth chest in each sector of each city are mostly a thing of the past, replaced mostly with side quests that have decent writing and twists with multi-stage design. Writing is somewhere between TW3 and HZD for these. And while there are still treasure chests to collect they are part of stronghold clearances (so FAR fewer of them), which might be too similar to "capture the tower" missions for you, but basically require you to assassinate an army/thug/smuggler leader and loot the main treasure chests in his camp. But those chests contain meaningful loot, and the camps vary well in design and layout and, most importantly, by day/night cycle. So there's a lot more depth to the side content than not only all previous AC games, but more side content depth than most games full stop.
Honestly, the only reason I'd advise people away from this game is if they thought recent AC games were great and they want more of that structure. Almost everything about Origins has taken cues from The Witcher 3, Skyrim, and Horizon ZD, while the historical tourism aspect of the AC series is the part they've taken to improving from their own games (to the point that an entire new game mode is launching to push that to another level).
Thank you.
I liked the Witcher's combat so that is a pro. And meaningful side quests that reward loot, i am in. downloading now.