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This might be the best looking game i've ever seen. As you pointed out correctly there is practically no Aliasing to be seen. It creates a utterly fantastic and immersive expirience. It beats out Horizon for me, because the worldbuilding is such a piece of art and also cuz i think Horizons sky and watereffects don't look good at all. ACO Origins nails both and everything else too.
Horizon looks better, but it's on a single platform and the scope is nowhere the size of Origins or Witcher 3. Origins is the most impressive when it comes to draw distance, but then again the lack of proper weather bums me out as well.
I just throw fire bombs at them every time I hear it. Shuts 'em up good. But yeah, it's terribly annoying.
Memphis is probably my least favorite of the city locations in the game because I hate all of those damn rivers.
Egyptians mostly did. Hair was seen as a lice magnet, such, impure.
How does a game like this which is in the top tier of most beautiful graphics ever, with a map that may be one of the biggest open worlds ever - how does this game only clock in at about 30GB's? Ubisoft did some magic here. When we got games like Doom that are corridor shooters at tripple the size.
I was thinking of a flaw in the graphics department in Origins and yes you are right, the only thing is the sandstorm. That being said the sky in Origins looks way better then Horizons. There are a variety of cloudformations to be observed and the pure blue sky looks incredible. Plus Horizons assets around buildings aren't the greatest either.
Both are just amazing looking games, but Origins takes the cake for me. Didn't think this was possible for at least this year.
iD games are notoriously huge though - megatextures I think?
But yeah, for this level of scale, variety and detail, 30GB does seem like a tight little package.
And speaking of optimizations, I also love how speedy the menus are compared to something like the Witcher 3. And "instant-Senu" is the coolest damn thing since "insta-steed" in Darksiders 2. Hell, Senu is the absolute best of all of the Ubi drone-mechanics. Nearly unrestricted flight, target marking, secret finding and pro-active help in combat.
Had a tiny side quest where I had to gather a Heron feather from the nearby swamplands. So I got into the reeds, crouched and invisible waiting to spot one of the birds - and just as I was about to line up a shot Senu swooped down and did the job for me. Thanks Senu!
probably the "sell 100 trinkets" one. Especially I kept selling those before I realized there was an achievement\trophy. Ah well...dont care too much about them anyways.
I'm seriously amazed at how different in tone this game is from the rest. I've played and beat all of them but this one feels much more serious.
I had my doubts about Byaek going in but he's super charismatic and likable. The cut scenes for assassination missions are very unique and well done as well.
The game has a lot of exploration and feels closer to Legend of Zelda than Assassin's Creed and for a series that needed a makeover, they succeeded.
I had my doubts about Byaek going in but he's super charismatic and likable. The cut scenes for assassination missions are very unique and well done as well.
The game has a lot of exploration and feels closer to Legend of Zelda than Assassin's Creed and for a series that needed a makeover, they succeeded.
And I couldn't stand all the animal antics in Far Cry 4 but I love how they work here.
I guess it helps that its my bird gashing people's faces open rather than the other way around. And there are no god damned honey badgers. That's always a plus.
Speaking of animals, is anybody getting use out of the animal charming perk? And can you just walk through town with a friendly lion at your side? Or is it more limited?
Didn't try the animal charming perk for myself, but love how Senu flies above as you are mounting full speed trough the desert. Senu looks amazing on the arm of Bayek and i love how you can feed your mighty bird. I LOVE this game.
Speaking of Ubisofts legacy of animals in their game, Origins is the best to date, no doubts. I liked Far Cry 4's animals too and i'm looking forward to what Ubi pulls out with Far Cry 5 next year. We can go fishing in Montana:)
Man, is theofficial photo-mode siteever coming back up? Thought it'd be down for a day or two, but its just flat out dead.
It was pretty cool for the one day I used it.
It was pretty cool for the one day I used it.
Hearing this really gives me confidence in likely picking this up for black friday. I've been pretty turned off of the series post AC3 but would love to dive back in if things have been changed and/or refined.
Was wandering around the Desheret Desert yesterday and stumbled across the (Tomb spoilers)
Such a cool design, maybe one of my favorites in the game.
Seth-Anat Tomb
Such a cool design, maybe one of my favorites in the game.
They did confirm that they are working on individual HUD options for a future patch with some speculating mid-December.
The presets suck, plain and simple. The limited and minimal presets are crap. I'm still trying to figure out why Ashraf Ismail and his team didn't implement individual HUD options to begin with since they were in Black Flag, Rogue, Unity and Syndicate. It's like one step forward, two steps back.
For me, I want to turn off the compass, the detection arrow, that white glare that goes around the screen that's telling you where the enemies are and there might be a few other things.
I always keep loot info on because I like to know what im acquiring as opposed to having to look for what I just acquired in a menu. The big tutorials/reminders should also have an on/off option.
For me, from the 15 hours I played, it's mainly the horrible lack of HUD options. It's bad enough that they replaced the mini map with a compass which I fucking hate because I don't think HUD elements should ever be in the middle of the screen. The corners are always best because the middle of the screen is where all the action in the game takes place. Just waiting and hoping they don't fuck it up.
Kick ass.
I would love to play this game with as minimal a HUD as functionally possible, because this game's world truly deserves it. Haven't been so taken in just exploring and walking around and gawking at everything - it stands up there with Red Dead Redemption and GTA4/5 for me.
Please do it right Ubi. Its a win for the game, for its artists and techs and for the players. It'd also add that extra level of difficulty and engagement (in terms of having to pay attention to the details) AC games always need imho.
One of my favourite things to do is diving and look upwards to the surface and seeing boats go by and the sun beams going trough the surface only to enlighten the bottom of the sea. Has never been better looking in a game before.
Idk man, watch dogs 1&2 water is pretty sweet and gta V too!
Also are the clouds volumetric. Like I'm a bit amazed how the sky looks and how the clouds form, like they look puffy like they should be but don't loose clarity /definition like for example horizon. Cause in that game sometimes it looks like a video of sky, even tho I know it's not
You mean
Aya/Amunet?
because if so:
that actually ties into AC lore from the previous games. We know from AC2 that Amunet was the assassin who killed Cleopatra. Her being Aya makes sense.
You can't swim underwater in Watch Dogs though, and GTA V... PC looks really good, but on consoles it's not as good as this. For it's time though it looks awesome. Origins does need dolphins... and sharks.
The longest one is probably the one that has you complete the objective of every single locations. That said, despite the huge game world, you can get all the achievements in about 50-55h.
That's kind of what happened to me, too - so late and yet there's so much more there.
I have to say this game is great, it doesnt feel like a normal Ubisoft game to me. I liked Black Flag, but it felt like a bunch of systems and content copy pasted a ton. Whilst this does have some of that, it feels like they've trimmed and refined things back a lot. Its more like an RPG and a world.
And the game is just so fluid everything flows so perfectly and smoothly. The way Bayek moves, he can climb just about anything, and its obvious, where he can climb without making glowing handholds. It instantly jumps into, the bird. You can pick up items whilst still running around, the menus open instantly, flow in and out of combat, it just flows like few other games I've played.
And the game is just so fluid everything flows so perfectly and smoothly. The way Bayek moves, he can climb just about anything, and its obvious, where he can climb without making glowing handholds. It instantly jumps into, the bird. You can pick up items whilst still running around, the menus open instantly, flow in and out of combat, it just flows like few other games I've played.
Have to acknowledge that the water in GtaV is one of best looking.
Thanks for all the input! I ended up getting both HZD, Origins and Wolfenstein 2 during early access the B.B. Black Friday. I will be busy for some time. ;)
If you're attached to a particular legendary weapon and you wanna keep it that's a reason. In my case, i had a weapon called Mustapha's Blade it had an "Insta Charge" bonus but it started feeling weak considering it was level 30 when i got it and i was 35-36, so i just upgraded it to boost it to my current level.
It totally is. Which would be great. Hopefully we'll still have some playable chapters with you know who. A reverse situation in Origins 2 would be great.
I Honestly don't think this series can sustain a trilogy given the next gen break in 2020, but a killer duology with some meaty DLC in between would be fantastic.
The curse of the pharoahs (sp?) looks great, but I'll be surprised if I'm still thinking about this game in March.
Only as long as
they're not set in Rome. I had enough Rome already from AC2 and Brotherhood.
What levels are these DLCs going to be pegged at?
Fucking levels, man... why?
Am interested in new regions, but just as interested at the possibility of expanding the dailies concept to keep players revisiting the world Ubi has already painstakingly created. More challenges and side missions would be all kinds of appreciated, as long as the balance of challenge is there.
Dude, the Roman Empire =/= Rome or even Italy.
Imagine the possibilities.
Dude, the Roman Empire =/= Rome or even Italy.
Imagine the possibilities.
Oh yeah, I forgot there's like 1500 years in between. I'm an idiot lol