Assassin’s Creed Origins

Q-BZ said:
It's awesome.
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The story missions were good. The repeating tasks were not. Some were fun, but they reused the same scenarios too many times. The worst part is they kept the story progress behind those magical "do X percentage of things to get a story mission". There were what, 3-4 different side missions that you had to replay 20-30 times each?

- Rescue kids from factory
- Steal carriage (or destroy it, don't recall)
- Kill bad guys
- Kill even badder bad guy once you do a bunch of those, often over in 1-2 minutes. Then watch Eve recite the same speech, word for word, about 20-30 times in the game

I also thought the story was fairly detached. Seemed like there was little connection to the main story. The antagonist may as well have been a generic bad guy, and we hardly see any struggle between the Assassin's and Templars. Seemed like they had run out of ideas and it was just loosely connected. Bringing down the Templar order in London was a resounding "meh".

But the city was certainly fun to run around through. They did a great job with London, it looked amazing. You really got the sense that it was the most advanced place in the world at that time period. And when you played the story missions the game was good fun. They didn't completely botch the controls either.
 
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AC: Brotherhood, Black Flag and AC2 were the best games in the series...every other game had its interesting aspects but overall was a rinse/repeat in a new time period...still fairly enjoyable but also very repetitive...most of the AC games were bundled with Nvidia cards so I pretty much got all of them for a nice discount at launch so that made it more worth it...Origins sounds huge from a map size standpoint so hopefully they will fill the world with interesting quests...I don't mind the move to a more RPG type of game...I think it'll help
 
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I'm still partial to the first game, aside from the flag collecting. The setting and characters are still my favorite in the series despite its shortcomings in the gameplay department.
 
Really like the AC series, and call me crazy, but I thought Unity was completely underrated. So much freaking detail and graphics are gorgeous, superior to Syndicate which looks downright unfinished in some areas. Gameplay is a bit plodding, but much more nuanced than the other titles if you put the time into it. It's ashame it got a bad rap due to the initial tech issues (now largely fixed).

Got an interesting backstory on Syndicate randomly from a team member last week who worked on it. In a nutshell, while Montreal studio wanted to push the envelope with Unity and try new things, the party line for Syndicate was to play it safe considering the backlash on the technical requirements and performance.
 
I'm interested to see the new developments - when comparable titles like the recent Shadow of War are still using the older "arkham + Assassin's Creed" style combat, its right for Origins to try something new. AC Syndicate was enjoyable for me and well crafted (whereas Unity was less so, but I never had any real difficulty technically), but I look f orward to Origins to advance the genre in every way - it need some new blood. I hope there's enough reasonable stuff to do within the large map that has been crafted, but it looks like things like various sizes of different boats, naval combat etc... all are present. I just don't want another huge assortment "ubisoft collectibles" scattered over the map exclusively, and necessary for advancement. I welcome more of the RPG features and the Dark Souls / Bloodborne style combat, along with expanded weapons that really make a difference.

I can only hope that the story - both the historical, period one and the overarching, running story that has a modern time element will be worthwhile. Likewise, meaningful side missions and features - I hear that this is a pleasant surprise from previewers though, that side missions are enjoyable and not forgettable "dots on a map"; there's also some dynamic elements. Hope they really lay into the setting and make it as complex as possible, but given their historical attention to detail (with spins of various conspiracy theory and speculative fiction - I want to see the Pyramids actually being used as something akin to an ancient fusion power generator, and go to the Hall Of (Akashic) Records under the Sphinx! Fun fact - there are a number of legit, scientific surveys (Waseda University) that revealed the existence of hidden chambers, possibly large chambers in several areas under the Sphinx at various dephs! Many of them have not been excavated for various reasons, including Egyptian gov't refusal, to other archaeologists theorizing that it would be difficult to do so without damaging the area or any surrounding antiquities; a similar reason that the Chinese burial chamber of the First Emperor of Qin, which is under a huge mound and likely filled with liquid mercury, has not been unearthed as of yet. ). Assassin's Creed is at its best when it follows this sort of thing, and mixes it into the running story of the First Civilization, the Templars, and Assassins.

One thing I'm worried about however - I did NOT like Syndicate having certain map markers only revealed (globally) through the purchase of microtransaction items. Not cool, lets hope they don't continue Helix Credit nonsense this time, with a single player title like this. I kind of "get" the Season Pass - assuming the expansion content is really considerable enough (and in the past, with Syndicate etc..it was), but nothing outside of that in my opinion!
 
harmattan said:
Got an interesting backstory on Syndicate randomly from a team member last week who worked on it. In a nutshell, while Montreal studio wanted to push the envelope with Unity and try new things, the party line for Syndicate was to play it safe considering the backlash on the technical requirements and performance.
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I wonder if Ubisoft will try to push the envelope again with Origins or if they'll play it safe like Syndicate...gameplay looks improved but graphics don't look on Unity's level
 
Quite excited to begin playing this on Friday! Now I just need to finish up my game on Prey (exploring!)...
 
TBH the pre-order bonuses are turning me off big time. I wonder if I could pre-order the base game and then use a DLC unlocker or something.
Ubisoft is really bad about locking content thru pre-order tiers.
 
It'll be fun but honestly it's just more of the same. Because of all the other good games coming out this fall i'm waiting to pick this one up when it goes on sale this winter or next summer.
 
lol so far it's been criticized for changing too much and not changing enough. Being a Ubisoft title I know it will never, ever be praised even if it is a good game.

I'm going to enjoy watching the mental gymnastics during the next week. There don't appear to be any P2W/gamebreaking micro-transactions, either, so people can't glue themselves to that one.
 
I think Ubi has handled both the FarCry and AssCreed games generally fairly well.

But at the same time I've played every single one and I know enough to know they aren't going to change up the formula much. It's just going to be generally the same core gameplay in a new setting. I don't expect much different from the new far cry either.

Sure, they add in / modify some things here and there but it's not enough for me to want to pay $60 for it on day 1.
 
Unity had amazing graphics but performance suffered so they stopped trying to innovate on the graphics front...with Origins it sounds like they are trying to change up gameplay but I doubt graphics will ever match that of Unity...I'm going to wait on reviews...and yes I own all the AC games on PC
 
I played Unity on XBONE and it was miserable. I really need to replay it on PC honestly. It looked amazing on XBONE, but fuck me it ran like 15-20 FPS most of the time. It was terrible.
 
Mchart said:
I think Ubi has handled both the FarCry and AssCreed games generally fairly well.

But at the same time I've played every single one and I know enough to know they aren't going to change up the formula much. It's just going to be generally the same core gameplay in a new setting. I don't expect much different from the new far cry either.

Sure, they add in / modify some things here and there but it's not enough for me to want to pay $60 for it on day 1.
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To be fair, Far Cry 2 was very different from 3. But yes, I don't think 5 will be that different from 3/4/5. Primal had core gameplay that looked so similar, but the theme was very different so maybe I can give them a pass for that. I enjoyed FC3 a lot, FC4 to a lesser extent. I hope number 6 they finally change the game up (in a good way). They can ditch the dude-bro theme introduced with FC3. I loved that game, but after three titles it has gotten stale.
 
For those interested this is only $48.44 on GMG using an additional one time use coupon they have under the VIP section.
 
TaintedSquirrel said:
FOV slider + Resolution scale.
The 2nd video has stealth gameplay.



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This game looks good love that Camel fighting it beats those nasty cigarettes people are addicted to. I think this is the first Next Gen game that isn't included on the PS3 and X-Box. Actually wrong Syndicate two years ago was the 1st Next Gen game.
 
If it matters to you: Its looking like the game will have microtransactions. The real-money currency Helix credits are in the game. You can exchange Helix credits for the in-game Dracma (not sure if that's spelled right) and use that to buy loot boxes. However, so far it seems like a Shadow of War situation. Seems like the game gives a ton of loot and money so there is no real need to purchase microtransaction currency for it and it is possible to hoard a bunch of Dracma. So far, it also sounds like the game doesn't give you a constant reminder of Helix credits being an option. They're shoved away under an eshop option which also includes things like DLC and accelerators.
 


Rides along the desert along comes a Leopard lair dismounts our hero from the camel something you don't see everyday.
They need more animals in games and different cultures but I suppose PETA would go nuts otherwise.
 
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Rides along the desert along comes a Leopard lair dismounts our hero from the camel our hero something you don't see everyday.
They need more animals in games and different cultures but I suppose PETA would go nuts otherwise.
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Red Dead Redemption had wild animal encounters and it was great.
 
Thanks to GMG sending me the keys, I was able to preload this morning. Really looking forward to playing this after I get off from work on Friday (KST).
 
We haven't seen the full map yet.
I don't know about second regions (like Witcher 3) but it's definitely more than just the one city area.



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Barring something insane and not spoiling too much for myself but this is going to be on my GOTY shortlist for sure.
 
That wind sail on the boat at the start of the video said FU on there twice.
 
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I caved like a schmuck. At $48 I gave in as even if I were to wait half a year it wouldn't get much cheaper then that anyways.
 
reading some reviews it sounds pretty much like the same ole Assassin's Creed with some incremental improvements in combat...Origins’ greatest success is once again its gameworld...the gameplay isn’t nearly as astounding as the game’s setting...while the world is superb, and the story offers plenty to admire, the game itself is much as you’d expect, if you’ve spent any time playing entries in the AC series...I was waiting for some reviews to see if Ubisoft made some major changes to the format but I see it's basically the same virtual-tourism simulator...no surprise that Egypt sounds beautifully detailed and rendered...I think I'll wait for a sale or more likely skip an AC game for the first time
 
polonyc2 said:
reading some reviews it sounds pretty much like the same ole Assassin's Creed with some incremental improvements in combat...Origins’ greatest success is once again its gameworld...the gameplay isn’t nearly as astounding as the game’s setting...while the world is superb, and the story offers plenty to admire, the game itself is much as you’d expect, if you’ve spent any time playing entries in the AC series...I was waiting for some reviews to see if Ubisoft made some major changes to the format but I see it's basically the same virtual-tourism simulator...no surprise that Egypt sounds beautifully detailed and rendered...I think I'll wait for a sale or more likely skip an AC game for the first time
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At $48 you basically already have sale prices unless you're willing to wait for next summer. Unless this is distributed at some point as a GPU free pack-in game it'll hold it's value for a while. The prior AC's never held their value much because they've all been nvidia pack-in titles for as long as I can remember.
 
Mchart said:
At $48 you basically already have sale prices unless you're willing to wait for next summer. Unless this is distributed at some point as a GPU free pack-in game it'll hold it's value for a while. The prior AC's never held their value much because they've all been nvidia pack-in titles for as long as I can remember.
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it has less to do with the $$ and more the fact that I'm just burnt out from the series...if Origins was a major shakeup in gameplay and storytelling I was willing to jump in again but it sounds like more of the same in another gorgeous setting...I'm sure fans of the series will love it but I've just gotten bored with it and need a break...maybe I'll jump back in with the next game- hopefully set in feudal Japan
 
I haven't played an AC game since Black Flag. Not sure I am a fan of the item rarity and leveling and whatnot in this new one. Not all games need to have leveling and loot.
 
Based on the comments on the reddit thread TaintedSquirrel posted, I'll have to see how the gameplay goes for me.

Even though Syndicate preferred open combat for full sync, I ignored all of that & still kept doing stealth. If possible, I'll do the same with Origins.
 
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