Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

Originally posted by Smasandian
My issue with AC3 was that there was a ton of stuff to do but it was all for nothing.

Look at a game like Tomb Raider, all the collection quests you get increases your skills and gives you important backstory to the world you are trekking around.

In AC3, the obtuse crafting system was useless, making all these collection quests pointless. In AC2, getting feathers for your brother gave you money to buy things that can help you. The collections quests meant something.

In AC3, the system was convoluted. Yes, getting feathers meant that you can sell them but you had to go through this entire selling system instead of just giving you straight up cash.

Some 'collection' quests (lighting those rags on fire, destroying trinkets in the first area, etc.) in TR were for XP related purposes only, but yeah, they helped increase skills.

As far as collection and gameplay went, feathers were more or less useless I agree, since they just gave you an outfit at the end. Outfits in AC3 were meh.
Everything else was useful though. Peg Leg Trinkets were tied to exploring ruins. Almanac Pages could be read, and gave you cash. Chests gave you cash and items for side quests and crafting.

You're mixing things up. Feathers could not be sold through the crafting system. The crafting/economy system was interesting as well, but I agree, it should have been handled better and they should have found more ways to make it integral to the game world. Still, Crafting also gave you access to weapons and items you could not otherwise obtain.

I thought you can sell feathers in the crafting system?

Oh well, my point is that mostly all the stuff was useless. I rather have a few Peg Leg trinket quests than 20 hours of mindless collecting things, fetch quests and such.

This reminds me of what Rockstar said regarding side quests/activities

"It's -better to have one really good mini game than five half-assed ones that aren't fun".

Yeah,

It's true. Rockstar games had very good side quests and activities. I just bought Red Dead again and I remember how much fun poker was.

it's so cool, I like the game.

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Pretty.

I know its going to look great on the next gen consoles, Wonder how good it will look on the current ones since they're getting a released for it too.

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Originally posted by Kazenji
I know its going to look great on the next gen consoles, Wonder how good it will look on the current ones since they're getting a released for it too.

I suspect it will look as good as Assassins Creed 3 did.

I'm suspecting that the next gen games will be a direct port from the PC version.

That trailer looked damn amazing. And just like that, my hype went from 7-10. Those looked like some fun characters!

Edward DIES Pathetically man, for a Bad @$$ Master Assassin and Pirate he sure has a Hard Time taking on 2 home invaders

Originally posted by RedX1852
Edward DIES Pathetically man, for a Bad @$$ Master Assassin and Pirate he sure has a Hard Time taking on 2 home invaders

Also, we don't know HOW it happens. Maybe he chooses the Templars over the Assassins (which is why his son is a Templar), and the Assassins send two of their own to assassinate him. I could buy an Assassin being taken out by two others with the same skills as him.

Or maybe that happens the other way and he chooses the Assassins over the Templars and the Templars send two of his best after him. Maybe they use his daughter as leverage to hill him. I can see him giving his life for his family. I'd wait for the details before I call him pathetic.

EDIT:
According to Tessa Kenways wiki, it was five assailants too. That also discounts my theory that Edward was a Templar. He apparently dies an assassin, and his son is given to the Templars.
http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Tessa_Kenway

No one else playing this atm?

I would've bought it already if the multiplayer was more pirate-like. Would've been awesome if you could enter another player's game, attack their ship and loot everything.

I hope the ship combat is more realistic and less arcade-like than III. That was atrocious.

Eh, it's still arcade-y. Still a lot of fun though, especially since you can now board enemy vessels, though that gets old after a while, and you just want to sink the bastards.

But it's more fun exploring the sea than it is the cities. IMO.

So far its pretty fun. The content that they put into this game doesn't seem as pointless as the content in AC3 but my opinion might change.

I've only watched one review for this new one and they seem to say the franchise is back to form with this installment.

Yeah I just beat it and I can say that I liked it much more than AC3. Granted it was a bit weird not seeing Edward do multiple counter-kills but I got over it also dem Legendary Ships battles

Spoiler:
oh and Haytham

I wonder what Ubisoft will do next with the AC franchise. They can a least chuck out a novel finishing Connor's story right?

So how does Haytham become a Templer?