Your top 5 games of 2013

Started by S_D_J6 pages
Originally posted by Kazenji
Why do you hate Assassins Creed so much?

Sequel Fatigue. I like the first one a lot, despite the bugs, and the second one was pretty sweet, but then they annualized it and i couldn't catch up... honestly I just don't have the time to follow a plot with blatantly no end in sight, I heard good things about Black Flag, but I'm pretty much burned

I'd rather start fresh with Watch Dogs

Try Black Flag I was the same as you got bored of Ac after the 2nd havent play 3 and the ones after 2 but 4 is totally worth it Imo.

I'm having fun with AC4.

The Last of Us
Assassin's Creed 4
GTA5
Pokemon X/Y
NBA 2K14 (XBOX1/PS4 version)

Originally posted by S_D_J
Sequel Fatigue. I like the first one a lot, despite the bugs, and the second one was pretty sweet, but then they annualized it and i couldn't catch up... honestly I just don't have the time to follow a plot with blatantly no end in sight, I heard good things about Black Flag, but I'm pretty much burned

I'd rather start fresh with Watch Dogs

I honestly felt like Brotherhood and Revelations were improvements over the second game. Sure, they're shorter, and have their niggles, but they're a lot of fun imo.

Been getting through the 3rd game, The story for it isn't quite as good as what they had with AC 2 to Revelations

Originally posted by S_D_J
I just don't have the time to follow a plot with blatantly no end in sight,

Well they did reach an end with AC3 from what i hear with all the Desmond stuff and end of the world plot.

Originally posted by -Pr-
I honestly felt like Brotherhood and Revelations were improvements over the second game. Sure, they're shorter, and have their niggles, but they're a lot of fun imo.

By the time I was gonna get to Brotherhood, AC3 was to be released, so I just gave up. Waited for AC3 (the launch trailer was sweet) but then it came out and it was received poorly (as in the worst AssCreed yet by many). By that time WD was more concrete.
I had zero interest in Black Flag on the premise that it stars a fellow named Kenway, thus having a connection to AC3 beyond Desmond, so I just chose to ignore it.

Originally posted by Kazenji
Been getting through the 3rd game, The story for it isn't quite as good as what they had with AC 2 to Revelations

Well they did reach an end with AC3 from what i hear with all the Desmond stuff and end of the world plot.

I read about the Desmond stuff in Black Flag, sounds good.

I think I'll wait a bit before picking up AC4. It sounds like they fixed many of the issues I had with the previous games (such as Desmond)

... then again I said the same thing about Brotherhood 😐

Originally posted by S_D_J
Sequel Fatigue. I like the first one a lot, despite the bugs, and the second one was pretty sweet, but then they annualized it and i couldn't catch up... honestly I just don't have the time to follow a plot with blatantly no end in sight, I heard good things about Black Flag, but I'm pretty much burned

I'd rather start fresh with Watch Dogs

I'd be inclined to agree if it weren't for AC1 still being the worst in the series. If there was a franchise that warranted criticism by way of sequel fatigue, it's Ratchet and Clank, but barring that, many of AC4's flaws are mostly based on backsteps from AC2/Brotherhood/3.

1. Saints Row IV

2. AC4

3. Injustice

4. Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3

5. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX

Well, AC4 is the best game in the series but I really think they need to let up on the series. Even though AC4 was a lot of fun I cannot see myself being interested if they do the same thing for next AC.

Originally posted by Smasandian
Well, AC4 is the best game in the series but I really think they need to let up on the series. Even though AC4 was a lot of fun I cannot see myself being interested if they do the same thing for next AC.

Same thing as in, more pirates? Or the frequency of their release?

Pirates, Caribbean, sailing around in ships and whatnot.

I liked AC3 because it was something different than previous games. Roaming around in the forest and climbing trees was something interesting instead of just running around in big cities.

I really liked AC4 because it was a lot different previous games. It also reminded me of playing Sid Meirs Pirates years ago in the early 90's.

But if the next AC is the same as AC4, I won't be interested. What else can they do with that setting?

I would love to see AC go to the west. Samurais, martial arts sounds fun. Or maybe go even more modern....

Originally posted by Jmanghan
1. Saints Row IV

2. AC4

3. Injustice

4. Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3

5. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX

While I haven't played the majority of your list, SR IV is my favorite game of this year and perhaps one of the most fun games I have ever played.

Originally posted by Stealth Moose
While I haven't played the majority of your list, SR IV is my favorite game of this year and perhaps one of the most fun games I have ever played.
I know, right? 😄. If only they had competitive online gameplay and a bigger fan-base. Also... Let's face it, SR IV is lacking in the graphics department, being comparable to games like Black Ops 2 e.e Not that bad, but graphics are a huge thing nowadays.

Originally posted by Smasandian
Pirates, Caribbean, sailing around in ships and whatnot.

I liked AC3 because it was something different than previous games. Roaming around in the forest and climbing trees was something interesting instead of just running around in big cities.

I really liked AC4 because it was a lot different previous games. It also reminded me of playing Sid Meirs Pirates years ago in the early 90's.

But if the next AC is the same as AC4, I won't be interested. What else can they do with that setting?

I would love to see AC go to the west. Samurais, martial arts sounds fun. Or maybe go even more modern....

Oh; okay, that's fair enough I think. From what I've read they won't go modern enough to the point where semi-automatics were widely available (one of the devs, iirc, said it would screw up the kind of game they want people to play), but yeah, I'd be happy with a different setting.

I would, ideally, want to play as a ninja in China or Japan during those times.

Originally posted by Jmanghan
I know, right? 😄. If only they had competitive online gameplay and a bigger fan-base. Also... Let's face it, SR IV is lacking in the graphics department, being comparable to games like Black Ops 2 e.e Not that bad, but graphics are a huge thing nowadays.

SR IV does have some competitive gameplay, though not to the level of SR II (which is also on Steam).

Also, graphics-wise it's more than adequate.

Besides, where else can you see crap like this?

Originally posted by Stealth Moose
SR IV does have some competitive gameplay, though not to the level of SR II (which is also on Steam).

Also, graphics-wise it's more than adequate.

Besides, where else can you see crap like this?

But more then adequete, and only that, its ok to ignore it though, due to the vast amount of fun you can have in the game

Originally posted by -Pr-
Oh; okay, that's fair enough I think. From what I've read they won't go modern enough to the point where semi-automatics were widely available (one of the devs, iirc, said it would screw up the kind of game they want people to play), but yeah, I'd be happy with a different setting.

I would, ideally, want to play as a ninja in China or Japan during those times.

I heard that too.

I think everybody wants to play an AC game in Asia. I read somewhere that it wouldn't work for an AC game.....which I think is crazy.

Originally posted by Smasandian
I heard that too.

I think everybody wants to play an AC game in Asia. I read somewhere that it wouldn't work for an AC game.....which I think is crazy.

I really don't see why, to be honest. The game might be somewhat more stealth-based than the others (and thankfully, the games did feel like stealth got more accomplished with each new one), but I can't imagine why it would be an issue.

Not to mention how you could go pretty far back in to ancient Asia, or come forward right up until the 19th century (Last Samurai comes to mind). The architecture in a lot of those times would easily support a free-running model of game, I think, and the weapons could be quite varied and interesting. They could even have a more martial arts inspired combat system to freshen things up like you said.

One of my favourite things about Assassin's Creed as a series is that because it's all "memories" then you can pick almost any time period and go nuts with it.

Well, they'd probably have to completely rework stealth, as that's been probably the weakest aspect in the entire series thus far. They seem to just have real problems making good stealth sections. Seems to be based on their reliance on automatic contextual stealth mechanics rather than letting the player use normal stealth mechanics (ducking) as he sees fit.