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Assassin's Creed 3 Game Informer Details
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NinjaFridge
Unconfirmed Member
He was a Freemason, and as stated in the OP he has affiliations with the Assassin Order.
I know he's confirmed to be a character and that they said "not to expect a copy of Da Vinci." I was just saying before we thought the game would entirely take place during the American Revolution, and I was saying I doubt Benjamin Franklin will be able to be met considering where he was during the War and how old he was during the time.
Considering the expanded time frame, this gives plenty of opportunity for Benjamin Franklin to show up. Wonder if John Adams will show up? What about Thomas Jefferson? Can't wait to see how they handle these figures.
There's still plenty of problems I had with the concept that are not actually solved with the information provided.
It goes furthest to alleviate my problem with the country travel, but I still highly doubt this will be as interesting as traveling around genuinely great cities. From the sound of it, actually, they're basically admitting there is going to be a whole lot more ground travel, but they're trying to spice it up with sliding and more free running hijinks... which is neat, but is not in my estimation a good exchange for a properly dense city with huge lateral movement. We will have to see how it works in practice.
As an aside, they also didn't mention how slavery is being handled, which I am extremely curious about. I hate when period pieces of any kind try to skirt around these complex issues.
There is a lot to like too, however. I like the sound of the battle system they got going... it's going to be rad to wade around during huge iconic battles in the Revolutionary War. I like the time period they're utilizing. This allows for a huge array of key moments in early American history. I also love the changing seasons and in particular the key point "rivers and lakes will freeze during winter, giving you new traversal opportunities." That is a really novel approach.
It does, but I suspect it would have been a bad idea to make him a central inventor considering he is clearly going to disappear to France for most of the time of the Revolutionary War, which would make his role kind of difficult if you need to go back to him for upgrades
They better show Ben Franklin with a French girl in both arms.
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
Quick and dirty Revelation spoilers to catch you up.
Ezio helped Istanbul assassins get their shit together and Desmond recovered from his coma. Altair recorded memories that lead Ezio to an Apple that allowed Ezio to send a message to Desmond and clued him in on what to do next.
DjPhantasy
Neo Member
I'm wondering how AC3 is gonna handle slavery in this game. Hopefully there will be some missions where you kill some slave traders.
Uno Venova
Banned
Well, I thought I would want nothing to do with the series after two disappointing same-y sequels in a row but I have my eye on this.
Oh god, I hated the federalist papers when I was in high school.
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
Looks like I misremembered the glyph puzzle stuff from the earlier games.
Still, though, I hope it's not a "British = Templars, Americans = Assassins" split, despite the article hinting otherwise. Why would "Assassins" be for policies like slavery and displacing Native Americans?
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NinjaFridge
Unconfirmed Member
Perhaps you could help free slaves and recruit them into the order?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Connor is quiet and stoic, letting actions speak for words rather than conversing with others'
meh
meh
Definitely still plenty of questions, and ultimately Game Informer and Ubi can throw out all the tidbits of info they want but it won't guarantee execution.
But I was already excited for the setting beforehand, and for the visuals to basically match exactly what I wanted and was expecting is a treat. And much of the info Nirolak got from the GI issue are also things that were expected and thought to be potentially great, like the much greater emphasis on wilderness, including elements like tree-climbing.
Zeliard said:
It's exactly what I wanted. Boston & New York during the Revolution, significant wilderness element and less of a city focus overall, and some big differences in the gameplay to accommodate the setting. Looks like we're getting just that.
As far as hot button topics, it remains to see how they approach those, certainly. But it doesn't seem like they're going to shy too much from portraying certain darker aspects of life at the time, i.e. the treatment Native Americans faced.
Interestingly, this was about the time when the Antislavery movement in the north started to gain momentum.
bigboss370
Member
i'm anticipating the game but man i feel like the architecture is gonna be sooo damn boring.
You like the talkative playboy type ala ezio?
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
anvil 2.0
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NinjaFridge
Unconfirmed Member
It sounds impressive so far but I'll need to see it to believe it. A stable framerate on the consoles would be so awesome.
Criminal Upper
Banned
Yeah.
Let's have Ezio, AGAIN. A smooth-talking womanizing Native American playboy.
That would fit right into the era.
smh
UnluckyKate
Member
Can't wait for some hunting ala RDR but with some AC style & skills
ArisenDragon
Member
I am so ready for this, just as I imagined the character would be can't wait this game is going to be magnificent.
GillianSeed79
Member
What do you think are the odds they might try to sneak some RTS elements into this?
Conciliator
Banned
This sounds fuckin GREAT!
Altair is often described as 'stoic', and he took a loooong time to warm up to. Plenty of people still don't like him. I can see why describing Connor with the same quality would be off-putting for some.
During the time he was in America that this game also takes place during, 1753+, he wouldn't have had french girls hanging off his arm. He was tagged by his wife Deborah Reed, who he actually had a respectful regard for even if not sexual, and instead formed many 'amorous' relationships with intellectual women whom he engaged readily in letters. His reputation as a whorer is so exaggerated it's comical, and the women who studied his relationship with women the most found virtually no evidence of it outside of his one illegitimate child who he also raised.
Who we might see is Katherine Ray hanging off his arm, whom he incidentally meets in 1754 - one year after this game starts taking place. This sparks off a lifelong friendship (he remains friends and writing to her until the day she died, well after she married and well after Benjamin Franklin's wife dies) and the relationship never became sexual. There is evidence he was interested in her early on, but it quickly shifted into a fatherly relationship and he continued to engage her intellectually until the day he died.
What is it about? I got bored with the second part because there was no challenge at all.
It was just meant to be a joke. >_>
oh i know. I'm just a crazy Revolutionary War history buff and wanted to have an excuse to post KNOWLEDGE
XANDER CAGE
Member
Just read the article. Good gravy, if even half of this stuff comes to fruition this will redeem them for the annualizing of AC2.
It's subjective of course, but combat has never been a focus. It's more of a spectacle with finishers than some intricately deep system. AC is about the environment and for many the tale of conspiracy. However, this iteration seems to change that system slightly.
You are a good guy. Now I don't feel compelled to buy Revelations.
oh i know. I'm just a crazy Revolutionary War history buff and wanted to have an excuse to post KNOWLEDGE
It's ok, I love this time period as well.
PapaJustify
Member
Sounds mind-blowing.
If only they hadn't released Brotherhood and/or at least Revelations. It would have been so much more awesome if we would have really been hungered out by Ubisoft.
But they probably thought, if ActiBlizz can release a Call of Duty every year, we can do that too.
If only they hadn't released Brotherhood and/or at least Revelations. It would have been so much more awesome if we would have really been hungered out by Ubisoft.
But they probably thought, if ActiBlizz can release a Call of Duty every year, we can do that too.
Revelations I can understand, but AssBro was a solid entry. Plus, they get to test the waters. Now we know this title won't have some stupid shit like den defense.
Imho did AssBro mostly justify its existence with all the Desmond stuff going on. Revelations brought the actual plot barely further.
The MP was quite improved though.
shadyspace
Banned
Mohawk fought on both sides.
You've destroyed my image of him being a scientific pimp
You should really read Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson. The image it paints of Benjamin Franklin's female encounters is actually far more endearing than the one painted by the popular myths. In it, Benjamin Franklin comes across as a sort of overeager suitor who always goes after girls that are either out of his league or who are so vastly different in age that such a relationship would be awkward even during this time period (he famously started writing letters to the 11 year old daughter of one of his friends, another person who he intellectually engaged in many letters throughout his life). In these relationships, he has a love of flirting, but seems to interpret flirting even through the lens of intellectual exchange.
With Katherine Ray, his first real lifelong female acquaintance (he had an easier time becoming real friends with females than men, whom who constantly had trouble establishing bonds with), was subject to a few early and very awkward advances in which she kindly and sweetly turned him down until he agreed (reluctantly, perhaps, he was always playing both sides of the fence in letters) to play the role of father. Benjamin Franklin notoriously engaged his own wife Deborah Reed in a very limited fashion in regards to intellectual pursuits, as she was petrified of travel (he loved travel) and shared very little interest in his inventions (in fact, some even scared her). Benjamin Franklin valued her as a wonderful house keeper and organizer who kept his businesses at home in place. However, he was also supremely cold to her and left to London for 15 years and even when she was getting sick and was begging him to come back to see her, he declined... and she eventually died before he got back. He also seemed more engaged mentally with his female pen pals.
So the honest assessment of Benjamin Franklin is a sort of almost pathetically lecherous flirtatious old man who always toys around the edges of accepted interactions with much younger females, but almost certainly rarely if ever acted on it.
He also famously wrote a screed explaining the virtues of going after old women sexually instead of young women
I hope it super similar to AC1 in terms of character depth and dialogue as well as general structure. ACII is clearly the better game of the two, but the characters and story were like a complete 180 in the wrong direction. Revelations started to fix that though. Will never get the love for Ezio or his batshit insane story. The best part of II was the very beginning before you even became an Assassin and apparently everyone else hated the beginning.
You hate options you don't even have to choose? Good for you.
IblisGinjo
Member
Awesome musical piece. I always wanted a Last of the Mohicans game.
FUBAR McDangles
Member
It didn't turn out as great as I wanted but I tried my hand at making the GI alternate cover a wallpaper. First wallpaper I've ever made.
Original
Into:
Wallpaper
*I didn't want to stretch the page so I made them links, not direct images. That's the only reason for that.
I wanted to keep it pretty minimalist on the sides to keep the emphasis on the actual cover art, but it still looks pretty plain. I might touch it up tomorrow or something, but right now I think it looks pretty decent.
Not sure what the policy is on posting this kind of stuff(I'm new, hence the "Junior Member" label over yonder), so if this is against some rule let me know.
Original
Into:
Wallpaper
*I didn't want to stretch the page so I made them links, not direct images. That's the only reason for that.
I wanted to keep it pretty minimalist on the sides to keep the emphasis on the actual cover art, but it still looks pretty plain. I might touch it up tomorrow or something, but right now I think it looks pretty decent.
Not sure what the policy is on posting this kind of stuff(I'm new, hence the "Junior Member" label over yonder), so if this is against some rule let me know.
I tried playing AC1 back when it was still fairly new (like, around 2008). I only played it for like 45 minutes and never really felt like going back. I remember thinking the combat wasn't very good. But apparently AC2 is a lot better, and this looks interesting, so I might try to get into the series again. The first one is only $15 and 2 is only $20 on amazon.
I'm considering just playing AC2 though. Can I jump right into that game, or do I really have to play the first one first?
I'm considering just playing AC2 though. Can I jump right into that game, or do I really have to play the first one first?
Jump right into ACII. There is a recap of the first game at the beginning.
*grumbles* Silly people and their inability to play through my fave AC game.
ArisenDragon
Member
People are saying this game looks like that movie The Last of the Mohicans, I never seen it before but apparently it is on netflix so I got to watch that now.