Assassin's Creed Origins - it's an RPG now

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

http://imgur.com/a/rvII0

 

[Alienman]

Cleopatra was the first assassin.

 

[Atlantico]

This game series keeps popping up every now and then, Ubi gave me a copy of ACIII for free and it even spawned a movie.

This is popular and has fans. I just can't get myself to play any of those games, everything about them seem so.. meh.. undercooked and uninspired. A game that only a corporation could make.

 

[TT1]

From the neogaf thread:

"Here's a detailed list from HungryGhost57 on the article and what it mentions, get ready.

Spoiler

All new info:
• Started working on game before unity
• Brand new fighting system
• New A.I.
• No minimap but a elder scrolls type compass at top
• No more sprinting button, speed depends on analog stick
• Crouching is back
• Story is being kept a secret
• Eagle vision is a subtle pulse that highlights objects not enemies
• Takes place during the ascent and reign of cleopatra
• You can climb everything in the game
• Large and small cities with many landmarks including Memphis and Alexandria
• The controllable eagle leak was true
• NPC's have a day/night cycle and includes time for them to eat, sleep, work, and "answer the call of nature"
• Attack buttons are the right shoulder and trigger
• A.I. does not take turns to attack
• New combat system is more hit-box driven
• As you fight, an adrenaline gauge fills up, and when both attack buttons are pressed powerful attacks are unleashed
• Left shoulder button is lock on
• There are treasures to find in the depths of the water (sunken ships, long-forgotten ruins)
• Stat element of customization is removed
• New gear system where players can improve specific parts of your gear by crafting materials
• Leveling system that has a level cap of 40
• Bayek is not the only playable character in the game but that character is a secret
• There are legendary items to loot in the game
• You can add blocked arrows to your inventory
• You can no longer one hit enemies that are more powerful than you with your hidden blade
• Buttons for free-running up and down are removed
• Puzzles are back but more challenging and less switches
• Much more in depth ability graph with 3 paths (Seer, Warrior, Hunter)
• There are gladiator battles in arenas"

 

[Infinitron]

Cleopatra was the first assassin.

lol if there's actually a "Cleopatra" in this game the nerdrage will be epic

Probably won't be though, Assassin's Creed doesn't go that far in historical inaccuracy.

Whoops!

 

[Alienman]

This game series keeps popping up every now and then, Ubi gave me a copy of ACIII for free and it even spawned a movie.

This is popular and has fans. I just can't get myself to play any of those games, everything about them seem so.. meh.. undercooked and uninspired. A game that only a corporation could make.

I really liked the first two games. The first game felt "next-gen" when it was released I remember, even if it was repetitive. I know many disliked the Sci-Fi aspect of the game, but I loved it. I felt it was one of the strong points of the game. In other words I liked the Desmond sections. Those sections didn't have any hand-holding and you could experiment with different things which in turn spawned different cut-scenes and I think the ending got affected as well. Second one had a funny & charming protagonist and the story felt tight. One thing I really enjoyed with the second game was uncovering the secret of the origins of the humans. They had some really nasty puzzles you had to look for and solve, really enjoyable. Brotherhood was okay, but the rest after that is pretty much shit. I haven't played the fourth game in the series though, but I have heard it is enjoyable but worse than Brotherhood.

 

[Alienman]

Cleopatra was the first assassin.

lol if there's actually a "Cleopatra" in this game the nerdrage will be epic

Probably won't be though, Assassin's Creed doesn't go that far in historical inaccuracy.

Caesar will be templar

 

[Rev]

This game series keeps popping up every now and then, Ubi gave me a copy of ACIII for free and it even spawned a movie.

This is popular and has fans. I just can't get myself to play any of those games, everything about them seem so.. meh.. undercooked and uninspired. A game that only a corporation could make.

I really liked the first two games. The first game felt "next-gen" when it was released I remember, even if it was repetitive. I know many disliked the Sci-Fi aspect of the game, but I loved it. I felt it was one of the strong points of the game. In other words I liked the Desmond sections. Those sections didn't have any hand-holding and you could experiment with different things which in turn spawned different cut-scenes and I think the ending got affected as well. Second one had a funny & charming protagonist and the story felt tight. One thing I really enjoyed with the second game was uncovering the secret of the origins of the humans. They had some really nasty puzzles you had to look for and solve, really enjoyable. Brotherhood was okay, but the rest after that is pretty much shit. I haven't played the fourth game in the series though, but I have heard it is enjoyable but worse than Brotherhood.

Are you really praising AC 2 for its story? A game which had a boss fight with the fucking Pope holding a magic spectre and casting magic at you?

 

[Alienman]

Yeah I thought it was awesome

Well, okay it felt a bit weird maybe, but it wasn't really worse than the boss fight in the first game. Just goes to show that those artifacts are really fucking powerful.

 

[TT1]

Cleopatra was the first assassin.

lol if there's actually a "Cleopatra" in this game the nerdrage will be epic

Probably won't be though, Assassin's Creed doesn't go that far in historical inaccuracy.

Caesar will be templar

WHAT?????

Knights Templar was founded in 1119.

 

[commie]

This game series keeps popping up every now and then, Ubi gave me a copy of ACIII for free and it even spawned a movie.

This is popular and has fans. I just can't get myself to play any of those games, everything about them seem so.. meh.. undercooked and uninspired. A game that only a corporation could make.

I really liked the first two games. The first game felt "next-gen" when it was released I remember, even if it was repetitive. I know many disliked the Sci-Fi aspect of the game, but I loved it. I felt it was one of the strong points of the game. In other words I liked the Desmond sections. Those sections didn't have any hand-holding and you could experiment with different things which in turn spawned different cut-scenes and I think the ending got affected as well. Second one had a funny & charming protagonist and the story felt tight. One thing I really enjoyed with the second game was uncovering the secret of the origins of the humans. They had some really nasty puzzles you had to look for and solve, really enjoyable. Brotherhood was okay, but the rest after that is pretty much shit. I haven't played the fourth game in the series though, but I have heard it is enjoyable but worse than Brotherhood.

There was nothing good about the Sci-Fi shit. No different ending, everything linear. You went around picking shit up or not. Whole game series would have been better without that as it's clear that they had no idea what to do with the story and how to shoehorn it into the historical world. It just kind of petered out with ever more ludicrous additions that got in the way. Eventually it all became a parody with the whole Abstergo Entertainment game within a game thing from AC4 onward. Wish it just ran as a historical open world adventure without that distraction as the actual worlds Ubi creates are great looking and fun to wander around in. They just forget to put a compelling narrative and gameplay to go along with it for much of the series.

Cleopatra was the first assassin.

lol if there's actually a "Cleopatra" in this game the nerdrage will be epic

Probably won't be though, Assassin's Creed doesn't go that far in historical inaccuracy.

Caesar will be templar

WHAT?????

Knights Templar was founded in 1119.

They'll just make it so the Reptilians created the precursors to the Templars to try and recover the Apples of Eden before the 'Templar' age and it will all fit.

 

[Forest Dweller]

Cleopatra was the first assassin.

lol if there's actually a "Cleopatra" in this game the nerdrage will be epic

Probably won't be though, Assassin's Creed doesn't go that far in historical inaccuracy.

Are you saying she wasn't real?

 

[Infinitron]

Cleopatra was the first assassin.

lol if there's actually a "Cleopatra" in this game the nerdrage will be epic

Probably won't be though, Assassin's Creed doesn't go that far in historical inaccuracy.

Are you saying she wasn't real?

The game is set in Pharaonic Egypt centuries before the Greeks and Romans.

 

[Forest Dweller]

Yeah but she was real, wasn't she?

 

[JarlFrank]

This game series keeps popping up every now and then, Ubi gave me a copy of ACIII for free and it even spawned a movie.

This is popular and has fans. I just can't get myself to play any of those games, everything about them seem so.. meh.. undercooked and uninspired. A game that only a corporation could make.

I really liked the first two games. The first game felt "next-gen" when it was released I remember, even if it was repetitive. I know many disliked the Sci-Fi aspect of the game, but I loved it. I felt it was one of the strong points of the game. In other words I liked the Desmond sections. Those sections didn't have any hand-holding and you could experiment with different things which in turn spawned different cut-scenes and I think the ending got affected as well. Second one had a funny & charming protagonist and the story felt tight. One thing I really enjoyed with the second game was uncovering the secret of the origins of the humans. They had some really nasty puzzles you had to look for and solve, really enjoyable. Brotherhood was okay, but the rest after that is pretty much shit. I haven't played the fourth game in the series though, but I have heard it is enjoyable but worse than Brotherhood.

There was nothing good about the Sci-Fi shit. No different ending, everything linear. You went around picking shit up or not. Whole game series would have been better without that as it's clear that they had no idea what to do with the story and how to shoehorn it into the historical world. It just kind of petered out with ever more ludicrous additions that got in the way. Eventually it all became a parody with the whole Abstergo Entertainment game within a game thing from AC4 onward. Wish it just ran as a historical open world adventure without that distraction as the actual worlds Ubi creates are great looking and fun to wander around in. They just forget to put a compelling narrative and gameplay to go along with it for much of the series.

This. I only played the three games featuring Ezio, but every time the game sent me back to the present day to do some shit with Desmond I hoped it would be over quickly cause I wanna go back to exploring the historical city. The scifi shit was superfluos and uninteresting.

 

[RNGsus]

Cleopatra was the first Pope (her name means Keys to the Fatherland). The Nile gods were Venusians and the Indo-European gods were Martians. God was Heremes Trimegestus, a renegade Venusian working both sides of Cosmic Law from a homebrewed VR. Moses was his Avatar... should I proceed? Oh yeah, the Dogon are the wise negroes of the one true aliens.

 

[Alienman]

Guess you guys don't like Dan Brown schlock

 

[vonAchdorf]

The game is set in Pharaonic Egypt centuries before the Greeks and Romans.

The GAF quote above says:

• Takes place during the ascent and reign of cleopatra

I know GAF and everything, but the power struggle / civil war seems to be a good setting for the Assassins / Templar dualism, especially when they can bring well known figures like Caesar in.

(The Medjay probably didn't exist in Cleo's time anymore though, but thats something they can easily change.)

 

[Infinitron]

The game is set in Pharaonic Egypt centuries before the Greeks and Romans.

The GAF quote above says:

• Takes place during the ascent and reign of cleopatra

I know GAF and everything, but the power struggle / civil war seems to be a good setting for the Assassins / Templar dualism, especially when they can bring well known figures like Caesar in.

"Medjay" in Ptolemaic Egypt? Ok....

 

[RNGsus]

"Medjay" in Ptolemaic Egypt? Ok....

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Black Flag is the best in the series - cruising around the Caribbean on your own ship, beautiful locations and a crazy amount of polish. If this is the same team that made that, then yeah, it's gonna be good.

I just hope they keep it authentic and aren't tempted to dumb it down to appease the "We want Cleopatra/Caesar" crowd who have appeared in this thread.

 

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

The game is set in Pharaonic Egypt centuries before the Greeks and Romans.

The GAF quote above says:

• Takes place during the ascent and reign of cleopatra

I know GAF and everything, but the power struggle / civil war seems to be a good setting for the Assassins / Templar dualism, especially when they can bring well known figures like Caesar in.

"Medjay" in Ptolemaic Egypt? Ok....

 

[vonAchdorf]

"Medjay" in Ptolemaic Egypt? Ok....

Yes, I probably added that part while you replied.

Anyway, Ptolemaic period seems to be settled. Ancient Egypt is probably too "foreign" for the audience. Tutankhamun is too unimportant and I don't think they want to press Aton'ism vs. the old gods in their game, because while the concepts are still important / understood today, it's too much for a AAA game.

I wonder if Cleopatra will look black / Nubian in the game.

 

[Atlantico]

Bing image search is broken on my end, I get no porn of any kind when I look up Nubian.

 

[RNGsus]

I wonder if Cleopatra will look black / Nubian in the game.

Mark Antony will be a Nubian lesbian.