Assassins Creed IV

[RaZ Vader]

A lot of people (myself included) loved the ship aspect of ACIII and would play the crap out of a game just based on that. However, I CERTAINLY would not buy a game that solely consisted of it. This is probably Ubi taking the rave reviews of this mode a bit too literally.

This will be one of those games that I pick up at Blockbuster to rent.

Blockbusters still exist? Lol

[Juggernaut9473]

Blockbusters still exist? Lol

News to me

[Maxdoggy]

I have one in my hometown and when I'm home I use the shit out of it to rent videogames and movies. I LOVE my Blockbuster.

[bazongaman502]

Blockbuster and Gamer Crazy are gone over here... basically i'll iv got is Gamefly

[Choca Cola]

My Blockbuster has been gone for years, and yeah news to me as well.

Note: Watch South Park, get minor laugh at current subject.

[Graycochea]

'Round these parts, Blockbuster, EB, and GameCrazy have all gone out of business. All we have is 3 Gamestops. EB actually turned into Gamestop, which explains the redundancy of having two Gamestops in one mall. We also have an Exchange, but that doesn't really count.

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Also, Assassin's Creed III completely killed the series for me. I don't know why, but after that game, I have no wish to play anymore Assassin's Creed games. It's really weird. I just didn't like it. I liked killing redcoats and that was about it.

[zZ Dr K Zz]

Connor was part of the reason that I turned sour towards the game as it went on. I just didn't like it him as an Assassin or a character, he was so bland and just...annoying most of the time.

I would of preferred to play as Haytham Kenway, he was so much more interesting and acted so much like an Assassin (although events at the end of the game belayed that).

Also, the game had so much damn busy work that it got annoying running from one place to another constantly.

The ship missions were cool! I had no problems with them at all, they were fun and unique! I'm looking forward to AC IV.

[Maxdoggy]

New ACIV Details Emerge: Set in the Caribbean, featuring Edward Kenway. http://www.gamespot.com/news/assassi...emerge-6404553


More interesting info relating to the XBL Marketplace sale and an Xbox 720 exclusivity deal with EA can be found here: https://twitter.com/joshpav/gamingnews

[Toast78901]

ACIII killed the series for me for so many reasons. Connor was bland. It was marketed as "ignite the revolution", but really didn't feel like it. There was only 1 battlefield scene, despite that being an aspect they marketed. And the end, as well as Desmond's storyline sucked ass. Now, I know we don't know for sure what Desmond's fate was. But let's assume that he did in fact die. Boom. you killed the series. AC was never about Altair, or Ezio, or Connor. It was about Desmond. And what did they do? Skimp on his character development, kill him off, oh, and NEVER HAD A POINT WHERE HE WAS THE ASSASSSIN. Aside from those few missions in ACIII where you went to go get those power sources, we never got to fully try Desmond out as an assassin. Which, for me at least, was highly disappointing. I felt like it was something that they had been hyping up for a while, and to be honest, I was expecting a game to come very soon where you only play as Desmond. It only made sense. If we don't get that, then all the other games fail to make sense in terms of looking at the series as a whole. In 1, he's kidnapped and introduced to the concept. In 2, he rescued and put in the Animus TO LEARN TO BE AN ASSASSIN. in Brotherhood, they were on the run, with Desmond trying to find a piece of Eden before the Templars could. We also learned about the Doomsday. In revelations, his mind was fragmenting. And then we get to 3 which implies that he's killed off. I mean, come on.

Many of you will probably dislike that rant of mine; many AC fans do. I usually feel as if I'm the only one who payed any attention to Desmond and how he was the central focus of the series. I also feel that very few people look at the series as a whole when evaluating any of the games, which I feel in this case shows ACIII to be quite a bit of a flop.

As far as ACIV? If Desmond is not there, I will not play it. In my mind there will have been no point to the previous games, making it not worth my time. If he is? I'll play through it on the grounds of me hoping that Ubisoft can redeem themselves.

[Graycochea]

ACIII killed the series for me for so many reasons. Connor was bland. It was marketed as "ignite the revolution", but really didn't feel like it. There was only 1 battlefield scene, despite that being an aspect they marketed. And the end, as well as Desmond's storyline sucked ass. Now, I know we don't know for sure what Desmond's fate was. But let's assume that he did in fact die. Boom. you killed the series. AC was never about Altair, or Ezio, or Connor. It was about Desmond. And what did they do? Skimp on his character development, kill him off, oh, and NEVER HAD A POINT WHERE HE WAS THE ASSASSSIN. Aside from those few missions in ACIII where you went to go get those power sources, we never got to fully try Desmond out as an assassin. Which, for me at least, was highly disappointing. I felt like it was something that they had been hyping up for a while, and to be honest, I was expecting a game to come very soon where you only play as Desmond. It only made sense. If we don't get that, then all the other games fail to make sense in terms of looking at the series as a whole. In 1, he's kidnapped and introduced to the concept. In 2, he rescued and put in the Animus TO LEARN TO BE AN ASSASSIN. in Brotherhood, they were on the run, with Desmond trying to find a piece of Eden before the Templars could. We also learned about the Doomsday. In revelations, his mind was fragmenting. And then we get to 3 which implies that he's killed off. I mean, come on.

Many of you will probably dislike that rant of mine; many AC fans do. I usually feel as if I'm the only one who payed any attention to Desmond and how he was the central focus of the series. I also feel that very few people look at the series as a whole when evaluating any of the games, which I feel in this case shows ACIII to be quite a bit of a flop.

As far as ACIV? If Desmond is not there, I will not play it. In my mind there will have been no point to the previous games, making it not worth my time. If he is? I'll play through it on the grounds of me hoping that Ubisoft can redeem themselves.

*slow clap that rises into thunderous applause*

I completely agree. I was hoping Desmond would get his own game too. If he doesn't, I'm done. I have seen the story as a whole and I love Desmond's character, they just haven't done much with him as the main character. That's a big part of why I don't have any wish to play IV. No Desmond, No Me.

Also, Desmond was already an Assassin, he just didn't have the skills because he left home as a teenager and never learned them, which is why they put him in the Animus. That's why they introduce the father.