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I did have the hunter armor, and I have killed the witch. Managed to kill Vicar Amelia yesterday while waiting for RDR2 to install the disk.
I find that the way from the witch and to the cathedral is a really good place for farming blood echoes. Now I have finally entered the woods. Its nice to finally get to a new area, but the guy with the gattling gun still annoys me. Would like to kill him, but they have patched the glitch where he would fall off the tower (I checked and tried many times)
I use the hunters axe and extend it, feel like I can better manage the enemies with a little distance. But I have also figured out that I should probably develop some parry skills with the gun. It just won't let me equip it for some reason. Don't know what I'm doing wrong
And thanks for recommending uncharted, that's a lot of fun. Working on #3 right now.
The Shop
Note: For some reason clicking the link doesn't redirect properly so just copy paste the link in the search bar and it'll take you to all the PS4 games they have on sale. If you have an Xbox One just filter the results for that console.
https://store.ubi.com/ca/black-friday/ps4/?lang=en
I can't see the US prices but here's some of the prices in CAD to give you an idea.
Tom Clancy's Rainbox Six Siege for $15
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildland for $20
Watch Dogs 2 for $20
Far Cry 5 for $26
The Crew 2 for $26
Assassin's Creed Origins for $30
Assassin's Creed Syndicate $15
Assassin's Creed Black Flag for $12
Assassin's Creed Unity for $10
Also; Alien Isolation deserves a mention too - one of my absolute favourite games in recent yrs.
The only major AC game (apart from Odyssey) I haven’t completed is Rogue. Bought the remastered this summer,, did a few mission, free roamed for a bit and thought «screw this». It felt so old and like Black Flag had been turned into the boring AC3. It will be a hard one to complete
i've been playing it non-stop from when i get home to when i go to bed for the last week. game is so fuckin' awesome. i never knew how much fun it would be to swing around NYC but holy shit they nailed it. the combat is really rewarding and fast-paced as well. after playing mainly serious games for the past few years, this was a really refreshing and FUN experience.
awesome game. 9/10
(only con is the side activities can be a little repetitive, but there is so much to do and the story is just awesome)
i've played every Elder Scrolls game, Skyrim was my favorite and i bet i have a couple hundred hours on it alone.
i had Witcher 3 to the final fight for about a year and a half and finally finished it a short time ago. that game was awesome, but i felt like the pacing of Geralt's power was a little off. i went from getting smoked by the easiest enemies to a straight up merciless genocidal maniac.
i never tried any of the DLC but i heard it was good too. Geralt was a boss. have you seen the new Netflix trailer about the Witcher? they cast Henry Cavill (Superman) as Geralt and he legit has a fuckin' platinum blonde wig from the local Spirit Halloween store lol
i just started it last night about 7:00pm, before i realized what had happened it was 1:30am...
fun game. the combat is really hard to get used to at first, the buttons are just weird. also there's no dedicated "run" button so i'm always running into shit. i can't believe how different it is than Black Flag, which felt really solid to me.
i will say that there is SO much to do though, i haven't even gotten off the first island yet and i soaked 5 hours into it already. i'm looking forward to getting more used to the controls, i think my problem is i've been playing Spiderman (which is fuckin' amazing) and the controls are really really precise.
also the loot system is kinda weird, i'm constantly picking up better weapons and gear but i'm wondering if there is a point that i stop swapping things out and build a badass outfit and weapons. i'm constantly swapping for better gear.
fun game, will give it a lot more time to really come up with a good feel for it but so far i think i like Black Flag more. maybe that will change once i get a ship.
ps... i started as Alexio but i couldn't stand his voice lol so i restarted as Kassandra and i like her, i never play as a female character so it's cool. and so far she is a raging lesbo and ruthless killer.
I completed the entire game. I believe I have over 160 hours in the game. Now I'm waiting for them to release the DLC episodes.
The combat wasn't that difficult for me to get used to since I played Assassin's Creed Origins. I believed that's when they changed the combat system. If you haven't played that one, that might be why it's taking you time to get the hang of it.
You'll need A LOT of resources (metal, wood, money, etc.) to upgrade your ship. Picking up weapons off dead soldiers helps a lot with that. Dismantle them or sell them at the blacksmith for cash if you're in need of funds. Loot everything you can as you enter camps, fortresses, etc.
As Kassandra levels up so will the enemy soldiers and regions so you'll constantly be upgrading your gear for better stuff. I think the level cap has now been increased to 70. The legendary gear has a gold background and I believe epic gear has a purple background. I eventually settled on an entire set of gold gear but if you like a certain look, say you like something that looks cool but that gear is only level 12 but Kassandra is now level 20 you can go to the blacksmith and pay to upgrade your stuff to level 20. There's so many different looks you can achieve. I only upgraded lower level gear once or twice and upgraded one of the legendary set once because I liked it more than the other sets.
One thing I really like is that once you level up and get ability points you don't have to upgrade everything shown in the ability tree. You can pick and choose what you want. Some of them you'll only be able to upgrade/select once you upgrade the spear.
The map is massive. I think it might be the biggest one they ever did for the AC franchise. It takes a long time to unlock all the quick travel points but they come in very handy.
I enjoyed Assassin's Creed Odyssey just as much as Assassin's Creed Origins. Both of those games are set in really cool time periods. Ancient Greece and Egypt.
I won't spoil it for you but you'll have to make some critical decisions along the way that really affects the outcome. Fortunately, I somehow lucked out in the end.
thanks for the tips, it is a completely different game than Black Flag so i just need to get into the swing of the gameplay. crazy how much faster the horse is than running on foot. can't wait to get a ship too, that was my favorite part of Black Flag.
Pit Row
The ship battles are pretty good. Gets a bit difficult when it's 3-4 against you. There's Spartan & Athenian ships you can battle with. Those are easy to distinguish from their colors. There's also pirate ships that roam the seas. Those I believe have black sails. Just like Black Flag you can choose to sink them or board the ships.
If your ship is getting low on health, board an enemy ship the first chance you get. That way once you kill all the enemies aboard, your ship will regenerate to full health. Not only that but I believe you get more loot supplies when you board an enemy ship instead of sinking it.
If you get a big enough bounty on your head mercenaries will start to hunt you down. Those fuckers can be a pain in the ass. I think the most I've had after me was 5 or 6. They just kept coming. To get them off your ass you can pay the bounty if you have enough cash by bringing up the map and pressing triangle or kill the guy that put the bounty on your head. Those guys are usually found in camps or forts with a red icon over their heads.
Forgot to mention, whatever you do don't try and swim from island to island. Unlike the previous games when you jump off your ship and swim away there's no random stranger that comes to pick you up in a small boat. You're left shit out of luck. It's not that bad when you have a lot of viewpoints/islands unlocked but if you don't you might be forced to fast travel to one end of the map, go to the dock, call your ship and then sail all the way across to where you were.
https://youtu.be/NJpD-DllvnU
Mind you I came off a rdr2 binge, and the pace there is super slow
Like I told Peelout, before I played Odyssey I played Origins and I believe that's when they switched the mechanics of the gameplay. Because of that I didn't notice any changes but if you haven't played Origins that could be why it's different.
I enjoyed both those AC games.
@Peelout
I forgot to mention don't expect cannons onboard your ship. Makes sense given the timeline of the game. There's only spears and arrows/fire arrows.
and like Sunhouse said, in certain situations the on-foot and horse movement is WAY too fast. i'm plowing into shit like Mike Alessi on my horse, and on foot i screw up silent kills a lot by bumping into them before i get the button prompt.
in Odyssey, i'm just about to meet The Wolf, so i've got about 11 hours in. i do enjoy the game, the Abilities seem pretty deep and i like that you can re-distribute them.
one of my biggest griefs though is the sword-play just isn't that fluid. trying to time a Parry really slows things down. it seems like if you wait for them to start the swing then you'll be too late, so you're basically hitting the Parry button for a couple seconds waiting for them to swing. the dodge seems really wonky too. half the time i get hit even when i Parry or Dodge at the right time. the bow is almost useless in combat, it's decent in stealth but combat it's too slow and too weak to even make it worth using. just seems like the Warrior class is severely under-powered. and the enemies are fuckin' sword sponges, some of them are near impossible to wear down.
i play these games as an Assassin using stealth 90% of the time, so on that end the game is awesome. i love the ranged stealth kill that you can chain together. that and the Spartan Kick make the game for me. clearing a fort or camp without being seen is awesome and booting some poor fucker off a cliff or bridge is satisfying and hilarious. i laugh every time.
don't get me wrong, i still really like the game but in my humble opinion it's not as good as Black Flag in almost every category. i'm only level 10, so i'm still early into the game and will give it a full gameplay. i can see this being one that i complete every side-mission and find every collectible.
My weapon of choice has always been the two swords. Heavy weapons are great when facing a single opponent since they deal a lot of damage but most of the time if you're detected you're faced with multiple enemies and it's just too slow.
I agree on the bow. It's great when it comes to stealth and killing animals but other than that not very effective, especially if the soldier has a shield. I rarely used it.
Speaking of shields, that's one of the abilities/perk I added to my character early on. The shield break makes a big difference in combat. Once you make the opponents drop their shields they don't pick it back up making it easier to defeat them.
The spartan kick is definitely hilarious to use.
I've mentioned it before but since you like Black Flag keep an eye out for the game called Skull & Bones. It's scheduled to be released sometime in 2019. I'm definitely getting this one and I'm pretty confident it's something you'll enjoy.
Take a look at this trailer.
https://youtu.be/hjC8_av7hhU
Gameplay footage.
https://youtu.be/6CEIih2jVz8
Extended gameplay footage.
https://youtu.be/y1G8NsAxCC0
@both: do you think the rumors are true about next AC being either Feudal China or Japan? The art released was officially from Ubisoft alledgedly. That would be so sweet.
Skull & Bones is basically sea combat from BLack Flag remastered. Will be interesting to see which new features they add
Signs are pointing to that era so hopefully that's the case.
I wouldn't mind if it was set in the Ming Dynasty/China era either. That would also be cool.
i wish someone would remake the Ninja Gaiden games or a new iteration
that Skull and Bones looks awesome, as long as it's not a Multiplayer-Only game then i'll be all in
I hope they release a patch because if they don't I would have to delete the game, reinstall it and complete it all over again just so that I can unlock the special weapons for completing those things.
If that's the case I don't see myself doing that again. Not for 3 or 4 weapons.
I've always enjoyed playing conquest over the other modes. Tides of War sounds like fun though.
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