S.T.A.G.E. on 02 November 2012
| Kantor said: Well this seems to have become the AC3 discussion thread, so: -Connor is wooden and I don't like him at all. -Do you support the revolutionaries or are you just using them? Make up your damned mind already. -On the other hand, I have a newfound respect for Shaun, and William seems like a nice guy, if a little too intense. -Achilles is great. -Haytham was cool. I miss Haytham. -The combat is largely the same as before, except even simpler, because apparently it wasn't easy enough already. -Why can't I grab ledges when I'm falling? -I do like how it's more difficult to use firearms now with the long reload times. -Boston is completely empty. Seriously. Florence, Venice, Rome and Constantinople all had shops on every street corner. Tailors, blacksmiths, doctors. Boston has like three general stores and nothing else. -Climbing now involves no skill at all since everything is automated. Climbing trees is really cool, though, and running between them is even better, -Mail delivery is the worst filler I have ever seen. -Recruiting assassins actually requires some effort now. Nice. -Horses are back! -I love the naval missions and Fort Wolcott especially. The other forts are pretty lame because you can just run in and gung-ho the entire thing. Better than AC1, better than Revelations, not as good as AC2 or Brotherhood. On the whole, I'm a little bit disappointed, and it's about an 8.5 for me so far. |
Its funny that you say the combat is simpler, because it's become more complex. It forces you to think on your feet even though it isnt exactly that challenging. You have a way to fight for specific tiers of guards. level one guards are easy to just hack n slash. Commanders must be parried and then attacked. Larger attackers who generally reverse straight forward attacks must be parried and in the midst of that parry connect to a throw and then attack when their back is facing you. Either that or I take the rifle of those I kill and just shoot them quickly.
