Is Ubisoft On Some Kind of Substance!? (Assasins Creed)

[JoeTheBro]

toastboy44562 said:

I just got Assassins Creed 4: Black Flag for the Xbox One. It is a good game but is Ubisoft on some kind of drug? The game is enjoyable but there are some things that are really bugging me. This is my first Assassins Creed game here's why I think Ubisoft is on drugs.

Reason 1: All the current day missions are horribly boring and unexciting. The graphics in the current day gameplay are twice as bad as the regular story. Why bother? If I wanted to play in goddamn first person then I wouldn't have bought Assassins Creed in the first place. Is Ubisoft stupid? They should eliminate the current day altogether and use that effort to polish the glitchy climbing and make the cutscenes for the actual game better. All that the present day missions do is add gimmiky features that confuse players.

Then you should be happy you're playing AC4 instead of the others. This is nothing compared to the present day stuff in other games.

Reason 2: The gameplay has really weird things in it. These are suppose to be games based on history with fictional characters. Why the fucks is there a 2-D water tornado everywhere I look? Why wouldn't Ubisoft use something more reasonable like a tital wave or a hurricane (those actually exist in the Caribbean).

As a young man I sailed the Caribbean on a pirate ship. Except for getting technical, I had no complaints. It felt very realistic and brought back tons of memories.

Reason 3: Complicated menus. It took me a while, as a new Assassins Creed player, to figure out how to upgrade everything and navigate the menus. There is a way to make the game more accessible to players while keeping all the features, why haven't they learned this? Most people picking this game up aren't going to take advantage of the game fully.

The menus are pretty bad. Stores and the ship menu worked good but the start one was just a mess.

Reason 4: Loading screens and performance. Why haven't Ubisoft released a patch to make the Xbox One version 1080p like they did for PS4? Because they are lazy and making enough money off microtransactions to even want to bother to make they're game the best it can be. This game would be even better if you didn't have a loading screen between getting on the boat and sailing. The game runs surprisingly smooth, I'm happy with that.

Sorry but the XBONE is not as strong as the PS4. With optimizations they could get it up there, but that's just like asking why there isn't a PS4 patch to make it 60fps. Most ports didn't have a loading screen between ship and land. The ones that did were pretty fast in the PS4 version. Would you be up for timing some specific ports to see if I just have more patience or if the PS4 is faster?

Also I didn't even notice microtransactions.

Reason 5: Stiff gameplay. Aiming with the boat is harder than it should be. Assassinating people on foot it very cool but climbing doesn't always work, it sometimes glitches up. Sometimes I want to run and it starts climbing for no reason. Sometimes I want to drop down and it doesn't want me to. Really annoying.

Fully agree. I found that turning with the camera offers much better control than turning with the left stick, but it's still pretty bad.

Reason 6: Collectibles. The fragments are not placed cleverly at all. Just boring and stupid to collect them. Treasure chest aren't hidden like they would normally be. They are just laying in the middle of villages. Ubisoft was high placing those. Chests don't give you that feeling like they are special, just a small amount of money. Boring. Treasure maps are cool and finding the buried chests is cool. Shanty's are frustrating to catch sometimes.

Ditto. I didn't even bother with collecting anything.

I'm only about 40% done with the game (total sync) and I haven't tried the online so far the game is a solid 7/10 but it could have been to much better had they listen to the things I posted here. The good things about the game (so far) is gameplay, though sometimes repetitive, keeps you hooked. The game's graphics look good on Xbox One, a lot better than PS3, Wii U, and 360 versions. Pirates are cool. 100+ hour game time to get 100%. I recommend the game, it just could have been to much better had it been polished more and dedicated for next gen systems.

I finished the campaign but didn't do a single side mission. Didn't do MP either but I'd give it an 8. Again I really loved the sailing because it brought back so many amazing memories for me.