Assassin's Creed Unity (next gen)

My thoughts after finishing 4.5 sequences.

Likes:

-Free running (not sure why shaqtus doesn't like it)
-Combat difficulty (I've been wanting something like this forever)
-Leveling up
-Story so far
-Looks beautiful
-Rift levels (I've only played the first one but it reminds me of the dream sequences in Arkham series)

Dislikes:

-Extragame activities being tied to important things like getting different robes (Initiates, companion app stuff)
-Framerate issues pop up randomly but are far and few in between
-Game freezes. Happened to me twice on the same day but never since.
-Got stuck in the theater while watching a play. Had to fast travel to get out of it.
-Modern day story is VERY lackluster.

[QUOTE=Thorpesaurous]Yeah, I really haven't gone through any of the sequences yet. I've mostly been hunting down chests and doing some side stuff, tracking down all the viewpoints.[/QUOTE]
Don't you need some more skills in order to loot some chests? And you only get those skills after sequences 2 and 5.

[QUOTE=nightprowler10]Don't you need some more skills in order to loot some chests? And you only get those skills after sequences 2 and 5.[/QUOTE]


I got through Sequence Two. I'm going after all the white chests, many of which now seem to be locked behind doors that I can't get behind. But for the most part I'm picking them up as I hit viewpoints. That's my goal as I go. And I do whatever other side missions I stumble across too. Along with picking up the random event stuff. I've tackled an awfull lot of purse thieves.

[QUOTE=Thorpesaurous]I got through Sequence Two. I'm going after all the white chests, many of which now seem to be locked behind doors that I can't get behind. But for the most part I'm picking them up as I hit viewpoints. That's my goal as I go. And I do whatever other side missions I stumble across too. Along with picking up the random event stuff. [B]I've tackled an awfull lot of purse thieves.[/B][/QUOTE]
Oh yeah, that ****s awesome. Soooo much better than chasing the Borgia couriers who could magically run and climb as good as Ezio.

[QUOTE=nightprowler10]My thoughts after finishing 4.5 sequences.

Likes:

-Free running (not sure why shaqtus doesn't like it)
-Combat difficulty (I've been wanting something like this forever)
-Leveling up
-Story so far
-Looks beautiful
-Rift levels (I've only played the first one but it reminds me of the dream sequences in Arkham series)

Dislikes:

-Extragame activities being tied to important things like getting different robes (Initiates, companion app stuff)
-Framerate issues pop up randomly but are far and few in between
-Game freezes. Happened to me twice on the same day but never since.
-Got stuck in the theater while watching a play. Had to fast travel to get out of it.
-Modern day story is VERY lackluster.[/QUOTE]


I finally hit all the Viewpoints. I've completely renovated The Theatre, and I have about 12K in cash still at the moment. And another 10K in Creed Points. I still haven't started Sequence 3, but it's time to start really playing now.

I agree with your list completely, at least from what I've played so far. It really aggravates me with the non-game stuff tied in.

[QUOTE=nightprowler10]My thoughts after finishing 4.5 sequences.

Likes:

-Free running (not sure why shaqtus doesn't like it)[/QUOTE]

It's not so bad now, just had to get used to it.

I also upgraded my lockpick all the way, otherwise those chests are damn near impossible to open which is really annoying. My belt only holds 5 lockpicks and I usually go through 2 picks on the 3 lock chests.

For the cafe theatres how do they yield more money? I've bought every single one, and renovated the main one all the way, yet my yield money is still really low.

[QUOTE=Thorpesaurous]I finally hit all the Viewpoints. I've completely renovated The Theatre, and I have about 12K in cash still at the moment. And another 10K in Creed Points. I still haven't started Sequence 3, but it's time to start really playing now. [/QUOTE]
That's a lot of cash. I'm basically mission to mission right now, as in I only refill consumables when I get mission completion cash, so I never have more than 1500 in my pocket. What would you say was the most profitable activity?

Actually that's another thing I like about this game, cash is not easy to come by, and the only way you can get certain consumables is by buying them. This adds a layer of difficulty we never had before.

Anyway, finished sequence 5 last night. I'm liking Arno more and more as the game progresses. Seems to have a Nathan Drake type personality.

I also did my first co-op mission last night with a coworker. Basically, all those missions that say 4 players max, it doesn't mean you can play them with 2 apparently. So when my friend and I joined it hooked us up with 2 randoms. This was a good thing because the mission would've been too long without them. I was a bit confused at first with regards to what the goal was but I also had a 4 month old baby trying to get my attention, so yeah. But it was fun. The eagle vision as modified in Black Flag REALLY comes in handy here. At one point I was stuck trying to battle 7 guards while not having great melee stats, and I'm like where the **** is everybody else? So I turn on the eagle vision and see all of them are in the next building over actually doing the mission. Whoops. So I hightailed it out of there. I got enough creed points by finishing this and sequence 5 to upgrade my health and get double air assassination.

Also, though I had to quit the game after the co-op, it looks like you can roam Paris with your friends. So you don't join a co-op mission and then your friends join you, rather you join them on the streets and then go look for missions.

Really fun. Can't wait to get back on and do the heist missions. Are there still people in this thread waiting to see how this turns out? I'd say from what I've seen so far, this game is worth the $. And if you find a great deal on black Friday, it'd be stupid not to get it for someone that likes AC. Just ignore the critics on this one IMO.

[QUOTE=Le Shaqtus]It's not so bad now, just had to get used to it.

I also upgraded my lockpick all the way, otherwise those chests are damn near impossible to open which is really annoying. My belt only holds 5 lockpicks and I usually go through 2 picks on the 3 lock chests.

For the cafe theatres how do they yield more money? I've bought every single one, and renovated the main one all the way, yet my yield money is still really low.[/QUOTE]

You must be pretty far into the game to be able to buy that. Isn't that shit incredibly expensive? Or can you get creed points by doing other stuff?

Also, didn't realize there were other cafe theaters.

Ordered it from gamefly since I got a free trial. Your reviews pushed me to do it.:oldlol: Might be the type of AC game that really only appeals to the hardcore AC players (like Revelations). Looks like it brought back my other least favorite aspect of the games (after the stupid bombs) the lock picking shit. :facepalm

[QUOTE=nightprowler10]That's a lot of cash. I'm basically mission to mission right now, as in I only refill consumables when I get mission completion cash, so I never have more than 1500 in my pocket. What would you say was the most profitable activity?

Actually that's another thing I like about this game, cash is not easy to come by, and the only way you can get certain consumables is by buying them. This adds a layer of difficulty we never had before.

Anyway, finished sequence 5 last night. I'm liking Arno more and more as the game progresses. Seems to have a Nathan Drake type personality.

I also did my first co-op mission last night with a coworker. Basically, all those missions that say 4 players max, it doesn't mean you can play them with 2 apparently. So when my friend and I joined it hooked us up with 2 randoms. This was a good thing because the mission would've been too long without them. I was a bit confused at first with regards to what the goal was but I also had a 4 month old baby trying to get my attention, so yeah. But it was fun. The eagle vision as modified in Black Flag REALLY comes in handy here. At one point I was stuck trying to battle 7 guards while not having great melee stats, and I'm like where the **** is everybody else? So I turn on the eagle vision and see all of them are in the next building over actually doing the mission. Whoops. So I hightailed it out of there. I got enough creed points by finishing this and sequence 5 to upgrade my health and get double air assassination.

Also, though I had to quit the game after the co-op, it looks like you can roam Paris with your friends. So you don't join a co-op mission and then your friends join you, rather you join them on the streets and then go look for missions.

Really fun. Can't wait to get back on and do the heist missions. Are there still people in this thread waiting to see how this turns out? I'd say from what I've seen so far, this game is worth the $. And if you find a great deal on black Friday, it'd be stupid not to get it for someone that likes AC. Just ignore the critics on this one IMO.



You must be pretty far into the game to be able to buy that. Isn't that shit incredibly expensive? Or can you get creed points by doing other stuff?

Also, didn't realize there were other cafe theaters.[/QUOTE]


Going from viewpoint to viewpoint, I seemingly checked on every white chest out there, and the majority of the red ones, even though most I couldn't open yet. That's probably where most of my money came from.
I didn't spend much of anything on equipment yet. I have the best of the mid range swords, it was about 5K. And I bought a belt for about the same price range that allows me to carry way more gear. I can carry 19 lock picks I think.

Other than that I dumped all my money into the theatre, which is now yielding me I wanna say 750 bucks every couple of hours.

Most of my creed points went toward my health, but I seem to be at a point where I can't upgrade anything in spite of all the points, I think because I really need to do some missions. I seemed to get most of them by doing random events, hitting viewpoints, cutting out alarm bells, tackling thieves and the like. I know I'm up to completing 40 public events now, like the tackling and killing thieves. And that went up by fives and I got creed points for every list I completed. The last list yielded a lot of money and creed points.

I also did solved two of the symbol riddle things. That yielded creed points. And did a bunch of the theatre missions and some of the other side mission stuff that was rated at two stars or less. My guy is still at one star.

How many stars do you guys rate out at at this point?

And has anyone used the stupid app?

I finally found it today, and it prompted me to use WiFi to download it because it's so big. I really don't want an app that big on my phone. So I figured I'd pull it down on my tablet when I get home. I really just want to open the stupid blue chests. I've collected a handfull of those Nomad points, and they seem to do nothing, and at least one of them just won't collect even when I'm standing right on it.

I've also gotten over 50 of those cockades by the way, and that yielded a good amount of Creed Points. My thinking is that when I start moving through the story, I'll be able to upgrade in big chunks since I've gotten such a big head start on the collectables.

[QUOTE=Thorpesaurous]Going from viewpoint to viewpoint, I seemingly checked on every white chest out there, and the majority of the red ones, even though most I couldn't open yet. That's probably where most of my money came from.
I didn't spend much of anything on equipment yet. I have the best of the mid range swords, it was about 5K. And I bought a belt for about the same price range that allows me to carry way more gear. I can carry 19 lock picks I think.

Other than that I dumped all my money into the theatre, which is now yielding me I wanna say 750 bucks every couple of hours.

Most of my creed points went toward my health, but I seem to be at a point where I can't upgrade anything in spite of all the points, I think because I really need to do some missions. I seemed to get most of them by doing random events, hitting viewpoints, cutting out alarm bells, tackling thieves and the like. I know I'm up to completing 40 public events now, like the tackling and killing thieves. And that went up by fives and I got creed points for every list I completed. The last list yielded a lot of money and creed points.

I also did solved two of the symbol riddle things. That yielded creed points. And did a bunch of the theatre missions and some of the other side mission stuff that was rated at two stars or less. My guy is still at one star.

How many stars do you guys rate out at at this point?[/QUOTE]
Thanks for that. I need to go hunting for these things cuz I is broke.

I think the star rating is dependent on the storyline. My rank went up to 2 stars after sequence 5. I'm a soldier now.

[QUOTE=nightprowler10]Thanks for that. I need to go hunting for these things cuz I is broke.

I think the star rating is dependent on the storyline. My rank went up to 2 stars after sequence 5. I'm a soldier now.[/QUOTE]


I got upgraded to soldier last night too, but my star ranking stayed at one ... at least I think it did.

My sister said this is her favourite Assassin's Creed game. That and II.

Am I missing out on Unity cuz i'm playing Rogue.

[QUOTE=Thorpesaurous]I got upgraded to soldier last night too, but my star ranking stayed at one ... at least I think it did.[/QUOTE]
Assassin rank must be independent of the star rating. Maybe it's story dependent, which makes little sense to me.

[QUOTE=Shade8780]My sister said this is her favourite Assassin's Creed game. That and II.[/QUOTE]

I'm not even halfway through so I can't rank it yet, but there are certain things this game really gets right for the first time ever. I love the mission designs so far. I just did a mission in sequence 6 that had a lot of framerate issues, but the actual mission was awesome and required a lot of planning. There seem to be more than one way to do things as you get further into the game, in this sense the missions remind me of older Splinter Cell games.

PS: Upgrade the hell out of your lockpicking skill before starting the first sequence 6 mission. It'll make things a LOT easier.

[QUOTE=Noob Saibot]Am I missing out on Unity cuz i'm playing Rogue.[/QUOTE]

I would say you're doing it the right way. I am planning on buying Rogue on black friday if I can, but it's going to be excruciating to play a reskin of Black Flag after this.