We Take Assassin's Creed For Granted
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
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I can’t help but feel as though the entire gaming community takes Ubisoft and, more specifically, Assassins Creed for granted. We expect massive open worlds that work flawlessly and we don’t want to give them the shout out that they deserve when they achieve what was previously impossible. Technologically speaking these games are remarkable, constantly pushing the boundary and redefining what is possible. You may not enjoy AC games but you have to admit that what they achieve release after release, year after year, is wildly impressive and we should give the talented artists and developers behind these games the credit they deserve.
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Anyone who says Origins is exactly the same as every other AC game has clearly not played it.
TheEzio1991 I agree there is too much to do in AC Origins and AC Odyssey both games have amazing gameplay and you will play for 200 hours easily
@@medpol what
When I fully finished Origins and Odyssey. I just felt this sadness.. wonderful games. Funny enough I never finished Valhalla
@@pietrobonaldoodyssey isnt that bad tho
I worked on Origins for 2 years, I thank you sir for this video.
Alfredo Cristinziano if true, thank you for this game, truly amazing
Frankly speaking, I actually liked the old AC formula but this game....... It just made me bonkers... Thanks a ton for making this game sir
absolute masterpiece!
wait do you mean you worked on it like in the sense that it was your job??? BRO.
GOOD
JOB
this game is so good. SO good
@@KulveTarothsNightGown I am a texture artist :)
After watching all of your AC reviews, and this video, you finally convinced me to try AC again after I abandoned it in Revelations.
I just got Black Flag, Unity and Syndicate in a discounted bundle, I just started playing Black Flag and it shut my mouth.
AC...I'm back!
But revelations wasn't bad....was it?
@@i.cyarrell I dont think it was but the main problem was Revelations and Brotherhood were basically the same game as 2.
Play Rogue it's so good honestly.
Being that closed minded really locks out great games for people.
People say the Ezio Trilogy is the best. Combat mechanics are more complex and people love the story, and I agree. I love Origins - the story was great as is the world (as this video explains), but the combat system in the older ACs is better.
You know, you can say whatever you want about AC's gameplay, about how it's always the same game with a different coat of paint or whatever, hell maybe you'll even be right... however, as an avid fan of both history and video games, exploring all these painstakingly detailed settings through my favorite entertainment medium is just mesmerizing for me.
I love that you can visit actual historic sites, not only do you get that but a detailed history of it.
Agreed.A truly amazing yet criminally uncrowded market.
Redgrave192 the only people who hate on assassins creed are people too dumb enough to play it. The amount of history that I’ve learned by playing every game is insane. The games are flawless and I’ve always wanted a free running parkour game before ac came out and no one got it right. When the first assassins creed came out I was instantly in love with the parkour even though it still wasn’t at its best but now with origins having automatic sprinting made it so you don’t have to hold a or x to run so you don’t accidentally jump off a ledge
Redgrave192 yes but when the creators don't give a shit about the franchise they're attempting to uphold, no amount of historical integrity, beautiful graphics, or painstaking crunch time Ubisoft forces on it's employees will bypass that. As singular IPs Black Flag, Unity, Syndicate, and even Origins are all beautiful games with complex world's and decent characters. BUT, due to the fact that these games are all in the same franchise, there is no excuse. They soil the name with saturation, assassins that aren't actually assassins and HELL, in rogue you LITERALLY play as a FUCKING TEMPLAR. FFS the series isn't even truly about assassins anymore. Jack wasn't even really an assassin. Arno joined on a limb. And whatshisface from AC4 just stole an assassin uniform.
These are horrible AC games and that's the point. They've broken a good universe and that pisses me off more than whatever the fuck Disney is creating for Star Wars. Or should I say, destroying.
Salt Don't dismiss everyone's criticisms just because you like the parkour and history in the games. AC Unity was a horrible open world game because of its extremely lazy side quests and every other activity that became extremely repetitive. There was a thief to tackle and some NPC's to save every two seconds, opening useless chests, collecting ribbons with zero challenge, poorly written detective missions I can go on and on. Only interesting part was the Nostradamus Enigmas which gave the players a good incentive to read and familiarise themselves with the structures in the city and their historical backgrounds. Main quests were also well done in my opinion both in terms of narrative and gameplay but as an open world game it failed miserably.
I feel like most people just put Ubisoft into the same category of tripple A publishers/developers as EA, Activision and 2k. They surely made mistakes. But what are the biggest mistakes Ubisoft did? Probably visual downgrading (which they don't anymore), One buggy release and Uplay. Thats not all that bad, but they are showing again and again that they care about the games they are making and publishing. They gave AC a one year gap because they recognized that it needed some more time. they did their best to change and add to R6 siege and The division, 2 games that should have been a lot better on release but are some of the best of their genre by now. They adress the issues people have with their games (watchdogs comes to mind) and try their best to make the sequel better. Yet noone talks about it. hm.
"Probably visual downgrading (which they don't anymore)"
Wildlands was downgraded. So they still do it.
The multiple incredibly horrible PC versions (which, to their credit, are pretty much gone now), microtransactions in single-player only games, annualization, the multiple versions and store exclusivities, pre-order exclusivity for some missions/activities and probably some more I'm forgetting (plus what you said, obviously).
Ubisoft was just as bad as Activision and EA back in the day. At some point, IT WAS worse than EA.
Mostly because EA wasn't being a bunch of cunts while Ubisoft still had the balls to sell horrible products upon horrible products that showed how much of a fuck they actually gave about the PC platform, which is much more important than people give it credit. It's literally saying: "let's sell to this platform just because we can get more money out of them, but fuck em seriously". On top of that, they had the multiple
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Either way, they've been a mostly good publisher recently. Their PC versions are usually pretty good (some even better than the console version, like Siege and The Division), and they don't abandon their fuck-ups. Siege was horrible at launch, The Division was ok at launch but got pretty bad because of some dev choices (they than fixed the game with Update 1.4, which came out on June 2016), For Honor was horrible at launch but they kept supporting the game, and now the devs are working on making sure the game has a dedicated server system instead of a P2P system. Wildlands's launch was also pretty bad, but I think they are supporting the game and I hope it actually becomes something more than what it was/is right now.
I like how they've changed. But I understand why people aren't giving them credit. People are still on the fence when it comes to Ubisoft. And I can't blame them.
Ac4, ac origins, far cry 4, far cry 3, probably far cry 5.
Hasn't fixed the visual downgrades, just touched on them, sucks to have LOD maxed in the settings and get a medium visual settings at best
ThegamingZerii They took to long to start fixing for honor though and its pretty much dead
Ubisoft has earned that reputation. The Division was plagued with bugs and the first expansion was terrible. Rb6 Siege was a complete shit show for much of year 1 and 2 which is why they had Operation Health. I mean, there used to be server disconnects (leading to deranks) every single game and the bugs were insane. Plus, they did nothing about the hackers on PC until year 2 when they realized they might actually have a decent game. For Honor? They pretty much bailed on it, Wildlands was downgraded after release as well.
Don't get me wrong, I loved Origins. It's probably tied with Horizon Zero Dawn as my two fav games this year but just because they made one game right, doesn't automatically mean people are going to forget, nor should they.
Between how good Origins is and the current state of Siege, I look forward to seeing what Ubisoft comes out with in the future. But I'm still going into it with my eyes open.
I think we really like to blame ubisoft. They are the scapegoats. The only unfinished or disappointing game they made i can think of are watch dogs and ac unity. And they weren't really bad games. And look at what they have been doing in the recent years, they listen to the community, commited themselves to fixing and bettering games like for honor and rainbow six siege, took a year off releasing ac, watch dogs 2 was so much better than the first one in many ways, they don't show fake gameplay in e3 or trailers like they used to, division 2 released in great shape, they donated for the notre dame fire. They are really trying to gain back the support they lost, but people just won't give them any credit. But any small misstep they take is immediately noticed and are called out for it. Even with the recent dlc for ac odyssey when people were unhappy about something, they quickly apologised and fixed it soon after.
Look at EA and what they do every year, with every game, with it's studios and devs. Ubisoft is so much better, constantly. I really think we should now forgive ubi for it's past. Right now, with everything going on with the games industry, i say we need more publishers like ubisoft if it saves us from EA, Activision and the like.
People seeing this comment: I sleep
Forgot mistakes in past !?
Bruh i don't even think they did something bad at all , they gave us one of the best games of the generations like Splinter cell, Assassin's creed , prince of persia , Division , watch dogs , far cry , and soooo much !
And people be like " uBisOfT RuSh PRojeCt , GaMe BaD"
Motherfuckers be shipping rockstar games , a company that never even released a game for like 5-6 after they succeded with gta 5 , and still getting money of it and not making great games like before . I get it if its rushed then its gonna have bugs but stop bitching ,every ubisoft game i played it was barely buggy.
They act like its completely unplayable and its the worst thing ever .
I hate this industry
I completely agree, not only do I not hate ubisoft and not get why others do but I love them. I know some of the hate they get for no innovation and stuff. But they constantly year after year put out massive and I mean massive games barely any bugs optimized to the extent that with a mid range pc I can play awesome games with awesome graphics still and they are all comparable to gta 5 in scope and everything. Rockstar takes 6 years to put a game like that out and ubisoft do it year after year. Im just amazed how they optimize their games though massive and beautiful but I can run them easy no problem while even other shitty games much smaller and uglier I run with reduced everything to get a playable frame-rate. And they get some criticism for putting the same open world model out again and again but they themselves pioneered this model and it fuckin works thats why every other open world game from witcher to horizon copies this model. And you cannot build every game from the ground up different when putting out these massive games year after year, even other games copy this style that do not release on a yearly basis. And although they keep the same base model you cannot say they dont put the work in becuz every title is a new time era and city and everything all crafted down to most basic assets historically accurate from that time. I do NOT get the hate they receive and appreciate them very much. Its like in this internet age someone just says some bullshit and shapes everyones mind and no one thinks for themselves. Even the games like unity ubisoft has put although a little buggy but still one of the best looking games ever with a very good story that I hold dear to my heart. Its not like some shitty game! And even so with origins they revamped the whole model of the open world so they do innovate but they put out so much quality games it feels like they’re doing the same old same old while they are not and they keep changing up the games. If you select games they have put out five years apart you can see they are nothing like each other. The whole pirate system with black flag nothing like the earlier ac games, origins nothing like the previous. Look at other yearly releases like fifa from ea, basically all the same shit year after year. I fuckin love ubisoft for making it so that I with a mid range pc can enjoy these massive open world historically accurate experiences year after year. If ubisoft were to concentrate their efforts for a few years on one game like cd projekt or rockstar I think they would easily be able to top the witcher 3 or gta 5. I have to say I wouldn’t like that but I bet you they could easily. The industry needs these yearly or two year massive releases cuz if ubisoft were to do what rockstar were doing you would be stuck with one game for a couple of years. The industry needs rockstar and cd projekt, but it also needs ubisoft. So stop hating people and appreciate what they do a little instead.
Yeah i always find it funny how much praise Rockstar gets for GTA5s open world! And im just always thinking hey Ubisoft is in the same league. They do even harder work because recreating the past is much harder than a modern city like for example Los Santos. But hey im sure im in the minority here!
Archangel yeah like Rockstar uses auto recreation or something to create the basement for their Open worlds and Ubisoft recreates the past with insane Details AND they did that for the last 10 years or so within a 1 year cycle of game realeses
i mean what they do great they create rome 1 year later they have an old version of constantinople
Well lol.. Ever hears of The Divison? A total recreation in a smaller scale of Manhattan, New York
solbacka Sure and Watch Dogs 2 is a smaller scale recreation of San Francisco...but we are talking about AC not other ubisoft games.
To be honest: I found each GTA less and less fascinating. Vice City and San Andreas today seem sooo small, yet you knew these maps by heart and there was soo much to discover. GTA 5, in the contrary is too huge and there is not enough to fill that world. You rely on your map, don't go into all the sideways and generally the world seems more ... sterile. Origins brims with love and even the empty parts like desheret are intentionally there to convey a feeling (emptiness, loneliness and the sense of sublimity and respect for the endless desert .. in my case). In GTA San Andreas, I loved to roam and mess shit up but in GTA 5 i never did so. I was mainly doing missions because the world just had little to offer and thinking about dying and then having to go these long ways again made me feel discouraged already.
David Fehn Yeah, GTA V's map definitely lacked the fun factor I loved about Vice City and San Andreas. Half the map is just wasted empty space, whereas San Andreas used the forests and deserts to fill the space between cities and made the world feel richer and more varied.
All this needs is a better writer so the plot can deliver
Ahmar Camacho yeah that is the best part of the better games, and makes or breaks a franchise like ac.
Assassin's Creed died with Ubisoft firing its original creator during the development of Brotherhood. (reason at the end) And ever since then, it has been a rehash of the same idea or a feeble cover up of a big fuck up. AC 3 was where it showed the most, the fans of previous ACs enjoyed it as a game but the story/game was devoid of emotion, unlike its predecessors. Almost like it was an empty shell of its past self... Patrice Desilets was the original creator of AC, he also worked on PoP and when fired from Ubisoft (he was asked to turn AC into COD because the first AC was very successful, which he refused) Patrice tried making a spiritual successor to AC called AMSTERDAM 1666. You can watch the leaked trailer on RUclips, which itself has more spirit than any recent AC game. However, Ubisoft bought THQ Montreal, the studio in which Patrice worked and FIRED him! But, his IP was theirs and they refused to let him have it. He dragged them to court for years and when they finally allowed him to have it back, he was working on another game (Human Odyssée looks intriguing and dope)... AC is just a cash grab, if it loses fanbase it will be shut down just like PoP was or when something bigger shows up, it's just their cash cow right now because all you fuckers keep buying it.
Zack Fair we buy it bc we actually like and enjoy it. Not everyone shares your opinion.
Jeremiah Roark I enjoy it as much as I enjoy any game. It's lost its premises and original thoughts, that's a fact.
Fahad Hakmy And they never will as long as it makes money
The goose bumps I got at the end man. I couldn't agree more, as a programmer myself I'm always very impressed by video games. It hurts my brain thinking about how ubisoft get this stuff done and the millions of lines of code that goes with it.
I'd think that programmers have a much bigger respect to games than the average Gamers. I just am tired of all the Gamers nowadays who want everything to be perfect. I rarely see Gamers which really pay attention to what is being executed in the background, all the countless hours to perfect a Game. It's sad. 20 years ago, Gamers were a lot more aware of everything.
I couldn't agree more with you, simply imagining the size of the codebase is crazy.. When I stop and look around at the game world I can imagine the people that worked on every little bit of it and putting their heart and soul into it to give us this amazing experience or the best they can deliver while being on a strict deadline..
Mark Collins
Still , games in 1995 were $60 and games in 2018 are $60 ... but gas prices were like 80c back then and now, I’m my town, I’m paying $2.65
Video game developers in general are under appreciated
Masster Wushu I don't know what that comparison was. I know what you're trying to say but you do know that gas prices increase because of resource decrease? How is that a comparison to the gaming industry 🤔
FireDramine7
Cost of living in general has increased insanely in the past 20 years. And there’s is no single reason for the increase in gas and food prices, but it’s a guarantee that inflation is one of them.
What’s difficult to understand about that fact NOTHING costs the same as it did 20years ago.
I remember paying $5 to see The Lion King at the theater when I was a kid. I remember really not wanting to 😢
Yes. This game. Assassin's Creed Origins is the best game I've played in 2017. It completely blew my expectations away, the game is just beautiful.
"And the graphics... tha- that's really what this is all about and uh..." - Jerry Rice
WHAT ABOUT KNACK 2
Knack 2 beybiiii
Djordje Ivanov eyyyyyyyy
nah Breath of the Wind
My thoughts exactly. AC Origins is, although a little flawed in terms of story and some characters, a great experience that should be played by everyone who is interested in these types of games in the slightest. Ubisoft isn't the best company around but what they achieve and create deserves praise as much as it sometimes deserves critique. Great video! Looking forward to seeing more of these!^^
KeyToAnime And by anyone who loves history
A very splet on game! Watch Dogs 2 is also very slept on.
What’s your problem with the story?
The Modern Day Part sucks balls with Layla being completely useless and uninteresting and Bayek's story could've been longer / more detailed. They put a little too much emphasis on the side quests. I enjoyed Bayek's story for what it was and the side quests were fun to do but they could've been better with more fleshed out characters and a villain I can actually give a shit about. And this is the millionth time that Ubisoft has used a dead family member as a motive for a dude to become an assassin. I mean: C'mon man.
It was only 3 games where they used dead family members. Youre over exaggerating a bit.
So grateful for Assassins Creed, absolutely love being immersed in different times and cultures. Thankyou Ubisoft for the countless hours of fun.
100% agree with you . I think it's the most underrated game out right now
You clearly don't know what the word "underrated" means.
The game sold well, better than Syndicate and it mostly got scores of 8 and 9 from critics.
Joy Grewal lol yeah
"underrated"
_"If any other studio released a game that did what AC does every entry, it would instantly be nominated for GOTY and would be heralded as one of the greatest releases the industry had seen in years."_
So effing true. I'm going to say something people won't like, but I'm looking at you, Witcher 3. This is probably *the* most accurate statement concerning W3.
MG1995 From a technical and development standpoint Assassins Creed Origins was on par if not better than TW3, however even though it was fun AC Origins does not have any good story missions which make you care about the characters, sure Bayek and Aya are amazing but they are far cry from the likes of Geralt and co. However if AC manages to fix its glaring story issues it can reclaim the title AC Brotherhood had been nominated for so long ago.
I agree and disagree at the same time.
From an technical standpoint, there's just no doubt that AC Origins is objectively superior to W3. In terms of its world and intricacy, I reckon W3 doesn't even come close. People always praise W3 and its graphics, and they do look nice. But AC Origins is just so much more impressive.
At the same time, in terms of narrative structure and story, W3 is a better game. Where I disagree with that is I don't think W3 has a particularly story either. Geralt is one-dimensional, and I know that is the point. But that doesn't change the fact that he's a very shallow character. I actually prefer Bayek, but W3 told its story (which I didn't think was very good) better than AC Origins. AC, as you said, has characters you don't care about, apart from Bayek himself and Aya (only because she's a badass, not because she actually has depth).
In other words, I don't consider either game to be the pinacle of open world storytelling. But W3 is clearly better than AC in terms of characters and story. Just as AC is better than W3 in terms of its worlds and technical depth. This is why Red Dead Redemption is still my favorite game of all time. It mixes the best from both: a fantastic open world with insane mechanical and technical depth, especially for its time, and a story which I consider still unmatched as far as AAA open world games go.
This is why I want Witcher 4 to happen... Because I think they can still improve the W3 formula, in spite of what fanboys say. Just as I hope the next AC game will improve its story and characters.
MG1995 You're right there is so much more open world games have yet to achieve yet they also face the ugly future of the gaming world called monetisation.
We have been playing Assassin's Creed and know that this franchise gets undeniably better with every release (except maybe the Unity/Syndicate, but then again those were the games gave birth to Origins)
CD Projekt working on CyberPunk will definitely bring something fresh to the open world genre (And I too love the idea of a Witcher 4)
But there is one game that has a scary future: Red Dead 2. Bear with me Red Dead was easily the best open world game of the previous gen but as soon as Rocksteady released GTA5 they had an idea called GTA online which operated on basically real money, (and it made huge bucks putting a smile on the publishers faces) its not pay 2 win but it definitely inspired other companies(which led to the notorious loot boxes) - and the result: the offline open world of GTA was completely abandoned. (Couldn't really say the story was to my taste either but hell it's GTA.)
Point is if Rockstar abandons a narratively focused open world for a simulated MMO fleshed with micro transactions, Red Dead will die and when that happens there will be hell to pay. (Or others will just follow suit - either way we burn down Rockstar or they burn down the genre)
I too fear for RDR2.
Not only for the reasons you've mentioned... but RDR2 has been in development hell for some years, and key members have left the company. Not to mention the reports of the team feeling burned out.
I want RDR2 to be the best game ever, but I fear it will be very disappointing. I hope I'm wrong.
i agree with what u said even tho witcher 3 is a great game it does have a lot of stupid shit like the movement is the worst in all the openworld game ive played the movement is so clunky and broken but the witcher succeded cause the story was intriguing and fun at the same time the open world was beautiful.
side note : this game was made by the old black flag team
NOT the ubisoft team that made every AC except black flag.
TO LA They made also Revelations
And now they are made ac Valhalla
@@wagelaseh1st74 valhalla is gonna be great
Honestly, ACO is one of the greatest games I've ever played. Huge map, endless missions, puzzles, and a few heart pumping occasions. Want to go to the desert, swamp, city, mountains, river, you can do all of those. And even when you complete the main storyline, there are things made just for the max level players so the fun never ends; DLC, war elephants, Trial of the Gods, etc. If what you see in the game is good but critics don't recognize it, play it anyways because Ubisoft is always there fixing, adding, and making new things all the time. Honestly well said, Luke Stephens, I couldn't have said it better myself. Also to add, out of other AC games, this one somehow stuck with me; the amazing graphics, clean and easy to use menus, swift controls, and let us not forget the picture taking mode.
not gonna lie I kinda put the game on easy mode to beat those elephants... and maybe the main boss... the rest was on nightmare mode! I swear!
ye a cursed weapon can make the elephant fight a cakewalk just remember that everytime it reaches 33%of its health it will start doing a one time sweep around him
Casual..
Are you serious?! One of the greatest games?! It's just as repetitive and basic as other AC games.
SnarlyCookie - Gaming Videos! If you like these kind of games you should give the Witcher 3 a try
One of the most amazing things about Origins to me is, if you kill a guard then go and hide if of his friends finds the body the the guard will attempt to search for you, when he cannot find you he picks up his friends body and takes him away to bury him.
This is one of the many details in origins that no longer occurs within odyssey and consequently the world of odyssey does not feel as alive.
But here's the real and most important question you need to ask when it comes to games.
Is it Fun?
That was the main factor that even created games, sometimes that's overlooked nowadays.
It is
It is a fun game.BUT some missions ARE boring and tedious.
Yes.
+Mr Kebab, for the number of things going on concurrently and the graphics, the game is actually okay optimized. I have 16GB DDR4 RAM, GTX 1060 3GB, and Intel i5-6500 @ 3.2GHz, so medium-end I'd say, and the game averages about 48 fps. Now, this is of course not substantial, but I have a 60Hz monitor and 48 fps is enough for it to not lag, which is, of course, the most important thing. I do play on Very High though (I'm a huge graphics lover), and if I toned that down to Very Low I'd probably be able to get above 70 fps.
I feel the Assassin’s Creed games are just criticized because Ubisoft made them, I’m not insulting Ubisoft here, I’m saying that because of Ubisoft’s many mistakes, people say Assassins creed is just as bad as any other game, granted Unity had glitches and the story was a bit off, but no one said anything about the amazing graphics? The new style of gameplay? The character customizations? The online features? It’s a great game when you think about it. Same with Syndicate, it had a weird story, and the combat was a bit bad, but the graphics? The character build ups? The DLC? The city they chose? The connection to Black Flag? Assassins creed games might just be the greatest games, only if people paid closer attention to them...
Unity and Syndicate were easily the weakest in the series though
Fergal Brophy true, they were, and I’m not arguing on that point, but they both brought something new to the series, the graphics, customization, realism, etc.
CONTENT! Can you people fucking realize that CONTENT is what matters! People didnt say anything about graphics?! What kind of stupid statement is that?! Are you that easily impressed that you feel the need to mention graphics?! AC fails everything that matters in games: boring skill trees, simple combat, none-rewarding exploration, simplistic parkour mechanics, no interesting abilities, basic stealth, little content, repetitive map sweeping, etc etc. There is a reason why AC games are so hated. Actually, there are many reasons...
The reason why AC is hated is because of bandwagonning, people loved it before unity
boring skill trees? Just like any other if you ask me, simple combat? The combat is origins is anything but simple, non rewarding exploration? In origins you see interesting rewarding shit all the time, you would be riding around the desert and run into hidden tombs filled with good gear and an xp boost. Simplistic parkour? AC does the best parkour mechanics around easily, name one game with better parkour, No interesting abilities? You want the character to shoot fireballs out of his hands? Basic stealth? Just like any other stealth game to be honest
you obviously have never played any of the games, if so probably the shit ones.
People just hate for no reason. the gamer community are the biggest crybabies on the net. If you want the impress them you give them a generic medieval fantasy rpg with a bland main character
not really ubi makes some of the best game...far cry 3, black flag, and my fav rainbow six siege. but the thing is assassin's creed franchise is a great one but a very very boring open world franchise
Origins was a pretty underrated game. Ubisoft has fucked up so many times but this time, they hit it out the park.
as a student in game developing I can't give this game enough praise, when you study making games, then you'll know how incredibly difficult it is to make all of this and how talented you have to be for all of this
To this day I still can't wrap my mind around just how fucking detailed and good looking AC Unity is. I think had it took more time to sort out all the problems (which the later patches did) and had a smooth release no doubt it wouldve been among the best ACs (personally ACO is my no.1 and ACU comes second). But all people say about ACU is how bad the launch was, they never mention anything about the FUCKING UNBELIEVABLE world the ACU team has created and refuse to give it a second chance after all the patches. It's like Marilyn Monroe is standing in front of ppl and all they seem to notice is that fucking mole. It seriously PISSES ME OFF! Yes ppl are unappreciative assholes.
harrison28514 You failed to mention the very mediocre customization, the (mostly) boring side content, too many collectibles
and the stupid glitches that were still present after launch. However, its definitely not the worst Ac game.
Corey M I actually liked the customization a lot, it just didn't have enough options tbh
Mediocore customisation? You could customize multiple weapon types, belts, pants, chained or not chained, hoods, colors what are you even talking about. Playing Unity post patch at 60fps is one of the best experiences in a AC game ive ever played.
As far as environments go, Unity might be the best looking game I've ever played.
My jaw just dropped when I activated my first view point. And that was just a small church in Versailles. Imagine my reaction once I got to the top of Notre Dame.
Unity was technically the best looking AC game and handled a lot more NPC with there own objective but it was to much and that's why the game is known for being a buggy mess. Fun Fact they had to scale down Syndicate because of Unity.
This game is a masterpiece
the story was good if you did take your time to enjoy it.....
its better than many other games, like horizon zero dawn is soo borring :D
you didnt play witcher 3 then...
Luke, I can agree wholeheartedly on the amaaaaaaaazingly stunning visuals I've seen in Unity, & Origins! Hell, in Unity, the Notre Dame Cathedral took a year & a half by itself to make, & it was stunning! Too bad the servers for Community Play weren't operating until AFTER Far Cry 4 was released, 3 months later.
But that Origins though. My GAAWWWWD!!! You're right, that game is breathtaking. The "Trial of the Gods is the lamest aspect of the game by far.
I have friends who's kids are using the educational feature of Origins in the school's history classes. MUCH respect for that!
I completely agree with you Luke. Sure Ubisoft has made some mistakes, but I can count on one hand the number of games I think are perfect. I've always enjoyed Ubisoft's games, AC, Far Cry, The Crew. They put out great content year after year.
Damn, you need to play more games then... From different companies and platforms...
totally agree, i was a bit spectical before i brought Origins. but once your playing you realise you dont get bored doing the missions. and it seems really varied in relation to main quest and the side missions, which in my veiw are better than the main story,
MrBluePants No, you just like to moan, ubisoft can make interesting and original games when they want to
After watching this i feel like you just said everything that's been in my mind since the very first day i discovered AC series....Stumbled upon this video mistakenly but it was worth it great job there Luke
It's just that players have no idea, no concept of game development and they can't appreciate the complexity and time required to make a triple A level of game. They will always want more like stubborn babies, they will never be (mostly) positive feedback on a game.
They see smoke in a game, and they think oh look at that it doesn't look like the fire smoke I watch on the news on TV. Little do they know that smoke hides around 2 to 3 subsystems to be rendered, not to mention the art. That's just one of the SIMPLEST examples.
They just have no clue and always want more.
I think if anything the graphics is the MAIN thing that sells AC. It's just that all of it is meaningless with boring gameplay and story
ok let me clear up that ACO is possibly my favourite game of all time but i dont agree with your point. Players dont search for games that look pretty, it may be a selling point as a pretty game seems more developed and you may be able to trust that it will be more fun but normally you'll stop playing a game if its not enjoyable. Although i think art and the effort put into a game is impressive i would be more inclined to play a game thats fun than a game that looks nice. (take something like the original star wars battlefront 2 which still has a massive community and overwhelmingly positive reviews on steam despite looking disgusting texturewise in todays competition)
Ben Worrall is ACO rlly ur favorite game of all time? ACO isn't even my favorite AC game.
if you think ACO is boring, you have absurd standards and would the oasis from ready player 1 seem boring. it is the best AC game there is. ACO has no boring game play or story. had me hooked from the first time i played it, and i still play it. if you want boring, look no further then PUBG or what BO4 will be. stupid, repetitive battle royal games with no story.
@@imoneoldfart6804 it's subjective lol some people find single players more replayable than multiplayer I find single players more replayable but just cause someone likes replaying multiplayer more doesn't make it boring
Bro thanks for the video, needed to be made. It’s good to know my “blindness” as some people call it for Assassin’s Creed isn’t stemmed from buying the same shitty game over and over again, but because I thoroughly enjoy these games and the worlds made from them. It’s hard to say which AC game I enjoy most because I enjoy most of them. Subscribed.
Black flag was my fav
name one series other then ac that is really good that ubisoft made.
to be a good game it needs to give you something that other games dont and be fun at the same time
farcry dosent give you anything new and sure its kinda fun but not a game i would go to rather then any other shooter. watch dogs dos kinda give new gameplay ways to adapt to new things but again after you finish it, its not as fun. never played splinter cell so i cant say much about that but id assume its a stealth game with a cod kinda story mode so id asume its a average game thats fun to fans. prince of persia is well what assasins creed got its gameply from so thats not new since another game is doing it far better and the gamplay is only fun for people that are into that kinda game. and i dont know much about rainbow 6 but im assuming its kinda like payday so thats not new and the gameplays probably good for some but bad for others.
sniper elite or shadow tactics are good games splinter cell on the other hand looks like a average James bond kinda game.
True. The AC Series are truly underrated. After Unity, half of the AC fanbase died. If this game had another title to it instead of Assassins creed, then there wd certainly be millions of fan boys with their dicks out to try out the game. This reminds me of Christopher Nolan. He uses a concept of time in mostly all of his movies, and kids think that its completely mindblowing(No hate, i do love his movies a lot). But if someone else, like Tommy Wiseau manages to make a movie like Prestige etc. , it wd be considered shit. This is the Placeboid Effect. Deal with it guys. The only series which i feel that ubisoft has put their hearts into is the AC Series..
HEY! Just because normies don't understand the ROOM it doesn't mean it sucks
HAHA WHAT A STORY Amazuber!
I want to replay Assassin's Creed Origins now, I think I may of underapreciated Origins
I completely agree bro. I haven't had this much fun in Assassins Creed for a very long time and I couldn't be happier.
EVOL SCAVENGER
Ya
It's like the whole time I just expect the game to crash. But it just continues to be awesome.
Did we play the same game? I had a lot of bugs during my playthrough... enemies that walked through walls, flying boats, animals that stripped, teleporting npc's and even 2 quests that broke on me.
i had no bugs at all @gtafan110010
I'm impressed (and slightly jealous) your playthrough was so smooth
It's me who is impressed that you experienced so many bugs. My gameplay was *almost* flawless. I had a bug where Bayek stood in the "climbing ladder" position, but backwards (against a wall) in the air during my first 10 minutes of gameplay. There I thought "oh, Ubisoft, not again". Much to my surprise I really never experienced any glitch again until a few days ago when a nearby trireme started flying (a patch for that glitch was published the very same day). Those are the only 2 glitches I have experienced in about 50 hours of gameplay. Ubisoft is not the best company out there, but they have delivered an outstanding experience with Origins. The stories in the last 5 ACs were crap, I must admit - Origins' story is not on par with it's astounding open world and gameplay but if they *fire all their current writers and get good ones,* (good Lord please make this happen) I'm very positive that the next AC might be nominated for GOTY.
crash from what. none of my ACs crash (at least not more than like 1 time)
- Franchise fatigue is the reason it's overlooked. 10 games, with 40 expansions... in 10 years. Thats a game every year + constant reminder of updates.
Had they wrapped the engine into new IP (stealth ninja game? female protagonist? etc) they would've gotten the credit they deserve.
ninja game would be stupid, firstly the ninja didn't even wear the cool black robe and went around assassinating people, they mostly dressed like peasants, stole shit and rarely killed anyone. Female protagonist? I personally don't care what gender a character is, if they are good they are good. Plus they already did that and got nothing
Franchise fatigue....? and that doesn't count for Mario???? >.>
lol, Mario vs AC... Yes Mario franchise is huge, and they keep coming out with new games, but their target audience is very different, besides regular players, parents buy it for their kids, the IP is fairly simple and lighthearted. Not too many titles compete with it for a market share. You also have to give Nintendo credit - the variety is there, cart, 2d, 3d, toys, etc. So no, it doesn't count for Mario.
Then there is AC, competing with ton of other similar games for the attention of the same target audience, (Uncharted, Just Cause, MGS, Dishonored, Far Cry, Middle Earth, Batman, Thief, Dying Light, Horizon Zero Dawn, GTA, etc)...
"stupid"? you sir just came up with my dream game - would love me a peasant game, where I steal shit, rarely kill anyone, wearing regular clothes =
being complex character...
VS being another "cool" macho dude with the "cool" deep voice dressed in "cool black robe" killing everything that walkes with some "cool, sick moves" (wow I think i just described 99% of the AAA games)
It's still a franchise and it's worn it's self out with me. Gave up buying mario games years ago. Same rehashed stuff. Mario Kart 9 is next right? *Yawns*
Don’t get me wrong, I loved Horizon Zero dawn, I think it’s a beautiful game with majestic world and cool story. But AC origins is just so much more, take the map for expample. The Origins’ world is so wast it took me weeks and weeks to get to every single location, and I still had dozens of side quests to complete afterwards. This is by far is my favorite game and even though I beat it already, occasionally I log in and play it some more, just enjoying how beautiful it is and how well it plays.
so it has alot of boring uninspired side quests and looks good? Thats not what makes a good game.
the combat's fun and challenging that's why
Nathan Mitchell boring side quests? Lmao you obviously haven’t played it yet every side quest has it’s on story and you’re saying graphics and the beauty of a game doesn’t make it good? You don’t know anything about gaming do you?
RIP In Peace Seamus It looks life the most barebones of a hack and slash system.
Dodge hit, stun, kill.
Rice How long have you been gaming for friend? Not a very long time i gather.
In those side quests you do the same thing everytime. Go to yelloe marker, talk to man with yellow marker, sit through a terribly voice acted scene with one stationary camera angle than no one ever uses in screenplay, run to yelloe marker, kill bad guys, return to yellow marker, done.
No engagment, use of game mechanics or variation just copy and paste quantity over quailty quests.
The dev even said "we have so many sidequests, hundreds!"
Question is, are they worth playing
AC origins should be Awesome... because the last real, non-recycled, non-reskinned AC game was Assassin's Creed 3.
And games from AC Unity are unfinished *RUSHED* cash grabs.
AC Origins is the true, *finished* product, and it shows.
gets0410 AC unity has been patched to fucking heaven, its amazing.
The last real non-recycled non-reskinned AC game is Unity, actually. Origins is basically a total conversion/expansion of Unity, which is an actual independent standalone application. Frankly, I can only call Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed III and Assassin's Creed Unity 'real', as you say, games because all other Assassin's Creed entries (and actually not just Assassin's Creed but a number of unrelated games as well) are based on those.
P. S. 'Assassin's Creed IV' shouldn't have been called that. 'Unity' is a weird name and the 'IV' would suit the game so much better. There would be no problem if they called that 'Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag' thing just 'Assassin's Creed: Black Flag' without the 'IV' and saved it for the next game, which was a real step forward in the series' evolution. For me Unity is the actual 'Assassin's Creed IV'.
Sorry, that's what I actually meant, *Unity* is what I consider to be the last Assassins Creed...next games from Unity seems recycled and doesn't feel new.
And the "New" true AC game since Unity, using the same game engine, is *AC Origins*
Shrek Buttstein No, Unity was by far the worst in the series even with the patches, it still feels rushed in terms of story
gets0410
How was unity new? All it had that was different was the graphics. Everything else was the same
But games are not just a collection of systems and, at the end of the day, the game must be satisfying to play as well.
It doesn't matter how intricate the climbing animation is and the code behind it, if for the player all the platforming amounts to is holding down two buttons and pointing in the direction you want to go, while the game does all the work for you.
TheBlackCloakedMan it was quite satafying.
It is satisfying for the most part origins is really really good
I can't agree more with you. But have you played ACO ? Because it is MORE than satisfying.
Every Assass game has been more simple to play than the last in that regard and Origins is no exception. Climbing in these games once did feel special and realistic with exciting moments but lately (In origins especially) it feels like a joke. As you said, the game basically plays itself. Push a direction and watch as the character leaps three times further than a person should be able to.
It does not matter how detailed the code is if the game is a failure. I even have a friend that is so obssessed with the series that he went to Italy to see Venice and such and he could not manage to play through Origins.
Climbing system isn't all that impressive considering they've been working on it for 10 years already. No shit this system works almost flawless now.
A.C. has always been my number 1 game trilogy, and just basically my favourite open world games. Ubisoft have done so well with their "origins". So right now my hat is off for them. Well done team
excuse me? trilogy?
there's more than three games in the franchise, you know. And pretty much all if them are awesome
I have always thought this. Nice Video Luke!!
I remember when Bayek was climbing behind a tapestry and it actually went in front of the character, instead of glitching out which was actually mind blowing to me. The detail in it is actually incredible and I'm glad people are finally paying more attention to it's technological feats.
I'm playing syndicate and it's a blast, London looks beautiful
Not Anymore
Do you have origins?
oh you're in the "im too poor too buy video games for 60$ so I wait a year or 2 and then buy it on black Friday" club too!
I'm picking up Origins soon. Once it was released I decided to replay the entire franchise (plus I never played the Ezio trilogy) I am currently on Unity.
Unity is better than Syndicate.
+Icy Dice best comment. Best comment....
I Agree. This video really got to me. Good Job! Keep it up!👍
We don't take Ubisoft for granted. We just don't trust them anymore, after they got greedy and started releasing unfinished games in the past.
Bartman What game was unfinished? Just unity. That’s it. It had a lot of problems because it was the first next gen AC game. AC games have been consistently good in that regards.
Delta Knight Don't forget Watch Dogs. That was the biggest letdown for me.
Juts like EA did with battlefield 1. Game gets broken every time they add new stuff it.
So 2 missteps amidst 40 Successes and that's enough to break your trust?
You must then also dislike Every other studios as they have made more misteps with fewer successes.
Fraser Souris no i just dont buy their games until they are sale -75% or so. Companys have to learn finis their games before release it. And they dont learn if customers pre-order or buy full price game no matter how buggy, laggy, unfinished etc it is.
This is the best video I've seen on RUclips
I've been an Ac Fan for years and it's got me through some rough times....origins blew me away with how good it was and it broke my heart to see other people call it an average game. I put Origins up high with the Witcher 3 and skyrim...in fact I think I prefer origins over both of those(even though that's a super unpopular opinion). I agree with everything in this video...you earned a subscriber and thank you for this video
Prizm Spoongy
I’m just wondering how assassins creed got you through some rough times...
Witcher 3 is the most overrated game of all time
Fergal Brophy
Are you sure?
Random Gaming Pretty sure, I got bored with it, good story and attention to detail as well as enemy variety. But the over used theme, generic main character and limited combat and gameplay variety doesn't do it for me
Fergal Brophy then say that you didn’t like it. Don’t call it the most overrated game just because you have an *unpopular* opinion about it.
I found the graphical fidelity (post patches) and lighting/ atmosphere of Syndicate and Unity Amazing and i truly felt i was there walking in those streets. But, i just couldnt 'click' with the main protagonists and their story wich is why i simply could not finish those games.
I loved Black Flag, but it never felt like an Assasins Creed game to me. Again, i didnt like the protagonist. I also hated the fact that i wasnt an Assasin at heart plus that the whole Assasin's brotherhood was a very lousy organisation in that game.
Assasins Creed 3 i loved a lot, but it was slow and uninteresting/ boring at times i.m.o.
I think we can never get such a compelling story, protagonist and overall atmosphere like the first few Assasins creed games. (Being AC 1, AC2 and AC Brotherhood)
Origins to me is an amazing game that i will not forget for years to come. The amount of effort that has beeb put into this game has payed off. Only the story is a bit mediocre.
I am looking forward to the next few AC games. Esspecially where they will take place;
-Medieval Times like that one mission in Ac unity? Would be cool to see the devastation of the Great Plague.
-Feudal Japan?
-Great Mongol Empire?
-The Time of explores and expeditioners, and the Dutch Golden Age?
-Some game set in the time of the Assyrians, Babylonians? That would be before Origins then so i think not.
-World War 1/ World War 2. hey just sayin, it might work
- INSERT YOUR IDEA HERE :) -
ImmersiveRPG's-ByMe, Assassin's Creed died with Ubisoft firing its original creator during the development of Brotherhood. (reason at the end) And ever since then, it has been a rehash of the same idea or a feeble cover up of a big fuck up. AC 3 was where it showed the most, the fans of previous ACs enjoyed it as a game but the story/game was devoid of emotion, unlike its predecessors. Almost like it was an empty shell of its past self... Patrice Desilets was the original creator of AC, he also worked on PoP and when fired from Ubisoft (he was asked to turn AC into COD because the first AC was very successful, which he refused) Patrice tried making a spiritual successor to AC called AMSTERDAM 1666. You can watch the leaked trailer on RUclips, which itself has more spirit than any recent AC game. However, Ubisoft bought THQ Montreal, the studio in which Patrice worked and FIRED him! But, his IP was theirs and they refused to let him have it. He dragged them to court for years and when they finally allowed him to have it back, he was working on another game (Human Odyssée looks intriguing and dope)... AC is just a cash grab, if it loses fanbase it will be shut down just like PoP was or when something bigger shows up, it's just their cash cow right now because all you fuckers keep buying it.
ImmersiveRPG's-ByMe if you remember at the start of ac unity there is an assassin mission where it says jazz age or something
I like Origins so much that I think the next one needs to be a direct sequel with Bayek again. In either Greece or Rome. The part of the map in Origins where it has a lot of greenery and Roman structures just looks amazing with Origins graphics and I'd love to go back to Rome but ancient Rome.
I think at some point they're going to have to take us into the future with these games. People are already bored with the animus bit. Taking us out of the story to play as some person in modern times just takes us out of the game for no real reason. I personally think it'd be cool to see the series catch up to the modern age and maybe go a few decades into the future. That'd make for cool settings they could create from scratch, and cool items and costumes. They'd also have the benefit of being able to create characters and areas from imagination rather than having to do their due diligence of upholding historical accuracy. But that's just me.
Otaku geek 92 oh man i wouldnt know that, been a long time since i played it. But do you mean like actual jazz age in industrial cities in amerika?
10000% correct
i'm not even the biggest AC fan but the games are fricking amazing in comparison to what gets promoted by the media and awards
As an Assassin's Creed follower since the first, I really feel like they lost their way. I'm personally taking a wait and see stance before investing my time and money into yet another open world game such as this. There are just too many games that take up too much time with meaningless tasks, and I (and a lot of others) don't want to waste our precious time with it. You do point out some major points about their attention to detail and technical achievements, and they deserve credit for it. However, that's what is to be expected if you're going to make a AAA open world stealth action game, and Ubi/AC has been doing that for the last decade. They decided to take a year off and polish the game because their sales were tanking, and that counts towards these GOTY votes and hence why it was not considered.
I could just be talking for myself, but I think the gaming collective at large is waiting for AC to have a purpose/incentive to invest play time again like the pre-Black Flag games did rather than it being "Historical Action Simulator 2018" where you get to explore ancient Egypt or some other region of the world. As much as the vocal internet hates it, the present day sections up until AC3 with Desmond served a purpose of anchoring the narrative and giving purpose to the going back in time segments. With that gone, I don't see a focus or a reason why I should be playing this series. Ubi can add RPG elements to the game and more stuff to do, but that is going in the opposite direction of what they really need to do - which is to give every minute of play meaning, not just pad number of hours by adding gameplay elements. I would rather have an Assassin's Creed game that gives me 8-12 hours of meaningful play that I can replay because it is just that awesome rather than a 40-80 hour potential slog to complete. We have enough entertainment options to keep us busy compared to ten years ago.
Anyway, my thoughts.
Laurence Nash I see your point, but they had to improve in this direction, the previous strategy was not providing Ubi with enough mass interest in the game, I guess
Dude you should get it
Ezio games are my favourites. The gameplay did change very little during them but at least they had intricate systems that worked and fit the series. With newer games they just replaced some of that stuff in hopes that that would make it sell more. But it's not better, it's different. And I think even worse. Origins has seemingly removed almost everything about the old games such as combat, eagle vision, random task and hiding in plain sight.
i really miss hiding in plain sight... I'm a huge fan of AC, but i didn't like that much AC: Origins...
If your time was so precious you wouldn't be spending it writing a wall of text in the most irrelevant place on earth: youtube comment section.
I just wish they put that much care into the story and gameplay.
Toasty Punisher although the story in previous games was a lil bit better imo
Gameplay was fine, story was a bit all over the place but had a good lead and more emotion than the last 2 games
Jovis
Unity's and Syndicate's stories were terrible
Fergal Brophy ehm, no they weren't...
Jovis
Compared to the old AC's they were pretty bad
*ALSO* love the detail that if he wears a mask, when he talks it’s all muffled compared to if he’s not.
The ratio of Assassins Creed/Witcher pontification to other content on your channel has to be reaching 100:1
Gotta get that paper
Aemon Sevker He just did a video on it last week, lol
Aemon Sevker as the last great game in years, id say it's still pretty relevant.
Aemon Sevker okay tell me what stacks up to the Witcher that has been released since the Witcher, I'll wait.........
Completely subjective, I have 70 hours in witcher 3 deathmarch and got 100% of the base game achievements, I really enjoyed my time with it and I'll probably pick up the expansions one day but I've already put 4x that amount of time into Pokemon Ultra Sun since November, I have more memorable moments in my time with Pokemon and continue to have daily fun with my boyfriend and roommates with it, how do you define 'stacks up to witcher'?
I fell in love with Origins, can't say the same about Odyssey
Imagine if they will take a 2 yrs break. It'd be more amazing!!
Hehehe, somehow you predicted it (3 year break in fact) and yet we ain't sure it helps.
Yeah but... I just miss ezio!
He had three games but he was an awesome protagonist.
I've always felt so immersed in every AC game I've ever played, and you're pretty spot on when it comes to the fact we are taking it for granted lol
This is why the settings of these games are my happy place.
Whenever I'm stressed, upset, or bored, I go into one of the AC games, take the mini-map and other displays out, and just wander the city.
My most favorite places to visit are Istanbul, Florence and London. I love wandering the streets of those cities. I love the detailed architecture and the vibrant environment. And the way the NPCs walk around and talk in their own languages makes it feel like I'm literally there among them.
Ubisoft has done a good job with making the setting realistic, and for that, I will forever be grateful.
I haven't played AC Origins yet but I bought and played the others, at least the main ones...
The problem with AC is its gameplay.
IMO, there's no other company in the industry that can deliver such massive and well crafted worlds as Ubisoft do -- AC Unity's world is probably the most amazing thing I have ever seen in a video game -- but then, at the same time, I've never seen a company miss the target so much when it comes to gameplay... such amazing worlds and yet the core play is dull, tedious..
AC Unity's the most impressive game I've ever seen and yet I couldn't stand more than 20 hours of it... what's the point in creating such massive and well crafted worlds if the actual tangible content is bad?
I'm always buying the next one and wishing they fixed the gameplay, it's been like this since 2, but they never do... I want to enjoy these games so much, man, you have no idea... I love the themes, the historical facts, the fictional lore, the graphics, the world, the details... but they're just bad as games...
And it's not just AC... Far Cry 3 and 4 suffers from the same thing, Watch Dogs the same... even Rainbow Six Siege has this Ubisoft "inverse polish" ffs, It's like they have no clue how to make fun games other than Rayman.
Murilo Kleine I was about saying the same thing
Indeed. If they would have invested their production time more on gameplay instead of ancient writing and sand sounds, journalists would give this game more credit
rb6 gameplay is great wtf is wrong with that
Assassins creed origins is almost nothing like the past assassins creed except for the creed part, wrist blade, and parkour. The gameplay on origins is pretty great, it is a totally different game that addressed the issue you just brought up which is why is saved the franchise
And what really is the problem with gameplay? Do you not like exploring, parkour, combat and stealth all possible simultaneously?
Consider that there are games like Shadow of Mordor, Batman Arkham, and Horizon that take notes from the AC games.
The games do have some of the most refined gameplay available
I agree that Ubisoft needs to be credited more for the work they have done, but this does not mean that AC Origins deserves the "Game of the year" title. From my experience, I had way more fun playing Mario Odyssey than AC origins because Nintendo made the gameplay super entertaining to play with. Yes, the game's graphics and attention to detail are nowhere near AC Origins' but it is more fun. And that's what matters the most in a game; is it fun or not. AC Origins was fun also, but not as much as Mario Odyssey IMHO. I keep buying AC games since I'm a fan and because of the eye candy :P
I agree that what matters is that if its fun but its stupid to overlook such a beautiful and deep game over a game thats just .....fun .
Awards aren't give to things that were just "fun"
Its given to the ones that are beautifully created and has deep meanings .
Mario might be a lot fun to play , but it comes nowhere near AC games , to compare them is just stupid .
Just to make it clear i am not saying AC is the most Superior series and mario is boring cause it looks chilidish
But AC wins by far
I’ve been very impressed with Ubisoft over the past 3 years, I see them listening and dedicating time to improve their releases.
Thank you for this video! AC ORIGINS IS MY GAME OF THE YEAR ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT
Amazing video. I have never seen your channel before, but keep up this good work.
Routines for NPC's was something that started to shine in an old RPG called Ishtar. This mechanic may be found in older games too, but it was a specific feature of these games that was nothing by both players and reviewers alike, back in the glorious Atari vs. Amiga age.
Imagine if Ubisoft took their time like Rockstar
There is so much Nintendo bias in the game community that I can't stand. ACO was a masterpiece!
Thank you man! I am a fan of Assassin's creed and I feel sad when people doesn't appreciate the work that have been done on this game ! I deeply respect your words ! And yes I will share your video on my feed ! Thank you so much ♥️ !
Dying light?
NCGNexus Dying light what?
You can’t climb up the safe house towers in the slums. Also the world is not nearly as large and dense with climbable ledges.
NCGNexus this game is way better than Dying Light don't even compare the two lol
Climbing up buildings in Dying Light was cool but climbing back down was godly frustrating
anthony solis It’s not the fall that kills you, it’s everyone of those goddamn times that you fail to not stop suddenly at the end.
You're so correct don't let the haters get to you
Yeah Okay chill
Thank you! I just needed someone to acknowledge and appreciate the level of detail that went into making this game which prioritizes quality over quantity unlike another entry in the series which ditches quality for quantity. You know what I'm talking about!
The problem is, people in the gaming press generally don't care about history and don't want realistic historical settings (unless it's WW2) - so they'll never give AC the respect it deserves. Fortunately, the people who made AC1 didn't care, and gave us AC1 anyway. The story of the AC franchise has always been of the fight between those who want AC to be like all the other games, and those who care about history and want to play games in realistic historical settings.
Well, from a game mechanic standpoint, super mario odysee is way more innovative and diverse than assassins creed origins. Measuring the quality of a game primarily on its technical aspects is incredibly narrow minded. Altough I enjoyed assassins creed origins, it's always mostly just more of the same in a different setting. That's still impressive and cool, since the AC series is generally a lot of fun. But the big difference between Ubisoft and Guerrilla Games is that Ubisoft had 10 games to perfect all of this while Guerrilla Games managed to get most of it into a game without ever making an open world third person game ever before. A very good backflip after 10 tries is more impressive than a perfect backflip after 100 tries...
I agree with every point you've made, and this is EXACTLY what pisses me off when people bash and hate on these kinds of REMARKABLE games, claiming that they are bad or not up to their ridiculously high standarts, which I don't think any other game would even get close to Ubisoft's level of performances in game design.
I mean, ffs! I'm constantly impressed with the way her system in Syndicate and how it makes puddles of different depths that look so real, with the brick roads reflecting through them and everything! It's absolutely mind boggling to me how people can claim that these graphics are not good enough, when they are clearly outstanding!!!
It's like nothing is good enough for them and it pisses me off because getting to these levels of detailed is extremely hard and takes huge amounts of work which they clearly can't even begin to fathom!
Maybe the community thought the AC series ran on too long?
AC Origins or Horizon Zero Dawn Complete edition?
m94h Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition but that's just my preference
m94h Buy Horizon first, it's pretty amazing. And absolutely beautiful...
I'd go with Zero Dawn. The story ended up being much better than I expected, and while it has some serious flaws in quest design and side activities, the machine combat is a very good time.
I LOVE HORIZON ZERO DAWN. I've never played origins though
Listen, I enjoyed my experience with AC Origins - it's a beautiful game and should be played by anyone who likes open-world and historical games, but HZD is in another level.
Im a fan of the fact you for the "You can grab anywhere in the world" you show the most telegraphed points: multiple random cracks on a wall.
Two Words. Trailing Missions.
Ah yes the like five missions when you have to follow and talk to someone for backstory
dick.head
Kevzete the tailing missions in syndicate agents abundant but when they’re there, they’re annoying as FUCK.
xD
R2-D2 from Star trek
Which ones? all can think of is one, and you're not tailing for long
All these efforts can still easily culminate as one boring game as hell. Delivering the details and toils is fine, but making a strong appeal and providing good gaming experience is another matter.
Besides the bugs which is just unacceptable, the only problem with AC has been the story, never the world or mechanics. Unity and Syndicate the gameplay was amazing and the cities felt alive too. The same with Black Flag and 3 mechanics amazing story meh while Rogue had a good story.
AC 1 actually a bad story, Brotherhood also bad.
For me, someone who plays for story everything fell apart after Revelations. Ezio (and also Desmond in some parts) was the heart of the franchise and when his story ended so did the spirit of AC in my opinion.
Not really,
3 expanded and continued its themes and story and pushed the Anvil Engine to its Limits
4 Had a great pirate story that worked alongside the assassin stuff
Rogue analyzed the plots and mythologies built up by prior games
And Origins has it's tale of starting the brotherhood.
As stories, the AC games are still delivering
The combat mechanics were absolute trash in every game. If they changed the combat to be even remotely interesting the games might be worth playing.
They did change the combat system to the more deep and flexible one in Origins
You nailed it when you said the best part of these games is exploring the world. Assassin's Creed games are the closest we can currently get to a time machine. Imagine when they can do these games (well) in VR and how immersive that will be.
I just unsubbed to dozens of RUclipsrs because they're meh. You, Sir, have earned my subscription.
gameranx is my favourite game channel.
Just finished the main story tonight. Loved it so much.
The clips from Origins you included look absolutely stunning in 1080p, 60 fps and what you said put the game back in my radar.
I don't like when people make videos where they speak about things they have low knowledge of. Because ACO's climbing system desnot differ from any previous games of this series, it's just a little more polished. And ACO still uses how you put it "Anchor points". It does not achieved through heavy programming, If they want you to climb certain things they just populate assets with such anchor points either by hand or programmaticly, it's no heavy task. System animates characters leap between these anchor points using pre-recorded animations, tweaking certain parameters, like height of the jump character needs to make it to the next anchor point, and so on. That's basicly the whole system. Uncharted 4 had already done it, like two years ago, and it's system is much more polished. So, i don't mean to offend you but, you are not taking ACO for granted, you are just praying on it.
BrotifyForce uncharted 4 is semi linear
this is open world
so stfu
john's Y.T T.V the author of this video doesn't talking about how aco's mechanic is new to the open world games, he is literally saying that no one had ever done climbing so great before, which is a lie
I love Assassin's Creed.
Josh Keul same
Assassin's Creed is one of my favorite franchises but when I first played syndicate I thought the series was gone. Then ac origins had just come out of nowhere so I bought it and gave it a try, now it is one of my favorites in the series.
This video is really well made! I especially liked the end and the tone of your voice you chose. One question, what was the song at the end, it is really soothing?
Personally it doesnt matter tooo much how "technologically advanced" a game is. There is just so much downtime is AC but not all down time is bad it gives you time to think about what has happened and what is to come but i didnt care about that in ACO because the story and gameplay were in my opinion boring. The climbing is simple. The world isnt that fun to play around in like zelda. The world may be detailed with technological things but they are not that interactive. The fighting is flashy and simple. Some games can pull that off like god of war. But still AC lags behind on the "fun factor" for me. The world may be incredibly detailed and i respect your opinion so please dont deem this comment as "hate". I just dont have as much fun with the later AC games as i used to. I LOVED Black Flag and Revelations becuase they were the first ones i played and i wasnt burnt out with the climbing and combat just yet. About ubisoft being underated again it comes to the fun factor. Far cry 2 was incredible it was challenging on harder difficulties and far cry 3 offered a great world to interact with. Both of those things i do not get from AC. i do enjoy some of ubisofts games. Rainbow 6 was great. Beyond good and evil is fun aswell. It is not all bleak for ubisoft though. Beyond good and evil 2 looks absolutely incredibly and hopefully they can redeem themselves in my mind.
GOTY
After studying Egypts architecture in my art history course i fell in love with the detail and accuracy of this game. Also just staring at the details such as the slow shadow movement on the sundials are just fascinating.
Step sounds are not impressive, that's a simple variable and if/elseif statement
...which also requires logical attention to detail by dedicated designer.
San A It's not attention to detail, it's expected in almost all new games. If the game had the same footstep sound for every surface, it would sound unnatural and people would criticize it. Footstep sounds aren't something that deserve praise.
Agreed bro, series has set such benchmarks that few elements seems as common sense in crafting. Still the praise if for collection of works :)
Even San Andreas has different step sounds
If you observe, AC Origins has different sound system not only for steps but also depend on what you wearing(outfits). Different outfits has different sounds on surface.
Assassins Creed 3 had rock climbing the same way as this game has. So you need to have another play through of AC3 to see that Connor rock climbs the same way as Bayak does.
Yeah, not a single aspect of this game he mentioned hasn't bean done before in another game. GTA V (2013) had all kinds of similar systems in the world that interact, as have RPG games since before 3D graphics. I'm not saying this game isn't impressive, just that NONE of the mechanics or technology behind it is new or in anyway advanced. It's just got a lot in it, but not a lot to do just like every AC game ever. I want to like the games, I really do, but they're just bad games.
Um, sorry but no it didn't, it's like he said in the video, you could only climb certain specific paths on the rocks in AC3, in Origins you can literally go up to any rock, building, mountain etc. and start climbing it from any angle with little to no restrictions.
Not to such an extent.
GTA V doesn't have as much detail in its mechanical animations and immediate surroundings as AC:O.
And no, AC games aren't bad
Maya, I replayed AC3 the other day and the rock climbing is the same as ACO. You probably need to replay the game. ACO and AC4 had the same development teams from AC3.
CBA Fantham, I've replayed AC3 5 times and the rock climbing is the same as it is in ACO.
I agree Luke, as an artist/photographer myself these games are remarkable! I love the detail. I sometimes work with Blender and Maya and know how time consuming it is to model a rock or even one of the blocks you see in the Pyramids and then add the textures. What they do is VERY impressive!
Sure the game is great but i run it 13fps on low
the things is lol, people have pretty low expectations with nintendo games, which will probably explain how Mario got so much attention because the standard of gaming is much, much lower. whereas games released on pc or ps4 etc have higher standards and expectations, people just assume those elements should be there without truly appreciating it, e.g climbing walls in a Zelda game is like "wow!" but have that feature in any game on higher gen consoles and people are like "okay?"
Low expectations ? Super Mario Odissey had waaay higher expectations than those of AC origins cuz lets face it the last ac games were trash. And talking shit bout Nintendo isn't a thing you should do if you are a fanboy of Ubisoft.
how am I shit talking Nintendo and how am I being a Ubisoft fanboy please explain? Low expectations in terms of graphical power/ gaming standards. Like no one's expecting a Nintendo game to have hundreds of NPCs on screen at a single given moment, like with many open world or Zombie orientated games, or the ability to free roam an environment with realistic animations and physics, but that doesn't mean Nintendo games are less innovating or fun, and that's my point.
LittleFilms In that case it is my mistake and I am sorry for it.Maybe toxicity on the internet got to me.Sorry mate.
LittleFilms you're right
Lol what low expectations with nintendo games...?
Gothic from 2001 actually has such a freerunning system you're describing "no other game series has". You can dynamically climb any ledge along with adjustment of hands etc. Also, each NPC has their own routine including eating, sleeping, talking to people, taking a piss, Monsters would even defend their territory from each other. (It also has different footsteps depending on which terrain you step on.)
Who else liked every ac game no matter what including unity and syndicate...no?
Mrs Youch McCouch no
heckin' dang oki
it sounds like a north korean propaganda video
Something that really stood out to me in AC:O is the camera. I don't know what they've done with it but it feels incredible.
"We Take Assassins Creed For Granted"
We would when it's released every year, if not then every other year, and is virtually the same game every time which is "good" at it's very best. Curb your creed. Snooze.
I just finished playing AC4. It was my first AC game and I had the same thoughts about the open-world climbing system. It is done incredibly well. I haven't seen any other game achieve such a feat.
Being a photographer amd artist I have always noticed the amount of minute details in the AC games. Climb up on the Jackdaw or hang off the front and their are boards, wood patches and knots that technically, do not need to bethere for the game. Climb the Basillica or another building and there are details in the stonework and stained glass, minor details most never notice but little details are there so it feels like a real building that a group of Mason or stoneworkers spent building and putting in details to make the place attractive. Games are doing better versus the original 3D games where walls were plat color pallettes of texture, now we have insects, birds, spots of dust floating about and details.
ACO is like the finished version of ACU and ACS, satisfying open world, detailed movement, and graphics! For us AC fan is like watching a child grow up stronger and better but still only us parents recognize him/her
Really don't know why people give Ubisoft shit. They literally have 3 of the biggest franchises in gaming namely Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Watch dogs and keep improving with every release. They'll always be one of my top developers/publishers.
PREACH IT.
PREAAAAAACH. Ubisoft is NOT given enough credit for any AC game
assassins creed origins was the first assassins creed game I ever played and I was blown away, i'm level 30 and I have hardly done any of the story I've just been running around doing side missions and unlocking questions marks.