Assassin´s Creed III - Part 1

[zenith16]

sorry nothing on Desmond yet. But here's more details on the naval battles

Assassin's Creed III

GamesCom 2012: Naval Combat Interview

Steven Masters, Lead Game Designer on Assassin’s Creed III, talks about the Battle of Chesapeake Bay and Naval combat gameplay.


source:GT

 

[Wolvieboy17]

I think most of these threads are now 80% links and maybe 20% conversation

 

[zenith16]

Well this one from GT shows those cannon balls in action though and how they'll look compared to the other one from x-play that mentioned it with out doing so. and went into further detail. other wise I wouldn't have bothered

 

[ProjectPat2280]

I think most of these threads are now 80% links and maybe 20% conversation

Lol, you've noticed it too I see

 

[Wolvieboy17]

Yeah... I think it actually strangles the threads and stops the flow of convo... I mean this thread should be buzzing.

 

[TheBat812]

It also provides people like me who don't check up on game sites all the time with videos I might not have seen otherwise.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

Yeah, well I don't know about you but i come to a discussion thread for, you know, discussion :/

So i was thinking, how much more of Connor do you think we'll see, Post Assassins Creed 3? Especially since they're not going to do the One game a year thing anymore, I wonder if they'll do another Connor game or go to AC 4?

 

[ProjectPat2280]

do you really think theyll stick to that? like all the other titles, this will release and sell a ton of copies and id think ubi will be chomping at the bit to get more AC out there. if they dont tho, i think AC 4 should feature another asassin. what i wonder is if theyll move on from Desmond?

 

[Asteroid-Man]

I'll be honest, I come here looking for news.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

do you really think theyll stick to that? like all the other titles, this will release and sell a ton of copies and id thibk ubi will be chomping at the bit to get more AC out there. if they dont tho, i think AC 4 should feature another asassin. what i wonder is if theyll move on from Desmond?

Yeah, Desmond is done after this one, so who could they do? Perhaps a Templar who later becomes an Assassin? Perhaps the first Assassin?

 

[zenith16]

As was said before in the other thread this is Desmond last Game and Conner will only go as far as they'll still have Desmond around. They said they'd move on after des. It's been talked about already. And no it's not a problem its being rediscussed .

 

[Wolvieboy17]

Then i hope Connor gets the full treatment. I want a full experience of his life thats comparable to Ezio. And I don't want to get short changed with some missing chapters that are just DLC

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Then i hope Connor gets the full treatment. I want a full experience of his life thats comparable to Ezio. And I don't want to get short changed with some missing chapters that are just DLC

Yea i do too, altho thats depending on if i like conner or not.

 

[Paradox1]

are you kidding I love Connor already.

 

[jacobed]

It'd be cool to just see a game about an assassin but not have the futuristic aspect to it.

 

[deadshot daquir]

i'm not sure if desmond is in it,but a modern scenario or chapter would be cool

imagine running around in modern boston streets or manhattan or something

 

[SpideyVille]

I still wish we could get a game set in feudal Japan just to see how an Assassin would compare to a ninja. But I guess that wouldn't work so well with Desmond in terms of his DNA because then it would seem like he had a wide range of ancestry. But I'd still like to see them go there one day.

 

[AxlsAppetite]

Desmond wouldn't be an issue anymore seeing as how this is his last game.

 

[Crockett]

There's so many directions they could take the series after, either with a new character though they have to make it work that it's also usual that there's assassins in that character's ancestry.

I love the assassins vs. templars, unravelling the lore between the two besides than the one Desmond and his line is involved in but it's also interesting if they go in a different direction that doesn't have to be part of a big-scale event in history (but I'm game if it's that too of course) but something like a feud between two family à la Hatfield and McCoy that spans several centuries, it sounds silly but I trust someone other than me that can make it work without being silly.

 

[SpideyVille]

I know it's Desmond's last game and that the history in the game is so vast that they will be other characters and stuff, but I always found it kinda weird to think how Desmond's arc has pretty much been about "saving the world/preventing the apocalypse" and stuff, so to see another main character with a different arc, it almost seems like it won't feel the same given the stakes will most likely be different.

It's almost like Star Wars where Luke's arc is what is known by most people, yet the universe and stories have gone far beyond that.

 

[Paradox1]

Star wars isn't about luke its about the rise and fall anakin/vader. As far as continuing on the series without Desmond it's really gonna be easy. How did EA move on without John madden and his name is on the cover and still is yet nobody cares about that because it's about the game. If ubisoft puts out a bunch of crappy AC titles in the future I'm sure Desmond will be back.

 

[AxlsAppetite]

Yeah, because Assassin's Creed is pretty much a sports game.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

Yeah, and having a sports figure in a game is totally the same as an entire narrative structure across multiple games.

And Star Wars WAS about Luke, in the original, successful trilogy, then it became about something else.... But that didn't affect the formula at all, right? :P

 

[Benstamania]

Star Wars was about Luke... It only became about Anakain when Lucas went crazy.

Everytime I hear him say he had all six movies written out in his mind I want to ask him about the Luke/Leia kiss.

 

[Paradox1]

Yeah, and having a sports figure in a game is totally the same as an entire narrative structure across multiple games.

That comparison still holds because AC is a FRANCHISE and FRANCHISES don't live or die based one character, one player, or sports figure.Does the US government collapse everytime there is a shift in leadership? Does James Bond movies stop making money because the actors change.Should the bulls have stopped playing basketball because Micheal Jordan retired. After all he wrote the greatest narrative in NBA history as the most clutch and greatest player in the leagues history arguably There are literally thousand of examples of franchises that continue on after major changes.

In my opinion its ridiculous to believe that Desmond not being part of the FRANCHISE is going to change any quality of future games. DESMOND is narrative element nothing MORE.IF this was a beloved character that had decades of fan support and love then possibly I could understand. However this is a completely different form of media where 99.9% of how a game is perceived is about gameplay, and graphics.Anybody could be hooked into the Animus and as long as the gameplay is on par or surpasses the last installment the franchise will stand up. IF the controls are clunky and the gameplay is terrible you could have a oscar award winning story and nobody will play it.

And Star Wars WAS about Luke, in the original, successful trilogy, then it became about something else.... But that didn't affect the formula at all, right? :P

When you look at Star Wars in its entirety it is about Anakin not because I say so or anyone else its like that because the CREATOR said so.Now you can interpet the quality of his work any way you like(which I am a fan of), however whatever he says about the characters and story goes down as fact. You can argue that all you like.... to someone else.I do not argue hard facts I think its a practice in futility... but thats just me being reasonable and we know that doesn't have anyplace on the internet.