Assassin's Creed Unity
Archetypes, Individuality, and Design Implications
Sat, 05/23/2015 - 21:30 — Calvar The BladeI think the idea of clearly understandable archetypes for Guard NPCs in AC games is a smart one. When a player can look at an NPC and instantly tell exactly what abilities they have based off of previous encounters with people who wore similar outfits, were of a similar build, and carried similar weapons, level design can be clearly based around unique behaviors individuals have.
Unity for PC - now $14.99
Thu, 05/14/2015 - 21:43 — stabguyIf any of you were waiting for a good price on Unity, now is the time to act! Amazon just dropped their price from $34.83 to $14.99 (PC disc only):
AC China - Cryptic Numbers
Mon, 04/27/2015 - 21:42 — Leo KThroughout Shao Jun’s journey, she encountered several Assassin Insignias at various points. Each had a four-digit number hidden beneath it when the Chinese Assassin looked at them through her Eagle Vision.
The numbers, and their locations are;
0322 (Memory 3) - The Port
1021 (Memory 7) - The Snake
3102 (Memory 9) - An Old Friend
The significance of these numbers is currently unknown.
- There are three of these numbers throughout the game. There are three Chronicles games.
- Three numbers, four digits each = 12. AC games have 12 Sequences.
AC Chronicles China: All Memories Full Synced
Thu, 04/23/2015 - 22:23 — Leo K
[Adapted for front-page. -stabguy]
Full Sync of every Memory in AC Chronicles China. Normal difficulty. (Actually the hardest in the game, because even on Plus and Plus Hard, you get Items and Abilities from later missions that you can use in the early missions. If Stealth and Max Score is all you're going for, Normal is the hardest difficulty.)
Complete playlist here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL36oulzyfYiP5jQiMm6lv33TnGIEmnz7A
UI and Audio
Sat, 04/04/2015 - 23:26 — Calvar The BladeI think that with Unity's fantastic ambient audio, notifications and updates should feel fitting with that world, rather than cutting through and breaking the illusion. Looting a body or escaping guards shouldn't produce strange animus bloops. For things like escapes the dynamic music is an obvious candidate but I feel like it's also pretty overdone at the moment, with the same sweeping track going on regardless of if you're in an epic battle or facing off against a single grunt for 5 seconds.
AC Unity's Prologue [Observations/Mapping]
Wed, 03/25/2015 - 01:54 — Leo K- It is NOT possible to use Eagle Vision
- It is NOT possible to open the Map Screen
- It is NOT possible to change weapons/gadgets
- It is NOT possible to kill all the enemies - they respawn infinitely
- It is NOT possible to perform ANY Stealth (no crouch no assassinate)
- It is NOT possible to exit into Paris (possible OOB opportunity?)
- It is POSSIBLE to die
- It is POSSIBLE to find/kill the renegade Templar you see knocking on the gate
- It is POSSIBLE to get the "Chopped!" Trophy/Achievement here
Death as a Consequence
Tue, 03/24/2015 - 22:37 — Calvar The BladeThis topic seems somewhat appropriate considering Bloodborne just came out.
Desynchronization as a concept seems perfect for giving more incentive to avoid death. It could cause you to lose some money (not all of it like in Souls) or give you a lower reward for a mission if you die multiple times while completing it. (it would make perfect sense for "full sync" to only refer to not dying)
Rouille Unique Kill During a Scene
Mon, 03/23/2015 - 18:29 — aurllcooljay
https://youtu.be/JuBE4N6ObkY
Assassins Creed Unity sequence 8 memory 2 September Massacres
Rouille Assassination
With there being only three official unique kills in the game, I sought out to create my own. In the sequence 8 assassination there is an optional cutscene from the distraction opportunity. What's helpful is you regain control of Arno shorty after it starts, allowing you to kill enemies offscreen.
Unique Scene Kill
EA's very late First impressions!
Sun, 03/22/2015 - 03:17 — EzioAltair17So I got a PS4 two days ago and since then been playing AC Unity along with a few other games that aren't relevant right now. Anyway, I'm not in love with it ,infact I'm a few hours in and I'm still adjusting to it. Its so different from the past AC games, I couldn't grasp that until I played it myself.
Pros:
SO MUCH TO DO!
The graphics; no framerate issue...yet
Customization
Cons:
Navigation feels weird but that just may be me getting use to the PS4 controller.
4 too many currrency systems.
Micro-transactions
Upgrade system
The Kingdom of Beggars [No Kills, No Detects, Minimalist]
Fri, 03/20/2015 - 21:24 — Leo K
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UjNijgGLWA
This isn't too crazy - but I've never actually contributed a video to this site, ever.
To skip Tailing, just click to 4:00 for the infiltration.
I start off by reaching La Touche's location, then proceeding to tail him from the front. You can see the green Objective Marker changing position through the walls as he "follows" me.
