Ah okay. Still... doesn't make sense though. When he gets punched or is too close to a grenade it's the same effect.Straight from Naughty Dog's mouth.
Nathan Drake Doesn't Have A Health Meter In Uncharted, He Has A Luck Meter
Nathan Drake doesn't actually get hit by multiple bullets. He just runs out of luck.www.gameinformer.com
When getting punched, either the punches barely connect, the players see something different from Drake, or Drake thinks he's been hit, psyching himself out for the actual death blow. As for grenades...he barely gets out of the way or has scratch damage???Ah okay. Still... doesn't make sense though. When he gets punched or is too close to a grenade it's the same effect.
Anybody who wants "realism" in games should be happy putting up with having their character spend months in physical therapy.
Whatever the case Drake has shit luck on Crushing. Also I’m pretty sure it only applies to getting shot (at), since he can clearly get hit by melee attacks and survive a few (again, depending on the difficulty setting). Grenades are more of an AoE thing, so he can be affected somewhat but too close to the blast and he’s toast.
Yep, pat and woolie pretty much summed up my thoughts on AC at this point.
This amused me. I don't know these people, but when that guy informed the other one that an AC:Japan was coming, I thought he'd react with "woah, awesome, I'm so totally playing that". Would have been hilarious.
That's the problem: Ubisoft has kept shoving this shit right down people's throats, whether the gamers wanted to or not, and each game became more derivative than the last, less interesting, grindy as fuck, manipulative and preying on consumers addictive tendencies and FOMO, and plain not fun. There's a reason why Tsushima is consider the best Assassins Creed game ever made.
In the case of AC, yes. There are people that obsessed with AC's dumb plot, certain characters, the historical settings, or just want to do "cool assassin shit!". That is not hard to understand.
These are very different things. The plot (the animus thingy) is painfully grotesque and, if I judge by Odyssey, is being violently shoved to the backseat. But the "cool assassin shit" is cool, and the various historical settings have various appeals for various people. My point is that, precisely because it's the exact same thing with new varnish each time, at best a different flavor, it's like... choosing your favorite phone case. There is no point is owning them all, no point in covering your phone with all of them. They serve the same function. It's a good function. The variety should be treated as a menu choice, a buffet with no obligation to swallow everything.
Yes. Your point?
Depends on the person. I've met multiple people who own either all of the games or nearly all. Some people are there for one, the other, or all the above reasons for this franchise. I hate animus plot too, and so do certain fans, but I've seen just many try to patheticaly defend it or justify it.
Good point, but too bad Ubisoft has not treated as such, and they you have the sycophants justifying a yearly/bi-yearly release or brainwashed into believing this shit.
Once again, Ubisoft never learns and many parts of the gaming audience. Especially when it comes to the super fans, or casuals who buy for the "realistic graphics" in an AC games. You won't believe how many of those I've encountered.
Each game may be optional, but it does not excuse Ubisoft being this creatively bankrupt, nor consumers constantly settling for less each time. It's why I choose to never touch these bland and shitty games in the first place. There are about 100,000+ games more fun than anything AC related.
But the fact that ubisoft doesn't treat them as such (and tries to present them as one big don't-miss-an-episode story) makes it all the more enjoyable.
The problem w/Ubisoft games, especially AC, is that they've been making the same game since IV, but each game afterward gets worse or has minimal changes. Add into Ubisoft formula to nearly all of their AAA games, and it's a bland and homogenized mess. They all pretty much use the same fucking UI now. Add in Ubisoft acting like bitches, because Elden Ring kicked their asses, show how much pathetic complacent bitches they've become. In addition, this is the reason why I'll always play FC: Instincts, and Crysis 2 & 3 over FC2-6 (including the other spin-offs).
For all of the MCUs problems, nearly anything from there is way more interesting than AC as far as I'm concerned. I rather marathon all of that, over the majority of the AC franchise, any day of the week.
There's good repetition, and bad repetition. Something that is hard to balance, but can be done with effort. AC has not have good repetition since Brotherhood and IV. Plus, Ubisoft does not know how to mix it up at all, or doesn't even try. Gaming franchise like Doom, Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, Streets of Rage, Mario, Sonic, etc. usually know how to mix it up without being too repetitive, or make the combat so great that nothing else is needed.
Eh, Valhalla,, Odyssey and Origins are clearly something different.
Not by much. I will give some credit to Origins to introducing ideas that are "new for AC", but they never refined on it, made things worse, or added in more bloat, unless you pay a hefty price to skip it all.
Exactly my point. It went worse in the other direction, while still having the same problems as past games. Origins and Odyssey may be better than something like Revelations, Syndicate, and Unity, but that is not a milestone worth praising nor celebrating. Plenty of games are better than all of the 5 I just mentioned.
FC has been doing the same thing since 3, but with less interesting villains each time. Just Dance is nothing more than glorified shovelware that has been doing the same thing since 3 and 4. Trackmania I can't comment on, as I never once played the games. Rabbids really didn't get good until the crossover games with Mario. Before that, Rabbids were a huge annoyance Ubi shoved down peoples throats, when nobody wanted them (not the first time Ubisoft was shilling a character or franchise forcing people to like), and wanted new Rayman. It took until 2011 for Ubisoft to do so and give the fan and gamers what they actually wanted. Watch Dogs is just AC in modern day, with most fans only preferring the WD2 over 1. The third game that takes place in Brexit, a lot of people don't like. The Division just sucks in general. Ghost Recon they turned a tactical single player 3rd person shooting games, into another uninspired sandbox games most GR fans, didn't want nor give a shit about. Rainbow Six Siege is a live-service started horribly and only got better through patches and balances, but it's all Ubisoft even bothers with now. They have not made another single player based Rainbow Six game since the Vegas games. I care more for the movie being developed by Michael B. Jordan, than I do about Siege, or another game that is never happening. So there are huge problems. Let's get into the fact that Ubisoft can't commit politics for shit, more than happy to enable players acting like racists and sexists assholes (with assholes like that being in charge at the top in the company), could not give an actual shit about diversity and use it under the most shallowest terms, and said company let's sexual abusers/assaulters/rapist run free with little to no punishment. Can't blame a lot of people walking out on Ubisoft, and their games can continue to suffer from there own doing. I have nothing else to say on this part, and that is final.
While FROM was stuck in Souls rut, they at least respected players' time, knew how to mix things up, and didn't treat their gaming audiences like they're thundering dumbasses, nor think they only have to appeal to frat-jock assholes. Also, Bloodborne plays nothing like Demon Souls, Dark Souls I & II. Dark Souls III takes more from Bloodborne any way. Elden Ring is basically Dark Souls IV, but you and your steed can jump with the grander open world exploration that puts many AAA sandbox games to shame. Not a Souls fan, but I respect FROM far more than Ubisoft, and rather play the former's games, any day of the week than whatever Ubi shits out. I'm happy we're getting an Armored Core 6, and it plays nothing like a Dark Souls games. I have no complaints.
