What Have You Beaten This Year?

"BlameItOnTheHenne wrote:

All 6 Assassin's Creed games (in the last 2 months actually).

You are now a man. :lol:

"BlameItOnTheHenne wrote:

All 6 Assassin's Creed games (in the last 2 months actually).

Nice. I'm trying to push myself through Brotherhood/Revelations to get to 3 and ultimately 4. It's not that I hate those games (I loved AC2 and only game I have a platinum trophy for) but guess I'm ready for a new character and time period.

"Starry31 wrote:

Nice. I'm trying to push myself through Brotherhood/Revelations to get to 3 and ultimately 4. It's not that I hate those games (I loved AC2 and only game I have a platinum trophy for) but guess I'm ready for a new character and time period.

Ezio is the most loved protagonist in the series, so just enjoy the ride while it lasts. Brotherhood in particular is my favorite AC game. But 3 and 4 do offer something different over the 2/B/R trilogy, so they shine in their own ways.

I think 4 is regarded as the best game in the series now, or at least tied with 2 for that honor. People really loved the pirate setting, and Edward is a fun guy, albeit a bit of a scumbag at times.

Edward is an absolute scumbag. But I think that's the business these days. The GTA5 guys are bad guys... REALLY bad guys. And we still love those idiots.

For some reason, I hardly ever play 2 games at once. If u do, one is usually a sports game or racing game...but I find myself playing AC4 and GTA5 online a lot. I hate to say it, but AC4 struggles to keep my attention. I only like it in short clips. I think I may be worn out on pirates and ships? And the sea battles are not that fun to me.

On another note, I was going to get a PS4, but decided to pick up new gym equipment instead. There are still a few great games out for the ps3 and 360 anyway. Maybe this summer I'll get the next gen consoles.

"Sethdaddy8 wrote:

For some reason, I hardly ever play 2 games at once. If u do, one is usually a sports game or racing game...but I find myself playing AC4 and GTA5 online a lot. I hate to say it, but AC4 struggles to keep my attention. I only like it in short clips. I think I may be worn out on pirates and ships? And the sea battles are not that fun to me.

On another note, I was going to get a PS4, but decided to pick up new gym equipment instead. There are still a few great games out for the ps3 and 360 anyway. Maybe this summer I'll get the next gen consoles.

I can't fault you on the pass on the PS4. There's nothing that you have to have on either XB1 or PS4. Titanfall is out for 360 next week. PS4 gets Second Son tomorrow @ midnight... But unless you're really into Infamous (I am), that won't matter much.. At the very least it can wait.

"mor911 wrote:

Edward is an absolute scumbag. But I think that's the business these days. The GTA5 guys are bad guys... REALLY bad guys. And we still love those idiots.

We should talk about this in the AC thread, but Edward isn't that bad. There are times where he's just greedy and a jerk, but he has a good motivation, at least.

"Desides wrote:

We should talk about this in the AC thread, but Edward isn't that bad. There are times where he's just greedy and a jerk, but he has a good motivation, at least.

Link me, I can't find an AC4 thread :(

But yes, he has good intentions... and yes, at times he does the "right" thing. But these guys pirate and pillage all over the place.

"mor911 wrote:

I can't fault you on the pass on the PS4. There's nothing that you have to have on either XB1 or PS4. Titanfall is out for 360 next week. PS4 gets Second Son tomorrow @ midnight... But unless you're really into Infamous (I am), that won't matter much.. At the very least it can wait.

I do love the Infamous games, but it can wait.

"mor911 wrote:

Link me, I can't find an AC4 thread :(

But yes, he has good intentions... and yes, at times he does the "right" thing. But these guys pirate and pillage all over the place.

We've been using the AC3 thread as a general AC thread. I should really rename it... which I think I will. :lol:

"Starry31 wrote:

Just finished Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions on the PSP and was really pleased. The "Shakespearean language" I thought was done really well and the cutscenes were a nice addition. The game started off great and I couldn't put it down, then my enthusiasm slowed a little. I think needing to do random battles for extra skills and putting the story on hold is one reason, and the story also started taking different turns. I think in some games the writers go one step too far, where they have a great story but add an extra layer that can water everything down and just make things more complicated. Still enjoyed the story and game immensely, glad I was able to finally clear this one all the way through.

In the last four years I've probably beaten 10-15 games and now I've finished 3 in one month. See, this thread is good for focusing. :lol: That and I'm not messing with a MMO or college right now so little more free time. Not sure what I'll hop into next, whether I'll keep my FF theme going or take a break. Still might go back on Tactics and do some side missions and mess around first.

Had a FFT game on the GBA SD. Great damn game.

"mor911 wrote:

I can't fault you on the pass on the PS4. There's nothing that you have to have on either XB1 or PS4. Titanfall is out for 360 next week. PS4 gets Second Son tomorrow @ midnight... But unless you're really into Infamous (I am), that won't matter much.. At the very least it can wait.

Nope, it got delayed 2 weeks.

"Stitches wrote:

Nope, it got delayed 2 weeks.

Yeah just read that at lunch. I wonder what's going on. Nobody has seen it and EA/Respawn are saying that it will not be missing anything (minus graphics of course). Maybe it's broken? Maybe the XB1 sales still aren't where they want it to be and they think another 2 weeks of Titanfall XB1 sales will help?

"Desides wrote:

Ezio is the most loved protagonist in the series, so just enjoy the ride while it lasts. Brotherhood in particular is my favorite AC game. But 3 and 4 do offer something different over the 2/B/R trilogy, so they shine in their own ways.

I think 4 is regarded as the best game in the series now, or at least tied with 2 for that honor. People really loved the pirate setting, and Edward is a fun guy, albeit a bit of a scumbag at times.

I have always loved pirates and anything dealing with the ocean so I think part of it is I'm making myself eat dinner to get to the dessert. I'm sure I'll be glad I played the games leading up to 4, but I've just been really eager to play it since the setting was announced.

On another note, I was going to get a PS4, but decided to pick up new gym equipment instead

"Starry31 wrote:

I have always loved pirates and anything dealing with the ocean so I think part of it is I'm making myself eat dinner to get to the dessert. I'm sure I'll be glad I played the games leading up to 4, but I've just been really eager to play it since the setting was announced.

IMO, you're eating dessert to get to Candyland.

Fair warning, a lot of people don't like 3. It's a combination of some questionable mission design and what is perceived as a less interesting lead character following Ezio.

I did NBA2K career, did a center got drafted on Atlanta, beat the Bulls, Pacers, Heat, and OKC to get the first ring as a rookie at 18, Not very challenging, and it was glitchy on normal so if I put it up to hard it would just pissed me off....So I beat it in a way....

Brotherhood down, onto Revelations.

Took about three weeks for Brotherhood, three days for Revelations. Desides, what is about Brotherhood that makes it your favorite? For me, I really enjoyed Revelations a lot more than Brotherhood but I see consensus has Brotherhood being better.

Brotherhood is a pain in the ass. The middle sequences (especially the play) took me days and days to finish. I got to the point where I was just getting pissed.

I recall liking Brotherhood the best as well, but it has been a while since I played.

Beat Infamous: Second Son on Sunday. I loved it, just wish I had stuff to keep doing after beating it.

"Starry31 wrote:

Took about three weeks for Brotherhood, three days for Revelations. Desides, what is about Brotherhood that makes it your favorite? For me, I really enjoyed Revelations a lot more than Brotherhood but I see consensus has Brotherhood being better.

Setting, writing, variety of ways to assassinate without being overly complex, rewarding when you put in the effort (especially the damn Romulus scrolls), reasonable difficulty, and anything related to Cesare.

I also thought it handled Desmond very well. We finally got to do things as him, in ways that tied in very nicely with AC2.

Basically, Brotherhood has the most personality.

"Desides wrote:

Setting, writing, variety of ways to assassinate without being overly complex, rewarding when you put in the effort (especially the damn Romulus scrolls), reasonable difficulty, and anything related to Cesare.

I also thought it handled Desmond very well. We finally got to do things as him, in ways that tied in very nicely with AC2.

Basically, Brotherhood has the most personality.

I also enjoyed the Desmond scenes, would have maybe liked a little more even if it was popping out of the Animus to get a few lines of dialogue (which happens some). I've seen where some people don't like the modern day storyline but I like how it ties things together, even if it's a little out there.

I guess for me Brotherhood just felt like an expansion to 2, that there wasn't enough to really separate Brotherhood from its predecessor. I also didn't do a lot of extra stuff because I tend to skip side stuff for the main story in games and was eager to get to the next game, so some of Brotherhood I didn't see. With Revelations I got that new game feel because I arrived to a new town off a ship and I'm like okay, what now? I really liked the new setting and the story in Revelations, plus I really enjoyed two of the dungeons.

I probably wasn't going do much extra stuff with Revelations but see there's a Hagia Sophia level and that was one thing I was sad wasn't in the game, being able to enter the Hagia Sophia. Guess I'll do that and then maybe start 3, gotta catch up to BlameItOnTheHenne.

I remember enjoying AC2 the most, with a very close second being Brotherhood. If I had to rank them all so far -

AC2
Brotherhood
Revelations
AC3
AC1

AC4? Time will tell. Just waiting on the $19.99 price tag to get started.

"MonstBlitz wrote:

AC4? Time will tell. Just waiting on the $19.99 price tag to get started.

Stop being a cheapskate and just buy it. :lol:

"MonstBlitz wrote:

I remember enjoying AC2 the most, with a very close second being Brotherhood. If I had to rank them all so far -

AC2
Brotherhood
Revelations
AC3
AC1

AC4? Time will tell. Just waiting on the $19.99 price tag to get started.

It should be $19.99 at Best Buy starting on 4/13 (PS3, 360, Wiiu, and PC).