Thirith on 16/6/2018 at 11:02
As much as I've enjoyed most of the Assassin's Creed series, I find myself pretty indifferent to what I've seen of Odyssey so far, even though many seem pretty excited about its moves further into RPG country, as shown at E3. The main reason is that aesthetically it doesn't look all that different to Origins. The sun kissed Mediterranean lighting makes it look a bit too much like an ambitious Origins expansion. I'm sure I'll get the game eventually, but right now I think I'll wait for a few months after it's released.
icemann on 16/6/2018 at 11:48
The fact that you appear to be more of a super hero is not a good change for the series.
Thirith on 16/6/2018 at 14:25
How's that ever been different in Assassin's Creed, though? Functionally, you've been a Batman-style character for a long time, except you actually kill people. You've got combat toys, you're insanely mobile, you're fast and capable.
icemann on 16/6/2018 at 15:01
Yeah but you weren't God of War level though. More as you say Batman.
To use a superhero example, it's like going from Batman to Superman.
As for E3:
[video=youtube;UHnUn80Etjo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHnUn80Etjo[/video]
henke on 16/6/2018 at 15:51
I got bored and stopped playing AC Origins 3-4 hours in, and this new one looks like pretty much the same thing, so it's a pass for me. Wake me up when they get back to 17th+ century and western locations again.
Renzatic on 17/6/2018 at 06:01
Not an official trailer, but still neat nonetheless.
[video=youtube;OinRDzEbqXc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OinRDzEbqXc[/video]
henke on 17/6/2018 at 08:19
Hahaha that's great! :D
Neb on 18/6/2018 at 04:26
Cyberpunk 2077 was definitely the game at E3 that I'm interested in seeing more of, but reading about - and listening to - impressions of the private gameplay screening doesn't make it seem that exciting to me. I'm sure it'll probably be a good game, but they haven't let on to any grand ideas or unique selling points yet. I watched a bunch of videos of people beaming at what they saw, but everything they were talking about was either a check-list of what you'd expect from a modern open-world action adventure, or features from many other places. I just had that gut feeling that there's something missing, and that it could be fairly safe, with most of the imaginative stuff kept for side quests.
Sorry to jam up your hype thread with pessimism, henke. :p
demagogue on 18/6/2018 at 06:51
Open-world games are kind of common, but what other game is really open-world urban cyberpunk?
Sulphur on 18/6/2018 at 07:25
Mirror's Edge? Okay, I'm being facetious, but I'm more intrigued by the idea of a dense, futuristic RPG constructed by one of the best world-builders in today's gamedev scene. It could be a linear set of environments/Mass Effect-style hub-and-spoke and I'd still want in. Open-world isn't really a selling point any more, it's just sort of a given for a humongous AAA RPG these days.
It's always good to temper hype, though. I just wish they'd release that demo for the public too, because now that the write-ups are out, the only earthly reason they'd hold back from showing it to the masses is because they've done a vertical slice that's not 100% representative of the full game - i.e., they want to avoid the backlash they had with TW3's initial trailers.
