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11/24/09
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It hurts to have invested so much time into a game only to get to the finish line and die before crossing it, but somehow, with this game, it stung less since the journey itself was so fun I didn't really want it to end anyways. This is far and away my GotY. Probably my game of the generation. If anybody is still on the fence about picking this up, please do yourself a favor and give it a shot.
11/24/09
However, like you, it did hurt but since the game itself was so much fun, I didn't mind going through with a replay.
12:44 AM
Actually played all the way through AC2 in two play sessions over the last two nights. It was worth it. The ending was hysterical. I can't wait until the final game so I can find out how good the drugs Ubisoft is on really are!
11/24/09
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11/24/09
Because he was alive during the Renaissance. There's no way he could be alive now.
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11/24/09
It's not often that the numbers work out so perfectly like that! Cherish this moment of order in a crazy and unpredictable market.
Oh. And buy this game Kotakuites. It's absolutely awesome.
11/24/09
Anyways, last night I just deciphered the last glyph, and now know the 'truth'. All I have is 2 viewpoints left, and the battle in Roma, and Ill be finished the game. I dont think Ill look for the feathers.
Point is this, Ubisoft did a lot of good things. Now they just have to tighten it up for AC3. There were a lot of problems in this game, most of them subtle things, which need to be fixed for next iteration.
Especially the beards. Sweet Jesus they did a bad job putting beards on characters.
Oh well, its still a 4/5 in my book.
11/24/09
11/24/09
I played the first 20 minutes in my lunch break on release day. Most of the comments from my fellow coworkers were dissecting the various features of Lucy's face.
11/24/09
#speakup
11/24/09
But just this once, Ubisoft. Lucy better get a make-over for next game, else Wayne Brady's gonna have to choke a bitch.
#speakup
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11/24/09
These are minor points against though, and on the whole the game is a great success.
#speakup
11/24/09
11/24/09
They almost *always* sell better.
There is a natural progression in sales that trends up, especially for any game that gained any sort of cult following.
There's been lots of talk the past week about the Dead Space sequel in the works, and people asking why, since it sold short of 2 million.
The answer is: the people that did play it liked it. It was rented by a LOT of people, who also liked it, and it has great word of mouth.
So you'll see a growth in sales as the series goes on. AC is working the same way. New IP sells a couple million, sequel sells 4-5 million, third installment sells 7 million... next thing you know, over 5 or 6 years they've wrung 15 million sales out of the franchise.
People forget that Call of Duty started off with 1.5 million sales. Then 1.5 million, then another lackluster 1.4... Then 13 million... and now 17 million potentially?
11/24/09
11/21/09
Although there are still little glitches which we just had to laugh at. For example, during a particular mission involving a large battle between two factions, we saw a large group of people running in a circle. Turns out the combat AI had simply bricked, causing a series of enemy-ally-enemy-ally etc to chase after each other in a perfect circle (broken up on stepping in front of one of them). Was a thing of wonder to behold.
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