Assassin's Creed III

[CelticPride17]

Re: Assassin's Creed III

Wait is it coming out Tuesday or Wednesday?

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Re: Assassin's Creed III

Wait is it coming out Tuesday or Wednesday?

http://tinyurl.com/8sqhk5d

[Fresh Tendrils]

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http://tinyurl.com/8sqhk5d

**** that took long enough. Slowest typist ever.

[CelticPride17]

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Well apologies, but that trailer said Available October 31st, and everything else says October 30th.

[Burns11]

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That's because it's a European trailer, as noted by the "PEGI 18" at the beginning, and it releases on the 31st in Europe.

[CelticPride17]

Re: Assassin's Creed III

That's because it's a European trailer, as noted by the "PEGI 18" at the beginning, and it releases on the 31st in Europe.

Oh, didn't realize that. My bad. Thanks.

[YeOldTonk]

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Any recommendations on places to preorder for the 360?

And is the Season Pass worth it?

Never played any of the AC series before and not one of those "Need it release day" type of guys, but if I can get added bonuses, why the hell not preorder.

Thanks.

[SinisterAlex]

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Any recommendations on places to preorder for the 360?

And is the Season Pass worth it?

Never played any of the AC series before and not one of those "Need it release day" type of guys, but if I can get added bonuses, why the hell not preorder.

Thanks.

Your best bet would most likely be Gamestop/ EB Games. They normally have the best pre order bonus out of the main stores.

I didn't know there was a season pass for this game. Though traditionally, DLC for Assassin's Creed games in my opinion, have never been any good.

[goh]

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http://www.thehiddenblade.com/assassins-creed-iii-dazs-experience

There is no block button.
Fighting feels like the Batman: Arkham games.
Instead of Counter, you have something called Parry Stance. You press either O or B to get into Parry Stance, it only lasts a second or two before you go back to Fight Stance. So it's effectively a counter but you can't turtle anymore.

Before an enemy attacks you, a symbol above their head will flash. This is similar to the lighting up animation above enemies' heads in the Arkham games, then you tap your counter button. Tougher enemies will not show this symbol and you actually have to use your eyes and pay attention.

Even harder enemies cannot be counter killed, but the game allows you to try, which means if you do, you will perform the counter animation, they'll catch your counter and you will take damage equivalent to 1/10th of your health bar. For these, you either have to Secondary, Disarm, or Throw Counter them. I'll explain what those are soon.

The hardest enemies cannot be countered AT ALL. They will flash Gold before they attack and this means they will do one of two things; shoot you with bullets which hurt A LOT, or attack you with a heavy weapon which you can't parry.

If a firing line forms and you're about to get shot, run near a close by Melee enemy and tap the Legs button to Human Shield them. It takes some getting used to but you'll get it eventually.

If an enemy flashes Gold and they have a heavy weapon that you see them winding up, tapping the Parry Stance button will make Connor (or Desmond) roll behind them, then you can continue a Combo with repeated taps of the Weapon Hand button.

Sounds absolutely terrible.

[Skyboxer]

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http://www.thehiddenblade.com/assass...azs-experience



Sounds absolutely terrible.

I like it. Makes it much more challenging IMO. I hate when games have 5 enemies that just stand there and "wait their turn" to get beat up. This looks like it will make the fighting a lot more challenging and not hold your hand while you just button mash.

[CelticPride17]

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Same here. I'm one of the people that would hold down block and wait for an attack. I really feel like this is going to make the game more engaging to where you have to pay attention at all times.

[LionsFanNJ]

If it makes it anything like Batman's combat, meaning you need to be constantly active/reactive, then I'm all for it. Like most I found myself not attacking and just waiting for counter kills.

[Flightwhite24]

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My copy is guaranteed delivery by noon tomorrow, sucks that I won't be home till around 4/5pm to play

[Mabster]

Not surprising I think it sounds fantastic.

Arkham City took H2H combat to another level. If AC 3 pulls that kind of system off I'd be amazed. It'd be a huge step. I just don't see how they could put that many combos in and have it flow. I'll be happy enough if it's like Arkham Asylum and it's style of active combat instead of defensive combat.

[SinisterAlex]

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If it makes it anything like Batman's combat, meaning you need to be constantly active/reactive, then I'm all for it. Like most I found myself not attacking and just waiting for counter kills.

I did exactly that. I rarely took damage. You would have 9 guys around you, all of them standing there waiting their turn to get counter killed lmfao.