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Originally Posted by asheskitty I'm surprised with the blind faith some CAGs have put into their SimCity pre-orders. (Especially since it's been a decade since SimCity 4, so it's functionally a reboot.)

I pre-ordered. I love SimCity. I love all of them (2k, 3k, 4).

It was probably a foolish thing to do (though I got it for next to nothing out-of-pocket). I just want so badly for it to be good and do well that all rational thought left me in my moment of weakness.

Originally Posted by asheskitty Oh weird! I've never seen them do that, they actually pulled the Sins sale (news item about it being the daily is still up). @ Today's daily, I got the DR complete pack for $10 on the winter sale, so Meh.

Nooooooo! Almost bought it today at lunchtime... I come back and it's gone, replaced with a bad Capcom deal.
Edit: lol, already own it

Honestly, I think AC1 was pretty groundbreaking. Not overhyped at all; it was the first of its kind and a pretty amazing game. Then 2 came out.

Ubi did a good job learning from their mistakes and has made the series better since. It was just rough around the edges.

Originally Posted by Motoki So how does everyone really feel about Assassins Creed?

I think AC4 is really the low point for the series.

Originally Posted by Idiotekque Honestly, I think AC1 was pretty groundbreaking. Not overhyped at all; it was the first of its kind and a pretty amazing game. Then 2 came out. Ubi did a good job learning from their mistakes and has made the series better since. It was just rough around the edges.

Yeah, I don't really recall AC1 getting hyped up at all. I bought it on a whim since it looked cool and my friends and I were just wowed by how cool it was.

Originally Posted by Idiotekque Honestly, I think AC1 was pretty groundbreaking. Not overhyped at all; it was the first of its kind and a pretty amazing game. Then 2 came out. Ubi did a good job learning from their mistakes and has made the series better since. It was just rough around the edges.

I felt it was somewhat over hyped (most games from large companies are). It was definitely groundbreaking look wise. It shared elements of games prior (open world + action + stealth) of course.

The thing that kinda upset me I knew one of the big reveals prior to even playing the game (due to a preview of the game on G4).

You find out about it right when you start the game. I would have liked this revealed later in the game myself. Or, the first time you "die".

By the end of the game I just wanted it to end. It got very tedious.

Originally Posted by Preedatore I think AC4 is really the low point for the series.

Yeah, the addition of Jar Jar Binks really killed it.

I'm waiting for Lego Ass Creed. It's long overdue.

Originally Posted by Idiotekque Honestly, I think AC1 was pretty groundbreaking. Not overhyped at all; it was the first of its kind and a pretty amazing game. Then 2 came out.

I don't really know what was so ground-breaking about AC1.

It was a technically poor PC port upon its release (and ran like garbage on my PC that I had back then); and another open-world game (there's been tons of these, since GTA3).

Thing was, AC was mostly focused on stealth & platforming...
....until the last 1/3rd of the game became an action-fest.

Thief: Deadly Shadows (another open-world stealth game) was actually better than AC1.
AC series really owes a lot to Thief series and Prince of Persia series, if you ask me.

Ubi did a good job learning from their mistakes and has made the series better since. It was just rough around the edges.

Well, I hope so...
...I mean, the cut & paste stuff and repetitive-ness can definitely be found BIG TIME in both AC1 & Far Cry 2....

Please don't get me started on Far Cry...

Can someone confirm that Dead Space 3 is Origin-only?

Originally Posted by CheapLikeAFox Please don't get me started on Far Cry...

Crytek's original Far Cry or those Ubi Monteal sequels?

The whole animus thing was a huge turn off for me at least, and totally broke immersion too much. If you want to invoke modern day stuff into my assassination game then let me be the Assassin of Creed, bout time someone did something about that band!

Originally Posted by MysterD Crytek's original Far Cry or those Ubi Monteal sequels?

Sequels... I mean you know what I'm talking about right?

Originally Posted by CheapLikeAFox Sequels... I mean you know what I'm talking about right?

The movie?

Originally Posted by louiedog The movie?

I'm actually a huge fan of anything Uwe Boll, especially House of the Dead 1, which is the pinnacle of video game move adaptations. House of the Dead 2 got all serious and entertaining that it lost all the charm of the first and moved into watchable movie territory.

This thread goes to some strange places sometimes.

Originally Posted by Flowette This thread goes to some strange places sometimes.

Ummm....sometimes? :-X
More like ALL THE TIME.

Originally Posted by CheapLikeAFox Sequels... I mean you know what I'm talking about right?

Well, I haven't played Far Cry 3 yet. Can't speak on that...

...but Far Cry 2 is repetitive as hell on the side-missions. Seriously, too many recycled cut & paste safe houses and respawning "shootouts" areas.

No surprise, since both AC1 (2007 on consoles; 2008 on PC) and Far Cry 2 (2008) were both released close to each other.

Originally Posted by Flowette This thread goes to some strange places sometimes.

I believe the Far Cry movie is Origin-only, and EA never discounts it. You're better off getting the Postal movie off Steam.

Originally Posted by Flowette This thread goes to some strange places sometimes.

@EvilDeadJedi

I was thinking this: