It's easy as shit and looks fancy

I remember when Ass Creed wasnt so popular and /v/ liked talking about it.
Just like Minecraft.

Because there's literally no challenge at all, it hardly even qualifies as a game. You basically just tell the character to kill the guys, I'm not even sure if it's possible to die in that easy fucking game

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>>172884547 (OP)
>you'll never have any irl friends to enjoy a videogame with in your basement dungeon except your waifu pillow

>>172884992
But Assassin's Creed 1 blew dick. They are all really easy games, sure, but atleast 2 was fun. 1 was a dickblowing marathon and the player was the dick blower.

>>172884992
the original Ass Creed was always really popular

>>172885247
>you'll never have any irl friends to enjoy a videogame with in your 6th floor dorm room except your waifu pillow
FTFY

>>172885140
I watched my girlfriend's sister fail the tutorial for A.CreedIII repeatedly.

Ass Creed 1 was okay, cool enviroment and new IP.
Ass Creed 2 was pretty good, took the concepts of 1 and Improved upon them.
After that:
>AC 2-2, AC 2-3, the ride never ends.
It's like they just tried to milk the series without even trying to hide the fact at all. Revelations was a god damn filler episode of a game.
I haven't played 3. Got burnt out of the series.

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>tfw the theme of my floor is Arrested Development
THERE'S ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND

Have you seen it?

It's that bullshit false "BADASS" act. Faggots everywhere are attracted to it.

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>>172885896
>tfw most of the floor themes in my dorm are video games
Its fucking sick

>play Ass Creed 1
>there are 4 missions total cut and pasted for the entire game
>story is ok, then stupid
>cannot ride your fucking horse past anyone at any speed above molasses
>those fucking rock throwing bitches fucking everything up
>THOSE FUCKING MAD SHITCUNTS PUSHING YOU
>stupid ending

I don't even know why the game got a fucking sequel, let alone is liked by people.

>>172886528
Mostly because it let you climb and run around
That was fun, yo

>>172886528
I got tired of the first game about a third of the way through when I realized that not only was it the same repetitive missions over and over again, but combat required no skill or effort whatsoever.

All you do is get everyone you want to kill gathered around you, hold down block with the sword, and then counter them to death when they try to do anything (which, naturally, has an enormous window).

None of the later games even changed this, from what I've been told. That's probably why it's popular, though. "LOOK HOW COOL I AM I'M A COMBAT MASTER!"

It's the only mainstream "stealth" game in these times.

Because it's a game other than CoD and it features
>omg conceeld knife
>omg hood cant c muh eyes
>robes omfg
>omg countr atk

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>>172886980
Yep, that's how it is in AC3
At least you have to block when a giant red circle appears over the head of the guy you're fighting in AC3, it's not like you can just stand blocking for eternity
Which is nice, I guess

Also, actually attacking will get your shit stomped, the enemies block about as well as you do, and there are more of them
That, and they'll just attack you while you're attacking someone else.

It's real-time "press M2 to not die", pretty much

>>172887420
Combat in AC3 is great if you turn off the SSI HUD indicators.

>>172887754
It doesn't change the combat, it just means you have to think a slight amount

>>172888118
sorry forgot that thinking is bad

>>172888337
It's so slight it might as well not be there
Instead of "oh, red circle, time for M2", it's "Oh, that one animation they do every single time they're about to attack, M2"

You might as well just change the color of the circle

>>172888337
I think the point he's making is that turning off the indicators turns it into something resembling the combat from the original.

Combat that just posted about, explaining why it's shit and dumb.

>>172888118
my friends who are casuals and all they play is call of dooty cant play assassins creed because it requires to much thinking.

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>>172889863
How do they not forget to breathe?

>>172890076
in a vidya stand point, its shameful to call them friends.
tfw no gaming bros

>>172890076
also watching them play an RTS is like watching mariotardy streams.

>>172890717
Man, watching ME play an RTS is like watching a mariotardy stream.

I love the genre so much, but I absolutely cannot into.

>>172886082
Do you live in Marlatt?

>>172884547 (OP)
Because it's a fun game.

>>172890881
Same
Seriously
How do I even RTS?
I just can not for the life of me play RTS, even if I like it a lot

>>172891003
I mean I'm competent enough to play through RTS campaigns and the like, but against another human? Forget it. Too much spaghetti, it just flies out of every single gap in my clothing.

"Oh, I need to build this... shit, I forgot to build this other thing... oh, damn, I didn't build enough mans while building additional pylons" and so on.

>>172890881
>>172891003
>play starcraft
>only play ums

>>172890929
No, sorry.
What happened with that guy who died in your dorm?

>>172891003
I can play RTS really well if I try but then all the fun is sucked out of it cause it just devolves into a shitty APM-fest like Gookclick.

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>>172891250

I liked AssCreed 1's story and Philosophy 101 stuff, but it was easy as hell.

I started playing AssCreed 2 from the Steam sales, and I am really digging the improvement on the stealth mechanics, and it's a lot more fun to play. A shame actual combat still mostly boils down to countercountercountercounter. I really want to goddamn praise it, but its lack of difficulty and not quite achieving its goals just stops me.

Anyway, as other people have said in this thread, it's mainly because it's easy and probably because SO CINEMATIC AND DEEP.

Not playing AC multiplayer. You all prolly play some point and click fps game.

>>172892264
Oh man, I love tag

>>172891250
>I mean I'm competent enough to play through RTS campaigns
That's just another way of saying you're incompetent.

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>That feel when fearing for Thief 4

>>172892567
It's more than most Assassin's Creed players could possibly manage.

>>172892762
That's right, anon. Keep comparing yourself to those inferior to you. You might not get better, but you'll certainly feel better.

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>You'll never play Red Alert 2 for the first time again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqZ4ZonQb9U

It's easy, 1 and 2 were quite fun and it makes them feel smart as they think it's teaching them history and making them cultured

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>>172886082

Ooh, tell us more

>>172892893
That's fine. There are other genres of video games that demand more of my attention anyway, and other genres that I'd prefer for competitive play as well.

Something tells me you aren't even on my level, and are just trying to make yourself feel better about it.

>>172891791
I'll be honest, i didn't even know about the whole counter attacking thing until about three fourths of the way through brotherhood. I feel like such a casual, but then again, I went through the first three games without using something so incredibly cheap. Hell, in ACIII I still try not to use counter kills. I mostly just throw them around and disarm them until they lose their spaghetti and run off.
>Oh shit he disarmed me, oh god here comes the sw-
>and now he's off fighting some other guy... I'll just sneak up behind him and-
>ok, he knocked me on my ass again
>I'll just try to shoot at him
>oh dear, I hope he doesn't grab one of my friends and wrack me with guilt for the rest of my life
>he just... hid behind a corner or walked out of the way in time
>NOW I WILL CHARGE HIM
>thrown into a wall ok
>I have literally been trying to kill a man who wants nothing more than for me to survive this fight
>Y-Y-YOU B-BARBARIAN.

>>172893058
Pretty sure its because its fun bro.

>>172893610
Simple pleasures for simple minds.

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>>172893226
Its nothing big, just some vidya themed name tags on the doors. Nothing big

>>172893675
Oh, a self-styled "intellectual", huh? You sound like one those fatasses on Deviantart who makes up his own quotes.

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>>172893726

You tell us right now what they are

THE FIRES OF WAR CONSUME THE LAND, AND THOUSANDS OF LIVES ARE LOST IN ITS DEFENSE. IT SEEMS A TRAGEDY, BUT I SAY, THIS IS AN HONOR! TO DIE IN SERVICE TO GOD, FIGHTING FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN. THERE IS NO GREATER GLORY THAN THIS.

BE WORRIED FRIENDS, THE SHAYTAN IS EVERYWHERE! WATCHING, WAITING. HE TEMPTS US ALWAYS. BE STRONG, STRONG LIKE SALADIN, AND TAKE UP ARMS AGAINST OUR ENEMIES IN WHATEVER WAY YOU CAN.

SOUTH COMES THE ENGLISH KING AND HIS INFIDEL ARMY. THEY LEAVE HORRORS IN THEIR WAKE. SALADIN RIDES TO MEET HIM, THAT THESE BARBAROUS ACTS MIGHT BE AVENGED. PRAY THAT GOD, GLORIOUS AND EXHALTED IS HE, FIND FAVOR WITH US, THAT HE MAY GRANT US VICTORY.

I STAND BEFORE YOU TO DELIVER A WARNING! SHOULD RICHARD TAKE JAFFAR, THERE WILL BE NO STOPPING HIM. HE WILL MARCH ON JERUSALEM NEXT. WE MUST END THIS BEFORE IT HAS A CHANCE TO BEGIN. THAT CITY IS OURS, HAS ALWAYS BEEN OURS! AND IT IS OUR DUTY TO DEFEND IT UNTIL DEATH. THE CRUSADERS MUST BE DESTROYED!

PRAISE BE SALADIN! HE HAS FOUND THE STRENGTH TO STAND IN DEFENSE OF OUR GREAT CIVILIZATION. MAKE NO MISTAKE, IT IS OUR VERY EXISTENCE WE ARE FIGHTING FOR. THE INFIDEL KING WOULD SEE US ALL WIPED FROM THE WORLD. WE MUST RESIST! WE MUST PUSH BACK!

CURSE HIM! CURSE THE CHRISTIAN KING AND HIS ARMY OF INFIDELS. THEY GO AGAINST THE WILL OF GOD AND MUST BE MADE TO PAY! EVERYWHERE THEY RIDE, THEY LEAVE ONLY SUFFERING IN THEIR WAKE. THEY SAY IT IS A CRUSADE. A CRUSADE FOR WHAT?! IGNORANCE? VIOLENCE?? MADNESS! WE MUST RESIST. WE MUST FIGHT THEM IN ANY WAY WE CAN.

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>>172894005
I have not seen all them, but I've seen some 'retro' game ones on one floor and Hyrule tags on another floor
Why do you care so much?

>Free roam
>Interesting story with character development and lots of tweaking of history
>Visually pleasing from the scenery to the combat to the clothing and character design
>(Excluding the first one) A variety in types of gameplay
>Not a very buggy game
>Again, free roaming. Being able to vicariously run around rooftops and trees while throwing knives, shooting guns and bows, knocking people off the roofs after slicing their necks open, getting caught and having a chase scene, not being able to find a hiding spot, etc

It's fun, stop whining.

>>172891464
Well, I know what you mean.
If the people are playing seriously, you have to cope up with their work and you have to do some multi-tasking in capturing, defending, and upgrading.
I don't think I have ever lifted my hand on my mouse when those things start to happen since there's always something happening within every area of the minimap.

Plus, it gives more stress when you start to lose, since your enemies have already upgraded their units to Level 3.

AC:B > AC2 > AC1 > AC:R > AC3
This is not up for debate.

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>>172894713

I don't know

Because anyone can play it. There's hardly any challenge unless you go for the optional objectives (in which case it's impossible holy shit).

It's also got a fun story to keep people interested.

>>172893610
Indeed. I did enjoy the series, I never said it was challenging, but I still enjoyed it.
And, if you actually read the freaking data entries, it's pretty historically accurate. it even contradicts its own storyline in some very small areas. I guess i just like the Italian Renaissance and the whole secret conflict thing.
Also, I don't want seem like an asshat here, but i honestly would like to do the whole assassins Templars themed dorm room. I actually tried a similar thing with some friends of mine in airsoft. We all had some cheap spring guns that looked like flintlocks, some tricorned hats and some sturdy plastic swords, we went out into the woods in the deep snow and did a sort of "V.I.P." style game. it was actually kind of interesting. I assumed it would be "templars guard V.I.P. by staying in one spot and talking about how much dick they suck and how LOL EEVULS they are" but it ended up being the V.I.P. having two of the most unobservant and awful shots we could find as guards (with about fifteen attendants to scout the area and who specifically did not know the V.I.P. or guards) while the assasins would try to guard the V.I.P. in secret from the Templars who would try to infiltrate the attendants or guards or use force to attack the V.I.P. The catch was that the guards and all were ordered to shoot anyone who wasn't one of them. Assasins ended up climbing through trees and freaking downing the guards to join their ranks. it was sweet.

>>172895267
>optional objectives
>hard
like what?

Its the prime example of PRESS BUTTTON SOMETHING AWESOME HAPPENS
Casuals want to feel awesome without putting any effort

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>>172894760
>Not a very buggy game

>>172895501
>One bug

>>172895267
Yeah bro, killing that OTHER dude was so hard.

>>172894920
AC2>AC:B>AC3>AC1>>>>AC:R

And just to be more fun for you Altair>Connor>Ezio

>>172895402
>destroy 2 ships by shooting their powder kegs
>perform an arial assassination in the middle of a crowded boat without being seen

>>172895449
We're not talking about Uncharted here.

>>172895501
Holy shit. I thought that bug stopped existing in AC1.

On a side note, even AC:Bloodlines had it's fair share of bugs
>Jumping from building to building, accidentally drop down where Chase mode triggered
>Looking around to see who saw me
>There was a guard running around the field

Pathfinding at it's best.

>>172895776
> Implying there's a difference

>>172894920
AC1>AC3>AC:B>AC2>AC:R

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>>172895075
I swear to god, if it turns out we are in the same dorm I will have to play vidya with you

>>172895751
>Kill 2 traitorous militiamen before you kill your mark AND do it fast enough that Washington's paper bodyguards are still alive.

>>172895714

0/10, sorry son, but how can you fuck up derailing an AC thread? It's one of the most easy ones next to Kotor.

>>172895642
Look, I love the AC series, but you can't tell me with a straight face that AC3 wasn't filled with bugs.

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>>172896024
>all these wrong opinions

>>172896089
Maybe, if I had ever played it. Pointing out one flaw is just kind of weak, really.

>>172896089
He was talking about the series as a whole, and that guy posted a bug from one game.

For the few of you who may be reading this from Texas Tech:

FUCK GORDON! THIS IS BLEDSOE, BITCH!

>>172896250
You shouldn't have mentioned that not being buggy was one of it's strong points considering the newest game in the series is one of the buggiest games on the market.

>>172896312
You expected him to post the gif with all of the bugs?

I just hate that glowing shit that is the lock on, it looks like ass.

Also the first one was balls, I hated it and that ruined my entire enjoyment of this series.

>>172896556
That's a very nice strawman, but you know that's not what I meant.

>>172895501
I didn't say 'no bugs', I just said it wasn't that buggy.

>>172896073
No derailing, AC3 wasn't that bad

If anything it had some of the better thought out assassination's in the series... I still love sneaking through the camp at the Bunker Hill mission to eventually stab the general in front of his unsuspecting army after jumping off the flagpole.

>>172896491
Not the same guy.

>>172884992
>implying

>>172896250
Not him, but I think he just made an example of the bugs present in the game, which didn't mean him pointing out it's the buggiest game of all.
But if you want more, this guy pretty much uncovered most of the bugs already http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E2w8TFBAI0

>>172895387
>airsoft guns
>dressing up in the woods
>roleplaying
Might as well be a furry. Jesus, you are almost as bad as fucking LARpers or the people who do mystery dinners.

>>172896650
AC3 is buggy as fuck.

>play AC1
>finally get used to countering
>play AC2
>I can literally be 1.5 seconds off and still counter
I still liked the game, but goddamn. All that effort for nothing.

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>>172896482
Coleman here
I used to live in Bledsoe
Coleman > Bledsoe
Immoveable Furniture >>>> Moveable Furniture

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>Not posting a true conspiracy

I didn't ask for this.

>>172896650
Seriously though, we all know all of the AC games are buggy as shit
Only 1 minute after skipping 10 hours of cutscenes and landing on the shores in AC3, I managed to make a rifle get stuck halfway into a house

>>172895714
>AC3>AC:R
sorry buddy. At least AC:R still had likable characters,differing armors, a non-fucktarded way of unlocking fast travel, and assassin recruits that were actually useful.

>no skill needed
you can finish the entire game by holding Up + right trigger to freerun and X to kill.

>>172896860
I wish the combat was more tense. Like that scene in "The Last Samarai" where Tom Cruise is flailing the spear and constantly moving to keep one of the Samarai from stabbing him. Why are the guards in AC so slow and timid?

>>172897196
If video games were even remotely realistic, they'd just be frustratingly difficult for everybody except masochists.

>>172896862
I lived in Bledsoe back before air conditioning and during the infamous "3rd North Campaign of Terror." We made the police blotter every other week by constantly fucking with Gordon.

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>>172896039

Nah bro, I can assure you that isn't the case. I was just curious, is all. But if it were I'd totally hit you up for some vidya.

Because people who go to Texas Tech are morons

>>172884547 (OP)
well because it's a really casual game, not saying it's not good but it's extremely easy.

>>172897047
The ending pretty much sealed the fact that we are going to ignore the Templar/Assassin war and focus on the stupid precursor civilization (part of why I like 3 is it gets the apocalypse thing done with so we can just deal with this one bitch and move on.)

And those horrid first person sections that they replaced my awesome subject 16 puzzles with made me want to cry.

And to make an already overpowered character even tougher they introduced the bombs which I felt did nothing but drag things out... and thank goodness the tower defense game was only required once.

Additionally the optional objectives for 100% sync were the bitchiest there were, and that is even including the powder keg objective in AC3.

>>172896984
All I feel is rage.

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>>172896984
That really boils my blood.

>>172897125
Can you actually give me a real reason as to why needing skill to beat a game makes it good?
Didn't think so.

That being said, you can't finish the entire game that way.
There's still hunting and developing economy and sailing ships and there's some enemies you can't just run up to and slash.

Sooo, go fuck yourself.