Assassin's Creed Origins

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Brick
Date: November 21, 2017 at 07:58 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Sapper said:
It is for sure a beautiful game, one of the best on the new generation. I'm not a fan of the level system, or should I say I don't think it makes the game better. I don't mind the grind as I usually do all some missions anyway.
And yes, I spent about 10 hours hunting s--- to just max that part out. After I posted I checked and I'm missing one more on the DP part but that's it. I looted a ton have found a lot of rare wepons I could take apart for things as well. Going to start on the main missions tonight was I'm about 7 levels up from the recommendation.
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Yeah, I don't buy s--- I can make myself...unless (like most games) it gets near the end and you have a s--- ton of cash for that kind of thing.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Haraldr
Date: November 21, 2017 at 08:32 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Sapper said:
It is for sure a beautiful game, one of the best on the new generation. I'm not a fan of the level system, or should I say I don't think it makes the game better. I don't mind the grind as I usually do all some missions anyway.
And yes, I spent about 10 hours hunting s--- to just max that part out. After I posted I checked and I'm missing one more on the DP part but that's it. I looted a ton have found a lot of rare wepons I could take apart for things as well. Going to start on the main missions tonight was I'm about 7 levels up from the recommendation.
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Sapper said:
I keep forgetting to add this...
One big improvement is the fact you can climb anything anywhere. I think I've run into only a handful of places I couldn't go straight up. No more looking for the few places the character can climb over to ambush someone.
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I was surprised how elegantly they handled the climbing myself, like Zelda, the climb anywhere part is great, and in the past they tried to add different inputs for "climb up" and "climb down", here it's all from one button. It's a good improvement.
I watched a good deal of streamers play it, and a quite a lot of them quit half way through when the main missions required too high of a level. It can really hurt campaign progression when they add MMO-ish level caps on them. Besides, the difficulty is so weird in this game when everything is based on levels, 95% of the game been no issue at all, but then suddenly you will run into a boss in the campaign that one shots you. It is satisfying though, to go Rambo and crush everything when you are at a high level, but it removes the nerve.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Sapper
Date: November 21, 2017 at 09:37 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Haraldr said:
I was surprised how elegantly they handled the climbing myself, like Zelda, the climb anywhere part is great, and in the past they tried to add different inputs for "climb up" and "climb down", here it's all from one button. It's a good improvement.
I watched a good deal of streamers play it, and a quite a lot of them quit half way through when the main missions required too high of a level. It can really hurt campaign progression when they add MMO-ish level caps on them. Besides, the difficulty is so weird in this game when everything is based on levels, 95% of the game been no issue at all, but then suddenly you will run into a boss in the campaign that one shots you. It is satisfying though, to go Rambo and crush everything when you are at a high level, but it removes the nerve.
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One thing I like about the level system is going after higher level missions. Haven't been able to do it for a little while because of all the side missions I've done but already have a few in the 40 I'll be trying when I hit 33 or so. I'm really good at stealth kills so the hire levels have been an issue when a stealth hit doesn't kill them. Then its hit and hide. I see good and bad in the level system. It's an ok add to the game but doesn't really make it better, just different. I think because I get all side missions done and try to find all the locations it hasn't been an issue for me. It is the number one complaint against the game though and the main missions do jump levels making people grind it out.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Haraldr
Date: November 22, 2017 at 11:59 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Sapper said:
One thing I like about the level system is going after higher level missions. Haven't been able to do it for a little while because of all the side missions I've done but already have a few in the 40 I'll be trying when I hit 33 or so. I'm really good at stealth kills so the hire levels have been an issue when a stealth hit doesn't kill them. Then its hit and hide. I see good and bad in the level system. It's an ok add to the game but doesn't really make it better, just different. I think because I get all side missions done and try to find all the locations it hasn't been an issue for me. It is the number one complaint against the game though and the main missions do jump levels making people grind it out.
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Stealth is one of the areas where the level system hurts the game IMO. Stealth is fun, but the enemy A.I. struggles to keep up. If you get spotted you just have to jump over a wall and your fine, and when you sneak around they barely see you at all. Add the fact that if you are over or the same level as them, getting spotted means nothing at all since it's so easy to take them out. You have to search out locations with high level enemies for the stealth to have some tension to it.
Even though i think the game has a lot of issues like this, stealth, combat, story etc... i am still having fun. But i gotta say, it does hide it's repetition quite well, but it's really starting to show itself towards the end. The side quest, even though they have story variations, either consist of clearing out a location or protecting someone. And when you add all the other random locations you come across, where you also pretty much clear and loot a location, you start to feel that 80% of the games missions, side or main, is about clearing out a camp or cave. The naval stuff is okay, but sparse, and i sit back wishing they had missions where the desert come into play in some major way, or more one-on-one combat encounters, or puzzles or something. I think the mid-point, where you discovered the world for the first time, is the best part of the game.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Sapper
Date: November 22, 2017 at 12:37 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Repetition has always been AC downfall and this game for sure isn't changing that. Are you playing the game in hard? I find the AI way better in this one then other's. On a ship you can just drop over the side but on land they have been searching for me and in wide areas. I could just leave the quest area but that's no fun. I have found trying to just not be seen is harder then killing everything so I've been trying that with little luck. They have stealth kill streak achievements and I've been going for those too.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Haraldr
Date: November 23, 2017 at 12:08 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Sapper said:
Repetition has always been AC downfall and this game for sure isn't changing that. Are you playing the game in hard? I find the AI way better in this one then other's. On a ship you can just drop over the side but on land they have been searching for me and in wide areas. I could just leave the quest area but that's no fun. I have found trying to just not be seen is harder then killing everything so I've been trying that with little luck. They have stealth kill streak achievements and I've been going for those too.
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I'm playing on normal, the "problem" is that i cleared out all the side quests and locations in the Alexandria, Lake Mareotis and Memphis area, and by the time i was done i was over level 30, and have been wrecking everything i come across in the last 20 hours. It's sort of fun being overpowered, but also makes it becomes a bit tedious faster.
I'm playing on PS4, but i'm also going for the platinum (all achievements). Creed games are always easy to clear, the only trophy i hate is the one where you gotta blow up oil vases with a fire arrow and get so and so many kills. Those vases are so small and it's annoying to lit your arrows on fire and hope an enemy walks by.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Sapper
Date: December 05, 2017 at 12:22 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Topped out at level 40 last night.. Still not half way done with the main story. I had a mad dash to get to 40 to try and get one of the animus glitch missions done.. I didn't make it... Still have lots of map left really but seeing that a lot of the areas don't have that many missions and even the ? are quick.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Haraldr
Date: December 05, 2017 at 04:08 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

I'm done with the campaign, just going around doing some side stuff. The deserts and mountain ranges down south and up to Siwa are mostly empty.
If you haven't reached Cyrene yet though, you will have plenty to do there.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Sapper
Date: December 23, 2017 at 05:18 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Cleared the map and I'm almost 100% on achievements. All quest are done and all locations found.
Overall I think this is a great addition to the series. Good origin story and I think the next games will be good as well. I'm running though the game on nightmare mode here soon. Have a few new games I'm going to run thorough first.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Haraldr
Date: December 27, 2017 at 07:26 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Haven't played it in a month or so, about 90% done with the locations, everything else is done. Got a bit tired of the grinding, gonna finish it off when i get the urge back. It's a solid Assassins Creed, but they could have spared the part at the end when Arya talked to the camera.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Sapper
Date: December 27, 2017 at 07:47 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Haraldr said:
Haven't played it in a month or so, about 90% done with the locations, everything else is done. Got a bit tired of the grinding, gonna finish it off when i get the urge back. It's a solid Assassins Creed, but they could have spared the part at the end when Arya talked to the camera.
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It was cheesy for sure but sets up the next couple games. I cleared the map before I finished the main because I knew once I beat it the grind would be boring.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Haraldr
Date: December 27, 2017 at 08:37 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Sapper said:
It was cheesy for sure but sets up the next couple games. I cleared the map before I finished the main because I knew once I beat it the grind would be boring.
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I usually do that too, it's weird how much motivation gets sapped out of you when the main story is done. But i have so many games i wanna get through before 2018, so i didn't have the time to sit on one game for too long. I'm playing Persona 5 right now, and that game is so f---ing long it boggles the mind.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Sapper
Date: December 27, 2017 at 09:26 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Haraldr said:
I usually do that too, it's weird how much motivation gets sapped out of you when the main story is done. But i have so many games i wanna get through before 2018, so i didn't have the time to sit on one game for too long. I'm playing Persona 5 right now, and that game is so f---ing long it boggles the mind.
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I got done just in time to start Fractured Butt Whole, then Wolfenstein. Was able to get a pre order of south park so I'll check out Stick of Truth next. Should be about time for Far Cry after that.
I've given up on Red Dead Two.. It comes out when it comes out at this point.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Reckin007
Date: January 18, 2018 at 07:05 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Another amazing AC. Love the open world and still get pumped everytime I kill a phylake. I actually restarted after getting to lvl 22 and made it back in less than a week. Gameplay is so much more challenging and all the little things (eg the stuff you can do with fire, captive predators) makes it so enjoyable to play. I'm still only lvl 26 and lots of things to do! One negative is that hunting is a bit tedious.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Sapper
Date: January 18, 2018 at 07:22 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Reckin007 said:
Another amazing AC. Love the open world and still get pumped everytime I kill a phylake. I actually restarted after getting to lvl 22 and made it back in less than a week. Gameplay is so much more challenging and all the little things (eg the stuff you can do with fire, captive predators) makes it so enjoyable to play. I'm still only lvl 26 and lots of things to do! One negative is that hunting is a bit tedious.
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I grinded the hunting early and maxed the gear. On my second play though I'm just hunt as I go.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Brick
Date: January 31, 2018 at 03:57 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

I'm pretty much done. Finished all main story and side quests, all locations complete. I usually don't bother with trophies as there is zero in-game impact, but took a look as I neared completion and I had most of them done anyway, and knocked out a few more as they didn't seem all that hard to get, so I figured why not?. Only two left that I've tried several times but can't seem to get, so I probably will stop trying as it's tedious and rather stupid:
- Circle of life, feed a corpse to a predator. Have set this one up several times with a corpse landing right near a predator or several, I'm hidden so they aren't attacking me. At no time has a predator shown any interest in eating the corpse.
- Overheating, witness raining bugs in the desert. I get it, you run/stand in the sun in the desert and see hallucinations (of which I've seen plenty) and this is a random, but apparently rare one. I've spent a ton of time in-game experiencing these hallucinations, spent a little time over the past couple of days running around in the desert trying to hit this one...but if it's just waiting around for a random event that may never happen, they can keep their trophy.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Sapper
Date: January 31, 2018 at 04:13 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Brick said:
I'm pretty much done. Finished all main story and side quests, all locations complete. I usually don't bother with trophies as there is zero in-game impact, but took a look as I neared completion and I had most of them done anyway, and knocked out a few more as they didn't seem all that hard to get, so I figured why not?. Only two left that I've tried several times but can't seem to get, so I probably will stop trying as it's tedious and rather stupid:
- Circle of life, feed a corpse to a predator. Have set this one up several times with a corpse landing right near a predator or several, I'm hidden so they aren't attacking me. At no time has a predator shown any interest in eating the corpse.
- Overheating, witness raining bugs in the desert. I get it, you run/stand in the sun in the desert and see hallucinations (of which I've seen plenty) and this is a random, but apparently rare one. I've spent a ton of time in-game experiencing these hallucinations, spent a little time over the past couple of days running around in the desert trying to hit this one...but if it's just waiting around for a random event that may never happen, they can keep their trophy.
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I got Circle of life by killing an enemy then dropped the dead body in front of a caged lion.. Ran away and broke the cage with by bow.
Overheating took me a good hour to get. I did not run, I walked and walked. I did figure out that you cannot have any locations next to you. You need to be a good amount away from any locations on the map for it to work. I have also read that some people put close to 10 hours trying this one.. I don't really buy that. I think you just need to walk slow and the hallucinations will cycle.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Brick
Date: January 31, 2018 at 04:57 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Sapper said:
I got Circle of life by killing an enemy then dropped the dead body in front of a caged lion.. Ran away and broke the cage with by bow.
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I did exactly that, 4 times. Also found a nice spot with a hyena pack down in a crevasse, so I was hidden on top and could drop the body right in the middle of them. No shits were given.
Just got Overheating, got home from work and turned on the, wandered around changing, letting the dog out, and whatnot while my guy stood there in the sun. After maybe 10-15 minutes I heard the trophy "ding" and there it was.
edit: nvm, got Circle as well...just tried the hyena trick one more time, and bingo, nom nom nom. Got all trophies.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Reckin007
Date: February 20, 2018 at 12:49 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Sapper said:
I grinded the hunting early and maxed the gear. On my second play though I'm just hunt as I go.
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I just felt like it made such a huge difference in the gameplay to bump those up early, especially as someone who focuses on the main quest stuff last. I'm lvl 39 now and haven't finished the crocodile quest. All phylakes are toast though, that was easily my favorite part in the game so far, the battles were so intense at times (and other times too easy when you could just ride your horse but still a cool concept).

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Brick
Date: March 14, 2018 at 09:03 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/assassins-creed-origins.71821/

Saw an ad for some DLC being available. Looks like some undead stuff running around.