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• interesting that they're comparing a childrens video game to HBO... : jim bone
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  UBIsoft crack me up. First they say "We're going to give Assassin's Creed a rest for a few years.' Before... : kurumba
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    I do not understand why the reviews were so harsh. The gameplay of AssTrees was highly enjoyable and the ... : LoioshDwaggie
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      i saw my friend playing it and he was chasing piece of paper around. seemed p stupid imo. : jim bone
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        Don't.. do that then. I didn't bother doing any of the almanac pieces. Just like I didn't collect any of... : LoioshDwaggie
        • AssBro/AssRev had all the silly side quest shit but most of it was actually FUN (with a few exceptions li... : TrulyVexed
      • LOL. I never thought of it that way. : Mrc32
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      The replaced a bunch of mechanics that were fun and functioned well with a bunch of mechanics that aren't... : Arcanum
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        Which mechanics are we talking about? The combat is just as involved as ever. I think the only thing t... : LoioshDwaggie
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          - Instead of climbing things to reveal the map, you have to waste a bunch of time running around painstak... : Arcanum
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            I can agree with you about the first point. I do not agree about armor unlocking (or repair!) being usef : LoioshDwaggie
            • The load scenes drove me nuts too.. cutscene, load scene, cutscene, load scene.. it was a lot worse in As... : TrulyVexed
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            Maybe you were playing a different game than I was but I distinctly remember climbing church steeples and... : Herman Toothrot
            • It didn't reveal all of the map. There were portions where you were force to climb trees/buildings that d... : TrulyVexed
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              You did, but there were large areas of the game that could only be uncovered by systematically and tediou... : Arcanum
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                Arcanum is correct here. And it caused an annoying problem in the game where even if you hit all the view... : LoioshDwaggie
                • not to mention the frontier. HUGE areas remained covered despite hitting all the view points. : Downforce
      • The sailing stuff would have been the best part in any assassin's creed game. They simply did it so ridi... : Herman Toothrot
    • I'm right there with you, Loiosh. Playing through AssTrees right now and having a ton of fun. Lots to do.... : sogelegos
  • if you dont want to play them, take a break. i love yearly AC titles. : dantastic
• NEVER!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLMJpHihykI : pigvomit
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  Gonna be fun watching them try to walk both sides of this with AssPirates. : watcherxp
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    AssPlunderers : jim bone
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      AssSeamen : jim bone
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        AssBandits of the High Seas : Ride-My-Rocket
        • Winner! : kurumba
  • as much as i love AssPirates, AssBag is my go to for this one. : Korban
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  "You and I know pirates to be cheery drunkards, perhaps made of plasticine" it must be a british thing... : cptstern
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    Hint: They're talking about the Disney Pirates ride. : LoioshDwaggie
    • but it's not made of plasticine. Alice is also from the land of kippers : cptstern
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      Hint: No she's not : Herman Toothrot
      • Herman Toothrot is either a great crazy old prospector name or the name of a crazy old hermit ex-pirate l... : asianwaste
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  As a historical aside, I love how some of the most famous pirates in history barely killed anyone or raid... : Lunatic Angelic
  • Actually killing people, not to mention sinking ships, was probably bad for business for pirates. Most me... : Arcanum
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  In official Shacknews canon, this post is considered a remix of a 2012 post: http://www.shacknews.com/art... : Alice O'Connor
  • OH SHIT!! : watcherxp
  • <3 : dumb.
  • top form : DewFuel
  • Television, had quite a bit of work experi : the archvile
  • I was going to correct your spelling of 'canon', but you are correct. Thank you Ms. O'Connor! : Grumbeld
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  I think it's weird they're talking about AC4 already. Doesn't it feel like they should still be pushing ... : ThomW
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    yesterday I saw an ad on uplay to pre-order AC4. something about this way of quick turnaround makes me ha... : thebigbeefsandwich
    • They're pushing pre-orders at Gamestop through TV ads. : ThomW
    • Alternating annual titles between different studios means that quality may not be an issue. We'll see. : sogelegos
• sweet can't wait the the rape mini game. : waxthirteen
• I wonder if this was originally intended to be DLC for AC3, as it seems a lot of people really enjoyed th... : hoopfam4
• I seriously think they're mixing up the realism that HBO is known for with just grittiness. If this is a ... : nwillard
• I've loved every AC game since AC2. Can't wait for AC4. : creeping-death
• Hold B to wash swashbuckling outfit in a tub of urine : Kerranger
• Plasticine? : Cliffzorz
• I don't see why... Planks are fun. And well... Hooks could make for some BRUTAL kills =] : darthfusion