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maximoose · 14-11-2014 1:24pm

Never heard of it before

Actually looks quite nice!

shuffles03 · 15-11-2014 5:33pm

Anyone get AC Unity? I've read so many bad reviews about glitches, frame rate, floating npcs. I've had every instalment since 2007 and I know everyone says it's the same recipe every year but it was one of those games I still looked forward to every November. Not sure if I can get this though. Is it one of those cases where the Internet has completely blown the whole thing out of proportion or am I guaranteed to get screwed if I get it?

Aeghnor · 15-11-2014 5:47pm

shuffles03 wrote: »

Anyone get AC Unity? I've read so many bad reviews about glitches, frame rate, floating npcs. I've had every instalment since 2007 and I know everyone says it's the same recipe every year but it was one of those games I still looked forward to every November. Not sure if I can get this though. Is it one of those cases where the Internet has completely blown the whole thing out of proportion or am I guaranteed to get screwed if I get it?

I got AC Unity and everything you read about it is true. It is full of bugs and glitches... I lost a save today with 50 hours game time logged and loads of top end stuff...

What I did when it happend? First complained to Ubi support and then jumped straight back into the game to get back what I lost...

It is typical AC game... Bugs, glitches and ton of fun.:mad::(:confused::eek::D(emotionally confused)

Gizmo55 · 15-11-2014 6:02pm

shuffles03 wrote: »

Anyone get AC Unity? I've read so many bad reviews about glitches, frame rate, floating npcs. I've had every instalment since 2007 and I know everyone says it's the same recipe every year but it was one of those games I still looked forward to every November. Not sure if I can get this though. Is it one of those cases where the Internet has completely blown the whole thing out of proportion or am I guaranteed to get screwed if I get it?

Definitely hold off til it's patched. It's a mess in it's current state.

shuffles03 · 15-11-2014 6:59pm

Gizmo55 wrote: »

Definitely hold off til it's patched. It's a mess in it's current state.

Sunset Overdrive it is so

Stone Deaf 4evr · 15-11-2014 7:01pm

shuffles03 wrote: »

Sunset Overdrive it is so

you wont be sorry, its excellent.

shuffles03 · 15-11-2014 7:02pm

Aeghnor wrote: »

I got AC Unity and everything you read about it is true. It is full of bugs and glitches... I lost a save today with 50 hours game time logged and loads of top end stuff...

What I did when it happend? First complained to Ubi support and then jumped straight back into the game to get back what I lost...

It is typical AC game... Bugs, glitches and ton of fun.:mad::(:confused::eek::D(emotionally confused)

Can you keep us posted if things improve with the game - fixes etc?

Mikill87 · 15-11-2014 9:17pm

shuffles03 wrote: »

Can you keep us posted if things improve with the game - fixes etc?

I haven't encountered any glitches, but I've only played few hours. I think the worst version is pc at the moment with a lot of graphical issues which need to be patched as its currently unplayable for some people

calex71 · 16-11-2014 1:44am

Mikill87 wrote: »

I haven't encountered any glitches, but I've only played few hours. I think the worst version is pc at the moment with a lot of graphical issues which need to be patched as its currently unplayable for some people

+1 I watched the glitches videos compilation and so far ..... sequence 5 now all I've encountered were some odd npc pop in's .... very few i'll add and that frame rate issue when they are on the window inside notré dame which for the record you have no reason or direction in game to actually climb on anyway.

Co-op as I mentioned else were is broken for me, get stuck on a loading screen every time. the game itself ....hmmmmm the less I say about the "story" the better but having played this myself there seems to be serious amount of knives out for it which I can understand but i think the bugs thing has been over hyped the game is not "broken" or "unplayable" its poor and a few steps back in terms of the series though.

TLDR: games not broken the story is and has been for 5 or 6 years

Gizmo55 · 16-11-2014 3:21am

shuffles03 wrote: »

Sunset Overdrive it is so

My favourite game so far on the One. Addictive ain't the word!

shuffles03 · 16-11-2014 3:47pm

Trying to find AC Unity Notre Dame edition in Dublin without a preorder. Anyone know where? I went into GameStop in Dun Laoghaire, they had some in the back but wouldn't give it to me without a preorder.

Captain Chaos · 16-11-2014 4:23pm

shuffles03 wrote: »

Trying to find AC Unity Notre Dame edition in Dublin without a preorder. Anyone know where? I went into GameStop in Dun Laoghaire, they had some in the back but wouldn't give it to me without a preorder.

I'd say keep trying the store. They only hold preorders for 48hrs then release them for sale if not collected. Alot of people won't be getting this after the state it was released in.

shuffles03 · 16-11-2014 9:11pm

Captain Chaos wrote: »

I'd say keep trying the store. They only hold preorders for 48hrs then release them for sale if not collected. Alot of people won't be getting this after the state it was released in.

Got it in Stephen's Green. Quick question if anyone knows? An AR code with 2 additional missions came with the game. I've installed the additional missions but I've no idea where they are. Any suggestions?

Gizmo55 · 16-11-2014 9:22pm

shuffles03 wrote: »

Got it in Stephen's Green. Quick question if anyone knows? An AR code with 2 additional missions came with the game. I've installed the additional missions but I've no idea where they are. Any suggestions?

If u go to Assassin's Creed in My games n apps they should be to the right of it, I think.

shuffles03 · 18-11-2014 8:36pm

How do I stop myself from being noticed by guards in AC Unity? Anytime I sprint through an area with guards, they are immediately alerted towards me. Likewise, I'm currently doing the cafe side missions. Most of them involve me having to enter an area filled with guards and try and talk to someone. I end up alerting them all immediately and then trying to kill them all.....dying most of the time though when more than one attack at the same time. Is there a way to sneak into these areas? Also, how do you defend when you're in the middle of countering a guard and another comes in from the left? As I'm countering the first guard, there doesn't appear to be any way to stop the other from getting me.

nicklauski · 18-11-2014 10:36pm

Lads, can anyone help.
I bout COD : AW digital code the other day. That's not the problem.
It's been downloading for near 20 hours and is only at 18%
I've done speed tests all around the house on phone and laptop (even on xbox one) They've all been coming back early and high 20's. Yet the highest I got on the xbox is only 8.5mb. Surely even with the 8.5 it wouldn't take 20+ hours for a 40 gig (direct) download.
It's driving me mad. Bought the game yesterday, won't get to play it now till god knows when.

TitianGerm · 18-11-2014 11:15pm

nicklauski wrote: »

Lads, can anyone help.
I bout COD : AW digital code the other day. That's not the problem.
It's been downloading for near 20 hours and is only at 18%
I've done speed tests all around the house on phone and laptop (even on xbox one) They've all been coming back early and high 20's. Yet the highest I got on the xbox is only 8.5mb. Surely even with the 8.5 it wouldn't take 20+ hours for a 40 gig (direct) download.
It's driving me mad. Bought the game yesterday, won't get to play it now till god knows when.

Mine took nearly 30 hours to download. I think its just a slow down on the server side

nicklauski · 18-11-2014 11:24pm

emmetkenny wrote: »

Mine took nearly 30 hours to download. I think its just a slow down on the server side

Thanks be to jaysis. Thought it was just me.

MiskyBoyy · 18-11-2014 11:27pm

nicklauski wrote: »

Lads, can anyone help.
I bout COD : AW digital code the other day. That's not the problem.
It's been downloading for near 20 hours and is only at 18%
I've done speed tests all around the house on phone and laptop (even on xbox one) They've all been coming back early and high 20's. Yet the highest I got on the xbox is only 8.5mb. Surely even with the 8.5 it wouldn't take 20+ hours for a 40 gig (direct) download.
It's driving me mad. Bought the game yesterday, won't get to play it now till god knows when.

One of my digital download games was stuck at 55% for 2 days. In the end I had to cancel it and start from scratch without pausing it or resetting my Xbox and it finished 40gb in about a day and a half on a 6mb connection.

Was also told my support to go to settings>dvd & bluray> clear persistent storage, do that 3 times after cancelling the download, then hard reset your xbox by holding down the power button on the front of the xbox for 10 seconds. Reboot and restart your download.

Bostitch12 · 19-11-2014 9:56am

Hello there. I have never played any of the Assassin's Creed games and was looking at buying Black Flag as its the first game available for Xbox One. I was just wondering if the games are a continuation from the games that were available on the xbox 360? Will I be lost only starting to play the games from Black Flag?

Bostitch12 · 19-11-2014 10:09am

Hello there. I have never played any of the Assassin's Creed games and was looking at buying Black Flag as its the first game available for Xbox One. I was just wondering if the games are a continuation from the games that were available on the xbox 360? Will I be lost only starting to play the games from Black Flag?

GottaGetGatt · 19-11-2014 10:33am

Bostitch12 wrote: »

Hello there. I have never played any of the Assassin's Creed games and was looking at buying Black Flag as its the first game available for Xbox One. I was just wondering if the games are a continuation from the games that were available on the xbox 360? Will I be lost only starting to play the games from Black Flag?

To answer your question, yes Black Flag continues the story from the previous 360 titles.yes you will be lost and you'll be missing out on a fantastic series.

sweetie · 19-11-2014 11:12am

Bostitch12 wrote: »

Cheers.. great find. For 12 dollars id be mad not to get it and give it ago.

Thanks for the feedback. I'll chance black flag for 12 dollars and hopefully ill still be able to still enjoy it anyway.

I've recently (re)started the franchise on Assasin's creed 2. I'm enjoying it but the storyline is pretty convuluted. I was happy to skip the inferior first game of the series (played a couple of hours when released) that setup some of the back story and enjoy if for what it is, a decent game in a great setting. You'll be fine. According to the critics only half of the games in the series are worth playing anyway.

shuffles03 · 20-11-2014 1:34pm

Bostitch12 wrote: »

Hello there. I have never played any of the Assassin's Creed games and was looking at buying Black Flag as its the first game available for Xbox One. I was just wondering if the games are a continuation from the games that were available on the xbox 360? Will I be lost only starting to play the games from Black Flag?

I've played every AC game and I'm still lost. Definitely pick up Black Flag. I loved the Caribbean setting. I wasn't a fan of the naval sections (runs and hides behind the radiator), personally I prefer one giant city/cities to free run the ass out of!

shuffles03 · 20-11-2014 1:36pm

AC: Unity???..............savage!!

So far I haven't been plagued much by dropped framerates (only once when I was inside a church....think it dropped to single digits). Loving the setting, story, side missions, renovating cafes and clubs and general boystrous murder.

calex71 · 20-11-2014 2:06pm

shuffles03 wrote: »

AC: Unity???..............savage!!

So far I haven't been plagued much by dropped framerates (only once when I was inside a church....think it dropped to single digits). Loving the setting, story, side missions, renovating cafes and clubs and general boystrous murder.

I think I mentioned in the other thread in games I had frame rate drop in that spot, but only when I climb on the glass inside. If I hadn't seen a video of it I likely wouldn't have climbed on it to see if it happened myself as I don't think the mission directs you onto it or gives you a reason to does it?

Same as you regards frame rate in the rest, I noticed little if any problems.

shuffles03 · 20-11-2014 4:49pm

calex71 wrote: »

I think I mentioned in the other thread in games I had frame rate drop in that spot, but only when I climb on the glass inside. If I hadn't seen a video of it I likely wouldn't have climbed on it to see if it happened myself as I don't think the mission directs you onto it or gives you a reason to does it?

Same as you regards frame rate in the rest, I noticed little if any problems.

Yeh it was the glass that did it alright. It felt like a had tried to play Crysis 3 on a Commodore 64. It can slightly happen around large crowds but if I'm being honest, It actually adds a bit of weight to the characters movement - makes it more real.

I haven't tried co-op just yet. Do many play together?

calex71 · 20-11-2014 10:16pm

shuffles03 wrote: »

Yeh it was the glass that did it alright. It felt like a had tried to play Crysis 3 on a Commodore 64. It can slightly happen around large crowds but if I'm being honest, It actually adds a bit of weight to the characters movement - makes it more real.

I haven't tried co-op just yet. Do many play together?

I tried a few games with ramdoms its as expected run in kill everything to hell with stealth, I let them to it and go and hunt sync points :pac:

Stone Deaf 4evr · 21-11-2014 3:41pm

Copied from the sunset overdrive thread

http://majornelson.com/2014/11/21/sunset-overdrive-free-xbox-live-gold-members-saturday/

Sunset overdrive is free this weekend - I cant recommend it highly enough to anyone who has an xbox one.

TitianGerm · 21-11-2014 3:53pm

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

Copied from the sunset overdrive thread

http://majornelson.com/2014/11/21/sunset-overdrive-free-xbox-live-gold-members-saturday/

Sunset overdrive is free this weekend - I cant recommend it highly enough to anyone who has an xbox one.

Will you have to download the full game or just a demo ?
If its a demo I'll give it a bash but my connection is to slow to download a full game just for to play for 2 hours

Lamposts · 21-11-2014 3:53pm

maximoose wrote: »

834 Hours, top 10%

16990G, top 1%

More "surprises" coming tomorrow, whatever that means!

All the other surprises that I've seen are region locked to the big A. Also sunset overdrive will be free to play for 24 hours, full game and all that at 5pm tmrw. Suffice to say my schedule will run like this.

9-530 work
530-7 watch arsenal destroy utd. Get green monsters.
8-late absolutely smash so's backdoors in.

maximoose · 21-11-2014 3:54pm

Lamposts wrote: »

All the other surprises that I've seen are region locked to the big A. Also sunset overdrive will be free to play for 24 hours, full game and all that at 5pm tmrw. Suffice to say my schedule will run like this.

9-530 work
530-7 watch arsenal destroy utd. Get green monsters.
8-late absolutely smash so's backdoors in.

.....Is that sunset overdrive or significant other?

:pac:

Mickeroo · 21-11-2014 3:57pm

maximoose wrote: »

.....Is that sunset overdrive or significant other?

:pac:

I'd say that's dependent on whether Arsenal win :P

miralize · 21-11-2014 4:05pm

Lamposts wrote: »

All the other surprises that I've seen are region locked to the big A. Also sunset overdrive will be free to play for 24 hours, full game and all that at 5pm tmrw. Suffice to say my schedule will run like this.

9-530 work
530-7 watch arsenal destroy utd. Get green monsters.
8-late absolutely smash so's backdoors in.

Nah mate we gotta get you accustomed to Final Stand.

tobothehobo · 22-11-2014 1:25am

I bought the sunset overdrive bundle at launch but I've been playing forza horizon 2 since I got it. This week I started sunset and I love it. Great gameplay even though it takes a while to unlock some vital mechanics. In my opinion well worth a look and probably the best game I've played this year and I include what I've played on my ps4. Oh and I personally enjoy the goofy humour in it. Maybe no everyone cup of tea but I love it. Have a look guys it's free guys so nothing to loose.

mrkiscool2 · 22-11-2014 1:32am

tobothehobo wrote: »

I bought the sunset overdrive bundle at launch but I've been playing forza horizon 2 since I got it. This week I started sunset and I love it. Great gameplay even though it takes a while to unlock some vital mechanics. In my opinion well worth a look and probably the best game I've played this year and I include what I've played on my ps4. Oh and I personally enjoy the goofy humour in it. Maybe no everyone cup of tea but I love it. Have a look guys it's free guys so nothing to loose.

On this. I think games nowadays are far too lax and hold your hand too much. The thing about games is that they should have proper gamer progression (best example of this is Deus Ex:HR) where the more you play and the better you get the more things you unlock to make the game easier (even though the levels and enemies increase in difficulty). I hate games that hand-hold too much (Hence why Dark Souls is my favourite game of all time). Sunset Overdrive is the perfect blend of gamer progression and humour IMHO.

MiskyBoyy · 22-11-2014 2:20am

Sunset Overdrive is up for downloading and playing now

Just go to promotional tab on dashboard, it will have S.O down as Gold Weekend

rottie 11 · 22-11-2014 2:58am

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

Sunset Overdrive is up for downloading and playing now

Just go to promotional tab on dashboard, it will have S.O down as Gold Weekend

How long can we keep it?

tobothehobo · 22-11-2014 3:05am

mrkiscool2 wrote: »

On this. I think games nowadays are far too lax and hold your hand too much. The thing about games is that they should have proper gamer progression (best example of this is Deus Ex:HR) where the more you play and the better you get the more things you unlock to make the game easier (even though the levels and enemies increase in difficulty). I hate games that hand-hold too much (Hence why Dark Souls is my favourite game of all time). Sunset Overdrive is the perfect blend of gamer progression and humour IMHO.

I completely agree but I would like to add I don't judge modern aaa games for their lack of difficulty. In my opinion the constraints of older generations of games(and I can only speak from as far back as megadrive/ snes times) ment gameplay took priority over story. Difficulty provided longevity in games due to you having to learn how best to overcome a boss. Much of this is evedent in how quickly a speed run of many of these golden generation games can be completed. Now it's about the experience you can have in the 6 to 15 hour single player story. I use the last of us as an example of a game that on normal difficulty didn't overly challenge me but as a narrative wowed me and sits in my top five games of all time. Personally I think indie is where the difficult learning curve is now at with guacamele for me being a timelss example of perfect platforming. I definitely think we now have a time when gameing has something for everyone but unfortunately for those of us who truly love games we can nolonger play everything so all we can do is try and play what we can and unfortunately miss the rest.

MiskyBoyy · 22-11-2014 3:05am

rottie 11 wrote: »

How long can we keep it?

It said 24 hours but that says gold weekend so dunno, between 24 - 48 hours. You unlock achievements and all.

rottie 11 · 22-11-2014 3:07am

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

It said 24 hours but that says gold weekend so dunno, between 24 - 48 hours. You unlock achievements and all.

Have it in the queue now so will give it a shot tomorow. Got a feeling it wont be my cup of tea

mrkiscool2 · 22-11-2014 5:28am

tobothehobo wrote: »

I completely agree but I would like to add I don't judge modern aaa games for their lack of difficulty. In my opinion the constraints of older generations of games(and I can only speak from as far back as megadrive/ snes times) ment gameplay took priority over story. Difficulty provided longevity in games due to you having to learn how best to overcome a boss. Much of this is evedent in how quickly a speed run of many of these golden generation games can be completed. Now it's about the experience you can have in the 6 to 15 hour single player story. I use the last of us as an example of a game that on normal difficulty didn't overly challenge me but as a narrative wowed me and sits in my top five games of all time. Personally I think indie is where the difficult learning curve is now at with guacamele for me being a timelss example of perfect platforming. I definitely think we now have a time when gameing has something for everyone but unfortunately for those of us who truly love games we can nolonger play everything so all we can do is try and play what we can and unfortunately miss the rest.

Don't get me wrong, neither am I. Like Halo 4 is in my top 10 games because of the amazing story it told (rare do you see a game go outside the comfort zone of a love story between two humans) and I don't mind games holding my hand (as long as a. it's a good game and b. Reviews don't over-exaggerate how good the game is-unless I've already planned to buy it-COD:Advanced Warfare was on my not to buy list, heard good things about it, played it-hated it) but I love games that have very good player progression (again, Deus Ex:HR is in my top 5 because of this)

tobothehobo · 22-11-2014 6:53am

mrkiscool2 wrote: »

Don't get me wrong, neither am I. Like Halo 4 is in my top 10 games because of the amazing story it told (rare do you see a game go outside the comfort zone of a love story between two humans) and I don't mind games holding my hand (as long as a. it's a good game and b. Reviews don't over-exaggerate how good the game is-unless I've already planned to buy it-COD:Advanced Warfare was on my not to buy list, heard good things about it, played it-hated it) but I love games that have very good player progression (again, Deus Ex:HR is in my top 5 because of this)

No I haven't got you wrong quite the opposite I agree with all of your points and think we both see eye to eye on most of this I just wanted to flesh out my opinions of the current gameing climate. I also enjoyed Deus Ex.Hr although I wish the end was more devicive. I have to say as a long time fan of cod after ghosts I was ready to give up but aw is a much better entry into the franchise. Still I think it has run its course. But at the end of the day as long as it's making money we won't see a departure from the norm. Although flawed in many ways I think destiny is a marker for the future of fps games. An integrated social experience where above all teamwork is prized. It's fresh for console games and I for one hope to see more in the years to come but hopefully more polished.

firestarter51 · 22-11-2014 3:42pm

just got a message

thanks for being an xbox one early adopter, to celebrate year one we are giving you LIMBO when its realeased.
stay tuned, your free code will arrive here

wtf is limbo ?

just seen a preview, looks creepy

sweetie · 22-11-2014 3:58pm

firestarter51 wrote:

wtf is limbo ?

firestarter51 wrote:

just seen a preview, looks creepy

a fantastic little game

MiskyBoyy · 22-11-2014 4:19pm

firestarter51 wrote: »

just got a message

thanks for being an xbox one early adopter, to celebrate year one we are giving you LIMBO when its realeased.
stay tuned, your free code will arrive here

wtf is limbo ?

just seen a preview, looks creepy

I got it too. Looking forward to playing it as kind of always wanted to play it on 360

mrkiscool2 · 22-11-2014 6:00pm

Limbo is a great game. Great puzzle game with some absolute great atmosphere and some great silent story-telling. It's fantastic. I'm so looking forward to Inside which is the sequal

deco nate · 22-11-2014 8:54pm

Sunset over drive will be free to play today for 24 hours, the full game! Nice one ms

Raymond Pest · 23-11-2014 7:12pm

Anyone want a code for limbo? I already have it on 360 and PC

mrkiscool2 · 23-11-2014 7:17pm

Raymond Pest wrote: »

Anyone want a code for limbo? I already have it on 360 and PC

Is it for the One?

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