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My AC reluctance reason by fabio 10/03/2013, 1:31pm PDT
Jerry Whorebach wrote:

I didn't play Assassin's Creed because I didn't care for the whole virtual reality conceit. The gameplay looked really unengaging to me, so I would've been playing it primarily for the "immersive experience", and the game-within-a-game stuff just added one level of abstraction more than I was willing to put up with.


After months of showing off the cutting edge crowd blending mechanics and animations, combined with escape/chase elements, they finally showed the combat system of your dude effortlessly taking on half a dozen heavily armed guards at once.
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Games you skipped for dumb/idiosyncratic reasons by Jerry Whorebach 10/02/2013, 10:45pm PDT NEW
    The Baldur's Gate series still makes me writhe in ambivalence. by fucking newbie 10/03/2013, 12:02am PDT NEW
        The reading was always the worst part of Baldur's Gate. by Jerry Whorebach 10/03/2013, 1:10am PDT NEW
            My problem was I got ahold of Torment first, and that skewed expectations foreve by fucking newbie 10/03/2013, 4:03am PDT NEW
            Re: The reading was always the worst part of Baldur's Gate. by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/03/2013, 9:12am PDT NEW
                You know you can use mods to play BG1 in the BG2 engine, right? In case it helps by fucking newbie 10/03/2013, 10:54am PDT NEW
                    You know you can use mods to play BG1 in the BG2 engine, right? In case it helps by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/03/2013, 11:59am PDT NEW
                        Torment by Cannibal Dave 10/04/2013, 5:30pm PDT NEW
                    Whatever happened to fucking newbie? NT by Eury 05/12/2024, 9:37pm PDT NEW
                        Got sick of your whining and left NT by back to sucking my cock! 05/13/2024, 2:40am PDT NEW
                            Nobody here whines. You seem sad and lonely, tbh NT by Eury 05/13/2024, 11:54am PDT NEW
                        He transitioned from newbie to oldfag by blackwater 05/13/2024, 10:35am PDT NEW
                            only in that I used more swearing per post than a 4chan user by fucking newbie 05/13/2024, 11:31pm PDT NEW
                                You are a valuable member of this forum. Thank you for reading. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/14/2024, 8:01am PDT NEW
                Arguably the dialogue writing in New Vegas rendered F3 unplayable. Not that it NT by was the only thing - fucking newbie 10/03/2013, 11:05am PDT NEW
                I was disappointed by the shift towards polished linearity in Baldur's Gate II. by Jerry Whorebach 10/04/2013, 3:58am PDT NEW
                    I was disappointed by the shift towards polished linearity in Baldur's Gate II. by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/08/2013, 3:43pm PDT NEW
    I didn't give Unreal a chance because I was a Quake Man. by Fussbett 10/03/2013, 6:42am PDT NEW
        Hey Paul, what do you think about the Civilization series of games? NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/03/2013, 9:23am PDT NEW
            Brian, DON'T! NT by Stewie 10/03/2013, 9:24am PDT NEW
            I don't think about the Civilization series of games. I have never played them. NT by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 10/08/2013, 5:49pm PDT NEW
            And unlike Peter Griffin, I don't think 'bird' is the word. Grease is the word. NT by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 10/09/2013, 8:47pm PDT NEW
        As a fellow Quake partisan, I can confirm you made the right choice. by (Especially w/r/t Civilization.) 10/04/2013, 4:08am PDT NEW
    Anything Link / Zelda by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/03/2013, 9:22am PDT NEW
        Well, I fucked that up right quick. Delete my post above in response to yours pl NT by fucking newbie 10/03/2013, 10:59am PDT NEW
            edit function please! by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/03/2013, 12:09pm PDT NEW
                Make sure they're not talking about Enhanced Edition, which takes away the old f by eel & replaces it with a goatfuck. 10/03/2013, 3:09pm PDT NEW
                    So that's what happened to my goat while you guys had it. Sick fucks. NT by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 10/09/2013, 8:49pm PDT NEW
                        Quit trying to be funny, fatso. NT by Mysterio 10/09/2013, 10:43pm PDT NEW
    My AC reluctance reason by fabio 10/03/2013, 1:31pm PDT NEW
    Re: Games you skipped for dumb/idiosyncratic reasons by Entropy Stew 10/04/2013, 12:19pm PDT NEW
        I wasn't even aware of the virtual reality thing before playing the game by Eurotrash 10/04/2013, 9:15pm PDT NEW
            Re: I wasn't even aware of the virtual reality thing before playing the game by fabio 10/04/2013, 11:16pm PDT NEW
                I forgot there were that many. Plus loading. *cries a little* by Eurotrash 10/05/2013, 2:16am PDT NEW
                    Re: I forgot there were that many. Plus loading. *cries a little* by Souffle of Pain 10/06/2013, 10:57am PDT NEW
                        Another problem I had: did AC sequels improve the combat any? by Entropy Stew 10/07/2013, 11:17am PDT NEW
                            Re: Another problem I had: did AC sequels improve the combat any? by fabio 10/07/2013, 9:44pm PDT NEW
 
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