as some of you guys know, ACU came out a few days/a week ago and I got it.
Heres what i have liked, disliked, and noticed about it so far. Im not 100% done with it either.
THIS IS FOR THE PC WITH THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AT LEAST
Lets be blunt with it shall we?
(* means i will go in dept with after the lists)
Pro’s:
Great Story line
Combat is harder (can be good and bad)*
Parkour is a tad bit better you can choose on the fly better than the past AC games
Stealth. Like actual stealth. You can hide behind cover.
New weapon(s). Spear and Stun grenade*
Characters are more diverse rather than just all men
Multiplayer*
Sectionals*
Cons:
Combat is harder
A little bit of frame drop and some graphical glitches (They are fixing them i believe)
In-game purcheses up to 99.99 USD
Multiplayer hasnt really been used yet
You can only have 2 weapons equiped (I.e a spear and a pistol)*
Money is harder to get*
It seems like its set up to make you spend Real money on the game*
Companion App*
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Combat is Harder.
Like I said this is could be a good or a bad thing depending on how you actually play the game. I, personally, find that the way the redid the combat is much better than the last games. Instead of killing all the people by mashing your keys, you actually have to parry and dodge their attacks. Your enemies are much smarter than in the last game and will tend to exploit your weak points during the fight. You also cant immediately block during combat. You have to actually stop fighting the guy you are attacking.
New Weapons.
Im not entirely sure if stun grenades are in the other AC games but they are in ACU. They do exactly what you think they do. They throw up a smoke cloud and stuns your enemies. Now there is the Smoke bomb too. The smoke bomb just throws up a smoke cloud.
The spears i tend to find incredibly overpowered. They also have a wicked final kill animation. they work kind of like swords only they arnt a sword.
Rifles were also added into the game as a primary. They are a non-lethal weapon and are pretty much a waste of money. I was disappointed with it.
Multiplayer.
Instead of trying to find and kill the other players, you can join up and do multiplayer missions. You can team up with 3 other players for a total of 4 players for 1 mission. I haven’t gotten into a multiplayer game yet because im assuming people just want to finish the campaign and then multiplayer.
One gripe i have of this though. You cant leave the queue when you want to do multi player. You also cannot do main missions either. I may of just been doing it wrong but either way, you should be able to leave the queue for it.
Sectionals.
If you kill someone that is not in the line of sight of an enemy, the enemies around will NOT come after you.
I.E. you kill a guard behind a kiosk type thing. The guard inside the house nearby will not come after you.
Also you cant move bodies sadly.
Money.
It is harder to get. Not only that but when you do get money it isnt much. you may get 6-12 coins for looting a dead body and at least 90+ for completing a mission. You may think that isnt so bad right? WRONG! The weapons cost at least 1000 coins for a decent one. Once you get into the higher tiers of the weapons, they start getting up to prices of 15000 coins. Money is definitely harder to come by and nothing is as cheap as they should be.
Real life money.
You can buy your hack points (currency) and creed points (currency) if you dont have enough. You can waste up to 100 USD on like 4k hack points and creed points. You know how in app purchases are, well this is like that. Its like they make you buy hack points and creed points to get weapons
Companion App
This isnt a big deal but for some outfits and some chests you need to complete certain things on the companion app to get. I think it is absolutely stupid but its not game changing.
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All in all, i like it even if it has a lower frame rate than i would prefer. I mean on any PC it would be hard to render at minimum 100 entities on screen. I would definitely recommend it to you guys. It seems like they are fixing some bugs here and there but not enough yet.
Own the game also? Feel free to add to my list of pros and cons.
Also what are your thoughts?
-Sword
PS. I just looked through my history, IT TOOK ME 35 MINUTES TO THINK AND WRITE THIS!!! LIKE I PUT MORE EFFORT INTO THIS THAN I PUT INTO SCHOOL!