Comments on: The Animus http://www.loregy.com/assassins-creed/the-animus/ Game Lore Discussion Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:04:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: kesak http://www.loregy.com/assassins-creed/the-animus/comment-page-1/#comment-1114 kesak Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:22:02 +0000 http://www.loregy.com/?p=604#comment-1114 I got bored of assassin's creed because the game seemed repetitive to me. I had great fun for about 6 hours and then it seemed like nothing new really happened. the big story elements had unfolded (or maybe they didn't and I didn't play enough, who knows), you explored most of the area, you did some fun escapes and infiltration, then it was the same repeat "quests" to kill people. Also the runs from town on the horse were super lame. why should i have to run back and forth to town 30 times in a gameplay? immersion? F that, it's boring. i'm in a digital memory why can't my dude just fast forward time to something that's relevant or fun. the animus was a neat concept to enclose a video game. i agree fatigue or magical borders you can't cross or outlandish terrain obstacles stink, and this was a unique way to add boundaries that seemed less intrusive on my gameplay. I don't think the animus really did it for me with the health bar though. granted i'm not asking for realism and my characters to forever lose a limb after a swordfight to keep me in reality, but being in a virtual simulation/memory of this guy's ancestor doesn't constitute a health bar to me. there are just some things you can't really get away with in video games, health is one of them that i don't see a solution for. either you play some sadistic diablo 2 hardcore style game without potions/wells/shrine/life leech that everyone hates where you perpetually die throughout the game and run into fights that are impossible to beat without gimmicks and/or breaking the AI, or you add in the normal mechanic of a health bar that people understand and can easily adapt into playing "oh this bar means i'm almost dead" instead of "wow i lost my left forearm how do i dual wield for the rest of the game, screw this" I hope people find ways to implement animus-style things into games without taking the copout of "oh you're in a digital world the code isn't done there". I don't have the perfect solution either without just giving a linear "here's the entrance and exit to this valley you're in and the rest are shear cliffs or super steep terrain slopes". impossible scenarios might be an answer. why can't I go through this gate to the outer world? because big angry dudes with nail bats are ready to beat your face. at least you have a reason other than the gate is closed and there's nothing you can do about it. I didn't play assassin't creed 2, maybe i'll borrow it from someone. I got bored of assassin’s creed because the game seemed repetitive to me. I had great fun for about 6 hours and then it seemed like nothing new really happened. the big story elements had unfolded (or maybe they didn’t and I didn’t play enough, who knows), you explored most of the area, you did some fun escapes and infiltration, then it was the same repeat “quests” to kill people. Also the runs from town on the horse were super lame. why should i have to run back and forth to town 30 times in a gameplay? immersion? F that, it’s boring. i’m in a digital memory why can’t my dude just fast forward time to something that’s relevant or fun.

the animus was a neat concept to enclose a video game. i agree fatigue or magical borders you can’t cross or outlandish terrain obstacles stink, and this was a unique way to add boundaries that seemed less intrusive on my gameplay.

I don’t think the animus really did it for me with the health bar though. granted i’m not asking for realism and my characters to forever lose a limb after a swordfight to keep me in reality, but being in a virtual simulation/memory of this guy’s ancestor doesn’t constitute a health bar to me. there are just some things you can’t really get away with in video games, health is one of them that i don’t see a solution for. either you play some sadistic diablo 2 hardcore style game without potions/wells/shrine/life leech that everyone hates where you perpetually die throughout the game and run into fights that are impossible to beat without gimmicks and/or breaking the AI, or you add in the normal mechanic of a health bar that people understand and can easily adapt into playing “oh this bar means i’m almost dead” instead of “wow i lost my left forearm how do i dual wield for the rest of the game, screw this”

I hope people find ways to implement animus-style things into games without taking the copout of “oh you’re in a digital world the code isn’t done there”. I don’t have the perfect solution either without just giving a linear “here’s the entrance and exit to this valley you’re in and the rest are shear cliffs or super steep terrain slopes”. impossible scenarios might be an answer. why can’t I go through this gate to the outer world? because big angry dudes with nail bats are ready to beat your face. at least you have a reason other than the gate is closed and there’s nothing you can do about it.

I didn’t play assassin’t creed 2, maybe i’ll borrow it from someone.

]]> By: Thornquist http://www.loregy.com/assassins-creed/the-animus/comment-page-1/#comment-1108 Thornquist Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:33:59 +0000 http://www.loregy.com/?p=604#comment-1108 I didnt really like the animus tbh. Personally I'd prefer just having it be a regular joe from the medieval times. While you would say it would give good immerson, Id have to disagree. Yes - it does give you immerson to the degree of beeing a guy in the future. But it also throws away all imersion of beeing an cool-lookin assassin in Jerusalem. Id personally prefer the latter. Anyway, if you are looking for great lore, you HAVE to try Mass Effect. I didnt really like the animus tbh.
Personally I’d prefer just having it be a regular joe from the medieval times.
While you would say it would give good immerson, Id have to disagree.
Yes – it does give you immerson to the degree of beeing a guy in the future. But it also throws away all imersion of beeing an cool-lookin assassin in Jerusalem. Id personally prefer the latter.

Anyway, if you are looking for great lore, you HAVE to try Mass Effect.

]]> By: Dangablad http://www.loregy.com/assassins-creed/the-animus/comment-page-1/#comment-1100 Dangablad Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:38:19 +0000 http://www.loregy.com/?p=604#comment-1100 Having actually beat AC1 and currently working on AC2, I have to say that these two games are the best reason that I have a 360 as well. And I love the Animus for just this reason. In fact, I spent the other night explaining these exact sentiments to my roommate. The game immerses you as well as any game I've seen. And wait till you get to the Lost style ending of the first game. I have not tossed a sequel to a game into my machine as quickly as I did that night. Having actually beat AC1 and currently working on AC2, I have to say that these two games are the best reason that I have a 360 as well.

And I love the Animus for just this reason. In fact, I spent the other night explaining these exact sentiments to my roommate. The game immerses you as well as any game I’ve seen.

And wait till you get to the Lost style ending of the first game. I have not tossed a sequel to a game into my machine as quickly as I did that night.

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