Dishonored

They win the GOTY in our hearts.

Um, AC 3? Not an FPS, but there are hardly "nothing but crappy first and third person shooters" coming out this year.

edited 7th Jun '12 3:46:33 PM by majoraoftime

What does that stand for?

Assassin's Creed 3.

That's a thing?

Wait. Isn't there already an AC 3? The one where the first and second game's protagonists team up?

That's Revelations.

That's Revelations, which is more like Assassin's Creed 2.75. And not so much team up as the more recent one learns of what happened to the older one. It's complicated.

There was also Assassin's creed Brotherhood, which was AC 2.5

... Video game sequel numbering makes no sense.

Either have numbers, subtitles, or both at the same time, but don't have them both at different times, damn it.

they didn't increase the number for 2's trilogy, since the dev-team wanted each numbered sequel to have a different main protagonist.

Well, for AC, numbers are reserved for games that update the gameplay significantly, while subtitles are more Gaiden Games.

edited 7th Jun '12 4:22:28 PM by majoraoftime

BAH!

Get out of here with your reasonable explanations.

Never! I subsist on reasonable explanations! D:<

though... weirdly, the Gaiden Game for 3 (which is going to be released the same day as 3) is getting both the subtitle AND the number.

Heh...

Right... so... Dishonored? I hear that's a pretty cool game.

edited 7th Jun '12 4:25:17 PM by majoraoftime

that's capitalist lies. Lies and propaganda.

Obviously Corvo (Korvo?) is brainwashing you! :P

edited 7th Jun '12 4:27:43 PM by Enkufka

At any minute, a dude in a skull mask will jump out of me and kill my entire family with a repeating crossbow doohickey. It will be so cool though, that the not-coolness of being murdered will be negated.

So how hard is it to make legs visible in first person?

Because as awesome as those rooftop kills look, they also look pretty silly.

From a platforming perspective it doesn't look too bad. I mean if you just miss out on the ledge then Corvo just hangs on and then climbs up anyway. And there's always Blink if you want to absolutely make sure you end up on the platform.

I didn't really notice the lack of feet in rooftop assassinations until you mentioned them but them, I guess I'm just used to that from FP Ses and First person platformers and stuff.

I'm assuming first person animations are fairly difficult to setup since not many games have them aside from the occasional scripted sequence.

edited 7th Jun '12 4:50:09 PM by ShadowScythe

Between the Antivan Crows and the protagonist here being named Corvo, what is up with crow-themed assasins?

I'm not entirely sure what that first part had to do with anything, but yeah.

I suppose I'm used to it as well, but it still looks weird to me.

Though I suppose I can just assume the player character is just diving off the roof instead of flat-out jumping.

A group of crows is called a murder, and crows are commonly associated with death.

edited 7th Jun '12 4:54:26 PM by Mukora

Oh, just usually when people complain about lack of feet in first person games that require some platforming it's usually based on that idea that without being able to see your feet it's difficult to judge your jumps and distances and stuff. My point was that even if you miss the ledge by a small amount Corvo just grabs on and climbs up anyway and Blink can always guarantee a safe landing for sure.

I've never played a first person game that required much platforming aside from Portal, so no, that's not what my complaint it.

My issue is purely aesthetic.

I like how the finishers are very quick and get you right back in the game. Deus Ex: Human Revolution's takedowns were funny (double backhand, anyone), but really slow.

I've noticed that in a lot of games with finishing moves.

I mean, kicking a wolf in the god damn mouth in Skyrim is really cool, but it takes so long.

Good to see this game is avoiding it.

edited 8th Jun '12 2:03:20 PM by Mukora

I hate how these finisher moves seem to be popping up EVERYWHERE though. Fuck, even games like Splinter Cell and Devil May Cry have added them. They don't add anything except a minor "Oh hey, that's kinda neat" factor and then that quickly wears off.

I hope they have the ice power from Dark Messiah in this. That spell made Dark Messiah like 7 times greater.

EDIT: I mean, just look at this video. It's the best thing ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS49Dazin3E

edited 8th Jun '12 2:14:52 PM by Kev-O

...listening to that music there's only one thing that comes to mind:

"Even the ORCHESTRA is thinking!"