Ubisoft Moves Beyond Desmond In Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag

That sounds extremely silly.

Agreed, this is what happens when you turn a franchise into a yearly release. Rehashed story and game play ala COD style.

:o Wait three was the last game for desmond? How could they just sum it up like that I guess I gotta play three to find out but overall I am now having bad feelings about the story of three and this game.

Honestly I would like to see them drop the "modern day" storyline all together. And the whole Assassins vs Templars thing. I basically just want historical fiction in under-explored settings, with stealth and seamless fighting.

That sounds extremely dumb.

OR what they are looking for through the past is a way to stop an impending zombie apocalypse. That was horrible.

In other news, I haven't seen much on the internet for this so I am turning now to GR. If possible (and if you even have any knowledge of it) can we get some preview information on TWD: Survival Instinct? It seems like it could be one HELL of a survival game... or War Z.

TWD is an action game, and I'd wager that it was created less than 7 months ago, based on the graphics/gameplay shown so far. And the lack of actual info about the game. Much like Black Ops: Declassified.

That is unfortunate. The amount of decision making and rationing that they SAY needs done would be amazing if done properly... thanks for the response, Dan. I dig that the people here at GR actually take the time to stay in touch with the community.

Sounds good to me as long as *SPOILER* I don't spend the first 33% of the game playing as the damn templars.

Ugh... Assassin's Creed 3 sucked so bad that I really do not care much about the series anymore. It had so much potential, but Ubisoft rushed the story. The final showdown with Haytham was pitiful! On the upside, the naval battles were a good time, so maybe Black Flag will be decent.

Yeah.....this is kinda hard to follow along with.

I bet at some point they'll reveal that the animus still requires you to have the person as an ancestor and then suddenly hooray I'm an assassin it's meeeeeeeee. I will solve all my problems by a combination of stabbing and climbing and hay bales.

I'd rant about this, but the fact that you could see the memories of old Ezio and Altair basically threw out the window the concept of genetic memory already (in theory, you should have been able to see events only before the... ehem... passing of the genes). Still, I'm a fan of the series and ACIV looks good enough to warrant at the very least a rental.