Hell yes! I'm not old! Thanks dude!!!!Originally Posted by AnimusLover Go to original post
I think it's really cool to see the wide variety of age groups that love the Assassin's Creed games. I haven't seen that present in too many other communities so I think it's fantastic that we have that here!Thank you to all of you Misthios for making this such a great community!
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I'm 81 and yes....I'm old. I've played every AC game since the very first one. I've stood in long, cold, rainy nights lines awaiting the midnight hour and the release of a new game in the series. I really have liked and enjoyed playing all of the series until I met up with Odyssey. I was attracted to Odyssey because I figured it was the next installment in the series. In my opinion this should not be considered an AC game since the characters are mercenaries and not assassins. I have continued to play the game because I have nothing better to do and there is not another game I'm looking at at the moment. There are many frustrating moments in the game and I think the Mercenaries are the worst part of Odyssey. I can't begin to count the number of times a mercenary has desynched me and most of them are beyond my strength and ability to kill. I'm at level 99 in a NG+ and all the mercenaries are at level 99 even though my auto level is set at light. I'd go on but I don't want to hijack your thread and I've stated the reason I was attracted to the game.
Leaving aside the many sided but contentious issue of why BioWare nowadays sucks (and trust me from everything I hear in the industry things are not good there currently, their social media has gone completely dark for the past month even), I am not near 60 but I’m still older than a millennial and the reason I play and enjoy this game is simply because it is very good.
What makes me enjoy this even more as someone not in their teens is that while the writing feels like it’s written for teens by Michael Bay or perhaps just Tyler Perry, the artists didn’t get the same memo and the work they’ve done is incredible, the research, the beauty, the attention to detail in bringing an ancient world to life is just staggering. Those guys are making a 5 star multimillion dollar production documentary to rival Planet Earth full of fascinating insight and joy of discovery. I wish the writing were up there on a par with those big budget HBO dramas, or at least with GTA. But it’s sufficient for the job of propelling you to your next goal while being limited to the over the shoulder camera for all but a very few dialog sections, and the gameplay is very fun.
So, since you are 81, let me ask you this: What do you think is the reason that you find Odyssey, Origins and other AC games attractive but you would not play Pubg or Fortnite and other teen games? Would you say that there is a maturity criterion? Perhaps some games look childish and / or immature compared to others?Originally Posted by DynaRider Go to original post
Who’s to say he doesn’t?
I can’t speak for them but for me PUBG and Fortnite are just such cynical microtransaction money pits to me, the games are just the worst kind of corporate craptacular junk “hey they did this, let’s just copy it verbatim without even introducing any originality and if they sue we’ll say we’re sorry after we pocketed the dough, otherwise $$$profit$$$”. At least Apex Legends actually plays well and looks decent and is by a studio that cares (even if the publisher EA doesn’t have a great rep). There are just so many good games why play bad ones?
Perhaps it boils down to the same reason older people prefer older music, it’s not that there isn’t great new music or that they’re all that attached to their childhoods, but it is that once you’ve heard a song and a riff you don’t have much urge to hear it’s various covers over and over with not quite as sparkling an effect as the first time you heard it. All they do is remind you of the original. If you grew up with Doom and Unreal then Counterstrike and Call of Duty seemed pretty tame and slow, if you grew up with CoD and CS then Battlefield and Destiny seem slow and self absorbed, and if you grew up with those games then PUBG and Fortnight seem just riffs on so many other games. Don’t forget these are games increasingly without narrative as they’re primarily MP, so all they have is mechanics and when those mechanics aren’t quite as good as the things they’re based on then it’s not enough - you already played that to death, why do it again? It’s got to refine not just be like Dauntless is to Monster Hunter, a straight rip and reduction. Free isn’t enough when time is precious. As you get older you grow less patient and you care less about pleasing others, you don’t want to waste time on anything that you don’t really like, it really has got to be worthwhile.
For the publishers theres no desire to court older players with games like Fortnite or even to make better quality experiences. It’s too fickle a market, where’s the ROI? Fortnite is hugely successful as is, you either like it or you don’t but there’s no need for them to change. I also suspect it’s got its share of mature players, they may just not be vocal.
I think the answer to this question is very simple - those who are around 60 now are those who experienced the PC scene from it's very beginning and basically grew up with this technology and gaming from it's very start - and so it is much more likely than ever before to meet this age group in games.
Hard to say but I do feel it touches on old school values and game play. Reminds us of great games long gone minus the graphics.
So many games today that are daft, and far to competitive. I'm old school and want a game to bring fun and entertainment to the table, and if there is a story I want it to make sense and be free of holes. Something I can relate to.
Not even close to 65 will be 49 in two days but i will answer your question.
For me its the original setting and the attention to details, there are countless japan, medieval europe or pure fantasy themed games, but odyssey is the first ancient greek game that i have ever seen, the game feels alive and interesting with cults, religion and internal politics, a thing that i find interesting, i love when the enemies are not a paper thin and have their own goals and do when they think is the correct thing. Combat in odyssey is fun and engaging and when i die i have to rethink my strategy and try again, if i will button mash my character will die.
The thing that i like in origins and odyssey more then previews installments is the RPG mechanics and freedom, what i like in odyssey's story is that it is not another revenge story with a shopping list of enemies to kill, i learn about the enemies from the quest and cut-scene so i don't need the final cut-scene that explain about the enemy. I am glad that ubi left the old formula and every game has its own narrative.