Assassin’s Creed – Part 2-3
Our second target is in sight, and all we need to do is wait for our moment to strike! https://youtu.be/x7mqX0_0mJk Streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/newdarkcloud Since we've already spent so much time comparing Assassin's Creed to Hitman, I think it's also worth pointing out that both franchises were scored by...
Assassin’s Creed – Part 2-2
One target down: The first of nine. But there's no rest for the wicked, and more targets remain in the Holy Land. https://youtu.be/VuQa_QAjQP4 Streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/newdarkcloud Way back in 2009, when I was first exposed to Assassin's Creed, I remember believing that it was a deeply and profoundly...
Assassin’s Creed – Part 2-1
When we last left off, the game rudely interrupted me by crashing just before we escaped from our first successful assassination. So before we can proceed, we'll need to perform the hit just one more time. https://youtu.be/BCmmgrZMIjM Streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/newdarkcloud During the last recording, we experienced an issue...
Assassin’s Creed – Part 1-4
We've reach the city: The site of our first assassination. Without further ado, let us get started. https://youtu.be/o5mgw20oEW8 Streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/newdarkcloud The core gameplay loop for the original Assassin's Creed is fairly simple. First, we are assigned a target at the beginning of a chapter. With that target...
Assassin’s Creed – Part 1-3
In the midst of the Third Crusade, we've been stripped of our rank and made novice once more. In the modern world, we've been kidnapped by an evil corporation who wants to use us for their own nefarious ends. It's not looking great, but we've been...
Assassin’s Creed – Part 1-2
So we made a few mistakes and...
Assassin’s Creed – Part 1-1
Now that we've spent so much time solving murders, we get to start causing them. That's right. It's time to go back to the first game, released in 2007, in one of Ubisoft's longest running franchises: Assassin's Creed. https://youtu.be/2QXyhAG-0cs Streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/newdarkcloud While setting up to stream Assassin's...
#118: The Dangerous “Lessons” of Far Cry 5
I make no secret of the fact that Ubisoft and I have an on-again, off-again relationship. Every now and then they create a game like Assassin's Creed: Origins, that I can easily sink 50+ hours into without thinking -- sure, it may have its flaws,...
#117: What Can the Dominaria Leak Teach Game Publishers?
The game industry is notorious for a number of problems, one of them being an almost complete unwillingness to let any information slip out even a second before schedule. But almost paradoxically, despite this level of secrecy, leaks are commonplace. Gaming journalists like Jason Schreier...
#108: How Watch_Dogs 2 Made a Monster Out of Me
(Spoiler Alert: Major spoilers for the plot to Watch_Dogs 2)Marcus Holloway is a good kid. Through circumstances out of his control, he was pegged by ctOS's predictive crime algorithm as the likely suspect in crimes he was in no way responsible for. Though scarred by...