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ethomaz

I thought Sony E3 conference was bad.

Well Nintendo always surprises me Sony E3 conference looks ok now :D

kitler53

Left 4 dead did something like that with AI. Also I'm pretty sure there was another game I've read about that worked that way.

It's cool but it's too "fake" for me. Same with just making the player feel powerful. I'm specifically talking about it from a game theory perspective where the player has full knowledge of the situation and is thinking rationally.

Bars are the best! You seem to like games as an "experience" for lack of a better word. It's about casually enjoying your time. I mostly ignore stats and optimizing in games, but I still tend to prefer games structured with clear cause and effect. As the player I can decide to play it casually but I know the game isn't cheating me. Like how Naughty Dog is moving towards having more systems and dynamics visible to their players. I wouldn't want Uncharted to have a health bar but I love having one in TLOU. TLOU2 is taking this further with a stealth gauge. The HUD doesn't just show if you're hidden; it shows how well you're hidden.

*I'm tired and rambling. Sorry in advance if this is gibberish

it's not gibberish but we're not talking to quite the same point either.


lfd isn't quite what i had in mind. the actual AI in lfd is terrible.  all they did was create procedural spawn points based on very simple pacing algorithm.

lstm is the heart of how google was able to book a haircut over the phone with a digital AI assistant.  basically you provide it a sequence and it learns the sequence well enough to predict the next element of the sequence quite well.  it's good enough to feel like a human level of intelligence.  honestly, the early desire for multiplayer was a concession at the time that computer AI sucked.  today the AI could be as adaptive as a human.

you can still have a causal game experience with this too.  the algorithm has a "learning rate".  basically you can tune the algorithm to be as slow to learn as a toddler or as amazing at the smartest gamer in the world.  so you could still support a "easy", "normal", "hard" difficulty setting.


not that every game ever should take this route.  but at least 1 game should have explored this idea by now.  machine learning is pretty far along at this point.


Featured Artist: Vanessa Hudgens

Xevross


Xevross

AC Details:

  • This is the biggest map in any Assassin's Creed game (probably not too surprising). There are lots of different biomes (forest, beast, snowy mountains).
  • There are map regions that are separate from the main storyline and have self contained plotlines you can choose to engage in.
  • The game is made by ten different studios: Ubisoft Quebec (Lead, made AC: Syndicate), Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Kiev, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Pune, Ubisoft Singapore, Sperasoft, and Technicolor Games (the last two are contractors).
  • The game will have a live service with post launch updates similar to Origins.
  • They're not talking about if Discovery Tour is in yet, which implies it's in.
  • They're going all in on modern day content, though based on another interview, it sounds like it's optional this time.
  • They have more quests where you can solve them non-violently. I'll just quote this one here. "We have a few quests where the objective is 'deal with it.'" he said. "For example, 'this guy owes me money, ok, deal with it.' You can go there and kill him and take the money. Or you can go and ask. Or loot the treasure box in his house."
  • Some of the romance options are with people who are already in relationships, so going and romancing the person can mess with their other relationships.
  • The game has "30 hours of interactive storytelling". To be clear, they're not talking about the length of the game here. There are 13 different ways to interact with people in conversations (with the number of options per conversation varying).
  • "Most characters in the game can join your ship's crew". This includes most enemies and many civilians. They will offer stat bonuses and perks. They can also serve as land based distractions for stealth players.
  • They redid stealth so it's worthwhile experience point wise and gave you a lot more stealth options ability wise.
  • You can now map 4+ moves to face buttons (or bumpers) so you have way more options in combat. The skills and abilities are also notably more in-depth in terms of what they do, especially after you upgrade them.
  • There's a city state based power system where you can kill regional leaders to weaken a city state, which not only makes the actual leader of the city state easier to kill, but can also trigger things like an invasion from neighboring city states who want to take over. There are 27 city states in total.
  • There will be battles with up to 300 combatants. Get it? Get it???
  • The game has multiple endings.



HOLY shame. This sounds incredible.

ethomaz

HOLY shame. This sounds incredible.
Assassins Creed and incredible will never fit the same place for me :(

Boring.

Xevross

Assassins Creed and incredible will never fit the same place for me :(

Boring.
GTFO


nnodley

Yeah sorry AC is awesome and this one looks soooo good!

ethomaz

GTFO


I can't stand this boring gameplay.

AC is not for me... I even forced me to Platinum's two games after give up on AC1 and AC2 just to make sure I was not wrong about it.

Xevross

I can't stand this boring gameplay.

AC is not for me... I even forced me to Platinum's two games after give up on AC1 and AC2 just to make sure I was not wrong about it.
Each to their own I guess. I find AC to be nowhere near boring.

Legend

AC origins changed some things.

This however sounds like a fully new game that's playing dress up as AC. I love all those details you posted.

BananaKing

AC origins changed some things.

This however sounds like a fully new game that's playing dress up as AC. I love all those details you posted.
I wish ubi would just make a new RPG. They clearly want to add some fantasy elements, so why not just make a full new fantasy RPG? That would be great.

Xevross

AC origins changed some things.

This however sounds like a fully new game that's playing dress up as AC. I love all those details you posted.
Yeah it sounds like a great game with great changes, but its not an Assassin's Creed game anymore. They should be making traditional assassin's creed games as well as this. This should just be a different RPG series.

Legend

Ashen interview and gameplay | ResetEra

 
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 Especially watch this interview on Mixer is longer and more gameplay. Looks really good. Love the world with the big beasts in the sky. Awesome enemies to. Game looks really good. Is done really and is coming in 2018. Just no date yet.

 Starts at 6:25:09

https://mixer.com/Mixer?vod=38247161


 

Legend

Game Critics Awards Best of E3 Nominees | ResetEra

 
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Best of Show
 Anthem (BioWare/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/SIE for PlayStation 4)
 Resident Evil 2 (Capcom for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco Studios/Sorta Ltd./Nintendo for Switch)

Best Original Game
 Anthem (BioWare/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Days Gone (SIE Bend Studio/SIE for PlayStation 4)
 Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE for PlayStation 4)
 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Skull & Bones (Ubisoft Singapore/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best Console Game
 Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft for PS4, Xbox One)
 Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE for PlayStation 4)
 Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/SIE for PlayStation 4)
 Resident Evil 2 (Capcom for PS4, Xbox One)
 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision for PS4, Xbox One)
 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco Studios/Sorta Ltd./Nintendo for Switch)

Best VR/AR Game
 Astro Bot: Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio/SIE for PSVR)
 Déraciné (FromSoftware/SIE Japan Studio/SIE for PSVR)
 Echo Combat (Ready at Dawn/Oculus Studios for PC)
 Tetris Effect (Resonair/Enhance Inc for PSVR)
 Trover Saves the Universe (Squanch Games for PlayStation 4/PSVR)

Best PC Game
 Anthem (BioWare/EA)
 Battlefield V (EA DICE/EA)
 Metro: Exodus (4A Games/Deep Silver)
 Rage 2 (Avalanche/id/Bethesda)
 Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly/Sega)

Best Hardware/Peripheral
 NEO GEO Mini (SNK)
 Poké Ball Plus (Nintendo for Switch)
 Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft for PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
 Vantage Controller for PS4 (SCUF Gaming)
 Xbox Adaptive Controller (Microsoft)

Best Action Game
 Anthem (BioWare/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Battlefield V (EA DICE/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch/Activision for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Metro: Exodus (4A Games/Deep Silver for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Rage 2 (Avalanche/id/Bethesda for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best Action/Adventure
 Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/SIE for PlayStation 4)
 Resident Evil 2 (Capcom for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (Massive Entetainment/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best RPG
 Divinity: Original Sin II (Larian Studios/Bandai Namco for PS4, Xbox One)
 Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix for PC, PS4, Switch)
 Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix for PS4, Xbox One)
 Octopath Traveler (Square Enix/Acquire/Nintendo for Switch)
 Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee! (Game Freak/Nintendo for Switch)

 Best Fighting Game

 Dead or Alive 6 (Team Ninja/Koei Tecmo for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Jump Force (Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 SOUL CALIBUR VI (Bandi Namco for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco Studios/Sorta Ltd./Nintendo for Switch)

Best Racing Game
 F1 2018 (Codemasters for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games/Turn 10/Microsoft Studios for PC, Xbox One)
 Team Sonic Racing (Sumo Digital/Sega for PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
 The Crew 2 (Ivory Tower/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Trials Rising (Red Lynx/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One)

Best Sports Game
 FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver/EA for PS4, Xbox One)
 Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning/Nintendo for Switch)
 Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (PES Productions/Konami for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

 Best Strategy Game

 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden (The Bearded Ladies/Funcom for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly/Sega for PC)
 Two Point Hospital (Two Point Studios/Sega for PC)
 Wargroove (Chuckle Fish for PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One)

Best Family/Social Game
 Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE for PlayStation 4)
 LEGO DC Super-Villains (Traveler's Tales/WBIE for PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
 Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee! (Game Freak/Nintendo for Switch)
 Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games/Team 17 for PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
 Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning/Nintendo for Switch)

Best Online Mulitplayer
 Anthem (BioWare/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Battlefield V (EA DICE/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch/Activision for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie/Activision for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Skull & Bones (Ubisoft Singapore/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best Independent Game
 Ori and the Will of Wisps (Moon Studios/Microsoft for PC, Xbox One)
 Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive for PC, Xbox One)
 Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games/Team 17 for PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
 Sable (Shedworks/Raw Fury for PC)
 Tunic (Andrew Shouldice/Finji for PC, Xbox One)

 Best Ongoing Game

 Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie/Activision for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 For Honor (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
 Fortnite (Epic for iOS, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
 PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG Corp for iOS, PC, Xbox One)
 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Rules for Game Eligibility
 
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To be eligible for nomination, games must be "hands-on playable" to voting publications for at least 5 minutes of gameplay during E3 2018.

 Due to this rule, the following games were disqualified: Battletoads (Xbox); Beyond Good and Evil 2 (Ubisoft); Control (505 Games); Crackdown 3 (Microsoft); Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red); Daemon x Machina (Nintendo); Death Stranding (PlayStation); Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom); DOOM Eternal (Bethesda); Dying Light 2 (Techland); Fallout 76 (Bethesda); Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Nintendo); Gears 5 (Xbox); Gears POP! (Xbox); Gears Tactics (Xbox); Ghost of Tsushima (PlayStation); Halo Infinite (Xbox); Just Cause 4 (Square Enix); Madden NFL 19 (EA); NBA Live 19 (EA); Nioh 2 (PlayStation); Super Mario Party (Nintendo); Stormland (Insomniac Games); The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit (Square Enix); The Last of Us Part II (PlayStation); Wolfenstein: Youngblood (Bethesda).

 The above non-playable titles remain eligible for Special Commendations.Click to expand...
http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/nominees.html  

Xevross

So they judge this off their own play experience and not what they've seen at different shows? Promising to see Anthem up there then, and more reason to get hyped for Spidey and Sekiro!

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