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My system is also, perfectly great. I have played and completed both Far Cry 3 and Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag running on ULTRA graphic settings. Without lag, mind you!
I'm into stuff that can be downloaded rather than bought off the Internet. I'm a pirate, savvy? And don't worry, Bluetooth keyboard and mouse for the win! Currently, I'm playing Quake 4 |
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I think I'm actually enjoying playing Super Smash Bros. on my 3DS!
Somehow it just felt right. (Right now I've cleared Intensity 4.0 Classic without using any continues. Hope I get to 5.0 sooner or later...I just like doing things step-by-step.) |
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In other news, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel comes out today, and I won't be able to play it til Thursday night when I get home. :( |
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(I'm serious about "Klippy, who?" You sometimes do wonder who the heck is this Klippy, especially if you've never heard of it.) |
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Joking. :) I guess we could get back to gaming topics, haha. We've gone a bit wild here recently with all this key lime pie talk and how stinky El Heroe is... ;) I'm actually considering, for the first time in years, replaying a Pokemon game. :O I'm thinking of doing a Nuzlocke challenge with X! |
How Long Must We Wait For A Good Star Wars Game
i mean how difficult is it.you have light sabers to chop limbs. thats gameplay right there. you have force powers so you can also make magic combat. you have force jump so none would complain if you made double jump power. force unleashed seemed to be going in the right direction. alright visuals. okay force powers. ****** sword chopping. force unleashed 2 improved the sword game play but alas it ended after like 6 levels. how hard could it be. people would buy these games and enjoy them just for the philosophical jedi cut scenes. just for character design of jedi robes. my favorite is still jedi academy which i have to return to several times a year because there is just nothing else. stupid world. no good startwars games. no good lord of th rings games. no good spider man games
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gah, I just upgraded to the XL last year and they come out with the new 3DS LL xD
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Oh. Everybody here should know about this: http://i.imgur.com/YexxP3z.png Steam is having a giveaway this weekend with 10 huge titles. Free-to-play all weekend, and I think they will be sold at discount prices during the weekend as well. This was a thread on r/steam. I hope it is true. Titles are:
I haven't played any of these games. I'm thinking of getting Don't Starve and/or Payday 2. Anybody care to share opinions on any of these games? |
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If any of you haven't played FTL before, there's a Browser demo on the current Humble Bundle. It's an excellent game and totally worth a donation. I donated and gave it to my friend since I bought the game last week, lmao!
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I haven't played much of Payday 2 yet - I bought myself and a friend a copy over the summer sale, but then his desktop died :( - and it's far better with friends. Nearly impossible by yourself, your AI buddies are just meat shields. They won't grab the bags or complete objectives, and they offer very little cover fire. Just don't go into it expecting it to be a shooter. Boyfriend hated it because it was "too simple" - his main complaint was that you can't lean out of cover. At its core, it's not, it's a heist game. You're not supposed to stick around long or try to kill everything. And he had issues with that. =p And also completely relevant - The first Payday is being given away today. c: |
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I actually really want to play PayDay 2. It looks like a pretty fun game overall - just never had the chance to actually go out and get it.
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I've been told I should look into Steam. I'm curious about the community and such because I see a lot of you lovelies have it Also, PC Y U no have 360 Minecraft fun stuff?
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Steam is great. The idea of it is great. The support is sub-par and some core features could be touched up. But in the end it's a game library and social tool. And it does those two things great.
The community is also really great and for certain games it's incredibly creative. So much custom content coming out for toooons of games. I almost can't believe the amount of stuff coming out of Steam Greenlight and the Steam Workshop. And Steam has crazy deals year-round and 2 annual store-wide sales. They definitely honed in on and perfected the idea of digital distribution. |
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Suggestions to Nintendo
If you had any suggestion you wanted to make to Nintendo, what would it be and why? (I placed this here because not all answers might be pokemon/game related. It kind of goes both ways with being tech and gaming at the same time. D: )
It can be anything from the games you play to the systems themselves. For me, I would want to suggest making it possible to rename traded pokemon. Mainly because now that we have wonder trade, we may get a pokemon we want to keep, yet don't like it's name. For example, if I got an eevee I wanted to keep, but someone named it Cheesehead. I would want to rename that pokemon to something more fitting if possible. I also would suggest them to make their DS systems more durable. I know they are somewhat durable now, but just look at the PS Vita. I've dropped my Vita soooo many times, and it has not gotten a single scratch. With my 3DS, it's worn off in the corners, has a broken piece missing where it bends (I'll get a pic later to show what I mean) and lots of nicks and stuff. So, what would you suggest to them to make their games/systems better? |
Get on that Oculus Rift.
Remember how the Wii pioneered the motion-sensing controls and dominated sales? Albeit, all of the major gaming consoles were successful that generation. But, I would say the motion sensing was a big draw, next to advanced online play as far as that gen's systems go. Nintendo needed more than a touch screen gamepad...they need another next big thing in gaming. With that said, Nintendo needs to improve online play, chat, ect. Adults are not rationally going to purchase Nintendo devices to shield their children...children/teens want system X and get system X. It's bad for sales to limit online interaction! With that, and improving online gameplay, 3rd party shooters like COD, which I loathe, will help support the system. |
Definitely agree on making their handhelds more durable. I've dropped my GBA SP once before accidentally, and it immediately began malfunctioning (such as when you'd turn it on, it would automatically shut itself down few seconds later), which was sort of troublesome. Similar thing happened to my DS Lite, but thankfully, it wasn't as intense. Am afraid of making my 3DS due to the same, exact reason, which causes me to be extra careful while handling. If it were more strong, I would've been able to worry a little less, which, I feel, would be nice.
Alongside, another suggestion I would make is turning DLC more prominent. This would allow us to extend our game, and continue playing after we're done with its story. Of course, some of there video games do have these things, but there's still a lot that don't, especially Pokémon; if Pokémon had DLC, I'm sure many of us would be into them. I've had many other ideas as to what Nintendo would possibly be able to try and whatnot, but right now, these are the only ones I could think of, aha. |
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Buy back Rare so we can get proper sequels to Banjo Kazooie and Conker's Bad Fur Day.
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A new console that doesn't focus on movement as part of the entertainment. Please.
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My suggestion would be that you can't keep up sales by being lazy and selling purely from the good reputation you built up with the Wii. Be interesting dammit, and give us a reason to buy your stuff other than just because it's made by Nintendo.
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Bring back Nintendo Power so I can continue my childhood dreams of writing for it. lol I also like Matt's suggestion of buying back Rare because HONESTLY MICROSOFT, HONESTLY. What have you DONE?
Also I really wish Nintendo wouldn't allow all these terrible games to make it through to their systems. All the ****** Wii games that emulate Wii Sports, party games, the Imagine series, etc shouldn't be put through. I get that they're kids games, but kids aren't stupid. They'll know it sucks. Kids deserve good games to grow up on. All these games you can pick up for literally a buck or two? Just a waste of a Wii case. I haven't seen this happening with the Wii U so far and it better stay this way. But the Wii got LITTERED with ****. And it doesn't deserve that. Players didn't and the system didn't either. That's part of where its ridicule stems from. Wii and Wii U in mind, why were N64 games available for Wii shopping channel, but there aren't any on the Wii U's eshop? Just strange to me. The Wii U is more than capable of handling those games. And last, rename the New 3DS. It's basically a new system. Name it accordingly. Save sellers the pain of explaining to impatient parents the difference between a new NEW 3DS, a new old 3DS, a used New 3DS, you get the picture. |
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Anyway, I agree with some of the stuff here. I also had another suggestion about making their games a little better. I mean, I love Mario games more than the next person... but all of these spin offs like Mario Kart Racing and such? Do people even care about those games anymore? It seems like they are trying to gain a more childish response from kids. I've never seen Nintendo come out with something geared more towards adults. If anyone can name an adult Nintendo game, I'd love to hear it. They'd make a lot more money if they followed both crowds. In other words, gear towards children AND adults. Just look at Sony and Microsoft (Xbox franchise). I mean yeah, I imagine it's hard coming up with an young adult genre game for 3DS or something, but it wouldn't be that hard for the Wii. I do know one game and that is the ones it came with (IE, Wii Fitness and those games). Other than that, my question rings true... have they ever come up with a game geared towards younger/older adults? |
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Yeah, I guess that's true. I still think Nintendo's main goal is to attract a younger audience, even though they are attracting both adults and children. It's kind of odd to me because the only thing I've ever played is Pokemon, Digimon World: Dusk, Disney Magical World and Animal Crossing (just started it and still getting the hang of it). Anyway, this is why the need to make their 3DSes or future ones more durable: Spoiler:
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If I could make a suggestion to Nintendo, it'd be for them to name their systems better. Nintendo is the only one of the big three where people are confused as to what system is what and what plays which games because of their dumbass naming conventions. Particularly when they have multiple versions of the same system per generation.
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Definitely sort the whole account system thing out. At the moment, your eShop purchases and the like are tied to your system and not your NNID; this means that if you lost/broke your 3DS or Wii U, there'd be no way to redownload all your games. As someone who's begun to buy games from the eShop rather than from shops, this is crazy. Iwata talked about this issue a while ago, but nothing's been done so far... please Nintendo, do something about this!!
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Adult Nintendo games: Bayonetta 2, Eternal Darkness, and ZombiU to name a few. Nintendo doesn't need to create exclusively violent, sexualized games because their entire lineup caters to everyone. Other adult-oriented titles: Fire Emblem, Bravely Default, the Persona/Shin Megami series. So to answer your question: Yes. They have adult-themed games. Quote:
I guess if that's all you played, you wouldn't understand why Mario Kart is so popular. :P ??? I've never had a chipped or damaged system from any company unless it was my own fault. I've never even had to replace a Nintendo console. If you treat your systems well and respectfully, they shouldn't get damaged at all. I certainly wouldn't say Nintendo makes low-quality ones. To get back to your thread topic however, I would definitely like to see Nintendo produce more titles like Hyrule Warriors, Luigi's Mansion, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, and Star Fox: Adventures. I think their IPs are their greatest asset and creating unique spin-off titles was always something I wished they did more of. I also think they need to seriously bring back old franchises and try to modernize them or even just give them sequels. F-Zero, Mother, Metroid, even Ice Climbers. It worked for Kid Icarus and I think they need to re-evaluate their old IPs that have a lot of depth and wealth to add to the Nintendo lineup. |
NEW TOPIC!
Do you guys consider retro gaming (NES, SNES, Genesis, etc.) to be of a higher quality than today's gaming? (Wii U/Wii, Xbox One/360, PS4/3? If so, what makes those games so interestingly good? If not, why are games simply better today? EDIT: And for Shadow's sake, if you hate consoles, why is PC better? |
PC gaming never gets the love it wants :(
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OK TO START OFF I DO NOT HATE CONSOLES TYVM xD
It is not that PC is better than consoles, but it IS a gaming platform along the consoles :P The thing why PC-master race exists is because PC's can get their hardware changed where as the consoles can't and since graphical technology increases every day, games get more demanding to look good, which imo is not a big deal because I play games in a different way than the "PC-master race" people :P And that results into consoles getting locked to 30fps, not having graphical options and no FoV options. Does that matter to me? Well maybe the 30fps thing, that bugs me ever since I switched to PC gaming because if you drop at 30fps, you drop to the 20's which is awful tbh. |
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Nintendo's IPs have generally been really solid games, and that's one of their strengths. It's a little sad to see some perfectly good series be neglected. And really, they can't keep living off of Mario and Zelda and Pokemon and the occasional Smash Bros or 3rd party hit forever. Besides, series reboots have been a big thing the past couple of years, and Nintendo could totally cash in on that, especially because reboots of their IPs are more likely to do well than reboots of some other series (clearly it worked well for Kid Icarus). We all know how powerful nostalgia can be. Except no Captain Toad spin-offs. Just no. |
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My suggestion for Nintendo would be to give me the keys. lol Not for the finer details or game design. But leverage and the bigger picture. Where they have holes in their lineup. Which internal dev teams and third parties would be best suited to tackling an IP. Extent of content. Quality control and cohesion :p Honestly though, those are all things I think Nintendo should be trying to get a better handle on. Also courting third parties big time. |
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I personally thought Super NES was a fine name...I mean, it made sense. Then a number for N64 because bits...okay...still on the sense train. But GameCube...which, don't get me wrong, is an awesome name in my opinion, but it just doesn't...yeah. Wii???? What???? Excuse????? WII U??????????????? UM MA'AM????????????????? Honestly, I'm not too bothered by Nintendo's naming system other than the Wii U and the New 3DS because UGH that's gonna be annoying af.
To whoever said bringing back old IPs though, YES. All of the yes. I love Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, etc, but there are SO many great Nintendo franchises that could use the reboot. I'm looking at YOU Mother series even though it's been stated by Itoi that there will be no more ITOI CAN'T YOU JUST DO ANOTHER SERIES PLEASE????? But there's also Star Fox, F-Zero, someone even said Ice Climbers for Christ's sake. And this all being said, I hope Splatoon does really well and it doesn't go into remission for twenty years. For what it's worth though, I love Nintendo. They make strange and bad decisions, sure, but when they get something right, by God, they get it right. |
Old IPs should come back even as just eShop games. I would love to see a third Balloon Fight game
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I don't feel retro gaming is of higher quality than today's. Games we have around right now are better in almost each and every aspect, arguably, whether it be graphics, mechanics, features, you name it. Some older video games might surpass current in terms of story and whatnot, but that more or less varies from person-to-person, I believe; to me, one game could be great plot-wise, but to someone else, it might wind up to be terrible. Unfortunately, not everyone has the same, exact taste, haha. Though, when it comes to nostalgia, retro ones are usually at top (and would likely feel the same for current-generation of games when they are considered old). At least for me.
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It feels weird being in the Video Games DCC... D:
Who's got an Xbox One? I bought one over the weekend and don't have any friends so it'd be great if anybody had one and wanted to slay some Titans on Titanfall, race some cars on Forza 5 or kick some ball on Fifa 15. VeranithasVI is my XBL gamertag, always open to friend requests just include your PC name in a message if you do add me! In other news, Halo: MCC comes out very soon and features Halo 1, 2, 3 and 4 online gameplay + campaigns. *Heavy breathing* |
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A lot of arcade and NES stuff so far. A few Master System things. I haven't even hit Super Mario Bros. yet though, so the stuff I've played is beyond ancient. There have been a couple of gems, but by and large... no. I think it's the same as now. A see of decent games. A few gems that shine above the others. The retro stuff is today's indie market |
Skyrim's Go Pokeball mod has been taken down?
In the wonderful world of Skyrim modding, a great mod known as Go Pokeball gave players the ability to catch any creature, any person, with Pokeballs! As far as I know, it's only been hosted on the Steam Workshop, and recently it's been taken down. Does anyone know why that is? Did anyone miss their chance to download it? Is it legal for those of us who still have it to distribute it?
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I'm sure nostalgia plays a pretty big role in some cases for me, too, but not enough that I'd say retro games were just objectively better in every way. And even with all the aesthetic improvements that gaming's seen over the years, I can't say that makes it any better, either. There's just so many things that come together to make a game good. Every generation has seen some incredible titles, and absolute **** alike. :P So, I just can't say that any one generation is better than another. They've all had really memorable games for me, and frankly, that's all that matters. :3 |
I think retro games are, well, games. What we have today is more like a cinematic experience in a lot of cases. Multiplayer seems to be where most of the actually game-y games went. Like Half-Life 2 is a very cinematic game even though you are also very involved, but Sonic the Hedgehog is a game with a bunch of rules to it that you use to reach the end of a level. You can run left and right and jump. Enemies hurt if they touch you. If you have a ring you won't die when this happens. And so on and so forth. Sure, HL2 has rules, but only as far as the mapping and what is hard coded. You don't notice most of the rules because they're natural to real life rules. Gravity exists. You fire a gun and it hurts people. You get shot and it hurts you. Those are all real life things and aren't presented the way a game would. Borderlands on the other hand sits somewhere in the middle. At least the second one and Pre Sequel do, having plenty of rules to make it a game while also maintaining a strong story line. I think comparing old stuff to new stuff just doesn't work really. You can compare games of the same genre to see how far they've come, but in general I think that Retro games are just different games, not better ones.
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Nintendo, I'm a stereotype. I'm lazy. I don't want to move a lot in order to play a game. If I wanted to do that, I'd go outside more often. |
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Bring them all together, buy the IPs. Don't need the Rare IP. Make it happen, Nintendo |
Awesome Games Done Quick 2015 schedule is up
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Speaking of cool stuff, Extra Life 24 hour gaming marathons anyone? I might try to do one with the Pre-Sequel. Definitely fun enough for it.
EDIT: Dear god, they're gonna speed run one of the Final Doom IWADs??? And wow why are they playing Sonic Heroes, lmfao! That game was not very good imo. |
Sonic Heroes is alright
Tropical Freeze is a strong ass start. I time trialed that game. Super fun to speedrun and watch speedruns of. Also rather ecstatic about Wario Land 4 being there. |
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All you gotta do is tell them it's for charity, lol! No one can argue with that without sounding like an ass.
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Well then, now only to find a day to do this, esp since I have work on the only days I do not have to go to school... fml
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In this day and age, when you screw up you can just patch the game forever cough *destiny* cough. Whereas if you screwed up on an NES game, you're totally ****ed. There is no patching, no updates, just your glaring mistake of failure. I think it put more pressure on the developers and designers to make the best games they could possibly make and not slack just because they knew they could fix it later. That's why so many people are buying the old NES games off of the Nintendo store, like Mega Man, Metroid, and The Legend of Zelda. Imagine if there was a game breaking bug in Super Mario Bros. where the flag wouldn't drop. Or glitching through walls in Metroid. Maybe clipping through the floor and dying would have made Contra the worst game of all time? No. These games are near as perfect as they could be and they don't have the same issues as larger, newer games do. I'd rather play with a password system (Mega Man) rather than a crap save system that doesn't work half the time, and leaves you stuck with little health, no ammo and a constant regenerating boss even though you beat the area and played for another 30 minutes and even clicked save: Deadspace 3. Also, if you have a Playstation 3 I highly recommend looking for Castlevania: Symphony of the Night which is due to have a price drop to about $3 next week (Halloween specials). It's an amazing game, and you can tell it's been fashioned with painstaking care and love. It was so amazing I even bought a $20 PSP game just so I could play it (Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles). Too long, didn't read: All games must find their niche. There are good and bad games in each generation, but do not dismiss the retro games as pure nostalgia, people love these games for a reason. We weren't forced to sit and play Pokemon Blue under penalty of death. |
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Neither would mine, they probably wil put me in a mental hospital when I ever tell them of this idea, they don't even support me in my effort to get somewhere in the pro-gaming scene :(
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I bet my Grandma would pledge, and maybe a few of my friends, especially now that my best friend is working.
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My dad does play games from time to time, but not like I do. He plays them and thinks he is good while he actually sucks, while I play them and be meh at them and think im decent :P |
Starcraft 2 tourney huh? Too bad I don't like RTS games.
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How about a Civ V tourney. And the winner wins Civ: Beyond Earth! lol.
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I have a second gen ps3 and it will play ps1 games, but not ps2 games and it as the internal ps2 memory card.
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So, Assassin's Creed Unity is 70 bucks Canadian. Ridiculous. Who will that appeal to? Only the hardest core of fans. There's no way I'll pay that much for another AC title. Especially when their last decent title was AC Brotherhood. I haven't played Black Flag, though, I heard that's good.
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When it comes to the Assassin's Creed series, the thing that I think has gotten stale is not the single player, but the multiplayer. The multiplayer was fine when it was first introduced back in Brotherhood, but as more titles in the series had it, it has gotten worse. Eventually I got tired of seeing players going for quantity of kills instead of quality of kills. Which is why I am glad that Rogue is dropping the multiplayer.
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Assassin's Creed II is my most favorite of the series; unlike other games, this one seemed to have had an engaging story. While playing, most of us were actually able to feel what Ezio was going through; in his happy moments, we found ourselves smiling, and during his toughest times, we were crying (maybe not literally--in our minds). As far as plots go, I would say Assassin's Creed II would have to be in my list of top-five all-time favorites. Other AC releases were okay, but I personally don't believe they could compare to this one.
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I liked II and Brotherhood. Revelations was wholly unnecessary. The first game was a fun romp too. ACIII though was horrible. Just sucked out whatever desire I might have had to continue with the franchise. I skipped Black Flag, don't really care about the upcoming ones right now
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Couldn't get into AC. I was rather bad in discreet killing and I couldn't hold my own when going head-on with the enemies so I gave up on it. But I could see why some other people would like it. The one I played was neatly organized.
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