Johnny, like Ali G and Dennis Pennis before you, you have become a victim of your own sharp-tongued success. When people actually hope to be singled-out for ridicule on future instalments of Feedbackula, we really have fallen through the looking glass. Now bend me over and call me an asshat.
I can't remember who it was that said you can make a toaster that doubles up as a telephone, but it doesn't necessarily follow that you should (or words to that effect). I get the same sense with any consumer electronics that are pitched as the all-in-one home entertainment solution. I know this is an arms race of interaction, but first and foremost, I want a games console. And contrary to what Microsoft claims, I'm not afraid of my TV remote and I don't relish the idea of trading my remote in for an arm-waving, fist-clenching alternative. As for the Halo TV series, well, that's just a sideshow isn't it? What's that got to do with the games I want to play (after I've finished Skyping and watching telly and posting my latest headshot on Facebook and burning off 13 calories doing Kinect star-jumps and making a couple of rounds of toast)? Just give me a GAMES console that's better than your last one. I've got other devices for everything else.
Don't get me wrong - I enjoy Feedbackula. Everyone likes to see the Illiterati taken down a peg or two and I think Johnny's a witty and engaging host, but I'm puzzled by the show's redesign. What's the relevance of a Wild West theme when the name of the show is a play on the title of Bram Stoker's most famous creation (something that was reflected in the previous 'horror' Feedbackula theme)? Then there's the Mariachi music and the DÃa de Muertos skulls. Perhaps the title of the show could be changed. 'The Good, The Bad and Feedbackula'? 'Once Upon a Time in the Web'? 'True Shit'? I dunno.
"Gameplay" used in the loosest sense. Two-thirds of this trailer is cut-scene. While they may well be using the in-game graphics engine, it doesn't really give an impression of how the game will look when control is handed to the player. What we do get is a brief glimpse of Master Chief walking through some foliage. Still, it's a Halo game and for that we should all be thankful.
@adilejaz I wasn't complaining. I like the AC series, (although less so with each subsequent release). The first and last sentences of my post clearly state that I'm hopeful this will be a great game and a return to form. I actually mention that the change of scene will be welcome. And by 'change of scene' I'm referring to all those things you stated (chasing through buildings, natural environments, etc). As for 'history', I hate to break it to you, but the events portrayed in these games don't represent *actual* events. Leonardo Da Vinci wasn't friends with some assassin called Ezio Auditore. If you're hoping to draw on these games for historical fact, you're going to get laughed out of town. You probably think dinosaurs were kept as pets by humans 5,000 years ago.
My point about the Animus still stands, despite your very convincing argument that I should like it because you do.
Finally, your suggestion that the 14th and 15th centuries were essentially the same is nonsense. Do you suppose the 19th and 20th centuries were broadly identical too? Let me help you with that last one: no, they were quite different.
If the game can live up to the promise of this impressive trailer, this could be a very good installment in the series. However, my problem with the AC games from day one has always been the whole Animus conceit. I'd much prefer the games to be solely set in their chosen setting/time period, rather than having the atmosphere broken by constant reminders that you're in a mental time-machine (e.g the flickering 'cyber walls' barring you from other areas of the game world). Red Dead Redemption showed that you can create an entirely convincing world with chunks of the map locked off until such a time as the story requires them to be accessible. We'll see. Frankly, the AC series has to change. There's a very definite sense of deja-vu creeping in to the annual updates. It's still fun to clamber all over a beautifully rendered cityscape, and production values are second to none, but this might just provide the change of scene AC needs to avoid going stale on us.
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