While I was playing AC1 I was going to myself “wow. This reminds me of Metal Gear Solid 3 with how it looks”. I remember that game also being the grey-brown color

I’ve seen rumors that they’re doing a remake of AC1 which might fix your graphics issues.

as much as I hope that is true… I’m not a fan of the new souls like combat and the new engine driving the Parkour. It feels off somehow. So hopefully I get proven wrong and they change it up.

I’m not a fan of most other shader effects either. They just seem way too “extra”. Like Instagram beauty filters for Minecraft. It’s more of a me thing and I won’t bash anyone that uses them. But I’m personally not a fan lol

Fair enough. It’s been hard trying to convince my friends to go back. Ironically the major thing bothering them is the lack of shaders (or the difficulty to set them up)

I actually was going to do a run with my friend the other day but for some reason my control doesn’t want to work with it lmao. I’m not sure what it is but i’m trying to debug so we can get a run going. we were talking about having a second cookout or something. Or maybe rolling into Louisville

i didn’t know that was a thing. I gotta wonder how people find stuff like that out

I want to play 2 someday. It’s one of the ones i never touched

I’m noticing a bit of that. A lot of the missions feel like “Go here, pickpocket a guy, beat up another guy, kill a guy” with very little plot exposition. It’s still cool but the story is fed between the cracks it feels like

My first was Black Flag. I dropped off at Syndicate. I tried Origins but just couldn’t get into it with the changes they made. Which is ironic, because i remember being young and really being excited for it to release

I’m really tempted. I may wait for a repack or something but i’d be lying if i wasn’t hyped about it and seriously considering it. I might promise myself if i get through AC1 i’ll allow myself to play through it. I own every other game on steam so i think i’ll get a discount through the bundle

The last one i fully cared about was Syndicate. Origins was just… bland to me, i refused to touch Odyssey because i don’t really care for ancient Greece aesthetic or mythos which is what it looked to be catering too, Valhalla was interesting but way too long and wasn’t really an AC game (at least as i wanted), and Shadows i liked the gameplay and opening/ending but the middle game essentially shit the bed because it was too ungodly long.

I liked 4’s Modern Section. But I hate that nothing came of it. It sucks they stopped the modern day stuff mostly with Unity. I really liked it

The Parkour is kind of jarring. Maybe I’m just not used to it because I’m more used to the Unity parkour but it feels slower in a way.

The vibe is really interesting. I like the later games vibes too, so i can’t say it’s a “this is better” situation for me. Just different in a “just as good” way

I liked it! There’s some moments between the high points that are just okay for me. But I still really had fun. And the gameplay is fun too. A bit jank at times but nowhere close to unplayable

Mobile games are the bane of my existence for purely that reason. (That and I don’t keep games in my phone because I know I’ll get distracted).

Some Social Media is the same way, which drives me crazy. It’s like they expect me to get on regularly

I remember getting a notification from one that basically said “hey. You haven’t looked at anything today” and I immediately went to settings and turned off notifications.

Ironically I found my way over here to Lemmy and get on daily for my screenshots. So… I guess I ended up doing that anyways lmao

I’ll save this for next time I play. It’ll definitely be helpful

Fair enough lol. I was on the verge of passing out while writing that so maybe not the most accurate choice of words. I very much had only the beginning of the game on my mind

That’s basically the system I end up setting up. I think my main issue is I always run out of space for the CO2. I’ll move it downwards next time and try that. Maybe I’ll have better luck that way

Ah. That’s probably where I’m going wrong with my oxygen lmao. I try to over design it with a contraption that takes the CO2 from the coal farm, pumps it into an air tight room, then processes that into oxygen again and pumps that throughout my building. I’ll definitely try your suggestion next time. Maybe I’ll get further

Vibing is honestly a big part of it for me. I can spend so long walking around and just taking in the experience. Legit one of my favorite things to do is open up the map, pick a place I haven’t been, and walk there seeing what interesting things I can find