Day 779 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing
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Today’s game is some more Assassin’s Creed 3. Admittedly I was originally going to do some more Pokemon Platinum, but the SD card I was using with my FlashCart failed me. it’s my fault. I should have known better than to trust the cheap no-name Chinese SD card that was giving me issue after issue. Nonetheless though, I was able to save my save file so all is good.
Since I had none of those screenshots though, I was left with not a lot of options. I ended up settling on AC3. It’s been my background project for a little bit. My original plan was to play it to 100% from the start, but it turns out my Save File got backed up. So instead I’ve been running 2 saves. A 100% Save where the story is already complete, and a story save, where I’m just worrying about the story. I love this game, not enough to play 100% twice on it though.
Anyways. First off, I’m playing the remaster and I feel like it looks like shit. Like, I know it’s a 360 game but the black colors don’t look black. It’s like the gamma is high or something. I’m wondering if it has something to do with me playing it on an SDR monitor but I’m not sure.
Gameplay wise though. It’s assassin’s creed 3. After having played the OG and Ezio saga though compared to this, I see why those games are so praised for the Parkour. Like this isn’t bad, but 1-Revelations felt so hands on. Each action felt deliberate.
Here Connor kind of feels like he goes up and that’s it. It’s not bad but the Ezio stuff was amazing to control. I see now why it’s so heavily praised.
Anyways, I will admit my story playthrough I was doing got sidetracked by reading the index before bed. It’s something I love about these games. It feels like they wear their setting on their chest and they’re proud of it. I love it. Like. I don’t know many other games set during the colonial war that will give you a run down on some minor general, including life and death after the events of the game. It feels special. I don’t remember if they do it anymore (specifically I mean shadows) but I love it here.
Anyways. Reading all that kind of turned into my reading before bed, and it put me to sleep a little bit. I think it’s the nostalgia. I used to stay up late on School Nights in the living room playing this game. I specifically have a fond memory of laying on a fold out bed on a couch and playing the Mission where you chase down Lee with the sound off so I don’t wake my parents. Basically though, I have a lot of nostalgia for this game. Getting to view it through this lens of having since become an adult and building my own life is surreal, and I’m glad I get to experience it.
