Assassin's Creed 3

this is probably my favorite of the series. it's certainly a welcome departure from the italian setting.

Brando_sl said:

Are the PC controls for this way off in comparison to the console? I'm not that far into it but right now I have a sequence that says I have to kill 3 guys from around a corner and I can't get into a position in a corner near anybody for the life of me without somehow being found by an officer. Maybe I just suck but I've never had so many issues with a game before.

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If you aren't using a 360 controller, you're doing it wrong. Aside from that, I got no idea.

You just plug it in and go. However, the game looks just as good on a 360 plugged into a huge hi def TV IMHO.

Brando_sl said:

I don't own a 360 so I don't have one. Will have to get one and try it out. Guess for now back to another game.

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Make sure you buy a wired one.

How the heck do you read system emails? I click on them and nothing happens...they won't open. ;[

Brando_sl said:

Are the PC controls for this way off in comparison to the console? I'm not that far into it but right now I have a sequence that says I have to kill 3 guys from around a corner and I can't get into a position in a corner near anybody for the life of me without somehow being found by an officer. Maybe I just suck but I've never had so many issues with a game before.

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if you're talking about the mission in which you infiltrate that fort to free the 3 indian captives, you have to perform the corner kills on the officers. just survey their patrol routes, find cover somewhere, whistle (the "e" key) so they'll approach you to investigate the sound, and hit the normal attack button to perform a swift assassination when they're close enough. make sure you're far enough away from other soldiers when you do this.

Tuco_sl said:

I never figured that out. Thankfully the "YOUVE GOT MAIL" notification seems to lower in severity after the first 10% of the game. Or maybe I just got used to it.

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Apparently they can only be read outside of the Animus. Which sucks because you get the notification while in the Animus, lol. How do you level up artisans? I'm trying to figure out how to create ship convoys.

Kuriin_sl said:

Apparently they can only be read outside of the Animus. Which sucks because you get the notification while in the Animus, lol. How do you level up artisans? I'm trying to figure out how to create ship convoys.

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You just need to wait for another homestead mission tied to that character to show up; complete that, and the artisan levels up. Some of them happen fairly late in the game.

How the heck do you really utilize the trading/convoy/crafting system? It seems so ambiguous since you can buy and sell the same things. Is there a decent guide somewhere?

Apparently there's a bug where artisans won't level up even when doing all the homestead missions. Talk about disappointing, heh.

Tuco_sl said:

I never figured that out. Thankfully the "YOUVE GOT MAIL" notification seems to lower in severity after the first 10% of the game. Or maybe I just got used to it.

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There is a laptop across from where the animus is that you can use to read the useless emails.

Finished this game on PC, loved it, but it really was buggy as hell. If you picked a lock with a weapon in your hand it would drop the weapon permanently. I played thru 3/4's of the entire game with the starter tomahawk until realizing my mistake and wandering into a general store and re equipping and upgrading my weapons. Made the game a lot harder lol. I had a few other side quests that were totally bugged as well. Love the immersive stories and environments of AC games, this one included, but there were some parts of the plot that left me scratching my head. And the ending didn't really leave me satisfied either.