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Assassins Creed 3: "Manual is available within the game" BS!
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PW
Nov 21, 2012, 5:20:12 PM11/21/12
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Am I the only one here that is playing it? The card in the box says
the manual is available in the game. How is it accessed?
Not even a control listing in the box!
I am really getting into this game, growing up in New England and
being a bit of a history fan. The graphics are supurb and the game
play is a lot of fun (but too much climbing so far). And I hate the
third person view but I guess it is necessary. But it is a bit of a
pain trying to get my character in front of me. Often I am back
peddling.
-pw
the manual is available in the game. How is it accessed?
Not even a control listing in the box!
I am really getting into this game, growing up in New England and
being a bit of a history fan. The graphics are supurb and the game
play is a lot of fun (but too much climbing so far). And I hate the
third person view but I guess it is necessary. But it is a bit of a
pain trying to get my character in front of me. Often I am back
peddling.
-pw
PW
Nov 21, 2012, 11:48:16 PM11/21/12
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out. The PDF on the CD is a copy of the useless page that the game
comes with.
PW
Nov 21, 2012, 11:51:12 PM11/21/12
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On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:20:12 -0700, PW
<emailad...@ifIremember.com> wrote:
<emailad...@ifIremember.com> wrote:
http://gamemanuals.ubi.com/manual/en-US/assassins-creed/ac3.aspx
Life is good! :-)
PW
Nov 22, 2012, 12:16:01 PM11/22/12
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On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:51:12 -0700, PW
Useless. It just lists keyboard commands for SP and MP. That is it.
Nothing to do with a manual. I am using a wireless XBox controller
with this game but that page mentions nothing in regards to it.
UBISoft says they are being "green" (what a load of crap in the first
place). I have already cancelled that out by printing out
walkthroughs, etc... because they didn't ship the game with a manual
or put a proper PDF on the DVD or their website!
Nothing to do with a manual. I am using a wireless XBox controller
with this game but that page mentions nothing in regards to it.
UBISoft says they are being "green" (what a load of crap in the first
place). I have already cancelled that out by printing out
walkthroughs, etc... because they didn't ship the game with a manual
or put a proper PDF on the DVD or their website!
Sheldon England
Nov 22, 2012, 1:11:10 PM11/22/12
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PW wrote:
>
> Useless. It just lists keyboard commands for SP and MP. That is it.
> Nothing to do with a manual. I am using a wireless XBox controller
> with this game but that page mentions nothing in regards to it.
I wish AC2 had that. Most of the game and controls are self explanatory
>
> Useless. It just lists keyboard commands for SP and MP. That is it.
> Nothing to do with a manual. I am using a wireless XBox controller
> with this game but that page mentions nothing in regards to it.
and I can figure out what the key is for head, feet, weapon hand and
empty hand but for the complex/combo moves the in game help only refers
to controller buttons. Even online searches are of no help.
I have no key that looks like a head with a plus sign. I have no key L1
or L2. How frickin' hard would it be to list BOTH the controller buttons
and the keyboard equivalent?
:\
- Sheldon
Xocyll
Nov 22, 2012, 5:04:42 PM11/22/12
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PW <emailad...@ifIremember.com> looked up from reading the entrails
of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
No, No, No!
They're being "Green" in that they never made a manual of any kind in
the first place, thus they never had an employee or employees working on
one and thus many hours of computing and such were saved.
Also no artwork created digitally or on paper for later scanning.
Less wear on the systems and less energy and man hours used = "Green".
Never assume that what you mean by a term is the same as what they mean.
It's also "green" as in they didn't have to pay for any of that, thus
more greenbacks in their pockets (note: assumes US currency.)
The fact that their "green" lack of manual also results in users
spending hours searching the net, printing out documents etc is
irrelevant to their definition - after all, they're not responsible for
what you do, even if they are the root cause, and they can always point
at someone who didn't do any of those things as an example of why they
aren't the root cause.
Game company saves 50 man hours of creation time in making a really good
manual and 10,000 users each spend an hour or so searching for the
information they need that would have been in that manual.
Game company claims it's "green" for saving those 50 hours, despite the
end result being 9950 extra man hours used in reality and concomitant
increased resource usage.
It's like those carbon credits - a company that reduces their emissions
gets the credits, which they sell to a company that hasn't and may be
increasing theirs - end result, no real decrease in pollution, but lots
of claims that there is.
Xocyll
--
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably,
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr
of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
They're being "Green" in that they never made a manual of any kind in
the first place, thus they never had an employee or employees working on
one and thus many hours of computing and such were saved.
Also no artwork created digitally or on paper for later scanning.
Less wear on the systems and less energy and man hours used = "Green".
Never assume that what you mean by a term is the same as what they mean.
It's also "green" as in they didn't have to pay for any of that, thus
more greenbacks in their pockets (note: assumes US currency.)
The fact that their "green" lack of manual also results in users
spending hours searching the net, printing out documents etc is
irrelevant to their definition - after all, they're not responsible for
what you do, even if they are the root cause, and they can always point
at someone who didn't do any of those things as an example of why they
aren't the root cause.
Game company saves 50 man hours of creation time in making a really good
manual and 10,000 users each spend an hour or so searching for the
information they need that would have been in that manual.
Game company claims it's "green" for saving those 50 hours, despite the
end result being 9950 extra man hours used in reality and concomitant
increased resource usage.
It's like those carbon credits - a company that reduces their emissions
gets the credits, which they sell to a company that hasn't and may be
increasing theirs - end result, no real decrease in pollution, but lots
of claims that there is.
Xocyll
--
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably,
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr
PW
Nov 22, 2012, 9:38:35 PM11/22/12
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On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:04:42 -0500, Xocyll <Xoc...@kingston.net>
wrote:
Well they basically just hired a part-time employee requiring many
resources to figure out how to play this game because no manual! :-)
wrote:
resources to figure out how to play this game because no manual! :-)
Spalls Hurgenson
Nov 23, 2012, 8:49:23 AM11/23/12
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>PW <emailad...@ifIremember.com> looked up from reading the entrails
>of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>
>>On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:51:12 -0700, PW
>><emailad...@ifIremember.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:20:12 -0700, PW
>>><emailad...@ifIremember.com> wrote:
>>>
>No, No, No!
>
>They're being "Green" in that they never made a manual of any kind in
>the first place, thus they never had an employee or employees working on
>one and thus many hours of computing and such were saved.
>Also no artwork created digitally or on paper for later scanning.
>
I thought they were being green by not providing a proper manual in
>of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>
>>On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:51:12 -0700, PW
>><emailad...@ifIremember.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:20:12 -0700, PW
>>><emailad...@ifIremember.com> wrote:
>>>
>No, No, No!
>
>They're being "Green" in that they never made a manual of any kind in
>the first place, thus they never had an employee or employees working on
>one and thus many hours of computing and such were saved.
>Also no artwork created digitally or on paper for later scanning.
>
the first place, requiring interested gamers to purchase one of those
overpriced "game guides", where somebody else does all the work and
the game publisher gets a nice chunk percentage of the sales.
Cash is the only "green" they care about.
PW
Nov 23, 2012, 1:44:57 PM11/23/12
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Edition (probably would work for the original). But it's half the
price of the game $22! About $10 more than other game guides that I
have purchased.
-pw
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PW
Nov 23, 2012, 6:24:53 PM11/23/12
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On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:38:56 -0500, Leg...@Invalid.com wrote:
>On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:16:01 -0700, PW
>http://www.ign.com/wikis/assassins-creed-3
>
>Legion
That is where I am getting my information from and printing out
whatever.
Thanks Legion,
-pw
>On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:16:01 -0700, PW
>
>Legion
That is where I am getting my information from and printing out
whatever.
Thanks Legion,
-pw
PW
Nov 28, 2012, 12:23:18 AM11/28/12
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On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:20:12 -0700, PW
<emailad...@ifIremember.com> wrote:
<emailad...@ifIremember.com> wrote:
a PDF guide for the game for sale at their website! Maybe that is why
it's not on the DVD or available for download????
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PW
Nov 28, 2012, 12:18:17 PM11/28/12
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On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:31:50 -0500, Leg...@Invalid.com wrote:
> While playing I hit esc I think and a list of all commands and
>actions in the game came up!
> Since that play session I stoped to play Hitman Absolution.
>I plan to get back to it some day,find that info again and take
>notes...lol
>
>Legion
There is an in-game manual after one gets past a few checkpoints in
the game. I found it (I forget where). Did what you find (probably
the same thing) list controller buttons? The KB is working fine but
this is really a game meant for using a controller (I have a MS
Wireless XBox controller and a Razer Onza - which I prefer for driving
games).
There are so many questions that I have since I am a noob. Like what
is that "spider web" that appears over my character, and what is the
circle on top of his head that sometimes has a line coming out of it?
What is the green section on the map (I guess it is for listening in
on conversations)? What is memory sequence? What does erasing memory
in the menu mean? And what are the other options in the menu for?
Things like that.
Thanks!
-pw
>actions in the game came up!
> Since that play session I stoped to play Hitman Absolution.
>I plan to get back to it some day,find that info again and take
>notes...lol
>
>Legion
There is an in-game manual after one gets past a few checkpoints in
the game. I found it (I forget where). Did what you find (probably
the same thing) list controller buttons? The KB is working fine but
this is really a game meant for using a controller (I have a MS
Wireless XBox controller and a Razer Onza - which I prefer for driving
games).
There are so many questions that I have since I am a noob. Like what
is that "spider web" that appears over my character, and what is the
circle on top of his head that sometimes has a line coming out of it?
What is the green section on the map (I guess it is for listening in
on conversations)? What is memory sequence? What does erasing memory
in the menu mean? And what are the other options in the menu for?
Things like that.
Thanks!
-pw
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