IC: forward cut because bitchfight

[maleborgia]

*It might take a day or so but, yes, Cesare remembers he and Shaun were arguing and that it had quickly devolved into insults and maybe he should do something about all of that. Clashing world views and all that, but he might as well do the decent thing and make an overture.

In light of that, he's standing outside the Assassin cabin, one hand cupped to his mouth.*

Shaun? Are you in there?

Ed

OH GDI THIS IS JUST A CONTINUES POST FOR ALL BITCHFIGHTS EVER.

Comments

[maleborgia]

*Shaun knows computers -> Shaun is good at video games

this clearly makes sense and is just a matter of specialization and time period and therefore is nothing to be embarrassed about.

anyway, just watching.*

[sharpasafawkes]

[Okay and there's running and climbing and Mario being a badass uncle and?]

Bloody controls...

[maleborgia]

When you...

*okay, falls silent to watch that*

[sharpasafawkes]

[Welp, now you know how eagle vision works. Also shinyglowy piece of Eden and-

-wait, did they just mention the countess of Forli?]

What?

[maleborgia]

*handwave handwave, no, keep going, not going to stop to talk while things on the screen are moving*

[sharpasafawkes]

[There's a lot of busywork sidequests to get the player used to the controls, then-]

[maleborgia]

*man this is getting long*

Is there a way to pause safely? Like with the videos. Or will time keep passing?

[sharpasafawkes]

After the cutscenes go, you can save the game. You know this thing's about eleven hours long, yeah? If you want I can just send you a playlist I found on youtube.

[you know as you're talking you're missing the bed scene with Caterina, yes?]

[maleborgia]

*nope, not missing. just ignoring what you have to say.*

[sharpasafawkes]

...

Cesare, are you salivating?

[maleborgia]

Of course not. They're just on the screen.

[sharpasafawkes]

[skipping it in the middle then~]

1/2

[maleborgia]

[maleborgia]

What are you doing? They might have said something important!

[sharpasafawkes]

Trust me Cesare, they just shagged.

[maleborgia]

Is it always the same, no matter how many times you play the game?

[sharpasafawkes]

Yep, that's a cutscene for you.

[maleborgia]

What about the rest of it?

[sharpasafawkes]

The gameplay's different, that's the point of a game.

[maleborgia]

What does that mean? Make it stop for now. Explain it to me.

[sharpasafawkes]

[siiigh, saving and quitting]

Alright so in a game it tries to tell a story, but often it's got bits to do in-between the story, think of it like if you're watching a play, and then the actors tell the audience to do something in between scenes that can affect the outcome. In this case the game's no doubt got set bits of the story that have to be told, but there's a portion of it that you can change. In this case you can rebuild Rome, or explore the city, that sort of thing.

[maleborgia]

And if you do these things, or do them differently, does that change what happened?

[sharpasafawkes]

Sometimes, it really depends on the game you're playing.

[maleborgia]

Does it change, for instance, what happened to Ezio?

[sharpasafawkes]

No, that can't be changed.