Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
Im really looking forward to play the game. I like the concept and design but I kind of curious about the button setup they have.
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
Hmm good point on the button layout I didn't even think of that. Idk I want to see how they do the Sci Fi twist I've been reading so much about. Haven't seen any details but I have seen a few things out of place so it should make for a good game.
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
i pretty much trust ign. there review seems pretty spot on from what i have read and seen.
the twist looks interesting, but im pretty sure that ive worked it out, from the voice actors leaked comments and the comments about the game on the review.
it sucks that its not a truly great game, but im sure its pretty fun.
however crysis has just been released and mass effect is out soon
woop
bet theres already an assasins sequal inthe pipes
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
ive gotten mixed feelings about this game.. some say the firghting is a bit repetitive.. eather way im getting it tomorrow..
-Wil
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
I heard that the game is extremely short and has little to no replay value. This has definitely made me skeptical as to whether or not I'm going to get the game. It looks bomb as hell though, and super epic, especially while high, so I might just have to get it. I read somewhere that there is no jump button and it's all kind of automatic. That's supposed to be a fake review, but I'm not sure. Anyone wanna clear this up for me?
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
I thought this was coming out for pc too?
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
im getting the game tommorrow. Cali is supposed to have gotten it today. and central people get it the next day. Cali gets everything better. Even AHNOLD!
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
This game is pretty fun, I don't know about all the reviews because I don't really think about how the game plays while I'm playing it I just think whether its fun or not. Its got cool visuals and I run around the city like a monkey just for the fuck of it. I smoked alot and have a 120" picture so its fucking sick.
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
I'm not buying it, a rental i'd say.
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
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Originally Posted by TheDefiler
I thought this was coming out for pc too?
It is coming out for PC, but it seems it wont be out until Feb. of 2008.
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
I just got it and the visuals are amazing. As I was approaching the city of Damascus the view I got of the fortified city was amazing. The crisp colors and detail of the buildings and land outside the city were beautiful.
The first hour or two is a guided tour and intro. After that you are basically given free reign of the map. The battle system is nothing more than hitting "x" repeatedly at this point, but according to every review I've read, the battles get more complex as you work your way through the game.
Plus, it was great stoned. Galloping through the forest, and than reaching Damascus, was rather relaxing and tranquil. Than I got to spill some blood. First impressions are good.
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
Lol the Ign review made it sound awful, the story line at least..
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
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Originally Posted by Reefer Rogue
Lol the Ign review made it sound awful, the story line at least..
Yeah, I read that review as well. I think I will agree with them in that it will get redundant. I actually read it shortly after typing the above post. I would imagine sitting on a bench to eavesdrop would get annoying after the second time. I'm about four hours in and have had to do it twice.
I also wish they would have left the futuristic/sci-fi element out. I want a historical fiction time piece. Oh well. As of the second day though, there are enjoyable things in this game.
Hopefully, it will retain it's entertainment value for a little while, otherwise I will be pissed. I buy games so infrequently because they do let me down so often.
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
This is definitely one of the best games I've played on 360. The graphics are stunning, the combat is a new concept and almost all the time the killing cams always feel rewarding. The game is completely addicting and fun as hell while high. For me, it was definitely worth the 60$
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
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Originally Posted by BlazinKush
It is coming out for PC, but it seems it wont be out until Feb. of 2008.
Man, it seems like the PC users always get screwed when it comes to release dates! We always get crappy ports of EA Sports games, year late ports of GTA games, and year late ports of Halo. Why don't they just bring this shit out at the same time...if not PC first. Sure everyone is sitting there with their shiny new Xbox 360's and PS3's but in 2-3 years when those are looking old and tired, PC will still have the sharpest graphics ever.
At least we got Crysis and Hellgate: London....oh and World of Warcraft so i guess its not all bad.
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
Think of it like this, GTA based in medieval times that is pretty much the game or so far anyway. I have also had a bit of trouble sticking to the main storyline, I don't really quite know what's going on. It's still a lot of fun, I've just gone round looking for the Watch Towers and saving citizens.
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
well it's not the greatest by any means but it's ok
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
The game is probably one of my favorite next gen titles to date. I don't think IGN is even close to accurate for this game.
Oh and the game isn't short if you do stuff besides just the main missions. If you work on the side quests there is so much to do. I've only done 2 assassinations and I've played the game for hours and hours now.
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
I believe I killed the sixth guy last night, so I'm definitely getting closer.
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
Penny Arcade! - Assassins Creed
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I want to talk about Assassins Creed but first I need to get something out of the way. I have a lot to say about the game and I want to talk about some of the bad reviews it's getting but I want to make sure everyone understands I'm not saying this because of the comic we did for them. So I'm going to link you to an old set of news posts about Prince of Persia 2. Feel free to read those and come back if you like.
Now I'm going to tell you how advertising on PA works. Every other game site out there takes ads for whatever game they can get. It doesn't matter if it's a pile of crap, if the publisher pays for the spot IGN or Gamespot or whoever will run the ad. That's fine but that's not how we do it and the news posts you just read are part of the reason why.
We were huge fans of the first Prince of Persia game so when Ubi came to us and wanted to run ads for the second we said yes. We had no idea they were going to completely fuck it over. So from then on we started demanding playable copies of games before we'd agree to advertising. No matter how early the build we tell the publishers that unless we can see it played in front of us or play it ourselves we won't run ads for it. Obviously a lot can still go wrong during development but we make the best decisions we can. We do not think of the ads you see on our page as ads. They are recommendations and we try extremely hard to insure that anything we put over there is worth your time. When Prince of Persia 2 came out and we saw that it was crap we said as much on the site. Ads for the game appeared right next to those news posts slamming it. Needless to say Ubi wasn't very happy and Robert got some angry phone calls but our loyalty is to our readers not the people paying the bills. We explained to Ubi that the reason our ads perform better than any other site out there is because our readers trust us and that means we have to admit when something we advertise doesn't turn out as good as we hoped. Obviously they understood because we're still advertising their games but like I said this isn't the way other sites operate. I actually give Ubi a lot of credit for not just telling us to fuck off and buying more ads on IGN and Gamespy with the extra money.
I'm telling you all this because I want you to understand that if Assassins Creed actually was a 7.0 game I'd tell you. I also want you to know that when I tell you it's fucking incredible I'm not bullshitting you because we're running ads for the game.
There are about four or five reviews of the game with scores in the low to mid 7's. I want to cover some of the common complaints these reviewers had in case anyone out there is worried about them.
Many of the reviews say that the ending is bad. Obviously I don't want to give away any spoilers but I will say that the final confrontation was exciting and gratifying. It was an extremely satisfying ending to this chapter of the game. Chapter is the important word here. This is a huge story, probably a trilogy at least. The game does end with a cliff hanger and it certainly sets up the rest of the arc but that's how the first part of any multi part story ends. If Star Wars had ended with Luke jumping into his X-Wing to go take on the Death Star that would be a shitty fucking ending. It doesn't though, Luke destroys it and then we get hints about what's in store for our heroes. I'm telling you right now Altair destroys his Death Star.
I also can't be 100% positive but I'm guessing that some of these reviewers didn't let the credits role. Again, I don't want to spoil anything but wait for the credits to end. Until reviewers start posting their Gamertags along with the review we'll never really be able to tell how much of a game they played. But I'd be willing to bet some of them are missing the "Visions of the Future" achievement. I'm not gonna say why but If you don't have this achievement you can't say jack shit about the ending.
I think the biggest complaint I saw was that the missions become repetitive and boring. I actually didn't understand this complaint at all until just the other day. I had gotten an early copy of the game just like everyone else in the media but I was just playing it for fun. I'd cracked into it over the weekend and when I got into the office on Monday I started seeing these negative reviews. When I saw the low scores I was actually really upset and I wanted to talk about the game here on the site. I wanted to tell everyone that these guys were full of shit. However, since so many of the complaints were based on the ending I wanted to beat it first so I was sure I wasn't missing anything. I attacked the game again but this time with the goal of beating it as fast as I could. I was determined to get a post up on Tuesday and I was pushing through the game as fast as I could. I went from finding every high perch in a district to only getting the ones I needed to advance the story. I stopped saving every citizen and avoided any unnecessary confrontations. The informer missions that I had really enjoyed before, I now avoided because I knew they took too long to complete. I did the bare minimum of missions to progress the story and anything that "hindered" my progress was frustrating. Monday night after skipping over another combat (something I used to really enjoy) I stopped myself. What the fuck was I doing? I wasn't playing the game because I wanted to I was playing it because I had a deadline and I needed to beat it. I stopped immediately and decided I'd write about the game whenever I got around to beating it. I spent another day and a half with it and during that time I hunted for hidden flags and explored the cities again. I came in this morning and finally did beat it but I did it at my own pace and I enjoyed every part of it.
Imagine what an open ended sandbox title must look like to a reviewer especially right now. How many games do they have piling up on their desks? A game like Assassins creed isn't meant to be played under a deadline. You shouldn't be trying to beat it as fast as you can so you can move on to Mass Effect or Mario Galaxy. As soon as I gave myself a deadline all of a sudden I understood all their complaints. It was like a fucking Escher painting. I had put myself in their shoes and suddenly the landscape flipped and I could see games from their perspective. In the end I wasn't angry at them for their bad reviews. I actually just felt bad for them.
-Gabe out
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
i don't like how theres no items to pick up or take from people or buy it's just walking around and killing the same old people with the same old moves hardly next gen to me it's just prince of Persia with alil more freedom wow
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
Sure, it could be better. However, I don't think I wasted my 60$. It's the most beautiful game I've ever played.
Assassins Creed - A love or hate game.
I don't even play video games but my tenants just got it and I was down there for a couple hours yesterday just stoned and zoning out watching them play. The graphics are beautiful.
