AC: Revelations PS3 includes first AC

By Tom Phillips Published 20 September, 2011

You'll find it Eden on the disc.

Assassin's Creed: Revelations on PlayStation 3 includes a copy of the original Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft has announced.

The stealth 'em-up series' opening chapter is included on Revelations' Blu-ray disc - there's no need to download.

Ubisoft has stated the offer applies to "day one copies" of the game, suggesting gamers will only have a limited stab at the deal.

Released in 2007, Assassin's Creed features the initial slice of protagonist Desmond Miles' history-spanning story, and introduces original hero Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad.

Revelations, out this November, returns to many of Assassin's Creed's settings to conclude Altaïr's story, and wraps up the tale of Assassin's Creed II and Brotherhood character Ezio.

Assassin's Creed Revelations.

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Comments (47) Latest comment 8 months ago

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  • wretchedness #1 8 months ago

    I don't remember the 1997 version of assasins creed.

  • collateral89 #2 8 months ago

    yes no problem

  • GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #3 8 months ago

    These Bonus games that Sony are getting this year really are sweet, buy this, Battlefield and DeadSpace2 and get 6 games :D

  • X201 #4 8 months ago

    "eden on the disc" !

    Ouch!

    Bad Tom, ten Jaffa Cakes docked from pay.

  • miiiguel #5 8 months ago

    It's probably going to be PS3 exclusive then, MS doesn't allow games which have more stuff on the Blu Ray disc. They protect the DVD, ancient tech.

  • Spike183 #6 8 months ago

    @Wretchedness
    Hahaha good call :D
    (must of been shit).

  • toa_boa #7 8 months ago

    Interesting way that Sony is gaing up with publisher to provide that extra differentiator compared to Microsoft's offering for multiplatform releases. Very good, please step up the plate Microsoft and get your batting average improved.

    That said, the original AC was quite poor IMVHO both from at technical and gameplay point of view.

  • menage #8 8 months ago

    Does it have trophy's?

  • Thunderbolt #9 8 months ago

    The dead space 2 freebie was only playable if you had move.

  • AcidSnake #10 8 months ago

    Much better than any online pass this, just give a code with the first copy to unlock things already on disc...

  • Zozzilla #11 8 months ago

    Awesome!

  • GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #12 8 months ago

    EG can you ask if Ubi will be doing a deal on Brotherhood DLC before Revelations launches? tah.

  • Cjail #13 8 months ago

    @Thunderbolt
    What are you talking about?

  • A_Nonny #14 8 months ago

    Doesn't the fact that you can fit two current gen games on one PS3 disc perfectly illustrate how much the Xbox is holding the PS3 back?

  • Cappy #15 8 months ago

    If it's the same as the existing PS3 version of Assassins Creed I see it as more of a buying disincentive, I had to sell my copy, the tearing was unbearable and the PS3 version still had severe frame rate problems.

  • LiamK #16 8 months ago

    "Doesn't the fact that you can fit two current gen games on one PS3 disc perfectly illustrate how much the Xbox is holding the PS3 back?"

    If the bottleneck of making a modern game was disc size, then yes. It's not, though.

  • MaoZedong #17 8 months ago

    Post deleted at 09:40:08 17-12-2011

  • Spong #18 8 months ago

    "Doesn't the fact that you can fit two current gen games on one PS3 disc perfectly illustrate how much the Xbox is holding the PS3 back?"

    Not really. If anything, it suggests that Blu-ray is a largely wasted media which PS3 owners have been paying that little bit extra for since day one.

    Anyway, good news for PS3 owners who don't own the original AC.

    EDIT
    Negged by the PS3 fanboys no doubt. Alas, negging me doesn't stop it from being true. Just look at PC games, arguably the best platform for gaming when it comes to technology, yet their games are DVD-based.
    Edited by Spong at 20/09/11 @ 11:07

  • Acrid #19 8 months ago

    Surely everyone buying AC:Revelations already played AC though?

  • HyperTails #20 8 months ago

    I had Assassin's Creed, but hated the thing. Had enough and traded it in before finishing it. The quality between the original and its 2 sequels is immense, but i've got Revelations on pre-order and I suppose I can give this another try.

  • MisterM #21 8 months ago

    Maybe I can sell my copy, then?

    Loved the first game, I don't understand why everyone hates on it. I've heard a lot of guff about it being too repetitive and such, but it's just like the newer games. Fickle gamers are fickle.

  • Spong #22 8 months ago

    I don't own AC, I started with ACII. I can't deny, being a 360 owner, I'm slightly miffed about it. Putting AC on an extra 360 DVD for free would be a negligible cost to Ubi considering the extra sales it could potentially generate. From my point of view, this offer certainly removes any prospect of me ever going out and buying the game now. If PS3 owners can have it for free, then so should I.

  • kirankara #23 8 months ago

    @spong

    negligible cost for extra dvd? Millions of extra dvd's, having to pay ms for privilege of printing them ? I wouldn't say it's negligible.

    However, by all accounts, youre not missing much with AC1 tbh, most people i know said it's kinda dull

  • HyperTails #24 8 months ago

    @spong

    PS3 gamers have had to put up with Microsoft buying stuff for years. Like Tomb Raider Underworld DLC which we never saw, for example. Personally, I think its about time Sony started getting stuff exclusively.

  • Doctor_What #25 8 months ago

    @Spong: Hang on, if you hadn't heard about someone else getting something for free then you would have been interested in AC:R, but now you know you're not getting a second game free when you buy it you're suddenly not interested? Wow. All human psychology is here.

  • WeakOrbit #26 8 months ago

    Eh doesn't tis go against Microsofts policy about exclusive content that was mentioned a while ago?

    Still I don't mind. Seems that the PS3 versions of Assassins Creed started getting some freebies starting with Brotherhood.

  • Jolly_Armadillo #27 8 months ago

    @weakorbit

    I think this means it is released on xbox 360 slightly before it is released on ps3.

  • ZeroAX #28 8 months ago

    and I went and bought it for 10€ 1 week ago.........

  • GamesConnoisseur #29 8 months ago

    Good for PS3 owners and by the way don't bother to attack next X360 DLC exclusives, as we know it's the same both side of the fence!

    So just down to your preferences for multi platform owners, I m still getting X360 version as my son want the sequel and he got X360 in his bedroom.

    Otherwise would have considered PS3 version, I m pragmatic and not due to any kind of zealotry to a mere brand names!

  • chessboxer #30 8 months ago

    @Spong

    Following your logic, you don't own any multiplatform games that have multiplayer because PS3 owners get online for free but you need an XBL Gold account to access the same basic features.

    DVD is fine for PC games because they have to be installed to the HDD and cannot be played directly from the disc. Don't forget that 10yrs ago, PC games were sold on CDs but in 2004, some games were taking up 4 or more discs so developers started offering their titles on DVD (a good example is UT2004 which required 6 CDs so Epic also sold a DVD version as all the content could be installed from 1 disc which is far more convenient than 6 disc changes).

    PC games will start shipping on Blu-ray when the number of DVDs required to install the game gets silly, I'm guessing 4 and upwards.

  • Bonders99 #31 8 months ago

    "a limited stab at the deal."... Excellent, your'e in the swing of things today Tom !

  • Ror1984 #32 8 months ago

    I still need to finish AssCreed Bro-down. I loved the first two, but got completely bored a few hours into the third installment. Must get back to that.

  • Spong #33 8 months ago

    "Hang on, if you hadn't heard about someone else getting something for free then you would have been interested in AC:R, but now you know you're not getting a second game free when you buy it you're suddenly not interested? Wow. All human psychology is here."

    Not sure what you're getting at there. I have every intention of buying AC:R, that's not in any doubt. However, AC1 is the only pillar release from the series that I don't own. And seeing as it's now being given away for free, I don't see how Ubi can expect me to pay for it just because I don't own a PS3.

    But as has been said, I can take comfort in the knowledge that AC1 is apparently a bit shit anyway, which is the reason I've held out from buying it for so long.

  • RobTheBuilder #34 8 months ago

    Smart idea.

    This is a far far better way to encourage new sales than cutting back features for pre-owned users.
    Edited by RobTheBuilder at 20/09/11 @ 12:34

  • Twin_snakes #35 8 months ago

    @Spong
    It's not being given away for free by Ubi, Sony have paid them for it to be free for PS3 owners.

  • Spong #36 8 months ago

    "It's not being given away for free by Ubi, Sony have paid them for it to be free for PS3 owners."

    Fair point. And kudos to Sony for it.
    But the fact still remains that it's being given away for free to PS3 players, which puts me off actually buying AC1 (regardless of how cheap it is nowadays). But I'm sure the bag 'o money Ubi has will outweigh the £6 I'd have potentially paid for it, so no love lost really.

  • king26 #37 8 months ago

    I disliked the original AC but it had a great setting and first 4 hours were good.Doesn't Medal of Honor have a HD remake of MOH Frontline included for PS3? I was thinking of getting that before Battlefield 3 for Xmas. Is it any good for £15?

  • kirankara #38 8 months ago

    @spong I understand what you're saying, but tbh, it's £6 dude. If u really want to play it, just play it. However, it seems you're not that bothered anyway, otherwise you'd have bought it by now anyway.
    Exclusivity deals work both way, just have to live with it, unless you're a multiple console owner. It's hardly worth crying about, you either pay the £6 to play game , or don't . (£5 preowned in cex)

    Unfortunately exclusivity is a part of industry , with both companies using them as selling points( I wonder how many people actually buy a console based on these kind of things??, im guessing not many, meaning people lose out for no real reason, although in this case I reckon it might just be a case of ubisoft being unwilling to meet cost of extra discs and paying ms for privilege , rather than Sony offering large amounts of money to have ac as an exclusive content on disk )
    Edited by kirankara at 20/09/11 @ 14:19

  • ballshock #39 8 months ago

    First one was rubbish anyway

  • Lord_BeeJee #40 8 months ago

    And this is good why? It wasn't worth the first playthrough let alone a second time...

  • kirankara #41 8 months ago

    "Nope, cos the 360 beats the PS3 in most face-offs. PC games come on DVDs too, yet many people claim that the consoles are holding the PC back. Also, when a PS3 game does fill a disc, it's hardly some epic lengthy game. Look at MGS4. 2 hours of game play wedged between a few hours of movies and not even in HD, lol.

    Giving this games away for free is cool, but if you liked this series you'd already have played it. Mind you, it is PS3 owners we're talking about and in the UK they're not exactly know for buying games!"

    Wtf are you on about??? What's are you basing this uk ps3 user related attack on exactly ???

    Second of all, bluray offers option of higher quality video( an option rarely taken in multiplat titles as no point taking time/cost of implementing it on one, when it's not able to be implemented on other system.

    In games like Rage , where images are being streamed off disc, rather than being produced by in game engine , it would have been a bigger issue, as until MS relaxed their rule on 3 disk cost , ID were going to use lower res textures, so they could fit onto 2 DVDs , rather than pay MS for printing of 3rd disk.

    Basically DVD is a restriction and in some ways does hold back this gen slightly, but not huge amounts in terms of image quality in game, unless they have to stream low res textures , rather than use an extra disk, as I just discussed.

    Other than that , main differences between ports of games is the way engine was designed, whether it was built around 360 architecture, or ps3.



  • kirankara #42 8 months ago

    @dlclownshoes.

    so you missed the fact that ID were discussing possibility of full install on ps3??

    This then wouldnt be an issue.

    Cormack also said there's bits on Rage that run better on ps3.

    http://www.ripten.com/2011/08/14/john-ca...

    Yes it's a disadvantage of the bluray drive in ps3 when images are being streamed like in rage, but it doesnt lead to content being left out entirely, and a full install option isnt an option thats been ruled out entirely at this point. However, he actually said it's been awkward and had to be worked around, but never said it has led to inferiority issues compared to 360 version. MW2 streamed and they had no issues with streaming textures off the bluray.They worked around it very effectively.

    He said, “It’ll be nice when we don’t have that physical element we don’t have to be working around or scheduling around.”
    [link url=http://gamingbolt.com/rage-takes-21-22gb-of-disc-space-when-installed-on-the-xbox-360
    ]http://gamingbolt.com/rage-takes-21-22gb...[/link]

    Multiple disks still incur extra costs for devs, something they want to avoid, so unless MS relaxes those, then it's still an issue.

    If Ubisoft wanted to include AC1 with 360 version they have to pay for millions of dvd's to be pressed. If a dev wants to include higher quality video footage, they have to press millions of extra dvd's. Its a fact, that dvd's holding back this gen console games im afraid, whether you admit it or not.

    I dont deny that most multiplats have, and to lesser degree now, look inferior on ps3, but like suggested before, this is mainly to do with engine design, nothing else, and in cases recently, this is being reversed when ps3 is lead format, and in non lead format cases, there's usually pro's and cons on each side.

    Not an issue for me as i own both consoles, but facts remain facts, not that little things like facts , get in your way of ranting like an incessant fanboy

  • kirankara #43 8 months ago

    ps, bf3 runs better on ps3 with better lighting and aa. explain that one away with bluray latency?

  • WinterMute78 #44 8 months ago

    @HyperTails you mean like Sony did with batman arkham asylum ! Both companies do it not just MS

  • uknortherner2000 #45 8 months ago

    In other news, PC version will include a free rootkit.
    Edited by uknortherner2000 at 20/09/11 @ 17:47

  • PuppyFiddler #46 8 months ago

    I thought AC1 was enjoyable as well. It got repetative but the attention to detail and athmosphere made up for it. it helps if you have some interest in history I suppose. I could have walked the streets of Antioch all day long with any old quest tacked on it was that impressive.

  • Cardiff1 #47 8 months ago

    PMSL :D Sneaky way of undermining xbox. X box user: " why can't we have 2 games on 1 disc ?" Ubisoft: " you just can't "
    hahahahahahahahahahahahaha ha.