Assassin's Creed Comments by Tom Bramwell

Are there any spoilers in this article? Cause if there are I'm not going to read it.

NEEEEEEED!

Are there any spoilers in this article? Cause if there are I'm not going to read it.

No more than if you watched the conference. If you didn't, then yes there are.

As great as the game looks, I find the sci-fi bullshit that has been tacked on be wholly unnecessary and possibly a deal-breaker.

Obviously we'll need to know more, but from the play footage shown at the Microsoft E3 press conference there was lots of Terminator-style HUD info, Matrixy text and futuristic fuzzy interference on the screen etc. That all seems really quite bad. Why not just make a nice game set in ancient Jerusalem? Why introduce such silly sci-fi elements?

A slightly shoddy presentation does naught to stop my interest in this game.

The presetation only brought my anticipation to a normal level, which is good. The hype was getting ridiculous.

sounds good. Im with Kiigan though in saying the sci-fi stuff feels a bit weird even at this early stage.

I want this game

Also, What gives EG? You just ran an Assasins Creed story with no pics of Jade 'geeks choice' Raymond.

You did mention her a couple of times though I guess...

I think the combat should require a lot of skill, its no good having open-ended structure when you can just kill everyone. (so far combat looks too easy)

why bother avoiding those guards at the start of the e3 demo?

Same goes for the platforming, the more skill required the better.

i hope this game will be ,initially, difficult to control but rewarding once mastered

"So you completed 12.5% of the game in the demo then looks sweet but a short lived fantasy just like jade "

That depends on just how much fun can be had with the side stuff and the AI reactions. The main storyline of San Andreas can be beaten in a day or so if you're good and avoid all distractions/optional stuff.

Also he did specify that several moves he found useful were specially unlocked for the demo and would require side missions being completed to learn in main game.

havent read the article, but from what I saw on the live demo, the animations and framerate were awful, couldnt be less excited about this game if I tried.

"basically identical"

The problem with writing something like that is it's not saying "ACTUALLY identical" and makes people think there ARE differences.

If it's identical, say so?

That's because there most likely are some differences between the two formats, ccfb, but to not make anything more of it than that tells me that the differences aren't game-breaking bad. They're probably just small differences in colour saturation, lighting, etc. certainly nothing worth making a huge point about.

Not impressed with this game, stupid glowing enemies... do the developers think people are idiots and need things pointed out with glowing auras?.

And English voice overs don't work in this game. plus the gameplay looks average at best, bad frame rate, and glitches.

It's a mess that deserves no hype, like Jade Redmond, Miss big chin Manager who doesn't make games so should get no credit for this game.

I dunno about this any more. The game seemed to have some nasty glitches when it was played at Microsoft's press conference.

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Kiigan: Why not just make a nice game set in ancient Jerusalem? Why introduce such silly sci-fi elements?

+1
Why oh why oh why indeed. Ubisoft you've ruined my day :(

On level 9 he takes his cloak off and is really Sam Fisher!

That's why they have to put sci fi in.

I'm also with Kiigan on that.

A game with a medieval setting sounded great to me. Stick to it Matrix rubbish, and that would be a great way to ruin it for me...

Mr Biggles:

How do you know English voice-overs don't work in this game when you really don't know what the game is about barring assassination? There are already hints that the game has modern leanings with regards to plot, so why not?

I would've highlighted what you missed with a glowing aura, but you'd probably have spotted it eventually. Oh!

MrBiggles: I believe the glowing aura is there to show you your current target. In case you want to perform an assassination or similar action that is a most important thing to show to the player. Is an aura better than a hud marker on top?

Please let them drop the sci-fi shite. It's not as if there isn't enoug sci-fi in gaming as it is... :/

The announcement on that stuff made my enthusiasm for this game drop 90%. The horrible state the game was shown in doesn't do a lot to build trust in a polished release either.

MrBiggles, leave Jade out of this, Mr Knobjockey, or I'll tear you a new one.

As for the surmised sci-fi setting, I'm not sure I like it either.

... and I'm still looking for any mention in that article re: 'framerate problems', the only bit i can find is this "... and certain pauses and jerks are a little jarring in light of the excellent Tomb Raider Anniversary" but that isn't anything to do with the framerate, shirley?

@ disc: Didn't they also say that the aura was there to highlight Altair's 'supernatural awareness' of his targets, or something? In the context of the game I say that was fair enough, otherwise you could end up with an intrusive HUD (as you said) or a middle ages themed 'Where's Wally' where you have to find the target with no help amongst crowds of people.

Actually, that Where's Wally- thing sounds excellent.

Little annoying that you didn't try the PS3 version also. It was right there for any things sake.

No one else has compared the 2 as far as I have read, you could have done something different from every other games site for a change.

hey guys!it has glitches because it has 4 months more until release.be patient!we are talking here for the same team that gave us pop and splinter cell!

Kiigan: Why not just make a nice game set in ancient Jerusalem? Why introduce such silly sci-fi elements?

so that sequels can retain the mechanics but be set in alternative environments and time periods

Loving the background-blur effect - makes it like film-ish.

Will the PS3 version have the same effect??

Here it comes the new Ubi franchise, after PoP and SC. Be ready to receive a new sequel every year. I have to try this before buy, and of course, I want to know more about that sci-fi thing... I know i´m not gonna like it if it starts on a medieval setting and ends dodgind bullets.

I'm so glad there is no demo of AC for us gamers at this E3...also include Mass Effect, Bioshock, Heavenly Sword, Halo 3 SP, Lair, R&C and Stranglehold on that list. So many complained about no demos of them. Demos should mainly be for games that don't get the media attention and sleeper games. We already know about the games I mentioned ad nauseum...can anything be left for surprise? A demo would kill what's left of the unknown. Look what demos did to Crackdown and Motorstorm.....we saw too much of them and other demo games so when they did come out they were sort of a letdown. I don't even want to see anymore trailers....I want to have some surprise left playing Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect and Bioshock, Heavenly Sword etc. Sometimes Nintendo keeps too much of their games a secret but I'll take that over knowing too much.

Moaning whinging gamers. Gawd who would be a developer?

Little annoying that you didn't try the PS3 version also. It was right there for any things sake.

No one else has compared the 2 as far as I have read, you could have done something different from every other games site for a change.

It's the exact same game, why bother trying both versions or in fact comparing them? To flame fanboy wars?

There will be lots of PS oriented sites where they tried the PS3 version. Also, in all likeness, you'll find their comments to be quite similar to those you find here.

Why the sci-fi twist? Seems totally redundant to me, but then again so does Canada...

to the "12.5% after one mission it must be short" people... the dev said it was 'near the start of the game, not the first mission' .. so the level played was not 12.5% of the total game, it finished at that point :p

They've said that he's not a time traveler, but that doesn't stop the future missions taking place in different time periods, the stored ancestral memory thing could be from different generations of his family.. ala blackadder :p

/Tries to imagine Prince of Persia: Sands of Time with a 'sci-fi twist'

/Fails

It's the exact same game, why bother trying both versions or in fact comparing them? To flame fanboy wars?

coz then we could have seen better frames becoz of teh power of the cellol ;-P

If its to do with genetic memory I like to think the later levels of the game involve playing as a middle aged office worker in a small town in rural england going about his day to day life with a constant niggle that he ought to be running around on rooftops stabbing folks in the eye.

Basically you just suppress these feelings deep down for 5 levels of basic office admin and at the end of the game you get a brain tumor as a result.

jonnyeb "/Tries to imagine Prince of Persia: Sands of Time with a 'sci-fi twist" ... "/Fails"

Yeah, that whole 'rewind time' thing was very much rooted in reality, wasn't it!

That's fantasy, not sci-fi, you pillock.

Look what demos did to Crackdown

What, cemented its reputation as not just a free pack-in with the Halo Beta and helped it sell more than a million copies?

I too am not really keen on any sci-fi type gubbins. Hopefully it won't matter much in the end. I'm sure climbing about will be fun or otherwise regardless.


"Moaning whinging gamers. Gawd who would be a developer?"

Hehe, not me..... oh.

@DjFlex52

I'm not sure we palyed the same demos. In the cases of both Crackdown and Motorstorm, the demos gave me a solid and positive impression of what was to come, and the final games more than delivered on the expectation.

I think whether overexposure to demos can result in a letdown with the final product is much more dependant on the individual gamer than with demos themselves.

@Yossarian

"so that sequels can retain the mechanics but be set in alternative environments and time periods "

That's not a good enough reason. You could still set sequels in alternative environments and time periods without the sci-fi nonsense.

Crackdown ....we saw too much ...sort of a letdown.

Nope.

Oh gosh! Sorry 'Baxter' I forgot time travel is never used in sci-fi, only fantasy!

Thank goodness you jumped in, cunty!

I'd say there's a fair generic difference between "magic sand" and "science-based fiction".

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt as far as the story goes, but I'm sceptical about the flashy particle effects, especially that full-screen lightning thing.. it just seems over the top, to me.

"What, cemented its reputation as not just a free pack-in with the Halo Beta and helped it sell more than a million copies?"

@Mentalist(air)

Hmmm, so Crackdown was the free pack in?...that means you paid full retail price to play a Halo beta. And you now have to pay again to play the whole game. That's a nice deal ;)
It was a million seller because of the Halo beta not on the merits of the game itself....granted it was a fun game. The demo didn't make it a million seller. And quite a few people didn't buy it because the demo of Crackdown gave them enough game unless you wanted to play the halo beta. Not everyone is a dieahard Halo fan.


"I'm not sure we palyed the same demos. In the cases of both Crackdown and Motorstorm, the demos gave me a solid and positive impression of what was to come, and the final games more than delivered on the expectation."

@kangarootoo

You know we played the same demos, kangarootoo ;) The demo of Crackdown gave more than a solid impression...it practically gave the whole game. And you're right...it depends on the individual player and I expected more from each game...more mission oriented gameplay from Crackdown and more tracks and better online from Motorstorm.
As you said...to each is own :)
I assume you'd love more demos from AAA titles. For me, if it is a true AAA game then it shouldnt need a demo...I'll wait for the full game and the surprise of its greatness therein.

Return roflcopters to roflpads.

never!!!

I said it before and I'll say it again: I got more out of the Halo 3 beta than most full-priced games.