Assassin's Creed Comments by Tom Bramwell
Getting away with murder.
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smoothpete
13/11/07 @ 17:33
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Ubisoft need a kick in the fucking arse about their endings
GRAW - no ending sequence R6:Vegas - no ending sequence |
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"There's no clever hiding or skulking. There are no interesting approach tactics. You just get close, watch a cut-scene, and then strike. You seldom do this without alerting the target and his guards - instead you either give chase before planting a dagger in his throat, or you get into the usual sort of block-and-counter fight and go at it until you've stabbed him enough to get the final cut-scene."
Dear god, NOOOOOO*pauses for breath*oooooooo! /o\ /hopes dashed /cries
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the_sas_man
13/11/07 @ 17:36
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"Christ, everyone's very down about ONE review! You look around the net and its averaging 8-9 in most reviews, this being the first one less than that that I've seen."
You may be right. But personally, I like MANY others on this site only use a select few trusted game sites for reviews. Me personally that is Eurogamer, Games TM (the mag) and gametrailers. The tyhing with gametrailers is that they actually give a good review, but never give the right score to match it. So ignore their score and your fine. EWurogamer seems to get the balance just right. |
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OrangeGoblin
13/11/07 @ 17:37
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Sounds like this is one to pass on in the mad Christmas rush, only to return to in the inevitable spring lull.
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the_sas_man
13/11/07 @ 17:38
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Jade Raymond may redeem herself with a webcam, a shower head and 2 bottles of wine.
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Eighthours
13/11/07 @ 17:38
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I for one will still be getting it (free with my FHM subscription)
*Guffaws* |
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beastmaster
13/11/07 @ 17:39
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I think what's happened is that there's been quite a few cracking games on all platforms coming out this Xmas, all of which have had excellent reviews. I, for one, was hoping this would be another one.
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FabricatedLunatic
13/11/07 @ 17:39
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Score aside, some of the issues raised in the text concern me. Now I'm wondering whether I should send my copy back to GAME, seal intact, as soon as it arrives.
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the_sas_man
13/11/07 @ 17:40
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Well my order is cancelled now anyway. Just need to track down a wii with mario and ill be happy again.
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rhinoxious
13/11/07 @ 17:50
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My only worry about this not selling well is that it'll be another interesting setting that hasn't done well at retail.
I so wanted this to be good because it wasn't the usual fantasy, or sci-fi, or modern warfare settings. |
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"CHRIST everyone's down about one review"
Tom, who's actually played the full game, mentioned in his review deal-breaking shortcomings. He clearly supported the opinion he offered on the game, and the score given holds up to what he wrote. I've read through several less well-detailed reviews before this (this one focusses helpfully on what the game's actually like to play, a piece of info that you'd think might be handy before deciding whether to purchase) and whilst other reviews also point out niggles, here its illustrated on how they effect gameplay. Sorry, Altair; but I'm out.
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Eighthours
13/11/07 @ 17:53
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Her game is a bigger flop than LAIR.
Hasn't our immigrant quota for this year from Planet Moron been exhausted yet? |
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the_sas_man
13/11/07 @ 17:57
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If this game scores consistent 5 out of 10's it will still sell by the bucketload. The hype is too great for it not to succeed. Hopefully the sequel will sort out the shorcomings then we will all be happy.
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alimokrane
13/11/07 @ 18:00
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/ Goes to a corner and Weeps! :(
My god. a part of me honestly has just died! |
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PearOfAnguish
13/11/07 @ 18:00
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"Well, if you're a developer, you want the focus on your game, right?"
Indeed, but then Jade Raymond is just a PR plant. Sort out a less transparent gimmick next time, Ubi. "this being the first one less than that that I've seen." Wait 'til the mag reviews are published... |
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JediMasterMalik
13/11/07 @ 18:06
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Sounds like a pretty average game in a frankly gorgeous coat. Quite thankfull really. I still don't have time to play all my games.
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Jade_Raymond
13/11/07 @ 18:06
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I think Jade Raymond is a dog.
What makes you think that?
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PearOfAnguish
13/11/07 @ 18:09
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"Visually Assassin's Creed looks breath taking. Next gen has arrived, finally, and about time too."
Hahaha |
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Ah, so the first few reviews were rushed then. Thought it would boil down to this, style over substance.
"Bit of a shame, this. The big question is whether Ubi simply ran out of time, or whether some of the design decisions weren't as good as they could be, right from the start. My money's on the latter. " My guess is it suffered a bit from feature creep "Oi wouldn't it be nice if you could sort of like bump into people without knocking them over, and then your cape would billow like so..". And all the while forgetting that they should be making an entertaining game. Jade, if you need a comforting shoulder... |
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Sounds like an ambitious and worthwhile experiment with a few disappointing shortcomings. Seems like the foundations have very much been laid for an excellent franchise in the future though, and I'm quite looking forward to playing it, despite the valid criticisms levelled at it in this review. Curse the one week delay down here in Aus.
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imagine the level of detail in the sound if you can eavesdrop on the conversations of folks around you and the sound of gripping on different surfaces. This game will really immerse you in the world of assassins creed. The sound of the blade as it digs into the flesh of the victim, the horses running around and allsorts of commotion being created. Just itiching to hear the sound.
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BremXJones
13/11/07 @ 18:28
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Idly, I'm going to be watching this thread carefully, and anyone who goes on about the games' producer in it will be added to my list of people to carefully ignore in future for being misogynistic gits.
Because, really, you should consider growing up. KG |
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markypants
13/11/07 @ 18:28
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I knew it! I just knew it. I could feel it in my bones that this game wasn't going to live up to the hype. Everything felt wrong about the run up to its release. never mind a 7 is a pretty reasonable score. Just a shame when it had so much promise.
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I did always wonder where all the rabid excitement was coming from with this game, the mechanics have always looked kind of dodgy in gameplay videos. I really hoped they would pull it together at the last minute because an intelligent assassination game in that world and game engine could be so great.
Ugh, I want to play this but I dunno if I can put up with the flaws mentioned in the review. I'm torn. |
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wobbly_Bob
13/11/07 @ 18:31
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So far on Metacritic http://www.metacritic.com/games/platform... the game is getting 92 percent from reviews in so far and 92 percent from users.
This is only one review,
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BlueDragon
13/11/07 @ 18:32
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Canceled my pre order. Bummer. Well the good news is i'll save euros.
Thanks Eurogamer...in a way. |
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