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Desmond, the man whose genetic recollections fuelled Altair's murderous rampage in Assassin's Creed, sounds like he will get to do a lot more than just stroll around an Abstergo prison cell and steal pens in the sequel.
We've previously been told that he is a bit more interactive this time, but according to executive producer Jade Raymond the Desmond sections are "more focused on action sequences" this time.
Raymond, who was speaking to Kotaku, reiterated that Desmond's story will continue right after the conclusion to the first game, which saw him - er, spoiler! - trapped in the lab but able to read wacky messages on the wall after Kristen Bell's character saved him.
However, Raymond was quiet on another Assassin's secret - whether or not Metal Gear Solid 4's playful Altair easter egg will be met with an answering nod in Assassin's Creed 2. According to Kotaku, she laughed, smiled and said, "Maybe... maybe not."
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Comments: 1-15 of 15 in total
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I don't know why people hated the Desmond stuff, I thought it was cool (except for the conevient big blue walls in the game this plot enabled!).
I watched that comiccon vid and apparently 15 mission types this time. \o/ Does anyone know if you still get to ride horses? I LOVED just riding around the landscape, humming the theme from Black Beauty. |
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M_of_the_sys
31/07/09 @ 07:57
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The only thing that bothered me about Desmond was that he was soooo painfully slow!
+1 to the Black Beauty humming. |
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More Kristen Bell please, and not a virtual one. Some HD video would do ;)
Nice to see Desmond gets more active. I did enjoy his little story sections joining the chapters together. But time of course he's a bit more skilled. Having synced up with Altair, he'll have his skills on top of his own (though he protested he wasn't an assassin, that prequel comic suggests otherwise), plus he might pick up new ones. Should make it interesting, especially if you could switch movesets on the fly. I can see you running across futuristic rooftops , switching to Altair and performing a leap of faith, then swithing back to Desmond to hack a door. Or something similar anyway. |
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kangarootoo
31/07/09 @ 08:23
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The first time I played AC I skipped past all the real-world bits, sort of in unconscious protest at the whole scifi angle.
But on the second playthrough I embraced them, and they did actually add some depth that I appreciated. |
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Doctor_What
31/07/09 @ 08:44
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It was a bit weird that the last 20 minutes seemed like they'd gone 'oh yeah, we'd better tell people what the plot was'.
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kinky_mong
31/07/09 @ 08:50
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So this has nothing to do with that old Channel 4 sitcom about a black barbers? :(
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AphoticCosmos
31/07/09 @ 09:53
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@bad09, yes, the horses were AWESOME. That's how they should've been done in Oblivion. More mission types is also awesome, because that was my only gripe with the first one.
I actually quite liked the Desmond stuff. |
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frankfurter209
01/08/09 @ 03:16
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Good, I was wondering when he was gonna make a move on that fetching lab assistant.
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