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Assassin's Creed
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Assassin's Creed: Hands On

Posted on July 25th, 2007 at 07:49 EDT

(continued from previous page) ...need to be a bit sneaky, but this is rarely always the case as you'll be forced to make split-second decisions on a regular basis and will almost always be running from something (dun dun dun) or someone. As for storyline, Assassin’s Creed takes place in an open world environment. True. You can go to any city, and choose where you will carry out a specific mission and how you will do that. That’s fine. But the apparent downside to Assassin’s Creed in general is that for a game claiming to be all about interaction and consequences, “the consequences of your actions will not alter Altair’s fate in any way,” said Jade Raymond. The display of their Le Parkour system, the crowd blending action, wall climbing with addition to the details for the environment as crucial, is certainly impressive. But the fact that their aim was to provide for an interactive experience that not only insinuates consequences of any action you choose, whether through the A.I. or the game’s main storyline missions, it will not affect Altair in an unique way, while still driving the central plot through----the stop of the Crusades.

Despite all of these flaws, some minor and some major, Assassin’s Creed looks to be a promising title for anyone who wants to scratch the surface of the history of the Hashshashin sect, as fixing the core gameplay at this point will be impossible. And, I'll have a full review of this game when it hits store shelves. But, for anyone looking for a truly enjoyable definitive experience in the life of an Assassin, Altair’s robe is something you might not want to try on.

 

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posted 10:53am EDT - July 25th, 2007
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Where is the demo?...................
posted 11:13am EDT - July 25th, 2007
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After reading this I'm sure my first impression of the game was right. You have pointed out almost every flaw I've seen in the game so far. Poor animations Cheesy voice acting Generic crowds I just hope they see what the gamers see and choose to improve their game. I fear however that it's to late and money hungry corporations will have it's usual way...
posted 11:14am EDT - July 25th, 2007
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Sorry for the poor editing, seams like you still can't use paragraphs in comments.
posted 11:17am EDT - July 25th, 2007
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I hope they revamp this game before releasing it. This is one of the most anticipated games for me.
posted 12:04pm EDT - July 25th, 2007
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i hope this game is fixed in time. and isnt delayed. this is my most anticpated game.
posted 1:31pm EDT - July 25th, 2007
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Nice review. This is one of the games that I wouldn't mind being delayed as long as that delay would fix the obvious flaws you mentioned in the article
posted 1:40pm EDT - July 25th, 2007
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dude...wow....you have completely smashed my anticipation for this game. It has officially dropped at least 20 spots on my "MUST HAVE" list. Specially reading the K&L preview, and reading about the character interaction in that game. K&L blow this clean out the water. I figured it was a bad sign when i saw the huge glitch on the E3 demo for MS, when Altair killed the one guy and his body floated in the air, all i could think was uh oh. But wait, could this degrade in quality be because they switched gears and started developing on the 360? There in having to remove some bits and pieces because of hardware issues.
posted 2:01pm EDT - July 25th, 2007
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I would not say it's cuz they had to 'cut features out' due to the lack of hardware on the 360, but I would say that the fact that the development team had to work on BOTH the 360 and ps3 versions cut back on the quality, and now the only things that's good about this game is that it is both for the 360 and ps3 so it can't be chalked up as a bad ps3 game, but it looked real shotty in my opinion and apparently I was not that far off target...oh well, lots more good games, but this is far from NEXT GEN, I could see floating dead bodies on my original PlayStation if I wanted that.
posted 2:07pm EDT - July 25th, 2007
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Mayon...this is extremely dissapointing... There was a time when my most anticipated games went MGS4 then As*as*ins creed... Is this review so negative just because As*as*ins Creed went Multiplat and PSU has a bit of a grudge? Somehow I think that's wishful thinking. Needless to say I'm very dissapointed right now... and why did i have to censore "As*as*ins"? When i tried to post this is said i had used 2 banned words and had to review my post?
posted 2:10pm EDT - July 25th, 2007
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I'll pick it up after a pretty price drop for the title. I'm not going to get it at launch. The graphics and gameplay don't quite do it for me, but the game certainly has the "IT" factor.
posted 3:34pm EDT - July 25th, 2007
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I saw all the flaws in the video from Microsoft's press conference and know what your talking about I was very disappointed so I hope they can fix all this before relies. But its running on the 360 do you think that maybe the PS3 version might work better.
posted 6:28pm EDT - July 25th, 2007
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Haha. Trust me, we wouldn't hold a grudge against this. We gave an amazing review to Kane and Lynch and to many other multi platform titles in the past. Wishful thinking indeed 6toes ;).
posted 9:44pm EDT - July 25th, 2007
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this game looks ok
posted 7:41am EDT - July 26th, 2007
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Hmm... After all the talk about crowd A.I. I'm really disappointed by the way it turned out. Hope they fix it tho...
posted 3:44pm EDT - July 26th, 2007
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Wow..... Dude your review has completely changed my perspective. I must admit that by looking at all the in game trailers, I must agree with you, the game looks choppy, cheesy, not polished. I just hope they can fix all this issues by the time it hits stores. The thing that ticks me the most is that Jade Raymond is at the helm of this project, which means I in no way shape or form would like to see her reputaton damaged by this game. I dont believe its her fault, its the corporate, when they decided to use the same team to go multiplatorm. My hopes were high for this game, I hope Im proved wrong and this game comes out to be succesful.
posted 5:30am EDT - July 31st, 2007
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dude this game rocks coz i just played it

posted 7:37am EDT - August 1st, 2007
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Is this the PS3 version you guys got your hands on? How do the visuals hold up compared to the 360? How is the framerate compared to X360?  I hope Ubi doesn't mess this PS3 games, as I heard it was one of their first games being built and developed from the ground up on PS3, so it is not a port.  I just hope they take the time to atleast match the visuals and framerate as the 360 build, becuase I really want this game to be good on PS3.

posted 9:01am EDT - August 7th, 2007
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I really wanted this game bad, As*as*in's creed was my first ps3 wallpaper, I watched all the trailers and do admit it looked real choppy but I had hope that it would be fixed come release, I guess the ideal behind the game was strong but the gameplay lacks, but then I played the GRAW 2 demo and it was dead on point, gameplay was smooth no framerate problems, I hope the success with the other games effects this one cause the Ideal is one of the best in a long time but it will fail if these problems make it to the final build. Plus I hope Jade don't get a bad rep bout this, she is one fine AS*-as$in producer

posted 1:52am EDT - October 14th, 2007
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if this game was exclusive to ps3, it would be awsome......much more then it is now. why did the developers want to make them both games the same?? they even said that they couldn't fit it on the DVD's for the xbox....... ps3 and blu-ray will go a long way..............ps3 looks set for the future xbox cant compete, and now there might be a 100GB blu-ray disc.......its only a matter of time!!! ........think 'Grand theft auto' 30x biger then ever......thats huge.......but it wont be possible for xbox..hahahahahahahah

posted 3:18pm EST - November 11th, 2007
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Just 2 more days before the game come out!!!!!

posted 6:02am EDT - August 15th, 2008
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assasins creed pisses me off!! The game keeps freezing and somethimes it doesn't even load. Has anyone else had these problems? I just brought a new PS3 and assasins creed game and im really disapointed!! Isn't ubisoft breaking the fair trade act by releasing a game that won't even play properly???

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