Assassin's Creed

DiscoLad

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I know some people here play games, some do.

I just wanted to know what the big deal with Assassin's Creed is because I played the first one and it was nothing special.
I hear the third will be amazing, but you never know.

I wanted to know if anyone had anything convincing me this is worth me buying? At all...

Again, It may not fit here but I just thought I'd ask cause this is the only place I could think of.

Thanks.
 

The Drifter

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DiscoLad said:
Well for starters this game sucks so I don't see how people can buy into it.

Why do you ask for people's opinions on the game and then say it sucks, as if that's a fact.
Assassin's Creed was okay, but part 2 was alot better.
They took everything that people disliked about the first and corrected it. The storyline is great, the environment if superb, and I even like the platforming.
 

DiscoLad

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I meant the first sucked, Didn't mean to shoot anyone down.

But anyway, back to the third, I heard there is a superb multiplayer and that alone is worth getting. Have you heard anything about the multiplayer, care to explain it to me if so?
 

The Drifter

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DiscoLad said:
I meant the first sucked, Didn't mean to shoot anyone down.

But anyway, back to the third, I heard there is a superb multiplayer and that alone is worth getting. Have you heard anything about the multiplayer, care to explain it to me if so?

I'm not a big multiplayer type of person. I enjoy the single-player in games more.
But, (I may be wrong on this) I think it's co-op with different missions.
 

DiscoLad

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Aw man I still have a bad taste of co op multiplayer from Red Dead...

How about the story, anything interesting? How would you rate it?
 

The Drifter

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DiscoLad said:
Aw man I still have a bad taste of co op multiplayer from Red Dead...

How about the story, anything interesting? How would you rate it?

I've not really followed Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood that much. I think the story is set in Rome and follows up with Ezio.
 

Indy Geek

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I´ve played Creed 2 on the PC, and I had some trouble with the controls. When I had to run and climb to the roofs, I haven't manage to deal with the keyboard+mouse.
Dunno maybe it was bad config of the keys....Strange...I played the 1 just fine! More keys on 2?????
 

DiscoLad

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All games have terrible controls on PC. :p

But I don't want to dish out 60 70 bucks for an okay game...
Im goin watch some game videos...
 

Finn

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Staff member
To answer the topic's question... Scenery Porn.

For someone who's seen dozens of virtual iterations of Normandy's hedgerows or the neon lights of modern-day New York City, walking on (and even more often, above) the bustling streets in Jerusalem and other major cities in the Holy Land or Renaissance Italy is truly an experience. Even if they kind of forgot to add the actual game into the first one...


And yeah, while AC1 is lacking in a lot of departments, Part II amends technically everything it was lacking, and adds more. It's money well spent, at least on consoles. The copy protection* on PC version is horrid.

<small>*Though there are ways around that... but this is no place for details.</small>
 

The Drifter

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DiscoLad said:
All games have terrible controls on PC. :p

But I don't want to dish out 60 70 bucks for an okay game...
Im goin watch some game videos...

Ever played a first-person shooter on the PC? The keyboard and mouse are the BEST controls for that type of game ever.
Also, Assassin's Creed and part 2 are cheap now. They are not 60 bucks anymore.

And, Finn: You're right. The first Assassin's Creed was scenery porn. That game seemed just like a sightseeing game full of platforming and flag collecting. Part 2 improved everything over it.
 

DiscoLad

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I hate FPS on PC, so difficult.

So it has come a long way from AC1, long story short?
I guess I'll have to wait till some buddies get it then mooch... (y)
 

Montana Smith

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DiscoLad said:
I hate FPS on PC, so difficult.

So it has come a long way from AC1, long story short?
I guess I'll have to wait till some buddies get it then mooch... (y)

I find FPS on a PC perfect. Mouse and arrow keys and death and destruction here we come! :gun:

Never could get on with hand-held controllers.
 

Finn

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Staff member
Montana Smith said:
I find FPS on a PC perfect. Mouse and arrow keys and death and destruction here we come! :gun:
For the record, I play nearly all my games with mouse + KB. And enjoy it like that all the way.


But before things get ridiculous, I better clarify that any individual's choice of control methods is up to personal preference. One likes the pad, the second the keys, the third the mote. Not single right answer to "which one is the best".
 

Gabeed

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Finn said:
To answer the topic's question... Scenery Porn.

Pretty much. I've only played the first Assassin's Creed, due to my intense interest in the Crusades. And while the repetitive, stupid quests (why would any self-respecting Hashishin blow his cover to kill 5 guards pushing around some guy in the middle of the city!?), Altair's lame unsubtle costume, and the various other oddities (Why was there a Templar waiting to fight me just then in this back alley in Jerusalem?) were detractions . . . .there has never been quite a gaming experience for me like seeing the vast city and impressive walls of Damascus for the first time, and then walking through the immense crowds of people in the Old Souk, with the calling out of criers and merchants sounding above the hum of the populace. The game is worth playing for that experience alone. I can't even play a game like Oblivion anymore because (in Oblivion's case) I go into the capital, and see like 5 people walking on the largely deserted street. Capital my ass!
 

Finn

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Gabeed said:
(why would any self-respecting Hashishin blow his cover to kill 5 guards pushing around some guy in the middle of the city!?)
It's not like they'd even heard about CCTV or modern police procedure in the Holy Land... plus those were violent times. I had no trouble suspending my disbelief that even after slaughtering about ten guys, full anonymity wasn't any further than the nearest haystack. It's not like Altair was the only guy in the city dressed in white robes. (Though I admit, it bugged me how one could impersonate a monk with a ton of blades strapped to ones back, at least it's actually possible to conceal all your weapons on Ezio's model.)

And I actually stopped to save every traveler in danger, as the fighting engine wasn't half bad either - or, okay, it got extremely repetitive after learning the counter. ("Hey guys, I've an idea... why don't we gang this guy all at once?" ... "What a stupid idea! We're the knights of the holy order(TM), that would just not be very... chivalrous!"). Part II ain't much better in this sense, though they did add a bit of tactical variety by actually making the same weapon not work on every guy. (The best way to get rid of that heavily-armored mook waving a huge sword is to go for the unarmed counter/disarm. Huh.)

Still, like the scenery, I enjoyed the swordplay immensely and found it very hard to get bored with the brutal quick-kill animations even when they, too, started to repeat themselves. Like the scenery, might have something to do with the fact that I've survived most of the cinematic firefights out there and seen a plenty of ragdolls when a guy gets blown up by a grenade.
 
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