Assassin's Creed

Scythe · Post by **Scythe** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:01

Ok, since Chroelle wanted me to, and this place gets too little traffic anyway, without further ado, one of the games I've spent this last week embroiled with: Assassin's Creed!

AC is the most recent development along this thread, I'd say: Out of this World - Prince of Persia - Tomb Raider - Assassin's Creed.

You control a Middle Eastern assassin during the Crusades, and your task is to assassinate a number of seemingly corrupt officials and foreign devils. You've got your blades, your wits and your incredible agility, plus the ability to go pretty much where you please. You have to see Altaïr (the protagonist) run through the streets of Jerusalem, only to leap onto a fence and from there to grab a roof, hoist himself up and sprint to the next wall, which he runs up, grabs a window sill and starts climbing up a vertical wall. It looks so good! Or when he climbs to the top of a tall tower, crouches on an outcropping and launches himself into the air, dropping safely into a haystack.

Unfortunately, the game lasts about six hours. After that, you kind of realize that you've seen what's there to see. You do something like 3 or 4 different tasks over and over again. Then you sword fight, which is awesomely cool to look at, but is incredibly easy once you learn to counterattack. It's still great to look at though. Other than that, you can go collect hidden flags. Yay.

It's incredibly stylish, has a good share of OH WOW!! moments, but gets real repetitive real quick.

So far out for X360 and PS3, I think, but PC version coming in February. Like the other games I mentioned, you'll want to see this, but it's not exactly a game with lasting appeal, or at least I don't think so.

Post by **Chroelle** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 16:44

I cant wait till February! It just looks so cool. I haven't even seen any gameplay movies or anything, I just gotta try it out.
What are the minimum specs? It looks like it sucks CPU-power something fierce.

Scythe · Post by **Scythe** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 17:13

Yeah, that is an in game screenshot and it looks even better with movement... I dare say that to get this level of detail on the PC, you'll need some serious hardware, but it'll probably still be cool with a little less than this level of detail. It really looks that good on the X360 though.

Post by **Chroelle** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 17:23

Well I have a fairly new PC, so I should be able to run it, but I am getting afraid with the current tempo to minimum specs-skyrocketting, that I will have to make some sacrifices, and I dont want to....

Tank · Post by **Tank** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 19:22

Wow! It looks cool!

This game is a reason for the PS3 beside GTA4 and Gran Turismo.

Scythe · Post by **Scythe** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 19:44

The question is probably whether you've got enough RAM (I'm guessing 2 GB minimum), what graphics card you have, and whether you're running Direct X 10 or not... (if it even runs properly on Vista)

Post by **Chroelle** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 20:14

Well I am still running XP, so I wouldn't know about Vista. I got a voucher for Vista, but never seem to get around to actually cashing it in...

Tank · Post by **Tank** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 20:52

I'm seriously thinking about upgrading my pc. And to be honest, AC is certainly a good reason to do it.

Scythe · Post by **Scythe** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 21:52

Yah, but Direct X 10 only runs in Vista, and I think you'll be missing out on all the goods in anything less than that. But you'll probably still be getting awesomeness... for those six hours I mentioned.

I haven't regretted getting an X360 at launch.

Post by **Chroelle** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 0:05

http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/mag.dyn/News/12437.html

New release date ready for PC. Still cant wait. (And with the way things are going I propably wont have time to pay it once it is out...) :rolleys:

Scythe · Post by **Scythe** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:13

Been a long time since I finished it now... was just ordering some new region free games from Japan, so I can get them way ahead of European release date.

Usul · Post by **Usul** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:05

Played AC on the PS3, looked good, but became boring very quickly. You always had to do the same mini-quests to advance.