in aniticipation of :: Assassin's Creed

indian_boy · Sep 2007

hey guys. i was just wondering what everybody who's interested in Assassin's Creed is upto in terms of 'anticipation'. ie. before skate's demo came out, i [and im sure many other skater Skate fans] was skateboarding like crazy. Before bioshock released, i was beating the shit out of little girls [this is a joke by the way]. And now, since i can't go across the galaxy in a quest for an alien named Saren, i've started parcouring, and its only got me more hyped about assassin's creed.
i've got some camera-phone vids of me par-couring along with another friend of mine. my school friends are pretty impressed, and that just makes me wanna do more! anyways, so that's what i'm upto in anticipation of this game.

Par-cour, and fan-art.

how about u guys? going around assassinating people? randomly jumping at them? maybe making clay models or something?

ElysiumGX · Sep 2007

i'm [anticipating] lol, by posting on web forums [to the X-TREME!!!]

Joshua Stubbles · Sep 2007

I'm playing TF2 and World on Conflict, so time goes by until it gets here. DUH!

bounchfx · Sep 2007

I'm [looking] forward to t

Rob Galanakis · Sep 2007

i cuit ioff ,y fimngers to be li;e altair

MikeF · Sep 2007

i'm dealing with it by going to adapt for a hands on demo.

Xenobond · Sep 2007

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Ultimate devotion! ^_^

I'm anticipating it by trying to get through a backlog of other games so that in 5 years I can pick up this game for $5 and maybe enjoy it.

Wells · Sep 2007

indian_boy is marketing's wet dream

Kevin Johnstone · Sep 2007

This has been my most anticipated since I saw the first videos of it. I get the impression the storyline and future elements may not be as enjoyable as I'd hope but from all accounts the sandbox nature of the game is exactly what I'm looking for.

I'm a boring old sod now, i like relaxing exploration / puzzle elements more in games now, I played through oblivion a few times, played through overlord for my 3rd time now, assassins creed looks so good I cant wait

I just rewatch the videos though, does is count if I periodically think about killing people, not found time to stalk anyone yet!

r.

indian_boy · Sep 2007

haha lol.
@sectaurs: what can i do? lol skateboarding and par-couring are very realistic, possible things. And i already had a skateboard prior to skate, and all u need for par cour is a bus pass! [had that too!] plus, it seems that majority of my class mates par cour too.

but yes, im glad to be in somebody's wet dreams

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Joseph Silverman · Sep 2007

It's parkour, isn't it?.

Wells · Sep 2007

shhhhh

killingpeople · Sep 2007

i'm stoked and have my copy ordered

Striff · Sep 2007

So is there any release date yet other then November?

indian_boy · Nov 2007

NOV 13 it ships, NOV 14 it releases!
YAYS!
unfortunately, its listed for NOV 15 in my canadian best buy and futureshop brochures... i'll have to wait an EXTRA DAY! noooo!

but yays. i cant wait. preordered my copy a few days ago.
its $60 up here as well, as opposed to 70. so even more happy.

dang i can't wait!

sonic · Nov 2007

At my Gamestop it arrives the 13th. The ship date was 13th (which means it was supposed to be sold the 14th) but they got an email saying it will be a 10am shipment and they can sell it that day.

flaagan · Nov 2007

Put my preorder in for the uber-edition, looking forward to playing it, and looking forward to puttin the altair figure on my desk at work.

About the only thing I can say I'm "hoping" for (beyond the obvious expectation that this game will a great buy) is that they've got some way of allowing the player to free-roam and goof about after the storyline's done.

Mongrelman · Nov 2007

And a level editor

Jesse Moody · Nov 2007

rumor has it that there is a major twist in the game and could involve the timeline and or other aspects of the real world you are in.

Sounds interesting to me.

adam · Nov 2007

Yup. Here's the spoiler, ruining the "twist" of the games story.

DO NOT WATCH IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE KEPT IN THE DARK UNTIL YOU PLAY IT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g86OhiMy50

pliang · Nov 2007

You know I can't resist spoilers...need to get both this and COD 4

rooster · Nov 2007

hmm, i thought the game was more interesting before knowing that

Kevin Johnstone · Nov 2007

I put in my preorder for this a wee while ago ( limited edition) along with mass effect and the new lego starwars.
That's going to be my xmas 360 trilogy of fun

The other night on south park, every break had a cinematic trailer for Assassin's creed, it was a good night!

r.

Slainean · Nov 2007

The twist is pretty lame, but the game itself looks fun.

seforin · Nov 2007

actually I kinda like that, I wasnt a big fan of a guy running around in the whole we use swords and no power armor time period myself. But after watching the way they incorporated the whole thing, I think I might pick up this game now

Mark Dygert · Nov 2007

I, like K-Man am trying to clear out the back log of games. Now if I can only keep myself from replaying many of them I might pull ahead... This is the only game that will stop everything else when it comes out. I'm getting out of this thread before I read some of the game breaking spoilers. It's like a mine field.

doc rob · Nov 2007

seforin, plese don't describe the spoiler for those of us who didn't click it.

TelekineticFrog · Nov 2007

Rorshach: I too preordered a Limited Edition copy of Mass Effect but was told recently that was a no go for in store purchases that now it was only for online purchases thru gamestop.com.

Either we're screwed or the employee there I talked with had no clue what is going on. If they come back the day I go to pick it up and there's no LE copy for me after I had preordered months ago I'm done with them.

As for Assassin's Creed I was in that same store on Saturday morning and they had a couple copies of the LE guide for the game from Prima Publishing...it comes with a hard cover art book!

I grabbed one up and I can say it's pretty good stuff inside. 158 pages of characters and environments from the game. Only reason for going that route instead of waiting to see what the artbook was that came if you preordered the game was the fact it still hasn't shown up at the stores yet for those that preordered, was never said if it was some gimped tiny artbook with small pages or a real one, and the manager said he was only getting 29 of them for preorders even though he has about 120 or so preorders for the game. LAME! So those still wanting a real artbook from the game just grab up the LE guide package. Figured some people would want to know that existed.

seforin · Nov 2007

sorry, giving away to much with what I was saying?

Striff · Nov 2007

Ive only been playing for about 2 hours...but holy crap omgwtfbbq this game is awesome.

I didn't really read much into this game before I played but DAMN I was shocked from the second the game started. Obviously don't want to ruin it for anyone...ill just say the storylines flow together amazingly well.

The only thing I don't like so far is combat, but I'm sure that I am not far enough into the game yet.

Jesse Moody · Nov 2007

Striff you prick!! How the fuck do you always get games early?

TelekineticFrog · Nov 2007

Perhaps because the one eyed banditos of the internet tubes had already pirated the PAL version back on wednesday of this past week.

Never fails.

Picking this up on PS3 I think after watching some comparison videos.

ebagg · Nov 2007

I'm looking forward to this game quite a bit, but the combat looks iffy...

Keg · Nov 2007

Comparison videos? where?

Last I heard the ps3 version had dumber AI than the 360 version.

bounchfx · Nov 2007

last I heard they both had problems, 360 not having enough dvd space and ps3 being hard to program certain things for.

I am very interested to see the turnout.

bounchfx · Nov 2007

reviews are out, and they are everywhere. seems to be split.

ebagg · Nov 2007

Great, IGN called it "one of the most dissappointing games of all time", and all the stuff I've read cites terrible AI, boring combat and repetitive missions. I'll hold off on buying this one.

pliang · Nov 2007

Great...now I'm kind of a dilemma on this one

Jeff Parrott · Nov 2007

The game still looks great. But one review I watched showed a bunch of the issues with it and most of them are issues that I'd let slide last gen. But I sorta don't think animation should clip through walls this gen. I'm really split on this one. Might just give it a gamefly and buy Mass Effect instead.

Asmuel · Nov 2007

9.1 overall score @ Gametrailers

LD - http://www.gametrailers.com/player/27754.html
HD - http://www.gametrailers.com/player/27616.html

For me 12-15 hours of gameplay = rental.

doc rob · Nov 2007

man, that AI looks awful. . . I still think it will be worth a buy for the innovation factor, though.

indian_boy · Nov 2007

called EB... they said that 'im expecting the shipment in any minute actually! boy will you be having a nice night if u preordered' which sounded kinda strange, but watever...

i hope they get it!
its the 1 which is 5 mins from my house... i got it preordered... so YAY!
i dont care of bad reviews... i've wanted this game too long... ill make my OWN damn opinion

Wells · Nov 2007

this game is tits.

don't understand the low[ish] scores

HonkyPunch · Nov 2007

After playing the Two Worlds demo for at least 4 hours last sunday (And enjoying myself, immensely)
I think I can stand a few clipping issues in a game that looks this insane.

hobodactyl · Nov 2007

I've been playing the game most of the day. Despite what any reviewers have to say it's just a fun game. Shunt a beggar. Shunt a scholar. Then run around and sword fight? It's just awesome. Sure it may get repetitive if you're playing it for more than 5 hours straight, but take a break then come back and see that it's still hilarious to sneak-shank an entire squad of soldiers and you realize it's worth the money

flaagan · Nov 2007

Aside from feeling like I got ripped off for getting the Limited Edition set (see my

thread), this game is worth the price of admission.

Only potential gripe is how damn choppy non-Altair animations are... some of the stuff looks like first-pass work.

animatr · Nov 2007

this game is the shit. got to memory block 4 last night. I am having a complete blast. i like getting my rank up too and getting new gear and moves. pretty fun. the negative reviews are retarded

Lee3dee · Nov 2007

im witn animatr's comment, i'm really enjoying Assassin's creed. It's splinter cell & prince of persia newly born offspring

MoP · Nov 2007

well, looks bloody awesome, movement seems good!

story is incredibly cheesy and feels quite hacked together so far

animatr · Nov 2007

i disagree about the story. i got to memory block 5 last night, and i can say the story just got super badass.
it all kind of comes together. how far have you gotten?

snemmy · Nov 2007

havent played the game but i think Gabe's post most likely sums up the bad reviews...

http://www.penny-arcade.com/2007/11/14

in aniticipation of :: Assassin's Creed

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