IGN: Assassin's Creed is first "next gen" game, this thread works

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mancandy said:
This is next gen? Go anywhere and kill anyone? Didn't they do this with GTA?

I'll email IGN and let them know that it was last gen.

 XD

Ok, so otherwise it's established that Assassins Creed is a super refinement of GTA - esque free roaming principles?  

Refinements are great and necessary as they set standards for games. But to me "next gen" indicates a level of evolution in gaming as a whole. This can be graphics, controls and a host of other things. But refinements usually don't qualify as pushing the envelope for evolution, just simply smoothing over the rock tossed into the stream.