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dschumm on 13 November 2007

I was concerned about the combat ever since I started seeing the previews. The game looks beautiful but then I saw the combat. Character surrounded by 12 guys all attacking one at a time. I figured I must just be missing something or it is a preliminary build. Bummer. This was one of those games that was getting me tempted to jump on the HC console bandwagon. Guess I can keep waiting.



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Faxanadu on 13 November 2007

poor lady producer. she is way to gorgeous to be having trouble with game reviews.



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BenKenobi88 on 13 November 2007

I've been worried about the combat since I first saw it as well.

I doubt I would agree that this is a "7" game...but it does pretty much confirm my fears. It's a game that has potential but falls a bit short. Doesn't mean you guys shouldn't buy it.

I would if I had a 360 or PS3...I dunno if I feel like playing it on my PC though.



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BenKenobi88 on 13 November 2007
Faxanadu said:
poor lady producer. she is way to gorgeous to be having trouble with game reviews.

 I feel more sorry for Jade Raymond because the large portion of the gamer community acts like horny dogs every time she speaks.



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sinha on 13 November 2007
ckmlb said:
sinha said:


The complaint about it being the same thing over and over again (collect info and assassinate) doesn't bother me as much because Crackdown was pretty much killing gang leaders over and over again, but I loved it. There was leveling though and those crazy orbs...

Two differences:

1) The orbs have an effect on your character, I don't think the flags really do anything. 

2) Climbing to the tops of tall buildings in this game doesn't seem to be a challenge.

 

"Having to reach the peak of viewpoint towers is less satisfying than getting to Agency Supply Points because, despite articulating one of the best and most interesting platform game schemes in memory, Ubisoft doesn't really challenge you with it. In fact, there are only one or two viewpoints you'll have trouble reaching in the whole game."

 



We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that they [developers] want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do, so the question is what do you do for the rest of the nine and half years? It's a learning process. - SCEI president Kaz Hirai

It's a virus where you buy it and you play it with your friends and they're like, "Oh my God that's so cool, I'm gonna go buy it." So you stop playing it after two months, but they buy it and they stop playing it after two months but they've showed it to someone else who then go out and buy it and so on. Everyone I know bought one and nobody turns it on. - Epic Games president Mike Capps

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PlagueOfLocust on 13 November 2007

Happysqurriel - "The reality is that Assassin's creed is (probably) a very good game produced by Ubisoft who just happens to be a pretty-sloppy developer; their best games have noticeable flaws which can dramatically impact a person's enjoyment of a game."

Agreed. The game appears to have a lot going for it, but just like the more recent Prince of Persia games (Sands of Time excluded, and Warrior Within emphasized) from Ubisoft, they just really seem to have a tendency to leave in a bunch of playability issues. In an extreme example, I remember my ex complaining that she was stuck in Warrior Within, and so I flipped her game on and tried to get her out. But the problem was she was literally stuck. She went through a certain level in some order the designer hadn't predicted and she had managed to confine herself permanently to one extended area. And all her save files were made within the area because it stretched for such a long distance. Game over.



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Faxanadu on 13 November 2007
BenKenobi88 said:
Faxanadu said:
poor lady producer. she is way to gorgeous to be having trouble with game reviews.

I feel more sorry for Jade Raymond because the large portion of the gamer community acts like horny dogs every time she speaks.


I think she has made a pretty good career out of it, dont you think? 



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Gab on 13 November 2007

UK gaming site Computer and Videogames had a lot of criticism for the game in their review (repetitive, useless stealth elements), but still gave it a score of 8.7 because the good elements were so enjoyable.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=175551



routsounmanman on 13 November 2007

I thought everybody thought (sigh...) that Ubisoft~EA.



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naznatips on 13 November 2007
BenKenobi88 said:
I've been worried about the combat since I first saw it as well.

I doubt I would agree that this is a "7" game...but it does pretty much confirm my fears. It's a game that has potential but falls a bit short. Doesn't mean you guys shouldn't buy it.

I would if I had a 360 or PS3...I dunno if I feel like playing it on my PC though.

I agree.  It's still worth buying for its positive features, but it does seem to have some major issues.  I also agree that this is characteristic of Ubisoft as a developer.  They take some great ideas but make some major screwups in the execution.