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The Dude

#21 November 18, 2007, 02:49:53 pm

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Two friends of mine on PSN said the same thing: There's a 30-45 min tutorial that's boring, but after that it's way sweet.

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Shadow Kirby

#22 November 18, 2007, 08:10:47 pm

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Awesome game but my copy is fucked. One of the last mission can't be completed cause I will walk through the floor every fucking time. And when I revive, there's a double of me and if I kill him, I die! Pretty fucked so I called EB games and they said they are going to call me to replace it when they get some more.

But that thing aside, it's a really solid game.

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#23 November 18, 2007, 08:41:21 pm

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I picked this up last night and I'm really liking it so far! I'm not very far at all (pretty much just got to Damascus) but from what I have done its really fun!

The only thing I don't really like is how there isn't much variety in hiding spots and how scripted the hiding seems, but otherwise its a great game!

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rpg1hero

#24 November 21, 2007, 03:55:15 am

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Personally i don't think anyone should listen to any of the repetitive combat issues. I've made it a little farther in the game and i have to say, there's so many ways you can approach combat that it really doesn't seem repetitive to me. This game is awesome and everyone should try it.

Can creativity be consistent?

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Tatsujinken

#25 November 21, 2007, 04:00:42 am

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Is the AI as stupid as the review on Gametrailers.com made it out to be?

FIVE HUNDRED TIMES FASTER THAN MIKE TYSON

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theHunter

#26 November 21, 2007, 06:28:50 am

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The AI is incredibly stupid.

I killded a guy IN THE RICH DISTRICT of Damascus and then went to blend mode and just stood there... they were like "Who did this to you!?!?"

MAYBE the guy with the blood-stained knife right next to you.

Yay! Random words!

"Hey don't hotlink images for your avatar. Upload it in GW Uploader or imageshack or something"

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The Dude

#27 November 22, 2007, 10:26:46 am

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GOD I'm conflicted! I don't know what game to buy; if any, since I'm saving for a laptop.
Gar. Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, Heavenly Sword, Ratchett and Clank, DS games---GAR. Can't pick!

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#28 November 22, 2007, 08:22:02 pm

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Quote from: Dudesoft on November 22, 2007, 10:26:46 am

GOD I'm conflicted! I don't know what game to buy; if any, since I'm saving for a laptop.
Gar. Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, Heavenly Sword, Ratchett and Clank, DS games---GAR. Can't pick!

Don't buy assassins creed. Rent it, and beat it. Not going for achievements or any side missions (like doing all the boring pre-assassination stuff) you should be able to beat it in weekend.

And definitely don't buy DS games, just buy an R4DS. No more money ever needs to be spent on DS again.

I'd recomend CoD.

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The Dude

#29 November 23, 2007, 08:13:34 am

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Quote from: Grogrog

I'd recomend CoD.

Alright

Everyone seems to insist on CoD. Guess that settles it.

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DoctorEars

#30 November 23, 2007, 09:50:57 am

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Well. I preordered Assassin's Creed yonks ago. It only came out in NZ today though. From what I've played, it seems like a really awesome game. The combat is different, which is why I like it (though I can see it getting a little repetitive with counter attacks being a bit random). I can see the investigations getting repetitive, but isn't that the life of an Assassin? Going about things the same way over and over, so you master the trade?

Anyway, I think the synchronisation bar to be one of the best health ideas I've ever seen.

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dragonx

#31 November 25, 2007, 02:35:30 pm

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I finally played it yesterday, I played for like 5 hours and am pretty sure im halfway through the game.

The combat does seem repetitive if you go into it the same way every time, but considering all the ways you can just approach it, it isn't too repetitive!!! (imo)

I was gonna cry if this game ended up shit, but it is amazing, especially the the free running, escaping....is so much fun

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Buck

#32 November 25, 2007, 03:07:36 pm

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Anyone seen the commercial for this game? The song used in that commercial is also used as the theme song for the TV show House. Anyone know who did it?

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dragonx

#33 November 25, 2007, 03:14:31 pm

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Quote from: Buck on November 25, 2007, 03:07:36 pm

Anyone seen the commercial for this game? The song used in that commercial is also used as the theme song for the TV show House. Anyone know who did it?

Massive Attack's song Teardrop is the house theme song :\

I havent seen the commercial for assassin's creed though :O

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maladroithim

#34 November 26, 2007, 04:01:32 am

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I bought this for PS3 because the store had 10% on all video games and the 360 version was out of stock. I was going to buy it at THAT particular store to save $6, so I grit my teeth and bought the PS3 version.

I'm really missing having achievements. It's a pretty cool game, but it seems like a game like this, with a repetetive mission structure, would really benefit from achievements. Wish I had rented instead, but my girlfriend made me buy it

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DoctorEars

#35 November 26, 2007, 05:39:02 am

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I find this game quite entertaining, and after killing Talal the slave trader (third kill) it seems that the guards are quite a bit harder. Even though Templars are fucking sons of bitches after Talal, I still find the game cool. The introduction of guard breaks adds a new element, but I really wish they had pushed back the release date to work on the AI a bit more. These 1191 peoples are just plain dumb. I've killed a guard and am standing next to the body. Another guard comes up, looks at the body then at me and says "Who did this too you?" then after another ten seconds he finally clicks that it was me. Bullshit.

Although I find that if a company, even Ubisoft Montreal, was to take the idea of Assassin's Creeds combat and expand it quite a bit to make it more ALIVE then it would make for a great battle system in a lot of games and RPGs. Hell, if they had improved the AI my enemies wouldn't sit there waiting for me to attack so that they can block each of my attacks (seeing as only counter attacks can really get through a lot of the time). I reckon the game is awesome, however there are a couple of flaws that should be fixed in the sequel (which I am already waiting for seeing how good Assassin's Creed is).

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HL

#36 December 06, 2007, 06:15:29 am

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The story to this game was quite surprising for me.

I wasn't expecting that at all.

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Iaman

#37 December 06, 2007, 03:03:51 pm

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Quote from: goat on November 15, 2007, 07:52:52 am

In prince of persia the lack of quality/qantity of combat didn't really put me off because PoP was mostly about the jumping/climbing/trap avoiding anyways. But in a game like assassin's creed you would think the combat would be more of the focus, and thus more of a downfall when it fails? How would you say it circumvents this?

Actually I'd think that an assassin game wouldn't be terribly heavy on combat because assassins value cleanly pulling off a kill with minimal threat to themselves so, in fact, you would be best fulfilling your role by avoiding as much combat as possible?

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HL

#38 December 06, 2007, 09:08:49 pm

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Quote from: Iaman on December 06, 2007, 03:03:51 pm

Actually I'd think that an assassin game wouldn't be terribly heavy on combat because assassins value cleanly pulling off a kill with minimal threat to themselves so, in fact, you would be best fulfilling your role by avoiding as much combat as possible?

I think goat was talking about the quality of the combat really, in which case he'd be right, the combat in AC kind of...sucked.

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Marcus

#39 December 06, 2007, 09:13:24 pm

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The only thing I really didn't like about this game was the guards had the same agility as you. It's kind of ridiculous to see generic soldiers capable of hopping over 1 inch poles and climbing with heavy armor. If there were a variety of soldiers like "heavy warrior" (high defense and strength, little agility) and "light soldier" (weak strength but just as fast as you) it would have added a lot more flavor to the game than just assuming that every fucking vanilla guard is just as agile and skilled as Altair.

I didn't mind the combat in this game. Not a terribly brilliant combat system, but I was more into stealth than all out brawls so I rarely ever fought anyone. Once you learn some of the better abilities, you can pretty much kill anyone in a few hits and you can use the environment to your advantage. Throwing enemies off of rooftops is an instant kill...

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maladroithim

#40 December 06, 2007, 09:32:06 pm

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I had this for PS3 and it froze pretty frequently. Just thought I'd get that out there!

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