I've already played Assassin's Creed! IMPRESSIONS

digi_matrix · 2007-10-27 05:59:12

Ok, so I was at the free Ubisoft event today here in HMV Oxford Street, London. Came 30 minutes before. Still had people packed. Had to wait 2 1/2 HOURS to play the game! :evil: I'll explain a LOT more in a video blog tomorrow. So, be sure to check that. ;) One word: Mindblowing.Most satisfying part: Extremely intuitive controls. BTW, I only had 4 minutes to play with it. There were 6 Xbox 360 booths. But I got to play on the main center screen. 42' BABY! :D Huge screen, with this guy always talking to me. 2 1/2 HOURS vs. 4 minutes = NOT worth it. But still, the game itself was amazing.- You DO have different weapons, other than just a blade. I pickpocketed some knives from a thug. Most hilarious moment ever. The main guy next to me found it funny. - Guy told me to climb first. I did that. But I can't explain until I tell you the controls. Believe me, they're very different. You might've heard of contextual buttons, right? Yeah, but you didn't hear this...CONTROLS: HOLDING is a big part of the game. Hold R trigger to Sprint. Hold L trigger to Block. Simple. But, Hold A to Run continuously. You jump with A, too. But you don't need to press A again ever. You've been holding A to run, just keep on holding and you'll climb automatically. All you need to do is point where you're going with the camera (R thumstick), and you'll be climbing anything. You can hold B to continuously shove anyone in your way. Watch out though, because you can get knocked over. It REALLY is like rugby ;). Back to agenda:- Now have climbed to rooftops. Look down and use my eagle vision (guy was impressed that I knew what it was, since he didn't mention it). See a red guy. Go down, and follow him. He's a Thug. Lock-on with Left Trigger. Sneak behind him, then HOLD B to pickpocket some knives from him. 'Twas sweet :D.- Climb back up again and on higher rooftops now. Use those knives to throw at 2 guards like shuriken. You can Lock-On to targets from way up above. Basically anyone in your sights, just need to point. Just as far as the knives can go. Very awesome moment. 1st guard goes down, other guard kneels, BAMM!!! He's down too :D. Yup, definitely feeling like an assassin. - POINTING is the major concern for the player, not buttons. Just point and do contextual actions. Great work on the extremely intuitive and revolutionary controls, Ubisoft :). This'll be good for speed runs, no stopping, awesomeness.COMBAT: Trigger-based combat. Not combos. Feels like a figher game, like Virtua Fighter. - Defence-based. TAP L trigger once to enter combat stance, not hold. HOLD R trigger for Block. You won't be attacking as much. That might make it similar to PoP series a little, but much more realistic and can't block forever. Can lose health even when blocking :twisted:. Time enemy attacks, and Counter (X) at right time to parry with your own special counter-attacks. They're like finishers, and they're bloody awesome. Yes, better than Conan dismemberment, or even an Izuna drop :o. If you parry well, there's a small window where enemy is stunned, and you can Attack one last time to see the blood fly :twisted:.- AI is damn intelligent. They don't attack one by one, acting as fodder. They're like Ninja Gaiden foes, attacking whenever they like. Hard to predict counters because of this, because blows coming from every direction. Guards like to be in groups circling you like prey.- Did about 7 counters in the whole time I played it (remember, 4 MINUTES).- They put their 250 NPC models to use. Never will the same NPC be seen. Makes it feel even more immersive. Great living, 'breathing' world. BOTTOM-LINE: Definitely distinct feel to other games. It's not Prince of Persia in a sandbox game. It's not a hack-and-slash game. It's nothing like other sandbox games. I just can't compare it to other games. Maybe this is why it took many people to get to grips with the game. They all played only 4-10 minutes, and came off very frustrated because they just 'faffed' about. Kudos to me for actually achieveing what my mental tasks were in this game :D. I came away feeling very good with myself. Satisfying 4 minutes. I should try BUTTON MASHING sometimes :P. If you read through all that, then thank you for reading!Jade Raymond and me: Ask me teh questions, boy. :)

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#51 rragnaar

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To make things weirder I did the whole process in reverse, here is Jade's face on my head:

As an interesting sidenote, I was making my best 'I Can Has Cheezburger' face in the original picture, see the similarities:

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#52 langer25

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nice =P..what day does it come out anyways? it just says november 2007

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#53 digi_matrix

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nice =P..what day does it come out anyways? it just says november 2007langer25

November 15th, I think. Not sure. Some more details:

Altair never takes his hood off.

You can't pick up weapons, Patrice said all you need is the 4 default ones you get. You can always restock on throwing knives by pickpocketing ;).

Going stealthy or super aggressive won't have any real difference in the results, they didn't want to penalise.

"Water is Altair's Kryptonite" :?

Cutscenes are interactive, so you can move your character at any time and get a better view of the action. I think you can see this on the Gametrailers footage about Montferrat.

You can help innocent civilians by taking out thugs.

There are other Assassin brothers of yours, so you might be on an objective to kill some guys for your brothers. Kinda like the "buddies" in Far Cry 2.

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#54 Planeforger

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Oh, and also JESPER KYD is doing the score. Kane and Lynch + Assassin's Creed, it's gonna be very nice for fans of him (me and -plant_tacit). You heard it here first! ;)digi_matrix

Wow, really? I'm sold!

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#55 Bootylicious

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you shouldve played Jade Raymond instead of Assassins Creed. im disappointed in you. *shakes head*

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#56 digi_matrix

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you shouldve played Jade Raymond instead of Assassins Creed. im disappointed in you. *shakes head*Bootylicious

I'd rather meet Jenny from Kane and Lynch, from the new Button Mashing episode. She seems way cooler. Not as hot, though :P. Here's one more pic of Jade, if you guys are so hungry: