[Ian]

Has anyone here played Assassins Creed for the PC yet? It came out yesterday, and I ended up buying it last night

I've only played a few hours, but I'm really impressed with the gameplay so far. You can tell it's a console title that's been ported over, but they've done a great job of it. Although the controls have taken some getting used to, the movement of the characters, graphics and sound are all amazing. Combined with what seems like an interesting story so far, I think this will be a very enjoyable game

I'll take some screenshots and get them posted next time I'm in the game

[Taffycat]

It looks like a good game, I've just watched the short "experience" demo on their website the graphics look very realistic

Is there a monthly subscription or anything like that Ian? Or is it similar to GW, where you buy it, play it and no more fees to worry about

[Ian]

No fee's or anything like that - but it's just a single player game. It's a bit like the old "Tomb Raider" games if you've ever played those

[floppybootstomp]

I've been wondering what that game's like. I was never fond of the Tomb Raider series mostly because of the control system.

Frustrating as hell, all that jumping, missing, falling, climb up again, jumping, missing, falling, etc etc. Odd perspective as well, the third party view.

If Assassin's creed is not like that, I may give it a try depending on what you have to say about it.

Oh, and I don't like stealth much which is why I avoided the Thief series and Hitman series, didn't appeal to me at all. I tried the first Thief and it drove me nuts

So, with 'Assassin' in the title I'm obviously cautious.

It's set in medieval times so I believe and has fairly hefty system demands I think. Is it playing well on your machine?

[Taffycat]

I'm a bit new-ish to games so have really only played GW (which I enjoy a lot,) but thinking I'd probably like Assassin's Creed too. I don't mind it being single-player as I mostly play GW on my own

[floppybootstomp]

And while we're on the subject I tried The Witcher a few weeks ago, picked it up for £15.00 and I can honestly it's a great big pile of poo

Good graphics but a really awful control system; combat that's largely ineffectual; long cut scenes that you can't exit; corny dialogue; unable to leap on ledges, can only follow set path - yuk.

Fortunately for me the shop took it back and exchanged it for another game.

Last night spent a few hours on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I love that game but go long periods not playing it then come back to it. Very relaxing I think I'm about a quarter of the way through and I haven't been playing the side quests, will come back to those once I've finished.

[muckshifter]

No disrespect TC, but it ain't anything like GW.


I agree with Floppy, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, is a nice "starter" game in the genera like Assassin's Creed ... I was surprised I actually stuck playing out Oblivion, it, I think, can be called a clasic.






oh, and Oblivion has a 'God mode' you can use, if you get stuck like.

[Ian]

Originally Posted by floppybootstomp

I've been wondering what that game's like. I was never fond of the Tomb Raider series mostly because of the control system.

I wasn't overly keen on Tomb Raider for that very same reason... lining up jumps 10 times in a row only to start again. I can confidently say that this isn't like that The keys did take me a couple of hours to get fully used to, but you can literally climb anything in the game, and if you have to jump across loads of beams you don't need to do each one individually. You can jump over roofs, grab on to beams and run across narrow ledges with a high degree of automation (i.e. it figures out what you want to do, and the character just does it when you aim for it).

I did a quick search for a youtube video and found this example :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nIBoYRoq9M

All of that running and jumping illustrated is really, really easy.

Originally Posted by floppybootstomp

Oh, and I don't like stealth much which is why I avoided the Thief series and Hitman series, didn't appeal to me at all. I tried the first Thief and it drove me nuts

I think you can play this game and be very stealthy the whole way through, or if you're like me I just run across roof tops, push people over and generally act as stealthy as an elephant. There are a couple of point in the game so far where you do need to be a bit stealthy (i.e. pickpocketing, assassination) - but it isn't like you are hiding everywhere.

Originally Posted by floppybootstomp

It's set in medieval times so I believe and has fairly hefty system demands I think. Is it playing well on your machine?

It plays great on my machine, really well in fact - I was quite surprised given the requirements (mine's a Q6600 @ 3Ghz, 8800GTS, 2GB ram). It runs at full resolution on my 22" widescreen, but I don't think AA is enabled.

[Ian]

Originally Posted by Taffycat

I'm a bit new-ish to games so have really only played GW (which I enjoy a lot,) but thinking I'd probably like Assassin's Creed too. I don't mind it being single-player as I mostly play GW on my own

I've not played GW before, so I don't know what it's like - but I think this is different from what I understand. It's a shame there isn't a playable demo so that you could get a feel for what the game is like - I've had a google but can't find any info on one being released. The vid I posted above demonstrates a good example of the gameplay though

edit : I've just seen that Mucks can confirm this isn't like GW

[muckshifter]

Hmmm, looks interesting ... and fun.


I like point-n-shoot ...