Comments on: Assassin’s Creed PC, “Director’s Cut”

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Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:19:22 +0000

[...] Assassin’s Creed on PC: what’s different? [...]

By: lio

lio — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:22:23 +0000

they should rather try to get the system requirements down to more reasonable levels than put in time for extra content only a few will be able to play due to the enormous hardware hunger…

By: Optimaximal

Optimaximal — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:02:19 +0000

The problem with Double Agent was that they let the goons in Shanghai develop it for the next-gen consoles and PC. The interface was backwards next to Chaos Theory, which was developed by Ubi Montreal – who did the last-gen versions which used the Chaos Theory interface (w. sound sensor etc.)

What a fuck up it was.

By: Schadenfreude

Schadenfreude — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:25:36 +0000

Clearly whoever was sitting there last forgot his haemorrhoid-ring and it cushioned the fall.

By: Lu-Tze

Lu-Tze — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:46:29 +0000

@Jim Rossignol: “And the hiding by sitting down.”

The most amusing moment in Assassin’s Creed was when I fell from a more than lethal height during a chase but landed sitting on a bench which saved my life and lost the guards… Funny bugs are funny!

By: Chiablo

Chiablo — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:56:38 +0000

My big gripe with the game…

The ‘investigations’ should have actually done something to the assassination portion of the level.

What they should have done:
Incriminate a general, and as a result, he no longer guards the target.
Steal the watch schedule, and there are fewer archers on the rooftops.
Bribe the soldier guarding the front gate, and he will accidentally leave it open, giving you easier access to the courtyard.
Slip poison into the court’s wine caskets and the target has fewer hitpoints when you go to battle him.

Such a simple change would have given Assassin’s Creed one of the most defining features of an outstanding game: Choice. As it stands, it is a mediocre game dressed up as more than it really is.

I played through half of the game, obsessively getting all of the investigation material before I realized it didn’t do jack to the final outcome. I got the bare minimum requirements for each level after that and got the same result as someone who had more patience than I did.

By: James T

James T — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:25:00 +0000

I’ve been playing the PC port of Splinter Cell: Double Agent this week.
Based on the quality of that port, I have to say that there’s no way I’d consider playing a Ubi game on the PC any more, no matter how many new game modes they add.

Amen, brother. Ubisoft owe me one functioning PC game, so I’m afraid SC:Conviction will be getting the pirate treatment from me, even if it doesn’t turn out to be bugged to fuck.

By: Frosty840

Frosty840 — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:25:24 +0000

James: Last game I played that had a decent end-section was… Well, not counting a couple of recent Valve releases, I’d say it was probably the Baldur’s Gate 2 expansion pack.

Other than that, I find most games to end fairly Xen-ly.

By: James

James — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:46:06 +0000

A little disappointing to be honest. To buy the shiny collectors edition on the 360 at release only to have them release it with almost twice the investigations is a bit annoying. If the additions are worthwhile, doubtful as that is, I hope they at least give me the option of picking it up as DLC.

Not straying into the area of Gamer’s Rage by saying that they shouldn’t have done it at all, I just wish I had known that they were doing this when I shelled out for the game. That said, I seem to be in the internet minority of folks who enjoyed the game immensely. Different strokes for different folks.

EDIT: The last mission was a bit of a drag, though.

By: Thiefsie

Thiefsie — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:10:49 +0000

That would add some nice variety actually…

By: The_B

The_B — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:06:52 +0000

ASSASSIN’S CREED. Developed by Ubisoft.

Changelog for PC Version 1.1:

Added: Big giant stompy robots

By: Fumarole

Fumarole — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:00:15 +0000

Now this’ll be interesting to see how else it differs from the console versions.