Ubisoft have released the recommended specs needed for Assassin's Creed on the PC.
In a nutshell:
Dual-core 2.6 GHz chip
3gb of ram
Direct X 10 gfx card
3 GB OF RAM?!! WTF!
That's a bit bloody steep innit?
So basically, if I wanted to play Assassin's Creed on my pc i'd have to update the motherboard, chip, gfx card and memory.
Doing a quick run on Misco for parts, i can see that it would come to roughly £600 for those 4 components.
Or i can just play it on the 360 for a week until i get bored of it and save my money for porn sites when the guided tour just isn't enough.
For £600 you can get a whole load o' wank.
And they wonder why pc gaming is dying out (nothing to do with the rampant piracy, no no)
Showing posts with label assassin's creed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label assassin's creed. Show all posts
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Thursday, 15 November 2007
Assassin's Creed - Final word
It's good, but it's not great. There, I said it
It's pretty repetitive, it's not 'stealthy' enough to be the game you want it to be. The story is superfluous and you don't really care. It's basically 'Go to this point, kill this guy, come back'. There doesn't seem to be any 'Go to the place, follow him until he's on his own, kill his guards one by one so no-one notices anything, kill him only by stealth then hide him in his bed' kind of stuff. That would have been ace.
But that doesn't happen. You just kill them then leg it from the guards. Don't get me wrong, the graphics are absolutely amazing, the city looks great and for one of the first times ever in a game it does feel like a living breathing city. You'll get beggars running up to your face and asking for money repeatedly, even when you push them away. You've got mad folk that'll shove you if you get too close. The city really does feel alive. And the climbing is fantastic, much better than prince of persia or any other game that does climbing. It just feels so organic.
The sword fighting is pretty rubbish and it's far more enjoyable to escape over the rooftops. It's pretty much limited to 3 things to do, hack (press x), hard hack (keep x pressed) and counter-attack (press x when blocked). Oh yeah, you can also chuck em off buildings. As you can see it's not exactly God of War here.
And the main problem it's just a wee bit too slow.
I know it looks absolutely amazing and the best thing since forever and i'm really sorry to do this to you but it's just, well..., not!
If i were you, i'd hire it, i wouldn't buy it. You'll probably complete it in a couple of days if you played it solidly. And there's no replay value other than achievements but isn't that the case with every 360 game?
It's pretty repetitive, it's not 'stealthy' enough to be the game you want it to be. The story is superfluous and you don't really care. It's basically 'Go to this point, kill this guy, come back'. There doesn't seem to be any 'Go to the place, follow him until he's on his own, kill his guards one by one so no-one notices anything, kill him only by stealth then hide him in his bed' kind of stuff. That would have been ace.
But that doesn't happen. You just kill them then leg it from the guards. Don't get me wrong, the graphics are absolutely amazing, the city looks great and for one of the first times ever in a game it does feel like a living breathing city. You'll get beggars running up to your face and asking for money repeatedly, even when you push them away. You've got mad folk that'll shove you if you get too close. The city really does feel alive. And the climbing is fantastic, much better than prince of persia or any other game that does climbing. It just feels so organic.
The sword fighting is pretty rubbish and it's far more enjoyable to escape over the rooftops. It's pretty much limited to 3 things to do, hack (press x), hard hack (keep x pressed) and counter-attack (press x when blocked). Oh yeah, you can also chuck em off buildings. As you can see it's not exactly God of War here.
And the main problem it's just a wee bit too slow.
I know it looks absolutely amazing and the best thing since forever and i'm really sorry to do this to you but it's just, well..., not!
If i were you, i'd hire it, i wouldn't buy it. You'll probably complete it in a couple of days if you played it solidly. And there's no replay value other than achievements but isn't that the case with every 360 game?
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Oooooh...
Yes yes yes, I've got Assassin's Creed. Who wants to touch me?
I said who wants to touch me, goddammit.
I'd love to tell you what it's like but i've only played an hours worth of the game so far and i haven't really got into the meat of it yet.
So i'll tell you what i can.
It's a little like Hitman but not as hard.
The storyline is very different to what you expect it to be. It's like an end of story twist but right at the beginning.
Climbing is fantastic, it's so easy and it looks so frickin' cool. You just keep rs & A pressed down then run into a wall, Altair will jump and climb as high and fast as he can. Fantastic when you're giving it legs away from the guards.
It's a slow game. VERY slow. This isn't a game where you rush around killing everyone in sight. It's a game where you have to walk slowly past guards with your head bowed and then blend into the crowd. This isn't a game for kids, they'd just get too bored.
The crowd is excellent, so is working your way through the crowd. The way Altair weaves between the traffic of people putting his hands on peoples shoulders so he can get past and giving them a gentle push so they get out of the way when necessary is amazing.
Gfx are just superb but that goes without saying.
On the bad side, there doesn't seem to much depth to the game yet. You can walk around one of the 4 cities (that take you about 20 minutes to travel between on horseback) and do various things. As usual you have your main quest and numerous side quests dotted about. My main quest was to find out 2 things about something which i did, then you can keep wandering around the city helping beggars by killing the guards who are pushing them around or you can find the 9 lookout points at the tops of towers. These open a large radius of the map quickly, which is always useful.
I hope it gets more depth further in the game as it's a little too freeform for an assassin game but, admittedly, i am only at the beginning at the moment. I'll update in a couple of days.
I said who wants to touch me, goddammit.
I'd love to tell you what it's like but i've only played an hours worth of the game so far and i haven't really got into the meat of it yet.
So i'll tell you what i can.
It's a little like Hitman but not as hard.
The storyline is very different to what you expect it to be. It's like an end of story twist but right at the beginning.
Climbing is fantastic, it's so easy and it looks so frickin' cool. You just keep rs & A pressed down then run into a wall, Altair will jump and climb as high and fast as he can. Fantastic when you're giving it legs away from the guards.
It's a slow game. VERY slow. This isn't a game where you rush around killing everyone in sight. It's a game where you have to walk slowly past guards with your head bowed and then blend into the crowd. This isn't a game for kids, they'd just get too bored.
The crowd is excellent, so is working your way through the crowd. The way Altair weaves between the traffic of people putting his hands on peoples shoulders so he can get past and giving them a gentle push so they get out of the way when necessary is amazing.
Gfx are just superb but that goes without saying.
On the bad side, there doesn't seem to much depth to the game yet. You can walk around one of the 4 cities (that take you about 20 minutes to travel between on horseback) and do various things. As usual you have your main quest and numerous side quests dotted about. My main quest was to find out 2 things about something which i did, then you can keep wandering around the city helping beggars by killing the guards who are pushing them around or you can find the 9 lookout points at the tops of towers. These open a large radius of the map quickly, which is always useful.
I hope it gets more depth further in the game as it's a little too freeform for an assassin game but, admittedly, i am only at the beginning at the moment. I'll update in a couple of days.
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
Assassin's Creed
How cool does this game look?
Please let it be good, please let it be good, please let it be good...
BTW, the music is Lonely Souls by Unkle with vocals by Ian Brown, ex lead of Stone Roses, if you like that song you should check out Rabbit in your Headlights video, i'm sure you'll find it on Youtube, every other music video is on there.
Please let it be good, please let it be good, please let it be good...
BTW, the music is Lonely Souls by Unkle with vocals by Ian Brown, ex lead of Stone Roses, if you like that song you should check out Rabbit in your Headlights video, i'm sure you'll find it on Youtube, every other music video is on there.
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