Creed is Good

The hype is warranted. From their time with Assassin's Creed, Screen Play would not be surprised if it is game of the year. They spent a gripping day last week playing the game and chatting to effervescent Creative Director, Patrice Desilets.

Patrice says there are two elements to Assassin's Creed - the formal missions and "the toy".

When Screen Play finally grabbed the joypad, they could instantly understand what Patrice was talking about. Whether leaping across rooftops, scaling the heights, swan diving from towers or just annoying innocents by barging into them, knocking over their market stalls and causing them to drop items like pots, Assassin's Creed is enormous fun to just tool around with.

[IdontTakeSides]

Im already sold on this game...haha..it's between this Game and Uncharted for GOTY..IMO..!!

[reaperxciv]

this game!

[mesh1]

this game blow uncharted out of the water any day better grap[ics a 30hr game and hundreds of characters at the screen at 1 time uncharted is garabge run and gun shooter dont compare it to game of the year cause it has no chance

[Twizlex]

Personally, I think GOTY is going to be between this and Mass Effect. They are the only two games I'm excited enough about that I'm buying them on day one. Usually I wait a few weeks to snatch them on the cheap online, or just rent them, but these two have stolen my lunch money for sure.

Edit: Somebody obviously doesn't think this game is all that good. We ALL got disagrees, hahaha!

[Snukadaman]

Some of us are already getting it...no need too hype it up anymore homie....and it wasnt me that disagree'd.

[Relientk77]

i have been sold on this game since 2006 when i first heard of it .... i really really really really really really really really want this game lol

[Dr Pepper]

This game looks awesome. I'm looking forward to trying out this style of stealth in a game.

[Maddens Raiders]

believe it or not, but I'm interested to see the final results and reviews. Not really my type of action game. I need loads of blood, limbs, screams, and gore (GoW, HS, Conan, Manhunt, the Darkness) to go along with it and from what I've seen this game is heavy on the stealth and escapist tactics, but not high on the bloodletting-onslaught of an "invincible hero". Ya know? I know a ton of you love it, but I'm definitely outside looking in on this one; hopefully, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

Can't wait for PS3vs.360 screen comparisons - what a *fun day that will be. <------------sarcasm

[sanderFVCKINcohen]

Why do people like gore games....ex Manhunt(THE WEAKEST AZZ GAME EVER). The only game ill like playing with gore in it is GoW...thats it. Limbs, bloody, and screamss??? how is that fun????

[Panthers]

It adds a lot of satisfaction to the game. Watching a body fall over does not do much, but watching blood pour out and limbs fly is... well... its just fantastic! Gives you a warm fuzzy feeling ya know?

[Maddens Raiders]

everyone's opinions? I am expressing my opinion and bias towards games with blood and violence, and please don't forget about the gore =]. Are you implying that because I play games like [that] or watch movies like [that], then somehow (in your view) I'm inclined to behave like Jefferey Dahmer? Is it really? Because if so then that's just (((sad)))

Again, this game looks good (not as good compared to Drake's) but the content/theme is the area that turns me off: run, hide, sneak, attack, run, hide, sneak do something mechanical, sneak, attack, run, hide, perform puzzle and beat, sneak, do something mechanical, run, hide attack........ Make sense?

[sanderFVCKINcohen]

but, that does not make sense, cuz Assasins Creed is much more than hide, sneak, attack, mechanical or whatever you stated.

[psycho360]

I guess if gore's is your fetish than check out the latest version of Soldier of fortune. http://www.n4g.com/News-772...

Anyway back to the topic. AC looks nice and hopefully it should deliver on the hype. Keeping fingers crossed for positive reviews.

[QuackPot]

I've heard enough.

A must buy.

And definitely front runner for GOTY.

And I'm suspecting that game engine of their's maybe something spectacular....and could be bigger than the unreal engine if they show off what it can do in Assassins & shop it around.

Well done, Ubi.

btw....i wonder if it'll lose points for no MP? Maybe it did already lol. Be interesting to see.

[jaja1434]

Not sure why it would, some games don't lend themselves to have a multilayer part. Particularly Action Adventure(this game), what ever category God of War is, Role Playing, and Puzzle games.

[CaliGamer]

I guess they beat the new Splinter Cell to the punch as far as crowd reaction and open, dynamic environments are concerned. I guess the PS3 can do complex crowd behavior, among other things. Interesting.

[CaliGamer]

Fool disagrees with me, not even realizing that UbiSoft makes both Assassins Creed and Splinter Cell. What a noob. Grow some balls and identify yourself if you disagree.

[mesh1]

PS3 fans shud be happy this is the best game they will be playing for a long time savour everymonet chumps .p.s only ppl bashing these games are sonyfanboys angry tht a multi plat game looks much much more than their exclusive uncharted drakes thsi game will sell triple the amount of drakes and is just a much richer game in every way no ps3 game will get GOTY i can bet my family on that goty= halo/bioshock/masseffect/assas in creed/cod4 no ps3 exclusive is good uncharted and rachet and cartoon flat games which is the easiest type of games to make look good as there are no intense 3d images like gears of war there are no depth to ps3 games uncharted is 1 that comes to mind u run shoot guns that sound like fire crackers and all shoot/sound the same and hew slap stick humor as the story line like movies like amarican pie NO THANKS i lik emore adult games

[PirateThom]

I hereby rename "Assassin's Creed" to "Knifefinger".

[Dr Pepper]

I wonder how much time I'll spend in the game just jumping around the rooftops instead of actually completing missions...

[DARK WITNESS]

from what i played, before each assassination mission you go on a bunch of submisstions which is all about finding out all the possible routs to your target. there may be like 5 or 6 different routs, but you only need to know a few if you want, or just one, or all of them.

its so much fun though and so easy to the roof climbing stuff.

[jaja1434]

I have a question, why is he missing a finger? If I remember correctly it was so that knife of his could slide out, but couldn't he just as easily move his wrist a little? Don't get me wrong, losing a finger is a +20 to badassness but seems rather unnecessary. :)

[DrPirate]

It's a sacrifice. Like a blood oath. A commitment to the Creed that your body is theres.

[Shaka2K6]

Nothing more nothing less will see the ign review 1st and the guy that reviews the game i dont want some stupid fat tool like the guy at gamestop reviewing R&C for PS3.

[DrPirate]

I hope this game is amazing. Come on, don't let me get hyped up for nothing.

[Dr Pepper]

It's Ubisoft Montreal, they won't let us down!

[nix]

have been following it since it was announced. too many games... argh! i need money!!

[Lionsguard]

How do they expect us to wait another 2 weeks?! This is madness!! Hopefully COD4 will ease the pain and suffering that we'll have to endure.

[DARK WITNESS]

sorry, i know i said i played it in my reply to DR P above without explaining, and i can't be bothered to type a long thing again so i have just copy and pasted what i wrote before on the other thread, sorry i don't normally do this;

wow,

i got a chance to play a little today at the london game festival and had a chat with Jade and the other guy ( i think he was the game design lead )..anyway, i just want to say wow!

ok, they only had the game running on 360's so i could not compare, but from what i saw it is by far one of the best games i have seen on any system so far.

FORGET anything negative you have heard from the press on this one. its a must buy game for real. i played it for about 10 min, there were no frame rate issues, none of the bugs or glitching that was reported before. it was running super smooth. everything from the lighting to the textures were so detailed.....personally i think it looks may petter then gears.

The controls, are not bad at all, you just may need a little practice getting use to them. The D-pad selects the weapons. All the climbing and jumping etc is done by simply holding down the right trigger and A at the same time....its as simple as that. he does all the leg work himself. The fighting and animation is very impressive, the guards do everything you can do ( apart from the wall climging ). if your in a fight and your blocking to much they will grab you and push or throw you to the floor, the AI is very good.

if the AI sees the path you are taking to make your escape, guards will respond by trying to cut you off or flank you. there is so much that has gone into this game.

while the deves could not or didn't talk about the story much for obvious reasons, i asked a question about some of the things i noticed.

i don't think this is really a spoiler, but as you play and you will notice this in a lot of the vids, you will notice the strange code thing that flashes across the screen from time to time. also, Alter's health bar looks like a human DNA strand with about 10 bars running along it. I said to the design guy that i had noticed it had a very SCI-FI look to it and asked if this had anything to do with the " big twist " in the story and if we would see this play a relevant part in the game. He said " with in the first 5 to 10 min of the game all this would become clear " he said some other stuff but i don't want to say to much.

so there you have it, as far as the story goes, this big twist is not something you will need to wait for the end of the game to find out what it is... at least thats what he said.

there is so much more to say, but the game is just round the corner, so i am not going to bore you all with my long post.

but i must say it again... it's a MUST by game. when i first saw this game it was one of the reasons i thought of getting a ps3. when i heard it was multi platform i thought great. when i read some of the comments from the press about it and saw some of the early videos i lost interest. i thought there were so many other games coming out i may just leave it. i didn't think it would live up to the hype or achive all the things the deves were claiming they were going to do. now i have seen and played it..... i cannot find one fault with it. i have not played much only 10min but this is my personal opinion based on what i have played. this is a real AAA title and deserves everyone's attention !

EVERYONE NEEDS TO OWN THIS GAME ! forget what ubisoft has done with most of there so called next gen games so far. GRAW was rubbish, so was Splinter Cell double agent. after those two games i was not impressed with what ubi had been pumping out, it seemed like all there games were being rushed and just ending up half finished and full of bugs by the time we end up playing them, but this, this is pure quality...like i said no technical issues at all, no jaggies, no drops in frame rate.

I know a lot of people have lost interest and some have doubts based on what has been said so far, but trust me you need to give it a try. if ever there was a game that deserves a try even though bad things have been said, trust me its this game ! i belive you will all be very supprised. If there was an award for comeback of the year, it should go to this game. it is different, very different and now its really starting to show !

hand on heart, best looking game so far !

by the way, jade is cute, but well skinny ! i got a signed poster and shook her hand...shook her hand !

[ClickClank]

Not for nothing, but you did only play it for 10 minutes. I'm not saying it will have any issues or anything, but 10 minutes isn't a very big window to see if there will be any problems with this game. I hope they fixed the AI, because the video where he assassinates de Monterfat (sp?) and then fought about 6 or 7 guards was really bad.

[DARK WITNESS]

i did try to make it clear, i have ONLY played it for 10min and you are right, its not a big window to see if there are any issues with the game or not. let me add though i only got to play for 10min, i also watched others play for about 45min, i still didn't see any issues.

mostly what i am trying to say is that for the few min i had with the game, it left a very big impression on me. a positive one.

i am the sort of gamer who does lose interest very fast and it lost my interest a while back but it has won me over again.

people just need to give it a try. its a lot better then most of the games that have been out this year and i would say personally that i think it is a contender for GOTY.

[Lionsguard]

I'd never wash that hand, in fact if they created a one handed controller I'd chop off that hand and have it preserved in glass case.

[DARK WITNESS]

thats exactly what my friend said who was with and shook her hand.
he said he was never going to wash his hand !

lol....

i need both hands so i can perform certain sexual acts, if you know what i mean ...lol

[CBaoth]

Too many reviews focus on the content of the game and never address the technical issues. I'm glad you alleviated my concerns about AC. After seeing the early trailers and the latest builds, the screen shearing and buggy framerate had me greatly worried. Now I'll keep my pre-order, ty again bud. You saved me the trouble of having to read 30 reviews in order to find that out.

[MK_Red]

Can't wait anymore. Glad that it's gone gold. Assassin's can't arrive soon enough.

[Wii60_FTW]

this game is one giant gimmick. I hold true to my prediction: Flop.

[misterssippi]

Ok, gamers have been following this game since 2005/2006. Who didnt know it was gonna be a hit. Its kind of a no-brainer. Why dont they find us some sleeper games to ge excited about, instead of telling us how good an obviously great game is.

[tk]

Can't understand why people (Sony and MS fans) comparing this with Uncharted. Arguments going both ways as if the two are direct competitors. Both look great. Uncharted is PS3 exclusive, Creed is multi - and runs equally well on both PS3 and XB360. They are not even the same. Only thing they share is similar release time frame.

Please let go of this stupid comparisons. I will most probably get Uncharted this year, and Creed next year - but I will get both. Both seems too good to pass.

[kunark]

ya i was wondering why people keep comparing those 2 games there not even the same game or even based in same time period. but im getting them both but i dont think ill be swaping disks to campare grafix they both look really good imo