Preview: Assassin's Creed

Consolemonster.com preview - Assassin's Creed

"My journey began at 5 in the morning. I awake and prepare to embark on what promises to be one of the most exciting days of my life-meeting Jade Raymond and playing Assassin's Creed. Eight long hours later and the full reality and anticipation got the best of me. I walked down the bright and colourful corridors of the Aldwych Hotel, and was told to proceed downstairs to the basement where I was, to my disbelief, met by a human Altair dressed in authentic clothing, complete with a set of weapons."

[sk00pie]

"had the chance to play Assassin’s Creed on both Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s Playstation 3, but in my opinion the game plays best on Xbox 360, with a crisper frame-rate and more detailed environments"

- Hopefully they prefered the 360 version because they are a 360 website and the game will be identical!

[SolidSnake]

We're not just a xbox 360 website, we deal with Ps3 (www.ps3monster.com) and Wii (www.wiimonster.com) I previewed the title on both sites Ps3monster and 360monster. Sorry to disappoint. Hope you enjoyed the preview though. either way its going to be a fantastic game.

[TheZippo]

I'm just glad someone else has problems with the PS controller... I hate it. Wished they would've stuck with the boomerang one. Not that the 360's has a great d-pad or anything it's lay-out is a lot better. Of course this is a person who really liked the N64 controller also.

[ATLRoAcH]

I'll wait for Reviews.Real reviews not Empires.

[Skerj]

Still no true answer on the jump button fiasco?

[Sean14233]

Thanks for sharing this, i am looking forward very much to this game. Interesting comment about it playing better on the 360, that doesn't surprise me though, I am yet to see a thing on PS3 that is very inspiring at all. Little Big planet does look awesome though, I hope they can catch up with 360 and bring more great games, but for now this will be another I will enjoy on the 360.

[SolidSnake]

What jump button fiasco ? Explain and ill let you know :)

[Sean14233]

I was wondering that too, what is this jump button fiasco?

[Hackworth]

Empire put out a review yesterday that said in it there was no jump button, which people were dismayed about, they withdrew that review from the site saying it had misleading information about the controls.

Like it said in this review, to do the free jumping you hold A and right trigger and run at whatever your jumping off of or over etc. and your guy does it. i personally think thats the best way they could do it, rather than having to worry about jumping at specific times to make sure you land properly etc.

[UJUSTLOSTONE]

Being that this is an MS site, if he was really bias he would have listed plus's and minus's on both the consoles, Like I'm sure that the sound is superior on the PS3, not trying to start anything, just saying

I'm tired of previews too, let that game drop already !

Peace

[SolidSnake]

''Please note that the early review of Assassin's Creed that appeared here was published in error. The review contained misleading information about the game's control system which should be disregarded. Please wait for the final, full review, which will be published online on November 16th."''

[Hackworth]

Couldn't find the link to that article again =P. but yeah thats the direct quote from empire.

[sarlucic]

Hmm how big was the difference in the graphic and the framerates? Was it painfull or was it quite ok? cuz considering its ubisoft i dont think ANYONE exspected the game to be at the same level as the xbox version : /

[Shaka2K6]

Never was hyped for this game in the 1st place.

[Hapimeses]

Well, I'm sorely disappointed to read the PS3 version appears to be the lesser iteration of the game. That's one sale to Ubisoft lost here. I'll plop my money in Naughty Dog's direction, I think, as Uncharted looks exceptional. At best, it seems I'll hire Assassin's Creed -- I have too little free cash to buy sub-standard games that I could play on other machines and have a better experience.

[sarlucic]

Are you suprised? its Ubisoft lol

[Hapimeses]

Yes, I am a little surprised, and a lot disappointed. Fortunately, there are more than enough other games to throw my money at.

:D

[ATLRoAcH]

I wouldn't trust this its a preview.He probably played it before they got it figured out.Wait for the reviews I don't think this game will lack on the PS3.

[TheMART]

"I had the chance to play Assassin’s Creed on both Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s Playstation 3, but in my opinion the game plays best on Xbox 360, with a crisper frame-rate and more detailed environments. The Xbox 360 controller, as said so many times before by reviewers, is built for gaming. Switching between weapons, free-running and interaction was intuitive, while Sony’s controller was a bit more of a chore. I was constantly having problems during combat as the buttons were not in a fluid position to pull off special combination moves."

Why is the same kind of result coming up again with multiplatform games, the 360 version being on top? That's just funny. Next one: COD4

[sarlucic]

No one exspected anything different, not even the most diehard ps3 fans, since ubisoft proven it again and again.. eh wait why am i writing to you? no one takes you seriously anyway.

[TheMART]

So all games from

Ubisoft are best on 360

All games from

EA are best on 360

That's a sh!tload of games there that will have the best version on the 360. What's the next developer that will be blacklisted by Sony fanboys to be expected to have constantly better versions on the 360?

[MrWonderful]

Please answer this question. Are you a Grown @ss man that has nonthing else to do? Why are you so in love with the 360? Oh i think i have an answer you work for the CORPORATION dont ya. I just want an answer to what drives you down a single path. And as for 360 ports being better you have to crawl before you can walk. working on 360 would make you able to sprint cause its just like a pc. As for ps3 this year they will learn to crawl, next year they will walk, then by they end of next year they will be driving lambos past your @ss

[PimpHandHappy]

till i even look at a review

Who made Vegas? I loved that game and all i heard was it was a port and that it sucked but yet all reviews gave it high scores and i still played the hell out of it.

Same with GRAW. I love that game and i dont see the issues ppl brought up about it being ummmmm jaggie

The only port i played and felt was shorted on was Splinter Cell. That game did look alot better on the 360. I know EA and the 30 vs 60 fps thing but i still enjoyed the hell out of that game also

You 360fanboys can say all you want about it being delayed and those games where old news but its not like the whole video game world is playing 360's. In fact a very small number are.

[KidMakeshift]

The whole premise of the past being recreated in a virtual space gives alot of leadway for follow-up titles

[Sean14233]

being better on the 360 should come as no suprise, I am yet to see a thing on the PS3 rated above the 360, it won't happen this generation.
Sony may as well hang it up, very unlikely there will be a PS4 but you can be sure there will be a third gen xbox.

[Mallow]

being better on the 360 should come as no suprise, I am yet to see a thing on the PS3 rated above the 360, it won't happen this generation.
Sony may as well hang it up, very unlikely there will be a PS4 but you can be sure there will be a third gen xbox."

Lol, tell me, after the flop that was Xbox did MS come out with 360 ? Yeah.
Oh, yeah, the 360 sucked ass in it's first year, in 2008 PS3 will be a lot better with games such as MGS, LBP, Killzone 2, FFXIII, White knight story, GT5, all games that I'm guessing will be better then anything that will release on 360 in 2008 because your best looking game then is Too Human, don't bring up Fable 2 or as it should be called project bore me to death.

[PimpHandHappy]

by
Zipper

is the game that will hurt if it sucks

[Sean14233]

Funny we heard these same comments about all this cool stuff ps3 would have in 2007 hmmm let's see almost NOTHING, 08 won't be much better, 360 has way more huge games and they all run better. so much for your fancy cell processor and not enough ram lol What a shame. Go watch a blu-ray movie, about all it's good for

[harv052]

funny how I read your post and thought you were an idiot...

[RudeSole Devil]

The site is called 360 Monster, are you kidding me of course the game looks better on Xbox 360. Ask PSU what version looks better, any way UBI soft said both games would be 95% identical so just wait for a third party review like IGN.

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