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GameSpot Gives 9/10 to Assassin's Creed: PS3's Better Frame-rate & Xbox 360's Better Lighting

Assassin's Creed is a beautiful and exciting experience that you'll remember for years to come.

"There are few differences between the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions. PS3 owners are blessed with a slightly more solid frame rate, although the 360 version features a little more contrast in the lighting, so it's pretty much a wash. But regardless of which platform you go with, you'll have an amazing and unforgettable game. Assassin's Creed is the kind of game you tell your friends about, and one that should be in your collection. "

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MK_Red5999d ago

Wow, I can't believe I'm saying this but GameSpot FTW!
7.7 from IGN, 9 from GameSpot, 7 from 1UP, 9.5 from Game Informer. Mixed reactions = Checked.

Maldread5999d ago (Edited 5999d ago )

Agree with that hehe. Very strange.

Agree with Tommie too, wonder which one is right though.Perhaps Gamespot is trying to make up for the Ratchet reviews, but i would advise everyone to at least try it for yourselves with such mixed reviews and opinions about the fps, so that we can get a more general idea of how it is.

I would take framerate over lighting anyday though, since it`s more important to the gameplay.

MK_Red5999d ago

I don't think this is making up for Ratchet case because AC is a multi title. Uncharted is the game that GS could use to make up for Ratchet review.
My trusted review sites are GameInformer, IGN and GameTrailers. They gave AC 9.5, 7.7 and 9.1. The sites I don't trust are GameSpot, 1UP and GameSpy. They gave AC 9, 7 and 7...
Don't remember this kind of mixed reactions... ever.

Ju5999d ago

What now ?

IGN: PS3 has frame rate issue which go as far as having an impact of game play
GS: PS3 has more stable frame rate.

Confused...

JsonHenry5999d ago

My buddy back home told me the game is cool for the first half, then the last half of the game you wish you never bought it.

And NO replay value at all.

Again, this is not me, but someone else saying it. I think the game looks fun. Maybe a rent. Certainly not a buy since there is no multiplayer.

Maldread5999d ago (Edited 5999d ago )

Yeah Uncharted seems the more obvious choice if they want to "redeem" themselves, but i find it strange that a PS3 game would have a better fps game than a 360 game, with the current situation of multiplatform games. Maybe that`s why Gamespot gives it to a multiplatform game now, so the can show PS3 some love for once (since they always point out that with the PS3 versions of games is lacking) ;)

Not trying to start a conspiracy story here though hehe, just meant it as a funny remark ;)

It would be great for the PS3 to get a "better" multiplatform version of a game at the same time as the 360 version for once, but i trust IGN usually, so i don`t know which could have the most stable fps

JsonHenry5999d ago

Also, the one thing that seems to be coming out is that the 360 version looks a little better and does not have all the weird texture issues.

Danja5999d ago

I know..I thoughtthe PS3 had framerate probs...ne ways...

Gamespot is still on my most hated list....and the thing is..they don't have a choice but to give UNCHARTED good score...sucks to be them...

Gamespot-equals-EGM5999d ago (Edited 5999d ago )

Why are you being such fanboy to a particular game? That makes no sense, you have a obsession with Jade Raymond or something?

So you only listen to reviews that score AC high and you discredit ones that score AC below 8 (which is a lot of reviews)? I'm sorry but that's just plain retarded.

MK_Red5999d ago (Edited 5999d ago )

@ Maldread:
Good point my friend. It may indeed be the case.

@ Gamespot-equals-EGM:
Do you know those people who are crazy about a system or game and worship it? Halo 3 fans? MGS fans? FF fans? PS3 fans? 360 fans?
I'm like them on Assassin's Creed. I've been following before ever knowing it about Jade Raymond. Also I like her as a game developer. My obsession with AC comes from the great technical achievements that devs have gone for (and mostly succeded IMO). Plus, AC has been my most anticipated game of 2007 after Burnout Paradise was delayed to 2008.

EDIT: @ ATLRoAcH
Completely agreed. The game is a really new and amazing game. Thanks for the great commen. AC is unique indeed.
Bubbles for you :)

ATLRoAcH5999d ago (Edited 5999d ago )

Assassin's Creed is just my type of game.And considering the mixed reviews I'd say that if its your type of game you will like it.I usually roll with gametrailers and they gave it a pretty good score.I want this game for the open-world, free-roaming gameplay more than anything and they all say thats the best part of the game so I'll be picking up my pre-order tomorrow along with COD:4.

(edit)@ MK_Red

You and me both.Assassin's Creed just offers a lot of things no other game is offering this year.I pre-ordered the limited edition months ago and called my gamestop and they're not going to have it until tomorrow.I've been waiting on this game so long I can't give up on it now.The mixed reviews tell me its either a good game or a great game.I comfortable with mid sevens being the low and tens being the high.I like Jade Raymond and all but I like this game because of how unique it is.

(re-edit) @ MK_Red

Bubble for you to my friend.Like you need it.lol.I think nine is the most bubbles you can get but oh well its the thought that counts.

lonestarmt5999d ago

I'm not knocking AC, I think its going to be good, and I"m buying it tommorrow, but remember when they bashed Rachet for having to much variety?? well and AC of late has been getting hit for beeing to repative (DW anyone?? jj I love those games) so maybe this game is right up gamespots ally?? lol

Gamespot-equals-EGM5999d ago (Edited 5999d ago )

How can you be such a strong supporter of a game you haven't even played? I can understand Halo 3 fans or MGS4 fans b/c they're sequels in long-running franchises but AC is the first in the series. A person can't tell much about gameplay, pacing or other elements by just watching movies.

EDIT: @lonestar (above): good one

ShiftyLookingCow5999d ago

wow this is crazy, IGN and Gamespot directly contradict each other. well time to read the review myself. Good find.

skagrerrrr5999d ago

I'm going to buy the game when it comes out then

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darkwing5999d ago

didn't IGN said the PS3 had frame rate problems @_@ and weren't these guys the same ones who gave 7.5 to Ratchet, must be trying make up for that one

ruibing5999d ago

Yeah, I know I am confused. Maybe this is like PES where your HDTV can alter the performance or maybe those PS3 tweaks really do work and the IGN people didn't do them.

I guess we'll never know until we buy them ourselves and see whether there is a noticeable difference.

SlappyMcTaint5999d ago

I'll take a better framerate than overbloom lighting and contrast anyday. PS3 FTmfW

Overbloomy contrast blowout seems to be an xbox staple...

hollabox5999d ago (Edited 5999d ago )

I do think it is weird, I do wonder if Gamespot made a typo. Anyways, based on videos and screen shots I say the 360 version looks better. I might give this game a try later after Christmas with all the games coming out I want have time to play until then.
http://media.insider.ign.co...

Tommie5999d ago

IGN: Xbox 360 better framerate then PS3
Gamespot: PS3 better framerate then Xbox 360

Now who's right or wrong here?

MK_Red5999d ago

Agreed, something is really REALLY wrong here. Either site reviewers are crazy or the game act differently for each reviewer...

Douchebaggery5999d ago (Edited 5999d ago )

I play PC games on a mid range PC and I'm use to a bad framerate so now whenever I play a console game I barely notice slowdowns unless they're really bad.

FYI almost every major multi-platform game reviews from IGN are written by Hilary Goldstein the top dog of the IGN x360 team, I'm not into conspiracy theories but having listened to their podcast and heard him ridicule the PS3 many time, it's reasonable to ask if there might some unconscious bias on his part.

Gamespot-equals-EGM5999d ago

Holy sh!t, you people are being such b!tches. IGN's main complaint with the game wasn't the framerates. IGN scored the game 'low' (aka below 8) because IGN thought AC's 12-15 hours of gameplay had too much minutia and tedious stuff in it.

DeckUKold5999d ago

is trying it's best to keep ps3 fans on they site by being a bi*ch for ps3

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PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama

This should make fans and collectors very happy. PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama Assassin's Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama available for pre-order on January 25.

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Can We Finally Admit Assassin's Creed 3 Deserves an Apology?

AC3 was released during a turbulent transition period for Ubisoft and the Assassin's Creed series. It ventured into uncharted territory, narratively and mechanically, which caused it to receive mixed reviews. At its core, though, it's a damn good stealth game.

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isarai188d ago

Nope, I hated 3, connar was bland, literally the most flat character in the entire game. Not to mention to myriad of bugs, camera issues, and that annoying thing where he automatically ditches his weapon you payed for for the sake of a cool finishing move forcing you to trek back to your base after almost every encounter just to re-equip your own weapon. It just didn't work as fluidly as the others like 2 and 4

Samonuske187d ago

The series peaked at AC3 for me. It’s been my favourite in the series. Connor will always be one of my favourite video game protagonists.

Becuzisaid187d ago

No. Game was BORING. Connor was really dull. Environments, while impressive, because of the geographic location and time period were not really exciting to be in. I would love some kind of game set in there colonial American time period, but a game like AC that back then centered around parkour and vertical traversal really didn't fit those environments.

-Foxtrot187d ago

Nope

There was a lot of issues but mine is how they handled the war

They told us Connor was not going to get involved, that the war was more of a background setting for the real story and it wasn’t going to be one sided

They lied, even the cinematic E3 trailer showed Connor emerge from the Colonist side and slaughter the red coats to get to his target, inspiring the Colonists to fight back

I just thought it would have made more sense lore wise that the red coats were mostly compiled of Assassins fighting the Colonist templars who wanted to take the new world for themselves.

Since the Red coats lost the war, it would then explain how the Templars started to gain the upper hand and how on the future the assassins were mostly killed off and the Templar’s had pretty much taken over everything.

Instead it just felt like they didn’t want to p*** off the American audience

Even Haytham was cool, he should have been an Assassin through and through and should have been the main lead.

toxic-inferno187d ago

The game even seems to lack the humour of the other games. It almost seems as though the idea of even slightly making fun of American history wouldn't be acceptable.

-Foxtrot187d ago

Exactly

It just felt super safe

“Better not make the colonists look super bad incase people boycott our game”

jeromeface187d ago

someone missed the whole point

-Foxtrot187d ago

There was literally no point

What I've just said above would at least make sense lore wise and why the Assassins start to loose their war, die off and how the Templars are in control in the future of almost everything....what they did was just, pointless

CrimsonWing69187d ago

I’m one one of those weird people that liked Ass Creed 3, but to be fair I never got around to finishing it.

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5 Of the Most Unlikeable Video Game Protagonists

There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists.

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GhostScholar198d ago (Edited 198d ago )

I disagree that max is unlikable. Chloe is infinitely more unlikable in my opinion.

gold_drake198d ago

omg chloe was awful. i really hated her at the end haha

Cacabunga198d ago

Abby was absolute trash protagonist in every way..
Tidus was so meh to me..
On villain side, the one i didn’t like wa Micah, because they wanted him to be that way and it was brilliant👍🏽

Rancegamerx198d ago

I agree, I liked Max, Chloe was a horrible friend and a bad influence.

Cacabunga198d ago

Everyone agrees on chloe, I’m sure even ND do.

H9198d ago

Both are horrible, granted Chloe is infinitely worse, it feels like Chloe is just fanservice for people who too over the edge and wasn't written to be a character that makes sense

GooGobbler198d ago

What about that Forspoken Tw*t

MrChow666198d ago

exactly I was expecting it to be a the top of the list

ravens52198d ago

Ye I was expecting her too. Guess they actually played the game. Unlike you and whoever agrees.

gpimlott197d ago

I played through the whole game and think she is one of the worst character Ive ever played as

ravens52197d ago (Edited 197d ago )

gpimlott. How?

Stanjara187d ago

Why would I payed and played the game if the whole internet is making fun of a character?

-Im here to kill Chaos...are you Chaos?

Yeah, I didn't play that game either.

Christopher198d ago (Edited 198d ago )

She's actually not bad. It's the writing itself that is bad overall, but she's fine overall. She's no worse than Miles Morales IMHO. Both thrust into a spotlight and receiving both praise and blame and dealing with it.

Forspoken is a bland game because it's 75% bland, boring, repetitive going through the motions and diversions that add nothing of the value with purposefully gated memory moments that don't feel organic or like you're discovering things but waiting for others to reveal things.

ravens52198d ago

Exactly Chris. Even though I liked the game. I kno u played it. People who actually played it and went thru her dream saw she was a good likeable person who really just acted out due to being alone and unloved. I think your problem is it was open world, I think if it was more linear you may have liked it better.

savedsynner198d ago

Oh no she's bad. Very unlikable even before you add on the bad dialogue. The game could have been quite good with a good protagonist

ravens52197d ago

For all the people like synner. Shes actually half white lol. Inferior complexity is a hell of a thing. You'll be ok.

Nerdmaster198d ago

Most of these aren't even that bad. Especially comparing to others like Squall "Whatever" Leonhart, Forspoken's Frey, and the guy from Atomic Heart.

-Foxtrot198d ago

Squall is one of the best developed main FF characters so...

People talk about his "whatever" thing thats at the start of the game, not the character he eventually becomes in the end.

Nerdmaster197d ago

No amount of "character development", (especially the ones that for me feels sudden and undeserved like Squall's), will justify him being a d**k to my girl Quistis. Even if he found the cure for cancer, from that moment on, I would never like him.
The article is about being unlikeable, and he was indeed unlikeable for at least half of the game.

BrainSyphoned198d ago

Squall is the best protagonists in FF so you can go whatever yourself.

H9198d ago

My good sir, I need to steal that "you can go whatever yourself" because it's gold

BlaqMagiq1198d ago

Except Squall has actual character development.

gold_drake198d ago (Edited 198d ago )

the "watever" is only present in the english localisation.
so your argument doesnt rly ... stand imo.

Nerdmaster197d ago

Good for you that you could enjoy the japanese version. That's not the case for me and the majority of people here, though.

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gold_drake198d ago (Edited 198d ago )

i had to stop reading after the "blatant misogyny" in the Dantes inferno section.

i actually liked Max haha.

the forspoken chick is missing tho

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