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Assassin's Creed: Pro-G Review (Xbox 360 version with PS3 Comparison) Scores 8/10

Pro-G writes:

"As stunning as the game looks and as enthralled as I was by the story - which really is quite intriguing if you look for all the information - the game's flaws are too hard to ignore. They mostly boil down to how the game seemingly goes out of its way to make things less fun than they should be. Escaping should be something Altair is highly skilled at, but guards are just about as agile, leaping from building to building after you. Time after time I was moments from taking shelter in some hay, in a roof garden or in the safety of a group of scholars, when a guard would spot me, and another lengthy pursuit would ensue - what should have been great fun quickly devolved into a chore.

Don't take this to mean that I didn't enjoy the game; it's something that I highly recommend, but it's just not as polished as it should have been. While it looks utterly amazing, the frame rate drops to sluggish levels in both versions of the game - usually while free-running on roof tops - and the PS3 game suffers from a slightly less than great frame rate during most of the game. There's also noticeable tearing in both versions of the game. It's not enough to put you off the game, but a shame nonetheless. If fully polished Assassin's Creed would have hands down been the best looking game of this console generation."

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Zhuk6007d ago

Yet ANOTHER game that proves the Xbox 360 is simply the most powerful console on the market, PS3 is having trouble keeping up thanks to its garbage unwieldy and inefficient architecture and its restrictive memory

mighty_douche6007d ago

the xbox flaws are SLIGHTLY better than the ps3's.... great.

just out of curiosity, are you this big a twat off your pc, or is this just a way to get replies? because at a guess id say you have what, no friends?

sad c*nt.

allforcalisto6007d ago

you are the saddest poster on this site.

its actually creepy seeing how consistent you are in your endless praise for xbox 360. "Only the 360 gives developers the ability to create...." *shudder* dude its just a game console.
Unreal has showed the ps3 can do gears and then some. Uncharted is being consider more visually impressive than gears, and this isn't just random users saying this; this is journos as well. The differences between the machines are marginal. That's goes vice-versa as well. I dont think it'd be impossible for the 360 to do kz2 in its current state.

the problem i think happened here like i think gamespot or gametrailers said in their review is that ubisoft didnt dedicate enough resources to building an independant ps3 build. Remember this game is on pc as well; they probably exploited the ease of 360/PC development and ignored certain obvious issues on the ps3.

Using assassin's creed to get a "win" is very sad.

zhuk seriously enough of the BS, you dont want to end up looking even more ridiculous than you do now in 08 do you?

sak5006007d ago

@1.3 "the problem i think happened here like i think gamespot or gametrailers said in their review is that ubisoft didnt dedicate enough resources to building an independant ps3 build. "

What would you expect? less than half consoles sold than 360 and wii, ps3 owners not buying enough games (guess they like to wait). Majority of games sold less than 500k. So companies would dedicate 10-15 people into studying the complex, dev-unfriendly hardware of ps3 and waste 1000s of man hours for couple of hundred k sales?

lawman11086007d ago

Has ANYBODY played this game?

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Neurotoxin6007d ago (Edited 6007d ago )

I read somewhere that its the review disks..... only GameSpot had the actual retail....

HAHA... if you believe that you will no doubt believe that zhuk isn`t a fanboy, if you look ever so closely at the picture a green tear is coming out of his eye..... awww emo fanboy, how sweet.

Although the top statement i did read somewhere or rather. LOL, made me chuckle. To be perfectly honest people are so anal about framerate that they turn a molehill into a mountain about it, Prime example PES2008, Frame rate fine INGAME, Replays bad.... where`s the crippling slowdown? (NON-HD TV OWNER). Up yours Konami.

HeartlesskizZ6007d ago (Edited 6007d ago )

people who does not own HDTV and have a nextgen console should not give opinions on how it is low res and low frames. you did the first step(moved on to NG consoles) why not make the second step(get your self an HDTV)

Neurotoxin6007d ago

Justify myself to an ignorant person..... what would be the point.

HeartlesskizZ6007d ago

what are you saying? anyways. the only game I have tried and see for my self if it was indeed real frame issues and turned out to be true was that american football game Madden 08 which was horrible Frates on the PS3.
o yes almost for got. RB6V for PS3 was also bad develop.

other then that games like GRAW2 and COD4 are running smooth and are probably the best multi platforms out there =)

FirstknighT6007d ago

So a game that started on the ps3 is better on the 360???? Poor sony owners.

Zhuk6007d ago

the only thing they have left is a bunch of Sony PR and lies that makes them think that their colecovision3 is a supercomputer.

One thing I learnt from the PS2 days was never believe Sony's lies, they always underdeliver

vasilisk6007d ago

oh boy, you two are very pathetic little men who obviously don't know how to read either...

mighty_douche6007d ago

take note, that^^ above is how you lead a lonely life!

games console to me = a fancy toy

games console to FirstknighT & Zhuk = love interest/best friend

redmamoth6007d ago

... when I say that I really really really wish Zhuks parents had never had s3x that fatefull night back in 94'.... It's really not the kind of thing Brother and Sister should be doing in the first place!!

FirstknighT6007d ago

Wow, that's your best? That's the best insult that you can think of? Wow, now I know why the ps3 is still selling. Idiots are buying it.

redmamoth6007d ago

I think you'll find that its Idiots, like yourself, that are pushing the 360 sales up so high. They keep on breaking but you suckers keep on buying them....

A good analogy would a certain episode of The Simpsons, I don't know if you've seen it, its a take off of a film call Cape Fear. In it, Sideshow Bob steps on the foot of a Rake and the handle swings up and hits him in the face. So he turns round and steps on another and the same happens, and so on, and so forth. He just NEVER seems to learn. Your XBox360 is Sideshow Bobs Rake my poor misguided friend.

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caffman6007d ago

round 2. Xbox 360 won the first round on points after ps3 went on its ass again

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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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isarai196d 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

Samonuske196d 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.

Becuzisaid196d 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.

-Foxtrot196d 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-inferno196d 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.

-Foxtrot196d ago

Exactly

It just felt super safe

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

jeromeface195d ago

someone missed the whole point

-Foxtrot195d 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

CrimsonWing69196d 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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GhostScholar207d ago (Edited 207d ago )

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

gold_drake207d ago

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

Cacabunga207d 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👍🏽

Rancegamerx207d ago

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

Cacabunga206d ago

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

H9206d 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

GooGobbler207d ago

What about that Forspoken Tw*t

MrChow666207d ago

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

ravens52207d ago

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

gpimlott206d ago

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

ravens52206d ago (Edited 206d ago )

gpimlott. How?

Stanjara196d 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.

Christopher206d ago (Edited 206d 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.

ravens52206d 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.

savedsynner206d 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

ravens52206d ago

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

Nerdmaster207d 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.

-Foxtrot207d 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.

Nerdmaster206d 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.

BrainSyphoned207d ago

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

H9206d ago

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

BlaqMagiq1207d ago

Except Squall has actual character development.

gold_drake206d ago (Edited 206d ago )

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

Nerdmaster206d 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_drake207d ago (Edited 207d 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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