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Assassin's Creed II - The |OT|
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CloakedPuppet
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sweetvar26 said:
Well - it's 20 extra bucks. I got mine for no extra cash due to a pre-order deal. I'd say if you like figurines, it's worth it. The figure is a good size and nicely detailed.
I haven't been in this thread for awhile, but there was no Conviction demo code in my CE. I didn't know where the internet stood on that issue yet.
There is some add for Uplay on the back of the manual. It says for signing up you get:
* a dashboard theme
* carry five additional throwing knives
* Altair's outfit
* access to the Auditore family crypt
www.uplay.com
There is some add for Uplay on the back of the manual. It says for signing up you get:
* a dashboard theme
* carry five additional throwing knives
* Altair's outfit
* access to the Auditore family crypt
www.uplay.com
I have an unopened copy of the PS3 version sitting here in front of me. I just watched the Lens of Truth comparison and now I'm scared to open it. I think the game looks pretty OK on PS3 but the 360 version looks slightly better and I hate knowing there is a slightly better version of the game out there!
Looks like the 360 version has a ridiculous amount of black crush, particularly in the night scenes.
Looks like the 360 version has a ridiculous amount of black crush, particularly in the night scenes.
Lucy looks weird now.
Love this game, love it to death. Huge step up from the first AC, and I enjoyed that one quite a bit despite it's huge flaws. The actual build up and execution of the assassionations I've gone through so far haven't been all that thrilling compared to some in the first AC though, that's about my only complaint so far.
Jesper Kyd delivers again. Soundtrack's beautiful.
Love this game, love it to death. Huge step up from the first AC, and I enjoyed that one quite a bit despite it's huge flaws. The actual build up and execution of the assassionations I've gone through so far haven't been all that thrilling compared to some in the first AC though, that's about my only complaint so far.
Jesper Kyd delivers again. Soundtrack's beautiful.
RainbowByte
Neo Member
The game has its own brightness control, you can make either version of the game darker or brighter and desaturatedJB1981 said:
ShallNoiseUpon
Member
Trying to burn through Assassin's Creed original before I crack open 2. It is calling me to try it, but I must refuse.
It was out of nowhere lol.Black_Ice said:
I'm having trouble finding the last glyph in Florence. There's one bridge in the south I can't cross and I'll assume that's where the glyph is, but it says the area isn't available; but the whole area shows up in the map lol.
That's the only glyph I'm missing.
CloakedPuppet
Member
ShallNoiseUpon said:
Good luck...I somehow managed to finish ACI last night and, holy crap, what a slog-fest! :lol
Still, the basic mechanics and environments have me very much anticipating cracking open ACII hopefully later tonight.
RS4- said:
I don't remember ANY of the glyphs I got. I found them on random. Some before I completed the story, some after, and three I got help on. But I don't remember any of the locations.
Keep looking though, what you get is kind of cool/interesting/ties in with the ending
Square Triangle
Member
Anyone on the fence about this needs to stop stalling. This game is hands down 110% better than AC1 and all around a GOTY contender for sure.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
infinityBCRT said:That lens of truth comparison posted a few pages back did show there was some differences between the shadowing on character models in the 360 and PS3 versions-- I think we all know the colour differences can be accounted for by adjusting your TV set though.
I'd hardly suggest its a night and day difference either.
Wow @ AU IGN
Are they that dumb, theres no added texture detail, just the 360 version being too dark
And how come the PS3 version loses it's warm look in that screen:lol
Ken Masters
Banned
TGO said:
maybe they mean the detail of the shadows on the hood (in the smaller pics)
Kabuki Waq
Member
JB1981 said:
maybe ps3 version has better sound?
I tend to buy 360 for most multi games and ps3 versions of games like deadspace and stuff.
Lostconfused
Member
Is it just me or does some of music in this game sounds like its from mass effect?
I cave in and bought the PS3 version. Fuck you Ubisoft for delaying the PC version, I'll just sell this thing when that comes out. Some early first impressions, mostly graphical stuff.
Right off the bat I'm almost regretting my purchase. The framerate is so-so. I have no idea if it's better than the original to be honest, I haven't played that in over a year and I've grown accustomed to the PC port of AC1. It cannot be called smooth. It never feels smooth. In comparison Uncharted feels like it's fucking 60fps. This is the last time I trust that lens of truth stuff. Truthfully it's very playable and manageable, but there's just something jerky about it. It does not do the animation of this game justice. BTW, I switched between 1080p and 720p and the framerate seems to be the same in both.
On the plus side the pseudo-1080p mode is SUPER CLEAN. It's one of the cleanest PS3 games I've ever played not called Wipeout HD. Really impressed with the image quality there. I rarely if ever see screen tearing too.
Graphically the lightning is much improved over the original, just the Abstergo facilities looks a lot more colorful. Actually I think they've altered the art direction for this game, yeah I'm pretty sure of that. Character models are more cartoon-ish and "hyper"-realistic than the first one. At first Desmond just looked all kinds of fucked up compared to AC1.
The bleakness of AC1 is entirely gone, this game has an entirely different aesthetic. Not sure if I prefer it, for now. I never noticed this until I played the game, funny that. Overall the graphics are pretty nice.
Right now I'm super early in the game, only an hour in, so I haven't seen the improvements made to the game design, but so far I'm just having fun with the core mechanics of AC. I missed free-running, and the few side-missions I've played are all right, nothing too different from AC1. Checkpoint races and beating up people. The beginning is definitely lamer than the first game, which started in a really fucking awesome manner.
Surprisingly I'm experienced some issues with the controls, they can be very unresponsive, the game fails to recognize grab-able ledges at times. Guess it's a bit buggy. I'm sorry to bring UC2 again, but the controls of that game just feel much better. Everything flows there. So far this shit ain't flowing. The animation blending of AC2 is nowhere near as good either. It's not worse than AC1, but it seems like they didn't bother to improve upon it. The new quick-climb btw while really useful looks weird and makes Ezio resemble a monkey to be honest. It looks inhuman.
Honestly though the only flaw so far is the framerate. I'm having lots of fun with just the basic stuff. This is definitely getting sold though once the superior edition comes out.
edit: oh yeah, something else. One of the developers here said the PS3 was treated as the lead console. Bollocks to that I say. Explain the piece of shit compressed FMV that looks like it came out directly out of the 360 version, please
Right off the bat I'm almost regretting my purchase. The framerate is so-so. I have no idea if it's better than the original to be honest, I haven't played that in over a year and I've grown accustomed to the PC port of AC1. It cannot be called smooth. It never feels smooth. In comparison Uncharted feels like it's fucking 60fps. This is the last time I trust that lens of truth stuff. Truthfully it's very playable and manageable, but there's just something jerky about it. It does not do the animation of this game justice. BTW, I switched between 1080p and 720p and the framerate seems to be the same in both.
On the plus side the pseudo-1080p mode is SUPER CLEAN. It's one of the cleanest PS3 games I've ever played not called Wipeout HD. Really impressed with the image quality there. I rarely if ever see screen tearing too.
Graphically the lightning is much improved over the original, just the Abstergo facilities looks a lot more colorful. Actually I think they've altered the art direction for this game, yeah I'm pretty sure of that. Character models are more cartoon-ish and "hyper"-realistic than the first one. At first Desmond just looked all kinds of fucked up compared to AC1.
The bleakness of AC1 is entirely gone, this game has an entirely different aesthetic. Not sure if I prefer it, for now. I never noticed this until I played the game, funny that. Overall the graphics are pretty nice. Right now I'm super early in the game, only an hour in, so I haven't seen the improvements made to the game design, but so far I'm just having fun with the core mechanics of AC. I missed free-running, and the few side-missions I've played are all right, nothing too different from AC1. Checkpoint races and beating up people. The beginning is definitely lamer than the first game, which started in a really fucking awesome manner.
Surprisingly I'm experienced some issues with the controls, they can be very unresponsive, the game fails to recognize grab-able ledges at times. Guess it's a bit buggy. I'm sorry to bring UC2 again, but the controls of that game just feel much better. Everything flows there. So far this shit ain't flowing. The animation blending of AC2 is nowhere near as good either. It's not worse than AC1, but it seems like they didn't bother to improve upon it. The new quick-climb btw while really useful looks weird and makes Ezio resemble a monkey to be honest.
It looks inhuman.Honestly though the only flaw so far is the framerate. I'm having lots of fun with just the basic stuff. This is definitely getting sold though once the superior edition comes out.
edit: oh yeah, something else. One of the developers here said the PS3 was treated as the lead console. Bollocks to that I say.
Explain the piece of shit compressed FMV that looks like it came out directly out of the 360 version, pleaseNeodiablo22
Member
Anyone here preorder the game from ebgames? I did and they said that the exclusive content code was suppose to be in the box but I didn't find anything.
ShallNoiseUpon
Member
To those getting the CE:
Mitch Dyer's twitter said:
Ken Masters
Banned
jett said:
damn, is it like this also on the 360?
Nemesis_
Member
Looks like there's just a standard copy of the game packed into the Black edition.
Wish there was a SteelBook =(
Also, I know that Flags are out, but does this mean there are other collectibles available? Achievements speak of videos from Subject 16 or something.
I don't mind collectibles if they flesh out the story more.
Wish there was a SteelBook =(
Also, I know that Flags are out, but does this mean there are other collectibles available? Achievements speak of videos from Subject 16 or something.
I don't mind collectibles if they flesh out the story more.
So I started the game and I'm completely hooked. Quick question about the gamma curve on PS3. Game is very washed out. I had to change the black level settings on my Panny PZ85U plasma to dark in order to get a rich looking picture. Usually when I do this it results in black crush but with this game it's nearly perfect. The game looks so much better now, pops with color (and doesn't kill shadow detail). Tearing is a bit of a pain but the game looks pretty great, next texture work and detail on character models. Looking forward to digging deeper into the game, very satisfied so far (love the NPCs, dialog and the voice overs).
I pretty much agree with Jett about the framerate, it kinda sucks really but I'm trying my best to look past it.
I pretty much agree with Jett about the framerate, it kinda sucks really but I'm trying my best to look past it.
jett said:
Im' experiencing the same thing. You will be on a building, try to climb up, nothing happens, you shimmy around for a minute, then try again, and your dude climbs up that time. Overall it does feel like the climbing mechanic is just a bit wonkier than it should be.
Nemesis_
Member
Okay, so a bit of a weird question, but Lucy is missing a finger in AC1 which obviously signifies she was an Assassin too.
However, Ezio is missing none and this is explained in pre-release interviews as DaVinci creating him a blade that didn't require a finger to be missing.
So, um, why is Lucy missing a finger?
However, Ezio is missing none and this is explained in pre-release interviews as DaVinci creating him a blade that didn't require a finger to be missing.
So, um, why is Lucy missing a finger?