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[Andrew.]

It always makes me suspicious when there is a release day embargo on reviews.

It's been going on quite awhile for major releases. I don't understand why you guys are still surprised by this. Release day reviews for big releases are the norm nowadays.

 

[samus4ever]

It's been going on quite awhile for major releases. I don't understand why you guys are still surprised by this. Release day reviews for big releases are the norm nowadays.

It's almost noon though on the east coast, this is crazy!

 

[CrazyDude]

It's almost noon though on the east coast, this is crazy!

So call me maybe?

 

[TheOddOne]

So I went to a couple of stores in the Netherlands, like Saturn, Bart Smith and Media Markt, and noticed that they were really really adamant that they will start selling it tomorrow. Which is really suprising, because they are usually sell it a day or two before launch.

 

[Tadale]

It's been going on quite awhile for major releases. I don't understand why you guys are still surprised by this. Release day reviews for big releases are the norm nowadays.

Definitely doesn't mean it should be the norm, especially not when so many people are buying games online nowadays. Review embargoes should break a week in advance. And I can't remember a major release that had a review embargo so late on the day of release.

 

[Neuromancer]

Love the beginning of the game.

Play for 5 seconds, cutscene

Play for 5 seconds, cutscene

Play for 5 seconds, cutscene

 

[captainnapalm]

Definitely doesn't mean it should be the norm, especially not when so many people are buying games online nowadays. Review embargoes should break a week in advance. And I can't remember a major release that had a review embargo so late on the day of release.

I'm sure there must be conspiracy theories floating around. Movies usually delay reviews like this when the studio knows the film is bad.

 

[whatevermort]

Hmmm and the devs were banging on about how they were attempting to make a next gen style game on this generation of consoles. Sounds like they might have been talking a load of old fluff doesnt it?

If you think NEXT GEN means no bugs you are going to be severely disappointed.

 

[Derrick01]

Love the beginning of the game.

Play for 5 seconds, cutscene

Play for 5 seconds, cutscene

Play for 5 seconds, cutscene

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[Willectro]

It's been going on quite awhile for major releases. I don't understand why you guys are still surprised by this. Release day reviews for big releases are the norm nowadays.

I don't care, it shouldn't become the standard. And I disagree because the last few games I've picked up at launch have had several reviews.

 

[samus4ever]

So call me maybe?

I just met you!

Anyways though, I loved all things assassins creed since 2. I have 3 preordered with the steel book but I'm just waiting for reviews to drop before I pick it up.

 

[CrazyDude]

I don't care, it shouldn't become the standard. And I disagree because the last few games I've picked up at launch have had several reviews.

Such as? Most major releases have release day embargoes.

 

[indigo-cyclops]

So tempting to get this on PSN...argh

 

[SlasherJPC]

Love the beginning of the game.

Play for 5 seconds, cutscene

Play for 5 seconds, cutscene

Play for 5 seconds, cutscene

Yes its a bit heavy at first. This will end eventually. Did you not play AC2? It was pretty full in cutscenes at the start as well if I recall correctly.

 

[petethepanda]

Release date embargos aren't a bad sign.

What would be a bad sign is if advance copies hadn't been sent to reviewers (like MoH:Gunfirer), that's the equivalent of not screening a movie early for critics.

 

[ironcreed]

So tempting to get this on PSN...argh

Do it.

 

[Data Ghost]

If you think NEXT GEN means no bugs you are going to be severely disappointed.

No, I was talking about the fact that someone mentioned AI walking into walls etc. Doesnt sound very next gen to me, bugs or not, that's not next gen AI.

To be completely honest I dont think the graphics look THAT great either. Limited draw distance etc. So where does this comment apply?

 

[Afrocious]

I'm at work crying about this game right now on the phone.

I'm incompetent so someone decide if I buy this game or buy the vita pack or buy both and have the most extreme cases of buyer's remorse.

 

[FHIZ]

Went to Gamestop to pick up my pre order... what a show. One dude working, line of 50+ people (filled with bratty 10 year old looking kids whining that their parents won't let them play till Christmas) and cash only. Wasn't going to wait that whole time to see if they'd take store credit.

What I learned today... order everything from Amazon with free release date shipping.

 

[Eusis]

I don't care, it shouldn't become the standard. And I disagree because the last few games I've picked up at launch have had several reviews.

I saw the point brought up that it forces everyone to take their time rather than rush some piece of shit review out... and yeah, to be honest that really is enough reason for an embargo at or shortly before release, given some dipshit would probably give an extremely high/low score for hits that is based on something like 2 hours before they could really get into it.

Anyways, the fact no reviews are up STILL is troubling. Either Ubisoft has the dumbest embargo, or didn't ship copies out, and the latter speaks of either an extreme paranoia over reviews or knowing it may not be quite up to snuff. Actually, most likely it'd be a bit of both: still a really good game, but HOLY SHIT THIS MAY NOT RELIABLY GET 9S DON'T SEND IT OUT.

 

[Data Ghost]

So tempting to get this on PSN...argh

Yeeeees DO IT! Pay an over inflated price for something that will take ages to download and you dont physically own. DDOOOOOO IIITTTT!

 

[Papercuts]

Release date embargos aren't a bad sign.

What would be a bad sign is if advance copies hadn't been sent to reviewers (like MoH:Gunfirer), that's the equivalent of not screening a movie early for critics.

Yeah, not sending out games early is the bad sign. Also, people have been using twitter a lot recently to 'warn' people if a game sucks, even though that's damn near breaking embargo, RE6 was pretty clearly talked about a lot and was sent out very early for reviewers.

 

[ironcreed]

Went to Gamestop to pick up my pre order... what a show. One dude working, line of 50+ people (filled with bratty 10 year old looking kids whining that their parents won't let them play till Christmas) and cash only. Wasn't going to wait that whole time to see if they'd take store credit.

What I learned today... order everything from Amazon with free release date shipping.

Glad our codes for the Mayan ruins and sword were in the case. I was expecting a receipt code and was about to go back in the store, lol. Part of the Gamestop labeling to include the code with the game, I guess.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Love the beginning of the game.

Play for 5 seconds, cutscene

Play for 5 seconds, cutscene

Play for 5 seconds, cutscene

This may not be terrible for me, assuming the cutscenes are any good. I loved Max Payne 3.

 

[BladeRunner12]

9/10 from Strategyinformer.com.

 

[indigo-cyclops]

Yeeeees DO IT! Pay an over inflated price for something that will take ages to download and you dont physically own. DDOOOOOO IIITTTT!

Take ages? It'd take a few hours at most. Over-inflated price? Not by much, and I won't have to wait around for shipping, especially with Hurricane Sandy going through.

Regardless, I still think I want to wait for the PC version.

 

[Data Ghost]

Anyone got a spare Mayan Ruins code?



.

 

[Data Ghost]

Take ages? It'd take a few hours at most. Over-inflated price? Not by much, and I won't have to wait around for shipping, especially with Hurricane Sandy going through.

Regardless, I still think I want to wait for the PC version.

How much is it on PSN?

I bought a physical copy online for £31 delivered.

 

[indigo-cyclops]

How much is it on PSN?

I bought a physical copy online for £31 delivered.

I'm assuming it's $59.99 here like every new game they post.

 

[Andrew.]

IGN 8.5

Pre order cancelled

Spoiler

just kidding

 

[Stormwatch]

My GameStop isn't even answering their phone. I wonder if they are open. I'm almost afraid to go and find out.

 

[SlasherJPC]

Glad our codes for the Mayan ruins and sword were in the case. I was expecting a receipt code and was about to go back in the store, lol. Part of the Gamestop labeling to include the code with the game, I guess.

Man that mission literally, literally lasted 5 minutes! No joke.

 

[The Bookerman]

Just started playing
Question:

Spoiler

Why does Kenway look like Chevy chase?

 

[CrazyDude]

Just started playing
Question:

Spoiler

Why does Kenway look like Chevy chase?

That's cause Chevy Chase is really an assassin.

 

[guest1321]

This may not be terrible for me, assuming the cutscenes are any good. I loved Max Payne 3.

Cutscenes aren't as lengthy as MP3, but they are more frequent. They work well though with the exception of one or two times were it didn't make sense to switch back the controls to you.

 

[SlasherJPC]

That's cause Chevy Chase is really an assassin.

Now it all makes sense! lol

 

[Lingxor]

Can anyone attest to the difficulty?

 

[EternalGamer]

Eurogamer on mechanics:

It's true that the game mechanics and engine are showing their age in places. Riding a horse through the Frontier is a constant frustration as it seems to snag on every rock, branch and tuft of flora. Racing through cities on foot can be fraught as well, as the many different contextual actions available through Connor's economical controls - hanging from this, leaping onto that, dodging round this, hiding behind that - overzealously seize power and arrest momentum when it's least convenient. Combat, meanwhile, remains troublingly simplistic: block and counter, block and counter, block and counter.

On comparison to previous entries:

Judged purely on the quality of its individual components, Assassin's Creed 3 is an uneven game. Perhaps inevitably, Connor lacks the charm and charisma of his predecessor Ezio Auditore, and it turns out that the great men of the American Revolution were all rather dull people too, with very few magnetic characters like Leonardi da Vinci or the Machiavellian Machiavelli. A couple of Sequences are enjoyable romps where Connor joins forces with an enigmatic adversary, but the chemistry and humour in these scenes just serves to emphasise its absence elsewhere.

On mini-games and bugs:

Similarly, some of the mini-games and supporting systems feel superfluous and there are a lot of minor bugs.

On story:

the present-day missions feel like they've been made by a different developer entirely (which, come to think of it, they probably have) and do little to advance your interest in Desmond's antics. Nor does his hot-and-cold relationship with his dippy father. And the game ending itself, bringing five years of tempt and tease to a close, is thoroughly weak.

And yet:

9/10

This shit is parody.

 

[FHIZ]

My GameStop isn't even answering their phone. I wonder if they are open. I'm almost afraid to go and find out.

Would your gamestop happen to be Burke Virginia? Cus added to everything I said about my Gamestop above, "not picking up the phone" can be included.

 

[Bricky]

So I went to a couple of stores in the Netherlands, like Saturn, Bart Smith and Media Markt, and noticed that they were really really adamant that they will start selling it tomorrow. Which is really suprising, because they are usually sell it a day or two before launch.

I just got my Freedom Edition which I pre-ordered from Ubisoft's own store, probably making them the only one releasing the game before the official release in the Netherlands. Oh the irony.

Anyway, the Freedom edition is really cool. The statue has a LOT more detail than the AC2-one of Ezio, and there's alot of other cool stuff like the notebook, which seems like a very interesting read.

 

[indigo-cyclops]

Eurogamer on mechanics:



On comparison to previous entries:



On mini-games and bugs:



On story:




And yet:



This shit is parody.

Wow, especially when you look at what has been going on with this sort of thing. And it originated on Eurogamer...

 

[LastNac]

The Decision: PS3 or 360...

 

[Torraz]

So I went to a couple of stores in the Netherlands, like Saturn, Bart Smith and Media Markt, and noticed that they were really really adamant that they will start selling it tomorrow. Which is really suprising, because they are usually sell it a day or two before launch.

Some stores are actually selling it. Check out budgetgaming.nl

 

[Papercuts]

Wow, especially when you look at what has been going on with this sort of thing. And it originated on Eurogamer...

He cherry picked negative quotes. It also pre-empts those with

Judged purely on the quality of its individual components, Assassin's Creed 3 is an uneven game.

and stuff like

But played with patience rather than haste, it's easy enough to cope with these limitations, as it always has been. The treetop traversal, meanwhile, is perhaps the most fun since the original thrill of free-running across rooftops; since I finished the game, I've spent a lot of time on the Frontier hopping silently from branch to branch, baiting wildlife and collecting trinkets. My only complaint is that so little of the main game takes place on the Frontier, which may secretly be the best 'city' in the series since Venice.

Basically sounds like it has niggling issues(like any AC game) but the sheer density of it can make it easier to overlook.

 

[Derrick01]

Eurogamer on mechanics:



On comparison to previous entries:



On mini-games and bugs:



On story:




And yet:



This shit is parody.

Did you read the whole review? I did, he seemed to like it quite a bit.

 

[ironcreed]

Man that mission literally, literally lasted 5 minutes! No joke.

I figured as much. These bonuses are usually pretty throw away, but I'll take it.

 

[EternalGamer]

Did you read the whole review? I did, he seemed to like it quite a bit.

Yeah I get it. It's only a 3 point scale he is working with after all. And he'd hate to say 10, ethics you know.

 

[iddqd]

Alright, I just got the empty steel book case.
Now waiting for the game. Hooray!

 

[Always-honest]

Yeeeees DO IT! Pay an over inflated price for something that will take ages to download and you dont physically own. DDOOOOOO IIITTTT!

Yeh why the fuck aren't these prices much lower than the disc/ boxed version??????

 

[Xater]

So far I am having fun with the game but god damn it is Boston boring. The architecture just isn#t interesting or fun to climb around in. I want my elaborate European architecture back...