Famitsu Reviews Assassin's Creed *Plus New Trailer*

I don't know if anyone has posted this yet, but Famitsu in their latest issue gave Assassin's Creed a 37/40. LINK

And heres a link to the scans if anyone reads Kanji, a translation would be freaking awesome.

Apparently, the Famitsu reviewers were impressed by the story, presentation, and addicting acrobatics, noting that Assassin's Creed is a true next-gen title. Some knocks against it are the one button combat, confusing map, and occasional camera problems.The bolded area has me extremely worried, well in fact the controls in general have me worried.I'm predicting an 8 or 8.5 from GS, as the controls will probably keep this game from reaching its full potential, or at least in my eyes. You would think they would improve upon the horrible fighting mechanics of Prince of Persia which was by far the least fun part of those games, or just eliminate the combat altogether in favor of Manhunt-esque finishers.

New Trailer

I don't know if anyone has posted this yet, but Famitsu in their latest issue gave Assassin's Creed a 37/40. LINK

And heres a link to the scans if anyone reads Kanji, a translation would be freaking awesome.

Apparently, the Famitsu reviewers were impressed by the story, presentation, and addicting acrobatics, noting that Assassin's Creed is a true next-gen title. Some knocks against it are the one button combat, confusing map, and occasional camera problems.The bolded area has me extremely, well in fact the controls in general have me worried.I'm predicting an 8 or 8.5 from GS, as the controls will probably keep this game from reaching its full potential, or at least in my eyes. You would think they would improve upon the horrible fighting mechanics of Prince of Persia which was by far the least fun part of those games, or just eliminate the combat altogether in favor of Manhunt-esque finishers.

HiResDes

That is worrisome indeed. Does the game practically play itself?

These are Digi_Matrix's Impressions stolen from his impressions thread

CONTROLS: HOLDING is a big part of the game. Hold R trigger to Sprint. Hold L trigger to Block. Simple. But, Hold A to Run continuously. You jump with A, too. But you don't need to press A again ever. You've been holding A to run, just keep on holding and you'll climb automatically. All you need to do is point where you're going with the camera (R thumstick), and you'll be climbing anything.

You can hold B to continuously shove anyone in your way. Watch out though, because you can get knocked over. It REALLY is like rugby . Back to agenda:

- Now have climbed to rooftops. Look down and use my eagle vision (guy was impressed that I knew what it was, since he didn't mention it). See a red guy. Go down, and follow him. He's a Thug. Lock-on with Left Trigger. Sneak behind him, then HOLD B to pickpocket some knives from him. 'Twas sweet .

- Climb back up again and on higher rooftops now. Use those knives to throw at 2 guards like shuriken. You can Lock-On to targets from way up above. Basically anyone in your sights, just need to point. Just as far as the knives can go. Very awesome moment. 1st guard goes down, other guard kneels, BAMM!!! He's down too . Yup, definitely feeling like an assassin.

- POINTING is the major concern for the player, not buttons. Just point and do contextual actions. Great work on the extremely intuitive and revolutionary controls, Ubisoft . This'll be good for speed runs, no stopping, awesomeness.

COMBAT: Trigger-based combat. Not combos. Feels like a figher game, like Virtua Fighter.

- Defence-based. TAP L trigger once to enter combat stance, not hold. HOLD R trigger for Block. You won't be attacking as much. That might make it similar to PoP series a little, but much more realistic and can't block forever. Can lose health even when blocking . Time enemy attacks, and Counter (X) at right time to parry with your own special counter-attacks. They're like finishers, and they're bloody awesome. Yes, better than Conan dismemberment, or even an Izuna drop . If you parry well, there's a small window where enemy is stunned, and you can Attack one last time to see the blood fly .

- AI is damn intelligent. They don't attack one by one, acting as fodder. They're like Ninja Gaiden foes, attacking whenever they like. Hard to predict counters because of this, because blows coming from every direction. Guards like to be in groups circling you like prey.

- Did about 7 counters in the whole time I played it (remember, 4 MINUTES).

Heres My Response from that thread, after everyone seemed almost too satisfied:

From what you just said I'm really not all that impressed by the way the controls work, it really sounds like what I feared most, a step away from being an interactive movie intertwined with Prince of Persia ****gameplay (a game that I never really liked, after two blind buys).

[QUOTE="gamingqueen"]Great...though but it's good to hear that it has a great storyline and presentation. that what matters to me :DAlwaysSoft

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Why are pop games hated by many? I don't understand! :(

SPOILER ALERT! Thanks a lot......AlwaysSoft

[QUOTE="AlwaysSoft"]SPOILER ALERT! Thanks a lot......rragnaar

[QUOTE="AlwaysSoft"][QUOTE="gamingqueen"]Great...though but it's good to hear that it has a great storyline and presentation. that what matters to me :Dgamingqueen

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Why are pop games hated by many? I don't understand! :(

hahaha, its because people like you like them:twisted:

Edit: Oh and don't feel bad about that spoiler. I know those two knew about that aspect of the game way before they saw it, or at least Ragnar should have being a fellow news enthusiast and all

It is hard to know with Famitsu but I had been expecting this game to be at best a fair game. Too many repetitive demos featuring bugs were shown for me to be excited for this game. One button combat doesn't sound great and I LOATH camera issues.duxup

With Famitsu you never know whether it's the actual game that is good or it's just the moneyhat that's good.

From the description of the controls, it seems freaking cumbersome. The AIs do NOT work together that well from most of the videos shown, they don't attack all at the same time, if they are smart, that's what they would be doing.

[QUOTE="gamingqueen"]

[QUOTE="AlwaysSoft"][QUOTE="gamingqueen"]Great...though but it's good to hear that it has a great storyline and presentation. that what matters to me :DHiResDes

You can edit your post now...

Why are pop games hated by many? I don't understand! :(

hahaha, its because people like you like them:twisted:

Edit: Oh and don't feel bad about that spoiler. I know those two knew about that aspect of the game way before they saw it, or at least Ragnar should have being a fellow news enthusiast and all

thanks ;)

But seriously the combat has always beena secondary thing in pop games. The platforming what makes it so great...it's fast paced and never boring.:(

[QUOTE="duxup"]It is hard to know with Famitsu but I had been expecting this game to be at best a fair game. Too many repetitive demos featuring bugs were shown for me to be excited for this game. One button combat doesn't sound great and I LOATH camera issues.EvilTaru

With Famitsu you never know whether it's the actual game that is good or it's just the moneyhat that's good.

From the description of the controls, it seems freaking cumbersome. The AIs do NOT work together that well from most of the videos shown, they don't attack all at the same time, if they are smart, that's what they would be doing.

but you know it sounds like they have to set up the A.I like that or the game would be virtually impossible, as I don't think it would be possible to counter more than two opponents at a time...I really wish they would have made the combat Manhunt-esque or like that one Jet Li game (Rise to Honor,Ibelieve)where you did all the moves with the analog stick...I never understand why no one else liked that game but me.

[QUOTE="AlwaysSoft"][QUOTE="gamingqueen"]Great...though but it's good to hear that it has a great storyline and presentation. that what matters to me :Dgamingqueen

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Why are pop games hated by many? I don't understand! :(

I happen to like the first POP game, POP2 had a fatal bug right before the last boss with absolutely no remedy, which I personally witnessed, so I'm not a big fan of Ubisoft's QA, the "ima dark badass" attitude didn't appeal to me either because it didn't fit the character of the princeoriginally established in the first game, the gameplay was pretty good, the third game just was simply more of the same. You can kind of tell they've been having a lot of problems with bugs whenever they were showing assassins and they have a history of making buggy games.

[QUOTE="rragnaar"][QUOTE="AlwaysSoft"]SPOILER ALERT! Thanks a lot......AlwaysSoft

[QUOTE="EvilTaru"]

[QUOTE="duxup"]It is hard to know with Famitsu but I had been expecting this game to be at best a fair game. Too many repetitive demos featuring bugs were shown for me to be excited for this game. One button combat doesn't sound great and I LOATH camera issues.HiResDes

With Famitsu you never know whether it's the actual game that is good or it's just the moneyhat that's good.

From the description of the controls, it seems freaking cumbersome. The AIs do NOT work together that well from most of the videos shown, they don't attack all at the same time, if they are smart, that's what they would be doing.

but you know it sounds like they have to set up the A.I like that or the game would be virtually impossible, as I don't think it would be possible to counter more than two opponents at a time...I really wish they would have made the combat Manhunt-esque or like that one Jet Li game (Rise to Honor,Ibelieve)where you did all the moves with the analog stick...I never understand why no one else liked that game but me.

The problem is they're setting it up like you can fight a group of them but you really shouldn't be able to, your priority is to run away and hide, and if not, you have to isolate and fight them one at a time. Even DMC3 enemies can attack at the same time. It's more of a matter of them prioritizing "badass animations" over controls, jumping is jumping, if there's no jump button you're WATCHING the character jump with you being removed from having direct control over your character's action, it's like the counter, the problem I have with games like this one and to some extent Heavenly Sword is that whenever you do something cool you end up having to WATCH things play out instead of having complete control over things and be able to move on to the next action right away. I have more of a problem with the notion of "looking like a badass instead of actually being a badass" than anything else.

Right analog stick combat does NOT work, not to mention you would have no control of the camera which would be a nightmare when it comes to any game that features an open world which requires the player to look around.

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[QUOTE="AlwaysSoft"][QUOTE="gamingqueen"]Great...though but it's good to hear that it has a great storyline and presentation. that what matters to me :DEvilTaru

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Why are pop games hated by many? I don't understand! :(

I happen to like the first POP game, POP2 had a fatal bug right before the last boss with absolutely no remedy, which I personally witnessed, so I'm not a big fan of Ubisoft's QA, the "ima dark badass" attitude didn't appeal to me either because it didn't fit the character of the princeoriginally established in the first game, the gameplay was pretty good, the third game just was simply more of the same. You can kind of tell they've been having a lot of problems with bugs whenever they were showing assassins and they have a history of making buggy games.

I agree. I couldn't beat the second because of the bug too. Damn that gate! Well glad to know that you like the gameplay because I find it weird to hear people saying it's not good when it's so intense and thrilling. The combat might be a weak point yeah but the platforming is so good that it makes you overlook the combat! The backgrounds and levels design is one of the best I've seen in any game. ok maybe I'm biased here but they still look awesome! pop 3 might have been repetitve, but I wouldn't saybeing same thing as pop 2 and 1 what killed it because the guys at ubi tried to make it different like when they added primary stealth moves to the combat system also thosewagon riding sequences...which were frustraiting... but they tried.

^, Don't feel like quoting

Thats why I feel like the game could have been virtually flawless if the combat was nonexistent, and there was an even greater focus on platforming, it really would have made sense especially when the game is called Assassin's Creed...Not Assassin's Creed: Warrior Within.

^^greater focus on platforming o_O? what the... Come on the game has to have enemies in it. The combat was weak yeah but it wasn't bad that you wanna take it out! To me it was better than Heavenly Sword's combat... very lame combat. A very lame game overall!gamingqueen

By nonexistent combat, I just meant to reaffirm my statement that the Manhunt stealth combat scheme would fit this game IMO.

[QUOTE="gamingqueen"]^^greater focus on platforming o_O? what the... Come on the game has to have enemies in it. The combat was weak yeah but it wasn't bad that you wanna take it out! To me it was better than Heavenly Sword's combat... very lame combat. A very lame game overall!HiResDes

By nonexistent combat, I just meant to reaffirm my statement that the Manhunt stealth combat scheme would fit this game IMO.

Sadly I haven't played manhunt... I don't think I will cause i'm too chiken to do it :oops:

Great...[spoiler] I was turned off by knowing that the second part is set in future [/spoiler] though but it's good to hear that it has a great storyline and presentation. that what matters to me :Dgamingqueen

Nice score, i'll take this game over anything this year. It better be good or someones gonna dieF1Lengend

I liked the new trailer.

I haven't really made up my mind on the combat, it does sound different, but I guess I'll just have to wait until it's in my hands before making up my mind.

I don't know if anyone has posted this yet, but Famitsu in their latest issue gave Assassin's Creed a 37/40. LINK

And heres a link to the scans if anyone reads Kanji, a translation would be freaking awesome.

Apparently, the Famitsu reviewers were impressed by the story, presentation, and addicting acrobatics, noting that Assassin's Creed is a true next-gen title. Some knocks against it are the one button combat, confusing map, and occasional camera problems.The bolded area has me extremely worried, well in fact the controls in general have me worried.I'm predicting an 8 or 8.5 from GS, as the controls will probably keep this game from reaching its full potential, or at least in my eyes. You would think they would improve upon the horrible fighting mechanics of Prince of Persia which was by far the least fun part of those games, or just eliminate the combat altogether in favor of Manhunt-esque finishers.

New Trailer

HiResDes

People need to understand that the combat of Assassin's Creed is looking to be realistic which would explain the simplicty of it. Most real sword fights endvery quickly and a guy like Altar (SP?) would strike and kill as fast as possible.

Everything I've seen of this game looks amazing and if some people or critics want to tear it down over combat, so be it. I think they may be missing the point of this particular game.

I dunno, if done properly, a context-sensitive system can work.

Little off-topic, but Fable 2 will employ a one-button for attack system, which involves tapping for attack and holding for block I think, will be interesting to see the reactions to that when people get their hands on the game, and if anyone finds their opinion on that style of combat changes after playing Assassin's Creed. I assume it'll be similar anyway, although I don't know the exact details of either combat systems.

This is one of my most wanted games of the year. For one, its an adventure game and I love my adventure games. 2nd, itsnot yet another shooter. 3rd, the whole idea around the story seems really cool, and I like a good story to go along with my games.

Plus, its awesome to see Ubisoft making original IP's. Hopefully its amazing.

I actually really want Assassin's Creed to come out and surprise everybody. My friend and I sat down and outlined a game that is very similar to what Assassin's Creed has turned out to be, we even had some concept art, and maps drawn out, detailed ideas about how the game would control, and then we realized that there is no way either of us would ever get to make the game. Assassin's Creed is different from what we outlined, but it is the closest I will ever get to playing that game.

In our game you were a cat-like Assassin sent by your country to 'soften up' an enemy kingdom before your armies arrived. You had a limited number of hours to complete your objectives before your army arrived, somewhere around 24 hours of gameplay probably. The game would be completely open in how you accomplished your goal of weakening the enemy's forces. You could hide in the forrests and attack patrols, whittling down their forces through guerilla warfare, you could seek out and assassinate commanding officers, capture the ruler of the kingdom and force the army to surrender, or do more subtle things like attacking supply convoys, and poisoning the water supply.rragnaar

A similar thing has happened to me as well. Although my game turned out to be Left 4 Dead. It is a completely linear version of what I had in mind, but it is very similar nonetheless.AlwaysSoft

[QUOTE="AlwaysSoft"]A similar thing has happened to me as well. Although my game turned out to be Left 4 Dead. It is a completely linear version of what I had in mind, but it is very similar nonetheless.rragnaar

I was hoping this generation would have the technology to do such a game.

By the way, did your game take place in present day time or medieval? Because it sounds interesting.

[QUOTE="rragnaar"][QUOTE="AlwaysSoft"]A similar thing has happened to me as well. Although my game turned out to be Left 4 Dead. It is a completely linear version of what I had in mind, but it is very similar nonetheless.AlwaysSoft

I was hoping this generation would have the technology to do such a game.

By the way, did your game take place in present day time or medieval? Because it sounds interesting.

If it were up to me, a next gen RE: Outbreak would be like that. You and some others online are the last survivors in Raccoon City and its the whole city you get to explore. Like a sandbox game you get different missions and stuff but staying alive is the most important, and everything is usable.

dvader654

I see, and what was going to be your explanation for how the protagonist came to be cat-like.AlwaysSoft