E3: Assassin's Creed on stage demo with Jade Raymond

Posted Jul 12, 2007 at 10:04PM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: Jade Raymond, Ubisoft, Ubisoft Montreal
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Assassin's Creed (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC) is no doubt one of the biggest stars to grace E3. This massive new title being developed by Ubisoft Montreal is definitely one of the most anticipated - having gorgeous graphics, an immersive setting delivered with superb art direction, and innovative gameplay that combines stealth, action, and platforming.

Finally after much wait, Jade Raymond got up the stage at E3 to demonstrate Assassin's Creed and take everyone through what the game has to offer. Altair, the bird of prey, is found standing atop a beam placed on a high tower that overlooks the entire city. Jerusalem is simply breathtaking, faithfully recreated based on historic documents.

On the ground are a good number of NPCs walking around, creating an atmosphere of a living and breathing city. Altair moves on to continue his mission, which is to take down a slave trader. Jade stressed out that everything your eyes can reach - every wall, building, and rooftop - is climbable. Our hired killer made his way to the target's hideout after plenty of platforming similar to Prince of Persia.

Soon, goons equipped with swords and one-liners surrounded the player. Combat couldn't be more satisfying; movements are very realistic, and Altair have enough ways of dispatching enemies to keep you entertained. After that, hunter and prey run around the populated city with citizens that react accordingly.

One moment you're chasing, trying to escape the next - that's what an assassin's life is like, and Altair goes through the same routine. Let's not spoil more of the action, and just show you the videos below. Enjoy!





 
 
 

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by lala - 2007-07-12 18:38
» queer

espcially the fact that its guna be a PS3 port since this is the 360 version F U GAYDE RAYMOND u pussiiisoft ***** sucker

by senjutsu - 2007-07-12 18:38
» looking GREAT!!!!

I'll have it on the ps3 the day of it's release! OHH YEAH!!



ps: and I love montreal (the city where it was developped) since I live there! viva ubisoft!

by senjutsu - 2007-07-12 18:57
» what do you care?

If you have a ps3, just buy it on it, and shut up!! I mean, it's great to know that x360 owners will be able to play this game as well.



ps: Still, I'm buying it on the ps3 since I'm a fan (not as hard as fanboy since I bought an x360 1st (broke and returned, when I'll buy my ps3, I'll be sure to take a 2-3 year waranty, lol))

by cool - 2007-07-12 20:05
» cool

this game looks as good as MGS. its very cinematic

by Lucca - 2007-07-12 23:18
» Hrm

Yeah its a Assasin Game with Metal Gear Hiding Basics, lal.



I love this game, totally.

by John Bradshaw LALfield - 2007-07-13 04:32
» Yes

This game looks very awesome. I hope they'll improve the ps3 version, because the ps3 has better graphical capabilities. YAY

by AoxomamoxoA - 2007-07-13 09:30
» framerate

of course theyre using the 360 version to show the demo. if they used a ps3 it would have framerate problems galore and everyone would think thats how the game really looks. ps3 is crap.

by AoxomamoxoA - 2007-07-13 10:40
» sony puppets

Awww, niave little sony puppet. Do you believe everything you hear?

by LOL - 2007-07-13 11:17
» Hahaha

The 360 is the system that suffers framerate issues.. The system just isnt strong enough.



For example look at Oblivion.

by sony puppet - 2007-07-13 12:56
» ...............

no, but it's obvious that you do

by qw - 2007-07-13 17:56
» Hmmm

To Aoxo, I saw some framerate problems with this, mainly when they were looking at the city in the distance but also when they were just looking at the ground below the starting point.



To LOL, the PS3 does usually have framerate problems with multiplatform games, but I doubt that's its fault. Oblivion is the only exception, and they (Bethesda) had a year to improve it.



The 360 actually has a more powerful GPU than the PS3's RSX, which is the most important part of keeping framerates stable at high resolutions. But I saw framerate problems with this game supposedly running on 360, which doesn't bode well for the PS3 either. It isn't out for four months, which means about three months to fix bugs and optimize. Hopefully everything is good by then. It looks very good so far

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