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New Assassin's Creed Next Year, Will Have Multiplayer
Ubisoft has announced that the next stand-alone Assassin's Creed title will come out next year, and it will be the first in the series to come with an online multiplayer mode. The company also said it will be "shoring up its focus on competitive AAA core titles on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3" in the coming year, making mention of upcoming releases for the Tom Clancy game series and a new Prince of Persia title.
All of six to eight people standing around staring at each other waiting to do a counter...
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let me be the first to say "fuck that". what the fuck are they thinking, it's a stealth game. multiplayer doesnt work
Not that I've got round to playing the first version yet, but are they not going to mention the PC version again? Assassin's Creed 2 has been on the gaming shows already for XBox and PS3, but the PC version (the proper version for a proper machine) won't be out until late February in North American and "2010" in the rest of the world.
Surely they are developing on PCs, and the XBox is a cut-down PC, so they should be able to release it at the same time (and it should be better, since PCs can do more than XBoxes).
Looks like the single-player campaign in Assassin's Creed III is going to suck.
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If Uncharted 2 online is anything to go by, subtract the numerous guns and add more freedom with respect to climbing and you have equally awesome gameplay.
Of course, the 3rd person perspective kind of takes away from the sneaking in both cases, more so in AC since that is one of the biggest facets of the gameplay.
And this is just going by what you'd expect to see, we don't know about modes, upgrading characters and so on.
I just hope they don't cut back on single player much.
Because the one thing I hate more than anything else is having to decide whether to play a new game, instead of the latest version of the game franchises that I've already committed to.
Mind you, there's still a bit too much choice in the market. Assassin's Creed is way too much like Prince of Persia for my tastes. Couldn't they combine them in some way so that I don't have to make any choice at all? And just call it Jumpy Swingy Stabby so that I know what I'm getting?
Likewise with having to decide between Tom Clancy versus Metal Gear - why not just make Sneaky Snappy Shooty?
Come on, games industry, get with the program. There's no need for all this confusing, infuriating choice and originality! Just give us more of what we already like, every year, forever. Where's my Drive Pimp Murder Drive 2010?
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So, does that mean they are going to call this one "Assassins' Creed", then?
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...as multiplayer seems to inevitably bring it out somewhere. You might find some great players, but you may find some who insist on getting you killed by guards and then teabagging you, or find some other way to grief you.
That said, it still sounds like it has some serious fun potential, especially if it's cooperative.
I like multiplayer sandbox games. Though I'm more hyped for Crackdown 2.
Why can't developers just stick to games that have no multiplayer? I don't get the rampant need for every game that comes out to have a multiplayer option. Whatever happened to just sitting down and playing a game at home without the option for multiplayer? Sure playing a game with friends is nice, but now a mainly stealth games need a multiplayer option as well? I'll most likely get the game, but I can live without multiplayer.
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Has someone bitched about "why does every game have to be multiplayer" yet like the Dragon Age thread?
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