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New Assassin's Creed Next Year, Will Have Multiplayer

Posted by Soulskill on from the two-assassins-one-creed dept.

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.

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  1. I can see it all now... by Shadow+of+Eternity · · Score: 4, Funny

    All of six to eight people standing around staring at each other waiting to do a counter...

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    1. Re:I can see it all now... by sopssa · · Score: 4, Interesting

      You're thinking it too simply. Instead of fighting against each other, why not have the assassins work together? More like co-opping. A few players could be going near the target on street and other players assisting from the roofs. Someone making sure that if the target gets away, they're near to block his way. Gameplay that needs simultaneous action from several players. Or two assassins groups trying to assasinate the same target, while trying to protect themself from the other group, the target and his guards and simultaneously trying to execute the job perfectly.

      Also Assassins Creed's usual running, jumping and climbing in a large city would make a great races with other players. You have to choose the right ways and know shortcuts and think if you get there faster by climbing to roofs and jumping there over streets.

      I love it how more and more games have gone in to this kind of playing, left4dead and borderlands pioneering (and mmo's of course). It's not anymore the counter-strike like two teams or some players against each other.

    2. Re:I can see it all now... by TheLink · · Score: 2, Informative

      > left4dead and borderlands pioneering (and mmo's of course)

      Doom had coop more than 15 years ago.

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    3. Re:I can see it all now... by Antiocheian · · Score: 2, Informative

      Even better -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD

      (But I see your point -- Doom is easier for the left4dead and borderlands kid to grasp)

    4. Re:I can see it all now... by CraftyJack · · Score: 5, Informative

      Also Assassins Creed's usual running, jumping and climbing in a large city would make a great races with other players.

      Oh good. Let's take the most irritating part of the game, and add a 13 year old with a headset.

  2. No PC version? by IBBoard · · Score: 2, Insightful

    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).

    1. Re:No PC version? by marmoset · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Game corporation in "focusing on platforms where they make money" shocker.

    2. Re:No PC version? by sopssa · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I guess its more like some kind of licensing deal with Microsoft and Sony. The first game was also released exactly the same way, 2-3 months later on PC (and leaked on the internet months before it was available in stores). Same stupid thing like with GTA series, which really sucks, but I would think they do the same thing with the third version again.

    3. Re:No PC version? by BeardsmoreA · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Or to look at it another way, an XBox is a tightly specified closed platform and so waaaaaay easier to do proper robust testing on than the plethora of possible hardware combinations in the generic PC market.

    4. Re:No PC version? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I think its about piracy. If they release all versions at the same times, people will pirate it for their pc rather than buying it for their console. By staggering the releases, impatient gamers have to pay for the game. Sure, you can pirate console games if you mod your console, but that's usually too much of a hassle for the aforementioned impatient gamers.

      There's still money to be made from honest PC gamers, so the game eventually gets a PC release, and this way the pirates who will buy the game if they can't download have to pay.

  3. Multiplayer? Oh, shit. by Lilith's+Heart-shape · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Looks like the single-player campaign in Assassin's Creed III is going to suck.

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    1. Re:Multiplayer? Oh, shit. by Cornelius+the+Great · · Score: 2, Insightful

      The addition of multiplayer in Uncharted 2 didn't seem to hinder single player quality.

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    2. Re:Multiplayer? Oh, shit. by tlhIngan · · Score: 2, Insightful

      A single exception doesn't disprove the rule. Generally, for a game that implements both single player and multiplayer, one or the other of the experiences is going to be lacking.

      Personally, I've seen way too many multiplayer games lately. Sometimes I just want to come home, plop down on my couche, and play by my self. I'm glad at least Dragon Age is seeming to stick to it's single-player mission.

      Another complaint is the lack of bots for multiplayer. After finishing the single-player mission, I also want to plop on the couch and play single-player, but want to just play some bots instead of having to do the whole matchmaking thing. Sometimes I just feel I need to sit down and kill/blast something. Especially since I'm not that great a player and want to do a quick few minutes before getting on with life.

      Or I have a friend over and we'd like to have someone to challenge with.

  4. This is great news for me! by Rogerborg · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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    1. Re:This is great news for me! by MBGMorden · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's whoosh Jim, but not as we know it.

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  5. Multiplayer by glwtta · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, does that mean they are going to call this one "Assassins' Creed", then?

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  6. Re:fuck that by greyline · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Assassin's Creed is not what I would call a stealth game.