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Assassin's Creed 3 Game Informer Details
- Thread starter Nirolak
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Damn @ the info! The screens look really nice too. I seriously need to start ACB & ACR.
I know that Ubisoft has a +1000 something team working on AC franchise, but is this team segmented somehow?
Wiki says that the AC2 team has been working on this since 2009, Does this mean ACB & ACR have their own dev teams?
Or is it just one huge clusterfuck where everyone is working on everything?! lol
I'm just curious as how Ubisoft are managing this huge team(s?).
I know that Ubisoft has a +1000 something team working on AC franchise, but is this team segmented somehow?
Wiki says that the AC2 team has been working on this since 2009, Does this mean ACB & ACR have their own dev teams?
Or is it just one huge clusterfuck where everyone is working on everything?! lol
I'm just curious as how Ubisoft are managing this huge team(s?).
ConfusingJazz
Member
I believe he was talking about Philly (look at his avatar).
Where you can't climb buildings, because they will chuck batteries at you.
Yes, even though the citizens didn't know how they got them, nor how they were used, they still chucked batteries back then.
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
Yeah, I had a feeling he was half American, half native Indian because of his mixed attire (feathered bow and arrow and tomahawk with an 18th century coat).
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
I am very hyped for this. I was pretty let down after Revelations, but this brought me right back into the fold.
So was it was their 'B' team working on Revelations? I wonder what they mean when they say longest dev time since AC1. When did they start?
So was it was their 'B' team working on Revelations? I wonder what they mean when they say longest dev time since AC1. When did they start?
yankeehater
Member
No I mean Philly.
base shagohod
Member
Guys.
Hunting.
Guys.
Hunting.
Guys.
I'll never understand why people want a contemporary setting when part of what makes the franchise so unique and exciting are its historical settings. They have almost literally an innumerable number of awesome places and times in history where they could set the game and...you'd just want a normal 2012-set entry? At that point I'd even ask why bother calling it Assassin's Creed when historical settings are synonymous with the name.
If you want to make an argument for a game set way in the future, then I'd be open to that. The idea of a Blade Runner-esque sci-fi Assassin's Creed could be pretty cool, but modern day? No thanks.
Crazymoogle
Member
Really nailed home with the Revelations DLC too. The
cost of freedom
ComputerMKII
Banned
Worked on AC Revelations:
- Ubisoft Montréal
- Ubisoft Québec
- Ubisoft Partner Studios
- Ubisoft Annecy
- Ubisoft Bucharest
- Ubisoft Massive
- Ubisoft Singapore
- Team Character Shanghai
- Japanese Version by Ubisoft K.K.
- Korean Version by Ubisoft South Korea
http://www.mobygames.com/game/xbox360/assassins-creed-revelations/credits
DLC?
Ubisoft had a medium size team working on AC2 since 2009, especially on the new engine and gameplay concepts. They more than likely had all of the story and the gameplay around it ready when AC:B was finished, and then the the AC teams rejoined to do the actual push towards a final content delivery.
I guess Ubisoft has some great managers, for sure, because having to make sure a game actually works when the people working on it are in 6 different countries and almost as much timezones seems utterly incredible to me.
AC2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AC1. Play them.
Don't we have enough modern day sandbox game already? Why not Victorian Era UK (London) or Civil War era China (Shanghai, Hong Kong) for the fourth game.
metareferential
Member
Did anyone save the scans or re-upload them?
Seems like they've been taken down. PM, of course.
And guys: play AC2. It's good.
Seems like they've been taken down. PM, of course.
And guys: play AC2. It's good.
Pagusas
Elden Member
So Gaf, I'm interested in trying out this series. I've heard 1 is nearly unplayable today, so is there much lost if I start at 2? Also, which games in the series are the "must play" and what are the "spin-off/not needed" games? Is everything that came after 2 just filler, like brotherhood?
MasterShotgun
brazen editing lynx
Combat sounds a lot like Arkham City. They even say Connor is like a predator. I hope it still has it's own identity, but I'd be fine with Batman's Creed: Arkham Revolution.
Grassclipper
Member
Sounds awesome, I haven't played Revelations yet but I will someday. Got a little tired on the formula after Brotherhood, (even though it is a great game) hopefully the longer development cycle will shake things up a bit.
Oh and this summary(and a lot of AC2 actually) reminds me about the comic book character The Phantom. There are some similarities between them.
Oh and this summary(and a lot of AC2 actually) reminds me about the comic book character The Phantom. There are some similarities between them.
thecouncil
Banned
yeah, i want to climb independence hall!
Read a plot summary of 1. Play 2 and Brotherhood. They are both fantastic.
If you really like the main character or 2 and Brotherhood you will like Revelations.
Eppy Thatcher
God's had his chance.
Fuckin called the huge armies shit. Cannot wait to be in the forest... hunting bears or some shit and hear a distant cannon go off. start jogging in one direction hearing more and more mayhem as you move. Finally coming to the edge of the forest you climb a tree and look out over the fields as hundreds of soldiers line up on each side and go to town on each other.
I'd bet a dollar that at some point in this game you will help an american platoon against some British soldiers and it will be straight up out of The Patriot... cut - duck - stab - roll - dodge - shoot - hack - slash - run - jump - stab .... just flowing your way through a giant mass of assholes killing everything that gets close to you. Just wait ...
so hype.
I'd bet a dollar that at some point in this game you will help an american platoon against some British soldiers and it will be straight up out of The Patriot... cut - duck - stab - roll - dodge - shoot - hack - slash - run - jump - stab .... just flowing your way through a giant mass of assholes killing everything that gets close to you. Just wait ...
so hype.
Digital-Hero
Member
I'm hoping Assassins Creed 4 is actually pre-World War I. Devs need to take their time and work their way through history.
Leave AC1 it's not very good..just start playing AC2 which is a much better game.
Roland Deschain
Member
Thousands of animations? What?
At some point the prevalence of guns is going to require an entirely different type of game.
Crazymoogle
Member
Patrick Plourde explained the dev cycle at a previous GDC event. Basically their core design team has a rigorous spreadsheet standard for deliverables (think excel files with rows of things like: "Ezio moves left at a speed of <1.5m/s>". The number is variable but the programming goal is so exact that it works like a checklist.) Preproduction is exhaustive at trying to nail these all down. Content and spec is then parted out to the different studios. Annecy, Singapore, Montreal all have big roles in what gets done.
There'a still a ton of management/coordination/stress to deal with, but the reason why it works is because the specifics are nailed down. Sort of like a film production, each cog in the machine needs to be exceedingly well prepped, otherwise you get stuck with typical gamedev outsourcing problems.
neenja_jenkins
Banned
Awwww sheeeeeeet!
Those screenies made my boy parts get bigger!
Hype to the max!
Those screenies made my boy parts get bigger!
Hype to the max!
ComputerMKII
Banned
AC1 is shit, don't play it. You want to know about the story though, so watch it on Youtube or read about it on some wiki.
PLAY AC2. It's a HUGE improvement over AC1 and has great gameplay and the best story. I consider it one of my favorite games of this generation and maybe even one of my favorite games of all time.
Play Brotherhood as well (it improves on AC2 gameplay-wise but the story, while good, is not as interesting). It's a direct sequel to AC2 and you get to visit Rome and the Vatican.
Revelations is a huge disappointment in my opinion: the story goes nowhere, apart from the last couple hours. Also, they added the annoying bomb system and tower defense minigame. Watch it on Youtube because the ending and the Altair flashbacks are worth it.
tl;dr: AC2 > AC Brotherhood >>>>> AC Revelations >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Assassin's Creed
Zomba13
Member
I personally want that so then they can make countless other games from any point in the past or future. I want them to hurry up and finish the story they established in the first game. I don't want them to drag Desmond's story out forever.
Once they finish of Desmonds story, give us a modern day setting where he uses his skills he got from the bleed effect and modern day Assassin gear to fuck modern templars/abstergo up and save the world then I want to see more historical games. I want historical Egypt, Japan, London.
First numbered AC sequel in 3 years and it sounds like it will be a completely different game! For all the flak Ubi gets, they've continually built upon and/or overhauled the series, one game to the next. However, considering everything I've heard about Revelations though, I'll remain cautiously HYPED.
Also, so glad they decided against doing tower defense again. I could easily see them using that system to defend forts or some shit. I guess they listened to the criticisms from the previous game.
Also, so glad they decided against doing tower defense again. I could easily see them using that system to defend forts or some shit. I guess they listened to the criticisms from the previous game.
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
I love how the setting and new gameplay features compliment each other. Most people probably just wanted more of the same in a new, good looking historical setting. Like Egypt or Japan because that's really original in VG land...