Comments on: First Thirty: Assassin’s Creed II (PS3) http://www.aeropause.com/2009/12/first-thirty-assassins-creed-ii-ps3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-thirty-assassins-creed-ii-ps3 Aeropause is a video game blog that explores game culture, trends, technologies and innovations Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:19:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jordan_Snyder http://www.aeropause.com/2009/12/first-thirty-assassins-creed-ii-ps3/comment-page-1/#comment-30532 Jordan_Snyder Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:50:27 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/?p=27613#comment-30532 I have a piece of advice for you: Don't go back and play the original. This game is leaps and bounds better than the first Assassin's Creed, but I think it's still extremely overrated. The free-running is still very finicky, the cutscenes look atrocious (seriously, did they have to make them in-engine?), and the sci-fi elements really don't work as well as they want.<br><br>Also, Fourhman said this: "I pretty much want to be Ezio and that’s itsio." It was hilarious. I have a piece of advice for you: Don't go back and play the original. This game is leaps and bounds better than the first Assassin's Creed, but I think it's still extremely overrated. The free-running is still very finicky, the cutscenes look atrocious (seriously, did they have to make them in-engine?), and the sci-fi elements really don't work as well as they want.

Also, Fourhman said this: “I pretty much want to be Ezio and that’s itsio.” It was hilarious.

]]> By: mclazyj http://www.aeropause.com/2009/12/first-thirty-assassins-creed-ii-ps3/comment-page-1/#comment-30531 mclazyj Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:58:52 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/?p=27613#comment-30531 I have not had a chance to play ACII yet (damn PC release delays), but if the first is any indication, you will revisit Desmond several times through the course of the game. I would say that it would not hurt to at least try the first game. Yes it is a bit monotonous towards the end, but you can see glimpses of what the developers were looking to do with the first Assassins Creed. Also, you can pick it up for $15-20 just about anywhere by now, or rent it on Gamefly. I have not had a chance to play ACII yet (damn PC release delays), but if the first is any indication, you will revisit Desmond several times through the course of the game. I would say that it would not hurt to at least try the first game. Yes it is a bit monotonous towards the end, but you can see glimpses of what the developers were looking to do with the first Assassins Creed. Also, you can pick it up for $15-20 just about anywhere by now, or rent it on Gamefly.

]]> By: Joe Fourhman http://www.aeropause.com/2009/12/first-thirty-assassins-creed-ii-ps3/comment-page-1/#comment-30530 Joe Fourhman Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:20:01 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/?p=27613#comment-30530 Sounds like good advice! I'm digging the game... I was just totally annoyed by the dorky sci-fi beginning. I mean, Desmond is, like, cracking jokes as he escapes from Scary Lab Futuretech? It really put me off. It felt tacked on to me, but I'm sure that's partially because I'm walking in cold. Sounds like good advice! I'm digging the game… I was just totally annoyed by the dorky sci-fi beginning. I mean, Desmond is, like, cracking jokes as he escapes from Scary Lab Futuretech? It really put me off. It felt tacked on to me, but I'm sure that's partially because I'm walking in cold.

]]> By: Nat_K http://www.aeropause.com/2009/12/first-thirty-assassins-creed-ii-ps3/comment-page-1/#comment-30529 Nat_K Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:56:45 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/?p=27613#comment-30529 I played through the game in four days and loved almost all of it. A couple of things.<br><br>1. I agree the almost 1 to 2.5 hour "tutorial" was a little too long.<br>2. In the end you'll want to see Desmond again. Trust me. Just remember, these games are NOT really about Altiar or Ezio (Although you will like Altiar MORE by the end-game--especially if you played the first)<br>3. The evolution of Ezio from bumbler to full-blood assassin is a 20 year process and it's great.<br>4. There's still some weird leap of faith jumping problems.<br>5. Wall-running and jumping is added at the end game and it may frustrate you a little--especially during a tomb quest. Why not copy the Prince of Persia style?<br>6. I don't get the beef people are having with all the facial animation stuff. (Of course, I've been using subtitles, so I'm not really directed to the face.)<br>7. I wasn't really hip on all the new dodging and unarmed disarming that needs to be performed. To much weapon switching while in combat. Let me stabby-stab-stab.<br>8. The only way to face a pole arm soldier? Laaaame. Although the animation for it is cool.<br>9. This was the first PS3 game I got a platinum trophy on. I played through the game in four days and loved almost all of it. A couple of things.

1. I agree the almost 1 to 2.5 hour “tutorial” was a little too long.
2. In the end you'll want to see Desmond again. Trust me. Just remember, these games are NOT really about Altiar or Ezio (Although you will like Altiar MORE by the end-game–especially if you played the first)
3. The evolution of Ezio from bumbler to full-blood assassin is a 20 year process and it's great.
4. There's still some weird leap of faith jumping problems.
5. Wall-running and jumping is added at the end game and it may frustrate you a little–especially during a tomb quest. Why not copy the Prince of Persia style?
6. I don't get the beef people are having with all the facial animation stuff. (Of course, I've been using subtitles, so I'm not really directed to the face.)
7. I wasn't really hip on all the new dodging and unarmed disarming that needs to be performed. To much weapon switching while in combat. Let me stabby-stab-stab.
8. The only way to face a pole arm soldier? Laaaame. Although the animation for it is cool.
9. This was the first PS3 game I got a platinum trophy on.

]]> By: Jordan_Snyder http://www.aeropause.com/2009/12/first-thirty-assassins-creed-ii-ps3/comment-page-1/#comment-29397 Jordan_Snyder Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:50:27 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/?p=27613#comment-29397 I have a piece of advice for you: Don't go back and play the original. This game is leaps and bounds better than the first Assassin's Creed, but I think it's still extremely overrated. The free-running is still very finicky, the cutscenes look atrocious (seriously, did they have to make them in-engine?), and the sci-fi elements really don't work as well as they want.<br><br>Also, Fourhman said this: "I pretty much want to be Ezio and that’s itsio." It was hilarious. I have a piece of advice for you: Don't go back and play the original. This game is leaps and bounds better than the first Assassin's Creed, but I think it's still extremely overrated. The free-running is still very finicky, the cutscenes look atrocious (seriously, did they have to make them in-engine?), and the sci-fi elements really don't work as well as they want.

Also, Fourhman said this: “I pretty much want to be Ezio and that’s itsio.” It was hilarious.

]]> By: mclazyj http://www.aeropause.com/2009/12/first-thirty-assassins-creed-ii-ps3/comment-page-1/#comment-29393 mclazyj Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:58:52 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/?p=27613#comment-29393 I have not had a chance to play ACII yet (damn PC release delays), but if the first is any indication, you will revisit Desmond several times through the course of the game. I would say that it would not hurt to at least try the first game. Yes it is a bit monotonous towards the end, but you can see glimpses of what the developers were looking to do with the first Assassins Creed. Also, you can pick it up for $15-20 just about anywhere by now, or rent it on Gamefly. I have not had a chance to play ACII yet (damn PC release delays), but if the first is any indication, you will revisit Desmond several times through the course of the game. I would say that it would not hurt to at least try the first game. Yes it is a bit monotonous towards the end, but you can see glimpses of what the developers were looking to do with the first Assassins Creed. Also, you can pick it up for $15-20 just about anywhere by now, or rent it on Gamefly.

]]> By: Joe Fourhman http://www.aeropause.com/2009/12/first-thirty-assassins-creed-ii-ps3/comment-page-1/#comment-29392 Joe Fourhman Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:20:01 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/?p=27613#comment-29392 Sounds like good advice! I'm digging the game... I was just totally annoyed by the dorky sci-fi beginning. I mean, Desmond is, like, cracking jokes as he escapes from Scary Lab Futuretech? It really put me off. It felt tacked on to me, but I'm sure that's partially because I'm walking in cold. Sounds like good advice! I'm digging the game… I was just totally annoyed by the dorky sci-fi beginning. I mean, Desmond is, like, cracking jokes as he escapes from Scary Lab Futuretech? It really put me off. It felt tacked on to me, but I'm sure that's partially because I'm walking in cold.

]]> By: Nat_K http://www.aeropause.com/2009/12/first-thirty-assassins-creed-ii-ps3/comment-page-1/#comment-29390 Nat_K Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:56:45 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/?p=27613#comment-29390 I played through the game in four days and loved almost all of it. A couple of things.<br><br>1. I agree the almost 1 to 2.5 hour "tutorial" was a little too long.<br>2. In the end you'll want to see Desmond again. Trust me. Just remember, these games are NOT really about Altiar or Ezio (Although you will like Altiar MORE by the end-game--especially if you played the first)<br>3. The evolution of Ezio from bumbler to full-blood assassin is a 20 year process and it's great.<br>4. There's still some weird leap of faith jumping problems.<br>5. Wall-running and jumping is added at the end game and it may frustrate you a little--especially during a tomb quest. Why not copy the Prince of Persia style?<br>6. I don't get the beef people are having with all the facial animation stuff. (Of course, I've been using subtitles, so I'm not really directed to the face.)<br>7. I wasn't really hip on all the new dodging and unarmed disarming that needs to be performed. To much weapon switching while in combat. Let me stabby-stab-stab.<br>8. The only way to face a pole arm soldier? Laaaame. Although the animation for it is cool.<br>9. This was the first PS3 game I got a platinum trophy on. I played through the game in four days and loved almost all of it. A couple of things.

1. I agree the almost 1 to 2.5 hour “tutorial” was a little too long.
2. In the end you'll want to see Desmond again. Trust me. Just remember, these games are NOT really about Altiar or Ezio (Although you will like Altiar MORE by the end-game–especially if you played the first)
3. The evolution of Ezio from bumbler to full-blood assassin is a 20 year process and it's great.
4. There's still some weird leap of faith jumping problems.
5. Wall-running and jumping is added at the end game and it may frustrate you a little–especially during a tomb quest. Why not copy the Prince of Persia style?
6. I don't get the beef people are having with all the facial animation stuff. (Of course, I've been using subtitles, so I'm not really directed to the face.)
7. I wasn't really hip on all the new dodging and unarmed disarming that needs to be performed. To much weapon switching while in combat. Let me stabby-stab-stab.
8. The only way to face a pole arm soldier? Laaaame. Although the animation for it is cool.
9. This was the first PS3 game I got a platinum trophy on.

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