I had pre-ordered the game more then a month ago so i was pretty anxious to get it ;o)
I haven't had a lot of time to play it yet BUT i did have the chance to start the story mode and play some multiplayer rounds just to see how it works :o).
As for the story, well..i don't know much about it (and also don't want to be a spoiler) so i'll just talk about what i did see (right in the beginning):
- The game picks up where we left Enzio (back in Rome, after he fought the pope heheh...);
- And he returns to his uncle's villa;
- The villa is then attacked and he loses all his weapons.
This is essentially the beginning of the story mode of the game. And i'm just sharing this because...i really wasn't expecting to lose all weapons YET again ;o)
For those of you who have played the first and second games, you will probably remember that, in the first game, Altair is depromoted right in the beginning and needs to earn his rank in the Assassin's Guild by killing some Templar enemies of the clan. Oh k, a little far-fetched since he could easily get weapons / armors elsewhere BUT it does explain the need to get extra armor / weapons ;o) [hmm, although, supposedly, something paranormal happened when his master downgraded his powers...].
The lack of weapons and armors is also in the beginning of the second game and, again, it makes sense because the actual game revolves around training Enzio to become an Assassin!
So we were a little bit curious to know what would happen in this third game and we soon got our answer:
- Enzio was sleeping, his uncle's villa is attacked and...he doesn't have enough time to pick up his armor / weapons.
Couf...couf...now THAT IS far-fetched! :o)
I stopped playing the game when that happened because i had to go to sleep BUT it was pretty lame ;o)
Now, on the multiplayer mode...(what people are probably interested in knowing)!
It seems Abstergo Industries is taking the training to a whole new level, by putting Templars inside simulators where they can fight each other (to prepare against the Assassin's).
There seem to be two different multiplayer modes:
- each man / woman for him/herself;
- team plays!
I played both of them but only liked the non-cooperative mode.
The game puts up to 8 players (if i'm not mistaken) in a small town, and generates random killing contracts for each player.
We see the picture of the player we are trying to assassinate and there is a small radar that shows us the direction where he/she is and how close we are.
The mechanics are pretty basic: sneak up OR run / attack the player by pressing the square button (no fancy sword fights) :o).
I've read a little about it and it seems the guys who developed the multiplayer engine tried it out but it simply wasn't fun / fast enough!
Now...it obviously isn't as easy as just hunting people down! ;o)
Other players will also have contracts on you and can also have contracts on the same victim as you (which means, whoever kills him/her first, gets the points)!
There are also different points for each kill, depending on how you do it:
- did you sneak up on the guy?
- did you chase him?
- did you corner him?
- etc...
If you do notice someone is attacking you, you can either try and stun the attacker by pressing the circle button OR run and hide! :o)
And this is where things get interesting because you can hide in the regular places (i.e. an haystack or sit on a bench), throw smoke bombs OR disguise (turning yourself into a different character for a small amount of time)!
To make things even more complex, there are a ton of similar characters wandering around so you need to be sure if you are attacking a civilian OR an actual player (by watching their moves) ;o)
The more you play (and the better you do), a higher "experience" level you reach. And each experience level has a different trick / feature (i.e. i believe you can disguise yourself when you get to level 2).
The first time i played i finished 1st so i was REALLY excited (cause i REALLY suck at multiplayer games)! ;o)
But, after playing about 5 rounds, things became more complicated (cause i was in level 3 playing against people in level 12)...
In total, there seem to be about 50 different expertise levels!
As for the other multiplayer mode...hmm...i really didn't understand how it works :o\
The cooperative mode works with 2 teams that use the exact same characters (well, one character for each team) so you can expect to see a TON of similar characters walking around the streets) and you have to target specific ones!
Your radar APPARENTLY points to up to 3 players but i could NEVER kill anybody...when i tried doing so, it just told me i had killed a civilian! :o\
From what i've ready, it seems each team splits into teams of two players and you can cooperatively help your partner by pointing him to the player you have to kill...
It was really confusing so...i'll have to give it another try (maybe it is really fun and i just did not understand it) ;o)
All in all, i'm REALLY excited!
Assassin's Creed is one of my all time favorite games (up close to InFamous, GTA IV, Kane & Lynch and Uncharted) so i was really anxious to get it ;o)
Because i pre-ordered the game from Gamestop, i also got the Harlequin character.
Not my favorite but...eh...i got it for free! :oP
I'm pretty sure we'll have a very good time over the coming weekends! :o))
yes we will :)*
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