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Title: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: ManaByte on May 05, 2010, 07:10:40 PM: (http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/05/acbhires580pxheaderimg.jpg)

Image is real. Ubi promises more next week.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: brawndolicious on May 05, 2010, 07:15:16 PM: I hate when you see these tiny bare bones scans where you can't see shit but still want to unzip your pants.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Smooth Groove on May 05, 2010, 07:37:57 PM: Nice. There aren't many games that are set in South Central LA.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Ichirou on May 05, 2010, 08:05:57 PM: So I see the other characters are the other assassin's you meet in AC2. I hope the multiplayer aspect isn't crap.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Cormacaroni on May 05, 2010, 09:08:51 PM: awesome screenshots on the back cover - 2 dudes standing (maybe also talking!) and a villa with nothing in the foreground. A pic or two of someone being assassinated violently would just be too obvious, wouldn't it.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Diunx on May 05, 2010, 09:39:52 PM: So they are a superhero team now?
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: pilonv1 on May 06, 2010, 01:55:11 AM: Assasins league?
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: chronovore on May 06, 2010, 08:02:42 AM: Quote from: Cormacaroni on May 05, 2010, 09:08:51 PM
awesome screenshots on the back cover - 2 dudes standing (maybe also talking!) and a villa with nothing in the foreground. A pic or two of someone being assassinated violently would just be too obvious, wouldn't it.
That's not a "villa," it's The Parthenon from THQ's Saints Row 2, in Stilwater. Clearly this is a collaborative multiplayer game, where the Assassin's Brotherhood teams up with the saints to beat back ULTOR.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on June 15, 2010, 09:30:02 PM: [youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=466zyYiiNCk[/youtube]
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on June 17, 2010, 09:57:27 AM: [youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_PvGhct4ZM&hd=1[/youtube]
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: MCD on June 17, 2010, 10:02:59 AM: multi expansion garbage.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 17, 2010, 10:04:16 AM: looks neat, something different at least
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on June 17, 2010, 10:05:39 AM: Quote from: Eel O'Brian on June 17, 2010, 10:04:16 AM
looks neat, something different at least

This.

I have a feeling I probably won't end up playing this much but hopefully the other modes are inventive like this one.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on July 22, 2010, 10:45:49 PM: [youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fy7sxBPA2M[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL9wGLdMoic[/youtube]
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 27, 2010, 11:05:07 AM: [youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVL1oGn1onQ[/youtube]
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on September 13, 2010, 10:54:51 PM: [youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCIYyOPGllQ[/youtube]
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Bebpo on September 13, 2010, 11:21:56 PM: I liked AC2 a looooooooooooooot (which is surprising since I'm an AC1 hater) and I'd love to run around exploring Rome while having more story and mystery.
But I'm pretty against rampant milking like this, plus the AC creator bailed ship and apparently has nothing to do with this game.

So I guess I'll wait and play it when it bombs.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 08, 2010, 11:46:11 AM: http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-assassins-creed-brotherhood-beta/17-3339/
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: cool breeze on October 08, 2010, 12:54:17 PM: I just realized that the multiplayer is basically a simplified version of The Ship and Ubisoft is also publishing their next game (bloody good time) that has similar gameplay. I wonder if those guys were involved with the AC:B multiplayer at all.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 18, 2010, 02:36:21 PM: [youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4l0nMWi98o&hd=1[/youtube]
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Bildi on October 18, 2010, 06:17:22 PM: I loved the first (GOTY for me) but the second was long and meandering and I lost interest. I think I'll just wait for AC3.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: demi on October 18, 2010, 06:18:34 PM: uh. this -is- AC3. Sorry man. The achievement list shows

spoiler (click to show/hide)
You get to play as Desmond again
[close]

And AC2 poops high on AC1. Sorry you missed out on the actual good AC.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 18, 2010, 06:36:59 PM: looks fuck amazing
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Bebpo on October 18, 2010, 06:56:57 PM: Will wait for AC3 in a new setting. This time period and Ezio is pretty played out already between AC2 and the DLC.

Might play this next year when it's $20.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: demi on October 18, 2010, 07:45:51 PM: Probably garbage. Multiplayer doesnt belong in AC. Or Dead Rising. Fuck multi
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Bebpo on October 18, 2010, 07:54:35 PM: I heard the multi is awesome. Was kind of surprising since the concept sounds bad. But everyone playing the beta has been really positive about it.

too bad I never play multi.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Bildi on October 18, 2010, 08:31:18 PM: Quote from: Bebpo on October 18, 2010, 06:56:57 PM
Will wait for AC3 in a new setting. This time period and Ezio is pretty played out already between AC2 and the DLC.

Might play this next year when it's $20.

I hope they take AC3 to a really different setting, the first two games were fairly similar so it's starting to feel tired.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on November 05, 2010, 08:25:18 AM: [youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFnEbukk94Q&feature=sub[/youtube]
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: ManaByte on November 05, 2010, 10:13:10 AM: Quote from: Bildi on October 18, 2010, 08:31:18 PM
Quote from: Bebpo on October 18, 2010, 06:56:57 PM
Will wait for AC3 in a new setting. This time period and Ezio is pretty played out already between AC2 and the DLC.

Might play this next year when it's $20.

I hope they take AC3 to a really different setting, the first two games were fairly similar so it's starting to feel tired.

AC3 is set in Russia most likely during WWII and you're playing a chick.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Raban on November 05, 2010, 01:58:06 PM: Quote from: ManaByte on November 05, 2010, 10:13:10 AM
Quote from: Bildi on October 18, 2010, 08:31:18 PM
Quote from: Bebpo on October 18, 2010, 06:56:57 PM
Will wait for AC3 in a new setting. This time period and Ezio is pretty played out already between AC2 and the DLC.

Might play this next year when it's $20.

I hope they take AC3 to a really different setting, the first two games were fairly similar so it's starting to feel tired.

AC3 is set in Russia most likely during WWII and you're playing a chick.

Bought.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: ManaByte on November 05, 2010, 03:28:50 PM: A game where a guy goes into VR and lives out his life as a chick has to be startselect's dream come true.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: brawndolicious on November 05, 2010, 05:01:39 PM: Quote from: ManaByte on November 05, 2010, 10:13:10 AM
Quote from: Bildi on October 18, 2010, 08:31:18 PM
Quote from: Bebpo on October 18, 2010, 06:56:57 PM
Will wait for AC3 in a new setting. This time period and Ezio is pretty played out already between AC2 and the DLC.

Might play this next year when it's $20.

I hope they take AC3 to a really different setting, the first two games were fairly similar so it's starting to feel tired.

AC3 is set in Russia most likely during WWII and you're playing a chick.

A writer for the series has said that AC will never be set in WW2, they don't want to do a setting that's been done a million times.

I think most likely it'll take place sometime in the 1800's. Lots of interesting world events to go through and the gameplay wouldn't have to change too much as guns are still relatively cumbersome.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: ManaByte on November 05, 2010, 05:02:22 PM: Well the new AC comic takes place in Russia in the early 1900s.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: GilloD on November 06, 2010, 06:29:28 AM: Barring some nasty reviews this will be next my next purchase. (sorry dr2)
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: chronovore on November 06, 2010, 09:15:22 AM: Quote from: ManaByte on November 05, 2010, 10:13:10 AM
Quote from: Bildi on October 18, 2010, 08:31:18 PM
Quote from: Bebpo on October 18, 2010, 06:56:57 PM
Will wait for AC3 in a new setting. This time period and Ezio is pretty played out already between AC2 and the DLC.

Might play this next year when it's $20.

I hope they take AC3 to a really different setting, the first two games were fairly similar so it's starting to feel tired.

AC3 is set in Russia most likely during WWII and you're playing a chick.

They'll just buy up Velvet Assassin, put the chick in a white costume and add a bloom filter. No-one will know to complain because no-one bought Velvet Assassin. Money in the bank: ka-ching.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Raban on November 07, 2010, 12:36:41 PM: Quote from: ManaByte on November 05, 2010, 03:28:50 PM
A game where a guy goes into VR and lives out his life as a chick has to be startselect's dream come true.

Bingo.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: chronovore on November 08, 2010, 12:16:50 PM: Quote from: startselect on November 07, 2010, 12:36:41 PM
Quote from: ManaByte on November 05, 2010, 03:28:50 PM
A game where a guy goes into VR and lives out his life as a chick has to be startselect's dream come true.

Bingo.

That's easy. Those are called "chatrooms."
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Raban on November 08, 2010, 01:40:01 PM: Been there, done that ::)
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on November 12, 2010, 07:43:22 AM: [youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAb0YtprjQQ&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Herr Mafflard on November 12, 2010, 08:16:52 AM: that was epic.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Mupepe on November 12, 2010, 02:13:31 PM: Quote from: chronovore on November 08, 2010, 12:16:50 PM
Quote from: startselect on November 07, 2010, 12:36:41 PM
Quote from: ManaByte on November 05, 2010, 03:28:50 PM
A game where a guy goes into VR and lives out his life as a chick has to be startselect's dream come true.

Bingo.

That's easy. Those are called "chatrooms."

Quote from: startselect on November 08, 2010, 01:40:01 PM
Been there, done that ::)

:lol :lol

I loved the AC1 to death. Probably my favorite game this gen. But AC2 didn't catch me. Maybe it was because my wife's dumbfuck cousins played my game and saved it and progressed the story. So I started over but the beginning training shit is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy too long. So I haven't had any interest in brotherhood either. But I should probably go back and finish AC2
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Raban on November 12, 2010, 02:16:51 PM: I kept hearing AC2 was better, but I haven't gotten it just yet. I played the shit out of AC1 on my PS3 back when I had it, though. Loved it. The combat was a bit shallow, but the solid platforming made up for it.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Mupepe on November 12, 2010, 04:33:05 PM: One of my favorite things about AC1 was finding the flags. That shit was so fucking fun. Oh and fighting all the templars.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: brawndolicious on November 13, 2010, 02:16:34 AM: Brotherhood looks solid but it also looks like it's a bunch of ideas they didn't have enough time for in the first game. I'm personally just gonna rent it and probably 1000 within 20 hours like I did with AC2, but I'll most likely buy AC3 cause I'm a ho.

The second game was essentially an improvement on everything in the first. Most notably in the combat and side-missions but the actual platforming and exploration itself was also a lot smoother too. I personally liked the setting of the first game more from a historical standpoint but climbing the churches and towers in florence and venice that I've actually seen with my own eyes is just a mind-bogglingly awesome.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on November 14, 2010, 04:35:15 PM: First 15 minutes

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0wvUp-5Yqg&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: demi on November 14, 2010, 04:41:41 PM: Like I'm watching that. Can't wait to cop this, I want my WUT ending
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: GilloD on November 14, 2010, 07:13:15 PM: Is there a big singplayer quotient? I was kind of thinking that it was a multiplayer game with Single Player stuff being tutorial-y.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: G The Resurrected on November 14, 2010, 07:22:20 PM: Quote from: GilloD on November 14, 2010, 07:13:15 PM
Is there a big singplayer quotient? I was kind of thinking that it was a multiplayer game with Single Player stuff being tutorial-y.

Single player is just as long as AC2 from those that I know who have played it. It seems it's less focused about Desmond and more about Ezio. Multiplayer is fun I'm looking forward to winning tomorrow nights midnight release tournament.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: GilloD on November 14, 2010, 07:33:12 PM: Yeah, I'll have to head out this weekend and find it.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Himu on November 14, 2010, 07:44:21 PM: I still haven't played AC2 and I'm shocked they're putting AC3 out so soon.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: G The Resurrected on November 14, 2010, 07:53:22 PM: AC:B is not AC3 it is more or less the rest of AC2 that was cut due to the greediness of Ubishit.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 14, 2010, 09:26:56 PM: I guess I'm still kind of confused on what Brotherhood is. If it's actually a decent sized continuation of AC2 I'm totally down, but if it's just a bunch of multiplayer nonsense.......yeah, no thanks.

Any reviews up for this yet?
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on November 14, 2010, 09:32:32 PM: Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 14, 2010, 09:26:56 PM
I guess I'm still kind of confused on what Brotherhood is. If it's actually a decent sized continuation of AC2 I'm totally down, but if it's just a bunch of multiplayer nonsense.......yeah, no thanks.

Any reviews up for this yet?

It's essentially more of AC 2 with some multiplayer and the continuing adventures of ezio.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 14, 2010, 09:36:56 PM: Does that mean more villa upgrades? :hyper Hot damn.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on November 14, 2010, 09:39:20 PM: It's a milking but honestly I'm fine with it. The multiplayer seems different and kinda cool. And I'm actually fine with more Ezio. That was one of my complaints about AC 2 in that his story wasn't really resolved I felt.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: GilloD on November 14, 2010, 10:32:53 PM: Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 14, 2010, 09:36:56 PM
Does that mean more villa upgrades? :hyper Hot damn.

There's a lot more upgrade/time/stat management stuff. There's like a whole thing where you recruit other Asassiaasisaisansas and send them on missions and they level up. That stuff is catnip for me.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: maxy on November 15, 2010, 04:35:35 AM: Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 14, 2010, 09:26:56 PM
I guess I'm still kind of confused on what Brotherhood is. If it's actually a decent sized continuation of AC2 I'm totally down, but if it's just a bunch of multiplayer nonsense.......yeah, no thanks.

Any reviews up for this yet?

Played it a little bit,feels like AC2,plays like AC2 with some minor tweaks...like a true sequel to AC2
Looks better than AC2,especially character models...in other words,it looks fantastic

I'm now staring at Lucy ass :drool
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: GilloD on November 15, 2010, 08:06:34 AM: http://www.play-asia.com/Assassins_Creed_Brotherhood/paOS-13-71-dw-49-en-70-3yyf.html

Any idea if the J Version will have ENglish menus/text/voices?
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: demi on November 15, 2010, 08:12:33 AM: Damn, if you didnt need any more proof against the gamefly FUD

I moved Brotherhood from the bottom of my list to the top just last night (filled with countless unsent games), and they sent it this morning.

Gamefly :bow
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 15, 2010, 05:37:04 PM: Gamefly FUD? There's Gamefly FUD going around? Didn't know.

They just sent me Deadly Premontition. :teehee
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: demi on November 15, 2010, 05:38:03 PM: Yeah man lots of losers saying Gamefly never sends them games etc.

Of corse I have to prove them wrong and keep the peace.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: GilloD on November 16, 2010, 06:02:08 AM: Bought'ed the wacky jappy Moon Language version. Hope it has English menus!
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on November 16, 2010, 11:14:50 AM: [youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jc054uW7aQ&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: maxy on November 16, 2010, 12:11:28 PM: EG score

10/10

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-11-16-assassins-creed-brotherhood-review (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-11-16-assassins-creed-brotherhood-review)
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on November 16, 2010, 12:15:24 PM: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/113/1134821p1.html
http://gameinformer.com/games/assassins_creed_brotherhood/b/xbox360/archive/2010/11/16/review.aspx
http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3182399
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/8328-Review-Assassin-s-Creed-Brotherhood
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=276018
http://www.destructoid.com/review-assassin-s-creed-brotherhood-187876.phtml
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/16/assassins-creed-brotherhood-review/
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/assassinscreedbrotherhood/review.html?tag=topslot;title;1
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: bork on November 16, 2010, 02:45:23 PM: Quote from: GilloD on November 16, 2010, 06:02:08 AM
Bought'ed the wacky jappy Moon Language version. Hope it has English menus!

Do you have an Asian or Japanese model 360? Asian ACB is region-locked.

EDIT: They say it has English and Italian under languages and text, so you should be good to go!
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: GilloD on November 16, 2010, 06:54:24 PM: Quote from: Good Day Sir on November 16, 2010, 02:45:23 PM
Quote from: GilloD on November 16, 2010, 06:02:08 AM
Bought'ed the wacky jappy Moon Language version. Hope it has English menus!

Do you have an Asian or Japanese model 360? Asian ACB is region-locked.

EDIT: They say it has English and Italian under languages and text, so you should be good to go!

Yeah, it's a Korean XBox, NTSC-J region.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Eel O'Brian on November 16, 2010, 07:03:13 PM: are they gonna cram that stupid online drm into the pc version this time
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: GilloD on November 16, 2010, 07:45:35 PM: Reviews are hilariously at odds on the story. One is like A FANTASTIC NAIL BITER and the other is like IT MAKES NO SENSE HELP
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on November 16, 2010, 11:56:37 PM: http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-assassins-creed-brotherhood/17-3503/
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: cool breeze on November 17, 2010, 12:09:49 AM: Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on November 16, 2010, 07:03:13 PM
are they gonna cram that stupid online drm into the pc version this time

Probably. I think it has been delayed like it was last time too.

To be honest, I played PoP Forgotten Sands and an hour or two of splinter cell and I didn't have any problems. The principle is still complete bullshit, but in practice, I didn't run into any issues. Surprising since my internet is hardly reliable. I'll probably play Brotherhood in a year when the PC version comes out and drops to $10, or hopefully like the other two games, one dollar.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 17, 2010, 06:54:46 AM: Quote from: GilloD on November 16, 2010, 07:45:35 PM
Reviews are hilariously at odds on the story. One is like A FANTASTIC NAIL BITER and the other is like IT MAKES NO SENSE HELP

So basically it's Assassin's Creed.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: bork on November 18, 2010, 04:21:17 PM: I'm really enjoying the multiplayer. I didn't know it had a leveling system, where you can unlock extra abilities/perks/killstreak and losing streak bonuses. It feels pretty unique and has a good pacing to it; you need to stay blended in with the crowds or you're an obvious mark/pursuer, and the game rewards you for stealthier kills. So you need to move with NPCs and try to stop and stand/sit with other characters, although if you're spotted you have to initiate a chase or run and hide from your attacker. They did a good job of making it feel very similar to the single player.

I tried the sequel to The Ship on XBLA (forget the name) and didn't like it at all. Brotherhood's multiplayer is a bit like that, but done much, much better IMO.

This is not a game for idiots; every now and then you'll get some moron running and jumping around, making it that much easier to take him/her out. 95% of the people playing are smart enough not to use mics, too. It's all about staying inconspicuous, so your typical XBL loudmouth-bro-tard is going to go down HARD. :lol
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Eel O'Brian on November 18, 2010, 06:36:48 PM: So I'm halfway interested in this, but I never finished AssCreed 2. Which stores are blowing that and this out on Black Friday?
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: pilonv1 on November 18, 2010, 08:33:32 PM: The end of AssCreed 2 isn't probably worth finishing. It's quite stupid actually.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: demi on November 18, 2010, 08:41:24 PM: Actually quite awesome
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: pilonv1 on November 18, 2010, 08:47:15 PM: The story or the fights?
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on November 18, 2010, 09:04:27 PM: I probably won't get around to playing this one until down the road but it sounds cool.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: bork on November 18, 2010, 09:33:24 PM: Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on November 18, 2010, 06:36:48 PM
So I'm halfway interested in this, but I never finished AssCreed 2. Which stores are blowing that and this out on Black Friday?

You can get AC2 (360) for $21 from Amazon.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: demi on November 18, 2010, 09:39:21 PM: Quote from: pilonv1 on November 18, 2010, 08:47:15 PM
The story or the fights?

The end? Both, which is why I am excited ot jump into Brotherhood. I want to see where they go next
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on November 18, 2010, 09:41:57 PM: The final fight in AC 2 was shit. The last level wasn't bad. But that final fight was awful.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: demi on November 18, 2010, 09:50:43 PM: Pretty awesome yeah
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: brawndolicious on November 19, 2010, 04:18:33 AM: The final fight was with

spoiler (click to show/hide)
the pope right? And then a short part after that where you're escaping the security guards from the company that kidnapped you.
[close]
The boss fight was pretty easy because the combat isn't suited for one-on-one dueling but oh well. Story was really awesome.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: demi on November 19, 2010, 06:25:56 PM: The multi in this can be either GENIUS or distinguished mentally-challenged AS FUCK

I love the idea. I didnt think AC needed multi, but this is done VERY well

The problem is, as usual, players at higher level have better perks and can sniff you out qucker than shit.

I only played like 3 matches and I'm already Level 5. However, you can boost once you hit Level 5 so I'm done with AC multi and will boost to Level 50 ^_^
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: demi on November 20, 2010, 01:12:04 PM: Brotherhood is a textbook example of adding too much bullshit to an already perfect game. Full of padded bullshit. Want to spend money on the shops? Cant do that, the Borgia Tower is in the way. Want to burn the Borgia Tower? Cant do that, need to kill the captain who is dug deep among the tons of soldiers.

Jesus fucking christ
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 20, 2010, 04:26:22 PM: Just bought Brotherhood and I had to laugh at the instruction "booklet" that came with it. It's literally just one page with the controller layout. I was wondering why the case felt so light before I opened it up.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: iconoclast on November 20, 2010, 04:42:37 PM: Almost all of the third party big budget AAAAAAAAA summer blockbuster games have sad manuals. On the other hand, the poor companies who publish niche games usually have nice full color manuals. I understand the reasoning for it, but that shit is backwards.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Raban on November 20, 2010, 04:47:15 PM: Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 20, 2010, 04:26:22 PM
Just bought Brotherhood and I had to laugh at the instruction "booklet" that came with it. It's literally just one page with the controller layout. I was wondering why the case felt so light before I opened it up.

Same. I audibly laughed when I saw it.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Raban on November 21, 2010, 04:35:32 AM: Multiplayer is the bee's knees. Finally a game with online that actually makes me feel like I didn't waste my money on Gold. Last game I ended in first. It was weird because about 5 kills in everything but my compass was removed from my HUD. Is this supposed to happen?
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: demi on November 21, 2010, 11:12:53 AM: No, it is a glitch. It happens sometimes even when you dont do shit, like boosting.

Got up to Level 33 so far.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Raban on November 21, 2010, 01:36:41 PM: They better patch that bullshit.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on November 21, 2010, 10:25:20 PM: Watched a couple of videos of the MP. Seems fuck awesome.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Raban on November 21, 2010, 10:28:28 PM: It is. It's way better than you can even imagine.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: demi on November 21, 2010, 10:49:45 PM: It is pretty unique and faithful to the single player.
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Post by: GilloD on November 21, 2010, 11:30:50 PM: I think customs took my package again. Of the 9 packages I've had sent to me, 7 have been involved in some kind of customs bullshit. Fuck that
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: chronovore on November 22, 2010, 08:39:09 PM: ^^^
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Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: GilloD on November 25, 2010, 09:30:11 PM: Sill waiting for my copy. Day 10. Fuck Korea.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: chronovore on November 25, 2010, 09:34:33 PM: Play-Asia is probably just counting on you being bombed soon, so they're not worried about customer support until the whole "war" thing resolves.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 25, 2010, 10:05:17 PM: God damnit. I just lost 3 of my level 7 assassins on a contract. :violin Just thinking about having to level up some new fuckers again makes me want to ram my head through my tv.

Time to turn this shit off for today.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 27, 2010, 07:57:16 AM: This game kind of feels overwhelming at times. It's almost like there's just TOO much stuff to do. I'm constantly getting side tracked with a bunch on inconsequential nonsense.

And I don't know if I like the new "full synchronization" stuff. Some of the stipulations to get a full snyc end up making the game seem pretty fucking tedious at times. I finally stopped caring about it and just started doing shit my own way and found it to be much more enjoyable. Maybe I'll go back to those missions and try to get full syncs but right now it just seems like that kind of stuff is getting in the way rather than enhancing anything.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 28, 2010, 02:32:40 PM: Not that it really matters or anything but I have no idea what's going on anymore as far as Enzio's story goes. They lost me. ACII was much easier for me to follow than this. I suppose it'd help if I bothered to read all the background info the game gives you on the characters and locations but they throw so much of it at you that I just finally gave up. Information overload. Infact everything about this game screams excess. It's a completionist's nightmare. It's the DK64 of...um...assassin games.

I'm diggin' it but it can be a bit much at times.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Sho Nuff on November 28, 2010, 02:35:15 PM: Multiplayer is cool. Way different.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 28, 2010, 02:37:08 PM: I'm planning on getting there eventually but my videogame OCD is compelling me to finish the single player before I go any further.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 28, 2010, 07:10:07 PM: Brutus' armor = fail

Why is it that in both AC2 and AC Brotherhood the "ultimate" armor looks like fucking clown pajamas? This is what I get for doing all the Lairs of Romulus? Pfft. Back to the default bedsheets I was wearing before.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 28, 2010, 09:07:21 PM: I guess I should've expected it was going to look ridiculous in the end seeing how all the followers of Romulus were wearing dogs on their heads. In this case the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. I just wish that just once they'd give us something that actually looks good instead of some stupid outfit that looks like a costume I'd see on some fat fuck at a Renaissance fair. Screw historical accuracy. I wanted Altair's armor in AC2 not some pants made from an awning of an ice cream shop. I can only imagine the clown shoes of an idea they'll come up with for AC3.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Sho Nuff on November 29, 2010, 12:41:55 PM: fuck me. this game's awesome. so much content. at first I thought it'd be a cash-in but maaaaan Rome is so much different from the other cities, I love the horseriding inside the city and the kinda outdoorsy locations.

Don't push it Ubisoft and make a third one in this time period though, or you will anger Sho Nuff
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Sho Nuff on November 29, 2010, 04:51:56 PM: Quote from: Green Man on November 29, 2010, 12:45:49 PM
Quote from: Sho Nuff on November 29, 2010, 12:41:55 PM
Don't push it Ubisoft and make a third one in this time period though, or you will anger Sho Nuff

There's a big AC planned for next year. Ubisoft wants this to be their Call of Duty.

They can do it as long as they do a new time period. Gotta keep those UBI sister studios busy cranking out assets
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Eel O'Brian on November 29, 2010, 05:47:53 PM: WWI would be cool - and hey, an assassination helped start it!
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: demi on November 29, 2010, 06:01:10 PM: I havent finished the game yet - SUPER close to though, but the only things that really pissed me off:

- Obtuse "Full Sync" goals, do yourself a favor and dont bother with these aside from the achievement
- Horrid stealth... or rather, horrid detection
- Levels that make you run from guards, except guards will run up to you ad bap you with their swords and fuck you up
- Too much following, not enough blending in/escort/full alert

When the game flows, its OMG CUM better than AC2, but then you hit a super low point and you just want to take a big greasy shit on it

Also I mentioned it earlier but the heaps on heaps of shit they make you do just to complete 1 goal (Borgia Towers)
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 29, 2010, 06:08:44 PM: Has anyone tried the PS3-exclusive Copernicus mission? My Black Friday copy of AC:B isn't here yet, but I made sure I downloaded it before they start charging for it.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: GilloD on November 29, 2010, 08:36:25 PM: Quote from: Mr. Gundam on November 29, 2010, 06:08:44 PM
Has anyone tried the PS3-exclusive Copernicus mission? My Black Friday copy of AC:B isn't here yet, but I made sure I downloaded it before they start charging for it.
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Kotaku did a review and said it wasn't worth it.

Meanwhile, my 2-5day shipping has turned into 14 days and counting. My co-worker is calling customs today
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: GilloD on November 29, 2010, 11:51:36 PM: The Korean customs website is a hilarious mishmash of buzzwords:
(http://call.customs.go.kr/crmcc/images/mainimg.jpg)
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Joe Molotov on November 29, 2010, 11:58:01 PM: Korean Customs Worker: "GilloD, please understand."
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Eel O'Brian on November 30, 2010, 12:04:10 AM: also, kotaku's reviews suck dick
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: chronovore on November 30, 2010, 08:11:52 AM: Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on November 29, 2010, 05:47:53 PM
WWI would be cool - and hey, an assassination helped start it!

Or they could do it in WW II Paris, and just completely piss all over The Saboteur.

:'( Pandemic :'(
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: GilloD on December 01, 2010, 12:39:23 AM: (http://www.koreapost.go.kr/eng/common/images/main/tit_solgan.gif)
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: chronovore on December 02, 2010, 12:23:40 AM: Isn't "global Korean friendship" one of those sexual positions or moves, like The Dirty Sanchez or Mexican Christmas?
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Mr. Gundam on December 02, 2010, 12:17:06 PM: We can make it one.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on December 02, 2010, 10:26:55 PM: Finished it and I'm just as confused now as I was before. I'm going to have to read a breakdown somewhere so I can make some sense of all this. And holy fuck at the credits scroll. I've never seen so many names for a videogame. Hell, I think if you've ever heard of Brotherhood before you probably got your name listed at the end.
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Post by: demi on December 02, 2010, 11:10:27 PM: Finished it too

AMAZING ENDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRING ON AC3!!!!!!!!!!!!

:bow
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: GilloD on December 03, 2010, 12:35:04 AM: Day 17.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Bebpo on December 03, 2010, 07:38:07 PM: Just finished this. What a dumb game. Nothing happened the entire game and the missions were a mixed bag of some good stealth, some bad stealth. Gameplay was solid, but the entire thing felt like a full price DLC pack. AC3 better be awesome. Maybe it'll be like DMC where every other game in the series is great.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on January 24, 2011, 05:30:44 PM: Got this in on gamefly.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: WrikaWrek on January 29, 2011, 03:44:51 PM: About 1 hour in, and i'm having a blast.

The game is amazing, and the visuals and presentation... :omg
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on February 11, 2011, 05:55:27 PM: Put this on the back burner for awhile but getting back to it now and enjoying it. They seem to improve on every outing. They took the frankly boring and tedious easy combat from the last two games and just made it even easier and bad-ass with the kill chains and your posse of ninja's you can call up on. It's like instead of making that part more in depth and tedious they just make you feel like a bad ass and get through it real fast which was a clever call.
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: chronovore on February 17, 2011, 12:59:26 AM: So this is better than AC2?
Title: Re: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Post by: Stoney Mason on February 17, 2011, 01:10:22 AM: Umm.... It seems more refined to a degree. I mean its very similar to the prior game. They just seem to fix a couple of systems in every game. Like some things I hated from AC 2 are better just because they've gotten another crack at it. But overall its a very similar game to AC 2 So basically how much you liked that one will determine how much you like this one.