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Is the PC version of Assassin's Creed any good?

Lord JezoLord Jezo Registered User regular
edited November 2008 in Games and Technology
I saw there is a black friday deal for it for $10, but does it suck? I searched around for it and all I could find were complaints that it was broken, complaints that the menu system sucked, complaints that it was buggy, and complaints that the DRM was horrid.

Has it been fixed or does it still suck?

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  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    No DRM is listed on the steam page, and I bought and enjoyed the PC version. The only problem I had was that it's a bit choppy moving around the hub.

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  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    The menus and interface scream, "Console!" -- which is the best you can put it. Still nothing too bad and runs admirably on a decent system (stuff DX10 though, you're going to have your framerate die).

    Bugginess - don't think so, no problems when I played.

    DRM - DRM is like the closet boogeyman in PC gaming nowadays and is bandied about haphazardly whether they deserve to or not. The game uses bog-standard Safedisc copy protection, used in countless titles for like a decade. No where near as cocksucking as EA's recent offerings. Again, no problems, although I could maybe see a situation where it may not like your disc because it hates you.

    Now, for the actual merits of the game itself? Let's say 10 bucks is about a good price, as far as I can see it.

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  • Lux782Lux782 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I got it for the PC off Steam and enjoyed it a lot. I would agree the menu system was bad but who the hell plays a game because the menu system was super amazing? During my time playing the game (completely) I never once froze, crashed, or found a bug. A lot of developers place checks during gameplay to make sure the person playing actually bought it. If the checks fail it forces the game to crash / freeze so I am cautious about reviews or story's that state it was filled with bugs because there is a good chance the person writing it pirated. I could careless about DRM so that is up to you but overall I enjoyed the game and found it to be worth the money.

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  • Lord JezoLord Jezo Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Ah, okay. "DRM" of disc checking and stuff I don't care about at all. As long as it doesn't limit my installs and all that. Guess I will be heading out on Friday to try to snag it.

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  • Waka LakaWaka Laka Riding the stuffed Unicorn If ya know what I mean.Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Best thing about the PC version is the lack of flag fetching race missions. Seriously, "I lost my flags you need to get them in a certain timeframe" does not belong in a game about assassination.

    At least they're replaced by some slightly more interesting stab-a-dude-or-two missions.

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  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Waka Laka wrote: »
    Best thing about the PC version is the lack of flag fetching race missions. Seriously, "I lost my flags you need to get them in a certain timeframe" does not belong in a game about assassination.

    At least they're replaced by some slightly more interesting stab-a-dude-or-two missions.

    Those missions are still in there.

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  • Waka LakaWaka Laka Riding the stuffed Unicorn If ya know what I mean.Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    agoaj wrote: »
    Waka Laka wrote: »
    Best thing about the PC version is the lack of flag fetching race missions. Seriously, "I lost my flags you need to get them in a certain timeframe" does not belong in a game about assassination.

    At least they're replaced by some slightly more interesting stab-a-dude-or-two missions.

    Those missions are still in there.

    Really? Now that I think about it, I must have avoided them for the other missions.

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  • DHS OdiumDHS Odium Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    There is no amount of patching that could be done in our universe to make this game not suck twice as much as a black hole.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    DHS Odium wrote: »
    There is no amount of patching that could be done in our universe to make this game not suck twice as much as a black hole.

    Similarly, terminal stupidity is currently incurable by modern medicine. Case in point..

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  • DHS OdiumDHS Odium Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I speak only truth. The game is just terrible, even the people who like it admit it's glaring flaws.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Admitting a game has flaws makes it a bad game?

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  • DisDis Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    The DRM is terrible.
    The gameplay is limited and repeative.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Waka Laka wrote: »
    agoaj wrote: »
    Waka Laka wrote: »
    Best thing about the PC version is the lack of flag fetching race missions. Seriously, "I lost my flags you need to get them in a certain timeframe" does not belong in a game about assassination.

    At least they're replaced by some slightly more interesting stab-a-dude-or-two missions.

    Those missions are still in there.

    Really? Now that I think about it, I must have avoided them for the other missions.

    But that was the point, wasn't it? that there is actually enough variety that you're not doing the same type of mission more than twice per assassination

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  • DisDis Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Spoit wrote: »
    Waka Laka wrote: »
    agoaj wrote: »
    Waka Laka wrote: »
    Best thing about the PC version is the lack of flag fetching race missions. Seriously, "I lost my flags you need to get them in a certain timeframe" does not belong in a game about assassination.

    At least they're replaced by some slightly more interesting stab-a-dude-or-two missions.

    Those missions are still in there.

    Really? Now that I think about it, I must have avoided them for the other missions.

    But that was the point, wasn't it? that there is actually enough variety that you're not doing the same type of mission more than twice per assassination

    It's just the same few silly mission at different places.

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  • LalaboxLalabox Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    It was a great game on PC. The only problem I encountered (which was entirely my own fault) was that I convinced myself the my rig could play it on high detail, and thus I went through the entire game a 2/3 the speed it was meant to be going. Sometimes there was a 5 second pause between finishing speaking and someone else interrupting.

    But the controls were great on pc. You've just got to play it the way the designers intended to play it. i.e. not as a hack and slash. Or as a chase simulator where the goal is to get chased every time you pass a guard. Except for in the wilderness, where it's easier to just run away than stay below the 3km/h speed limit. Climbing is also kinda fun, especially working out how to get to the top of the tallest towers in the cities.

    The smash the merchant stand missions are kinda funny, as you can see that they had no place whatsoever story or theme wise, but the designers thought it would be kinda fun. Which it is.

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  • DisDis Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20QBe43tyVM

    ^^

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  • fragglefartfragglefart Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    That video is awesome.

    Also, Assassin's Creed is a great game if you buy it cheap and ignore the hype.

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  • psycojesterpsycojester Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    darleysam wrote: »
    Admitting a game has flaws makes it a bad game?

    No admitting the game has flaws doesn't make it a bad game.

    Those flaws making the game tedious, overly-easy and largely dull. That makes it a bad game.

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  • BakerIsBoredBakerIsBored Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I suggest turning off the HUD when playing this game, and you'll probably find it much more enjoyable. I would pause the game a few times to look at the overall map, other than that, I learned each city by actually exploring. I personally really liked AC, the only thing I wish for now is a trophy patch :)

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  • KivutarKivutar Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    fragglefart wrote: »
    That video is awesome.

    Also, Assassin's Creed is a great game if you buy it cheap and ignore the hype.

    All truth.

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  • StoverStover Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I enjoyed it a lot. I think it was $40 when I bought it, and it was worth it.

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  • slash000slash000 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    $10? Can't go wrong with that.

    The PC port is fine if you have a midway decent computer.


    It's really not buggy either.

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  • RookRook Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    As long as you can stomach the indignitiy of having to press Alt-F4 to quit, then it's a good port.

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