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Title: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: idolminds on Wednesday, February 06, 2008, 12:55:23 PM
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London, UK – February 6, 2008 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, unveiled Assassin’s Creed™ for PC will be available at retailers end of March.

Following in the wake of the critically acclaimed and worldwide console hit Assassin’s Creed, the PC version entitled “Assassin’s Creed™, Director’s cut edition” will feature four brand new exclusive types of investigations, thus providing even more ways for players to explore the various locations of the Third Crusade.

Players will assume the role of the main character, Altair, and will work to stop hostilities by suppressing both sides of the conflict and experience the art of a master assassin. With more than 5 million units of the console versions sold to date worldwide since its mid-November 2007 launch, Assassin’s Creed PC is set to expand upon this success.

“We are thrilled to bring Assassin’s Creed to an eager PC audience and we anticipate the game will resonate with them just has it has across the other platforms,” said John Parkes, EMEA Marketing Director at Ubisoft. “Assassin’s Creed is a game that must be experienced firsthand to fully understand how dynamic and meaningful this title has become for video game fans worldwide.”
I'm not sure what they mean by "investigations", but more = good, right?
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Cobra951 on Wednesday, February 06, 2008, 12:59:29 PM
The buzz seems to be that the game could have used some more development time to give it more depth.  Adding more types of investigations, and staggering them through the cities/districts, would help with the repetitiveness that so many complained about.  The question is, though, will they be up to par with what's already there, at least?
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Pugnate on Wednesday, February 06, 2008, 01:09:39 PM
It seems a lot of critics and gamers found the game to be a bit of a dud. Some even said it was more of a tech demo than a fully realized game. Is that true?
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Cobra951 on Wednesday, February 06, 2008, 01:19:24 PM
Not at all.  Not from my perspective.  I played the game for weeks, and I was fully immersed.  After a while, I felt like the prince of Persia himself.  Love the full realization of the mechanics and the world.  Loved the storyline.  Loved the ancient vs modern dichotomy.  Yes, there are repetitive elements.  If you enjoy what you're doing, so what?
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: iPPi on Wednesday, February 06, 2008, 02:36:35 PM
Assassin's Creed is a great game.  There is more potential though that isn't fully realized, but the storyline, the open world, and the general gameplay is fantastic.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: scottws on Wednesday, February 06, 2008, 03:32:20 PM
A lot of people here at work were pretty underwhelmed by the game.  I haven't played it myself.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, February 06, 2008, 09:17:43 PM
Everything Cobra said holds true for me as well, though I still haven't finished it.  I got back into FFXII and now I'm not playing games at all for February because of FAWM.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, February 06, 2008, 10:57:38 PM
This is good news. I'm still very anxious about this.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: gpw11 on Wednesday, February 06, 2008, 11:17:31 PM
Oh, so that's what the extra gig of RAM is for...
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Pugnate on Thursday, February 07, 2008, 12:40:41 AM
That's funny. But now I have this sinking feeling that the joke will be repeated a few hundred times on the net.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: idolminds on Tuesday, April 08, 2008, 12:23:50 PM
IGN Review (http://pc.ign.com/articles/865/865083p1.html)

7.8, not bad.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Cobra951 on Tuesday, April 08, 2008, 01:00:28 PM
I'm grabbing their video review (http://media.video.ign.com/ev/av.html?dlURL=http://pcmovies.ign.com/pc/video/article/865/865207/assassinscreed_pvvidreview_040708_flvhighwide.flv&object_ID=839699) so that I can make myself sick with what I can't play on my hardware.

Edit:  It doesn't look vastly better, though I imagine the frame rate on good hardware would be closer to ideal than the locked 30 fps on the 360.  I can't tell that from the video, which I imagine is 24 fps.  (VLC won't tell me the frame rate of this FLV video.)  It seems DX9 is the better choice.  DX10 doesn't run as well, so, as the reviewer says, what's the point?
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, April 08, 2008, 02:38:22 PM
HookedGamers.com gives ACPC a 8.0 (http://www.hookedgamers.com/articles/review/507/assassins_creed/1)

WARNING: 2nd paragraph of the review sounds like it gives game spoilers (without warning), so you might want to be careful if you care about that...


EDIT:
GameZone gives ACPC the score of 8.3 (http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r29503.htm)
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, April 08, 2008, 11:00:13 PM
I can hardly wait man. I've been counting down! I'm gonna pass by Virgin megastore tonight and see if they've got it.

I'm gonna play it with no expectations though, with no basis on any reviews or comments I've heard so far.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, April 09, 2008, 01:46:45 PM
GameSpot
8.5 from GameSpot for PC version of AC. (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/assassinscreed/review.html?sid=6188960&om_act=convert&om_clk=multimodule&tag=multimodule;reviews;story;2)

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The PC version has a few more issues than its console counterparts, and the keyboard-and-mouse controls strip away some of the smooth magic of exploration. Nevertheless, if you don't mind plugging in a gamepad and have a system that exceeds the system requirements, you'll find the same free-form travels and atmospheric game world that console owners enjoyed last year.

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On a high-powered PC, these elements look even more stunning than they did on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but the splendor comes with a price: The minimum requirements to play Assassin's Creed are surprisingly high, particularly where the CPU is concerned (a dual-core processor is mandatory). On one test PC that runs Crysis at a respectable frame rate on medium settings, Assassin's Creed slowed to a crawl at lower settings. A high-end test machine ran the game with much better results, though with some occasional slowdown.

...

The PC version of Assassin's Creed isn't the superior one, but this is a case where translation to the PC resulted in some minor hiccups rather than obvious gaffes. If you don't have the opportunity to play it on the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, you should pick up a copy and immerse yourself in its memorable world. It's the kind of game you want to show your friends even if they're not into games, and if you have a high-powered computer, it's one that should be in your collection.

EDIT:
GameSpy
3½ stars from GameSpy (out of 5) (http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/assassins-creed/865395p1.html)
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, April 09, 2008, 09:34:31 PM
I checked with Virgin and it should be here (UAE) in about a week. I'll hold my patience with SC: Forged Alliance and 12Sky (a free MMORPG).
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Thursday, April 10, 2008, 04:07:03 AM
Apparently Assassin's Creed PC is available on Steam now.

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 pre-purchase is also available on Steam.

Has Ubisoft struck a major deal with Valve?
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: idolminds on Thursday, April 10, 2008, 09:15:18 AM
Yeah, Ubi recently made a deal. They are eventually going to put up a lot of back catalog on Steam (something like 42 games I think they said)
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, April 10, 2008, 01:52:29 PM
 8.0 from GameTap for ACPC (http://www.gametap.com/articles/gamereviews/assassins_creed_directors_cut_edition_pc-04092008)

Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: JacksRag(e) on Sunday, April 13, 2008, 10:41:37 PM
You know, I got it up and running on my PC and it looks amazing.  I think it's even more detailed on the PC than it was on the 360 already.  And it plays wonderfully.  Smooth and without a hitch.  The only thing is that it seems unduly complicated on the keyboard, so I had to switch to the 360 controller.  I've been trying to set it to what I remember on the 360, but unfortunately can't get the RB and LB to function as actual buttons.  Buh.  Otherwise, very pretty.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 01:52:08 PM
Assassin's Creed PC Reviews:
8.0. from Worthplaying (http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=51361)
8.0 from VideoGamer.com (http://www.videogamer.com/pc/assassins_creed/review.html)
7.8 from ActionTrip. (http://www.actiontrip.com/reviews/assassinscreed.phtml)
3.8 from Cheat Code Central (out of a max of 5.0) (http://www.cheatcc.com/pc/rev/assassinscreedreview.html)

EDIT:
Gerstmann has all kinds of problems w/ trying to get ACPC going, so he gave up, for now.... (http://www.giantbomb.com/2008/04/14/rebooting-the-animus/#comments)

I guess he can join a lot of the club that's having issues on the UbiSoft Official Tech Help Boards for AC... (http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/4721051016)
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, April 19, 2008, 06:53:24 AM
Ubi is already working on a Patch for ACPC to fix a bunch of issues and to remove DX10.1 support, since they think it needs to be re-worked.

This is from UbiRazz of Ubi Montreal, on the ACPC Official Boards. (http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/5251069024/m/6571038256)

Quote from: UbiRazz of Ubi Montreal
Hi guys,

I’m glad to see some familiar faces around here and it’s cool to be back! I used to work in Ubisoft’s UK office but I’m now working in the Montreal studio, where they developed Assassin’s Creed, and for the foreseeable future I’ll be here as your community developer.

Having me here basically means that I’ll be giving you updates on what’s going on with Assassin’s Creed and the first bit of news I have is that we’re planning to release a patch for the PC version of Assassin’s Creed that addresses the majority of issues reported by fans.

In addition to addressing reported glitches, the patch will remove support for DX10.1, since we need to rework its implementation. The performance gains seen by players who are currently playing Assassin’s Creed with a DX10.1 graphics card are in large part due to the fact that our implementation removes a render pass during post-effect which is costly.

We don’t have an exact date for the release of this patch but we’re hard at work and hope to have further updates soon.

Thanks guys

UR
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Saturday, April 19, 2008, 11:15:52 PM
Man, I am loving this game! It's addictive and it incorporates a lot of things I always wanted in an open-world game!

I also checked the reqs on the back of the DVD case and the RAM reqs are 1GB for XP and 2GB for Vista, which are very reasonable compared to the leaked reqs. ALso it doesn't say anything about minimum or recommended reqs.. I gather these are the minimum and anything higher is recommended.

The only visual drawback I've noticed is that the game is permanently in widscreen mode, so on 4:3 or 5:4 resolutions it is cropped (which is not really that much of an issue), it's kinda like a widescreen movie DVD.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, April 20, 2008, 10:22:05 AM
It's called lazy fucking development and yes, it's pretty standard, especially on the console side of things (360 is the worst offender I've yet seen, with virtually no developer offering any *real* SD support other than letterbox).  Makes sense considering AC is very much a console game at heart.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, April 20, 2008, 12:01:13 PM
I suppose they're using passive aggressive means to convince everyone to buy new TV's.

Anyway, I'm really enjoying it. The only gripes I have so far are:


They're not really big issues, more like things to consider for the sequel.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: scottws on Sunday, April 20, 2008, 01:54:20 PM
The only visual drawback I've noticed is that the game is permanently in widscreen mode, so on 4:3 or 5:4 resolutions it is cropped (which is not really that much of an issue), it's kinda like a widescreen movie DVD.
Widescreen movies aren't cropped.  The fullscreen (4:3) versions are.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, April 20, 2008, 08:37:37 PM
Widescreen movies aren't cropped.  The fullscreen (4:3) versions are.
Sorry, I meant letterboxing; black strips across the top and bottom; as oppose to Bioshock in which widescreen modes were actually cropped.

It's not that big a deal though.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 09:11:50 PM
I just noticed one more minor irritation.

When I want to quit playing I have to actually exit 4 times and sign-in once before I'm back to Windows. Specifically I have to "Exit Memory" which has to load the Animus scene, in which I have to "Exit Animus" followed by pausing and selecting "Quit Game" which takes me to the title screen, then I have to sign into my profile before I can finally select "Exit Game."

It doesn't interfere with the gameplay or anything, just a minor detail that could probably be attended to in the next AC.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: JacksRag(e) on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 12:48:48 AM
Or you could just hit Alt-F4.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 02:38:08 AM
Or you could just hit Alt-F4.
That's what I would do, but in some games I noticed it can affect the save file (it doesn't register or becomes corrupted). I'm not sure how it affects AC's save file, but it may be a viable option.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: JacksRag(e) on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 02:44:53 AM
You're ok with AC since it's constantly saving the game.  Everytime you get through a major event it auto-saves, so I think you'll be ok there.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 03:03:41 AM
You're ok with AC since it's constantly saving the game.  Everytime you get through a major event it auto-saves, so I think you'll be ok there.
Coolness. Thanks Hoob!

I'm really loving this game. The parkour bits are great!

I've been playing it with a gamepad so far. Now that I've finished it I'm gonna try it out with the KB+Mouse, mainly to give it a real shot but also to make it feel fresher the second time around.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: JacksRag(e) on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 09:56:39 AM
The issue with the kb and mouse bits is that I find the climbing and sprinting bits don't work as well as with a controller.  You just don't get the same range of motions on a keyboard, unfortunately.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 11:39:01 AM
The issue with the kb and mouse bits is that I find the climbing and sprinting bits don't work as well as with a controller.  You just don't get the same range of motions on a keyboard, unfortunately.
Yeah, you're kinda limited to key directions rather than a smooth analogue set. I generally use the mouse for direction, so it's pretty smooth, and the keyboard for sharp turn or 180's.

So far I'm finding it fairly straight forward with the KB+Mouse controls. It took me a bit to get used to the keys especially in combat. My mind is still kinda mapped to the gamepad buttons since they're directly matched with the diagram on the top right. It wasn't until I reverted my perspective to the Prince of Persia style that I got a better grasp on it.

All in all I think they did a great job of making it work.

Speaking of the combat, from the Gamespot review and many player comments I gathered that the combat is supposedly difficult and generally a bad idea in most cases.. Honestly, the combat is frickin' easy. It's just a matter of timing. No matter how many people you're up against you're only ever attacked by them one at a time. I like the counterattack system I just wish there was a tad more variety to how my enemies attack me. As it is, all the fights end up being essentially the same thing: guard, wait for attack, counter, next. Repetitive, but never fails.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 03:51:23 PM
ComputerGames.Ro gives ACPC a 82% (http://computergames.ro/en/games/viewitem/id/53/name/assassins-creed-directors-cut-edition/section/review.html)
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 10:34:34 PM
I gave it a 9/10.. I would have given it an 8/10 but the proper Arabic pronounciation warranted an extra point. I was so impressed with that ;D
Title: Zero Punctuation: Assassin's Creed
Post by: Xessive on Saturday, April 26, 2008, 01:14:15 AM
Not sure if this was posted, but I haven't come across it on here yet:

Yahtzee's take on AC (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2694-Zero-Punctuation-Assassin-s-Creed)
Title: Re: Zero Punctuation: Assassin's Creed
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, April 26, 2008, 06:03:38 AM
Not sure if this was posted, but I haven't come across it on here yet:

Yahtzee's take on AC (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2694-Zero-Punctuation-Assassin-s-Creed)

Hehe, gotta' love Yahtzee.
Yeah, that was a funny review.

I love the whole part of him complaining how everyone who you stab/kill has a soliloquy before they die.
That and the line about the enjoying a grille cheese sandwich that is replaced...
Title: Re: Zero Punctuation: Assassin's Creed
Post by: Xessive on Saturday, April 26, 2008, 02:13:33 PM
... the line about the enjoying a grille cheese sandwich that is replaced...
Haha that was disturbing!
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, April 27, 2008, 04:18:44 AM
Apparently I wasn't the only one to note the "Exit Game" fiasco.

Assassin's Creed, I can't quit you... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwOvuY0UbFM)

I just use ALT+F4 now. Thanks for the reminder, Hoob :D

EDIT:
And here's an interesting amalgamation: Assassin's Solid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxw91PSTRq8&feature=related)
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, April 27, 2008, 05:09:28 AM

EDIT:
And here's an interesting amalgamation: Assassin's Solid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxw91PSTRq8&feature=related)

Oh, that's freakin' hilarious!
How'd I miss that one on April Fool's???  :o


Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, April 27, 2008, 05:36:45 AM
It was cool and I like how Kojima shows up at the end hehe

By the way, apparently a lot of people (especially nVidia card owners) have been having heaps of trouble with AC!

I have an 8800GTS 320mb and I've had practically zero problems. I've had a random crash happen recently but I'm using a fixed exe (crack), so that could be the culprit.

Either way, hopefully the patch will resolve most if not all of the major issues.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, April 27, 2008, 05:39:43 AM
It was cool and I like how Kojima shows up at the end hehe

By the way, apparently a lot of people (especially nVidia card owners) have been having heaps of trouble with AC!

I have an 8800GTS 320mb and I've had practically zero problems.
That's good.

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I've had a random crash happen recently but I'm using a fixed exe (crack), so that could be the culprit.
Hmmmm...any idea if the game was laced w/ copy-protection built into the game (and its quests itself) like Iron Lore did w/ Titan Quest??

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Either way, hopefully the patch will resolve most if not all of the major issues.
Hope so.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, April 27, 2008, 05:58:43 AM

Hmmmm...any idea if the game was laced w/ copy-protection built into the game (and its quests itself) like Iron Lore did w/ Titan Quest??

Not really.. Nothing noticeably intrusive anyway.

I use cracks mainly because I hate having to put the disc in the drive every time I wanna play.. Mainly when I have more than one game installed.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, April 27, 2008, 08:36:26 AM
Not really.. Nothing noticeably intrusive anyway.
I really wonder if we'll see more companies go on to do the Iron Lore thing, lacing the game itself w/ some sort of their own copy-protection -- and that if the game senses no disc or that it might be pirated, it'll kick you right out the game.

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I use cracks mainly because I hate having to put the disc in the drive every time I wanna play.. Mainly when I have more than one game installed.
I understand that.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, May 10, 2008, 08:41:29 AM
Interesting read here on ACPC. (http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-37326-98.html)

So, here's the situation w/ ACPC.

Currently, the batch of ATI Radeon Cards that are supporting DX 10.1 are having NO PROBLEMS w/ running the game on Vista, performance-wise -- b/c there's one less passed needed on DX 10.1, causing performance to be much better and allowing for you to pump the graphics quality up.

If you have a NVidia card and running Vista, ACPC will run and look nowhere as good -- since they don't really support DX 10.1.

That's right, and as you know, ACPC is being Patched by Patch 1.01 to completely remove DX 10.1 support. Doesn't that seem odd? I mean, do ATI Radeon users owning DX 10.1 cards really need DX 10.1 removed in a patch?

I wonder why, especially for Radeon users, Patch 1.01 won't give an option to let the user switch b/t using DX 10.1 or DX10.0 Mode? Would something like that be a pain-in-the-ass to implement?

Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, May 11, 2008, 02:57:56 AM
As I recall, they said they are removing DX10.1 support temporarily until they rework it.

I've got it running on XP at max settings (except multisampling) at 1680x1050 and it's running beautifully. The only so-so gripe is that my screen is a 16:10, so there slim black bars across the top and bottom but it's no big deal. AT first I tried using a custom 16:9 resolution (1680x945) which was alright but everything is very slightly stretched. Then I resorted to the thrid-party Aspect Ratio Fix (http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=128239#128239). It's pretty handy for people with resolutions where the black bars are too obvious. To figure out the Aspect value for the AR-Fix just divide the vertical by the horizontal i.e. 1050/1680=0.625.

I also recommend visiting the Assassin's Creed Tweak Guide (http://www.tweakguides.com/AC_1.html) for all sorts of tweaking for max performance.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, May 11, 2008, 05:10:01 AM
As I recall, they said they are removing DX10.1 support temporarily until they rework it.
Yes, this is absdolutely true.

It's funny though that rumors are floating around that NVidia (who has their logo in the ACPC game like many other games NVidia throws money at -- no ATI endorsement in there) and that they wanted it pulled b/c they have their money invested in this game and were thinking of pulling it b/c it runs better on a ATI Card; namely, the DX 10.1 supported Radeon cards. Don't know how true it is or isn't, but -- who knows.

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I've got it running on XP at max settings (except multisampling) at 1680x1050 and it's running beautifully. The only so-so gripe is that my screen is a 16:10, so there slim black bars across the top and bottom but it's no big deal. AT first I tried using a custom 16:9 resolution (1680x945) which was alright but everything is very slightly stretched. Then I resorted to the thrid-party Aspect Ratio Fix (http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=128239#128239). It's pretty handy for people with resolutions where the black bars are too obvious. To figure out the Aspect value for the AR-Fix just divide the vertical by the horizontal i.e. 1050/1680=0.625.

I also recommend visiting the Assassin's Creed Tweak Guide (http://www.tweakguides.com/AC_1.html) for all sorts of tweaking for max performance.
Awesome.

I'd probably need that tweaking guide, if I decide to run this thing on my Single Core Processor -- I won't buy ACPC until it gets cheaper; since a single-core ain't supported. Tjough, some on the boards have claimed to get it going fine, as long as they have a bad-ass video card (like say a GeForce 8800 GT).

If I had a double-core, I would've bought this thing already -- when it was on sale at Gogamer that time. I've been looking forward to this for the PC for a long time.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 02:09:17 PM
ACPC has been Patched to Version 1.02.
35 MB download. (http://www.actiontrip.com/rei/filedescription.phtml?link=assassinscreed&platform=pc&type=patch&size=35MB&datum=2008-05-13&description=v1.02+Patch&fulltitle=Assassin%27s+Creed+v1.02+Patch)

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Assassin's Creed v1.02 Update



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* Fixed a rare crash while riding the horse in Kingdom

* Fixed a corruption of Altair’s robe on certain graphics hardware

* Cursor is now centered when accessing the Map

* Fixed a few problems with Alt-Tab

* Fixed a graphical bug in the final fight

* Fixed a few graphical problems with dead bodies

* Fixed pixellation with post-FX enabled on certain graphics hardware

* Fixed a small bug in the DNA Menu that would cause the image to disappear if the arrow was clicked rapidly

* Fixed some graphical corruption in Present Room with low Level Of Detail

* Character input is now cancelled if the controller is unplugged while moving

* Added support for x64 versions of Windows

* Fixed broken post-effects on DirectX 10.1 enabled cards

Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: scottws on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 03:35:01 PM
I still don't have this.  I think I'm waiting for it to get really cheap.

I just looked and the import version is $29.90 on Gogamer.  The domestic version is $47.90.  They are both Director's Cut DVD-ROMs.  Why is the domestic copy so much more expensive?
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 04:44:51 PM
I still don't have this.  I think I'm waiting for it to get really cheap.

I just looked and the import version is $29.90 on Gogamer.  The domestic version is $47.90.  They are both Director's Cut DVD-ROMs.  Why is the domestic copy so much more expensive?

This is how Gogamer does business. They often sell the import version at a lesser cost than the US version here.

I'm sure that a fair deal of US Gamers want the US version of the game, not the Import Version -- even if it's the same exact English version of game completely and uses the same exact patches.

Why? I don't know -- often, the US and UK versions are the same in its language (English), game content and copy protections regards, if it's published by the same publisher in both regions. To me, if it's exactly the same, it doesn't matter which version I get.

Usually when US Gamers care is if the Europe version is an uncut version, while the US version was censored for some reason -- see Indigo Prophecy (US)/Fahrenheit (UK), The Witcher, or Sacred.

Also, this is something else to aware of -- sometimes, the US and European versions of the same game, some games might be using different copy protections; especially if the same game is published by a different publisher in Europe than it is in the US. The Adventure Company published Syberia in the US and didn't have Starforce, though Syberia 2 did have StarForce in the US. Ubisoft published both Syberia 1 and 2 in Europe w/ StarForce -- and they also did so w/ The Syberia DVD Collection in the Europe.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: gpw11 on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 07:12:06 PM
I bought this but still haven't played it.  I think I'll wait until my card is upgraded.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 12:41:22 AM
I think there's some difference in the pricing of the European and North American prices, most notably in Ubisoft games.

All our games, here in the UAE, are imported from Europe (specifically the UK). The average PC game price is around 169 AED, which is about $46 USD. Lately, all new Ubisoft games have been goin for 149 AED ($40 USD) and less. Also all EA games have jumped in price to 199 AED ($54 USD).
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, May 31, 2008, 07:01:49 AM
We all knew Patch 1.02 would remove DX10.1 support.
There were originally plans for Ubi-Soft to reimplement it, in a later patch.
But, check this out...
...In this interview w/ PCGH, UbiSoft has now stated that there will be no reimplementation of DX 10.1 into ACPC. (http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,645430/News/Ubisoft_No_Direct_3D_101_support_for_Assassins_Creed_planned/)

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PCGH interview with Ubisoft
Ubisoft: No Direct 3D 10.1 support for Assassin's Creed planned
28.05.2008 02:45 Uhr - Ubisoft told PCGH that there is no plan to reintegrate Direct X 10.1 with a future patch.
Assassin's Creed & DirectX 10.1: Ubisoft is not planning to reintegrate D3D10.1

You might remember: The enormously successful Assassin's Creed was the first game to have DX 10.1 support. But the patch 1.02 removed this feature.

PCGH was able to get some more information about this business. Below you will find an email interview with Ubisoft.

PCGH: D3D 10.1 support in Assassin's Creed was a hidden feature. Why do you choose not to announce this groundbreaking technology?

    Ubisoft: The support for DX10.1 was minimal. When investigating the DX10 performance, we found that we could optimize a pass by reusing an existing buffer, which was only possible with DX10.1 API.

PCGH: What features from Direct 3D 10.1 do you use with the release version? Why do they make Assassin's Creed faster? And why do FSAA works better on D3D 10.1 hardware?

    Ubisoft: The re-usage of the depth buffer makes the game faster. However, the performance gains that were observed in the retail version are inaccurate since the implementation was wrong and a part of the rendering pipeline was broken.
    This optimization pass is only visible when selecting anti-aliasing. Otherwise, both DX10 and DX10.1 use the same rendering pipeline.

PCGH: Why do you plan to remove the D3D 10.1 support?

    Ubisoft: Unfortunately, our original implementation on DX10.1 cards was buggy and we had to remove it.

PCGH: Are there plans to implement D3D 10.1 again?

    Ubisoft: There is currently no plan to re-implement support for DX10.1.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: Xessive on Saturday, May 31, 2008, 11:24:56 PM
That's a kick in the nads for people who were using it; primarily ATI & Vista users.

From what I hear it's not a big deal at all though.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, May 31, 2008, 11:41:40 PM
That's a kick in the nads for people who were using it; primarily ATI & Vista users.
That's what I'd say.

I mean, ATI users w/ DX10.1 cards and Vista users got no issues w/ it...
It's namely the Nvidia users w/ the issues...

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From what I hear it's not a big deal at all though.
But still, they should've at least kept the feature as a selectable option for gamers to use, if they want. Hey, the game could give a message that they're at their own risk if they wanna use it -- like Doom 3 does if you wanna run it on Ultra.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: gpw11 on Saturday, June 07, 2008, 12:36:53 AM
So, this game is pretty bad-ass eh?  I just love killing the hell out of people and sneaking up behind roof top guards.


ahhhhh....good times.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: idolminds on Saturday, June 07, 2008, 01:39:35 AM
Heh, yeah. I still have to pick this up despite my mini-addiction at OWmeet. Lots of people like to complain about the repetitiveness of the game, which I can sorta see where they are coming from. On the other hand, you're playing the game wrong if you just go do one mission after another in a straight line. Go out there and have some fun, kill some people, smash some stands, and climb shit.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: PyroMenace on Saturday, June 07, 2008, 03:31:57 AM
Yea thats how I feel Idol. Id mix things up alot, I found so many things to mess around with. I never got tired of how rich the world was.
Title: Re: Assassins Creed PC to have extra content
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, June 07, 2008, 07:19:49 AM
Dammit, this PC game needs to drop in price (to like $20), so I can actually not feel like I'd be taking a risk to run it on a single-core processor, where it might run like crap.

Man, if I had a double-core processor, I'd already have bought this thing...