kunallkw Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 the draw distance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelivolusDas Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Assassin’s Creed on Vita Manages To Make Combat Easier, Yet Harder. It’s Complicated. I've just had a chance to see a hands-off demo of Assassin's Creed: Liberation, the new Assassin's Creed game exclusive to Sony's handheld Vita. I've complained in the past that Assassin's Creed combat is way too easy, and yet this newest iteration in the franchise manages to make combat even easier. Though well, it also makes combat harder. Let me explain. In broad strokes, the game plays similarly to other Assassin's Creed games. As I watched, the protagonist, a Creole woman named Aveline, crept along a rooftop above some Spanish guards—in the game's setting of New Orleans, the Spanish and French are fighting, and the Spanish are the Templar bad guys. In true Assassin's Creed fashion, Aveline took a couple of them down in one flying leap. What happened next was a surprise, though. The action paused, the color faded, and icons lit up over the remaining soldiers. My demonstrator then tagged the soldiers using the Vita's touch screen, and Aveline automatically wiped them out, one at a time. This power, called a "chain kill," isn't some one-time-only superpower; it's something players can do whenever they want, and is designed to let players who don't want to deal with long swordfights bypass them. Of course, it's optional, so if you want a more challenging experience, you can forgo the chain kills. Interestingly enough, the chain kills seem to have been added because the core combat has (actually!) been made more difficult. Ubisoft giveth, and Ubisoft taketh away. The added difficulty comes because there's no longer a perpetual block button—players can't just hold down the button and then mash the "counter" button to do an instakill. Instead, you have to feint and draw opponents out, then perform counters while remaining vulnerable to attack. I didn't have a chance to play the game, but as I watched my demonstrator get his a*s kicked by some spanish guards, it became clear that he was unable to do the old Assassin's Creed block-parry two-step. A few other things I noticed about the game: Liberation has a dedicated jump button, the X button. The right trigger runs, but doesn't automatically jump at ledges—instead, you have to press X to jump. That's a big change from a series that typically hasn't had a real jump button. I watched a sequence similar to more recent console games' horse and buggy chase sequences; the demonstrator tapped the touch screen to increase the horses' speed and held his finger down to make them slow down. I'm unsold on how fun this would be, but then, I didn't like those sequences in the console games either. The game will have an economy like in the console games, though it will be different and "exclusive to the Vita," whatever that means. We have confirmation on the alligators in the bayou sections. There will be alligators. Alligators! The top devs did the requisite fact-finding trip to New Orleans, and a lot of the city's famous buildings are looking mighty nice. Aveline's animations are totally new, and use the same animation tools as Assassin's Creed III; Aveline has a lot of Connor's moves, including pulling up an enemy as a human shield when faced with gunmen. Aveline has a machete, which I didn't see used, and a blow-gun, which I did. While she was in one of the series' ubiquitous haystacks, she fired off a dart that poisoned one guard, luring another over to his location for a good neck-stabbing. The characters in the game are all based on real historical figures, with the exception of Aveline herself; she's an amalgamation. If a character in the game dies, they died in real life at the same time. Shaping up to be nice I would think..... I seriously want to see how the combat part works, if it's tougher than the previous AC games, then it'll be awesome..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Big Boss Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 We have confirmation on the alligators in the bayou sections. There will be alligators. Alligators! I love animals in games. Especially hunting/killing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pArth Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 ^^ Alligators keel you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tyler Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 She looks more like a pirate than an assassin. Hoping the game is good, my Vita is collecting dust and Persona 4: The Golden isn't coming any sooner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanjosh Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Looks really good for a Vita game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbz_479 Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Looks really good for a Vita game Not to mention the price tag.Its available for pre order for Rs.1999.Cheapest price available on vita yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMan Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Not to mention the price tag.Its available for pre order for Rs.1999.Cheapest price available on vita yet flipkart has it for 1700 pre order with COD option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbz_479 Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 flipkart has it for 1700 pre order with COD option Damn Dude!Nice Find.Repped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanjosh Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 I like the cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bhushan Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 AC: liberation is for 1699 on filpkart but cant find COD option for vita. Sent from my GT-N7000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbz_479 Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 cant even find the pre order option lol.Only notify me is there at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razpor Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Getting this for sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanius Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 That female Assassin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razpor Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 That female Assassin Seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhushan Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Seriously there is still no multiplayer gameplay of this game. Sent from my GT-N7000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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