michaelg on 28/9/2006 at 01:45
This game does look like it's going to be very interesting.
The only thing I'm wondering about is this.
How does the main character just scramble up buildings whenever he feels like it? Doesn't seem very realistic does it?
Moi Dix Mois on 28/9/2006 at 01:53
He scrambles up where there's something to grab on to. They already said that you can interact with any architecture that protudes more than two inches, so anything you can get a grip on with at least your finger-tips.
Seems fine to me.
Kalit on 28/9/2006 at 04:10
I just watched the gameplay video of this.. and I have to say I'm pretty impressed, definately gonna try it...
Scots Taffer on 28/9/2006 at 11:34
Awesome, awesome, awesome. I'm not completely sold on everything but come demo time, they'll have their chance to throw down for my $60 or whatever extortion they put on the price tag.
The Alchemist on 28/9/2006 at 13:52
Yeah, that was hot shit.
Quote:
This game does look like it's going to be very interesting.
The only thing I'm wondering about is this.
How does the main character just scramble up buildings whenever he feels like it? Doesn't seem very realistic does it?
The way he scrambled up the building looked pretty natural to me, you should check out some parkour/free-running videos.
I loved how smooth it was, and the combat was great too. Definitely excited about this one.
Vraptor7 on 28/9/2006 at 19:33
What wasn't natural, though, was the total lack of reaction from the crowd while he was doing said parkour monkey scrambling. I think if I was a guard worth my shit I'd at least notice some guy in the square doing acrobatics. I'm not totally sold on the public assasination thing.
Game still looks awesome.
Jeshibu on 28/9/2006 at 22:37
Quote Posted by Vraptor7
What wasn't natural, though, was the total lack of reaction from the crowd while he was doing said parkour monkey scrambling. I think if I was a guard worth my shit I'd at least notice some guy in the square doing acrobatics.
Looks like there were no guards around though, and the public did stop to look and point (at 2:06 in the video). What I noticed most was people not really reacting to getting violently shoved to the ground. Maybe some of them should try to shove back?
Could become annoying very quickly though.
sethL on 28/9/2006 at 22:53
If Altir shoved me down, I probably wouldn't fuck with him.
paloalto on 28/9/2006 at 23:23
All your missions will be in the daylight then?
Scots Taffer on 28/9/2006 at 23:33
Quote Posted by Jeshibu
What I noticed most was people not really reacting to getting violently shoved to the ground. Maybe some of them should try to shove back?
Could become annoying very quickly though.
It was stated (somewhere) that they'd turned off the most complex crowd dynamics in the interest of showing the demo off to completion (they didn't even manage that and got owned by the AI) - it's probably a difference of Normal versus Hard difficulty setting and how aggressive the crowd feedback is from your pushing and shoving.
Sadly, I heard something that sort of blows my mind about this game and it's hinted at in Jade's "has repurcussions to the present day" line - this is a pretty fucking major spoiler if true:
You are actually a present-day/future assassin who is tapping into his genetic-memory of a past ancestor who was one of these assassin's and these missions are only part of a game and the rest is in the present day/future.Now, that could be either all crazy kinds of awesome or crazy kinds of shit. It's ambitious and a little wacky, but fuck, if they pulled off some cohesive story, I'm sold.
