Assassin's Creed 2 PC is DX9 only

PCG Hardware interviewed the 3D Lead Programmer of the Assassin's Creed 2 PC version. David Champagne told them that the game won't support DX 10 or DX 11. The developers also didn't integrate many new features that would have been possible on the PC as a platform.

[jay2]

Talk about BACKWARDS!

[Raf1k1]

Hopefully it'll have high res textures.

[FasterThanFTL]

^^

[Snowb420]

And Ubisoft being lazy had nothing to do with it, huh?

[JsonHenry]

So sick of this console-fied downgrades the industry is giving to us PC gamers.

[chak_]

man they're lazy haha

AvP uses DX11, stalker too, Bad comp 2 too + 3D (and more), and UbiSoft, one of the biggest studio doesn't dare to do it.

That great :/

[Major_Tom]

Stalkers Dx11 isn't that impressive really, it might be sometime before we see some truly stunning Dx11 games.

It will come eventually, Dx11 is a step in the right direction where as Dx10 was really a miss.

[chak_]

sure, but if devs don't push it to devellop...

[MajestieBeast]

Now that just blows.

[DiffusionE]

It's a direct console port, what did you expect? If the PC version was developed seperately, no dedicated developer would pass up the chance to add DX10/DX11 support.

That does it. I cutting this game off my "To Buy" list. If I wanted DX9-only games, I'd go back to 2006. Lazy devs.

[CaulkSlap]

Lazy bastards. So many multiplat developers are screwing the PC version these days. Most don't even change the damn controls to work well for kb/m let alone add effects.

[gillri]

lol all that money spent on hardware and hardly any games to take advantage of it!

I dont know when PC Gamers are gonna get the message, but this is the way its going and will go over the years to come as console's eek out the majority of the hardcore PC market

The MMO is gonna still be huge on the PC though but these games will never take advantage of up-to-date hardware in order for the masses can play the latest MMO (i.e The Old republic') so companies can soak up all those juicy subscriptions fee's

upgrading your PC is so late 90's early 00's although took me a while to realise it

And your only disagreeing with me cause you dont like what you hear, this is the way its going!

[champ21]

its actually more costly to own a console then to own a pc in the long run.. so lol at yourself for spending more and getting inferior quality of games.

Owning a console is like having a PC which is under the control of its manufacturer. Its like a PC with no freedom.

You get charged to go online, pay extra for every game, hardware accessories that cost 4x the normal price. In the long run console is much more expensive then owning a PC. You need to get your research done.

You could be playing any of todays console multiplats on a 2.4ghz dual core system with a 8800gtx onboard and it would run all the games in 1080p. so where is the constant need for upgrades? Since developers are keeping console in mind when making games. Pc no longer needs any upgrades.

[Letros]

You are kinda contradicting yourself as well. You state negativity about having to upgrade hardware, but then you say having to upgrade hardware is a thing of the past. Its both good and bad that games are so gimped graphically because of 360/ps3 because framerates on PC are through the roof, and because framerates are so high, PC is able to bring innovative technology to the market such as 3D vision.

I don't have a PC for games like this, I have a PC for RTS/MMO/competitive FPS(all which are a joke on consoles). I do have a PS3 though, but games are way too expensive($65 is ridiculous, PC games are $30-50), luckily for me, a good ps3 game only comes out every 2-3 months.

http://adrianwerner.wordpre... here are the strengths of PC gaming(besides 1080p+ 8xAA) If this list isn't appealing(many titles on there are not possible on consoles), then its probably good your not a PC gamer.

[Syaz1]

it could have been so much better if they have supported pc specific features. if they have supported dx11, imagine the cloth tesselation effects on ezio's robe, and the roof and wall texture looking more 3d.

[KingKiff]

Lazy Mofos

[gillri]

Well Champ21 you can see it that way, I spent £180 for my xbox with a 120gb hard drive and another £30 on accessories, thats £210 ($300)

In terms of games here in the UK I never pay over £30-35 (45-50$) for a new game usually that I get on pre-order, yes you pay more for consoe games but the difference between a 360 and a rig? I very much doubt it when games in the UK are never more than £5-10 difference, you would have to buy alot of games

so in 4 years a PC gamer will spend only 300$ to get same graphics that a 360 would get? does a PC ever even get close to maximising the hardware potential it has? Could a $300 PC run Crysis 2 as good as a 360 or PS3 will do?

and considering the 360 and PS3 will at least have a 6-7 years life-cycle, you wont upgrade your PC in that time? not once?...really?

thats it was annoys me most about the PC, I can play a game that will look as good as Alan Wake, Halo Reach on the xbox with 512MB RAM!

And UN2 and Heavy Rain with 256 MB RAM! PC hardware never utilises its full potential like this and as Ive got older it just seems like a waste of money

Take away the fact that I dont even need the accessories or hard drive or xbox live for that matter,

thats means I could pay £100 that 150$! have you seen how good ME2 looks on the 360?

yes with the accessories ( which you only have to buy once over a console life cycle) the slight price difference in games and xbox live for 6/7, you could probably spend around £500 tops over the course of 6-7 years on the console?

A PC gamer would only spend that in the same time?

[champ21]

Over a perior of time 10pounds per game is alot of money.

consider 15games bought in a year.. thats 150GBP per year add the live charges to that. and you are looking to spend atleast 180GBP extra on the xbox per year, now times that by 5 yrs and see what you spend extra on the xbox(900gbp ateast)

A pc worth 400gbp will constantly outperform the XBox for the rest of the generation and wont even need any upgrades. A graphics card that will beat the xbox will only cost you 75gbp not more then that. Since games are not advancing in graphics you wont need to upgrade the GPU. How do you think the xbox or ps3 will survive the 7yrs, graphics wont be getting any better they will remain at the same lvl or else both the consoles will face FPS issues.

I been buying games of steam for the last 2 years, 70games bought had i bought those on a console i would have spent atleast 1200usd more(thats more then the price of a rig).

IMO console gaming cheap thats something sony and microsoft would like you to belive.

[dirthurts]

Even at DX9, the game looks utterly fantastic. I wouldn't pass it up because of that. It looks better than most DX10 games, and it's one of the best games I've ever played. I wanted to play it on my pc, but I couldn't wait so I grabbed it for xbox.
Don't do it to yourself guys. Play it! You won't regret it, or miss the DX10.

[Letros]

not supporting $60 PC price tags for no reason, nor online-all-the-time DRM.

[Letros]

as a matter of fact it just shipped =)

[dirthurts]

Are you saying this game is to be 60 bucks on pc?

[Pjuice]

dx10 is alot diff architecture than dx9 which is why devs were shying away from it, dx10 is a base for future dx releases to come they had to do it to move forward so dx11 should be alot more successful than 10 because of windows 7 and devs have some knowlege of dx10 now (the base tech of future dx releases), plus the fact devs will have to start getting rdy to bring these new technologies to the next gen of consoles, there should be alot more high end games coming out for pc because of this, devs need to get rdy for there big paydays with the next gen consoles (corporate controlled gaming). look out for pc gaming in the next couple years i think will see a massive jump in games untill the next gen consoles come :-( , if everyone could see the light pc gaming would own......u can do anything on it than u can on a console plus alot more bottom line, yet corporations can't control pc like it can the console which is why u see games being held back like this, just because the devs use the consoles as lead projects doesn't mean there the best gaming platform it just means they can make more money off of it, worst thing for pc gamers is there games being held back by this situation its pretty sad. http://www.tomshardware.com...

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