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Disregard Assassin's Creed Review, says Empire

CVG reports that the following message was posted on the Empire website earlier today:

"Assassin's Creed

Please note that the early review of Assassin's Creed that appeared here was published in error. The review contained misleading information about the game's control system which should be disregarded. Please wait for the final, full review, which will be published online on November 16th."

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TnS6025d ago (Edited 6025d ago )

What you expected? Obviously a major gaming site will publish the first legit review of Assassin's Creed.

ATLRoAcH6025d ago

Remember how I said in the update when I posted the review yesterday,I said that the review was "questionable" and a lot of you didn't believe me.Well I told you so.I said I had that written as a "just in case" kinda thing and well it was the case.I don't mean to gloat but I've been looking forward to this game and not to mention I WAS RIGHT.So whats so "questionable" about Empire well now you know.I knew something wasn't right with the timing.So you can all put it back on your list now theres a jump button.I'll finish this with "I Told You So".Oh and I can't wait to get my Limited Edition.

MK_Red6025d ago

Superb find and great comment.

But this does not decrease credibility of Empire. They are a FILM / CINEMA mag/site and the area their vote counts is the movies and their reviews.

ATLRoAcH6025d ago

Once again the review is what I questioned and yes I could tell they were more about movies.And as a movie review site they seem good.All I'm saying is that I thought something was up with the review and I was right.I'm also glad the "no jump button" thing is not true.I wonder what the real deal was with the review?Maybe someone got fired.

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sajj3166025d ago

Who can you trust? Yes, we can all wait for 'legit' sites but Empire just blew it on the controls. Of course they achieved the inner intention (site hits). This is why the Gameinformer review system is good. Always have a second opinion.

Kuest6025d ago (Edited 6025d ago )

I mean let's not forget that Empire ISN'T a gaming magazine. So, although a legit source, it would be foolish to take any reviews from that site seriously.

They're "expert" opinion is no better than mine (if not worse- how many games has the journalist played?)

lynx1halo6025d ago

and all of those people in the previous post that were bashing anyone saying bad things towards Empire...now I can gladly say serves you right...they see now how the pitfalls of blind loyalty can hurt

Meus Renaissance6025d ago (Edited 6025d ago )

I hope to make an official site that reviews games. That's one of my goals in life.

P.S. Someone just came out of the toilet and it smells like a dead pig in there, oh god.

Kuest6025d ago (Edited 6025d ago )

I'm curious- what do you plan to name your site?

Or do you know yet?

edit:

yes, a disagree!

I ADORE disagrees. So, if you admire Kuest, keep em coming... I know its really just a sign of your love. How sweet.

edit 2:

AHHH, I'm in ecstasy! Thank you, jaja.

For your generosity , I will award you w/ bubbles AND an agree. Because that's how I show MY love...

jaja14346025d ago

Then I shall give you one more!
But I gave you a bubble to so I think it evens out in the end.

()()
(="=)
c(")(")

Meus Renaissance6025d ago (Edited 6025d ago )

www.start-game.com

Sound good?

Kuest6025d ago (Edited 6025d ago )

That simply will not do... You need something more creative, like
"gaming-emporium", or "the exclusive nerd pit. com"

In any case, it has to be something that just screams out *unique*. I'm not digging "start-game", man. You deserve so much better... but if that's what you like, go for it!

edit: I think I fixed it now.

jaja14346025d ago

Coming for a somewhat web designer, try not to have and "-,~,%,_" or anything of that sort in a web address for you index. Its ok for anything inside the site itself, but in general you want to keep your main site address as simple as possible.

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Kyur4ThePain6025d ago

the devs got hold of Empire and hit them over the knuckles for spilling the beans on the controls, thereby possibly hurting sales.
I don;t think you have to be a gaming-exclusive site / person to be able to tell that you have no control over the timing of jumps and leaps etc.
IF this is true (about the controls), I will definately pass on AC as that is one of the main things that had me interested in it.

Kuest6025d ago

but you do have to admit that Empire's review was a bit, uh, generic. Virtually nothing was revealed beyond what has already been shown in previous demos. Quite literally, I could have written that review based just upon the several previews I've read from ign and gamespot!

What I'm saying is- let's wait for "official" reviews from actual GAMING magazines to inform us as to whether or not the control schemes for AC work. You have to remember that AC is a hardcore game and, therefore, might not be fully appreciated by the average consumer (or, in this case, reviewer) for its complex design.

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PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama

This should make fans and collectors very happy. PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama Assassin's Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama available for pre-order on January 25.

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Can We Finally Admit Assassin's Creed 3 Deserves an Apology?

AC3 was released during a turbulent transition period for Ubisoft and the Assassin's Creed series. It ventured into uncharted territory, narratively and mechanically, which caused it to receive mixed reviews. At its core, though, it's a damn good stealth game.

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isarai200d ago

Nope, I hated 3, connar was bland, literally the most flat character in the entire game. Not to mention to myriad of bugs, camera issues, and that annoying thing where he automatically ditches his weapon you payed for for the sake of a cool finishing move forcing you to trek back to your base after almost every encounter just to re-equip your own weapon. It just didn't work as fluidly as the others like 2 and 4

Samonuske200d ago

The series peaked at AC3 for me. It’s been my favourite in the series. Connor will always be one of my favourite video game protagonists.

Becuzisaid200d ago

No. Game was BORING. Connor was really dull. Environments, while impressive, because of the geographic location and time period were not really exciting to be in. I would love some kind of game set in there colonial American time period, but a game like AC that back then centered around parkour and vertical traversal really didn't fit those environments.

-Foxtrot200d ago

Nope

There was a lot of issues but mine is how they handled the war

They told us Connor was not going to get involved, that the war was more of a background setting for the real story and it wasn’t going to be one sided

They lied, even the cinematic E3 trailer showed Connor emerge from the Colonist side and slaughter the red coats to get to his target, inspiring the Colonists to fight back

I just thought it would have made more sense lore wise that the red coats were mostly compiled of Assassins fighting the Colonist templars who wanted to take the new world for themselves.

Since the Red coats lost the war, it would then explain how the Templars started to gain the upper hand and how on the future the assassins were mostly killed off and the Templar’s had pretty much taken over everything.

Instead it just felt like they didn’t want to p*** off the American audience

Even Haytham was cool, he should have been an Assassin through and through and should have been the main lead.

toxic-inferno200d ago

The game even seems to lack the humour of the other games. It almost seems as though the idea of even slightly making fun of American history wouldn't be acceptable.

-Foxtrot199d ago

Exactly

It just felt super safe

“Better not make the colonists look super bad incase people boycott our game”

jeromeface199d ago

someone missed the whole point

-Foxtrot199d ago

There was literally no point

What I've just said above would at least make sense lore wise and why the Assassins start to loose their war, die off and how the Templars are in control in the future of almost everything....what they did was just, pointless

CrimsonWing69200d ago

I’m one one of those weird people that liked Ass Creed 3, but to be fair I never got around to finishing it.

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5 Of the Most Unlikeable Video Game Protagonists

There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists.

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GhostScholar211d ago (Edited 211d ago )

I disagree that max is unlikable. Chloe is infinitely more unlikable in my opinion.

gold_drake210d ago

omg chloe was awful. i really hated her at the end haha

Cacabunga210d ago

Abby was absolute trash protagonist in every way..
Tidus was so meh to me..
On villain side, the one i didn’t like wa Micah, because they wanted him to be that way and it was brilliant👍🏽

Rancegamerx210d ago

I agree, I liked Max, Chloe was a horrible friend and a bad influence.

Cacabunga210d ago

Everyone agrees on chloe, I’m sure even ND do.

H9210d ago

Both are horrible, granted Chloe is infinitely worse, it feels like Chloe is just fanservice for people who too over the edge and wasn't written to be a character that makes sense

GooGobbler211d ago

What about that Forspoken Tw*t

MrChow666210d ago

exactly I was expecting it to be a the top of the list

ravens52210d ago

Ye I was expecting her too. Guess they actually played the game. Unlike you and whoever agrees.

gpimlott209d ago

I played through the whole game and think she is one of the worst character Ive ever played as

ravens52209d ago (Edited 209d ago )

gpimlott. How?

Stanjara199d ago

Why would I payed and played the game if the whole internet is making fun of a character?

-Im here to kill Chaos...are you Chaos?

Yeah, I didn't play that game either.

Christopher210d ago (Edited 210d ago )

She's actually not bad. It's the writing itself that is bad overall, but she's fine overall. She's no worse than Miles Morales IMHO. Both thrust into a spotlight and receiving both praise and blame and dealing with it.

Forspoken is a bland game because it's 75% bland, boring, repetitive going through the motions and diversions that add nothing of the value with purposefully gated memory moments that don't feel organic or like you're discovering things but waiting for others to reveal things.

ravens52210d ago

Exactly Chris. Even though I liked the game. I kno u played it. People who actually played it and went thru her dream saw she was a good likeable person who really just acted out due to being alone and unloved. I think your problem is it was open world, I think if it was more linear you may have liked it better.

savedsynner210d ago

Oh no she's bad. Very unlikable even before you add on the bad dialogue. The game could have been quite good with a good protagonist

ravens52209d ago

For all the people like synner. Shes actually half white lol. Inferior complexity is a hell of a thing. You'll be ok.

Nerdmaster211d ago

Most of these aren't even that bad. Especially comparing to others like Squall "Whatever" Leonhart, Forspoken's Frey, and the guy from Atomic Heart.

-Foxtrot210d ago

Squall is one of the best developed main FF characters so...

People talk about his "whatever" thing thats at the start of the game, not the character he eventually becomes in the end.

Nerdmaster210d ago

No amount of "character development", (especially the ones that for me feels sudden and undeserved like Squall's), will justify him being a d**k to my girl Quistis. Even if he found the cure for cancer, from that moment on, I would never like him.
The article is about being unlikeable, and he was indeed unlikeable for at least half of the game.

BrainSyphoned210d ago

Squall is the best protagonists in FF so you can go whatever yourself.

H9210d ago

My good sir, I need to steal that "you can go whatever yourself" because it's gold

BlaqMagiq1210d ago

Except Squall has actual character development.

gold_drake210d ago (Edited 210d ago )

the "watever" is only present in the english localisation.
so your argument doesnt rly ... stand imo.

Nerdmaster210d ago

Good for you that you could enjoy the japanese version. That's not the case for me and the majority of people here, though.

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gold_drake210d ago (Edited 210d ago )

i had to stop reading after the "blatant misogyny" in the Dantes inferno section.

i actually liked Max haha.

the forspoken chick is missing tho

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