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IGN changes back its Assassin's Creed review, gives explanation

Destructoid writes:

"Well, this story just gets more and more confusing. The review has been rolled back to now include the text that was there in the final publication last night. IGN contacted Destructoid directly to say that the issue was a copy/paste error that had gone overlooked. For whatever reason, the finished publication had been gone into and swapped paragraphs or somesuch, at least by IGN's reckoning. Confusion abounds afresh.

Crossed wires? Innocent screw ups? Who knows? What I do know, however, is that the people who kept accusing me of making quotes up can keep their traps shut now -- I told you it was bloody there."

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MK_Red6015d ago

Wow, the story is getting more and more dramatic. IGN reviews AC, IGN edits/modifies AC review, IGN re-edits and changes AC review back to original.

Nice find and interesting story.

ravinash6014d ago

Why is this guy reviewing someone elses review.
I think he's just trying to stir things up to get more hits on his site.
All the issues he is trying to outline with the framerate issues he says someone else said it. but when you go to the site itself, it says its not that bad...and other sites say nothing at all.
It all sounds like BS to me.

ktchong6015d ago

Rumors, hacking, altered reviews...

TnS6015d ago

Pretty good week, in my opinion. :)

bym051d6015d ago

Halo and Mass Effect are going to end up on PS3 and nobody even knows it. ;)

Irving6015d ago

Now you know who was lying, right?

snittolo6015d ago

Great week so far with all the drama, one of the more interesting ones for sure.

Fighter6015d ago

He said this story was a fake.

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bym051d6015d ago

"Through it all though ... I still don't know if I should buy Assassin's Creed."

giovonni6015d ago

The game is a great game, the controls are hard to get use to at first, but this game is a great introduction to a new story. The graphics are excellent, I got it for the 360 by the way, I see no frame rate problems=, or maybe it's to small for me to even notice. I spent four hours on it, and I've been playing man hunt with all the enemies lol

giovonni6015d ago

The game is a great game, the controls are hard to get use to at first, but this game is a great introduction to a new story. The graphics are excellent, I got it for the 360 by the way, I see no frame rate problems=, or maybe it's to small for me to even notice. I spent four hours on it, and I've been playing man hunt with all the enemies lol

ShiftyLookingCow6015d ago

if anybody here is a subscriber to IGN, check their head to head comparison http://insider.ign.com/arti...

ravinash6014d ago

Overall
In my opinion, smaller features like controller vibration and Achievement Points are not enough to give a game first place over other versions of the same title. However, in this case the frame rate issues on PS3 are enough to put the 360 version ahead. If you play each version in quick succession like I have, the disparity is obvious and does affect how enjoyable the experience is. As I stated earlier in the article, we already know the PS3 is capable of matching (and probably topping) 360's performance. We're just waiting to see it happen in more cross platform releases.
Overall
1. 360
2. PS3

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I thinks its just another case of dev not finishing the job fully on the PS3 version. But like the guys says, its only when you run them one after the other that you really notice.

In fact when I look at the screen shoots, I prefer the PS3 version because it has smoother edges and looks more natural. but these are just stills and only my opinion.

kunark6015d ago

im really confused gs says ps3 has better frame rates and ign says 360 does so witch one is right im puzzeld

socomnick6015d ago

I kinda believe ign on the framerate . I think gamestop is trying to praise the ps3 version a little so it doesn't get so much flak from sony fans.

duarteq6015d ago

Are really today's reviewers partial ? Does this kind of sensacionalism news interest to gamers ? don't think so, but somehow i think someone is gaining money with this. More Play and less Sh!t.

DaCandyman6015d ago

notice I did say monitor. If you are playing on a monitor you will not have full range of color contrast adjustments. You can get great quality out of a monitor with your 360. As for the PS3 it is not as great. I hooked my PS3 to a Sony Bravia and my display looked nothing like IGN PS3 comparison video.

ShiftyLookingCow6015d ago (Edited 6015d ago )

@DaCandyman, since I am in a dorm I use a cheap display. From experience, both PS3 and 360 suffered from washed out colors on cheap computer displays. 360 was fixed in the summer when Reference Level option was made available and with the PS3, if you go to Display Settings and change "RGB Color Range" to Full, PS3 colors becomes normal instead of being washed out.

InMyOpinion6015d ago

Pro-G wrote "While it looks utterly amazing, the frame rate drops to sluggish levels in both versions of the game - usually while free-running on roof tops - and the PS3 game suffers from a slightly less than great frame rate during most of the game."

giovonni6015d ago

I seen no problems with frame rate for the 360, and it maybe the same with the ps3. I believe they both play very close to each other

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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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isarai205d 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

Samonuske205d 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.

Becuzisaid205d 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.

-Foxtrot205d 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-inferno204d 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.

-Foxtrot204d ago

Exactly

It just felt super safe

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

jeromeface204d ago

someone missed the whole point

-Foxtrot204d 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

CrimsonWing69204d 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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GhostScholar215d ago (Edited 215d ago )

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

gold_drake215d ago

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

Cacabunga215d 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👍🏽

Rancegamerx215d ago

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

Cacabunga215d ago

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

H9215d 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

GooGobbler215d ago

What about that Forspoken Tw*t

MrChow666215d ago

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

ravens52215d ago

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

gpimlott214d ago

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

ravens52214d ago (Edited 214d ago )

gpimlott. How?

Stanjara204d 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.

Christopher215d ago (Edited 215d 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.

ravens52215d 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.

savedsynner215d 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

ravens52214d ago

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

Nerdmaster215d 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.

-Foxtrot215d 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.

Nerdmaster214d 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.

BrainSyphoned215d ago

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

H9215d ago

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

BlaqMagiq1215d ago

Except Squall has actual character development.

gold_drake215d ago (Edited 215d ago )

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

Nerdmaster214d 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_drake215d ago (Edited 215d 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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