It's the evil pharmaceutical company plotline I had managed (somehow) not to have spoiled for me until this article. I'm getting this game in 2 days too D:
Are you kidding me? Directors Cut! I Bought the normal one and I had fun. Why they make new one? it's not new, Same thing But with a different name, Can't really get why they made this.
Originally Posted by ComputerKing Are you kidding me? Director’s Cut! I Bought the normal one and I had fun. Why they make new one? it's not new, Same thing But with a different name, Can't really get why they made this.
I honestly liked the plot line - I thought it added another level to the game and is no doubt important for the spins off......Didnt mind the flashign symbols at all, and frankly they lead me to read up on the mayans, the lost japanese island and get really interested in alot of history again.
The symbols can provide you with another massively indepth level, most players will choose to go 'oh some symbols, wonder what they mean' others will be intreigued and do a little research on them like I did, so the makers of assasins creed can be credited with rekindling me long dead intrest in acient history!
BUT yes very repetative, but then you make your own storoies in your head to match the game and things get alot better.
Joe, I think you should start thinking about having better quality screenshots, because jpeg compression isn't helping when trying to see differences in antialiasing (i.e.).
Maybe PNG, TIF, or a good JPG created in Photoshop.
One thing that really annoyed me about this game were the ridiculous amount of jaggies in the pharmaceutical sections - even with 16xMSAA there's still loads of them about, which is totally ridiculous.
Just got this on Saturday. It's pretty fun, I can actually understand why everyone likes it unlike Gears Of war. I like jumping all nimbly bimbly from tree to tree (err roof to roof).
I'm really happy with the performance. Even though my cpu (AMD64 3200) didn't make the recommended requirements, I can still play with high frame rates at 1280x1024 with my 8800gt.
Originally Posted by Multiplectic Really? Did you look at those images?
Come on, they're full of compression artifacts around edges.
In the "Graphical Detail" screens you can clearly see them.
Maybe it's my bleary eyes (bank holiday, natch) and tiny screen at home, but you'll have to highlight an example for me. I'm not seeing anything I didn't see when I played the game in the office.
Been playing this for 2 days now, never played the console version, must say I'm really enjoying every aspect of it, story line, graphics are some of the most visually appealing I've played.1280x1024 DX9 full AA runs great on my rig though you'd expect it to (e3110, 2GB, 8800GT).
Any guesses on what the 1, 2, and 3 AA settings actually are? My guess would be 1 is no AA, 2 is 2xAA and 3 is 4xAA? No clue what kind of AA though.
Its fun... but this is game where completing everything is DEFINITELY not necessary. One thing about this game was that I was driven to complete it just to see the end of the story. The gameplay itself became very repetitive after the second assassination. You know things aren't quite balanced right when, as an assassin, you can take out 10+ soldiers singlehandedly in sword combat. I'm supposed to be an assassin, not the highlander!
LOL the highlander, whens that game coming out anyways? Best movie trilogy ever.
I think there is DX9 AA, if not it would probably be greyed out. Only real evidence is in playing the game, I notice alot less jaggies between 1/3 and 3/3. My guess is its a custom AA+HDR designed by the developers, as it doesn't do the best job (assuming its supposed to be 4xAA) kind of like they did for the Advanced Warfighter games.
The game does have a type of LOD distance where it turns more blurry, more jaggies, doesn't really detract from the in game look as its almost like the heat wash you get on hot days imo.
Originally Posted by wuyanxu this is why when the screenshot seeing the master, it's okay. but when in actual gameplay, it's jaggered.
this is a actual in-game screenshot of 8800GTX Dx10, everything on max. and as you can see, at long distances, the shadow are very jaggered, just like Bit's screenshot.
There seems to be a little misunderstanding here. :)
I wasn't talking about jaggies, I was talking about JPG compression artifacts. Those are two completely different things.
See the first pic I posted, with the red highlights? On the edges, there are some "anomalies" in the image, whereas in our screenshots, there aren't any. Watch them closely.
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You've never played it then?
This is the PC version of the console game.
The symbols can provide you with another massively indepth level, most players will choose to go 'oh some symbols, wonder what they mean' others will be intreigued and do a little research on them like I did, so the makers of assasins creed can be credited with rekindling me long dead intrest in acient history!
BUT yes very repetative, but then you make your own storoies in your head to match the game and things get alot better.
Maybe PNG, TIF, or a good JPG created in Photoshop.
I'm really happy with the performance. Even though my cpu (AMD64 3200) didn't make the recommended requirements, I can still play with high frame rates at 1280x1024 with my 8800gt.
Really? Did you look at those images?
Come on, they're full of compression artifacts around edges.
In the "Graphical Detail" screens you can clearly see them.
Maybe it's my bleary eyes (bank holiday, natch) and tiny screen at home, but you'll have to highlight an example for me. I'm not seeing anything I didn't see when I played the game in the office.
No problem. More than happy to help. :)
Photobucket resized it for me (:(), but I think it's still fairly visible.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k43/Multiplectico/bd4copy.jpg
More importantly, where the hell to does he think he's putting his hand?? Perv.
Any guesses on what the 1, 2, and 3 AA settings actually are? My guess would be 1 is no AA, 2 is 2xAA and 3 is 4xAA? No clue what kind of AA though.
Multiplectic, if you've played the game, you'd know that it's actually normal to see those.
Is that so?
Then how come this screenshot, taken by me, doesn't have any? ;)
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k43/Multiplectico/ac1.jpg
Normal screenshot, DX9, WinXP, highest in-game settings. Old fashion "Print Screen", pasted and saved in Photoshop. :)
I think there is DX9 AA, if not it would probably be greyed out. Only real evidence is in playing the game, I notice alot less jaggies between 1/3 and 3/3. My guess is its a custom AA+HDR designed by the developers, as it doesn't do the best job (assuming its supposed to be 4xAA) kind of like they did for the Advanced Warfighter games.
The game does have a type of LOD distance where it turns more blurry, more jaggies, doesn't really detract from the in game look as its almost like the heat wash you get on hot days imo.
this is why when the screenshot seeing the master, it's okay. but when in actual gameplay, it's jaggered.
this is a actual in-game screenshot of 8800GTX Dx10, everything on max. and as you can see, at long distances, the shadow are very jaggered, just like Bit's screenshot.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/wuyanxu/Other_Gaming_Dump/AssassinsCreed_Dx102008-05-0609--1.jpg
mind you, this is an improvement over 174.74
This autumn is the current projected release date, hope it lives up to the films!
They should definitely get Christopher Lambert in to do some voice work too...
There seems to be a little misunderstanding here. :)
I wasn't talking about jaggies, I was talking about JPG compression artifacts. Those are two completely different things.
See the first pic I posted, with the red highlights? On the edges, there are some "anomalies" in the image, whereas in our screenshots, there aren't any. Watch them closely.