Assassins creed preview/details

[CptStern]

finally some details on Assassin's Creed (PC/xbox360/ps3):

- set during the crusades ..it will use historical events as a backdrop
- open ended world
- 3 major cities with countryside in between
- over 60 npc on screen at once
- a sort of bullet time when using Altair's main weapon ..all kills are close quarters, no sniping ..all in broad daylight
- cities will have multiple levels so that you can make your escape
- RPG elements where you'll be able to upgrade skills, weapons, clothing etc
- from a screen I saw (hud/control scheme) and from some information in the article it seems that the game is told from the perspective of someone in the future ..could the game also have other time lines you play in? perhaps future assassin creed games will have different time line ettings ..keep the series fresh rather than more of the same old same old (like splinter cell)

btw here's the HUD/control scheme that looks sort of futuristic

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7183/acmenupausepd2.jpg

here's the preview

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=146301

 

[Ren.182]

Sounds awesome.

Wasnt ever really too interested in it before but now it sounds like it's gonna be awesome!

 

[Tamer17]

So is it true that the game is actually VR and you play the assassian from the future? that "pause" screen does suggest that and I read when you die you get "offline" message.

 

[VictimOfScience]

Can't wait for this one (as I have said many times before).

Funny, I just finished Dan Brown's Angels and Demons and the hashashin in that book reminds me so much of Altair--blending in and out of crowds and killing quickly and such. Very cool.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Bullet time when there are... no bullets?

Anyways, I'm really anticipating this game.

SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I heard that someone trying the game died, and aparently the character woke up in a futuristic setting, so maybe this whole timeline thing is nutsy, like an extreme version of the team's previous Prince of Persia games.

END SPOILERS!!!!(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)