PAX Round-up 1: Assassin's Creed III

PAX Round-up 1: Assassin's Creed III

Connor takes down one of his first targets

Written by Matrarch on 12 April 12 at 21:33

I’m starting here because, unlike all the other games I will be writing about that I saw at the show, Assassin's Creed III was the only one that wasn’t playable. Ubisoft brought a ten-minute gameplay video to the show floor and rewarded those who watched with an inflatable tomahawk (there might be a PAX-related giveaway or two in your future).



The video looked amazing and discussed some of the development behind the game, as well as showing off one of your first (if not the first) assigned targets, British Major John Pitcairn. For one thing, Connor, the game’s protagonist, is an exceptional tree-climber. As the narration in the video pointed out, the team felt it was time to address the fact that you could scale buildings, but not trees. Secondly, AC III now has the capability to render 2500 individual characters. By contrast, previous games could support around 200-250. This will lead to epic scale battles through which you can sneak toward your target. The other major thing I took away was the fluidity with which Connor attacks. When he makes a kill, at least as shown in the video, there wasn’t this sense of ‘stop and pick next target’. Connor instead moved fluidly from one kill to the next until he reached his ultimate target.

At the moment, the game is looking fantastic and I’m already extremely jealous of those who will actually get to play it at future cons.

Assassin's Creed III launches worldwide on October 31st. Make sure to head here for all our previous coverage.

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I was expecting some sort of game footage! Damn!

That said - I want one of those tomohawks!
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The Manic Moose said:I was expecting some sort of game footage! Damn!

That said - I want one of those tomohawks!Ditto.. still lol at the guy getting hit
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That guy is getting battered..
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The Manic Moose said:I was expecting some sort of game footage! Damn!

That said - I want one of those tomohawks!Me too!
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I saw this ten minute video of Assassins Creed III, but instead of linking it, I'll post a video of some guy getting beaten by blow up tomahawks.

Just like Yahoo! News stories, this article is horrible.
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Damn ACIII looks realistic.
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F1R3 PH03N1X6 said:I saw this ten minute video of Assassins Creed III, but instead of linking it, I'll post a video of some guy getting beaten by blow up tomahawks.

Just like Yahoo! News stories, this article is horrible.The video hasn't been released anywhere officially, and we're not in the habit of breaking any sort of non-posting rules. For the most part, the taking and posting of videos and screens from these events is expressly prohibited, so that's what we go by.
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Shame there was no gameplay footage, would love to see how this will actually play.
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That gameplay was so realistic! Can't wait!


But seriously it sucks that you couldn't play it.
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F1R3 PH03N1X6 said:I saw this ten minute video of Assassins Creed III, but instead of linking it, I'll post a video of some guy getting beaten by blow up tomahawks.

Just like Yahoo! News stories, this article is horrible.yo mann what is ur problem with yahoo news???? it is a fine and respected news outlet unlike ur face!!!!!!
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When AC III was announced a couple of months ago, I had a hunch (and stated such, but at another site) that a playable demo would be appearing at E3 (that is, in early June), but not before.

So, hopefully TA can send someone to E3. Or at least flood us with news updates like you do with every E3! wink
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FinderKeeper said:When AC III was announced a couple of months ago, I had a hunch (and stated such, but at another site) that a playable demo would be appearing at E3 (that is, in early June), but not before.

So, hopefully TA can send someone to E3. Or at least flood us with news updates like you do with every E3! winkOh, don't worry. We may not be able to get people to the show (sadly, logistics and cost are hurdles we can't necessarily overcome), but we'll have as much covered as we can handle... which will be just about all the 360-related stuff, I think. ;)
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Matrarch said:FinderKeeper said:When AC III was announced a couple of months ago, I had a hunch (and stated such, but at another site) that a playable demo would be appearing at E3 (that is, in early June), but not before.

So, hopefully TA can send someone to E3. Or at least flood us with news updates like you do with every E3! winkOh, don't worry. We may not be able to get people to the show (sadly, logistics and cost are hurdles we can't necessarily overcome), but we'll have as much covered as we can handle... which will be just about all the 360-related stuff, I think. ;)WHERE is e3 held?
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I'm hoping this game will reinvent the series enough to be a prime contender for GotY. I will surely love it either way, but I'd like to see them really raise the bar and show other yearly franchises* how it's done.

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Matrarch said:F1R3 PH03N1X6 said:I saw this ten minute video of Assassins Creed III, but instead of linking it, I'll post a video of some guy getting beaten by blow up tomahawks.

Just like Yahoo! News stories, this article is horrible.The video hasn't been released anywhere officially, and we're not in the habit of breaking any sort of non-posting rules. For the most part, the taking and posting of videos and screens from these events is expressly prohibited, so that's what we go by.Oh yeh... Matrarch didn't violate the rules, so therefore his article sucks? Piss off man, you should be glad he writes articles for us!
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