Assassin's Creed

Flaccus

Is there vsync tearing in this game or not ? Anyone know ?

And what's all this talk about censored versions out there ?

Ronan

hmmm, just tried Tesco in Clarehall and no sign of it. Nothing but blank looks when I asked too I am guessing they coped on and pulled it 'till tomorrow.

Oh, if anybody is interested the rip off merchants next door (Gamestop) will be charging 74.99 for it tomorrow.

johnny_ultimate

Yeah Gamestop are charging an absolutely insulting price. How can they get away with it? I think the 80 euro price for the collectors edition is reasonable (you do get a big ass statue with it) but 74.99 for the vanilla edition?

Honestly, walk down the road anywhere and you'll probably save 15 euro or maybe even more. Gamestop really have gone to the dogs.

Zapp Brannigan

GAME are gonna charge 70 for it. Still over the odds, but I get a discount so I'm not too bothered

dabbler2004

All Tesco stores were issued with a notice earlier to withdraw the game from sale till at least midnight tonight. (tomorrow obviously for the stores that close early).

Keith186

Won't be rushing out to buy this after reading the reviews like I thought would originally.

bordrlinepsycho

Gamestop are charging 69.99 for it actually as far as i know..although i wanst really listening in work when somebody said it so could be 74.99

brianon

Yeah. Tried Tesco in Limerick (Coonagh R'dnout) and no luck.

Anyone know if tesco will be selling the collectors ed. ?

Elessar

Guess I got mine in time - Tesco clare hall had a load of them at about 3pm. Only 54.99 aswell, better than gamesh*t next door.

Still undecided, it looks lovely, but I really don't give a crap about the lame story. My initial impressions are that I should really have rented it.

Sad Professor

My copy just got dispatched from Play-asia this morning. Cost about 37 euro total which sure beats 70. I'll gladly wait till next week for it.

Ronan

bordrlinepsycho wrote: »

Gamestop are charging 69.99 for it actually as far as i know..although i wanst really listening in work when somebody said it so could be 74.99

Was deffo 74.99 in Clarehall Gamestop.

Flaccus

Smyths are advertising it on the radio for 63 euro with loyalty card.
Hopefully Virgin will be doing it for under 60 like COD4.
75 euro in gamestop ?? who would buy it there ??

ShaneU

55 in tesco is cheapest, can't imagine xtra vision would be any lower.

Flaccus

Anyone know which tesco's in Limerick sell 360 games ?

brianon

Flaccus wrote: »

Anyone know which tesco's in Limerick sell 360 games ?

Well the new Tesco at the Coonagh Roundabout do.

ShaneU

All those reviews giving this 7's are obviously victims of the hype, this game is amazing, especially if you liked prince of persia or shadow of the colossus, 9/10 at least. A few great moments so far, like when you first see how huge Damascus is

Andrew76

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Yeah Gamestop are charging an absolutely insulting price. How can they get away with it? I think the 80 euro price for the collectors edition is reasonable (you do get a big ass statue with it) but 74.99 for the vanilla edition?

Honestly, walk down the road anywhere and you'll probably save 15 euro or maybe even more. Gamestop really have gone to the dogs.

Agreed, thieving gits they are. I picked up COD4 in Hmv on Henry St. for €55, next door in GameStop it was €70 - there's your €15 saved. Was plessantly surprised Mario was selling for €50 in Game.

TheDoc

in argos for 59.99.

i still dont get it, people rushing around, there was people outside my argos store this morning queing, but all our new release games are always reserved.

save yourself the stress by just reserving tbh, never missed a game on release day.

humanji

ShaneU wrote:

All those reviews giving this 7's are obviously victims of the hype, this game is amazing, especially if you liked prince of persia or shadow of the colossus, 9/10 at least. A few great moments so far, like when you first see how huge Damascus is

I completely agree with you here. I think the game is amazing. I can understand how it can get repetative, but it's fun. I'm not too far into it, but it's great so far. I'm loving the whole openess, and I'm still amazed at the sheer size of Damascus. The AI is alright. There's nothign bad about it, it just doesn't strike me as amazing. And I hated the fighting at first, but once you get the hang of it, it flows very well.

And I'm glad that it has little thing like collecting flags, or finding all the lookout points that give the game some replayability and give you a good reason to explore the maps (which again, are f*cking awesome!).

So far, I only have one real criticism of the game (for which I'll use spoiler tags )

The story starts with you in the future and the assassin parts are you replaying the memories of your ancestor. And I feel it really takes away from the game. It's almost like the creators wanted an excuse to skip forward and back through the story without having to explain it, and it just sucks in my opinion.

But anyway, I highly recommend this. It by no means deserves a 7/10, I really would give it at 9. It delievers on everything it promised and then some.

ShaneU

I agree, it's hard to immerse yourself in the world when It keeps switching back to the future all the time

zAbbo

Eurogamer & 1UP both gave it 7/10, sounds like it's not that great after all

It's a fitting end to a game that starts off brightly, wriggling elusively as you try and grasp what's going on, delighting in the mechanics and beautiful visuals, before sinking into a pattern that, while fairly gratifying, never evolves and ultimately becomes a bit boring, and quite amazingly repetitive.

xanthor

Elessar wrote: »

Guess I got mine in time - Tesco clare hall had a load of them at about 3pm. Only 54.99 aswell, better than gamesh*t next door.
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There was someone rearranging the games at around 3:30 when i got my copy, guessing that's when they got pulled.


It's not that it's a bad game as such... but it is a little slow paced, and a little repetitive at times.

ntlbell

zabbo wrote: »

Eurogamer & 1UP both gave it 7/10, sounds like it's not that great after all

Have you not read the comments IN THIS thread?

bucks73

Flaccus wrote: »

Anyone know which tesco's in Limerick sell 360 games ?

And Crescent. Will pop in after work to see how much they have it for or even if its on sale.

Vegeta

How many hours you guys in

You cant surely be scoring the game after only 1 or 2 hours gameplay

Flaccus

Can someone tell me you has played the game if it has vsync tearing. This was something I was following closely and the developers were supposed to have fixed it. Thanks.

brianon

Bit of shopping around Limerick and...
Smyths (Childers Road) : 70 (62 w/loyalty card)
Virgin Megastore (Crescent) : 55 (thats where I bought it)
Gamestop (Crescent) : 75 !!!!!!!

humanji

Vegeta wrote: »

How many hours you guys in

You cant surely be scoring the game after only 1 or 2 hours gameplay

It's basically the same thing repeated over and over. I'm enjoying and since it's not going to change, then neither will my opinion :P It's not the type of game I'd want to sit down and get through in order to see the plot. It's more something to play to kill time and relax, kind of like when you bum around in GTA without doing the missions.

Riesen_Meal

Meh,

Im probably the only person in the world with no interest in this game, at all!

Dont get me wrong, the graphics are lovely and I liked some of the older splinter cells (cept DA) but I just could not be arsed playin this game, ive 2 many games at the moment and too little time!

Vegeta

Fieldog wrote: »

Meh,

Im probably the only person in the world with no interest in this game, at all!

Dont get me wrong, the graphics are lovely and I liked some of the older splinter cells (cept DA) but I just could not be arsed playin this game, ive 2 many games at the moment and too little time!

I just flat out ignore all the gaming media I can so this is not a purchase for me I'd say