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(Page 2)22. uh...i wouldn't know...i have a DVR. watching/thinking/writing about commercials is SO 1999.
Posted at 11:57AM on Nov 9th 2007 by jpn
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21. Hunh. All the Assassin's Creed ads just killed my interest. I *thought* it was something like the Hitman series, but it turns out it's just a hack-n-slasher like God of War or Devil May Cry, but with a halfway decent (?) story, including LOTS of cut-scenes and cinemas.
That does not interest me at all. I don't play games to watch some game designer who dreams of making movies foist his lame cinemas on me. If you want to make movies, go make movies. If you want to make a game, then give me, the player, control. If I want to watch a crappy CG movie, I'll rent Shrek 3.
I'm not saying a game can't have a story or cutscenes, but Assassin's Creed, from the look of it with those advertisements, has a LOT of cinemas, and they're the focal point of the game. The Hitman series balanced story and gameplay nicely, as did the May Payne games. There's a point, however, when the game designer takes over my XBox to tell his story, and denies me the opportunity to control the game, make decisions about the DIRECTION in which the story goes, and turns his "game" into an interactive movie that has less options and depth than a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book.
So no Assassin's Creed for me. If I want to play a 3D beat-em-up game, I'll grab my Hitman discs and murder everyone in the Thermal Spa for fun. At least Hitman doesn't make me watch an hour of movies to get to the gameplay.
Posted at 11:12PM on Nov 8th 2007 by Keyth.Halloween