[ALL] Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

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Just got my multiplayer code! It says the beta is up. I'm going to try to get on it after work.

 

[Pills]

Multiplayer is awesome.

It's really just your basic manhunt game set within ACII (in Rome, of course). You level up as you make kills and get points. You get more points for a more discrete kill, as opposed to a chase. You can also get points for eluding your pursuer, and for making him kill someone else that looks like your character; there are multiples of each character in the map. Points not only go towards the game, but you can level up as well.

Max players right now is 8. As you level up, you get more abilities. For instance, on level 2, you get the ability to disguise yourself as someone else. I got to level 4 tonight; there was another ability, but I'm not sure what it was.

I'm not sure if you can kill your pursuer; I think you can, but I didn't.

Games are 10 minutes long.

 

[Pills]

Played another few games last night. A few things annoyed me, but I figured a few more out.

What annoyed me is that there can be more than one person after YOUR kill. There's an indicator to tell you how many people are after you. At one point, in a game I completely kicked ass in, I had three people after me (I led from start to finish). In another game, I spawned, and my contract was taken... and then the same thing happened within 10 second of getting the new contract, which I was across the map from.

Still, a fun game.

 

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More details:

Right now, there are two maps: Rome and Castel Gandolfo. Personally, I prefer the castle. There are 3-4 levels of height on each, and certain areas in the castle have 3. Both maps are a pretty decent size.

As you level up, you get abilities, and unlock characters. I'm level 14 right now. I have a superspeed ability, smoke bombs, the hidden gun, a disguise ability, and a morph ability. You can only have two at once (they're assigned to you L2 and R2 buttons). Disguise turns you into another character. Morph turns everyone in a small radius into YOUR character, so if someone's after you, it'll cause confusion. As you get points for eluding, it's useful. Your abilities can be used and then they reset in a minute. I'm about to get perks, too (I assume, assigned to L1 and R1), but I'm not 100% sure what they do. You can have two profile sets with different abilitites, and you can switch them during the game. I've been using morph and superspeed.

I also get 300 points if I make 3 kills in a row without losing a contract or getting killed, and if I lose 3 in a row my locator gets extra sensitive.

You can also stun your attacker, but I think I've been able to do it once; it's really hard. However, my best kill (750 points) came after someone stunned the guy I was after. I essentially ran up and kicked him in the head. A basic chase kill is worth 100.

As of last night, there were ~40k people on. I was ranked about 3k on kills (I've spent 6hours on), but my killed/kill ratio isn't great.

 

[Blade]

I just don't see the appeal of this series...

 

[Tengo Juego]

I just don't see the appeal of this series...

First one was underwhelming.
Sequel was a great improvement and was easier to follow.
Brotherhood looks like it's building on what AC2 was, but it doesn't really reach out at me personally. I dont like the whole "team-building" aspect they seem to be pushing. Nor do I give a damn to play multiplayer for this type of game. Not only that, it's too damn soon. AC2 came out this same time last year.

I am curious to see where the story goes, but I'll probably play it some time in '11.

 

[Buzzman]

I'm confused. So is the multiplayer in an open world with random AI along with up to 8 human players?

 

[Pills]

I'm confused. So is the multiplayer in an open world with random AI along with up to 8 human players?

Yes. A LOT of random NPCs. Between 6-8 humans per game.

The story behind it is that you're all Abstergo agents (Templars) in training.

A short video of the introductory session and a game (Rome map):
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gseMjktk3xg[/ame]

 

[Chrispy]

Debating whether to buy it or rent it

 

[Pills]

Just played for a bit - didn't finish lower than 3rd in 4 games, winning twice. I really, really like the morph ability. I had two guys on me; one killed a civilian, the other started following another one when my group broke apart.

Got to level 15, so I got a perk. It's that you can run into more people while chasing or being chased without being knocked off balance. It just kind of happens, like the extra streak points.

There's another perk at level 18, I think. Level 16 gets you nothing, 17 gets you The Smuggler, and I know 20 gets you poison (which is usually a high point kill).

 

[Pills]

No update for a while, so here it is:

I'm level 20. I can't go any further, but the game is still fun.

I was in a situation that pissed me off yesterday, though; I spawned 6-7 consecutive times only to be killed within 10-15 seconds. I understand that there are only certain spots to spawn, but your persuer should not be spawning right next to you. I spent a good 3 minutes getting killed, re-spawning, and getting killed. Getting killed and re-spawning takes ~10 seconds, as it usually brings you back to the screen to change your options.

They also unlocked Alliance, where you're on a team with someone in a 2 vs. 2 vs. 2 match. Unfortunately, someone quit right before we started, so one guy was teamless, my team couldn't be killed, and there was just a team of victims. I suppose it would work better with a group that you normally play with.

They also unlocked what's now my favorite map, Siena, last week.

 

[Chrispy]

u have the game? Its not due out till November 16, 2010

 

[KNUBB]

There is a beta..... I'm in it cuz I have Playstation Plus. I played it a few times. I did like it, but 2k keeps its grip on me so I haven't played it as much as I would like to.

 

[Pills]

u have the game? Its not due out till November 16, 2010

Pre-ordered from Gamestop. You get into the beta that way.

 

[padman59]

The few times I played the beta, I kept having problems getting stuck trying to jump down from structures. It's as though the game just stopped responding for a few seconds when I tried to go over handrails or hop off the roof of a building. Anyone else have this issue?

 

[Pills]

The few times I played the beta, I kept having problems getting stuck trying to jump down from structures. It's as though the game just stopped responding for a few seconds when I tried to go over handrails or hop off the roof of a building. Anyone else have this issue?

Occasionally. There are times when my entire system crashes. I'm assuming (hoping) that ubisoft is gathering data about it, as there was never anything to tell the users to.

 

[Houston]

I've tried 3 different times to beat the first one, each time I can only make it about 2 hours in before I'm bored out of my mind. I actually enjoyed getting cheesed in Madden 09 more then I liked playing that game

 

[BrntO4Life]

I've tried 3 different times to beat the first one, each time I can only make it about 2 hours in before I'm bored out of my mind. I actually enjoyed getting cheesed in Madden 09 more then I liked playing that game

This is how I feel. I just did the first assassination in the poor district of Damascus and then moved onto the assassination in the rich district of Jerusalem and have zero desire to complete it.

I think my issue is: why do the Assassins dress so obviously? I figured I could just cruise around town without being noticed until I did something to stand out, but no. I keep accidentally bumping into those Templars and get killed.

 

[Pills]

Skip AC I. Just play AC II. MUCH better storyline, much more interesting missions and side missions. Oh, and the guy that you control that obvioulsy isn't American doesn't speak with an American accent.

 

[Houston]

This is how I feel. I just did the first assassination in the poor district of Damascus and then moved onto the assassination in the rich district of Jerusalem and have zero desire to complete it.

I think my issue is: why do the Assassins dress so obviously? I figured I could just cruise around town without being noticed until I did something to stand out, but no. I keep accidentally bumping into those Templars and get killed.

The part where you had to ride around on a horse for 20 mins did it for me. Plus if you ride too fast past a guard they get suspicious, lol what type of shit was that.