The Hidden Blade Assassin's Creed in Depth

Targeting in Revelations was automatic? I didn't notice haha, I don't really ever lock on to anything.

I can't wait see the ACIII conference tomorrow. We make actually see some game-play. Learn about Desmond, MultiPlayer. All i hope is whatever comes outta of their mouths is some new info,not what we've already read. And if so, go into a bit more detail.

And i hope..HOPE the trailer is much more than this:

Target appears.

Assassin confronts target.

Target brings some friends.

Assassin also brings friends.

Assassin kills target and disappears.

The lock system in Revelations was exactly the same as it's been since brotherhood. You never are forced to lock on to anyone, unless you're trying to attack a rooftop guard while foot guards are near. That's just a glitch.

And I don't think you understand what we mean by AC being context sensitive. Pressing X while in high or low profile on a flat surface means you do a normal kill, either stealthily or obviously. Pressing the same button again while in high or low profile (Only while locked if your target is a significant distance below you) on the side of a building with a guard below causes you to air assassinate them. Pressing the same button again while in high or low profile just below a ledge where a guard is standing causes you to perform a ledge kill, either by pulling them off or leaping on to them.

in three different situations, the exact same input causes three very different actions, in a way that a player can easily understand.

Context sensitivity is about being able to catagorize a TYPE of action, like "meele attack", and designate it to a single button. However, instead of, for example, making that button perform the specific melee attack "uppercut", that button performs the uppercut only if the target is too high to be hit with a normal attack.

And freerunning is even more blatantly powered by context. Press A while running, you jump forward, press A while standing still, you jump up. You perform various free-running moves based on the obstacles in your path.

An example of the intuitive thinking that context sensitivity inspires is the grab button. It can be used to grab ledges, and so a player who learns it from that will think of it as the "grab" button. Taking this into account, the player will naturally expect it to be used to grab enemies. By enabling that context functionality, the player doesn't have to find a separate button for "grab enemy", and thus the mechanics are learned faster, take up less controller/keyboard real estate, and separate gameplay pillars are unified.

If a game is context sensitive to the point where pressing the b button causes you to talk to some NPCs, and brutally rip the hearts out of random other NPCs, or the face buttons become movement controls when you enter combat, or anything like that, then yeah, that sucks. But you don't really expect Ubisoft to mess things up quite that much, I hope.

If it's implemented right, you really won't notice it at all.

EDIT:

I also hope that the trailer's better than that, EA.

Calvar, your ENTIRE post, I found myself nodding my head to because I see no problems/discrepancies between what you were saying and between what I was saying. Your points are mine, that's exactly how ACIII's contest sensitivity should be, and it will be because Ubi's been doing this since 2007 now.

Aha, sorry, I should quote the people I'm responding to. It was Phi, BTW.

The lock system wasn't like Brotherhood's at all. You had to lock on by very lightly tapping LT, instead of just pressing it like in Brotherhood. I had a hard time learning that. And then there was this business of locking a target (the captain in the Den Variety Pack I did) and having it switch the lock so I ended up killing someone else. What point is a lock if it isn't a lock?
I also remember one time I was hiding in a hay bale and waited for like 5 minutes for the den captain to arrive, then I mashed X and Ezio decided to kill the guy standing next to him. >.<

But, yeah, I'm mainly afraid of what you were saying about brutally ripping hearts out of NPC's (though that could be quite fun with minstrels ).

This is how I think Patrice Desilets views the series nowadays:

I really don't know what you're talking about. The lock system worked exactly the same for me. No light tapping required.

Yeah I've never locked on to anything in my life. I just run and aim and bam. Except in multiplayer but that's different.

actually, I was just playing again and I think I can see what you're talking about. It still works if you pull all the way, but half presses work better. Guess I just adapted to it without noticing.

Well whatever.

First my favorite game (Assassin's Creed) went to my favorite city (Venice). Now it's going to my favorite historical period! Of all the rumored settings for AC3, I had been secretly rooting for the American Revolution all along. Yes, I'm psyched.

I haven't read that one yet but may check it out. Heck, I own but still haven't read 1776 by David G. McCullough.

If reading a 500 page book is too much of a commitment for you, I recommend watching a movie called The Crossing starring Jeff Daniels as George Washington. It does a good job of conveying the desperate situation and resourcefulness of the Continental Army in an accessible and entertaining (if not 100% historically accurate) fashion.

This game will be the perfect excuse for me to learn more about US history. Back before it got all messy.

Historically, it was said that George Washington was roughly 6'2". He had aburn hair, but wore a wig most of the time. And the only reason why he was chosen to be Commander of the entire army...was because he was the only one that shown up in a military uniform.

I see my 5 minutes of excellently crafted meme artwork has gone unnoticed.

I noticed it !

No need to feel #foreveralone

Haha.

i saw it, just didn't really get it

I read it, pretty hilarious haha ^_^

http://www.gamesradar.com/8-best-things-we-saw-gdc-2012/
The Assassin's Creed 3 part mentions that journalists did indeed see a gameplay demo.

I noticed that Connor's hidden blade has some kind of handle on it. Has anyone else?.

Taken from Charles Lee's wikipedia page (I tried to link it, but it's not working, so trust me, guys!)

"During this time in America, he married the daughter of a Mohawk Indian chief. His wife (name unknown) gave birth to twins."

Found out I'm part native American.

...or maybe Connor has a twin. Or maybe he's the third child that we don't know about.

They could use the whole "assassin twin" thing for a co-op mode to work.

First thought: BRILLIANT!

Second thought: Wait, that can't happen. Connor is the ancestor to Desmond, not his twin. Damn...

I think it would be best if co-op was entirely separate from Desmond and his ancestors.

I have never understood why they can't just frame a co-op as "Desmond relives the memories of either his Assassin grandfather or grandmother, who went on missions before their son's conception."

#1, it wouldn't make sense to the story if Desmond took time out of his saving the assassins to do this, and #2, Because how on earth would he find someone else related to his grandmother or grandfather, and #3, the animus does not have the ability for two people to relive the same memories at once. And serious side effects could occur if that did happen, such as one person's consciousness dominating the other. It's all well and good to have multiple subjects within a tightly controlled training program, but exploring real linear DNA? I'd bet my hat that'd be really dangerous. I don't know how they're going to do it, but I think it would be best if it was not Desmond, and rather some abstergo project or something, because it makes no sense that the assassins would risk such terrible things happening to their only hope.

So Desmond can't work (we should all know that by now).

Hewkii's co-op idea could actually work out through another person besides Desmond. If Ubisoft allowed this to work in their universe, it would go something like this:

A descendant of two Assassins (let's say two lovers) can relive both Assassins at the same time. Two players can operate both in splitscreen, while (to the person in the Animus) they're multitasking with two points of view. This could allow a brand new type of Animus to be constructed, since this would be very difficult to do in a regular Animus.

Or maybe it's an Assassin project. After all they are at v 3.0 now.

I like the idea of Assassin lovers being relived.

double post, bleh.

For those still somehow wondering about the hidden blade inclusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=m0PaCvlwywA#t=17s

(The first picture was flipped, so it's not going to be on his right arm)

Is that tomahawk glued to his right hand?.

It annoys me how many people still doubted it would be in. You can clearly see it on the boxart, for crying out loud!

Yeah, its an Assassin's Creed game for gods sake. No hidden blade, would make no sense.

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Cooool!

OH...MY....GAWD

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