Assassin’s Creed II

Welcome to Assassin’s Week…

Monday, November 16th, 2009

ac2screen1 And we’re finally here.

Assassin’s Creed II has long been my most anticipated game of 2009. Flawed as it may have been, I absolutely loved the original game, and I’ve been eager to see a sequel ever since.

And now the game is less than 24 hours away, and boy does it look good. From what I can see, Ubisoft listened to the fans when they crafted Assassin’s Creed II. I’ll reserve final accolades for after I actually give the game a try, but I’m pretty optimistic at this point. I’ve little doubt that Assassin’s Creed II will be an improved experience in every way, and a possible candidate for game of the year.

All will be revealed shortly, it seems. Be here to read my impressions. I plan on buying the original again tomorrow (seeing that I’ve apparently lost my copy) and giving myself a refresher course. So if you’re lucky, maybe I’ll write about that. Or something. We’ll see. In any case, we won’t be hearing from Ethos, because he’s a silly poor person who can’t afford to buy the game.

Well, I take that back. We’ll certainly HEAR from him, but god knows if we’ll hear anything relevant.

Tags: Assassin's Creed II, New Theme Week
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Hey! Look! Listen!

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

My God, I have to get my sleeping schedule under control. Waking up until 1:30 PM is NOT ideal for a productive day; no, not in the least. Of course, I was up until 4:30 in the damned morning, so I guess I couldn’t expect much else.

That aside, let’s do some HLL-ing!

BadASS

New Assassin’s Creed II Trailer Shows Off New Combat
I can’t wait for Assassin’s Creed II. As of right now it is my most anticipated game of 2009, and this trailer has served only to whet my appetite further. It has actual (gasp) GAMEPLAY this time around, mostly highlighting the game’s revamped combat system. It looks like a more brutal, free-flowing combat style – similar to what they did in Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. And while there are plenty of things Ubisoft did wrong with Warrior Within, it can’t be denied that the new combat system was a huge improvement.

Aww

Okami Sequel to Hit DS, Expected to be Approximately 34231 Times Cuter
So, those rumors were true. An Okami sequel IS, in fact, in the works. However, it is not coming to the PlayStation 3, where it would surely be a graphical powerhouse. Instead, it is coming to the much more humble – but far more accessible – Nintendo DS. With the transfer to a Nintendo system comes the obligatory dose of cuteness, of course – for starters, the new protagonist is named Chibiterasu. (No, I’m not kidding.) Like the original game, players will use a magical paintbrush to solve puzzles and defeat enemies, but this time the brush will be controlled by the DS’s stylus pen. (No freakin’ duh.) The game is reportedly around 25 percent completed, and will be released in 2010.

BLECH

So Yeah, Remember that Little Thing Called OnLive?
Personally I was hoping to never hear about this again, ever, but it seems that’s not to be. Just yesterday, on the official OnLive Blog, OnLive founder and CEO Steve Perlman announced that a Beta was being rolled out. So yeah, apparently they really are doing work on this thing. If you’re interested, you can still sign up. Let me know how it goes if you do.

And that’s all for today. I like to keep these things fairly brief, only touching on what really grabs my interest. But you know that already. Look for some Xenogears musings soon, and whatever other Xenosaga-related content we can come up with. Till then!

Tags: Assassin's Creed II, Hey! Look, Hey! Look! Listen!, Okamiden, OnLive
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