Assassins' Creed 3 Liberation Makes The Stabby-Stabby Portable

[DoctorFinger]

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Ubisoft's just announced Assassins' Creed 3: Liberation is unique for a few reasons. First, it marks the series' debut on the Playstation Vita, and having a big bopper like Assassins Creed on the platform is a good thing. Secondly you have protagonist Aveline: a black woman in Revolution-era New Orleans. Few action games have female heroes, and even fewer have females of color in the lead role. Late 18th century New Orleans was an interesting place, having recently switched hands from the French to the Spanish (it would eventually return to French hands before being sold to the US) and it's a neat place for an Assassins Creed title.

Sony and Ubisoft promise that the game will utilize the Vita's control and input functions to the utmost, and further promise "unique" and "exclusive" multiplayer content for it. You'll also have some content crossover if you own both AC3 and AC3L, with Aveline gaining a version of Connor’s tomahawk, an exclusive character skin, a multiplayer character and a complete upgrade of all ammunition pouches.

Assassins' Creed 3: Liberation will be released on October 30 exclusively for the Vita.

[Ink Asylum]

I'm disappointed I'll miss out on the only female AC lead so far.

[Xerxes]

Why will you miss out? Don't handheld game or just don't believe in the Vita?

Also I like what I'm seeing so far. Looks like some smaller draw distances and town so far though. But we did see her eagle dive so maybe it'll look bigger from above.

[LarsenNET]

My most anticipated Vita game (even more than P4).

[OldJadedGamer]

The dev team behind this has a horrid track record which is disappointing.

[Widgetcraft]

I like female protagonists, so I'll probably give this a shot. I hope it features the same naval combat as the console game!

[Ink Asylum]

Why will you miss out? Don't handheld game or just don't believe in the Vita?

Since getting an iPhone I haven't felt inclined to purchase either a 3DS or a Vita, and I don't see that changing.

[Widgetcraft]

Really don't know what OJG is going on about, it's being developed by Ubisoft Sofia. They don't have a bad track record, they have almost no track record: They've mostly done ports of games developed by other studios. They only have one original title to their name, Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars, which was fairly well received at the launch of the 3DS. The complaints that people did have for it were tied directly to it being a port from the DS rather than a game made to take advantage of the 3DS hardware.

[Xerxes]

The dev team behind this has a horrid track record which is disappointing.

Really don't know what OJG is going on about, it's being developed by Ubisoft Sofia. They don't have a bad track record, they have almost no track record: They've mostly done ports of games developed by other studios. They only have one original title to their name, Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars, which was fairly well received at the launch of the 3DS. The complaints that people did have for it were tied directly to it being a port from the DS rather than a game made to take advantage of the 3DS hardware.

I was about to say this.

Since getting an iPhone I haven't felt inclined to purchase either a 3DS or a Vita, and I don't see that changing.
<shrug> Bummer

[DoctorFinger]

The dev team behind this has a horrid track record which is disappointing.
For the record, here is the dev history of Ubisoft Sofia:

2008: Prince of Persia Classics (PSN)
2011: Prince of Persia Trilogy HD (PS3 & PSN)
2011: Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars (3DS)

2 ports/upconverts and a 3DS shooter with a 77 on Metacritic. They've also apparently been one of the studios helping out on ports to the PC and Mac. I really don't see where you're getting this "horrid track record" talking point.

[OldJadedGamer]

For the record, here is the dev history of Ubisoft Sofia:

2008: Prince of Persia Classics (PSN)
2011: Prince of Persia Trilogy HD (PS3 & PSN)
2011: Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars (3DS)

2 ports/upconverts and a 3DS shooter with a 77 on Metacritic. They've also apparently been one of the studios helping out on ports to the PC and Mac. I really don't see where you're getting this "horrid track record" talking point.

And this is the first team you pick for an original AssCreed?

[Widgetcraft]

Well, at some point that studio either has to be put on a real project or it just rots with any talent moving on to bigger and better things, possibly with other companies.

I routinely judge games based on the history of the developer, but in this case, there is almost no history. There is no reason to think that they can't do a good job on this game with proper support from Ubisoft.

[Xerxes]

And this is the first team you pick for an original AssCreed?

And Ready at Dawn didn't do much of anything before Chains of Olympus came out. Sure you don't want to play a demo before hating it anymore?

[OldJadedGamer]

And Ready at Dawn didn't do much of anything before Chains of Olympus came out. Sure you don't want to play a demo before hating it anymore?

I'll always reserve judgment until I play it. I'm going to swamp with AC3 on the WiiU but hopefully it turns out ok for when I get my Vita next summer.

[Xerxes]

I'll always reserve judgment until I play it. I'm going to swamp with AC3 on the WiiU but hopefully it turns out ok for when I get my Vita next summer.

That's the spirit.

I will say this. That one article is right about blockbuster named handheld games being farmed out to B teams. Sofia is a B Team. Ready at Dawn was too. Damned good one who are finally getting real work with a next gen console game. They are only a B Team if they refuse to do their best. This beats having a UbiShanghai game. :p

I'm checking out the old PSP Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines and it's not that bad. Not great but not bad.

[muddi900]

Well the PC ports were abyssmal for 2 and Bro. Even Rev has a lot of bugs, which Ihaven't encountered yet.

[Xerxes]

Ubi and PC don't mix.

[muddi900]

I am sorry, if a game doesn't come out on the PC, it doesn't exist.

Fact.

[Xerxes]

I am sorry, if a game doesn't come out on the PC, it doesn't exist.

Fact.

Shoo muddi, shoo! :p

[muddi900]

Your face is a shoo

[Chris_D]

Good for Vita to be getting more original titles although a port of AC3 would do fine for me.

[Xerxes]

Good for Vita to be getting more original titles although a port of AC3 would do fine for me.

I was all set for a port. To me, this is huge. Even if it is a B Team.

[Chris_D]

Well both would be perfect for me (says the one who has AC2 PS3 on his backlog).

[Xerxes]

Well both would be perfect for me (says the one who has AC2 PS3 on his backlog).

You should get on that. At least all I have is Brotherhood and Revelations. :D

[Chris_D]

Just being in a single TV household makes it really hard to clear that console backlog. Plus all the overtime I've been doing!

[Xerxes]

Tell your lady there is a great new miniseries on called Assassin's Creed 2 and she should watch it between the hours of 6-9pm. :p

[Chris_D]

Slight problem is that I get home at 10-10:30, go to bed at 11:30-12, get up at 7-7:30, then go to work at 8-8:30. Then, on my day off she wants to go outside or something crazy!

[Xerxes]

You're a fucking salaryman! O_O

[Chris_D]

Minus the annual bonus part :p.

[AversionFX]

So are we no longer playing as Desmond's ancestors? Because that guy is a putz.

[tacitus]

I am sorry, if a game doesn't come out on the PC, it doesn't exist.

Fact.
Clap! Clap! Clap!

So true ...

[Xerxes]

I am sorry, if a game doesn't come out on the PC, it doesn't exist.

Fact.

Well the real fact is what I said. Ubi and PC don't mix. The come out and they are shit or at the least DRM'd up. You have no one to blame but yourself for keep bothering with Ubi PC games.

And this is a thread about Vita games. I can see if you were arguing about phone games. Save the PC vs other jibba jabba for a console game.

[crazyD]

Well the PC ports were abyssmal for 2 and Bro. Even Rev has a lot of bugs, which Ihaven't encountered yet.

Huh? I had no problems with the PC ports of 2 and broho, or Rev. Well, besides bullshit DRM, but I never ran into anything else that would make me think they were shoddy ports.

[muddi900]

Huh? I had no problems with the PC ports of 2 and broho, or Rev. Well, besides bullshit DRM, but I never ran into anything else that would make me think they were shoddy ports.

2 and bro had many slowdowns on multiple computers, even though they don't have the same fidelity as AssRev, which runs perfectly.

[Narradisall]

Damn, I don't handheld game, so I will be missing out on this one too, shame.

[muddi900]

You know guys, I had a friend who bought a gamecube just for RE4. Which sold after finishing the game. Nobody stopped you.

[Gorvi]

I'm checking out the old PSP Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines and it's not that bad. Not great but not bad.
Does that work on the Vita? I think it's only $10 now, I may check that out when I finally get a Vita myself.

[muddi900]

Don't all PSP PSN games work on the Vita?

[Xerxes]

Does that work on the Vita? I think it's only $10 now, I may check that out when I finally get a Vita myself.

Yep, I played a little and it seems like AC enough. I'm still trying to finish up Uncharted Vita. I'm on like chapter 22 and it just keeps going and going.

[Narradisall]

You know guys, I had a friend who bought a gamecube just for RE4. Which sold after finishing the game. Nobody stopped you.

So because your friends got more money than sense we should all make stupid impulsive buys to play one game? Fantastic logic application there. We didn't say anyone stopped us, we just don't see the justification of buying an entire system to play one game, even if we can afford it.

[muddi900]

I am saying that's an option.

[Narradisall]

We know it's an option, but I personally don't handheld game, so having a product I want via a delivery system I avoid it make no difference whether it's there or not.

I was just remarking it's a shame, as I like the game concept, but I choose not to pick it up, I'm aware I can. ;)

[Xerxes]

Funny thing, at home I've been playing more Vita after constantly telling myself to start on AssBros or Castlevania: LoS. Just seems so convenient to play and have Farcaspe or music on in the background.

Narradisall, maybe you'll end up with a consolized HD port. :p
*Didn't do that with the PSP AssCreed game though.

[Gorvi]

Yep, I played a little and it seems like AC enough. I'm still trying to finish up Uncharted Vita. I'm on like chapter 22 and it just keeps going and going.
I'll have to give that a shot once I get my Vita.......