#assassinscreed
Fictional British historian and Templar-fighter Shaun Hastings is not cowed by the greatness of the United States or its history. It is in Hastings' voice that the Assassin's Creed series' excellent historical databases are written. In previous games, he skewered figures from the Renaissance. In Assassin's Creed III he finds some American targets. More »
SHOCKING AND UNFORGIVABLE REVELATION: I’ve been looking at a videogame on the PlayingStation. Don’t judge me, I just like to sit in a different chair sometimes. And the benefit of the 10-odd hours I’ve spent with Assassin’s Creed III so far does enable me to share some thoughts on what we’re essentially in for when the PC version (maybe – let’s not count our oft-delayed chickens yet, eh?) arrives later this month.(more…)
#assassinscreed
This is what it looks like when official game merchandise makes the long and arduous journey from cool gear to acceptable gear to terrible crap before breaking through to become something so ridiculous it's a must-have. More »
#foundingfathers
In 1745, all-time-great American Ben Franklin wrote a letter to his friend advising him that if his friend was still going to "persist in thinking of a commerce with the sex inevitable" after getting married, this friend should get a mistress—an old mistress. More »
#fineart
I haven't had a chance to really sink my teeth into Assassin's Creed III yet, but it seems there's a little conjecture over whether it's a step forwards or a step backwards for the series. More »
#assassinscreed
Gamers often complain that their trailers don't have enough gameplay in them, or too many cinematic sequences, or too many real actors pretending to be video game characters. More »
Each week on the Super Joystiq Podcast, the staff bundles games and other swag we're sent to give away to you, the lovely reader/listener. What? You didn't realize you were missing out on the free stuff? Well, let's remedy that by recapping what's available this week and what's coming up with the Joyswag PSA.
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This week the staff discusses Halo 4, Assassin's Creed 3, Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, the latest industry news and more.
Tune into next week's show (Nov. 9) to find out how you can win one of two Halo 4 prize bundles. One winner will net a Limited Edition version of the game along with the novel Halo: Cryptum: Book One of the Forerunner Saga, while another winner will take home the novel and the Limited Edition Halo 4 Xbox 360 console bundle.
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Each week on the Super Joystiq Podcast, the staff bundles games and other swag we're sent to give away to you, the lovely reader/listener. What? You didn't realize you were missing out on the free stuff? Well, let's remedy that by recapping what's available this week and what's coming up with the Joyswag PSA.
Listen to this week's episode of the Super Joystiq Podcast to win either a standard edition copy of Assassin's Creed 3 for PlayStation 3 or the Limited Edition version for Xbox 360. To enter, you must post within the comments of the podcast.
This week the staff discusses Halo 4, Assassin's Creed 3, Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, the latest industry news and more.
Tune into next week's show (Nov. 9) to find out how you can win one of two Halo 4 prize bundles. One winner will net a Limited Edition version of the game along with the novel Halo: Cryptum: Book One of the Forerunner Saga, while another winner will take home the novel and the Limited Edition Halo 4 Xbox 360 console bundle.
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Structurally and narratively a mess (the way Connor experiences history is in a Cliff's Notes, abbreviated, and largely under-investigated (the story makes a lot of overtures towards inequality in the early vision of America but doesn't allow Connor to do much about it) while the game play feels dramatically different and utterly wrong in the context of the series. Mostly, I'm hoping that we do get another Assassin's Creed and that when we do, Connor either gets a new setting and an actual functional personality and real mission, but for now, we have Ubisoft's big and busted mess.
This game doesn’t need to exist, but the forces of marketing inertia have decreed that it will. So with an endless litany of cutscenes, chores, and side games, Creed III tries to obscure the reality of its own pointlessness. Trouble is, the hardier it tries, the emptier it feels.
- five pieces of Assassin's Creed 3 DLC
- Three will form "an all-new single-player campaign"
- this will be made "available as a continual episodic story that will let players experience an alternate history of the American Revolution"
- plans to offer further single-player missions
- new maps and characters for the game's multiplayer
