Assassin's Creed

[RandomRansom]

My apologies if this has already been talked about somewhere in here, but is anyone else excited about Assassin's Creed?

 

I've read a few articles on the game, and I was literally salivating over some features they included. The one I was most interested to read about was the advanced AI that keyed into the stealth portion of the game. It seems as though stealth is not shadows and darkness in Assassin's Creed. It becomes blending into the crowd to disappear. If you do something out of the ordinary (e.g. bump into someone, shove someone against a wall, run into a cart and fall over, kill/attack someone, etc.), then each individual person will react with a separate intelligence.

 

There's even a group mentality to the AI. If you treat a group of monks well or save them, then they may help you in the future.

 

Then I have to mention the need based AI as well. The individual has needs and wants. If they get hungry, then they'll go to the market for food. If they get lonely, then they'll find someone to talk to. If they get tired, then they'll sit down.

 

I'm not even going into how detailed the animations are. 4000 for the main character alone. And the building work... and the intensity button on the manual interface... I could just go on and on.

 

The part that really drew me in, though, was the honor factor. It shows a relationship between the assassin and his victim... a respect. It made me think of ancient Japan (one of my obsessions).

 

If I haven't gushed enough, you can probably tell that I'm on the edge of my seat in anticipation for this game. I can't wait to see what it's capable of.

 

Thoughts... insights... criticisms?

 

Attrectare formositatem atque venustatem egeo.

 

~V

 

"I have your sock! If you ever want to see it again, you'll do as I say." -- Random Ransom

[sparhawk]

My apologies if this has already been talked about somewhere in here, but is anyone else excited about Assassin's Creed?

 

http://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?showtopic=4341

 

"I have your sock! If you ever want to see it again, you'll do as I say." -- Random Ransom

 

 

Before it was with a stapler. Officespace?

[Komag]

Is there any new news? I'm interested in the game as well, although it's never a good idea to take all the "features" at face value this early in development. Similar super advanced AI systems were touted for Oblivion and didn't come through in the end, same for a dozen other games I can think of.