Assassin's Creed this Friday, whose getting it ?

z0mbi3 · 11 Apr 2008 at 09:13

Any one else having performance issues? Game runs fine for a bit then the frame rate bombs out. Feels like it's caching or something?

ICEx21 · 11 Apr 2008 at 09:16

Got my game a day early yesterday and it looks awesome. Took a while getting used to the controls but so far so good.
Still can't touch 2 worlds for graphics and gameplay

Dyson · 11 Apr 2008 at 09:22

mrbios said:
what DVD drives are you lot who have it working using?

Works in either of my DVD drives, LG player and Samsung writer.

Dyson · 11 Apr 2008 at 09:22

z0mbi3 said:
Any one else having performance issues? Game runs fine for a bit then the frame rate bombs out. Feels like it's caching or something?

No issues here im afraid. Got enough ram?

Snakedoctor · 11 Apr 2008 at 09:26

I fond it really annoying when you want to quit to windows, there are so many steps which should only really be two or three max

z0mbi3 · 11 Apr 2008 at 09:27

Dyson said:
No issues here im afraid. Got enough ram?

Yeah definitely. Think I'm going to reinstall Vista today and hope for the best.

Dyson · 11 Apr 2008 at 09:30

Turophobic said:
I fond it really annoying when you want to quit to windows, there are so many steps which should only really be two or three max

That, and not being able to skip the dialogue bits are the only downers for me.

Draeger · 11 Apr 2008 at 09:34

Well, the screens look nice.

I might pick this up this afternoon when I'm out if I can find it on the high street at a decent price anywhere. :cool:

Dyson · 11 Apr 2008 at 09:38

Be interesting to see if its available, as the online store that I bought my copy from (the place that went up £5 a few days ago) has dropped the game from its website. Most odd!

mrbios · 11 Apr 2008 at 09:41

Dyson said:
Be interesting to see if its available, as the online store that I bought my copy from (the place that went up £5 a few days ago) has dropped the game from its website. Most odd!

probably had to many people wanting to return it because of this damn problem with it not installing, ive got myself another DVD drive from work im going to give a go in a few hours

most irritating to see people who pirated it playing it fine and me having bought it and it wont even install :/

Dyson · 11 Apr 2008 at 09:47

mrbios said:
most irritating to see people who pirated it playing it fine and me having bought it and it wont even install :/

That just irritates me full stop, wish they could really clamp down on the losers who pirate :mad:

Anyway, the game vanished on Wenesday. Very odd :confused:

Glad my copy was ok then

PixelChef · 11 Apr 2008 at 10:13

The screens from this looks very nice, but what about the gameplay, what's it like?

z0mbi3 · 11 Apr 2008 at 10:19

Dyson said:
That just irritates me full stop, wish they could really clamp down on the losers who pirate

Anyway, the game vanished on Wenesday. Very odd Glad my copy was ok then

That happens quite often with that place. I'm never sure if I'll get to play the games on release or not when I order from there.

Also if you call them up they don't have a clue either.

Ogs · 11 Apr 2008 at 10:44

I noticed a couple of days ago that AC PC has disapeared from quite a few places, got me thinking they pulled it back at the last minute (dodgy install issue maybe ?), who knows.

mohawk · 11 Apr 2008 at 10:59

gonna head down to a certain game retailer at lunch and pick up the game, add it to my collection, hopefully will be good

AWPC · 11 Apr 2008 at 11:20

Been playing it a bit on Vista and compared to XP it runs a lot smoother and the AA issues are not present.

Looks like Vista is the best OS for this, must be because it is designed with DX10 in mind as the filter FX which cause jaggy issues on XP may be to do with deferred rendering again (same as Bioshock and many others offering AA on Vista only).

Does not run very smoothly in places though (8800GTX + X6800 + 4GB Ram). FPS stutters in places unless you disable vsync and adjust the shadows downwards. This is only @ 1360x768 so needs a super powerful PC to run @ high FPS.

Dyson · 11 Apr 2008 at 11:24

No stutters here at all. Settings here:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11472458&postcount=1187

ICEx21 · 11 Apr 2008 at 11:34

I'm not getting any stuttering either and I've got vsynch on.
Using a 3870x2, q6600 stock speeds, 4gb ram and playing it on 1680 x 1050.
Could be something running in your background?

sWiZzLe · 11 Apr 2008 at 11:36

Runs surprisingly smooth on my 1950Pro with all settings up full and resolution at 1280x960, bit of a shock really :eek:

....its even quite playable at my highest res of 1440x900

But i did encountered an artefact last night which led to the loss of my shadows

Is this game HD compatible?

Ajwilson20 · 11 Apr 2008 at 11:59

Really annoyed by this game, recieved it this morning, firstly the tin case was dented by some royal mail muppet who probably drop kicked it through my door. Managed to straighten it up so it doesnt bother me and proceeded to install the game to which i find wont install as it has the data4.cab error. Been on the ubisoft forums and seems quite a few people have the same problem (and seems from the same etailer too) so take their suggested hints to update my firmware on my asus dvd drive as it has been noted that it is a dual layer problem with the dvd copy protection files. Updated my drive and still have the error so no idea what to do, dont have a second drive to try and dont see why i should as i only built my pc just before new years so all the components are about 4 months old. No official word from ubisoft yet either, nice expensive coaster at the moment.