Assassin's Creed on PC

[roguerower]

Would like to play these since I've never done a full playthrough, just bits and pieces on friend's consoles. My preferred platform is the PC, but I'm a little skittish since it's Ubisoft and these are ports.

Is the gameplay for the existing games as good on the PC as they are on consoles?

 

[Phobic9]

I played AC:Brotherhood and it ran really well on my PC. Slightly enhanced visuals but I would highly recommend a controller. I used a 360 controller and it was more or less like playing on a console.

 

[darkewaffle]

Third person action title = bring a controller

I played the original for a bit on PC, I didn't like it quite as much as I thought I would but it did run fine, I just didn't get into it.

 

[Dankk]

The AC games on PC are fine. I think the first one or two had some optimization problems (haven't played the last two), but it's nothing huge.

Mouse and keyboard controls are sustinent. Plug in a 360 controller for the best experience; this game was clearly designed for a gamepad.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Assassin's Creed and AC2 have issues that make them not run very well on the PC. Brotherhood and Revelations are great on the PC; nicely optimized visuals and they work with the 360 controller out of the box.

 

[zijin_cheng]

In answer to your question, yes.

However, because of their stupid always online protection to "prevent pirates", it sucks.

 

[KeithTalent]

I played the first one on PC and thought it was fine. Of course I hate controllers, so try never to use them. If you have a controller and like using them, then you are probably better off using it.

KT

 

[JujuFish]

In answer to your question, yes.

However, because of their stupid always online protection to "prevent pirates", it sucks.

None of the games have an always online requirement. AC2 had that patched out a couple years ago. AC2 and Brotherhood both require an online connection when you start the game, but not during. I can say from personal experience that Revelations can be played with no internet connection at all. AC1 was released before the Ubi DRM fiasco.

 

[Dankk]

None of the games have an always online requirement. AC2 had that patched out a couple years ago. AC2 and Brotherhood both require an online connection when you start the game, but not during. I can say from personal experience that Revelations can be played with no internet connection at all. AC1 was released before the Ubi DRM fiasco.

In fact, AC1 can be purchased completely DRM-free.

 

[Childs]

AC played well on PC, but it flows much better when you have a 360 controller. I played most of AC1 on PS3 as well, and its much better on PC. No frame rate drops.

 

[roguerower]

I'm not a fan of controllers which is one of the main reasons I was asking about the PC. If the controller is a integral part of the game, then it would make more sense to buy it for my PS3.

 

[Childs]

I'm not a fan of controllers which is one of the main reasons I was asking about the PC. If the controller is a integral part of the game, then it would make more sense to buy it for my PS3.

Its not integral, but I found it confusing using the keyboard and mouse. Part of that might have been because I started on the PS3, and I was used to using the controller.

 

[StinkyPinky]

I'm not a fan of controllers which is one of the main reasons I was asking about the PC. If the controller is a integral part of the game, then it would make more sense to buy it for my PS3.

I played the game very easily with mouse and kb. In fact I tried to play Brotherhood with a controller and found it annoying and went back to mouse/kb.

Although I never finished Brotherhood since it was boring as hell.

 

[Aikouka]

Although I never finished Brotherhood since it was boring as hell.

I took over all of the Borgia towers, leveled all my assassins to 10 and stopped playing. I found all of that inane stuff to be more fun than playing the actual story missions. I'll have to play it and then finish Revelations before AC3 comes out in 3 weeks though!

 

[StinkyPinky]

I took over all of the Borgia towers, leveled all my assassins to 10 and stopped playing. I found all of that inane stuff to be more fun than playing the actual story missions. I'll have to play it and then finish Revelations before AC3 comes out in 3 weeks though!

Do you need to? I don't plan to play them. I'll just read up about the plot and get right into AC3. I liked Ezio.....in one game. Three games with him is too much. The entire strength of the game is the ability to change to different eras, so having three games in renaissance Italy was too much for me.

 

[Childs]

Do you need to? I don't plan to play them. I'll just read up about the plot and get right into AC3. I liked Ezio.....in one game. Three games with him is too much. The entire strength of the game is the ability to change to different eras, so having three games in renaissance Italy was too much for me.

The only reason I might play Revelations (aside from the fact that I already bought it) is the main story cliffhanger that ended with Brotherhood. But yeah, too much Ezio. I would have rather they went back to Altair for Brotherhood/Revelations, or went to France or something.

 

[Aikouka]

The only reason I might play Revelations (aside from the fact that I already bought it) is the main story cliffhanger that ended with Brotherhood. But yeah, too much Ezio. I would have rather they went back to Altair for Brotherhood/Revelations, or went to France or something.

Don't you get to play as Altaïr for some of Revelations?

 

[Childs]

Don't you get to play as Altaïr for some of Revelations?

I don't know, I haven't played that yet. I think in either Brotherhood or AC2 you played as him for a mission or two. Not really the same though. They could have went to Spain, Portugal, France, England, but 3 games in Italy is too much. Even Japan, China or India would have been more interesting. For the most part it AC2 through Relevations felt like the same game.

 

[Rifter]

Dont bother without a controller.