Assassins Creed III

[Bubbybu]

This is WAYYYYYYY off topic, but are you all aware that a major video game, Assassin's Creed 3, is going to take place in 1775ish Revolutionary War Boston? It's going to be like Grand Theft Auto Colonial Boston. Out sometime later this year...

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

Re: Parcel 9 - The Greenway

This is WAYYYYYYY off topic, but are you all aware that a major video game, Assassin's Creed 3, is going to take place in 1775ish Revolutionary War Boston? It's going to be like Grand Theft Auto Colonial Boston. Out sometime later this year...

I think I just came.

 

[HenryAlan]

Re: Parcel 9 - The Greenway

This is WAYYYYYYY off topic, but are you all aware that a major video game, Assassin's Creed 3, is going to take place in 1775ish Revolutionary War Boston? It's going to be like Grand Theft Auto Colonial Boston. Out sometime later this year...

I'm generally not in to this kind of thing, but, OMG!

 

[Bubbybu]

Re: Parcel 9 - The Greenway

What makes it even nicer, is that Philly is getting the screw and they're only creating a limited game space for that city. It's basically open world Boston---then the open wilderness to NYC, with some Philly thrown in.

 

[Beton Brut]

Re: Parcel 9 - The Greenway

I think I just came.

That's hot.

 

[BostonUrbEx]

IIRC, AC was available on PC. Anyone know if III will work on Vista? Or is slated for Windows 7?

 

[Bubbybu]

Boston as a Video Game

I though it would be fun to create a thread to keep track of the digital version of 1775 Boston that is currently being created by the game developer Ubisoft.

If you are unaware, Boston is starring in a major new video game slated for October release, Assassin's Creed 3. The game takes place during the Revolutionary War, and Boston will be represented as an open world style environment similar to a Grand Theft Auto game.

http://ps3.ign.com/objects/128/128700.html

Here are some photos:

Here, we see Connor looking down at Boston Harbor. While much of the verticality in Assassin's Creed III will come from climbing trees, this shot confirms that the game will also feature plenty of the franchise's usual rooftop scaling. It also gives us a good idea of the type of environments we can expect in ACIII.

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

We don't need two threads.

 

[czsz]

The other images look plausible, but the colonial architecture here looks much more New York or Philadelphia. The gable and the design of the shutters make that clear. Hopefully they won't be dropping these Middle Colony features into their virtual New England.

 

[tobyjug]

Concerning the second image, they ought to consult with someone who knows something about ship rigging. The spars look like pencils and are misplaced. The ratlines don't go all the way to the fore, main and mizzen tops, and terminate mysteriously at the fore, main and mizzen yards. There are no ratlines reaching to the cross trees. I could go on... I've seen more realistic looking ships in a bottle in the Building 19 discount decor aisle.

 

[JohnAKeith]

Plus, someone's on a cellphone.

 

[tobyjug]

Probably calling a hooker on ye olde Craig's List.

 

[JohnAKeith]

A then and now.

 

[Corey]

Wow, can't wait to play this one. I really enjoyed the first two games in the series (haven't gotten Brotherhood or Revelations yet) and think colonial Boston would make a great backdrop for the new storyline. Similar to GTA, RDR, and other open-world games, half the fun for me is just exploring the virtual cities [/nerd].

 

[Lurker]

Wow, can't wait to play this one. I really enjoyed the first two games in the series (haven't gotten Brotherhood or Revelations yet) and think colonial Boston would make a great backdrop for the new storyline. Similar to GTA, RDR, and other open-world games, half the fun for me is just exploring the virtual cities [/nerd].

I'd like to see an open world game (think LA Noir or the original Mafia) set in 1890s Victorian Boston or in 1920s-1930s. The pre-urban renewal city in both eras intertwined with the political factions of the eras could be epic.

 

[czsz]

Sadly, no one outside of Boston cares about Boston history past 1900, maybe even past 1850.

 

[BostonUrbEx]

I'd like to see an open world game (think LA Noir or the original Mafia) set in 1890s Victorian Boston or in 1920s-1930s. The pre-urban renewal city in both eras intertwined with the political factions of the eras could be epic.

A game based anywhere at all in the 1900-1930 time frame would be teh awesome. I'm not sure how the prohibition scene was in Boston, but perhaps a game could possibly be worked out of that with the mafia and such.

 

[Ron Newman]

Sadly, no one outside of Boston cares about Boston history past 1900, maybe even past 1850.

The large number of Hollywood movies set in 20th-century Boston would seem to prove you wrong.

 

[kz1000ps]

Stuff like this makes me seriously consider buying a Xbox.....

I'm no gamer; in the last 10 years I've bought just two video games: Sim City 4 and last year's LA Noire. I also don't own a TV (let alone a console) but I knew that I had to have 1947 Los Angeles at my fingertips and bought the game knowing that a roommate would let me use his Xbox.

He has since moved out, which has left me debating whether to take the plunge and get a 360 and TV or not since I'm really missing playing LA Noire (I HIGHLY recommend this game). But then I see stuff like this new Assassin's Creed and realize that recreating specific times and places will only happen more, not less, in the future and that plopping down the $$$ for a system won't go to waste.

 

[datadyne007]

My god... I can't imagine not owning a TV.

It comes down to judging the amount of time you have though. You're all famous and touring now, so how much time will you have to justify the investment? TVs are dirt cheap now too. I saw a deal on TigerDirect this weekend for a 40" LCD for $399.