The Hidden Blade Assassin's Creed in Depth

Why must I be taunted like this.... (

I start college in September, meaning I will have very little time to play games, and then along comes E3 with Halo Reach, Assassins Creed Brotherhood, and this!!

This game looks bloody great! This is truly a good year for gaming.

FINALLYY!!!!! FINALLY!! YES!!! NO MORE SHITTY NFS GAMES!!! FINALLY SOMETHING DECENT!!

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I mean... was about time.

stabgal gave me "Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit" for Christmas in 1998. Later that week, we bought a new house and moved into it. The game was misplaced during the move and I didn't rediscover it until 2004, still in the shrink wrap!

It ran really well Windows 2000 and XP. I played with keyboard controls and mastered all the tracks. Then I found something online called "Kasey's Challenge". It was basically a four lap time trial on the Home Town course with a stock Corvette. I practiced until my time got down to 6:11.40, faster than Kasey's best time of 06:18.50.

Did you play this game or the sequel (Hot Pursuit 2), FLAE? What platform did you use?

Back in 2002, I would play Hot Pursuit 2 every day with my friends on the PS2. I have more hours logged into that game than probably any other before. Unfortunately after Hot Pursuit 2, the NFS franchise spiraled into some wacky underground racing scene, and although it started appealing to another crowd, the general fanbase was extremely disappointed. That's why now that the franchise is under new management, the game is going back to its roots of fast-paced arcade-style racing, and we're going to love every minute of it. In case you weren't aware, Hot Pursuit 2 is considered to be the greatest racing game of all time, and a remake of that game is going to be absolutely unbelievable. I'm not buying Halo: Reach solely because this is coming out.

FLAE, I agree with everything you just said, I too think the series went downhill with the release of NFS: Underground. One of my favorite games back in the day was NFS: Porsche Unleashed, hopefully the release of this on the Xbox shows that the series might finally be getting back to form.

I actually didnt mind Underground 1, but after that it just got worse and worse for me, especially around Carbon, wanted was alright

Is this just for 360?

No it's multiplatform, sorry if my howls of joy implied it was 360 exclusive (wish it was, though...).

Why aren't more people playing this? It's one of the greatest game ever made!!!

It does me good every time I check autolog and it notifies me that I once again demolished one of James' records

Yes, James, that is a challenge

Hahah, haven't played in a long time, got too scked into Halo: Reach and then Crysis 2 came. Send me an invite sometime FLAE.

I haven't plugged in my xbox in 2 or 3 weeks. I've been wanting to broaden my gaming choices for a while now. Might give this series a shot.

You will not be disappointed. This and NBA 2K11 are the only games I'm playing right now (until L.A. Noire comes out, that is).

The game is so unbelievably long but there is so much to do, see, and race that there is never a dull moment.

When you unlock the Bugatti, go to the desert highway and try to get it up to 263 MPH (that's my land-speed record).

Alright, FLAE. I put Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit on my wish list because of your recommendation and somebody gave it to me for Christmas! I'm waiting until we get our stuff out of storage so I can play it with my racing wheel controller. Hopefully I won't misplace the game for 6 years like I did the last time we bought a house.

I need to start playing NFS again. I lost all my unlocked cars because of the hard drive change.

The only recommendation I would make is changing out the game's soundtrack to something else. The only songs I liked in the game were the original version of Cinema (not the Skrillex version i.e. WUBWUBWUB), Opposite of Adults by Chiddy Bang, and of course, Slip by Deadmau5.

I swapped out the entire game's sountrack with one I made using iTunes, I even downloaded some of Hot Pursuit 2's songs off of youtube and threw those into the mix. It's entirely comprised of songs that sound significantly better while driving fast. It's such an overwhelmingly awesome feeling when you time a turbo boost perfectly with the bass drop in Levels by Avicii.

Other than that, this game is great and keeps you going for a while (I still need to beat the Police missions). You won't be disappointed.

I played through half of the game before my older brother, who loves racing games saw it and kicked me off to play all of it on his own save from scratch. He 100%ed every mission. I was proud of him because he barely plays any games at all anymore except for FIFA, and once in a blue moon StarCraft or Tekken 6. Glorious moment.

Stab, now that you're all settled on your living situation, did you ever get around to giving this a shot?

"All settled" is a relative term. stabgal and I hosted Easter dinner and got the house mostly unpacked and presentable. Now I'm setting up the rest of the electronics: home theater and desktop computers. I hope to be back on the Xbox by the end of April.

That said, I plan to dive back into Assassin's Creed games and make some videos that have been languishing on my backlog. Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 will have to wait a little longer. Do you recommend playing it with a steering wheel controller? I own a Microsoft Wireless Racing Wheel and intend to try it out on NFS. It comes with a clamp so I can attach it to my desk.

You'll be moving soon yourself, FLAE. How long do you expect to be off your Xbox?

unrelated, but every time i read this topic title all in CAPS, this is what pops into my head