chancellor
Member
I've never played the Ezio games. I might get this in 2017, it seems more like a port more than a remaster and there is plenty to keep me busy in the meantime.
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Assassins Creed The Ezio Collection - Announcement Trailer
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LibrarianGMR
Member
Rogue was so awesome. More of Black Flag while being a good tie-in to AC3. It definitely got the short end of the stick
I'm one of those people.
Multiplayer was not fun. I'd only be okay with that mode in if it had no trophies/achievements attached to it. In Brotherhood, Revelations, and III, I got all of the single player achievements, barely touched multiplayer.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
As someone who was a top player in the MP, it not returning is disappointing. I loved AC multiplayer.
My old core2duo coupled with an ATI 4670 could handle these games at 40+ fps.
thelastword
Banned
Has it been confirmed that it's 30fps? That's a very bad port if then because I see no improvement to textures or lighting and there's no AA.
I think someone said in the marketing materials or whatever before the game was officially revealed that it's 30FPS, plus if it was 60FPS Ubi would likely have mentioned it as a selling point. If it is actually 60FPS though I'd get it.
No redone assets or tweaks, straight ports
No multiplayer
No Rogue
30 FPS
Releases same day as Watch_Dogs 2
Amazing.
Yep feels really badly planned all around. I could see the scenario where the people way up in charge didn't even know this was being done and a few months after the release of this collection the boss says something like: "Yeah we should propably start preparing the assassin's creed collection. Wait what we already released it? When? The same day as Watch_Dogs 2?! What were you thinking?!".
darthsontin
Member
Seems like they rushed it out to be in front of the movie. Doesn't look like a great value proposition right now.
No redone assets or tweaks, straight ports
No multiplayer
No Rogue
30 FPS
Releases same day as Watch_Dogs 2
Amazing.
Ezio was in AC Rogue?
SomeRandomWeirdGuy
Member
I loved 2, never finished Brotherhood, and never played Revelations. I get it not having graphical improvements sucks, but if collection doesnt run like a turd I'll probably pick this up when it hits 30-40 bucks.
You can already get the Heritage collection (1,2, Brotherhood, Revelation, 3) on PS3/360 for under 30 (Euros) everywhere i look. Seems to be the way to go, if you haven't played some of them.
RPGCrazied
Member
Doesn't even look remastered, and where is the first game?
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Already been proved in this thread that this isn't true.No redone assets or tweaks, straight ports
Amazing.
ROUGE_BLOCK
Member
Hmmmm, maybe will pick it up when it drops to $30 Canadian.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
No redone assets or tweaks, straight ports
No multiplayer
No Rogue
30 FPS
Releases same day as Watch_Dogs 2
Amazing.
PC
PS4/Xbox One
RowdyReverb
Member
So, is 1080p resolution literally the only "enhancement"? Surely there must be something more
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
No 1080p isn't the only enhancement, man they really should've done a before and after comparison.
erotic grandpa
Member
It is nice to see that they touched up some of the textures and lighting. I replayed AC2 not too long ago on the PS3 collection and was surprised at how...gray and waxy everything looked.
Original Man
Member
Ubisoft can't go an entire year without releasing Assassin Creed in some way lol
RowdyReverb
Member
Yeah, I guess so, or at least give some examples of what they updated in the trailer. I want to be excited for this, but I also expect a little more than better IQ. Maybe they'll release some comparison samples
So what you're saying is that it's the same thing as just increasing resolution on a PC.
OK improvements are clear but the game is still looking ugly and dated today.So I went back and watched the cutscenes on pc to find like for like scenes. Seems like they redid a lot of the texture work and lighting in AC2. Some quick and dirty comparisons.
With faces that move like that I can't imagine rebuilding the models and reusing the animation data would go over well. >_> Add these comparisons to the OP?
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
I mean you could read the post below you..
Absolutely, but other than basically remaking the game with Anvilnext which would be a hugely very expensive and time consuming endeavor, or running two open world rendering engines at the same time ala Halo 2 anniversary, I imagine this was the only option, reworked lighting and textures aren't cheap. I mean with the way faces animate they couldn't even make any changes to them either. Releasing this on the same day as WD2 isn't a very good idea either as they're basically competing with themselves at that point.
brickarts295
Member
So f-ing happy that there's no MP, I can finally platinum Brotherhood!
Already Torn
Banned
I might bite at a lower price. More interested in this than Bioshock.
The difficulty with remasters like this (I mean from the sub HD -> full HD generation) is that people will always compare it to the original game filtered in their mind, not the one that physically exist in reality. So the games will need to have something more special, whether it is 60fps, fast loading, etc. to convince on the fence buyers.
If there is nothing special, even if your port is all around OK and runs well, there is really no selling point.
User 479360
Banned
No thank you
I don't really have a desire to replay these games now, and this seems like a really lazy re-release.
I'd rather replay Dead Rising, Batman and BioShock
I don't really have a desire to replay these games now, and this seems like a really lazy re-release.
I'd rather replay Dead Rising, Batman and BioShock
I never played AC multiplayer, but leaving out BS2's multiplayer was a good idea unless they were going to completely rework how it functioned. As it was it was a game of "high level player gets stun + crossbow headshot combo, you can do nothing, rinse, repeat."
No redone assets or tweaks, straight ports
No multiplayer
No Rogue
30 FPS
Releases same day as Watch_Dogs 2
Amazing.
There are at least new textures which make a huge difference. Having Rogue in an Ezio collection, far removed from the Ezio stories, would just be weird. I don't mind the lack of multiplayer myself. Unfortunately II and Brotherhood haven't aged well at all still, but it's not the worst remaster. They look too saturated in the trailer though.
To be honest the character models in the AC games have never looked good, but the cities have always looked fantastic. I'd love to have a VR mode in assassins creed where I could just walk around the world in first person.
Also I just noticed that in that second to last screenshot, the building in the back left actually has a shadow being cast on it so it looks like they did increase the shadow resolution. Also in the first picture, it's very clear from the shadows on the buildings in the back that the shadows are looking waaaaaay nicer in this collection. Seeing that they've actually upgraded the visuals, I'm definitely buying this. I had been wanting to play Ac2 and brotherhood again.
Also I just noticed that in that second to last screenshot, the building in the back left actually has a shadow being cast on it so it looks like they did increase the shadow resolution. Also in the first picture, it's very clear from the shadows on the buildings in the back that the shadows are looking waaaaaay nicer in this collection. Seeing that they've actually upgraded the visuals, I'm definitely buying this. I had been wanting to play Ac2 and brotherhood again.
SchrodingerC
Member
They could've at least fixed some of the faces.😞 Updated textures and slightly improved models would've been vastly better than this port.
Edit: oh wait, they improved some things.
Ugh, I forgot how diluted the colors were in the original games.
Edit: oh wait, they improved some things.
Ugh, I forgot how diluted the colors were in the original games.
XANDER CAGE
Member
The weird part is the texture resolutions have improved, but it looks like the specular/bloom has been toned way down in some parts, which gives it an oddly flat look. Basically neither version has particularly great character models. You can either have practically textureless meat people with little bit of lighting depth or you can have high res textures that kind of make people look like damp cookies.
Also good god why did they update his face textures but not his TERRIFYING LOW RES EYES AAAAAA
The weird part is the texture resolutions have improved, but it looks like the specular/bloom has been toned way down in some parts, which gives it an oddly flat look. Basically neither version has particularly great character models. You can either have practically textureless meat people with little bit of lighting depth or you can have high res textures that kind of make people look like damp cookies.
Also good god why did they update his face textures but not his TERRIFYING LOW RES EYES AAAAAA
Nightmare fuel baby.
Troubled Bat
Member
Getting it for sure. I missed out on Brotherhood and Revelations.
PLASTICA-MAN
Member
I bet online is removed from them right?
Jasper Avenue
Member
Tempted to platinum all of these since I started a new PSN account since these were released.
Also: I am one of those people that enjoyed Revelations.
Also: I am one of those people that enjoyed Revelations.
Morning Star
Member
I don't understand. Why is this happening to us?
FarFromAnyGame
Banned
30 FPS? ok I'd rather play them on PS Now then.
But its a lazy remaster effort so that means the MP trophies are probably still in...
FarFromAnyGame
Banned
But its a lazy remaster effort so that means the MP trophies are probably still in...
I really hope so. That would be hilarious!