Even the best games have bugs. I was searching Youtube when I came across this Assassin’s Creed video of a solider who seems to be stuck on a ladder in mid air. He can’t seem to get off and the other soldiers can’t finish the climb. Altair is just standing there watching it all unfold.

For those of you who are having trouble finding the locations of the flags in Assassin’s Creed, or are too lazy to look the for flags, here are 2 useful links:
Flag locations 1 - This is a Google Maps mashup that shows the locations of the flags in Masyaf and Damascus Poor
Flag Locations 2 - here’s a comprehensive list of screenshots with flag locations in all the world

Ubisoft announced the development of Assassin’s Creed 2 about a month or so ago. They’ve also told us that they will delay the launch as long as possible, maybe even a couple of years. They use this tactic to increase demand for the product, similar to what they’ve done with Prince of Persia.

What I wanted to talk about today is the possible setting for Assassin’s Creed 2. Do you think it will remain in the same “Crusades” era in the Middle East? Or is it possible we travel back to medieval Europe Braveheart/Robin Hood style? Or maybe we head to France for the French Revolution? Possibly Altair goes back to America during the Civil War?

The possibilities are endless. But do we think Ubisoft will really mess with a good thing by changing the entire environment of the game?

We all knew this day would come, we just didn’t expect it so soon.

From Computer and Video Games:

Ubisoft has made first official mention of the totally-unexpected sequel to last year’s Assassin’s Creed.

Speaking during its first-half fiscal 2008-09 conference call, a company exec confirmed that it’s “working hard on the product,” but wouldn’t commit to a fiscal 2010 release date (i.e. next year) - although from what we’ve heard it’s incredibly likely.

That’s about it on the official side, but susperstar analyst Michael Pachter seems to have dropped more juicy details on Assassins 2, which he says has changed time frame from 1191 to “several hundred years in the future”, specifically, “sometime in the 1700s.”

Pachter went on to speculate that the French Revolution could be a potential setting for the sequel, which is infinitely more compelling to us than just more Jerusalem.

You may also remember that the Prince of Persia team let slip that Altair will be swimming in the next game.

What’ll be interesting though is how Ubisoft manages Altair in the 1700s (if that is indeed where the sequel’s taking place). Are we going to get a new assassin? A different descendent with the same name and clothes, ala Zelda? It’d be a shot in the foot for the company to waste the character it’s spent so long establishing.

I’m at a loss of words when it comes to keeping this Assassin’s Creed blog going. There is just absolutely no news coming out from Ubisoft. Fans are desperately crying for a sequel to this game. There’s no doubt in my mind that we’ll see one someday, but I just don’t think we’ll see it in the next year or so. They’re going to spread it over out 5+ years.

And what’s worse is that they won’t even give us some DLC to work with!

I know a lot of people still play Assassin’s Creed. They’ll venture off to Fable 2 or Gears of War 2, but then pop AC back in for a few hours of mindless killing and falling to their death.

If you have anything specific you’d like me to cover during all this down time, please leave a comment on this post.

I found this on an Assassin’s Creed Forum. Some people have spent a good amount of time creating new skins for Altair, and by skins I mean new outfits. I’ve already shown you the all black one a few weeks ago.

Today I wanted to post a Templarskin. Check it out:

To use it, you need to download Texmod.

Click on the yellow Folder an search for the Assassins Creed “.exe”. It only works in DX9! Now open my package an run the Game! It works like the other Texture Mods for AC…

And here’s the link for the skin itself. Download Skin.

This Assassin’s Creed parody video is absolutely hilarious. It’s a quick cartoon sketch of life in Assassin’s Creed. I won’t spoil it for you, but it starts out with a beggar asking Altair to spare a coin, and then he just decks the dude in the face.

One of the best things about owning Assassin’s Creed on PC is that you can mod certain aspects of the game. I was browsing some Assassin’s Creed forum and saw this person posted a picture of Altair in some new clothes. He’s decked out in all black gear. Looks pretty awesome doesn’t it.

This is the highest view point in the game. This tower is located in the East part of the Rich District of Damascus. The leap of faith is insane!

The following is from Total Video Games. This is very exciting news for Assassin’s Creed fans. We originally thought we’d have to wait years to see Assassin’s Creed 2.

It seems there may be an Assassin’s Creed sequel in the works, which is no great surprise seeing as Altair’s stealthy trip through the Holy Land was a huge commercial success for Ubisoft. This news comes from a slip-up made by the Animation Director on the new Prince of Persia game, David Wilkinson.

When AusGamers asked Wilkinson whether the guy who did all the animations for Assassin’s Creed was still working on the series, he said, “He’s working on Assassin’s.”

Wilkinson was then asked whether he intends to move onto the Assassins Creed team after Prince of Persia, to which he replied:

“I’m not even going to try and pretend that I could fill this guy’s shoes. Alex Droin (the Animation Director on Assassin’s Creed) is a genius - no doubt about it. And he’s busy making Altair even more beautiful. The last thing I saw him do was getting Altair to swim.”

Assassin’s Creed 2 isn’t mentioned categorically, but it’s fairly safe to assume that a sequel is in the works for Ubisoft’s multimillion selling Crusades romp. Oh yeah, and Altair can swim now / is more beautiful. To be honest, it was a little unconvincing that he couldn’t swim in the first game. A highly trained assassin without swimming skills seemed a bit dubious.

Halloween is coming up, and I know a lot of you Altair fans will want to hit the streets in a badass Assassin’s Creed costume. Only thing is… you won’t be able to find this one in stores. Getting an Assassin’s Creed costume will mean building it from scratch.

Luckily, there’s someone out there who has already done it. So you know it can be done, just follow the advice/tips in this thread and use the pictures.

Watch in High Quality. A video that was made for Assassin’s Creed. It has been in the works for a while.

Songs Used:
Waking the Demon - Bullet For My Valentine
Indestructible - Disturbed

Please comment.

Despite Assassin’s Creed being almost 1 year old, many gamers are still playing it. I found this list online: You know you play too much Assassin’s Creed if:

1. You avoid the homeless thinking that they will either get in your way our violently attack you.

2. You attempt to run up walls to avoid the cops.

3. You walk slowly in a praying stance when cops look suspiciously at you.

4. You sit 40ft away from someone attempting to eavesdrop on them.

5. If you avoid water because you fear instant death.

6. When someone pisses you off you make a fast hand motion and hold your hands to their neck waiting for the hidden blade to come out.

7. You fear running in public because the cops might attack you.

8. You find the phrase “nothing is true all is permitted” becoming part of your daily speech.

9. You search your home town for hidden flags and templars.

10. You live bye the tennets of the creed.

Fell free to comment and leave your own.

If you’re playing Assassin’s Creed on Xbox 360 or PS3, then you will notice a good amount of blood. The game is rated Mature for a reason. However, if you’re gaming on the PC, then you may be missing out.

First of all, there is an option to turn blood on and off. So make sure you have it turned on. Second, you’ll need to check your graphic level settings. If your graphics are set too low (something you may have to do if you have a slow computer), then you might not see any blood splatters. Try upping the graphic levels and you will see a huge change in the graphics and gameplay. Hopefully it won’t mess with your FPS too much.

Assassin’s Creed requires blood. It may sound crazy, but it makes the game better and adds a bit of realism to it.

A lot of people complain about the long cutscenes in Assassin’s Creed. For your first time through, it’s great watching them.. but if you’re playing for a second time it might be nice to skip them. Ubisoft didn’t include a feature to do this, but luckily there is a glitch to solve our problems! Check it out:

1) Before locking onto the person you want to talk to, back up a little so you can jump towards him.
2) Hold high profile button and jump towards the person.
3) While jumping, quickly press lock on, so the person starts talking while you’re jumping.
4) you’ll jump into the person, so he’ll lose his balance and stops talking, so you’ll start or complete the mission but you skipped the dialogue.

This trick works with:
-the saved citizens
-flag challenge, merchant stand challenge, assassination challenge, rooftop race challenge, archer stealth assassination challenge and assassin escort, both at the beginning of the mission and at the end of the mission.

If you have any problems getting it to work, let me know.