It’s a very interesting question. Most evolving games nowadays have lifelike time in which we see day and night as the game progresses. So why did the makers of Assassin’s Creed not include any night time missions?
I can think of a few reasons, although I’m not sure if any of them were considered by Ubisoft. For one, during the middle ages, citizens rarely ventured outside once the sun went down. It was too dangerous and people went to bed really early back then. Another reason Ubisoft may have excluded night time from Assassin’s Creed is because the assassination missions in cities were meant to be public. They wanted to kill to be seen.
Sure roaming around at night time and being stealth-like would be cool at times, but it’s not how this game was meant to be played. Altair was meant to kill important people in front of everyone.
After you complete certain quests in Assassin’s Creed, the NPCs will say, “Here take a map of where guards will be stationed.” I’ve come across several people asking how to access this map so I thought I would write a quick post about it. To get to your map of the guards you need to access your additional memories. Go in your memory log and click view attachment. It’s quite easy to find it.
Now, whether or not you will actually use the map of the guards is another question. I never used it on my first play through, but did find it useful when just running around having fun. Some people think looking at the map is like “cheating” because you know where all the guards are stationed. Instead, I’d rather keep the realism in Assassin’s Creed and be surprised.
Those of you playing Assassin’s Creed on the PC probably noticed a small patch download/install in the recent days. Ubisoft had been promising all the Assassin’s Creed gamers a new patch that would fix the graphical bugs and it looks like they help true to their promise.
Here is a list of everything the patch fixed:
- Fixed a rare crash while riding the horse in Kingdom
- Fixed a corruption of Altair’s robe on certain graphics hardware
- Cursor is now centered when accessing the Map
- Fixed a few problems with Alt-Tab
- Fixed a graphical bug in the final fight
- Fixed a few graphical problems with dead bodies
- Fixed pixellation with post-FX enabled on certain graphics hardware
- Fixed a small bug in the DNA Menu that would cause the image to disappear if the arrow was clicked rapidly
- Fixed some graphical corruption in Present Room with low Level Of Detail
- Character input is now canceled if the controller is unplugged while moving
- Added support for x64 versions of Windows
- Fixed broken post-effects on DirectX 10.1 enabled cards
Unfortunately, those of you with DirectX 10.1 installed are out of luck. You’ll have to revert backwards. But the removal of DirectX 10.1 was a good thing because it allowed for better performance of Assassin’s Creed.
In Assassin’s Creed it is possible to run out of throwing knives. It makes the game more realistic by limited the number of throwing knives Altair can carry at any given time. If you’re stuck running around in the world of Assassin’s Creed and you have no more throwing knives, here are a few tips to get more.
Pickpocket a thug. You will notice these guys while running around. They have knives strapped to their bodies. Just pickpocket them like any other side mission you’ve done.
Bureaus. Go to any of the Bureaus before an assassination and you will have your throwing knives replenished.
That’s really all there is too it. I have heard of so many gamers not knowing what to do to get more knives. They’ll run all the way back to Masyaf when really that isn’t necessary. Stay tuned for more Assassin’s Creed tips.
This is a pretty sweet video made by a gamer. It is a compilation of a bunch of silent kills he made. If you’re wondering how to become a true assassin, then you need to watch this video and take notes on what he does. No one does it better.
News is slow for Assassin’s Creed these days. Since there is no download content available for this game, updates will be slow until news of Assassin’s Creed 2 surfaces. The best we can do here is to continue to provide in-game tips, fun Altair scenarios and kick ass Assassin’s Creed videos.
Check out this 2 minute video someone made of them killing everyone in the game. It’s a great montage of Altair assassinating people.
