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.
North American Assassin’s Creed fans rejoice! The Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut has shipped! The game is priced at $49.99. Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut features four new types of investigations over the console versions released towards the end of last year. Here’s what GameZone.com had to say about the special Director’s Cut features:
Being a Director’s Cut, the PC version adds some new features not found in the console versions by way of four different side-quests. They are pretty varied and stand up well when compared to the missions that you do in the regular game. You’ll perform stealth archer assassinations, where you’ll have to go through rooftops killing archers without alerting others, rooftop races, merchant stand destruction missions where you’ll have throw enemies at targeted merchant stands, and escort missions where you have to keep an NPC alive while enemies attack. These extra missions are pretty fun and do a good job of switching up the main game quite a bit and adding some variety.
If you thought the game was visually stunning on the PS3 or Xbox 360, wait till you see it on a full-load PC. If you have an up to date graphics card, this game will be spectacular and fly. I’m not sure if I’ll be picking this game up for the PC for a second leap of faith, but I am certain jealous of those of you who waited for it.
One of the reasons a lot of gamers buy games for consoles is because they don’t have powerful enough computers to handle new games. Me being one of them. Who wants to buy a new graphics card and more RAM every time a game comes out?
Assassin’s Creed will be a pretty graphic intense computer game, although not as intense as something like WoW or Guild Wars. So before you go out and buy it, check the specs and make sure your PC can handle it.
Supported OS: Windows® XP/Windows Vista® (only)
Processor: Dual core processor 2.6 GHz Intel® Pentium® D or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+ (Intel Core® 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or better recommended)
RAM: 1 GB Windows XP / 2 GB Windows Vista
Video Card: 256 MB DirectX® 10.0–compliant video card or DirectX 9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list)*
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 or 10.0–compliant sound card (5.1 sound card recommended)
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0 or 10.0 libraries (included on disc)
DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM dual-layer drive
Hard Drive Space: 8 GB
Peripherals Supported: Keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360® Controller for Windows recommended)
Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:
ATI® RADEON® X1600*/1650*–1950/HD 2000/3000 series
NVIDIA GeForce® 6800*/7/8/9 series
PCI Express only supported
