Metal Gear Solid 4, Assassin's Creed find love on the battlefield

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Apr 1st 2008 at 4:00PM }

Oh ... dear. This is exactly the sort of video the internet shouldn't be showing us. Does it not realize the colossal, sensory danger posed by a combination of two of our favorite franchises? Seeing the Assassin's Creed garb running around a modern environment is one thing, but when the mise en scène happens to feature Metal Gear Solid 4 gameplay, we stop asking questions ("Where did this come from? Why is it so unrelenting in its awesomeness?") and start experiencing debilitating gleezures. That's glee + seizure, FYI.

[Thanks, Emphar]

Tags: AprilFools08, Assassins-Creed, AssassinsCreed, Konami, Metal-Gear-Solid-4, MGS4, Ubisoft

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 1st 2008 4:04PM

Looked cool and very nicely done but it dragged on a little. Just sayin...

XanthouS @ Apr 1st 2008 4:17PM

Always have to find SOMETHING to bitch about...

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 1st 2008 4:27PM

Really, like what? Explain dont just go bashing.

FUCKO!

Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ Apr 1st 2008 4:42PM

Do I have to say, Fucko is one of my favorite burns. For some reason, it has a clownish ring to it. As if you just called him Fucko the Clown, which always seems to brag of class to me....

Hyams @ Apr 1st 2008 4:45PM

I have to agree. Although I love this video, it IS a tad long.

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 1st 2008 4:53PM

Its an inside joke I got from Army of 2 when Sid (a jerkoff they dont like) tells them "laters fucko" Then Salem tells Rios, "Fucko, who sais that?"

Anyway, I loved me some Assasins Creed so they need to get to work on 2.

Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ Apr 1st 2008 4:54PM

fucko is older than Army of Two. Hell, it was overused when featured in Clerks 2. But for me, it's a classic, never gets old.

Hyams @ Apr 1st 2008 7:09PM

Why have I been voted down for saying I found the video a tad long?

:/

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 1st 2008 9:36PM

Because, this particular story is full of Sony and MGS fangirls who get pissed at the slightest negative comment you say about any of those precious subjects.

LAME! =)

Hyams @ Apr 2nd 2008 7:17AM

But I'm a Sony and MGS fanboy too! Why have my brethren betrayed me? :(

Hyams @ Apr 1st 2008 4:05PM

Assassin's Creed is multiplatform. That must mean MGS4 will be multiplatform!!!

[/idiot]

Anyways, this video is epic. I'm really hoping Kojima adds an Altair costume into MGS4 somewhere as an easter egg (actually, I'd be kindda surprised if he didn't).

zelderman @ Apr 1st 2008 4:06PM

I noticed the comment a few posts back and looked it up on youtube. You guys posted this FAST. Congrats Joystiq.

Noshino @ Apr 1st 2008 4:14PM

it was all Ludwig man...

LDF UNITE!

Raikage (LDF CRAB BATTLE!!!) @ Apr 2nd 2008 1:04AM

I'm late, but I'm here!

ComicShaman @ Apr 1st 2008 4:07PM

That was all kinds of excellent.

Matt B @ Apr 1st 2008 4:09PM

http://i29.tinypic.com/24ctwu8.gif

zelderman @ Apr 1st 2008 4:24PM

That is funny and offensive at the same time, but more funny.

Travis Brown @ Apr 1st 2008 4:10PM

This really bothered me. I mean, I know that this is just a joke, but just think about it. *SPOILERS* The templars control everything, right? Just like the patriots. Maybe big boss was one of these assassins, and snake is cloned from them.

I mean, I know it's all a joke... but... the similarities between the two games are there. I only mention one, because it's the only one I thought of off the top of my head.

There will probably be some sort of Altair camo for MGS4 as a bonus, and thats cool with me. I would just be incredibly disappointed if the stories crossed over and this were real... but it's not.

But, Ubisoft makes splinter cell, and that would be interesting if they implemented some sort of reference to it in MGS4, one that is more overt than the one in MGS3.

sirpilf @ Apr 1st 2008 4:17PM

well some people think the knights templars eventually turned into the illuminati which is basically what the patriots are.

Intentless @ Apr 1st 2008 4:29PM

They also believe the knights templar are the Masons which are also believed to maybe in part of or vice versa the illuminati.... Yay for the unknown...

Obie @ Apr 1st 2008 4:14PM

Brown filter enabled!

Obie @ Apr 1st 2008 4:16PM

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=224

Mr Khan @ Apr 1st 2008 4:32PM

Welcome to the next generation

Hyams @ Apr 1st 2008 4:49PM

Hey, it's better than the green one.

KingOfGods @ Apr 1st 2008 5:04PM

It's a war zone what colors do you expect to see?

Hyams @ Apr 1st 2008 5:10PM

All the colours of the rainbow.

Plus plaid.

XanthouS @ Apr 1st 2008 4:16PM

By far the COOLEST collaboration for an April Fools gag I've seen. Kudos to Ubi and Konami, now get back to finishing MGS4!

markhill66 @ Apr 1st 2008 4:17PM

Ludwig, I know this may sound stupid, but I'm trying really hard to 4-1 prank my fellow writers on my blogsite, http://www.threevue.com by telling them that I've been hired to write for Joystiq. If there is any way you could go there and leave a comment on the post saying, "Welcome to the team," or something, that would be incredible. I know you're busy, so if not, that's cool, too.

And please, commenters, don't hate me for this, I'm just pull a not-so-fast one.

-Mark
http://www.threevue.com

Fernando Rocker @ Apr 1st 2008 4:23PM

I really want to work for Joystiq, or Wii Fanboy... I think I would be perfect as a Wii Fanboy writer.

=p

upz @ Apr 1st 2008 6:28PM

Except for the fact that in order to be a writer, you have to know how to write.

CrazySteve88 @ Apr 1st 2008 7:46PM

Congrats! you got your wish :P yeah I checked it out. Nice April Fool if you ask me.

markhill66 @ Apr 1st 2008 9:34PM

Incredible, you guys are absolutely awesome. It went so much better than I could have even imagined. Thanks again to all of you guys.

LaughingTarget @ Apr 1st 2008 4:19PM

I would have liked it more if Altaiir climbed up the side of a wall, dove on to the top of one of those machines and stabbed it.

He then could have run around the corner, sat on a bench, and the entire war would have then passed him by.

Arnob @ Apr 2nd 2008 12:30PM

even better: if he sat on a bench while in a cardboard box... thats like the ultimate disguise

ScottG13 @ Apr 1st 2008 4:19PM

Bizarre, but awesome. So far, my favorite April 1st product.

Neal @ Apr 1st 2008 4:20PM

April Fools! hahaha.......err..., this kinda looks too real...

LaughingTarget @ Apr 1st 2008 4:22PM

There are over 100 programmers working on MGS4, I guess some of them got handed this project a year ago or something like that.

Hyams @ Apr 1st 2008 4:44PM

They just made an Altair costume to put over Snake and played the game as normal. (The only exception, I'd imagine, would be the ending cut scene where Snake pulls the costume off.)

Phizzy @ Apr 1st 2008 6:52PM

No, Snake wears a generic robe like that in the actual game, watch the MGS4 trailer from E3 2006. They just changed the robe thing he's wearing to the one Altair wears.

ViagraFiend @ Apr 1st 2008 4:28PM

Needs More Jade

heckthor @ Apr 1st 2008 4:33PM

Coooool.... What's next??? Nariko wearing a Big Daddy Suit.... Sweet.... or Zelda using Sheik custome.... oh, wait, nevermind the last one.... LoL.... Cool...

kinshadow @ Apr 1st 2008 5:15PM

Needs more sperm

Matt B @ Apr 1st 2008 4:33PM

I was hoping to fight those gekku and now it is confirmed. :)

Hyams @ Apr 1st 2008 4:48PM

Do they scare anyone else? Not in a horror movie sort of way, but in a tense, 'Oh my God, it's a machine and it's MOOING at me!' sort of way.

Jhongerkong @ Apr 1st 2008 4:55PM

Metal Gear Creed: Snake Chronicles CONFIRMED

Carrie @ Apr 1st 2008 5:31PM

I STILL don't understand why the heck the robot things sound like cows :(

Dan CiTi @ Apr 1st 2008 5:54PM

Metal Gear Gekkos are odd and fascinating machines.

Hyams @ Apr 1st 2008 6:39PM

It's a pychological thing. It's meant to scare you when it's hunting you down (behaves like a bull), or draw you into a false sense of security at key moments (when it's pretending to be injured/is whining).

It's much like how REX and RAY roared at you.