Assassin's Creed 2 PC delayed to 2010
by Richard Mitchell 
{ Sep 24th 2009 at 12:22PM } 
Considering Ubisoft's own Yves Guillemot stated that early 2010 is "looking pretty crazy" and warned that some Spring 2010 titles may be delayed again, this is all very amusing. Unless you've been waiting for the PC version of Assassin's Creed II, of course.
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iluvmyzune @ Sep 24th 2009 12:24PM
anything else new?
JXCgunrunna @ Sep 24th 2009 12:24PM
hopefully that means they will be supporting DirectX11 and even more hopefully they will package it in with the GTX300 cards.
joeybeast @ Sep 24th 2009 12:34PM
Why support DX 11 when most people is still on DX 9?
Jose @ Sep 24th 2009 12:36PM
Yeah, really looking forward to turning the DXs up to 11. People are saying ATI/AMD jumped the gun on the 5870, releasing before games are even out, but I still want the pretty thing now. XFX does lifetime warranties!
AsherR [Planeteer | Power of The Hoff] @ Sep 24th 2009 12:37PM
@joeybeast: Why make Windows 7 when everyone isn't on Vista then? Because Vista didn't execute as well as it should have (though I do like Vista. *SHOCK*). Same with Dx10. At least imo.
Wes @ Sep 24th 2009 12:38PM
Why support dx11? because Nvidia will have its DX11 cards out in Q1 2010. Aka the G300 which they'll want people to buy. So they'll want to give people a good reason to start using DX11. Shocking eh?
If you've been able to recover from that tremendous shock, next remember that Assassin's creed 1 and 2 are both sponsered by Nvidia's Way Its Meant To Be Played program and additional funding. So much so that when DX10.1 was giving better performance to ATI users in Assassin's creed 1, it was patched-out so nvidia cards were still the fastest.
fuzzynyanko @ Sep 24th 2009 6:40PM
I disagree. While ATI might have "jumped the gun" on the consumer level, it means that developers have a DirectX 11 card by ATI, not by nVidia or Intel.
ronnodas @ Sep 24th 2009 12:27PM
What about
http://www.vg247.com/2009/08/24/acii-versus-modern-warfare-2-9-million-original-sales-say-well-succeed-says-desilets/ ???
Also, if MW2 delays to Q1 '10, will all these titles undelay themselves?
AsherR [Planeteer | Power of The Hoff] @ Sep 24th 2009 12:32PM
Dunno exactly what point you are trying to make. This got delayed because of technical reasons and it's only one version of the game, which is the version that will sell the least as well.
I think a lot of these delays were brought about by seeing the growing trend to give devs more polish time. ACII on PC just wasn't up to snuff yet probably, and Ubi wanted to focus on getting ACII on 360 and PS3 stronger while still releasing this year. Just my assumptions though.
FraGNeM @ Sep 24th 2009 1:56PM
Also, the PC version is still usually the definitive version of the game, assuming your hardware can run it.
Gamepad support on PC has increased substantially, largely thanks to Games for Windows branding.
It just takes a long time to support and optimize a game across a wide array of hardware configurations, and sometimes that work requires a delay for specifically the PC version.
The real shame is that some studios aren't up the the task of porting to PC, due to smaller sales on the platform. Either they don't invest the money necessary to do a port justice, or they decide that the port isn't feasible at all.
Where's my PC version, Brutal Legend?
nukee @ Sep 24th 2009 12:27PM
You know, I was going to give up consoles in favor of PC gaming once I got out of school and could afford a decent gaming rig. But if this shit keeps up I won't. Seems like every major release this happens.
AsherR [Planeteer | Power of The Hoff] @ Sep 24th 2009 12:34PM
Well truth be told, some of the delays aren't that long. Batman PC was only late 2 or 3 weeks. And Borderlands PC won't be too late either.
Some delays suck though. Like this one.
PC is still my platform of choice though. :)
AsherR [Planeteer | Power of The Hoff] @ Sep 24th 2009 12:27PM
Damn!
Shagittarius @ Sep 24th 2009 12:27PM
Who was the prophet who said in another comment that the PC was the new delaystation? Bravo, right on man.
RKN @ Sep 24th 2009 12:40PM
That was me dude. That may have belonged to the PS3 in its early days but that name is saddled with the PC now. : (
I hope at least the PC may gain some extra features in the delay and even incorporate DX11, but the latter seems unlikely.
RKN @ Sep 24th 2009 12:51PM
The prophet speaks!
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/23/borderlands-pc-release-bumped-to-october-26/comments/21845604/
Ryan @ Sep 24th 2009 12:29PM
Sucks that the game is delayed for PC, but damn thats a great pic! LMAO
tony @ Sep 24th 2009 12:32PM
Déjà vu? I seem to remember AC1 for the PC being eternally delayed. It was an improvement when it did eventually come out though, they sorted out all that repetitiveness rubbish.
RKN @ Sep 24th 2009 12:41PM
Yep, Mass Effect and Assassins Creed came out in Fall 07 but the PC didn't get both games until close to mid 2008.
Joe @ Sep 24th 2009 12:54PM
I'm willing to wait for a quality product. Both AC1 and ME were quite late, but they were also undeniably better than the console counterparts. Graphics aside, ME had a revamped interface that actually made sense, and AC had a bunch of extra mini-missions in each of the cities.
As much as I hate delayed titles, I hate shoddy, buggy, incomplete ports more. If you're going to do it, do it right.
Except Valve. They could stand to hurry HL2: E3 along a bit.
ducttapeBigSexy @ Sep 24th 2009 1:09PM
@Joe
"I'm willing to wait for a quality product. Both AC1 and ME were quite late, but they were also undeniably better than the console counterparts." ... "As much as I hate delayed titles, I hate shoddy, buggy, incomplete ports more. If you're going to do it, do it right."
You just gave two of the leading reasons why I gave up on PC gaming - Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect were some of the buggiest pieces of software I've ever ran. And that was after waiting patiently as my console owning friends had played and beaten the games months earlier.
Assassin's Creed had a really annoying graphical glitch on Nvidia cards that caused the middle of the screen to be really blockly, plus it didn't even fully support the Xbox 360 controller (even though it's the recommended controller according to the back of the box). Just try configuring the triggers to work like the 360 version - it's impossible. Plus the menu was designed by idiots (you had to log out of your save profile and log back in just to exit the game).
Mass Effect crashed on me multiple times, Therum was unplayable without installing the DLC, plus sounds would randomly not play (I'm running an X-Fi Titanium, and the back of the box says the game works best on X-Fi!). Plus I suspected that the game was forced into a super hard difficulty - the game was so much easier on 360.
Maybe the PC version is the best graphically, but I'll enjoy being able to get a game months before PC gamers, plus being able to finish the game without having to wait for 3 patches and endlessly reading forum posts about how to work around glitches.
RKN @ Sep 24th 2009 1:16PM
Haven't played AC yet, have played ME on the PC and got 9 hours in until I got the Feros elevator glitch which also affects the 360 version I found. I installed the recent patch which claims to fix it but it says I need to install the Bring Down The Sky DLC. I've been too busy to fix it yet, I may just start over the game again and hope there won't be any issues again.
Joe @ Sep 24th 2009 1:51PM
I'll agree that AC had some consolitis to it, especially with the bizarre navigation, but I didn't have any of those other problems.
I played AC on NVIDIA cards in SLI, and got none of the blockiness. As for the controller, I never even came across that issue. IMO, why play it on PC if you're not going to leverage the PC's biggest advantage: Keyboard and Mouse controls
I take it you played ME using a gamepad as well, which explains the difficulty. On the consoles, it has aggressive auto-aim, while the PC version all but leaves you alone. This makes using a thumbstick to aim vastly more difficult. As for the crashes, I've played through 3 times on 2 PCs, and it did crash. Once. When I was running lots of background processes. My roommate played it twice on another PC, and it just never crashed. I found myself just leaving it paused when I went to bed/work, because it was bulletproof! I'm not saying your experience isn't true, I'm just saying you might want to look into possible hardware/driver conflicts, background conflicts, etc. because I've not seen it happen. Oh, and I bought it the day it came out, so no patches for me!
Basically I'm saying, no, these aren't perfect, but what mass of 7+GB of code designed to run on a huge array of machines is perfect? Compare these ports to something like GTA IV or Saints Row 2...
ducttapeBigSexy @ Sep 24th 2009 2:17PM
In the case of Assassin's Creed, they fixed that glitch with a patch, plus it only affected users running at certain resolutions (my monitor runs at 1680x1050, and that's one of them that was affected). As for playing with a gamepad, I tried the mouse and keyboard and the controller, and I felt it just played better with a controller. It is a console port, after all.
As for ME, no, I played it with a mouse and keyboard - the game doesn't support any controllers. The issue I ran into was fighting the boss at the top of the elevator after freeing one of your allies (I won't drop any spoilers). Even putting the difficulty on the easiest setting, there was no was I could beat him. On 360, I beat him on the first try. (Yes, the game was so unplayable for me that I gave up and bought a 360.)
I'm not saying some people didn't have problems - there's some games that work perfectly for me and others have nothing but problems - but I've just gotten sick of having every PC game purchase be a complete gamble. I'm willing to sacrifice a bit of graphic quality if it means there's a substantially better chance I won't be wasting my time and money.
RKN @ Sep 24th 2009 12:46PM
I wonder if also the game could come out for the PC the same time as the console versions, but Microsoft chose to delay it to encourage sales of the 360 version. Maybe there are no technical glitches or anything of the sort, so many other multiplatform releases on the PC and consoles have been simultaenous, why not this?
Microsoft behind the scenes is stabbing the PC in the back as many times as it can to further the 360, they would secretly like us to throw our gaming rigs into the trash and purchase a 360 instead.
Mass Effect 2 better come for the PC the same time as the 360 version. >: (
RKN @ Sep 24th 2009 1:10PM
Hmm....PC gaming going the way of arcades? Now I know how those who love arcade gaming feel. Except arcades have been largely replaced, whereas PC gaming hasn't and may never be.
RKN @ Sep 24th 2009 1:10PM
That was a reply for Mr. Preston.
Preston @ Sep 24th 2009 12:53PM
And thus PC gaming becomes increasingly irrelevant, lol.
RKN @ Sep 24th 2009 12:55PM
Well it was irrelevant to you from the very beginning so um....who the fuck cares?
Preston @ Sep 24th 2009 12:58PM
@RKN: obviously you, since you bothered responding.
jackal @ Sep 24th 2009 4:11PM
Preston,
"And thus PC gaming becomes increasingly irrelevant, lol."
I suppose that's why all of the industry's major technological breakthroughs (in terms of both hardware and software) are taking place on our platform, not yours. Don't worry, though; provided Microsoft and Sony don't take a page from Nintendo's playbook, you might be lucky enough to get your hands on our sloppy seconds during the next console generation.
zerocrewX @ Nov 18th 2009 9:03AM
Owned.
Ben @ Sep 24th 2009 4:33PM
Game publishers are wise to delay PC releases.
That way the console version won't have to compete with the pirate version for the first few months after release.
Sentox6 @ Sep 24th 2009 4:49PM
DO NOT WANT (to wait).
Oh well. I'm not buying the overpriced, graphically inferior console version.
zero2dash @ Sep 24th 2009 5:06PM
In the meantime, pick up Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut for $5 on D2D like I did last night.
http://www.direct2drive.com/d2dturns5
liquid @ Sep 24th 2009 5:30PM
And they wonder why people don't buy as many PC games as they want. Don't delay the game and you'll notice the increase, what are people with PCs and consoles supposed to do - wait 6 months?
rocknerd @ Sep 25th 2009 3:19AM
sick of the best platform of gaming being developed for like adding a place setting for a late dinner guest that you forgot you invited...
dragon age- (PC version held to coincide with console)
borderlands- (consoles out, EVEN THE PS3, on the 20th, PC version a week later)
and now assassins creed 2, in which i wanted to get AC2 on PC because i loved AC1 on PC. i played it first on 360, re bought for 20$ on PC.
anything else getting effed over for the mediocre consoles???
RKN @ Oct 1st 2009 4:42PM
Me, damn consoles holding us down, going to get a dumbed down version of Crysis 2 no doubt! : (
Big M @ Nov 23rd 2009 5:01PM
OK, this may be a stupid question, but I'm not really an experienced gamer, but: will there ever be an Assassin's Creed II for Mac?
JB @ Nov 25th 2009 3:28PM
There probably will be, but you know what game companies are like, it may not come out until Christmas 2010
David @ Nov 16th 2009 12:51PM
The delay , if they say it's for anti-piracy , is a total bull. How many of us can see today the Assassin's Creed II on XBOX360 has been pirated? Not even 1 full day and it's released on numerous forums and torrents.
I don't have problems buying their original (for PC) but they need to cut the crap on the release date. If it's a technical problem, at least tell us you are having problem on the technical side, not the bullshit-anti-piracy thingy.
JrX @ Nov 29th 2009 4:41AM
When the AC II lunched on Xbox 360 and PS3 i thought that it was going to come out on PC the same day. They even don't update they're blog. There was no information on AC II homepage that AC II was going to be delayed. PS 3 and Xbox 360 practically puting down the PC gaming. Like the GTA. GTA 3 on PC, PS 2, Xbox and most how liked the GTA 3 bought it on PC not xbox or ps2. Now there are the Lost and Damned and Ballad of Gay Tony that ar only for Xbox 360(WTF). They should release thouse games on PC to. It's so anoing that most good games are not coming out for PC at all