Assassins Creed PC
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I never had any major combat issues with the PC version. It felt extremely fluid for me, and I could execute any move that I wanted with ease, with any weapon. I guess your problem is that the game is punishing you for your said extremely cheap combat style! 
Couldn't agree less. I first tried the game with Mouse and KB and it was significantly less intuitive and enjoyable.
Especially as keyboard keys aren't analogue so straight off the bat you're missing out on a simple way of walking and running (I'm guessing you have to actually press a key to walk/run with the KB whereas with a controller you just push 'forwards' less etc.)
This is probably (and unfortunately) down to the fact that this game was made to be played on a joypad, but that's the way it is.
Also, make sure you have all the patches. Maybe that'll fix your issue.
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Been playing this on PC for a few weeks and at first I thought the controls sucked. But with time I got it.
Are they intuitive...no
Can they be learned and mastered...yes.
Are they intuitive...no
Can they be learned and mastered...yes.
Hopping on the "cry moar" bandwagon. I played through the game just fine, never had any irritations with the control scheme and I actually thought it was a well done console port.
I don't currently have it installed but I think it was something like this: You are not in combat. Select the hidden blade. Now lock on to someone and click attack. It switches to the sword. I don't know the reasoning behind that. I can only assume the programmers made it that way because blocking with the hidden blade is impossible and they wanted you to actually have a useful weapon in hand when you start combat.I take down the first few using the above method and then Altair will suddenly draw his damn sword.
Yes, this annoyed me too and I wish there was a way to disable it. I also used the grab & punch holes in bodies with the hidden blade tactic quite a bit. It's also annoying if you want to do counter attacks with the hidden blade (not easy, especially because you can't block, but possible and always deadly - try this out if you didn't know you can do it). At some point you get used to start fights this way: lock on, click attack (draws sword), and switch to the hidden blade. As long as you keep a lock on to someone you won't switch back to the sword. Sadly even with this there's still plenty of opportunities to stumble over this annoyance.
The only part that felt particularly console-ish to me was the 45 step process to exit the game.
I always alt-tabbed out of the game, which makes the game windowed for that session. Then you can just X out of the game without problems. I had no save game corruption that way.
I do like the fact you can mod the textures on the PC version.
I've had no problems with distorted sound so I can't help you.
I've had no problems with distorted sound so I can't help you.
It's well known AC is badly optimized. I've had the game slow down to under 10FPS on the PS3 three times, and only a reset of the system could clear it. Changing areas, looking elsewhere, etc. nothing solved it. Once I hit that glitch, reset time.
And I was always under the impression that it was playing at around 20FPS the whole time on PS3, sometimes when it went at 30FPS and felt smooth again I was happy, but that's because I was doing nothing and standing in the corner of a city...
The only system which seems to be running it without troubles is the Xbox 360. There I've played it for a few minutes and I had none of this 20FPS impression, I don't know about the under 10FPS glitches though. My friend told me he had none, and my three glitches happened on the same playthrough. :/
And I was always under the impression that it was playing at around 20FPS the whole time on PS3, sometimes when it went at 30FPS and felt smooth again I was happy, but that's because I was doing nothing and standing in the corner of a city...
The only system which seems to be running it without troubles is the Xbox 360. There I've played it for a few minutes and I had none of this 20FPS impression, I don't know about the under 10FPS glitches though. My friend told me he had none, and my three glitches happened on the same playthrough. :/
It can do 1080i (And of course 720p) on PS3, but it's probably upscaled from it's internal rendering resolution. On Xbox it's upscaled by the upscaler chip so it does 1080p.
But Assassin's Creed is not the best example of a multiplatform title in that respect. The job they did with Prince of Persia was much better, I had no problems at all and it plays in 1080p on both systems (Same engine as Assassin's Creed I heard...)
But Assassin's Creed is not the best example of a multiplatform title in that respect. The job they did with Prince of Persia was much better, I had no problems at all and it plays in 1080p on both systems (Same engine as Assassin's Creed I heard...)
