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Posted April 05, 2012
Artistry of Assassination

Assassin’s Creed™: Director’s Cut Edition, a game that took the action-platforming genre to another level, is available now on GOG.com for a limited time!--buy one, get one free with the Heroes of Might & Magic V Bundle for a total of $19.99.

This is one of the two new “Premium Edition” games that GOG.com is offering; they are a slightly higher price--but they come packed with value and we’re encouraging you to try them out with this buy one, get one free promotion that’s running until 12 April at 4.59 PM GMT.

Desmond Miles is a bartender, a simple lad who is abducted by a mysterious organization and attached to the Animus, a strange machine that allows him to access his ancestor’s memories. Now he--and you--can see the events that happened in the year 1191, the time of the third crusade in the Holy Land vividly, and Desmond find himself assuming the role of Altaïr ibn La-Ahad, a merciless killer that carries out assassinations ordered by the most mysterious and deadliest clan of assassins.

Assassin’s Creed: Director’s Cut Edition is a game that redefined the action genre with open gameplay, intuitive controls, incredibly fluid combat mechanics, and realistic interactions with the world surrounding you. Every architectural detail like window ledges, carvings in the stone or wooden bars can be used to as environmental props for fluid, acrobatic movement. Depending on your choices, the crowd will allow you to blend in or expose you to the guards. There are many ways to reach your goals, but the result must be always lethal. Stunning graphics and crisp sound effects complete the perfect gaming experience Assassin’s Creed has to offer.

The Director’s Cut Edition features improved artificial intelligence, more detailed graphics, some smaller additions and improvements, and most noticeably, four new missions, including the Roof Chase, Kill the Archers, Destroy the Market Stands, and Escort.

You can expect immersing and unique gameplay experience dressed to kill now on GOG.com. Bundled into a Premium Edition with more than 250 minutes of soundtracks, an official artbook, wallpapers, avatars, design sketches, and more, its full price is $19.99, but you pick it up for a limited time together with our Heroes of Might and Magic V Bundle on a special introductory buy one, get one free sale!
Posted April 06, 2012
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mobutu: That was a SALE on amazon, not the regular price.
Wait for a sale here on gog to compare them.
Right now you're comparing apples with oranges.
No I wasn't? I wasn't comparing anything. If I were to compare then I'd look at previous GOG sales and the starting price of AC1 ($20) here then I'd say 87.5% sales are pretty rare here on GOG so you could probably do better if you're *just* after the game. If you include the OST into the consideration if you're into that thing then it becomes closer to 60-75% which is more likely to happen, in the long run, though probably not any time soon.




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mobutu: I'm sure GOG had their own reasons for doing that and for sure I'm not questioning their motives
And ... neither was I? Nor did I say you should be concerned. I'm just saying I doubt EA/Ubisoft/Activision and most high profile (high cost) game makers will be into the DRM-Free/One Price thing, any time soon. And I merely mentioned that the notion that the most vocal developer in that regard was even forced to backtrack on that shows that there are still quite a few pitfalls left in the market, even for those willing to do it.

That's btw still ignoring the fact that GOG did not *have* a One World One Price for Witcher 2. They had 'compensation' for the EU price (which they had from the start), and for some time they condoned bypassing it by *lying* about your location so you could buy it in Dollars instead of Euro's.
Post edited April 06, 2012 by Pheace
Posted April 06, 2012
I like the new GOG. We really need a competitor for Steam and GOG seems the perfect match, being DRM-free and all.
Posted April 06, 2012
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Pheace: At the moment I see it more becoming a portal for Indie games and DRM-free 'commercially outlived' games. Which is still quite a big market. That could entail basically all Indie games and hopefully most games that are 1-2 years old or more. I really don't see the new high cost AAA games going DRM-free/One price for all any time soon.
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However, it would be nice if it became standard for games to go DRM-free once they outlived their main commercial period. Perhaps if GOG grows big enough on that it'll even spread to the other portals.
Thing is, there is no logical reason for a developer to wait even a year or two until stripping out the DRM. As soon as pirates have a fully functional cracked version, which I understand is typically within a week of the game coming out, the DRM on legit games has ceased to have any sort of positive outcome and is simply hurting and driving away paying customers.

As far as prices go, "one price" has nothing to do with fairness. Some games deserve more, some deserve less money. I would actually start buying new games at $60 or whatever if they came DRM free. For DRMd games on Steam sales and such I only ever pay up to $5, since I'm effectively renting, not buying those games. Not a matter of pinching pennies, but of principle.
Posted April 06, 2012
Oh! I hope we get AC2 DRM free as well. That's my favorite, and AC2 PC version has AWFUL DRM.

Though, I hope there's a sale on AC1 - Director's Cut. Maybe a sale if AC2 comes out?

I do have the Xbox 360 versions of all the current Assassin Creed games, however, none of them are the special versions. I'd love to have the special versions on my PC.
Posted April 06, 2012
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Naf: As far as prices go, "one price" has nothing to do with fairness. Some games deserve more, some deserve less money. I would actually start buying new games at $60 or whatever if they came DRM free. For DRMd games on Steam sales and such I only ever pay up to $5, since I'm effectively renting, not buying those games. Not a matter of pinching pennies, but of principle.
I think you misunderstand the One World, One Price thing. I mean that as in 'everyone pays the same price, in dollars.' versus 'Hey, you're in the US, for you it's $5. Hey! you're in the EU, for you it's €5. Hey!! You're Australian, Sweet! For you it's $15!'
Posted April 06, 2012
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Pheace: DRM-free AC1 was $2.50 just a week or so ago with the Ubisoft DRM free sale on Amazon. Buy one get one free for $5 games.
Too bad it isn't anymore, and that they are an US-only service.

And before anyone suggests, no I am definitely not interested on the retail DVD version either with its funky hidden "tries to secretly call Ubisoft home, which causes game instability" DRM and copy protection either. Not even if it cost only 50 cents.
Posted April 06, 2012
Anyways, it seems to me that the people who are complaining the loudest about GOG getting games that exist already on other sites are the Steamheads who already rented the games from Steam or OnLive. How does GOG dare to obtain games they already have, huh? Talk about self-centered.

I find it especially hilarious when some proclaim "I already got this game from Steam for $1,50, so this is a bad deal...". Excuse me? You just said you already got the game elsewhere, so why should you even care how much GOG asks for it? How many digital copies were you going to buy of the same game?

Get a grip, people.

What comes to GOG's pricing, I'm sure they've done their groundwork and are fully aware what the games cost elsewhere. People will vote with their wallets, and if and when GOG realizes error in their ways, they will change the pricing, as they have done before.
Post edited April 06, 2012 by timppu
Posted April 06, 2012
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spinefarm: And go whine about it on Steam/GamersGate/Ubistore ...cause it's not 4 pounds on there :) And do you put delivery to that prize?

Assassin's Creed - Directors Cut Edition (PC DVD) - £4.50
Assassin's Creed Revelations - £12.92

So should I feel screwed up buy Steam/GamersGate/Ubisoft for that pricing?
I can't tell you what you should feel. I would probably not have bought it on any of those services. However as far as I can tell their prices are still a lot better than GOGs. At least for me.

As for delivery, no. I'm not counting that. If you can select super saver delivery, it's free (there are restrictions for that, of course). Furthermore, the Amazon-price is not very far away from the price on other online retailers, some of which have free shipping (Play.com) or charge one pound per _order_ (Zavvi). They are all selling the same budget rerelease.

Extremely cheap budget rereleases, by the way, is not a new phenomenon and it has nothing to do with Amazon or other online retailers. It started in the eighties, on the 8-bit home computers (this is in response to another comment of yours about Amazon destroying the value of games, which isn't true at all if you know some history).

I love how you claim I'm whining, by the way. I'm just trying to have a rational discussion by showing you some facts. If you don't agree that it's overpriced here, then that's fine. But GOG are trying to expand to new audiences, who aren't you, and I think price matters a bit more to them.
Posted April 06, 2012
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spinefarm: And go whine about it on Steam/GamersGate/Ubistore ...cause it's not 4 pounds on there :) And do you put delivery to that prize?

Assassin's Creed - Directors Cut Edition (PC DVD) - £4.50
Assassin's Creed Revelations - £12.92

So should I feel screwed up buy Steam/GamersGate/Ubisoft for that pricing?
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Zeewolf: I can't tell you what you should feel. I would probably not have bought it on any of those services. However as far as I can tell their prices are still a lot better than GOGs. At least for me.

As for delivery, no. I'm not counting that. If you can select super saver delivery, it's free (there are restrictions for that, of course). Furthermore, the Amazon-price is not very far away from the price on other online retailers, some of which have free shipping (Play.com) or charge one pound per _order_ (Zavvi). They are all selling the same budget rerelease.

Extremely cheap budget rereleases, by the way, is not a new phenomenon and it has nothing to do with Amazon or other online retailers. It started in the eighties, on the 8-bit home computers (this is in response to another comment of yours about Amazon destroying the value of games, which isn't true at all if you know some history).

I love how you claim I'm whining, by the way. I'm just trying to have a rational discussion by showing you some facts. If you don't agree that it's overpriced here, then that's fine. But GOG are trying to expand to new audiences, who aren't you, and I think price matters a bit more to them.
I migth be mistaken but i dont think Amazon, Steam/GamersGate/Ubisoft
or any other for that matter sells the
Assassin's Creed - Directors Cut Edition
with extra stuff like the soundtrack and the art book
Posted April 06, 2012
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Pheace: Then people should perhaps ask GOG to offer a base edition as well? For those who just want the game you know :)
That's what most games do when they have a 'premium' edition that consists of extra's that aren't DLC/Expansions.
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spinefarm: They have choosed this direction :) And to be honest if they sell normal AC 1 DC & this Premium version I will buy the premium.
Ah and by the way I don't see vanilla version of AC1 anywhere :) Maybe Steam should add that :)
Let's make an experiment write a mail to Steam and ask them why they are missing the OST from the version there. :)
The Director's Cut is PC version.
Back when AC first came out it was only available for Xbox 360 and PS3. The PC version came out about 6 months later and it was called the Director's Cut and had some small additions to the normal game.

And about a "base edition" with no goodeis;
Gog has always referred to the goodies as being free extras. Taking them away wouldn't lower the price of the game.
Post edited April 06, 2012 by Kingoftherings
Posted April 06, 2012
Assassin's Creed 1 (and Heroes V) for higher price than on other markets, good good.

Can we go back to the Good Old Games like Grim Fandango? Or System Shock 2? Maybe evan Freelancer?

(I know people won't like this, not really my problem tough, i'm just venting out my sadness)
Post edited April 06, 2012 by DJProfessorK
Posted April 06, 2012
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Kingoftherings: And about a "base edition" with no goodeis;
Gog has always referred to the goodies as being free extras. Taking them away wouldn't lower the price of the game.
Read the rest of the thread. I'm fine with that, long as people don't use the goodies to justify the higher price. In this case the OST.
Posted April 06, 2012
Is this game really DRM free? Don't you need some kind of Ubisoft account or register the game at Ubisoft to play it?

Limited time as in the game won't be available through GoG in a few days?
Posted April 06, 2012
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MOGEnrique: Is this game really DRM free? Don't you need some kind of Ubisoft account or register the game at Ubisoft to play it?

Limited time as in the game won't be available through GoG in a few days?
The BOGO sale with the Heroes of.. game is limited. After that the price is just 20$ for the game alone. And yes the game is DRM-free. I snagged it from Amazon recently and there is no account or registering business. I installed it like 3 times in one day just trying to find it the right home. No worries there.
Posted April 08, 2012
Assassins' Creed is a beautiful, but mindboggingly boring and repetive game.
1. Ride out
2. climb towers and jump headlong from a height that would certainly break your neck. (The straw cart on the bottom would hardly slow you down)
3. hide from pursuit.
4. Assassinate
5. Visit the guild.
6. Rinse and repeat.
Yawn, Pass...
Play Thief I & II instead.
Post edited April 08, 2012 by jorlin
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