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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!
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hedwards: I disagree with that, AC suffered for the near complete lack of variety in the main quest line. I've finished both AC2 and AC:B because there was better variety in the quests and the mechanics worked much better than they did in the original.
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StingingVelvet: I just thought that "variety" was a bunch of fluff I didn't want to do. Agree to disagree.
The whole main quest line for AC2 and AC:B had tons of variety compared with AC where the lion's share of the main quest line was the same basic mission over and over again in different cities.

And yes, there were other things to do in the later games as well, but you didn't have to do them and I didn't bother to do much of it. Some of it was in there just to give completion something to do.
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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.
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Pheace: I'm sure you will, but you're not GOG's only customer :)
You are not the only one too :) Just try thinking outside the whole extreme pricing thing.

When you buy a Humble Bundle you give 5$ for 4-5 games + soundtracks. But you don't go and buy them alone right?
How many times exactly you byed an OST for a game? Even OST's for indies are priced 4-5$ alone...
For me Steam/Amazon destroyed the value of games... atm everything is not about the game value it's about how cheap can you sell it.
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trusteft: No one is forcing you to buy Ass Creek or any other game, newer, or older.
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mondo84: Oooh, Ass Creek...is GOG selling adult-themed games now, too?

J/k. I agree that the complaining is becoming excessive. Complaining about FREE Fallout, complaining about Assassin's Creed and other newer titles.

People can't expect GOG to not release newer games. Their whole selling pitch is DRM-Free. If they offer newer games without DRM they can greatly improve sales, thereby enabling them to offer more games, old and new.
It's been changed to DRM-free games. That wasn't how it was when I first signed up when the emphasis was definitely on older games render available and compatible with current computers.

Anybody claiming that it was originally all about being DRM free is really talking out of their ass as the original sight was definitely all about retro gaming even up until relatively recently.
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spinefarm: How many times exactly you byed an OST for a game?
Never. Which is my point. I wouldn't, nor do I want to 'compensate price' with a Soundtrack. It just doesn't interest me.
And I know I'm not the only customer. That's not the point. The point is that there would be people who'd have more interest in the version without the OST calculated in it.
For me Steam/Amazon destroyed the value of games... atm everything is not about the game value it's about how cheap can you sell it.
How does that change the game's value at all unless you let it? The game doesn't change does it? When it comes to purchasing a game, then yes, the price matters. Is that a shocking thing? When it comes to playing a game, the value of the game is very much fixed.
You know, with this you can't keep calling yourself Good Old Games. You've lost your roots.
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XXLaw: You know, with this you can't keep calling yourself Good Old Games. You've lost your roots.
They're not. Haven't you noticed? They removed all mention of Good Old. It's just GOG.com now.
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XXLaw: You know, with this you can't keep calling yourself Good Old Games. You've lost your roots.
They are not Good Old Games for some time now, because they've stop restricting themselves to that. They are GOG.com, and they never lost their roots. When did they stop releasing Good Old Games? When did they stop releasing DRM-free games? When they stop doing that, only then you can make that claim.
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spinefarm: How many times exactly you byed an OST for a game?
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Pheace: Never. Which is my point. I wouldn't, nor do I want to 'compensate price' with a Soundtrack. It just doesn't interest me.
And I know I'm not the only customer. That's not the point. The point is that there would be people who'd have more interest in the version without the OST calculated in it.
For me Steam/Amazon destroyed the value of games... atm everything is not about the game value it's about how cheap can you sell it.
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Pheace: How does that change the game's value at all unless you let it? The game doesn't change does it? When it comes to purchasing a game, then yes, the price matters. Is that a shocking thing? When it comes to playing a game, the value of the game is very much fixed.
Never but you don't go and buy the games from Steam too...you buy them from bundles and in your mind you do it for charity...but you actually do it for the better price.
Yes I know I sound as a fanboy of GOG... maybe I am don't know... But at least for now I don't have issues with GOG and had a lot with Steam in the last 6-7months.

One last thing... time will tell what GOG will become... I hope it becomes better than Steam...
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spinefarm: ..you buy them from bundles and in your mind you do it for charity...
Uhhh, no I don't. I barely buy bundles lately and the ones I bought a while back, I mostly did for the price *and* because I could decide where my money went. And charity being an option was an added bonus to that.

When I think I'm doing something for charity, that's when I'm actually donating directly to charity.

Also... I've bought a lot of games on Steam? Not sure what the point is saying I don't? Not every game is in a bundle, heck most games aren't.
Yes I know I sound as a fanboy of GOG... maybe I am don't know... But at least for now I don't have issues with GOG and had a lot with Steam in the last 6-7months.
I can see how that might be annoying. I've used Steam for 4 years and never had trouble so for me it's a good alternative :)
One last thing... time will tell what GOG will become... I hope it becomes better than Steam...
I personally don't have much faith in GOG's stance when it comes to the long term. I think the more and more GOG's gaming collection overlaps with it's competitor's, the more GOG will be changing to survive in the current market. And when it comes to it's main unique 'draw', the DRM-Free part, I personally think the release of the Witcher 2 was a harsh reminder of how unrealistic that stance truly is when it comes to newer/AAA games (non indie).
Post edited April 06, 2012 by Pheace
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hedwards: It's been changed to DRM-free games. That wasn't how it was when I first signed up when the emphasis was definitely on older games render available and compatible with current computers.

Anybody claiming that it was originally all about being DRM free is really talking out of their ass as the original sight was definitely all about retro gaming even up until relatively recently.
Indeed.

When they start getting uniquely DRM free games I might care, but so far everything recent on here is DRM free elsewhere as well, so it's no big deal.
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spinefarm: ..you buy them from bundles and in your mind you do it for charity...
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Pheace: Uhhh, no I don't. I barely buy bundles lately and the ones I bought a while back, I mostly did for the price *and* because I could decide where my money went. And charity being an option was an added bonus to that.

When I think I'm doing something for charity, that's when I'm actually donating directly to charity.

Also... I've bought a lot of games on Steam? Not sure what the point is saying I don't? Not every game is in a bundle, heck most games aren't.
Yes I know I sound as a fanboy of GOG... maybe I am don't know... But at least for now I don't have issues with GOG and had a lot with Steam in the last 6-7months.
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Pheace: I can see how that might be annoying. I've used Steam for 4 years and never had trouble so for me it's a good alternative :)
One last thing... time will tell what GOG will become... I hope it becomes better than Steam...
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Pheace: I personally don't have much faith in GOG's stance when it comes to the long term. I think the more and more GOG's gaming collection overlaps with it's competitor's, the more GOG will be changing to survive in the current market. And when it comes to it's main unique 'draw', the DRM-Free part, I personally think the release of the Witcher 2 was a harsh reminder of how unrealistic that stance truly is when it comes to newer/AAA games (non indie).
As I said we will see in the coming months/years what will GOG become... another big shark or it will die like D2D
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mondo84: Oooh, Ass Creek...is GOG selling adult-themed games now, too?

J/k. I agree that the complaining is becoming excessive. Complaining about FREE Fallout, complaining about Assassin's Creed and other newer titles.

People can't expect GOG to not release newer games. Their whole selling pitch is DRM-Free. If they offer newer games without DRM they can greatly improve sales, thereby enabling them to offer more games, old and new.
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hedwards: It's been changed to DRM-free games. That wasn't how it was when I first signed up when the emphasis was definitely on older games render available and compatible with current computers.

Anybody claiming that it was originally all about being DRM free is really talking out of their ass as the original sight was definitely all about retro gaming even up until relatively recently.
Calm down. I meant that their selling pitch has EVOLVED to DRM-Free. Yes, it's quite obvious they started as GOOD OLD GAMES, but they have every right to expand their business and their opportunities.

The whining and entitlement are ridiculous. GOG is still offering and releasing older games. Now they're doing newer games on top of that. The rate of older games being added doesn't seem to have been affected much. If you don't like newer games, don't buy them.
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StingingVelvet: Indeed.

When they start getting uniquely DRM free games I might care, but so far everything recent on here is DRM free elsewhere as well, so it's no big deal.
Ultimately, I think most of the complainers will probably end up coming around, it's just change is usually bad when a retailer changes focus by that amount.

I'll eventually accept it, but right now I hate any sort of change no matter what it is. I have enough change in my life right now without this.

And, I really wish that they hadn't commingled the new and indie titles with the retro games, I just have this really bad feeling that it's going to lead to older games being ignored.
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mondo84: Calm down. I meant that their selling pitch has EVOLVED to DRM-Free. Yes, it's quite obvious they started as GOOD OLD GAMES, but they have every right to expand their business and their opportunities.

The whining and entitlement are ridiculous. GOG is still offering and releasing older games. Now they're doing newer games on top of that. The rate of older games being added doesn't seem to have been affected much. If you don't like newer games, don't buy them.
I've been here quite a while and I stuck with them through the botched move from Beta to final store some years back and afterwards buying up nearly a third of their catalog.

GOG isn't just a retailer to many of the people here. It's a friend, companion and a purveyor of good. Yes, that's a bit overboard, but how many retailers of games can you really say that about without being completely ironic?

It's also about the community, one which has up until now been brought by retro games and now will start to attract a different crowd. Whether good or bad, it's not the same and the site has been such an unusual forum to begin with that some of us are concerned about how it's going to change.
Post edited April 06, 2012 by hedwards
Some people just don't understand natural evolution.
I have bought, played and beaten Assassin's Creed, with 100% cheevos on 360. However, with the way UbiSoft has been treating their PC customers over the past few years, I have become quite disgruntled with them. As such, I have voted with my wallet and have passed up a number of their PC titles. With this announcement, I will again vote with my wallet, and I have purchased both AC and HOMMV. While my single vote is a mere drop in the bucket, perhaps this will show UbiSoft that they can sell the same number of games, if not more, than they are currently selling, if they would remove their intrusive, archaic, and broken DRM.