Well that's a given and should be covered if the reviews editor is worth his salt.

Well that's 8 hours under the belt, and the only odd occurrences I've come across were both NPC related: one ignoring a market stall and walking straight over it, and the other doing her best Jesus impression by walking on water. Both high comedy value and hardly game-breaking.

Lords of the Fallen was a decent romp. Solid 7/10 taken on its own merits.

As I've already said I was enjoying the early game and I've been continuing on.

I've had my first real shitty bit of frame rate. Early on in a big, old church. The game was getting very framy, dripping down into the single digits when I was rotating the camera and the particle effects were going mad. 

But that's been the only time I've actually had the game impact my enjoyment. I've been enjoying the story now it's getting into full effect. It's pure sci-fic popcorn fare and it knows it. I enjoy the fact that's it's hammy at times and the acting and cutscenes play up to that a lot.

I've been enjoying the upgrading system. Being able to buy your various armour/weapons and hten upgrade them as you move forward really makes the game zip as there's always something new to buy, or upgrade or play with.

Also enjoyed the 'rift' missions. Very much the parkour/skill based/Mirrors Edge type affair that Assassins Creed has always had the ability to be.

Anyway - yes, there are some technical issues. It's affected me once, for 30 seconds in about 5 hours of play time.

Most of the time, the game looks and plays well. Here's a screenshot I took today.

I may not be as far along as Google but I concur that this is great. Paris looks gorgeous and is great fun to travel around, the main missions/story have been good so far with far better pacing than some previous Assassins Creed games.
I've also been impressed with the side missions I have done so far, they seem far more interesting and detailed then I had expected.
Also very few technical issues for me. In fact none that I can really remember.

Think I'll wait for a game of the year edition with all patches included free.....

ALSO:

Really like the detective side missions. For those that don't know, there is essentially a whole host of adventure game-lite missions where you collect evidence on a crime and solve a mystery. You can get it wrong which leads to a lower reward.

I've hardly encountered any bugs and am very much enjoying this so far. The story I'm finding to be pretty good for the series and the characters are definately a step up from past games. Ian just mostly ploughing through the main quest as want to get it done so I can move on to other games but the ones I have played were enjoyable.

Ive done hardly any main missions as I keep getting distracted by the side missions. The murder cases in particular have been good so far.

It is very purdy 

Best assassins creed since 2 for me on all counts.

Paris is by far and away the best location they've created. It's brilliant world building. Obviously the graphical fidelity helps, but it feels tangible and lived in, and given The Revolution setting it is borderline anarchy. The stark contrast from the palace's pristine gardens to the almost Blighttown feel of the paupers back alley is fantastic!

Quite possibly, may be at the sacrifice of crowd numbers or particle gubbins.

bogard wrote:

Question for tech heads. Will they be able to fix the framerate? I'll be playing this after I finished Black Flag, and I don't want to return to a sub 30 fps after Black Flag's rock solid 30 fps.

What platform will you be playing it on?

acemuzzy wrote:

Did people see they're now giving away the dlc for free? And giving people who bought the season pass a free game to say sorry? I hastily bought the season pass, despite not having the game. Am hoping this means The Crew for £20...

Class!!!

Stick it to the man!!!

Hope you get the game mate

Verecocha wrote:

bogard wrote:

Question for tech heads. Will they be able to fix the framerate? I'll be playing this after I finished Black Flag, and I don't want to return to a sub 30 fps after Black Flag's rock solid 30 fps.

What platform will you be playing it on?

PS4.