Most videogames have wisely given Modern Warfare 2 a wide berth, to the point where I think a few of these 2010 delays have been decided specifically to avoid Activision's all-dominating shooter and the chart-raping success it will surely have. Ubisoft, however, has thrown caution to the wind and will not be moved, claiming it fears nothing from Infinity Ward's Call of Duty sequel.
"The first game we released two weeks after Modern Warfare, and we still sold 9 million copies," boasts creative director Patrice Desilets. "People, when they want their first-person shooter fix, they buy Modern Warfare. If you want you a swords, running on rooftops, big open city fix, this is it. And there are people that want to play that, and they don’t want to play the game with guns."
Desilets also believes that Assassin's Creed 2 has the same appeal as the original, but with all the frustration removed. Still, hats off to Ubisoft for sticking to its guns and daring to release at the same time as evil Activision's latest big sequel. Will that do AC2 harm, or will the game be just fine? What do you think?
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9:20 AM on 08.24.2009
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Honestly, it looks very similar (two blades is better than one! Amirite?!).
That said, I loved AC I, so I'll buy it day one. To all the AC haters out there: try the PC version. It eliminates a lot of the repetitive nature of the game by adding four missions.
I am not buying Modern Warfare 2 - Activision can suck my dick.
Guess it's Beatles: Rock Band and DLC for me. Good thing my birthday is late January.
One appeals to the Casual Counterstrike Rejects, the other appeals to people who watch Time Team.
More excited for AC2 than MW2 myself. And being British, I know which one I won't be getting at launch!
Not so much a fan of Assassin's Creed, I felt burnt by the first one. All the sudden the game just ENDS and you are left with one of the worst endings they could have possibly came up with.
Activision please close down.
The decision not to delay AC2 makes me happy.
The only reason I haven't pre-ordered ACII is because I'm still paying for my L4D2 pre-order... so lets wait till it gets closer to november to see what's really going on
As fr as activision's price gouging you should lok into Gamestop with their billion dollars revenue from used games. Think about it a used game less than a month old and your paying $5.00 less I should be $10 to $15 less and what do we get for trade ins of new games 10.00 at the most. So your Activision boycott is worthless
If AC2 has more weapons/equipment, and actually lets you feel like an assassin, then I'm in. If it's just "sneak-sneak-kill target-run-hide" every single fucking time again, then no thank you.
I won't be buying Modern Warfare because I don't like console FPSs.
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