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Eurogamer ’11 – Battlefield 3

December 8, 2011 at 3:37 am | Posted in Articles, Eurogamer Expo, Events, Preview, XboxLiveAddicts | 2 Comments
Tags: Battlefield, Battlefield 3, DICE, EA, Eurogamer Expo 11, FPS, Multiplayer, Playstation 3, Playstation Network, PSN, Xbox 360, Xboxliveaddicts, Xnox Live

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A floor stealer for me this year was definitely Battlefield 3, partly because I enjoyed it a lot, and partly because they had a ton of the consoles running it. It literally stole the floor. Alongside Modern Warfare 3. These two games generated an insane amount of activity and the queues for both were incredibly long. The only other game generating THAT much attention would have been Skyrim.

Available at the show was both single player and the multiplayer. The single player was a short excerpt from level Operation Guillotine, a night time level set on storming a city complex. The level didn’t show off a great deal of what we can expect and even though the TV’s settings were ridiculously dark, it still boasted some incredibly good graphics for some vibrant and effective firefights. The city area didn’t show off the games immersive sound all that well, but with all the background noise of the show, it was sometimes hard to tell.

Eurogamer ’11 – Assassins Creed Revelations Multiplayer

December 8, 2011 at 3:03 am | Posted in Articles, Eurogamer Expo, Preview, XboxLiveAddicts | Leave a comment
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Hands up who here enjoys Assassins Creed multiplayer mode? Hell, I do. But only for a few matches at a time, unless with a group of friends. Personally, I’d rather Ubisoft focused more of their time and disc space in more of the story arcs. But the multiplayer is solid enough and keeps us happy and more importantly, keeps the disc in our Xboxes.

Sitting down with the Revelations multiplayer, I instantly learnt one thing. Nothing has changed. Whilst obviously, the faces and names have been changed, the majority of the feel and way the multiplayer works has been left unaltered. Whilst some may feel the need of the ol’ ‘Don’t fix what isn’t broken’ saying round about now. It still doesn’t ease the thought of that whilst they’ve been working incredibly hard on delivering us a great new Assassins Creed title, the multiplayer is only really consisting of new locations and characters. Meaning, was it really necessary? Or could it have just been added into Brotherhoods multiplayer through downloadable content to allow Revelations to have a deeper and more rewarding Single Player experience?