Assassins Creed Liberation (Vita)

[elaniel]

Quoted from Eurogamer:

Liberation takes place in New Orleans, features a female assassin named Aveline and is set between the end of the

French and Indian war

(1765-1780).While the game offers "true Assassin's Creed gameplay", it does not connect to series stalwart Desmond - someone else is using the Animus. It does have multiplayer "specifically tailored to the Vita experience" though. The Vita's front and rear touch controls are used to pick pockets.Also mentioned: a sugarcane machete, pistols, a musket and grenades; alligators hide in swamps; there's a section in the Gulf of Mexico; and, of course, you can explore the entirety of New Orleans without loading new areas.Apparently Aveline and AC3 star Connor will meet at some point in the game.The developer is Ubisoft Sofia, and the game is due out on 30th October - the same day as AC3. Expect an announcement during Ubisoft's E3 press conference this evening.

Never saw the reason for releasing a main game alongside a handheld the same day. They did it for the last few Creed games as well. I want to play this, but would prefer to play ACIII first and then this after. Looking forward to seeing this at E3, will be interesting to play as a female assassin.

It's also nice to see some new games for the Vita announced rather than multiplatform games being ported over.

[JSR]

Glad to hear it's a unique game, the Vita doesn't need any more ports. Hopefully it will play a lot different to the console version, otherwise I would probably be a bit fatigued from the gameplay of the console version to buy in the same period.

[EvilBoris]

The only reason it's a unique game is because the Vita isn't capable of running anything near to the quality of a Ps3 game.

It's being shipped out to Ubisoft Sofia, one of ubisoft's eastern european conversion houses. A cheaper Alternative to Gameloft.

[JSR]

The only reason it's a unique game is because the Vita isn't capable of running anything near to the quality of a Ps3 game.

Sure, but they could easily have tried to make it the same game with lesser visuals and scope, like they did with the PSP Assassins Creed. Which would only serve to make the game look underwhelming.

[EvilBoris]

There is a good chance that is what they will do anyway, just with a different story.