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E3 2011: Assassin's Creed: Revelations Multiplayer Hands-On

We try our hand at Assassin's Creed: Revelations' multiplayer, which builds on the success of Brotherhood's first stab at player-versus-player action.

When we talk to Andreane Meunier, producer for Assassin's Creed: Revelations' online action, she tells us to expect new maps, new multiplayer avatars, new game modes, and a new post-kill taunt ability, for better humiliating your downed foes. When we get our hands on the game for ourselves, it is apparent (and not unwelcome) that mechanically, the multiplayer experience from Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is much unchanged.

Though there will be new locations to play in, and new Templar personas to play as (we enter a game of Team Manhunt as a dark-skinned, turbaned gent), the lethal hide-and-seek action itself is refined rather than overhauled. The stun ability, for instance, with which you could counter an assassination attempt from your enemy, has been improved. Where previously it felt frustratingly unreliable, and too finicky over timing, now you can better fend off an attack--and if your stun fails, the fact that you detected your stalker before being murdered will be reflected in points docked from his kill score. The lock-on mechanism, which was on the fiddly side in Brotherhood's multiplayer, has also been adjusted for ease of use.

In our hands-on demo, we encounter one of the new multiplayer abilities: a kind of land-mine trap that can be tossed onto a patch of ground through which you suspect your foe will try to approach you--or through which you are planning your escape, in case of a pursuit. It's the only new ability we see, but Meunier hints that Ezio's new hookblade will make an appearance, too. We're also told bonus point allocation for skilful kills has been revised, especially allowing for chains of bonuses in the case of collaborative efforts in the team-based modes.

Persona customisation will be deeper, says Meunier, and though level progression achieved in Brotherhood won't be carried across, there will be some offering for those players who spent many hours skulking and stabbing in that game's multiplayer. We'll have more on that, whatever it might be, and on Assassin's Creed: Revelations generally ahead of its November 2011 release.

38 Comments

  • lucano1

    Posted Jul 30, 2011 10:45 pm GMT

    Normally I don't write in forums but after reading some of the posts (which say to focus on the story, rather than multyplayer, I have to agree on those ones. The story is why I'have bought every AC game.

  • wars45

    Posted Jul 23, 2011 11:45 pm GMT

    loved ac online i thought 2 was best out of ac s

  • Gurzociurlo

    Posted Jun 14, 2011 12:58 pm GMT

    I own the first two ones, but I like the first one better. You know, hiding, killing in silence and disappearing in the shadows, that was cool... The second one was more "explicit" and not so fascinating but a good game nontheless. Brotherhood and this one just look rubbish, no offence, but what I loved about the series just seems to have gone.

  • reesterbunny

    Posted Jun 14, 2011 6:46 am GMT

    i think this game is gonna be awesome

  • RA3OD

    Posted Jun 13, 2011 12:17 pm GMT

    Master_cheat001 totally agree ac 2 had an epic story

  • Fowsed

    Posted Jun 10, 2011 4:47 am GMT

    Master_cheat001, yeah, totaly agree.. I consider that AC.Br. was the worst AC game. In my oppinion thats because the developers were focused more on the multiplayer

  • Master_cheat001

    Posted Jun 10, 2011 1:58 am GMT

    It doesn't need a better move, all it needs is a good story. Brotherhood has a rubbish story!

  • xshadowzz

    Posted Jun 9, 2011 12:14 pm GMT

    Please focus on the story! Mp is fun and all, but we're all pumped up about the campaign!

  • Doddie

    Posted Jun 9, 2011 8:02 am GMT

    Dont like multiplayer - what is single player like?

  • jollybest1

    Posted Jun 9, 2011 4:49 am GMT

    already preordered it, i don't care about the multiplayer (still it's a good addition to the game, played it for 2 hours and then forgot about it, that doesn't mean it's bad , but i don't like it that much to play it for long ), only the story and the single player interests me.....can not wait

  • nodjsuper

    Posted Jun 9, 2011 2:52 am GMT

    i wish i was working at E3

  • the_requiem

    Posted Jun 8, 2011 8:57 pm GMT

    "and if your stun fails, the fact that you detected your stalker before being murdered will be reflected in points docked from his kill score." This got me a lil worried, don't want people going around spamming CIRCLE trying to get a stun or reduce the kill score. Hope they make sure CIRCLE spamming isn't a good move, like SQUARE spamming wasn't.

  • ghamdi0001

    Posted Jun 8, 2011 7:16 pm GMT

    it is awesome but i'can wait

  • Skullsector

    Posted Jun 8, 2011 5:20 pm GMT

    Awesome! Can't wait!

  • IHookEmIHorns

    Posted Jun 8, 2011 1:51 pm GMT

    I hope they've learned from Brotherhood multiplayer. It had the possibility of being great and it's looking like they're going to get there this time.

  • kevorksalloum

    Posted Jun 8, 2011 12:40 pm GMT

    I stop watching the E3 trailer of this game. This game will RULE !!!!

  • MJ_kratos

    Posted Jun 8, 2011 11:32 am GMT

    Awesome , OMG !

  • Demonjoe93

    Posted Jun 8, 2011 11:03 am GMT

    I know I'm gonna get hate for saying this but, the MP held back Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and I'm afraid it's gonna do it again with Revelations.

  • QOSMSTR

    Posted Jun 8, 2011 10:40 am GMT

    Maybe this will stop all the guys running around 24/7.

  • willywonkamusic

    Posted Jun 8, 2011 10:39 am GMT

    i'm happy