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KILL DEATH RATIO moment, guy wearing a dunce cap and running with knives the next – it’s the assassin way. Ken, Ubisoft have already said there’s going to be another full blown Assassin’s Creed title by the end of 2011, and it’s likely that multiplayer will be a part of that game. What improvements would you like to see KL: Getting the matchmaking working would be great, of course. Like you, I spend as much time waiting for a game to start as I do playing it. I’d like more variety in maps and level design. I’d like to see more open maps, with multiple height levels. At the moment, the maps tend to closed in, and don’t have much verticality. The controls are identical to the single-player, so the camera and mobility are merely serviceable. If any changes to the map are to be made, the controls will need to be modified accordingly to allow for quicker tracking and chasing of prey. I’d also love to see less emphasis on character levelling. While levelling in Brotherhood hasn’t been too tedious, it is compounded by the difficulty of getting into a game in the first place. Plus, there are a few perks that have a substantial effect on gameplay that are awarded at widely differing levels. Getting a better balance between the levels and its associated rewards will help to keep dedicated gamers engaged while still remaining accessible to more casual players. Brotherhood has offered quite an innovative and refreshing take on multiplayer, and I hope that it’ll keep its unique identity. For a game in which I originally dismissed the potential of multiplayer, I’m now really eager to see what else it’ll offer in the future. KEN LEE | MICHAEL PINCOTT Five Ways To Not Suck At Brotherhood Multiplayer 1Kill With Style: The points you earn comes down to the quality of your kills. You can go for the cheap and nasty kills that net you 100 or 150 points, or you can be patient and pick up anywhere from 400 to over 1000 points. Sometimes a messy kill is the best option if your target is being difficult and you just want to move onto the next contract, but where possible, it’s worth that bit of extra patience and time to pick up those Incognito bonuses. 2Watch Your Back: It’s bloody difficult to track your target and evade your hunter at the same time, and basically impossible when you have multiple assassins on your case. Still, it’s wise to play defensively when you can. Escape and Stun bonuses are a good source of extra points. Hunters who give themselves away will be marked with a red icon above their heads. It’s a risky move to take them head on, but a well timed Mute or Smoke Bomb will give you the upper hand. 3Time Is Of The Essence: You’ll always be on a timer in Brotherhood multiplayer, no matter the mode. Your target may well be on the opposite side of the map to you, so the subtle and stealthy approach isn’t exactly efficient. At the same time, running will make you a dead giveaway to anyone hunting you. The rooftops are quick, but they will leave you exposed. Pay attention to the hunter markers - if none are lit up, you can run around as much as you like (as long as you’re not spooking your target). 4Know Your Loadouts: You can have up to five profiles with different loadouts. It’s helpful to customise these according to what mode you’re playing. Manhunt, for example, is split into a hunter stage and a prey stage - defensive abilities aren’t much use when you have nobody after you, and vice versa. 5Play Manhunt: Of the three modes, Manhunt by far yields the most XP, for the simple reason that instead of chasing one target at a time as you do in Wanted, or two in Alliance, there can be up to four targets waiting for your blade. More targets means more chance of getting a kill, and more kills means more XP. 24 www.pixelhunt.com.au JANUARY 2011
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS PROFESSOR PIXEL We keep him well supplied in cocaine, virgins and donuts and in exchange Professor Pixel answers your most fiendish gaming questions. Got a question for Professor Pixel Fire it off to professorpixel@pixelhunt.com.au Dear Professor Q Most sequels have numbers in them, but some sequels have subtitles instead. Why do you think this is Regards, Percy The Second AProfessor Pixel Well Percy, this is a handy trick for when you want to pretend your game isn’t a sequel when it really is. For some reason, developers start to get a bit embarrassed when the numbers get too large, so they throw in a subtitle instead. See such titles as Fallout: New Vegas (Fallout 5), Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Assassin’s Creed 6) and Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Call Of Duty 7). I just don’t understand why they wouldn’t want to boast about how efficiently their prolific sequel machine is operating. Don’t they know that the ladies love the big numbers Why isn’t Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock given its rightful title of Guitar Hero 12 The only series brave enough to show off its double digits has been Final Fantasy, but they’re holding back more than anyone - if you counted the spinoffs and remakes they’d be well into the hundreds. I’d like to see developers and publishers embrace the fact that they shamelessly churn out sequels to games every other day. I won’t be satisfied until I see Halo 21 and Need For Speed 34 on the shelves. caLL OF DUTY 7 Would this have been that bad QHey Professor P! What’s with these hardass dudes who can rip fools in two and eat them for breakfast but turn to jelly when it comes to walking across a wooden beam Kratos from God of War, Gabriel from Castlevania and the Prince of Persia all can run, jump, climb, swim and fight like it’s nothing, but whoooooaaa, it’s a wooden beam, I’m gonna fall, I better wobble about like a big girl, oh no I fell, better pull myself back up so I can act like a bitch some more. When will we get an action hero who can cross wooden beams without wetting themselves in the process Angry John AProfessor Pixel Thanks for your query, Angry John. I’ve never tried walking across a narrow plank of wood before so I can’t personally attest as to the difficulty of such a task. But I do acknowledge your point – the wooden beam seems to be of tremendous difficulty to the gaming heroes we so respect and adore. Perhaps they have inner-ear deficiencies Perhaps they wear narrow shoes Perhaps upon looking down they’ve noticed a stain on their outfit, distressing them to the point of losing their balance It’s hard to pinpoint the exact nature of their problem, but might I humbly suggest to video game villains of the future that they construct their lairs and dungeons entirely out of wooden beams, hoisted high above some fiery and unpleasant doom. The poor darlings won’t even make it to the front door. Gabriel castlevania Australia’s best gaming -zine www.PIXELHUNT.com.AU 25
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