Bought this yesterday along with NFS:MW via a B2G1 free coupon I had as part of Best Buy's Reward Zone Gamer program. Was really hoping they'd have RO but it's not even listed on their website.

First reviews:
IGN (7.2/10): http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/...eration-review
Game Informer (7.75/10): http://www.gameinformer.com/games/as...on-review.aspx
Gamesradar (3/5): http://www.gamesradar.com/assassins-...ration-review/

Picked it get at Target today. We should get some folks together who want to try out this cool asynchronous multiplayer mode.

Add me on PSN if you want to play!

I feel like an idiot. I can't get the multiplayer to do anything. Any hints? I select a home node and then I'm stuck, can't do anything, can't exit.

Originally Posted by handsomepete I feel like an idiot. I can't get the multiplayer to do anything. Any hints? I select a home node and then I'm stuck, can't do anything, can't exit.

Same problem here... at this rate I'll never get platinum

Originally Posted by SynGamer Proof? It clearly says on the site not sold in-stores and the locator shows nothing within 60 miles of two different zipcodes... :(

I only have anecdotal evidence from Reddit, hence my use of "supposedly."

Is this game canon? Should I not play it until I play the main games (I still need to play from AC2 on) or is it its own separate story?

Originally Posted by gettinmoney662 Is this game canon? Should I not play it until I play the main games (I still need to play from AC2 on) or is it its own separate story?

I'm going to guess that it's not canon - so far story wise it doesn't have much of anything to do with anything except for the word 'Templar' sprinkled in here and there. You miss a teensy bit from not seeing the evolution of Abstergo's 'product' in AC:B and R to now (only a multiplayer thing I think) but that's really plot irrelevant, just fun.

On a side note jumping through trees is pretty neat in this. Makes me excited to dig in to the console version.

Originally Posted by Kotomine Same problem here... at this rate I'll never get platinum

I still can't tell what the hell is going on now that it's working. I even read the manual. I suspect it just sucks and that's all there is.

Originally Posted by handsomepete I'm going to guess that it's not canon - so far story wise it doesn't have much of anything to do with anything except for the word 'Templar' sprinkled in here and there. You miss a teensy bit from not seeing the evolution of Abstergo's 'product' in AC:B and R to now (only a multiplayer thing I think) but that's really plot irrelevant, just fun. On a side note jumping through trees is pretty neat in this. Makes me excited to dig in to the console version.

Sweet, thanks, I'll probably start playin it soon then.

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Screw 'direct the rear camera toward a bright light'. Seriously.

Originally Posted by handsomepete Screw 'direct the rear camera toward a bright light'. Seriously.

I've read of people having problems with this, but I've had none whatsoever - do I just have brighter lights in my house or something?

Originally Posted by pob14 I've read of people having problems with this, but I've had none whatsoever - do I just have brighter lights in my house or something?

I found that the only way it would work for me was to open up safari on the ipad to a blank page and get rid of the keyboard so it's just a big white screen. Still takes some experimenting though. Sucks that there's a full synch requirement on one mission that requires you to complete everything in 5 minutes and it has one of these light things.

Originally Posted by handsomepete Screw 'direct the rear camera toward a bright light'. Seriously.

Agreed. On a similar subject, I wish they wouldn't have crammed in all these forced touch based features, it's really dampening my experience with the game. It wouldn't be an issue if they worked the way they're supposed to or if they opt to let us use button controls instead but as it stands something as 'simple' as pick-pocketing is a hassle. Also don't get me started on the gyroscope ball maze .

Don't get me wrong though I really enjoy this game, even some of the touch features. I just wish they would stop cramming all these unnecessary gimmicks down our throats with every Vita game. Just my $.02

Welp, seems I just hit one of the save file ruining bugs at 92% synch. Piss. Watch yourselves after you finish sequence 8.

http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...corruption-bug (there may be spoilers in this thread, I dunno)

I'm on sequence 3 and am thinking of trading it in. I'm not sure what the problem is, but it just doesn't feel like an Assassin's Creed game. The controls feel jank and there's really no back story to tie this into the rest of the lore. I wish they would have just used the standard formula...

Originally Posted by Kotomine Agreed. On a similar subject, I wish they wouldn't have crammed in all these forced touch based features, it's really dampening my experience with the game. It wouldn't be an issue if they worked the way they're supposed to or if they opt to let us use button controls instead but as it stands something as 'simple' as pick-pocketing is a hassle. Also don't get me started on the gyroscope ball maze . Don't get me wrong though I really enjoy this game, even some of the touch features. I just wish they would stop cramming all these unnecessary gimmicks down our throats with every Vita game. Just my $.02

Haven't started ACL yet but that's exactly how I felt about Uncharted. "Oh boy, more charcoal rubbings! Lets clean off this dusty sword!" Sad to hear it may be a trend on the Vita. Not a dealbreaker by any means but its annoying and unnecessary.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/22/as...to-be-squashe/

Patch incoming for save corruption bug.