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Ezio Gets A New Toy in Assassin's Creed: Revelations

About time the Assassin's Creed series got a fishing minigame.

Sep. 30 2011

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Hook blade is about the most generic name I could think of.

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Love this hook-new mechanic. Looks pretty fun :)

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Black Ops really brought back that zipline crap lol.. Gears of War 3 has it... BioShock Infinite.... next up... Zelda? Who else wants SUM ZIPLINEZ? :P

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That man is a excellent hook blade salesman.

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Anyone else genuinely disappointed that there's no fishing minigame?

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@Captain_Insano said:

@ViciousAnchovy said:

"The standard Ottoman hookblade has two parts: the hook and the blade."

Brilliant.

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I read that as fisting minigame. I am disappoint Ezio. I am disappoint.:(

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Edited By dyong

What's next!? Hook swords!?

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@Burglarize: I think it is your memory getting the better of you. I am playing Brotherhood right now and this game looks much better. The thing is that Brotherhood looked only decent when it was released and looks subpar right now. Since they are using the same engine, I'm sure Revelations will look slightly better while still being far behind the best looking games coming out this holiday. Remember that many games this year are using new or vastly updated engines (Resistance 3, Gears 3, Battlefield 3, Skyrim, Rage, Crysis 2 etc) so using the same engine that they've been using since 2009 is going to look a bit dated next to the new stuff coming out this year.

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I was kinda thinking of skipping this one, but it's starting to come together.

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Edited By partoftheproblem

What's that Ezio? A wristblade? Pfff, those are so last year. Everyone's using HOOKblades now!

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Edited By Jazz_Lafayette

Alright, Ezio, let me break this down for you. Hook plus blade equals hook-blade. Got it? Takes a while for some people.

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@the_OFFICIAL_jAPanese_teaBAG said:
@TheLastNeo said:

Needs more cape.

Ohhhhh wow thats whats missing...  I knew something was off
I actualy like it without the cape, I like how they've redisgned his outfit unlike AC2 to Brotherhood.
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@TheLastNeo said:

Needs more cape.

Ohhhhh wow thats whats missing...  I knew something was off
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Edited By priorityseven

Oh, so THAT'S why it's called "hook blade".

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Edited By Hendrixx

when did Ezio become solid snake? "my hook blade?!"

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Meh.

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@ViciousAnchovy said:

"The standard Ottoman hookblade has two parts: the hook and the blade."

Brilliant.

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@pantzing_nome said:

Hmmmm it looks like this is the hook that I needed to make me go out and buy this game.

Dohohohohohohho.

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Edited By TheLastNeo

Needs more cape.

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Edited By cackatalltrades

@pantzing_nome: #winning

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Edited By boku

I don't know... that hookblade looks fishy to me!

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So... let me get this straight. His hidden stabbing wrist-blade is now hooked and rounded at the end? The one on his strong hand, no less? Wouldn't that lessen the stabbiness of his wrist-blade? I am perturbed by this development.

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So it's a hook AND a blade.

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Edited By deadly_polo

So if I'm right, the hookblade is a Hook and a Blade. Tbh did not see that coming

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Edited By SHADOWINFINITE

"Where is your hook blade?" Ezio needs to get back in the game, old but more awesome!

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Edited By pantzing_nome

Hmmmm it looks like this is the hook that I needed to make me go out and buy this game.

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Nice pre-order bonus... 
 
*troll face*

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Looks like fun.

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so wait are you trying to tell me this new gadget is combining the length of a hook and the deadliness of a blade?

im so confused ubisoft this plus your increadibly hard combat make dark souls look like childs play ;_;...

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Seems like gauntlets with retractable blades are really going around these days

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It won't let me enter my birthday and I can't watch the video. I wish it still defaulted to your age being 21

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@Klei said:

It amazes me how Ubisoft keeps adding layer upon payer of ''new'' gadgets while they won't fix the easy-as-shit-that-it-gets-boring combat. I'll just stand still and mash RT + X to counter. I'll still win in this game too?

You're still standing still when in a fight? You do realize that the more AC games that come out, the more Ubisoft encourages the player to attack first, right? By the time Brotherhood came out, combat became more about murdering everyone around you as quickly as possible.

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"The standard Ottoman hookblade has two parts: the hook and the blade."

Brilliant.

I think the throws Ezio did with the hookblade looked really cool.

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It amazes me how Ubisoft keeps adding layer upon payer of ''new'' gadgets while they won't fix the easy-as-shit-that-it-gets-boring combat. I'll just stand still and mash RT + X to counter. I'll still win in this game too?

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Where your hookblade? 
Only cool kids have hooblades, you must suck!

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A hookblade you say? Sounds dumb, sign me up!

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Can't Wait!! Love this series!!

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This game suddenly looks a little crappy in the graphics department to me. I'm sure I'm a bit late coming to this realisation - but seriously, the previous games always looked pretty damn good. This one seems rough.

EDIT; I think my brain's just being weird. It looked a little better the second time.

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Hm, neat idea, I'm all for new ways to get around. Still probably won't play this game until early next year.

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@ajamafalous: You're welcome for the tie in. ;)

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That looks really neat. This is the first thing that makes me say "Maybe Revelations will be worth buying."

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@PerryVandell said:

@ajamafalous: Unfortunately no.

I was all ready to be stoked for fishing minigames.
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Assassin's Creed: Infinite

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@ajamafalous: Unfortunately no.

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Really?
 
 
EDIT: Ziplines? BEATING BIOSHOCK TO THE PUNCH