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This New Assassin's Creed III Trailer is the Very Definition of a 'Teaser'

I used to post real trailers, until I took Ubisoft's social media strategy to the knee.

May. 7 2012

Posted by: Alex

In This Episode:

Assassin's Creed III

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@DesertDog said:

@SonofSeth said:

Best use of "to the knee" joke, 2012.

[Deleted]

Whoa, a little harsh. I think misquoting a nerdy joke doesn't qualify anyone to be filth.

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Well, Ubi definitely set us up for that joke, didn't they?

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We have to stop shooting arrows in to knees.

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What's going on over here?

@DesertDog said:

@Animasta said:

@DesertDog said:

@SonofSeth said:

Best use of "to the knee" joke, 2012.

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bad joke = human filth

good work

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@AssInAss:

What's going on over here?

Oh a user with the screen name AssInAss....

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Edited By mattman734

@DesertDog said:

@mattman734 said:

@DesertDog said:

@SonofSeth said:

Best use of "to the knee" joke, 2012.

[Deleted]

Whoa, a little harsh. I think misquoting a nerdy joke doesn't qualify anyone to be filth.

[Deleted]

I'm sorry man, you win. You are clearly the better man then both Alex and I.

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@DesertDog said:

@mattman734 said:

@DesertDog said:

@SonofSeth said:

Best use of "to the knee" joke, 2012.

[Deleted]

Whoa, a little harsh. I think misquoting a nerdy joke doesn't qualify anyone to be filth.

[Deleted]

*ouch* Someone needs some anger management.

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Love the fact that bows have been introduced!

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Pretty sure Alex realises that arrow in the knew jokes are lame

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Edited By Contra

I'm 99% sure he made that joke so that evey comment wasn't making that joke.

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@donarj: The constant meme quoting in every single article of his, would suggest otherwise.

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It's interesting to see people with scumbaggy attitudes come use this site - "this person is garbage, I hate this editor!", well if you do, why don't you find a site that better caters to your interest? Do you just like torturing yourself?

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No. You. Didn't.

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I know I'm supposed to vote with my wallet and all that, but:

Fuck you, Ubisoft. Fuck everything about this "HEY GUYS WEB2.0 GIVE US UR LIEKZ" crap.

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Arrow to the shin guys....arrow to the shin................

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The guy in the thumbnail looks sorta like Desmond.

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@DesertDog said:

@mattman734 said:

@DesertDog said:

@SonofSeth said:

Best use of "to the knee" joke, 2012.

[Deleted]

Whoa, a little harsh. I think misquoting a nerdy joke doesn't qualify anyone to be filth.

[Deleted]

This is what happens when you don't take your meds, kids.

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TEASE!

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SRSLY?

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YES! YES! YES!

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@Contra said:

I'm 99% sure he made that joke so that evey comment wasn't making that joke.

I came here to find the first reference to it. Little did I know Alex beat us all...

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Lol Alex..

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@DesertDog said:

@mattman734 said:

@DesertDog said:

@SonofSeth said:

Best use of "to the knee" joke, 2012.

[Deleted]

Whoa, a little harsh. I think misquoting a nerdy joke doesn't qualify anyone to be filth.

[Deleted]

Holy crap on a cracker.

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His Skyrim joke is like.. relevant, because in the teaser... The guy like.. took an arrow to the knee.

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@Bobstar said:

@DesertDog said:

@mattman734 said:

@DesertDog said:

@SonofSeth said:

Best use of "to the knee" joke, 2012.

[Deleted]

Whoa, a little harsh. I think misquoting a nerdy joke doesn't qualify anyone to be filth.

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Someones pretty butthurt they got banned from GameSpot eh.

EDIT: And Alex is a genius and the greatest person alive.

Uhh.. his joke was relevant because the guy got shot in the knee in the teaser... Alex isn't a piece of shit.. You don't even know the guy. Stop being a baby.

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@DesertDog said:

@mattman734 said:

@DesertDog said:

@SonofSeth said:

Best use of "to the knee" joke, 2012.

[Deleted]

Whoa, a little harsh. I think misquoting a nerdy joke doesn't qualify anyone to be filth.

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Why is he a piece of shit? I find him obnoxious and horrendously unfunny, but a piece of shit? That's unreasonable unless you have some reasoning behind it.

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why does this video run on a different flash player?

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Call me when we get the obligatory assassins creed trailer with techno music trailer. Maybe they'll do dubstep this time.

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@Tidel said:

Anyone heartily recommend going through Brotherhood and Revelations before 3? Anything really unmissable in them?

Brotherhood is fun, although suffers from an inexcusably lengthy period of holding back tools from the player at the beginning ostensibly for tutorial purposes.  The main line narrative portion is also painfully stretched for length.  It's still a pretty decent game though.  If you get bored just youtube the ending, which is good stuff.  
 
Skip Revelations. 
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@DesertDog said:

@mattman734 said:

@DesertDog said:

@SonofSeth said:

Best use of "to the knee" joke, 2012.

[Deleted]

Whoa, a little harsh. I think misquoting a nerdy joke doesn't qualify anyone to be filth.

[Deleted]

Speaking of pieces of filth. You need to go take a timeout kid.

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@HerbieBug said:

why does this video run on a different flash player?

Wait a minute. This is the same flash player that GameSpot uses. That's interesting.

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@HerbieBug: Dave tweeted that they are pushing out a new video player for the site today.

I bet in the extended cut he totally doesn't kill that guy. Nah he's gonna kill him.

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I was already not going to buy it, they didn't have to convince me further!

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*looks at the arrow to the knee joke and reads the comments* Well done, Alex!

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@HerbieBug said:

@Tidel said:

Anyone heartily recommend going through Brotherhood and Revelations before 3? Anything really unmissable in them?

Brotherhood is fun, although suffers from an inexcusably lengthy period of holding back tools from the player at the beginning ostensibly for tutorial purposes. The main line narrative portion is also painfully stretched for length. It's still a pretty decent game though. If you get bored just youtube the ending, which is good stuff. Skip Revelations.

I'd agree with Herbie. However, there's one interesting bit of Revelations in the form of a sub-game that's a first-person puzzle-platformer ("Desmond's Journey") that you unlock by collecting hidden bits around the city, but maybe just watch YouTube videos to see it. It's really only interesting in that it exists at all and bolsters hope that they're still trying to come up with new ideas for things to do in AC games.

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Whee, trailer that says nothing. Seriously, who spends a marketing budget on this?

And Alex is a piece of shit, but he love him nonetheless. (Probably because of it.)

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Alex's trolling quota just got surpassed 10-fold. God some of you guys are easy.

P.S. Whoever the butthurt "human-filth" guy was? Yeah, you're clearly a real admirable individual yourself. Way to not make major snap judgements on people on the internet you don't/never will know. Kill yourself.

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Never change, Alex. :)

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So that's what happend to TalkRadar!

Ubisoft snared Chris Antista with an arrow to the knee.

You bastards!

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@Koobz said:

@HerbieBug said:

@Tidel said:

Anyone heartily recommend going through Brotherhood and Revelations before 3? Anything really unmissable in them?

Brotherhood is fun, although suffers from an inexcusably lengthy period of holding back tools from the player at the beginning ostensibly for tutorial purposes. The main line narrative portion is also painfully stretched for length. It's still a pretty decent game though. If you get bored just youtube the ending, which is good stuff. Skip Revelations.

I'd agree with Herbie. However, there's one interesting bit of Revelations in the form of a sub-game that's a first-person puzzle-platformer ("Desmond's Journey") that you unlock by collecting hidden bits around the city, but maybe just watch YouTube videos to see it. It's really only interesting in that it exists at all and bolsters hope that they're still trying to come up with new ideas for things to do in AC games.

I'd say skip Brotherhood and go to Revelations since that is the most current game and it recaps previous events. All the AC games are fairly good on their own - played back to back is where they start to lose their shine. Desmonds Journey basically retells all the facts we already know with a bit of useless fluff here and there but I enjoyed them as actual gameplay although I know I'm the minority in liking them.

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Oh snap, Alex!

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that redcoat looked a bit like kiefer sutherland. and the pivoting hidden blade was bad-ass. 
 
and a proper gameplay trailer will come out eventually, i can wait til it hits here.

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Man, if I was Alex reading these comments I would actually gain self confidence with each comment I read. I mean, some of you are such big losers that calling him ridiculous and over the top names actually makes him look better all the time.

I can`t speak for him, but reading these comments is making me feel pretty great to be me!

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UNLOCK THIS VIDEO GAME TRAILER THAT IS SUPPOSED TO MARKET YOUR GAME AND NOT BE USED AS A REWARD!

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Fuck you right back, Alex.

...Ah, I can't stay mad. Keep the snark train rolling, you crazy diamond.

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This comment thread is like a warm, comforting hug. Never change, people.

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*crying excitedly*

Omg. . . I just. . . I can't. . . akfdsjfkdjkl;lsfjdlkafdlasf;

Also, am I the only one who's excited for this, because a lot of the comments seem a bit surly and unhappy :/

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What's with all the Alex hate, nobody knows him from larry outside of the odd 20 mins he does on INTERNET-VIDEO in front of a CAMERA, hint that doesn't qualify you as knowing a person.

Ask yourselves this people, BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR NEXT HATE COMMENT, does this person really deserve my hatred and frustration or am I just being a bit of a dick?

Alex is your average normal guy that is cool on occasion, a doof on others and just generally wants to have a happy/easy-going life, not that disimilar from the rest of us, well not all of us judging by some of the idiotic comments on here today, how does that make him a dick?

I would also ask you guys to try to be funny all the time and not have other people telling you to shut the fuck up for a bit when you are trying. Give the guy some slack, go look in a mirror and go grow a pair. Games are cool but they don't deserve this much of your attention.

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Ubisoft: Continuing to ruin video games since 2010!

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@Alex said:

This comment thread is like a warm, comforting hug. Never change, people.

Don't feed the trolls, they're like gremlins after midnight! they will also become more powerful than you can possibly imagine if you strike them down, but thats a whole other issue.