Assassin's Creed: The 5% Cross-Platform Difference
Written by Xav de Matos   
Tuesday, 04 September 2007 08:00

ASSASSIN'S CREED

We all remember the controversy with UbiSoft Assassin's Creed's exclusivity. First it was shown off as an Xbox 360 title as Assassin at the X05 event and later confirmed only as a PlayStation 3 title. After, what was known as the worst kept secret in the biz, the Xbox 360 and PC versions were confirmed the question lingered; is there a difference between the console versions?

We had a chance to speak with Lead Engineer for Assassin's Creed, Mathieu Mazerolle and asked the big question; how do the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions stack-up against each other?

Our goal is to ship the two versions of [Assassin's Creed] to be within 5% or less of difference between each other. That doesn't mean the PS3 is 5% "better" or "worse", it's really just an approximation and a statement that while the two versions are very similar, there will be (as there always is) small, hopefully inperceptible, differences between the two versions within a very small threshold.

Later adding:

Both machines are very complex and have very distinct strengths and weaknesses, so it's almost impossible to quantify these sorts of comparisons - we just want to make the game as good as it can be on both platforms, and owners of both consoles will get the same experience from playing [Assassin's Creed].

At X07 when asked about the benefit of Blu-Ray versus standard DVD Mathieu told us that even if UbiSoft wanted to add a new piece of content to the Xbox 360 version of Assassin's Creed the DVD version is already at capacity.

When we emailed him for clarification he reassured Xbox 360 fans, saying:

As far as adding extra content, it's not really an issue: we have all the content we need for the game fitting on a DVD as it is, and the game wouldn't necessarily be better by just by adding "stuff" on the disk: the biggest limitation for us isn't disk space, it's squeezing every last drop of performance out of the processors on both consoles to make the game as cool as possible on the screen!

Keeping all of this in mind lets face it, Assassin's Creed is coming from one of the most trusted development teams in the world, UbiSoft Montreal. E3'07 wasn't an especially incredible public showing for the game, but from what we've seen; its unique and compelling enough for us to anticipate its November arrival.


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written by fresco, September 05, 2007
forgot to add.. that the 360 is supposed to have better npc ai
http://pc.ign.com/articles/736/736396p1.html

While the PlayStation 3 and 360 versions of Assassin's Creed are virtually identical, Raymond did say that on the 360 the team is putting a special emphasis on achievements. The hardware also allows for improved threading, which will improve even further the crowd AI.
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written by mccomber, September 05, 2007
"While the method for distributing AI load is different on each platform, the AI code itself is the same. Players will experience the exact same crowd results on PS3 and Xbox360," Ubisoft explained.
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written by Assassins Creed having size li, September 05, 2007
[...] Check out the full interview here. [...]
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written by Loot Ninja » Assassin, September 05, 2007
[...] Assassin’s Creed is coming this November for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. But what kinds of differences will we see between the two console versions? BBPS got a chance to ask that exact question of Mathieu Mazerolle, the Lead Engineer on Assassin’s Creed. Here’s what they found out: Our goal is to ship the two versions of [Assassin’s Creed] to be within 5% or less of difference between each other. That doesn’t mean the PS3 is 5% “better” or “worse”, it’s really just an approximation and a statement that while the two versions are very similar, there will be (as there always is) small, hopefully inperceptible, differences between the two versions within a very small threshold. [...]
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written by Assassin’s Creed - 5% Unters, September 06, 2007
[...] Quelle: thebbps.com [...]
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written by Assassins Creed | Xbox 360 vs., September 06, 2007
[...] Assassins Creed | Xbox 360 vs. PS 3 Version. Beide gleich? Kein grosser Unterschied Ubisofts Assassins Creed war ja ursprünglich als exklusiv Titel für die Xbox 360 gedacht. Wenig später wurde es dan doch als Multiplattformtitel angekündigt. Ebenso wurde ankündigungen getroffen, wie "Die DVD für die Xbox 360 bietet zu wenig Platz". Alles quatsch.... "TheBBPS" sprach nun mit dem Hauptverantwortlichen für die Entwicklung von Assassins Creed, Mathieu Mazerolle. Die Kurzfassung: Der Unterschied zwischen der Xbox 360 und PS 3 Fassung wird nur ca. 5 % betragen. Es ist nichts gravierendes. Das liegt nur daran, dass beide Konsolen sehr komplex sind und unterschiedliche Stärken und Schwächen aufweisen. Beide Platformen sollen die gleiche Qualität haben. Die Spieler werden keinen Unterschied merken. Ebenso wurde geäussert, dass die begrenztre Kapazität der DVD der Xbox 360 gegenüber des Bluy-Ray Laufwerkes der PlayStation 3 keine Probleme biete. Es wurden alle notwendigen Dateien für das Spiel problemlos auf die DVD gebracht. Auch wurde erwähnt, dass das Spiel nicht besser wird, wenn man zusätzliches "Zeugs" auf die CD packt. Das grösste problem bestand daraus, aus beiden Konsolen das letzte Quäntchens Performance herauszupressen, um das Spiel so geschmeidig wie möglich auf den Bildschirmen ablaufen zu lassen. (XGT) __________________ Tragt Eure Homepage, Clanseite oder Fundstücke aus dem Internet in unsere Linkliste ein. Hier zum Eintrag. [...]

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