This game is absolutely stunning,could be a 10 of 10 with the experts,I played it an hour or so today and didn't want to stop.Awesome graphics,storyline and cinematics! 2 thumbs way up!!!

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2010 IceHoles league champion!!!!
16 Team Dynasty League,H2H Scoring 1.5 PTS g,1 PT assist,PPG + 1 additional,SHG +1.5 Additional,.1 pts per PIM wins 4 pts shutout 3 pts ga -1 sv .08
C Zetterberg ,B.Richards, Weiss,Backes,Read,Bonino
LW Sedin,Cammaleri,Saad,Benn,Conacher,Watson,Boucher
RW,Hossa, Kessel,Purcell ,Pominville,Jensen
D Kulikov,JSchultz(P),Rundblad(P), Orlov ,Barrie,Josi,Barberio,Voynov,B Smith,DillonVatanen
G Luongo,Bryzgalov,Rinne

As long as there are no more Den Defenses.....count me in.

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12 team H2H Keeper
G,A,PP,PIM,SOG
W,GAA,SV%,SO
C:Giroux,Zberg,Marleau,Kadri
LW:Ovi,Neal,Pach,Benn
RW:Perry,MSL,Wheeler
D:Yandle,Subban,Edler,OEL
G: Lundqvist,Miller,MAF

12 Team H2H
R,2b,3b,HR,RBI,AVG,SB,BB,K,E
W,L,SV,HLD,K,ERA,WHIP
C:Buck
1B:Santana
2B:Kipnis
3B:Zimmer
SS:Tulo
LF:Marte
CF:McCutch
RF:Pence
Util:Ozuna
SP:Cain,Moore,Latos,Kennedy,Ryu,Guthrie
RP:Henderson,Rivera,League,Gregerson,Herrera
DL:Hart,Anderson,Bailey

Yeah den defence was kinda pointless, couldn't get into that at all!

Played for a couple of hours tonight. Why is the beginning excruciatingly slow?

Walk here....cut scene....walk there...cut scene...

They sell this game off the entirely new background and I haven't even been able to roam yet!

Without ruining anything I get that they're setting up the story but I seriously would have preferred a 20 minute opening video to this.

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12 team H2H Keeper
G,A,PP,PIM,SOG
W,GAA,SV%,SO
C:Giroux,Zberg,Marleau,Kadri
LW:Ovi,Neal,Pach,Benn
RW:Perry,MSL,Wheeler
D:Yandle,Subban,Edler,OEL
G: Lundqvist,Miller,MAF

12 Team H2H
R,2b,3b,HR,RBI,AVG,SB,BB,K,E
W,L,SV,HLD,K,ERA,WHIP
C:Buck
1B:Santana
2B:Kipnis
3B:Zimmer
SS:Tulo
LF:Marte
CF:McCutch
RF:Pence
Util:Ozuna
SP:Cain,Moore,Latos,Kennedy,Ryu,Guthrie
RP:Henderson,Rivera,League,Gregerson,Herrera
DL:Hart,Anderson,Bailey

I haven't had a chance to get to it yet - tomorrow night I will for sure.

Apparently you don't play as Connor until Sequence 4, but it really picks up after that. I am thinking about giving the multiplayer a try - I usually hate MP, the players are generally all pretty experienced and have little patience for someone new. I played a few MP sessions on AC Brotherhood and was completely lost as to what the hell to do. I'll probably only do that if I am trying for the Platinum trophy though - and one of the requirements is 100% synch on all missions...not an easy task, so i will see if that's doable before bothering with MP.

Maybe we can organise some MP sessions with Dobberites? Just a thought.

Also a nice bonus - along with the Maya mission, there is a bonus 4 mission 'Benedict Arnold' pack for the PS3; also looking forward to the King George DLC as well, that sounds interesting.

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16 Tm Dynasty,DailyH2H
3C,6W,4D,1G;G,A,PIM,+/-,STP,SOG,Hits,FOW,W,SO,GA,S
C-Kopitar,Carter,Zajac,Bailey
W-Perry,Parise,Neal,Oshie,JvR,Clarkson,M.Foligno,Sil vferberg,Chiasson
D-Yandle,J.Johnson,Carlson,Nikitin,Dillon,Barrie
G-Ward,Bernier
Fm-Holland,Shore,Pulkkinen,Teravainen,Jensen,Rundblad,Morrow,Barber io,Krug

10 Tm-8F,4D,2G Weekly
F-Stamkos,MSL,E.Staal,Toews,Seguin,Duchene,E.Kane,St epan,J.Staal,Brown,Silfverberg,Johansen
D-Keith,Seabrook,Voynov,Bogo,Wideman,Fowler
G-Price,Rask,Dubnyk
Fm-Tarasenko,Scheifele,Atkinson,Faksa,Smith,Orlov,Rie lly,Trouba,Markstrom

Im a Xbox man unfortunately. But great idea.

And yeah when I tried MP on Revelations....I got destroyed and it was very frustrating lol.

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12 team H2H Keeper
G,A,PP,PIM,SOG
W,GAA,SV%,SO
C:Giroux,Zberg,Marleau,Kadri
LW:Ovi,Neal,Pach,Benn
RW:Perry,MSL,Wheeler
D:Yandle,Subban,Edler,OEL
G: Lundqvist,Miller,MAF

12 Team H2H
R,2b,3b,HR,RBI,AVG,SB,BB,K,E
W,L,SV,HLD,K,ERA,WHIP
C:Buck
1B:Santana
2B:Kipnis
3B:Zimmer
SS:Tulo
LF:Marte
CF:McCutch
RF:Pence
Util:Ozuna
SP:Cain,Moore,Latos,Kennedy,Ryu,Guthrie
RP:Henderson,Rivera,League,Gregerson,Herrera
DL:Hart,Anderson,Bailey

Damn - they gotta figure out a way to enable cross-platform multiplayer.

Or you can buy a PS3 They do kick a considerable amount of ass.

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16 Tm Dynasty,DailyH2H
3C,6W,4D,1G;G,A,PIM,+/-,STP,SOG,Hits,FOW,W,SO,GA,S
C-Kopitar,Carter,Zajac,Bailey
W-Perry,Parise,Neal,Oshie,JvR,Clarkson,M.Foligno,Sil vferberg,Chiasson
D-Yandle,J.Johnson,Carlson,Nikitin,Dillon,Barrie
G-Ward,Bernier
Fm-Holland,Shore,Pulkkinen,Teravainen,Jensen,Rundblad,Morrow,Barber io,Krug

10 Tm-8F,4D,2G Weekly
F-Stamkos,MSL,E.Staal,Toews,Seguin,Duchene,E.Kane,St epan,J.Staal,Brown,Silfverberg,Johansen
D-Keith,Seabrook,Voynov,Bogo,Wideman,Fowler
G-Price,Rask,Dubnyk
Fm-Tarasenko,Scheifele,Atkinson,Faksa,Smith,Orlov,Rie lly,Trouba,Markstrom

I'm curious as to how others are approaching this game.

Yesterday was my first day off since getting it, so I put a lot of hours into it. I am on Sequence 6 Mission 4 (just recruited the first assassin), but I have also been taking care of a lot of the side stuff. I've barely put a dent into it! There are so many little things to take care of.

I've synched all the viewpoints in the Frontier - a bit of a chore with the terrain (which doesn't show on the map really, quite a pain trying to find a way up some of those cliffs), done a couple courier missions, found 3 of the 7 forts (but haven't infiltrated any of them), done 3 or 4 of the homestead missions (but haven't really done anything with them in regards to 'crafting' and sending out convoys), done one naval mission (the bonus Maya mission - very short), started knocking off the 'guild' (? - the Frontiersman/Hunting challenges) stuff, and done a lot of hunting. Probably a few other things too but its a lot to remember.

I was trying for 100% synch on all missions, but that didn't last too long - was doing fine until Sequence 5 and ran into some tough requirements that I just couldn't get even with multiple tries, so I am not too concerned with that anymore (If I can get it on a level then I will, but I am not going to spend an hour retying).

Just opened up Boston's 'Liberation missions' and there are a lot, also Assassination Contracts just started showing up on my map, and I have been getting the Almanac pages when I can.

The new combat system takes a bit of getting used to - the blocking is a lot better, but the counter-attacks are something I have to work on. The combat animation is great, but a few too many things on the combat wheel (R2).

Took a quick look at the Assassin Recruit/allies missions and combat - they really seem to have made that more complicated - I found it a bit much in Revelations so we'll see how well I do with it in AC3.

Storyline is good so far, I'm liking Connor - quite the plot twist at the end of Sequence 3! Have only done the first Desmond mission and it beats the hell out of the Animus missions in ACR (which pretty much everyone hated).

Anyways, I hope Dobberites who are playing this will post here, would be great to help each other out if necessary, and I am just interested in others' progress and impressions of it.

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16 Tm Dynasty,DailyH2H
3C,6W,4D,1G;G,A,PIM,+/-,STP,SOG,Hits,FOW,W,SO,GA,S
C-Kopitar,Carter,Zajac,Bailey
W-Perry,Parise,Neal,Oshie,JvR,Clarkson,M.Foligno,Sil vferberg,Chiasson
D-Yandle,J.Johnson,Carlson,Nikitin,Dillon,Barrie
G-Ward,Bernier
Fm-Holland,Shore,Pulkkinen,Teravainen,Jensen,Rundblad,Morrow,Barber io,Krug

10 Tm-8F,4D,2G Weekly
F-Stamkos,MSL,E.Staal,Toews,Seguin,Duchene,E.Kane,St epan,J.Staal,Brown,Silfverberg,Johansen
D-Keith,Seabrook,Voynov,Bogo,Wideman,Fowler
G-Price,Rask,Dubnyk
Fm-Tarasenko,Scheifele,Atkinson,Faksa,Smith,Orlov,Rie lly,Trouba,Markstrom

I would like to try some multiplayer on PS3 ,i AM NOT GREAT AT THIS GAME,BUT IT IS FUN FOR ME.My id is Wingnut931340 if anyone wants to join me for a less than expert level play.Thanks

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2010 IceHoles league champion!!!!
16 Team Dynasty League,H2H Scoring 1.5 PTS g,1 PT assist,PPG + 1 additional,SHG +1.5 Additional,.1 pts per PIM wins 4 pts shutout 3 pts ga -1 sv .08
C Zetterberg ,B.Richards, Weiss,Backes,Read,Bonino
LW Sedin,Cammaleri,Saad,Benn,Conacher,Watson,Boucher
RW,Hossa, Kessel,Purcell ,Pominville,Jensen
D Kulikov,JSchultz(P),Rundblad(P), Orlov ,Barrie,Josi,Barberio,Voynov,B Smith,DillonVatanen
G Luongo,Bryzgalov,Rinne

I've been going at it the same; taking my time with the missions, trying to catch up on the seemingly endless side quests.

Im close to the end of the game now and I just remembered I have my own Assassin's I need to send out on missions and level up. I really shouldnt have forgotten this since i've played all the AC games, but there's so much content I just plain forgot. Now i'm delaying the last 2 sequences, catching up on all those assassin missions and experimenting with the crafting and convoy system. (you can craft some pretty nice weapons, but you need to find the special iron ignot cache(hint: it's behind the homestead stables, down the cliff))

I like the free roam aspect, but I do wish they managed the chronological order of events a little better. You'll play a main mission, it'll flash forward a year to 1780, then you go do a naval mission and it's 1778 again, then you send an assassin on a mission that should take place in 1776. Just put a little date next to the missions cues or something next-time. I'm nit-picking tho.

Great game.

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10 Team Roto Keeper League; 20 Keepers; Start 3C,3LW,3RW,1U,5D,2G
Stats: G,A,Pts,ppg,ppa,pims,+/- ; W,sv%,svs
C: Sedin, Kopitar, Krejci, J.Stall, Stastny, Galchenyuk
LW: Sedin, Hall, Vanek, Prust, Dubinsky
RW: Seguin, Pacioretty, Clarkson, Kassian
D: Subban, Doughty, Kronwall, J.Johnson, Faulk
G: Price, Quick, Varlamov, Vokoun