Assassin's Creed meet Beans Spilled

[GunnyMo]

While most of us probably already figured out that Assassin's Creed (http://assassinscreed.uk.ubi.com/) isn't really set in the old timey Dark Ages, one of the game's voice actors let slip a bit of storyline.

SPOILER ALERT Highlight text to view, but only if you want to uncover huge plot secrets...“(Assassin’s Creed) is actually really interesting to me. It's sort of based on the research that's sort of happening now, about the fact that your genes might be able to hold memory. And you could argue semantics and say it's instinct, but how does a baby bird know to eat a worm, as opposed to a cockroach, if its parents don't show it?"

The mouthy actress continues, "And it's about this science company trying to, Matrix-style, go into peoples brains and find out an ancestor who used to be an assassin, and sort of locate who that person is. It's very, very cool, and I've seen all the graphics for it. We just recorded all the dialogue and did all the face scans and body scans, and I'm really excited about it.”

Oh, Kristen Bell, (http://news.spong.com/article/11334) you should be expecting a call from Ubisoft.

D'oh!

[Jenga]

This just brought my interest for this game to an all-time high.

[Sazime]

Huh, she a blonde? Sounds cool though.

[civil_dead]

Should there be a big *SPOILER ALERT* in the title? That's an incredibly major plot point given away there.

Just sayin', is all...

[civil_dead]

Oh, and if Jade Raymond gets medieval on her ass, I want front row seats. And it better be in slow motion with feathers flying around the room.

[DangerousDaze]

I got as far as the quote and stopped. Can we have a SPOILER tag on this please? :)

[Stormwatcher]

She can spill MY beans anytime :)

[fitbabits]

I got as far as the quote and stopped. Can we have a SPOILER tag on this please? :)
Done. And done.

[NoName]

She can spill MY beans anytime :)
Funny, after I saw that picture of her the same thing came to my mind... O.o

[civil_dead]

Not to beat a dead horse, but maybe the entire quote should be darkened. Even that first paragraph is major, IMO. Completely takes it from historical fantasy to sci-fi.

Mods, you may beat me with a broom if you feel I'm harping. Baby, bring the pain!

[nemyhlovecraft]

God...except every other news site will have this plot news in a matter of second and you're going to find out anyway, one way or another.

[Heretic Machine]

I'm actually interested in this game now. Someone should probably go thank her.

[fitbabits]

Not to beat a dead horse, but maybe the entire quote should be darkened. Even that first paragraph is major, IMO. Completely takes it from historical fantasy to sci-fi.

Mods, you may beat me with a broom if you feel I'm harping. Baby, bring the pain!
Done. And done. And done again.

[Goronmon]

God...except every other news site will have this plot news in a matter of second and you're going to find out anyway, one way or another.Good thing I don't go to any other gaming news sites. ;)

[AspectVoid]

Umm...I hate to say this, but that's really not a spoiler. Game Informer did a huge write-up on Assassin's Creed awhile back, and they had a good chunk of what she said in the article and interview they did with Ubi. I'm at work, or I'd dig up the issue and give you even the page number.

[fitbabits]

Umm...I hate to say this, but that's really not a spoiler. Game Informer did a huge write-up on Assassin's Creed awhile back, and they had a good chunk of what she said in the article and interview they did with Ubi. I'm at work, or I'd dig up the issue and give you even the page number.
Don't make me un-hide the text... :(

[Morratut]

This doesn't suprise me. A while back a huge chunk of screens, art, models was leaked from Ubisofts hq. Amongst them showed screens from AC and it made it pretty obvious.

[laggerific]

I might be able to convince my wife to check this game out...she loves her Veronica Mars.

And fuck ubi if they want to mess with kristin...

[laggerific]

Huh, she a blonde? Sounds cool though.

Not that her hair has anything to do with it, but she does play one of the smartest females on TV...

[Syl]

How hasn't anyone heard of this yet? I've known of the Sci-Fi elements since the first E3 Trailer of the game. I thought it was common knowledge by now?

The stuff about gene memory was uncovered months ago. This isn't anything new.

[Elysium]

This whole notion of genetic memory and the general arc of the triliogy was pretty obvious. The various hints from Jade and the X06 demo kinda pointed very strongly to this idea, but there has been no official confirmation.

[Johan]

I got as far as the quote and stopped. Can we have a SPOILER tag on this please? :)

That was a VERY good call, DangerousDaze!

This young lady probably just emasculated (I know...she's female, not male...I like the word) her future voice-over career with Ubisoft, if not with more companies as well.

[Flatulus]

I just hope it doesn't go Daikatana on us... :(

Medieval / Sci-fi... all that's missing is giant insects attacking the Assassin ;)

[Ozena]

Oh, Kristen Bell, you wonderful, beautiful bimbo.

This new revealed premise seems interesting, but I think I liked the Medieval idea better. The game should still kick ass, however.

[DangerousDaze]

Done. And done.
Eyethankewe.

/edit - spot the guy who thinks plot development is one of the most important aspects of maintaining interest in a game ;)

[Sandman]

It's more likely Ubisoft's fault for not having it's actors sign a NDA if they are trying to keep story bits from getting out. If you did work on a project like that and didn't sign anything wouldn't you think it's ok to start talking?

And it's not really that much of a spoiler....only thing that would surprise me at this point is if the midieval parts are only a small bit and most of the game is in a sci-fi setting.

[J-Dizzle]

Funny, after I saw that picture of her the same thing came to my mind... O.o

I find it hard to believe that anyone hires this woman to do voice acting.

Personally it seems to me that this is taking valuable time from her far more rewarding career of posing for the camera in her underwear.

Heavens to murgatroid.

RAWR !!!

[Inspector Fowler]

Well, they did also mention body scans...

[BlindSwordsman]

I actually think this "slip" is actually part of the marketing campaign. The "secret" for this game is pretty much the worst kept one in the industry.

[fitbabits]

Anyone looking for a larger version of the KB picture should click here (http://usemycomputer.com/indeximages/2006/March/Maxim%20-%20March%202006%20-%20Kristen%20Bell%2002.jpg).

[Goronmon]

Oh, and if Jade Raymond gets medieval on her ass, I want front row seats. And it better be in slow motion with feathers flying around the room.That video would make millions...nay...billions!

[MrWonderstuff]

Anyone who has been following this game will know that a time travel element was part of the game. For those that weren't following it, at which point do you deem the discussion to the background story a "spoiler". Is this when the game is released? When Ubisoft say so? 2 weeks form now? When you have the game in your hands? What does this spoil exactly? Sites such as EA and pretty much all other gaming related news sites will be posting Q&A's and previews in the not so distant future, so its going to be pretty hard to ignore the "spoiler".

[bgivnin]

Anyone looking for a larger version of the KB picture should click here (http://usemycomputer.com/indeximages/2006/March/Maxim%20-%20March%202006%20-%20Kristen%20Bell%2002.jpg).

You, sir, just made my day. Thank you! :)

[Codicier]

Anyone following the game even a little should have this information by now. I was afraid this was a real spoiler but it's basically just pseudo confirmation of an already pretty well known bit of info about AC.

[bapenguin]

Well the story was almost as good a kept secret as the fact that it wasn't a PS3 exclusive.

[Deadend]

This is about as much of a spoiler as that in Prince of Persia you had a magical dagger that could turn back time.

I really think I have known all that was said in the quote before.

[Adam Blue]

I've got to add, even though it has been said...this has been known for quite a LONG time. I even talked about it in various AC threads we've had in the past.

Maybe this was supposed to be a secret? Maybe people just don't really care about this game.

The sequel will take place in another time period as an assassin, with the same gameplay. Think PoP and its sequels.

[Wyrm]

Yeah, I thought everyone had heard that it had Sci Fi elements to it. I remember reading it on this very site.

[Goronmon]

You know, I don't know how much I like the Sci-Fi twist to the game. I loved Star Ocean: Till the End of Time right up into the point where *spoiler*You realize all the main characters in the game are actually just characters from a large virtual world.*spoiler*. I don't know, that realization kind of ruined it for me and I stopped play shortly after the story hit that point.

[JazGalaxy]

I've got to add, even though it has been said...this has been known for quite a LONG time. I even talked about it in various AC threads we've had in the past.

Maybe this was supposed to be a secret? Maybe people just don't really care about this game.

The sequel will take place in another time period as an assassin, with the same gameplay. Think PoP and its sequels.

Regardless of what information is "leaked" you should still treat it as "spoiler" information. For example, I went out of my way not to see any pre-release material for Star Wars Episode 1. It was actually suprisingly easy even with the media blitz it was recieving.

I had not known anything about assasin's creed save the stuff I read in passing about how the menu screens look sci-fi-ish or something. It's entirely possible for people interested in the game to not have heard anything about this, and I think we should help them to do that if they so choose.

[Binkley]

Veronica Mars is in this game? Yet another reason to buy it!

[captainspankypants]

I don't have a 360 or an PS3, so my interest in this game hadn't really evolved past glancing at some screen shots and downloading a video or two. I didn't know jack squat about the plot until now. I doubt I'm the only one who didn't know this.

[Snipee]

Im very interested in this game. And Kristen Bell is pretty darn hot. So. Yeah must buy.

[JazGalaxy]

I don't have a 360 or an PS3, so my interest in this game hadn't really evolved past glancing at some screen shots and downloading a video or two. I didn't know jack squat about the plot until now. I doubt I'm the only one who didn't know this.

Yeah. Exactly my scenario. I'll be too busy wii-ing to care much about Assasin's Creed.

[imagecreature]

This whole notion of genetic memory and the general arc of the triliogy was pretty obvious.

Genetic memory was used in the "Altered States" movie with William Hurt in 1980 to great effect.

[Adam Blue]

Regardless of what information is "leaked" you should still treat it as "spoiler" information.

Not leaked...this was known shit. Not any spoilers. It was in Game Informer, there was E3 shit on it...I guess I'm just surprised that people are all up in arms about this being 'spoilers'.

Far from.

[RevGored]

Not that her hair has anything to do with it, but she does play one of the smartest females on TV...

A dude played Hitler in a movie too, man. And Vin Diesel plays a spacefaring criminal who takes up the throne of a race of Necromongers or something.

[drakkarim]

Should there be a big *SPOILER ALERT* in the title? That's an incredibly major plot point given away there.


maybe its just me, but i'm failing to see anything 'spoiler' about the quotes.

[Savok]

What better way to pass on information then with something with tits?

[Arilin]

This whole notion of genetic memory and the general arc of the triliogy was pretty obvious. The various hints from Jade and the X06 demo kinda pointed very strongly to this idea, but there has been no official confirmation.


Yeah. If you go watch the demo that was reposted in the news not to long ago, right at the end of the demo when he dies, there's a splash on the screen about "something they can't really talk about right now" so pause it, and read it. It's not much, but it confirms said "leak" pretty blatently.

Also, the white flashes and popping she says are kind of buggy and to ignore, I dunno if that'd be a bug or not. Who knows.

[Ultima Thulian]

Reminds me when Kirsten Dunst leaked the villians for Spiderman 3.

Consider my interest in this game increased three fold, and my interest was already high. Bioshock, Mass Effect, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Paper Mario, Metroid Prime 3, Alan Wake, Final Fantasy XIII, and MGS4 are all also big games I'm hyped for.

[J3DI]

Yeah, watch the X06 video and that pause menu tells alot about the game. It looks like a minority report interface.

[megaman]

Yeah, watch the X06 video and that pause menu tells alot about the game. It looks like a minority report interface.

Yea that clues you in on the game being scifi-ish but tells you nothing about what the scifi side actually involves. Whereas this does and so it's still a spoiler and one i would have been happy to do without. :mad:

[Xerxes]

http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/515/2gc7.jpg.
How the hell can Ubi be mad at that. Hell they let go of 2 gigs of their own stuff.

[fitbabits]

http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/515/2gc7.jpg.
How the hell can Ubi be mad at that. Hell they let go of 2 gigs of their own stuff.
One of my wife's friends looks very much like Kristen Bell, only with brown hair.

[Ultima Thulian]

Fits...careful with your words, lest ye sleepeth on the sofa for a fortnight!

[Xerxes]

Gawd I can't remember who my all time favorite (of the moment is). My first time looking up to see Kristen in Maxim. Then Lacy Chabert was in stuff or something. And then there good ole Jade. Where's her layout already. :-P

[PhilR8]

Yeah, the pause screen makes perfect sense now. I watched the demo video that was posted yesterday and was wondering if the pause screen was for an entirely different game; now it all makes sense.

Sounds great, but i think we all remember the movie Timeline and, well.... that didn't turn out so well.

[Goronmon]

Not leaked...this was known shit. Not any spoilers. It was in Game Informer, there was E3 shit on it...I guess I'm just surprised that people are all up in arms about this being 'spoilers'.Just because the information is available doesn't mean its not spoilers to reveal plot points. "Spoiler" isn't exclusive to unreleased content. I make it a point to not watch an episodes "previews" for the next week's episode because its too easy to piece together what will prolly happen (or won't happen) from the scenes they show. So, I can sympathize with people who don't want to know too much about the plot of a game before they buy it.

[Thenetcase]

This wasn't a shock.. you could practically figure that out from watching the trailers and the stuff they were saying about it.

lol Oh well... I didn't feel like I learned anything new here.

Weird. Maybe I just have ESP.. or ESPN.. something.

[laggerific]

A dude played Hitler in a movie too, man. And Vin Diesel plays a spacefaring criminal who takes up the throne of a race of Necromongers or something.

And that's why Vin Diesel rocks... ;)

hitler still sucks, though.

[GunnyMo]

God...except every other news site will have this plot news in a matter of second and you're going to find out anyway, one way or another.

Yeah, that was pretty much my feeling. If you don't know by now that its a sci-fi game then you must not read video game news.

I won't override fit but I think the news looks ridiculous completely blacked out. People know it's a SCI FI game, fit. :D

[fitbabits]

Yeah, that was pretty much my feeling. If you don't know by now that its a sci-fi game then you must not read video game news.

I won't override fit but I think the news looks ridiculous completely blacked out. People know it's a SCI FI game, fit. :D
Damn straight you won't override me! :)

[GunnyMo]

I know what we can do! We can reveal one letter every fifteen minutes or so! Yeah!

[Manzy]

Haha, well, I'm pretty interested in this game but had no idea about this sci-fi shit.

[Serapth]

I won't override fit but I think the news looks ridiculous completely blacked out. People know it's a SCI FI game, fit. :D


...but...but, didnt Fits override you yesterday? I mean, that bit you posted was definatly news. Should have never been moved.


:D

[walkstheplanes]

This is all news to me. I'm not big into spoilers anyway, and after reading this here, I wiki'd the game to get all the known plot details.

[GunnyMo]

...but...but, didnt Fits override you yesterday? I mean, that bit you posted was definatly news. Should have never been moved.


:D

I know! Damn skirt wearing hippy! If only he weren't so hot!

[askheaves]

I pretty much got over being excited about surprises in video games when Raiden appeared. I'd kind of like to know what I'm getting into for 70 bucks nowadays.

Also, Kristen Bell and I will be eloping early next year. Everybody make plans for the Vegas ceremony whilst I go inform her.

[Paltry]

I had no idea, and um, yeah... cool.

[Bishop]

Does mean nothing to me first or last, this game is still a big purchase and must have plus Did anyone actually think from the very first trailer with the picture being interrupted that this wasn't going to involve either the present or future in some way. I think I even recall reading it in an article in a PCGamer mag that 10% was based in the future.

[TrackZero]

Fucking Veronica Mars. I knew that bitch was trouble from the moment I heard of her.

See Watership, I blame you for supporting the show. If you'd never watched, she'd have been kicked off television, never to do with work for AC/Ubisoft, and this never would have happened. Nice work.

[Xerxes]

If ubi shill is still around, this is a good thing she did. I think this release makes people want to play more.

[Chameleo]

i had no idea either... i thought it was all medieval.. ah well. : ) even cooler in this case! you get to play both times; and maybe some in between!

[KingGorilla]

Who can be mad at this?

http://www.maximonline.com/todays_girl/girls/kristen_bell/gfd_l1.jpg

[Xerxes]

Don't normally like blonds but she does it for me... And!

http://cdn.maximonline.com/girls/lacey_chabert/lacey-chabert-gm_l2.jpg

[Wasson_]

I wouldn't have expected anything else, consdering how that one trailer ends...

[Ultima Thulian]

Who can be mad at this?

http://www.maximonline.com/todays_girl/girls/kristen_bell/gfd_l1.jpg

Me want! Me want!

[MacD]

Anyone who had any interest in this game alrady knew it was sci-fi and had to do with a vatican biological experiment concerning genetic memory. Although I do agree the spoiler is sufficiently specific as to merit seecret text.

And I too like this Bell woman.

[MacD]

Oh, and that's some NASTY photoshopping on that Maxim cover. Looks like they removed half her internal organs. No wonder I couln't recognise her as being Veronica Mars. She's hot :)