In the original Assassin's Creed, performance wasn't spectacular on 360 but was positively woeful on PS3. Quincunx and gamma aside, the two games are effectively a match, but this is nothing new, as the differentiating factor with the AC titles has always been the performance. Hardly a big deal but the findings could be useful in calibrating your display. This is something we plan to investigate in the near-future by dumping the 360's video RAM directly and comparing to a lossless stream from the HDMI port. One very prominent developer talked to us recently about how component and HDMI colour levels from the Microsoft console don't seem to match. There is some evidence that suggests that this may actually be a hardware issue within the 360. We also see a difference in terms of the gamma level, which used to be a regular occurrence in the Face-Off comparisons but isn't so much of an issue these days. Xbox 360 retains the 2x multi-sampling AA common to both of the previous Assassin's Creed titles. Once again, the only real difference concerns anti-aliasing: just like the previous games, the PS3 version uses the quincunx AA technique where edge-smoothing comes at the expense of blurring textures. The Assassin's Creed games have never had a problem in maintaining cross-platform conformity in terms of the core art and the graphical features of the engine, and nothing has changed with Brotherhood. PS3 AC: Brotherhood comparison video - use the full-screen button for full resolution or click the EGTV link for a larger window. As per the norm, there are two sets of comparison assets for you to pore over - an exhaustive 720p comparison gallery along with this edited highlights selection of clips from the game. So let's beat about the bush no longer and get to work.
However, the question remains: if you have access to both an Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, which version of the game is the one to buy? Historically, the series' tech has favoured the Microsoft console, but the gap narrowed significantly with the advent of ACII, and right from the very beginning of Brotherhood, it's clear that Ubisoft Montreal has made a number of further refinements to the Anvil engine. It's a 10! Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood expertly refines and improves ACII's winning formula, adds in a highly enjoyable online multiplayer mode and sets the stage nicely for the next (final?) instalment in the saga of Desmond Miles.
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