Introduced for Assassin’s Creed 3 is an in-game currency called Erudito Credits, which can be used to purchase various items without consideration for the player’s level. In the single player campaign, protagonist Connor uses a different type of currency, though, so we don’t expect there will be much crossover between the two types of “coin,” if at all.
Moreover, a pack of 925 Erudito Credits will set a player back 1600 MS Points, or $20.00. Essentially it’s a form of micro-transaction.
After news of the Erudito Credits came out Ubisoft was quick to jump on the case and clarify that the currency is by no means necessary to enjoying the multiplayer in AC 3, it just makes acquiring items that much easier. A normal progression will still unlock all the requisite upgrades, as the player goes from level 1 to 50.
Nonetheless, the fact that Ubisoft is offering such a currency is likely to leave a bad taste in some gamers’ mouths. With the inclusion of the Erudito Credits, Ubisoft has hit the anti-used game trifecta with an online pass, a season pass, and micro-transactions. It makes sense, though, that it would be Assassin’s Creed 3 that gets all three since this is a major turning point for the franchise.
In other Assassin’s Creed 3 news, a major day one patch has been released to help squash many of the bugs players, press, and testers had been encountering whilst travelling through 18th Century Colonial America. Many of the early reviews of the game — which have lauded Assassin’s Creed 3 for its innovation and expansive open-world — cited a surprising amount of bugs.
While we would like to detail the patch for gamers below, we have instead placed it on the second page of this post, as it is ripe with major story spoilers. Having not read it personally, my guess is that there are more than a few missions that have proven problematic for players, and this patch should hopefully clear all that up. So, if you’d like to read what exactly Ubisoft fixed make sure to continue on to the next page.
How do you feel about the inclusion of Erudito Credits in Assassin’s Creed 3? Have you been experiencing any glaring bugs post-update?
Bug Fix
Animus Synching tutorial, fixed an issue where the player could think he’s stuck in an infinite loading when getting to Boston after the end credits
Fixed a bug where counter-killing with the bow does not always work
NPCs spawned too far away could end up being of the wrong type
Camera could remain stuck after the player being respawned
Player could remain stuck after diving from a waterfall
Player could remain stuck if he exits a slopped hay stack at a certain angle
player would always get immediately detected when performing an unarmed stealth assassination in another guard’s back
Under rare circumstances, the crowd would stop spawning
Fixed an animation glitch when interrupting the reception from high profile jump
Fixed various occurrences of missing sounds
In some cases, the Animus Database sound ambiance was not stopped when exiting
Various stats and leaderboards were not showing up properly
Online shop could sometimes appear empty if fetching the data from Xbox Live is taking too long
Mission “RETURN TO ABSTERGO” - fixed a bug where the player would lose control over Desmond during a fight if he lures and kills some guards in the wrong area
Mission “A DEADLY PERFORMANCE” - Mission would not continue if the player decides to climb the wall instead of using the ladder
Mission “JOHNSON’S ERRAND” - fixed a bug where the game would remain stuck if the player runs during the black screen that occurs after exiting the tavern
Mission “THE SURGEON” - Charles Lee could fall in the water and die while following the player, causing the mission to fail, if the player decides to take a certain path that involves jumping over the water
Mission “THE SURGEON” - fixed a bug where we would show the desync effect if the player throws one of the target in the water, even though the mission is not really failed
Mission “WELCOME TO BOSTON” - The courier side-quest next to the general store would not start properly
Mission “EXECUTION IS EVERYTHING”, fixed a bug where the mission would not continue if the NPCs you are eavesdropping react to a dead body
Mission “THE BRADDOCK EXPEDITION” - Mission would not continue if the player kills all enemies in the camp, killing the required target last, without triggering open conflict
Mission “FEATHERS AND TREES” - NPC’s would not detect beams properly, preventing them from performing the trunk around move
Mission “FEATHERS AND TREES” - Mission would not continue if the player doesn’t follow the expected path
Mission “HUNTING LESSONS” - Mission giver could not be there if the player goes away and comes back
Mission “SOMETHING TO REMEMBER”, fixed a bug where the screen could become all white or black for the remainder of the mission if the player set his brightness option to anything else than the default value
Mission “ON JOHNSON’S TRAIL”, fixed a bug that could cause the optional objective “Use powder kegs to destroy smuggled cargo” to not be saved properly if the player reloads during the mission
Mission “THE TEA PARTY’’ - Optional objective “Dump crates of tea in the water” could not be completed if the player threw all crates before having killed all guards
Mission “THE MIDNIGHT RIDE” - Mission could not be completed if the player interacts with the delivery quest giver along the way
Mission “BRIDEWELL PRISON”, Player could remain stuck prison cells
Mission “PUBLIC EXECUTION” - Crowd NPCs could be spawned in or walk through a cart during a cinematic
Mission “SOMETHING ON THE SIDE” - Optional objective “Perform a successful static eavesdrop” could not be completed.
Mission “MISSING SUPPLIES” - Optional objective “Do not hide in the hay cart while following the convoy” not being saved properly if the game is reloaded during second part of the mission
Crash Fix
Possible crash that could happen if the player blends in a crowd group where some NPCs haven’t spawned yet, and while blended performs a kill.
Possible crash that could happen if the player triggered a loading while being in a covert escort formation with his brotherhood trainees
Possble crash that could happen when calling a brotherhood trainee with the snipe ability
Naval Mission
“OAK ISLAND” - Player could pass through the ground when diving into the cave
“OAK ISLAND” - Wolves could stop attacking the player and remain stuck
Possible crash if the player spams the swivel guns with the semi-automatic cheat enabled
Homestead
Mission “HAPPY EXPECTATIONS” - Game could remain stuck on a white screen when starting the mission
On the Homestead, fixed a bug where the player could remain stuck if he performs a corner pose on the left side of Norris’ cave’s entrance
Side Quest
Brawler Challenges 3 - Task “Own every weapon available in the stores” would not complete when the player expects it to.
Fort Monmouth and Fort Division - Quest objectives would fail too early without the fort resetting properly
New York delivery mission - Game asked for a different item (deer heart) than what was showed to the player (venison)
New York Liberation Missions - Possible that the game would wrongly display that 2 of the districts were completely liberated when it’s not the case yet
Assassin’s Creed 3 is out now for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
Source: Ubisoft, Eurogamer
