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The "Weird" Assassin's Creed Face Seen Across The Internet Has Been Fixed
Most of the time NPCs just blend in with the atmosphere, but when Ubisoft released Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection, one randomly generated NPC made quite the impression thanks to a Polygon video that went viral. Pictures and jokes swept across the internet of a particular man in Assassin's Creed II who just looked...off with creepy eyes and massive lips. The Ezio Collection was supposed to feature "enhanced graphics," which made it all the more comical.
Today Ubisoft released a patch that will "fix a weird NPC face." That's Ubisoft's words, not ours. Eurogramer captured the patch notes for 1.02, which confirm the change.
To be fair, no game is perfect, and funny slip ups sometimes occur, especially when it comes to random generation. We hope Ubisoft is laughing with us. People even came out to support the collection for its enhancements, noting this NPC and other criticized elements were not representative of its overall quality.
The Ezio Collection, which features Assassin's Creed II, Brotherhood, and Revelations, is available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
[Source: Eurogramer]
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