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This is a beautiful game indeed. I didn't mind the premise of genetic time tavel, and you do spend most of your time in the Crusades rather than the lab "back home." The repetition of the missions is inexcusable. Take a lesson from the Splinter Cell series (also Ubisoft) and challenge us with stealth and assassination rather than having us simply wash, rinse, and repeat. Not enough new abilities, fighting techniques, or strategy imparted after each mission.
There is some openness to the environment, but how many times can you rescue the same old lady?
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played this game yes it was repetitiive Graphics are the best i have seen on any game (including drakes fortune), but if you think about it a lot of games are repetitive. I think the difference here is that it is blatant about it...go to the beureau get a mission...but they are all the same... "kill a guy in one form or another"...as the game progressed, it grew on me a little more as my abilities advanced....like i said not horrible but not fantastic..."ok" i think sums it up best
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This game is huge! While I'm certain it is possible to get through it with the minimum effort, those of us who are detail oriented can truly appreciate the scale of this game. From the small town of Masyaf to the huge area known as Kingdom to the large cities of Acre, Damascus and Jerusalem there is just so much to do. Each of these areas has optional things to do and for each optional goal you complete (collecting all the flags in one city or optional quests that are not directly story related) you get a bar in a 15 step ladder that gives you more health. More health is a good thing in a game where, as you can tell by the name, you do a lot of fighting. Between the optional and required completions, you can have as may as 20 bars on your health which starts at about 5. You'll also get better weapons and more impressive fighting skills as you go along, a crucial thing since the enemies increase in number and skill as the game goes on. The assassinations themselves can be done a number of ways from walking up behind a target (or dropping from a roof behind him) and slitting his throat to leaping at your foe with a well placed stab. Other methods of combat that are less stealthy are the long and short swords and throwing knives you get later in the game. Apparently the throwing knives replaced the crossbow that was depicted in the trailers for this game, but they work well for one of my favorite tactics which is roof based combat. Many locations in the city are more easily reached by climbing up the side of a building and running across the conveniently placed beams and such sticking out of the sides of various locations. With the exception of the water areas, where you have to aim carefully to avoid drowning (apparently this guy never learned to swim) running and jumping is done by simply holding the Right Trigger and A and as long as you are lined up with a roof or beam the running and jumping takes care of itself. Sometimes the roofs are guarded which leads to a fight that can be ended by either throwing your enemy off the roof (a tactic that can cause problems if they land near a guard on the ground) or a swordfight with tactics that vary based on the skills you have picked up at that point in the game. There are some impressive counter moves, with equally impressive results once you learn how to use them. Climbing high towers to see the city from above is a fun, and sometimes required, activity made even more fun by the "leap of faith" where you skillfully leap from the top of a protruding beam into a pile of hay far below. It's definitely a "don't try this at home" type of thing, and not for the height-phobic. The main story revolves around assassinating various people, which usually results in you running from the scene of the crime looking for a place to hide, an act which can be done stealthily or not. I've found that open combat with everyone in the area is the result of not being stealthy enough, though concentrating on the target and killing them does replenish your health for the resulting escape. The game uses checkpoints and autosaves, so it is difficult to control where you might be when you come back to the game later. In Kingdom, you will be where you last passed a checkpoint and in the cities you will probably start in the Assassin's Guild building. The game saves when you complete any objective, optional or otherwise, so I often find myself with the "just one more mission" mentality late into the night. With so much to do, all I can say is thank goodness for coffee!
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Amazon asks how fun is the game. I say one star.
Amazon asks how is the game overall, I say two stars.
Why?
Assassin's Creed was hyped so well that I ran out opening weekend to buy it. I knew nothing about the game, the character, or even the overall purpose. But game reviewing sites said "10 out of 10!!" "A Must-Have for next-gen console owners."
Once again, these commentators have looked the other way in favor of advertising income and industrial "[...] kissing." Assassin's Creed is almost a 100% complete flop.
The opening movies and even the game itself absolutely mesmerizes gamers with a lush, gorgeous 3D environment. Cities are packed with citizens moving about, talking to each other, and interacting with your character. The visuals give this game everything it needs to be a blockbuster movie. Thus the "overall" two stars. However as a game it falls far short of the mark.
Gamespot.com said that there are "tons of things to do" in the cities of Assassin's Creed. I found two things to do - rescue citizens and climb towers. Both get real old real fast, the latter only remaining interesting by the stunning views provided by sometimes-dizzying heights. The core mission aspects of the game are deplorable - they require you to pickpocket notes from conspirators, or sit on benches to eavesdrop on coversations. Especially frustrating are missions where a fellow member of your creed asks you to make assassinations on his behalf because "my leg hurts," and by the way, "please hurry - I have to go to the market..." Sadly, the game wouldn't let me assassinate THAT guy...
The game hypes that you can make assassinations from cover and immediately blend back into the crowd - your identity and crime never being known. This is true, but only of random killings within the cities. The actual target assassinations are never allowed to go that smoothly. Chaos inevitably assumes, and you're left with a 5 minute run through town trying to lose your pursuers, only to sit on a bench and watch them run by. If law enforcement had ever been this stupid, we'd have burned our own cities to the ground years ago.
Lastly, the game requires you to sit through mind-numbingly boring narratives from other characters - both from the characters you are to assassinate, and your leader who gives you your assignments. You have to sit through these every time, whether you have to repeat a mission, or "go back in time" to earn extra stats, etc. There is no "skip" option. Pair this with the requirement of collecting well over 100 flags scattered all about the map with absolutely no benefit whatsoever except to Xbox 360 owners who can earn achievements from doing so, and you end up with a game that is truely uninspired and flat-out boring.
After a few hours of gameplay, I decided to wrap up the core missions of the game so as to earn the maximum Xbox 360 achievements I could, and then promptly returned the game to get the maximum trade-in value I could.
Assassin's Creed is indeed a must-buy, especially if you really like games that are completely lacking in content, completely without challenge yet persistently frustrating, all wrapped up in a visual masterpiece with a pretty box.
Rent it. You'll reap all of its benefits and be tire of it before Blockbuster even wants it back.
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I remember when Metal Gear Solid (MGS) came out for Playstation several (actually probably 10) years ago. There was a fair amount of anticipation prior to the release of the game. It was something different than your everyday FPS game. The game was based around stealthy recon and minimizing enemy encounters. Of course it was still a blast to run into a couple of guards and waste them with the famas or a strategically placed c4 but the point was that you had complete control over your strategy... you could do it however you wanted. The story line was captivating and really messed with your head throughout.
Assassin's Creed has taken this genre to the next level. Again you may accomplish your objectives however you wish, but now you have even more freedom to do so. Maybe there aren't as many cool gadgets and weapons as MGS but there are many aspects that make up for this shortfall. Of course the most obvious is freedom to go virtually anywhere in the city. You are free to roam every street, backalley, and rooftop. The fact that you can do this in 4 huge arenas just adds to the fun. Close attention was paid to detail of the city landscapes and the look and feel of the people in the cities. Another big step that Assassin's Creed has taken is in the AI interaction with the player. You can develop a 'reputation' if you start to cause disturbances and you can also gain some allies by helping people out. Granted the execution of this in game is overly simple (do this task to make allies) the idea is great and I'm sure will be built upon in future games.
Aside from the cutting edge game play the story is good. Not quite MGS good but never-the-less solid. And besides when you get tired of the story you can still spend hours just roaming the cities finding new hideouts and lookouts to enjoy the stellar graphics. I'll be honest and say that I have not yet beat the game but based on what I've seen so far it seems that it may play one's mind in the same way that MGS did. All in all a great game; one of the best on this platform to date.
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