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| Review Date: April 15, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Andrew Cho, |
When I first saw the trailer for this game, it looked like it had potential. But then I started to see all the negative reviews when it came out on PS3 and 360. How it's repetitive and there's not much actual assassinations and you waste time doing other things. So it was pushed from my mind.
But I have to say, this game is really fun. I didn't know this type of game was possible on the PC. The last time I remember having this type of intuitive control and ability to jump and move around anywhere was Mario 64. And this game takes that fluid character control and ups the ante by 1000x and increases the graphics, adds hundreds of people and lets you kill anyone. I don't know what to say, it's just extremely fun to just run around, walk around, climb, jump across roof, fight random civilians and the guards. It's just perfect. Well, closer to perfect than any game I've played yet.
Anyways I had some concerns with people saying you'll need a gamepad for this. I have a PS3 for Blu Ray, not games, but a friend brings over AC sometimes and personally I prefer the keyboard/mouse combo. With a controller you just feel so constricted and you never forget that you're the one guiding the character on screen. With keyboard/mouse it's easier to get past that and move as if you're in the game. But I understand it's preference and if you're a console person you might feel differently.
I don't know of all the improvements made from the console versions but I noticed at least 4 new side-quests. There's one where you stealth kill archers and guards for your fellow assassins, one where you have to race to another informer within a certain amount of time, one where you "escort vip", and one where you need to throw someone into merchant stores. Adds a bit of variety while you stack up enough investigations for the main kill.
I love the fighting in this game. I thought it was a little dull but once you get Counter, oh my god. Insanely fun and engaging combat sequences. I like that Ubisoft put in a lot of variety to what kinds of moves the Counter skill can pull off. It's just satisfying to watch the incredibly cool maneuvers this guy pulls off against 20+ enemies closing in on him as he spins and ducks and slices. One of my favorite has to be the one where he gets down and stabs a foot then charges up and impales a blade into the skull. Such a pretty game.
Graphics are incredible but yeah the specs are pretty high. I'm running it at max settings with 2x anistropic, 4x anti-aliasing, at 1920x1080 resolution with great fps on a 3.2GHz C2D, 2GB DDR2 800, 8800GT 512, system.
I don't usually buy single player games because of the lack of replayability. So unless it's a great experience, I'll stick with my mutliplayer. Bioshock was a huge letdown for me, but AC was a pleasant surprise. Bioshock had an interesting story but AC has the FUN gameplay. Games I usually go for are CoD4, TF2, etc. All PC of course. Consoles are for kids or for street fighter or rock band sorts of games. Assassin's Creed on PS3 was kind of lame but the PC experience is well worth it if you've got a system to run it.
It's not a perfect game. There isn't an option to save so you'll have to sit through long speeches again if you die. There are some little things I might nitpick about. But from the games available on the market, it's definitely one of the best. I'm excited about other games with this engine because the movement and combat are just so damn fun.
The only keys I customized were the weapons(which is pretty much preference) and I made "Q" eaglevision and "E" target. Works great.
I know it's not a game I'll play again and again like CoD4 but it's a 4.5 for a single player. Downfall is the repetitiveness but the gameplay engine is just spectacular. |
Best Game played in the last five years.
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| Review Date: May 31, 2008 |
| Reviewer: David Schleifer, Miami, FL USA |
| This game is so life-like in its historical representation that it will emerse yourself in 1191 Crusades of the Holy Land. Here you follow the memories of Altair, the head Assassin as he conducts himself on nine missions (Not to mention a hundred side missions that you can enter freely of your own will). I can see this game engine use in other simulations, like Shinobe of Japan, or even a Bourne Supremacy game. The details are amazing, masses of people interact and the slightest mishap will draw you into an incounter. Fight or flee. Its your choice. One aspect of fascination is the computer's prediction on weather you will make a leap from one rooftop or not. Precision was taken to allow a sense of fear as the computer predicts based on your angle and speed. This changes with just a mili-second of decision. It is very real aspect to the game. Even the horses move with realism... A must have. |
outstanding game
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| Review Date: December 11, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Tenshi, |
This is an amazingly well-polished game. The Windows edition is as smooth as the original for PS3. With the bonus exclusive PC missions, I can't imagine how it can get any better.
Clean installation, clean update. So far I haven't found any bugs or glitches.
I can imagine it won't run very well on older machines. I recently upgraded my PC to 3.1Ghz Dual Core with 4Gb RAM and I have no problem running this game on maximum settings.
The widescreen display feels very comfortable. I have no trouble seeing all the details on my 19" LCD.
My only advice would be to get some kind of gamepad for Windows. I bought Logitech Rumblepad 2 Vibration Feedback Gamepad, since it's nearly impossible to accommodate a console game's control scheme on a PC. Playing it with a gamepad feels exactly like playing it on a PS3, but without the heavy console price.
My only regret is that I waited until recently to buy this game. This game was a great buy even at its full price. Now that they dropped the price, it's a steal. The average 3 stars it's getting here is completely unfair. It's not a frag fest for sure - it's more suitable to the thinking man or woman. If you like RPGs, stealth combat, sandbox-style exploration, and history of the crusades, this will be one of the best games you have ever played. Now I want a sequel.
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Great game even with the repetitve missions.
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| Review Date: June 19, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Connie Gordon, Durango, CO USA |
I see a lot of people complaining about the repetitive missions and investigations, and I will agree with them if you do everything the same way, it is boring. But the beauty of an open world is you can do everyting a different way whenever you want, try one assassination super stealth another fight your way in, the investigations actually always give you at least 3 ways to achieve your goal. So insteasd of just letting the game make your decisions for you and you just press buttons make your own decisions and moves. The controls really arn't that hard either they aren't shooter controls but don't take that long to get used to.
PS about the beggers and old drunks you block your path just punch em or don't go down alley's and stick to the roofs |
Even better than Prince Of Persia
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| Review Date: July 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Jackson, Alabama |
| If you like POP, than you will love Assassins Creed. The free roaming in the cities is great. The graphics are fantastic. The action is constant. Some call it repetitive, but what game isn't. Controls are fine once you get used to them. This is a definate must buy. I recommend using a controller. This makes the action so much better in my opinion. |
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