Assassin's Creed

hawkinson76's Assassin's Creed (Limited Edition) (Xbox 360) review

Souless and Unfun

This game is as soulless and unfun. It is repetitive, shallow, and frequent cut scenes only highlight the unlikable characters.

Still curious? Borrow the game and complete the first assassination mission. I'll wait. Done? Okay, you've now seen everything the game has to offer. Did you like that long ride to the first city? Did you love the investigations (sit on a bench and listen overhear, walk real slow and press b to pick pocket)? Are you thrilled at the thought of climbing up 10 view points per city district? Then you are in luck because you'll be doing all of those things over and over again. Completed all of the cities? Don't fret, you'll be sent back to EACH city two more times (poor, merchant, and rich districts).

There might be more stuff after that, but I never got past clearing the second district in the 3rd city. Or was that the 3rd district in the second city? I have no idea, its all the exact same in both game play and story. (edit: I did eventually finish the game, I relied on the hidden blade counter to get through all the late game combat, no change in my score or review.)

The two stars are for the pretty graphics and occasionally interesting combat.    

Other reviews for Assassin's Creed (Limited Edition) (Xbox 360)

Delicious visuals, strong storyline, a definite must play. 0
Assassin's Creed (Limited Edition)(Xbox 360) by pixieninja on July 23, 2008
Hard to really comment on the game to a sufficient level without giving too much of the storyline away for those who have yet to experience the majority of the game, but I'll give it a whirl. The majority of the game is set in 1191, during the third crusade in the holy land. You play the character Altaïr, an assassin after an artifact that the Knights Templar are searching for. Your initial assassination attempt goes awry, and you're sent back to your master, stripped of your rank, and are taske...
3 out of 3 found this review helpful.

Where nothing (and everything) is what it seems 0
Assassin's Creed (Limited Edition)(Xbox 360) by canuckeh on July 07, 2009
Assassin’s Creed is a third-person, Third Crusades-inspired, conspiracy-laden, sandbox-styled, stealth-oriented, action-filled, anti-religious, virtual reality simulating, preachy adventure game. As far as I can tell, Assassin’s Creed is the first third-person, Third Crusades-inspired, conspiracy-laden, sandbox-styled, stealth-oriented, action-filled, anti-religious, virtual reality simulating, preachy adventure game ever made, so I’ll give the game credit for that. We don’t get too many games w...
4 out of 5 found this review helpful.