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Assassin's Creed gives gamers the opportunity to explore a vast wilderness of characters through various cities in a quest across the “ Holy Land ” in the 12 th Century. Each of the cities you explore features unique characters that can be interacted with and ultimately assassinated. You play as Altair, an elite assassin chosen to reduce the powers of the Saracens and the Crusaders in the 12 th Century. Part of a creed you soon learn that a plot is unravelling that threatens the Holy Land .
Not only are the characters unique in this game but each city has a vast variety of buildings which Altair can ascend up, gaining viewpoints to give greater insight into the city itself and allowing Altair to discover missions in different areas of the city. The beauty of this game is that you have the freedom to wander the streets, passing through crowds of people, and save innocent victims from town guards hounding them. Assassin's Creed has no limitations, go where you want to go, do what you want to do
Most gamers will recognise the similarities with the Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed. Although this title has nothing to do with the POP series it does lend itself to some of its gameplay styles. The difference with Assassin's Creed is that gamers are given much more control over the character. Movements and actions are not limited but are much more versatile to the environments you are found in.On commencement of Altair's campaign he can be quite difficult to manoeuvre around the environments. But to assist with this, the game has tutorials to help you move Altair around and perform combat effectively. You can always practise different combat moves in the training arena and perfect them for serious combat against guards later on in the cities you visit.
The audio enhancements featured in Assassin's Creed are also nothing short of beautiful. The sound effects throughout the missions are very sharp and pleasant to the ear, the faint twittering of birds and draft of the wind can be heard from the rooftops. There is carefully placed music at particular intervals that capture the period of time the story is set in this all adds to placing you directly in the game making it such a thrilling gaming experience. Aside from the sound effects and music, the voice casting is also very good and like the POP series adds great depth to characters.
Overall, Assassin's Creed is an immense action adventure that will take hours of your attention with its beautiful scenery and captivating story line. This game has set new records in its genre. Assassin's Creed is an essential pruchase for all POP fans and for people who are fond of the sand box genre.
