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    Assassin's Creed

    Game » consists of 27 releases. Released Nov 13, 2007

    Assassin's Creed is a stealth action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal. In the year 2012, Desmond Miles is kidnapped and made to relive his ancestor's memory through a machine called the Animus. As the ancestor, Altaïr, players unveil an assassin conspiracy set in the middle ages.

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

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    Travel to past and Kill dudes

    Assassins Creed had alot of hype behind it, and after 3 years of being developed gamers had very high expectations. Too high perhaps. The hype kinda knocked it off course and as a result AC held mixed reviews from most publications. The sad thing is, and this may just be me, is that I was never really hyped about Creed. Hell I never even read a preview on the game until the last few months before release. As a result, Assassins Creed is more like a suprise than anything. But Sometimes I don't like surprises.

    Assassins Creed has a deep and strange plot that has tie in's to time travel. Yes, time travel. The Story seems confusing at first....Let me restate that. The story is ALWAYS confusing. The gamer who plays either needs a damn notebook or have ahelluva good memory in terms of strange references. The ending is a cliff hanger and the supernature elements in the past and the Back to the future, sci-fi elements are what turned me off a tad bit. There's some good moments that occur and I will admit I really did enjoy watching altiar find himself throughout the game, but the plot is so strange in the present world that I cannot seem to care all that much.

    Visually this game looks stunning. Walking ontop of a ridge overlooking an entire city perked upon your horse is breath taking. The cities themselves are not at pretty up close. The buildings look largely the same and people are pretty numb both in personality/behavior and in apperence. The Sound design is okay, with typical voice acting and some cool sounding sword noises in between. The music is sub par but fits the game well.

    Assassin's Creed does have one thing going for it though and that is that it sure can be fun to play. And at other times its terrible. First the good: Its a lot of fun running around and scaling the walls etc. The AI is pretty cunning which makes for some intense on foot escapes. The Combat is also pretty solid with a basic set of attack and the ability to pull off some totally badass counter moves (These are the best part and really the only good part) in fights. About 10 or 12 hours in, the game becomes hella repetitive and can actually become flat out boring. There's also the fact that the missions (or information jobs) suck. They include fun things like pick pocketing, and easdropping...oh yeah...sounds fun eh...No, HELL no. You'll have the chance to do 9 assassinations and all of them are actually the fun part as they are all unique and all play out very different. But thats it. The game is so very barebones and clambering walls can be slow at times and kinda pisses you off during moments you wanna escape. Overall Assassins Creed is fun...but a fairly weak overall package, a 3 outta 5

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

      Delicious visuals, strong storyline, a definite must play. 0

      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 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.

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