Assassin's Creed

Assassin's creed is possibly one of the best thought up games in years. It replaces your mediocre first person shooters and dull race car games with something that is a real gem on the ring of next gen wonders. Some would best describe Assassin's Creed as a mixture between the acrobatics of Prince Of Persia, the cunning concept of Hitman and the freedom to roam. This description fits Assassin's Creed well but this game includes a lot of unique features that will set a precedent to games of this genre in future.

The year is 2012 and you assume the role of Desmond Miles, an ordinary bartender who may apear normal but events reveal that Desmond is in fact a descendant from a long line of Assassin's. He is kidnapped and bought to a lab owned by Abstergo industries. He is told about his connections to the assassins and is forced into an experiment involving a piece of machinery known as the Animus. It can delve into the mind and seek DNA which it can extract memories. The...

THE GOOD:
- Great graphics
- Relatively simple controls
- Good story
- Stealth assasinations are awesome!
- Free roam
- Amazing animations
- Historically accurate (Except for the magic parts)

THE BAD:
- Cliffhanger ending
- A bit glitchy
- Controls aren't perfect
- Gets repetitive
- Beggars and Mentally challenged people get in the way (Explanation follows)
- Load times before you play
- Camera (At times)
- Not so much replay value
- Altair can't swim!

SUMMARY:
Assassins Creed is a (Almost historically accurate) game that was designed to put you in the place of a medieval assassin, but beneath that lies a second story, that of Desmond Miles in the year 2012. The plot can get very confusing at times, but here's a brief summary of how this all fits in.

A company called Abstergo has...

THE GOOD:
Great next-gen graphics. Simple but intriguing storyline. Easy to pick up and play but delivers benefits from practice. Historically based story that equally shows both Christian and Muslim culture.

THE BAD:
Huge cliff-hanger ending. Can grow repetitive.

SUMMARY:
Assassin's Creed delivers an experience that leaves the bar high for others in the series. While on the surface it seems straight forward their are many intracitys that demand time and concentration to perfect. It requires you to think outside the box to reach and neutralize you targets. While the game-play can be a little repetitive, the story sweeps you up as you unravel the mystery of the Templars, both in ancient times and in ours.

The game is based around a stealth concept. Slip past enemies, blend with the crowd, and if you must kill someone, do it quietly and effectively. If your more of the sword swinging fighting against all odds person, don't worry,...

THE GOOD:
Realistic action and motion, entertaining battles and assassinations, historically accurate storyline.

THE BAD:
Repetitive methods and missions, repetitive minor-character speech, irritating minor-character behavior.

SUMMARY:
Assassin's Creed is an engaging, though somewhat short-lived story once you get the hang of how things work.

The battle system is quite fun, ranging from the stealth tactics (both low-profile and high-profile) that the majority of gameplay is based around, long-range attacks (which truthfully aren't very effective apart from the final boss fight), and all-out one-on-one (or more often than not, one-on-multiple) sword combat with a variety of counter-maneuvers and attacks.

And when your character isn't offing somebody, there's all sorts of amusing Prince-of-Persiaesque monkey business to be had; rebounding off of walls, climbing to ridiculous heights to find map-illuminating viewpoints,...

THE GOOD:
Graphics
Open world game play
Character interactivity

THE BAD:
Battles
Missions
Repeatedness

SUMMARY:
Assassin's Creed was already being talked about long before its release. A game by Ubisoft, what is that blade from his hand all about? The screen shots and trailers look beyond amazing. He looks like Prince of Persia, could this be the follow-up to the series?

Well no. He isn't POP, he is Altair - an assassin, actually more of an awesome assassin.

The first thing that will catch a player's eye while playing this game is the immense detail put in the game's gorgeous graphics. Within this game one can find the true power of the Playstation3. You would expect Altair to jog and run like any other open-world game. But not here, you can go from Blending into the crowd by praying to headbutting people whilst running from hordes of guards.
One thing that I truly loved about this game was...

THE GOOD:
Good Graphics and detailed level designs.
Free-roaming environments and lots of places to explore.
Feel like real ancient assassin.
Set in the interesting ancient cities.

THE BAD:
Running in atomic world for the loading times suck!
Maps are too small and hard to navigate sometimes though.
More assassin abilities like hiding bodies and changing clothes are omitted.
Story-telling is not as strong as Metal Gear or Tenchu Series.
Does not include CG like Metal Gear Series while characters are interacting in the game.

SUMMARY:
This game should appeal to all types of gamers because of its fantastic in-game graphics and interesting game plays. However, the game plays are a little bit repetitive and can be easily frustrated at some points. The game play consists of Nine Missions which include almost same tasks.

As you progress through the game, your abilities will increase and you can learn...

THE GOOD:
Storyline with Plot Twists
Overall Controls
Beautiful Graphics with Extravagant Detail
Intense Assassinations
Freedom, enough said.

THE BAD:
If there is any, the camera can be a little bothersome at times, but it's not a big problem or anything.

SUMMARY:
Basically, I've been looking forward to this game for quite some time now. Having finally played it, I had the hardest time putting the controller down for anything. I thoroughly enjoy climbing and exploring with no set path. The freedom just impresses me to no end. The story has intriguing twists and turns, which I enjoyed experiencing. To say that the detail in the game is good, is a gross understatement. The design team did a wonderful job recreating the different cities. Overall, Assassin's Creed is a must have for all Action/RPG players, and I highly recommend it to all.

Let me go through each aspect that comes to mind:

Storyline: 5/5