Assassin's Creed

Assassin's Creed

Features:

• Be an Assassin! Plan your attacks, strike without mercy, and fight your way to escape.
• Realistic and responsive environments - Every action has its consequences. Crowds react to your moves, and will either help or hinder you on your quests.
• Eliminate your targets wherever, whenever, and however. Do whatever it takes to achieve your objectives.
• Dedicated historical accuracy, from the models of the in-game cities to the weaponry to the portrayal of actual political figures who died or disappeared in the year 1191.
• Experience heavy action blended with fluid and precise animations. Use a wide range of medieval weapons, and face your enemies in realistic swordfight duels.

Product Description
Jerusalem, 1191 AD - The Third Crusade is tearing the Holy Land apart. You are an elite Assassin sent to stop the hostilities by suppressing the powers on both the Crusader and Saracen sides. But as you carry out your missions, a conspiracy begins to unfold. You find yourself tangled up in a conflict that threatens not only the Holy Land, but the entire world. Experience the power of a feared Assassin. Your actions can throw your immediate environment into chaos, and your existence will shape the events of this pivotal moment in history. ESRB Rated M for Mature

Customer Reviews

I need play to say something about this game.... (2008-10-04)
I just have seen good videos and photos of this game, but the truth is that it looks fantastic ... I like this type of game and that is what I'm going to enjoy anything, we are!

Great Game, Horrible Ending... (2008-09-26)
I borrowed this game from a friend who told me I've never played anything like it, and he didn't lie. At first I believed this game to be something like Prince of Persia, but soon after playing I realized I was playing something completely original. The gameplay, fighting, and running were all well done. I was just totally confused about the ending...Great game, suggest everybody play it reguardless of your taste in gamming.

A Masterpiece... Although it's a One Time Only Game (2008-09-18)
Assassin's Creed is one of the best games I've ever played in my entire life. I received it as a gift last Christmas, and I played through it's 20+ hour girth in record time... unlocking as many achievements as I could and yearning to hack through another guard every waking hour.

The only downside to this game is that once you're finished... you're finished. No real desire for replay.

Gorgeous, but flawed (2008-09-16)
The first thing everyone (or at least "I") noticed about this game was the graphics. When it comes to creating pretty, intensely visually realistic games, Ubisoft are basically the masters. Look no further than the Splinter Cell series or the Prince of Persia games for proof, both of which have graphics that still look impressive years later. If all you're really concerned about is a playable game to drool over, stop reading right now and just buy it. You'll be more than happy.

The plot is basically as follows: you're playing as a medieval assassin utilizing some kind of crazy medieval version of free-running who targets powerful rulers suspected of corruption. There's also some time-travelling aspects, which are interesting, but don't do a whole lot of plot advancement.

The game controls like a dream, not unlike the Prince of Persia games (I'm sorry to compare them so much, but they are honestly very similar). You'll rarely have a moment where you'll get frustrated because the game's being unresponsive. Altair's movements are fluid and lifelike. The only downside control wise are the fighting mechanics. With some practice, you can battle dozens of guards without taking a scratch; the fights are just too easy and repetitive.

Speaking of repetition, that's a huge downfall for the game. Every assassination mission is almost identical in their execution. You'll be in vastly different surroundings, but each one will probably be handled the same way. This game isn't too linear (you can choose which missions you want to undertake to get the required amount of info about your target) but the missions are constructed nearly identically.

If you can get over these issues, the game's still a lot of fun. It's not often where you can honestly say that just controlling the character is fun, but this is definitely the case. The main plotline doesn't take very long to get through, but there's also a lot of extra stuff to keep you busy. Some of this is a little dated (why are we still collecting flags in a next gen game?) but it will definitely keep you occupied and might even turn into some kind of obsession. Plus, the game's now really cheap, and you get a lot of great game for this price.

Repetitive plotline (2008-09-15)
I agree with other people that the visuals of this game are impressive and this makes the first few hours of the game pretty enjoyable. However, once you learn the basics, everything seems to get repetitive. There is probably 1 or 2 fight moves which makes your xBox play sound like this - "x x x x x x...x x x x x ...". There are 9 major assassinations and a bunch of other smaller assassinations. Every city looks remarkably similar to the next and the plot is entirely forgettable. You can buy this game and it's cheap compared to the other XBox games out there. But keep in mind that this game won't last more than 6 hours in your Xbox before you get entirely bored of it.