This game,has been talked about a lot before it was released.As usual,
the proud PC owners got it after the console owners because the world
seems to run around like this nowadays ... nevertheless I expected
much,i say, from this game and Ubisoft ( and the guys from Ubi Romania
) did a great job...I can proudly affirm that this game is one of the
best games i played... now let's see why...
Graphics are an important part of videogames nowadays... in fact if
game X has less shaders than game Y,the graphics aren't as good as they
should be... well Assasin's Creed may not use CryEngine (thank god) but
it's graphics are simply amazing... Everything looks so alive.. from
Altair to the madmen in the cities and to the cities themselves.... The
(3) cities you are sent to "visit" are masterpieces of gaming
architecture.... they respect the architecture of the time, having
specific elements... as an example.. where the muslim towns had
round-ish shapes, and that exotic look, the crusader towns came in with
a more serious look... the buildings structure giving them a solid look
a "rectangular" shape if you will , making you feel different each time
you travelled from Jerusalem to Acre..... the citizens look very alive
, as does Altair and his assasination targets.....but with all these
strong points , come the bugs you can find (like people stretching
unnaturally when falling from buildings, stretched people appearing in
the sky.. etc )
VERDICT - 9
The Sound fits in and helps with creating the atmosphere of the time...
the voices of the citizens are good, the voice acting of the main
characters is ok, but doesn't get the spotlight (though Altair has a
convincing voice in all what he says ) ... the music during chases is
very good .. helping the adrenaline get to you faster ...
VERDICT - 9
The Gameplay is what this game has the best .... As you know it is a
platformer with combat and stealth elements.. usually you would say
"bah... another PoP like game.. boring" but it brings some innovative
ideas into the so-called "PoP gameplay"
I'm going to start with the best part of the gameplay, and that is the
platforming part.... in other platformers you only needed to jump over
gaps and obstacles or catch certain ledges in order to move further..
In Assasin's Creed you any small piece or crack in a building can help
you get to your goal.. this brings fun to the game because you can
literally stay off the streets and on top of the buildings all the time
...
The goal in the game is to assasinate 9 targets ... to get to them you
must investigate to find information about the time and place which
would favor your strike.. now this is probably the weakest part of the
gameplay ... because there are 6 (entertaining) minigames you can
choose from.. 3 being the minimum limit of investigations needed to
allow you to start the assasination mission....
Though most of the times you'll be performing stealth kills at certain
points (after assasinations or because of some dumb mistake your
keyboard or gamepad made you do..) you will find yourself exposed...
now in order to become anonymous again you can run and hide in certain
hiding spots (hay carts, hay packs , between 2 seated citizens on a
bench, in a special thing on top of the buildings ) , or kill all the
guards chasing you ) .. and here we come to the most controversial part
of the game.. the combat... at first sight it will seem boring but when
you get the counter attack you will see that repetitivity is fun for
the first time ever ..
Apart from the times you'll be running errands to get the informaion
needed you'll just feel like climbing buildings or walking... and
you'll see that Altair moves so naturally ... I mean the movement
synchronizes with what directions he goes, what moves he needs to do...
putting the body in the real positions neede for some actions.....
So this is the main reason why Assasin's Creed is a must have
VERDICT - 9
The story starts off pretty weird (in a high tech research facility)
but as you play on you'll see that it fits to the gameplay and vice
versa... I won't give further information , because there might be
SPOILERS..... it's not bad but it's not the best , either
VERDICT - 7
The overall impression the game left me was one of freedom... one that
gets near to reality.... that i was visiting a living world that i was
taking part in everything...that no one could stop me from (killing the
nearest peasant then running like a phuxtard around with 20 guards
after me) doing what i want ...
VERDICT - 10
So this sums up my opinion and impression on Assasin's Creed... if you
haven't got it.. get it now... or at least rent it.. because you'll be
missing out one of the best games that ever came out ..
