Posted on: April 21, 2015

Crowcloak

Games: 575 Reviews: 22

Fantastic Game

This game was amazing when it first came out. The graphics are pretty decent especially for being a 7 year old game. It has a great story behind it. The cities are huge and are a lot of fun to run throughout the cities. I started playing the series with AC3. It was a decent game and then I had bought black flag. I haven't gotten unity yet but out of the ones I have played nothing beats the 1st AC.

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Posted on: July 9, 2015

PiHalbe

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Games: 341 Reviews: 7

Can't get myself to play it through

I bought this during a sale because Assassin's Creed was said to be a milestone in action game design. I guess this is a console port. Every bit of it feels like a console game. * you are constantly told what to do, what button to press (serious games should teach you techniques and let you apply them yourself) * context sensitive movement looks great but it makes the controls feel squishy and the character looks clunky when he does not do what you expected * the menu speed is awfully slow; it takes like 5 minutes until you are actually in game * forces walking and unskippable dialogue in cutscenes * achievements and collectible-everything Do not get me wrong: Climbing towers, surveying the land and jumping down again is awesome. I just wished the game would empower me more and not hold or restrain my hand all the time.

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Posted on: April 13, 2019

xanath

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Games: 707 Reviews: 42

an assassin without stealth

I went into this expecting a stealth action game similar to Thief. However, while there is technically a stealth system in the game, it's both useless and unnecessary. The path of least resistance is almost always to fight, not to sneak, and about half of the time stealth isn't even an option. Which wouldn't be a problem if the combat system were any good, but instead the combat system works has all of the depth of Guitar Hero with the frets removed: wait for an enemy to attack, counter-attack, repeat. Then there's the whole sci-fi side plot that seems to serve no purpose other than to break immersion in the historical fiction parts of the game and to lampshade the limits of the game. And the repetition. And the repetition. And the repetition.

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Posted on: December 14, 2021

yNiulang

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Games: 308 Reviews: 3

Not Every Franchise Has An Epic Start.

I first met the AC franchise through AC 4 and it was an amazing experience. So, I had the idea to play through the whole saga and, as it is the first franchise game, and the ideas that will emerge later in the next games are still unknown, it is convincingly good. As you will see in this user reviews section, the game follows a cake recipe. 3 cities — Damascus, Acre, Jerusalem —, 3 distinct districts — poor, medium, rich —, 3 targets for each city — 3 cities + 3 districts = 9 targets. The way that you will get the assassinations done follows the same recipe too; you will coerce, steal, eavesdrop. Finally, all the games have their stories connected somehow. So, if you want to understand the whole plot behind this secular battle between Temples and Assassins since its beginnings, it's a title you can't overlook — since its events are later mentioned in AC Revelations.

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Posted on: April 25, 2012

Blondish

Games: 348 Reviews: 1

Truly Sandbox

I love this game as it is one of the first to really feel like a sandbox environment. The only thing it lacks for me is the ability to destroy buildings but that would not make sense based on the gameplay. You are an Assassin and you are fighting against the influence of the Templars. The story is amazing as you play Desmond the descendant of an important member of the order of Assassin's. He uses a futuristic device to replay the memories of his ancestor. The game features a large amount of stealth techniques to infiltrate areas and kill targets. The most fun part of the gameplay is the platforming. You climb and jump across buildings in the Middle East. The world seems vibrant and alive. It's a great title for the first entry which they have improved upon int he 3 following games. However, this game has a magic that kept me playing despite some of the wonky combat controls. I highly recommend playing this.

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