Assassin’s Creed® is a game that redefined the action-adventure genre. With photo-realistic graphics, an advanced physics model, and a nearly fanatical attention to detail, this title was able to begin a new chapter in gaming history. However, the excellent technical aspects are only half of the rea...
Assassin’s Creed® is a game that redefined the action-adventure genre. With photo-realistic graphics, an advanced physics model, and a nearly fanatical attention to detail, this title was able to begin a new chapter in gaming history. However, the excellent technical aspects are only half of the reason why it became so popular; the other half is the story.
While you technically play the game as Desmond Miles, the main focus of the game takes place elsewhere. The year is 1191: Jerusalem, the middle of the Third Crusade. You are a member of a mysterious order of assassins where you have trained your whole life to do one thing and one thing only – to kill. The recently growing influence of the Order of the Knights Templar disturbs the delicate balance of power in the region and therefore directly threatens The Brotherhood. The clash of the two most powerful organizations in Jerusalem at the time has the most unexpected consequences and triggers devastating events that threaten the world itself, and you – Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad – are in the middle of all this.
Well-constructed story that will pleasantly surprise you many times along the way.
Impressive level of interaction with the environment – crowds react to what you do and act accordingly.
Open world gameplay lets you to decide how and when to achieve objectives, where to go, and gives you nearly complete freedom to get there.
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Recommended system requirements:
Compatibility notice: This game is incompatible with Intel video devices, including typical netbook graphics.
Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility
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The idea behind it is really good, although the implementation at times isn't natural. The locations and graphics are truly memorable. The fighting is lacking as it's repetitive and same goes for having to visit the same locations more than once and not really experience anything new. However, this is a start of a great story that will span many more games.
Assassin's Creed was a great game that was ruined by it's lame, unbelievable attempt at a science fiction sub-plot. It would've made a significant improvement if Desmond MIles, and Abstergo were just left out entirely, leaving the game to focus solely on Altair.
Unfortunately , this horrid story arc plagues all future titles in the series as well.
Well, not much to be said about the now more-than-10-years-old game, which brought much attention to the AC series and is nowadays very overlooked and underrated, if you ask me .
Technically, for its time, AC showed quite an impressive values appropriate for AAA titles of that time, graphics are quite good, soundtack's pretty amazing, and it shows a relatively big game map on an environment which is almost never explored on other video games.
So I think the "main" points which are specific for AC I without blabbering too much about the obvious stuff, are as follows -
Big plus is the historical value of the game, and the environment as I already said, which is rarely explored in video games or in media in general (Third crusade in the 'Holy Land'), and it seems accurate enough and very satisfying for the very least.
The story presented in AC I is quite deep and satisfying to my taste, the crosses and dynamic between the past and the present, storywise, were good and added to the experience, although the way the plot was executed is not 100% perfect and it's not as absorbing as it could be,
Which unfortunately can be said on the gameplay as well, and this is the main weakness of AC I, which is why it suffers from lack of interest and positive reviews, probably, for an "Open World" game, it's quite repetitive, quite "big" and empty, exploration is not too meaningful or rewarding, and the gameplay mechanics are just getting overused and tiring over time.
So , in short I'd say this is still an awesome game for its cinematic and storytelling value, for what it's worth. Through that as an actual GAME it's not at all perfect and not fully entertaining as modern video games and later titled of the series, but then again it's really up to what you're looking for. If you have SOME patience for quality story, this still may be the game for you :)
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