Gigantor borrows Assassin's Creed off a housemate: gives it back soon after.

[Larenxis]

It's a great review, but I don't really think it's as good as your other ones. Probably just me though.

 

[mshcherbatskaya]

Excellent review - I feel like I know exactly what I'm in for if I buy/rent this game, both the good and the bad, which is the main reason for a review, right? Though not as fanciful as your other reviews, it is the most professional one I've seen so far. You really need to start sending this shit out or at least blogging it somewhere outside of the forum. No disrespect to the forum, but you aren't going to make a name for yourself here in the same way you would if the reviews were on their own site.

 

[Drong]

"You know what, Marcus?"
"What's that, Nathaniel?"
Kick
"It occurs to me that our actions could be construed as... morally questionable by an objective onlooker."
"Kicking an old lady to death for the meager change in her purse, you mean?"
"Yes, that."
"Well...yes. Yes, I suppose you're probably right about that..."
Pause
"...but in many ways we are the victims of social inequality here. Where else are we going to get money for skag and whores from?"
"Quite so, Marcus; quite so. What a sad world we live in..."
Kick, Kick, Kick

I did actually Laugh Out Loud at that bit it reminded me a bit of Burt Schlubb and Douglas Klump from Sin City. The rest of it was all pretty much spot on too and one of the funniest yet, just what the Doctor ordered on a hungover monday morning.

 

[Melaisis]

Like Mel said, York nightlife is lots of pubs, three dreadful student clubs and one excellent but painfully expensive cocktail bar. It is not, suffice to say, bangin'.

You should honestly drop by Leeds sometime. At least our music scene is far better than the York venues. What do they have there? Fibbers? For estranged, self-proclaimed 'emo' bands such as Elliott Minor and suchlike? We get to use the Cockpit and both city universities and thus gain acts like Bowling for Soup and Pendulum. I'll demand you come to the next semi-decent thing.

Good review, BTW. I think someone's 3'd it already, though?

 

[Gigantor]

I think someone's 3'd it already, though?

Some presumptuous young upstart, no doubt.

Leeds sound good. I've quite enjoyed it the few I've dared leave the York bubble. Man cannot live on Fibbers alone.

 

[sammyfreak]

Gigantor, your pic makes me think you are the opposite of Oscar Wilde.

 

[slyder35]

I think if I lived in the UK I'd have to die trying to swim away through the cold ocean waters to somewhere warmer. My brother lives in Newcastle and is basically trapped inside for 6 months a year poor bastard. He's not a gamer and I said he's in the ideal climate for it. I have no idea what this has to do with anything, but oh well.

 

[Copter400]

I'm seeking to get crOLnged put into the Oxford Dictionary.

 

[josh797]

woww that was epic Gig. i laughed almost as much as when i watcgh yahtzees stuff. thanks, i havent read much of your stuff before, but let it be known that i will be on the lookout for your next peice of awesome. Rock On!

 

[Sib]

I have to ask, where do you find the time to cook up these epic reviews if you're a student? Shouldn't you be off getting wasted somewhere?

Now dont shame us Brits, get hammered

He's in York, Sib! The nightlife there is rougher than the hair on the back of a 70-year-old werewolf. Besides, I'm not complaining; I'm sure Gig will continue to satisfy us with his reviews, if not engorge himself with Sex on the Rocks (literally).

You are fully aware I'm from the Welsh valleys?
If they haven't got as much of an...interesting nightlife as York I'll be buggered

 

[GloatingSwine]

I really enjoyed Assassin's Creed. I mean enjoyed it to the extent that I even went and collected all the flags and stuff. I loved just tooling around the world and exploring.

Also, whilst it was completely unnecessary, I liked stealthing the assassinations properly as well. Great feeling of accomplishment from getting in unseen, getting stabby, and stealthing away into the crowd.

 

[_daxter_]

You didn't get it - this is reinventing gameplay in the next generation! At least Jade said so...

 

[Alphavillain]

The whole genetic memory thing is a fantastic idea, but take a look at GTA4 and that's another level (or two) up in terms of immersion and A.I. AC is beautiful in so many ways, but the experience always feels a little shallow because the NPCs are always so two dimensional. It's like finding out your friends are all made of paper mache.

 

[Alphavillain]

I fully agree with this review. What really bothers me is that most of the professional reviewers didn't see the problems that are so painfully obvious to so many people. It looks pretty, but man would I have been pissed had I actually bought it.

The fact they didn't "see" the problems is that they are not paid to see them. In fact, they are paid to actively NOT see faults in games, when they are sponsored by the game publisher (e.g., Gamespot's review of Assassin's Creed). It's sad that it takes excellent independent reviews like the one above to spot the shortcomings of modern games.