I'm new to this website, and by new I mean I signed up about 15 minutes ago, but I see alot of people reviewing games and I thought I might try my hand at it, so here's my review on Assassin's Creed. Might be spoilers, depends on what you count as a spoiler.
-Graphics-
Assassin's Creed is good, from the moment you place it in your console you will be in awe, the opening cinematic can only be described as sublime, the in game graphics are just as good, you can stand on the tallest building and look down and notice even the most smallest of details etched into the buildings below, the broken windows, the scratched roofs, each are carefully etched into the game skillfully by the designers. The graphics are brilliant.
9/10
-Audio-
I don't remember much about the audio, that will be explained later, but I do remember it not sticking out very well, it wasn't very in your face and dramatic enough, sure at some points when I had assassinated an evil man and escaping from his guards heroic and fast music played in the background, this got me in the mood to play the game. However, this was cut pretty quickly for no reason and I was stuck with the normal game play music.
Besides this, the audio is very realistic when I talk about things like the characters voice acting, Altair had a voice that suited him well, but this was countered when I realised that as he shouts in anger, his facial expression is dry and unemotional, and it stays this way throughout the game.
7.5/10
-Story-
The story was... Interesting, I liked the way that it was split into two stories, Desmonds and Altairs, but to be honest I felt that this split was somewhat of a hinderence to the games story as well. Whilst Desmonds story was delved into, Altair's was somewhat ignored, sure, we find out about what he does during the game but we never find out anything about the actual him, nothing that makes you go "Hmm, I like this guy" Or "I feel sorry for him" etc. And at the same time Desmond didn't really act like a kidnap victim, I thought he was pretty damn calm for someone who was being forced to live another life and not that surprised that he was in danger...
I give the storyline...
8/10
It was good, it just could have been deeper and wasn't quite divulged as much as I would like.
-Gameplay-
This is the reason why I took the game back to the shop for Mass Effect. The gameplay itself is great, freerunning through the city, diving off of buildings, gathering information, saving citizens, fighting guards and assassinating targets... Unfortunately this is all the game consists of, it's freerunning through the city, diving off of buildings, gathering information, saving citizens, fighting guards and assassinating targets x 100. Theres rarely any variation in the game, I thought it was amazing, for the first ten minutes, and then I realised that the entire game is just that first ten minutes repeated over and over again.
Fighting is dry and repetitive, there is only three assassination animations (Besides the ones for main targets) And only about seven counter-move animations, this got stale. Fast. The fighting became nothing more than, Wait for enemy to attack, counter move, wait for next enemy to attack, counter move, and so on, and eventually once I had learned to master this tactic the game became much less than a walk in the park.
I will say that the gameplay does have some good parts, I enjoyed the free running, I enjoyed the diving off of tall buildings and I enjoyed the rest, it is a fun game, but I have a very short attention span and this game isn't anything thats going to change that.
Gameplay:
5/10.
-Overall-
As I said before, I returned this game within 2 days of getting it, in my opinion it isn't worth the money I paid for it, I'd rather just borrow it from a friend so I can get the last of the achievements.
Graphics: 9
Audio: 7.5
Story: 8
Gameplay: 5
Overall:
29.5 / 40
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This review is entirely my opinion, everyone is entitled to one, if you wish to flame my ideas, go ahead, that is your choice, but don't expect any reaction whatsoever to your flaming.
Constructive criticism however, I accept.
-Graphics-
Assassin's Creed is good, from the moment you place it in your console you will be in awe, the opening cinematic can only be described as sublime, the in game graphics are just as good, you can stand on the tallest building and look down and notice even the most smallest of details etched into the buildings below, the broken windows, the scratched roofs, each are carefully etched into the game skillfully by the designers. The graphics are brilliant.
9/10
-Audio-
I don't remember much about the audio, that will be explained later, but I do remember it not sticking out very well, it wasn't very in your face and dramatic enough, sure at some points when I had assassinated an evil man and escaping from his guards heroic and fast music played in the background, this got me in the mood to play the game. However, this was cut pretty quickly for no reason and I was stuck with the normal game play music.
Besides this, the audio is very realistic when I talk about things like the characters voice acting, Altair had a voice that suited him well, but this was countered when I realised that as he shouts in anger, his facial expression is dry and unemotional, and it stays this way throughout the game.
7.5/10
-Story-
The story was... Interesting, I liked the way that it was split into two stories, Desmonds and Altairs, but to be honest I felt that this split was somewhat of a hinderence to the games story as well. Whilst Desmonds story was delved into, Altair's was somewhat ignored, sure, we find out about what he does during the game but we never find out anything about the actual him, nothing that makes you go "Hmm, I like this guy" Or "I feel sorry for him" etc. And at the same time Desmond didn't really act like a kidnap victim, I thought he was pretty damn calm for someone who was being forced to live another life and not that surprised that he was in danger...
I give the storyline...
8/10
It was good, it just could have been deeper and wasn't quite divulged as much as I would like.
-Gameplay-
This is the reason why I took the game back to the shop for Mass Effect. The gameplay itself is great, freerunning through the city, diving off of buildings, gathering information, saving citizens, fighting guards and assassinating targets... Unfortunately this is all the game consists of, it's freerunning through the city, diving off of buildings, gathering information, saving citizens, fighting guards and assassinating targets x 100. Theres rarely any variation in the game, I thought it was amazing, for the first ten minutes, and then I realised that the entire game is just that first ten minutes repeated over and over again.
Fighting is dry and repetitive, there is only three assassination animations (Besides the ones for main targets) And only about seven counter-move animations, this got stale. Fast. The fighting became nothing more than, Wait for enemy to attack, counter move, wait for next enemy to attack, counter move, and so on, and eventually once I had learned to master this tactic the game became much less than a walk in the park.
I will say that the gameplay does have some good parts, I enjoyed the free running, I enjoyed the diving off of tall buildings and I enjoyed the rest, it is a fun game, but I have a very short attention span and this game isn't anything thats going to change that.
Gameplay:
5/10.
-Overall-
As I said before, I returned this game within 2 days of getting it, in my opinion it isn't worth the money I paid for it, I'd rather just borrow it from a friend so I can get the last of the achievements.
Graphics: 9
Audio: 7.5
Story: 8
Gameplay: 5
Overall:
29.5 / 40
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This review is entirely my opinion, everyone is entitled to one, if you wish to flame my ideas, go ahead, that is your choice, but don't expect any reaction whatsoever to your flaming.
Constructive criticism however, I accept.
