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Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 204 months Binding: Video Game Brand: UBI Soft EAN: 0008888523390 ESRB Age Rating: Mature Label: UBI Soft Manufacturer: UBI Soft Platform: Xbox 360 Publisher: UBI Soft Release Date: November 13, 2007 Sales Rank: 19 Studio: UBI Soft
Features:
Be an Assassin! Plan your attacks, strike without mercy, and fight your way to escape.
Realistic and responsive environments - Every action has its consequences. Crowds react to your moves, and will either help or hinder you on your quests.
Eliminate your targets wherever, whenever, and however. Do whatever it takes to achieve your objectives.
Dedicated historical accuracy, from the models of the in-game cities to the weaponry to the portrayal of actual political figures who died or disappeared in the year 1191.
Experience heavy action blended with fluid and precise animations. Use a wide range of medieval weapons, and face your enemies in realistic swordfight duels.
Product Description: Jerusalem, 1191 AD - The Third Crusade is tearing the Holy Land apart. You are an elite Assassin sent to stop the hostilities by suppressing the powers on both the Crusader and Saracen sides. But as you carry out your missions, a conspiracy begins to unfold. You find yourself tangled up in a conflict that threatens not only the Holy Land, but the entire world. Experience the power of a feared Assassin. Your actions can throw your immediate environment into chaos, and your existence will shape the events of this pivotal moment in history. ESRB Rated M for Mature
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - A worthy buy for single-player lovers
If you enjoy action with a dash of stealth involved, this game is for you. The game's graphics are remarkable, and the action scenes are quite cinematic. The easy roof jumping is also fun, and is achieved with a very good control scheme. Overall, you will find this game a worthy contender for those without Xbox Live Gold, or those who just want to play by themselves. I look forward to the rumored next 2 games.
Rating: - The reason I bought an XBox 360
Previews for this game are the reason I bought an XBox 360. It is extremely realistic, with some of the most beautiful CGI animation I've ever seen. I am currently deployed in the Middle East, and it is awesome to see an accurate (fictional) portrayal of the environment.
The only downside is it is somewhat repetetive after a few hours. There are just some situations where you can't do exactly what you would like, but there is a definite linear storyline to the game that you can't deviate from. There isn't enough side-game for me, but that doesn't make it any less of a hit.
Totally enjoyable! 4/5.
Rating: - Awesome Environment - Fun to Play
The game has no real difficulty setting so I won't comment as to whether or not you will find it difficult or not - probably depends upon how many games you play and how well. I will say that the interactive environment is one of the best I have seen and a major feature of fun factor in this game. Almost any wall can be scaled and you can surf across rooftops as you like.
The game has less of a strategy component than other RPGs and the mission style is pretty linear. Every mission is some sort of assassination so they can become pretty repetitive. Some of the later missions seemed much easier than I would have thought that they should be - especially in comparison to earlier missions.
The story is pretty cool and draws just enough facts from history to remain plausible. The graphics are great and controls not too hard to get used to. My only complaint - and it is a common one these days - is that the ending is setting up for a sequel and nothing else. The storyline doesn't end when the game does.
Buy the game, have fun with the environment and try solving the missions in different ways. I found, when I went back, that many missions can be accomplished in varying ways and some were much easier than others.
Rating: - Just good enough to really tick me off
A really bad game is somehow forgivable because you don't waste much time on it (though maybe you do waste money). This game is just good enough that I feel compelled to finish it, even though it is really annoying me in the process. Anyway, to the review:
The good
The graphics are quite good, breathtaking at times. The story is very good, leading the player to question the morality of what is happening.
The bad
The gameplay is very repetitive; each assassination mission is basically the same.
The controls are VERY clunky (combat, movement, looking around), which would be less frustrating in a stealth game (at least the combat part), but is maddening in THIS game.
Apparently, the best way to not get noticed is to walk much slower than the people around you (this is blending in I gather). It is not, however, a good way to make a game interesting.
Crazy people and beggars apparently make great cops. You can walk by actual soldiers and such unnoticed, but crazy people will always hit you (they don't hit anyone else) and beggars will always hassle you (they don't follow anyone else). How do they know? If you want to play a game where you get beat up by crazy people and hassled by beggars, you'll really enjoy this game. If that's you, though... I don't know what to say.
Summary
The problem with new consoles is that game makers can get caught up in their new toy and forget to make a good game. That's what happened here...
Rating: - Worth playing
This game was definitely worth playing. I have played it all the way through and this isn't based on first impressions. Pros and cons:
Pros:
-Outstanding graphics
-Good storyline with a few plot twists
-Game isn't too short, but not too long and drawn out
-Freedom of movement in your environment is great
-Weapon selection seems limited, but has everything you need (short, medium and long range)
-Checkpoints are perfectly timed so you don't have to spend hours re-doing a mission if you die
-AI responses are above average (however they are repetitive)
-Game is challenging but not impossible
-No loading screens for the most part, they at least let you run around in a matrix-esque void (keeps you occupied)
Cons:
-All missions are basically the same, which is kind of expected given that you're sole mission as an assassin is to kill a guy, but there really could have been more variation here
-By the end of the game, you can be tired of doing things over and over again (climbing viewpoints, saving people, etc...)
-Saved citizens only have about 3 different lines
-The guys that "help" after you save citizens are just annoying
-The flag gathering missions for informers are dumb and not relevant to the game
-You drown instantly in water (very annoying for one particular mission)
-The horse riding is very cool, but the only flaw is that the physics are a bit off when jumping objects
Personal Likes/Dislikes:
-Blood. There is a lot. Come on, you have to agree that seeing a guy get a knife stuck in his skull and hearing it crack when ripped out is cool.
-My favorite part was jumping 3 stories down into a courtyard with my assassin blade and landing directly on my target for the kill... then followed a barrage of 25 guards coming to attack.
-What pissed me off the most were the amount of mentally insane guys on the streets. They are EVERYWHERE! I hate them because they always hit you, it's so friggin annoying. Come on, there couldn't be that many derranged people back then could there?
-It's very fun to grab beggars and throw them into walls/people/whatever (hell it's even an achievement to toss 20 of them haha)
-The opening video before the title screen is pretty sweet. However there is no crossbow weapon, which was only slightly disappointing.
-How the storyline switches from modern times to the crusades is kind of annoying. I know it sets up for the AC2, but it's really a waste of time in my opinion.
This is a fun game, replayability isn't too high though. You can spend hours upon hours looking for flags and the Teutonic Knights to kill, but I garuntee you'll need a strategy guide to get them all. I rented this game and beat it in a few days. I loved it, recommend playing it for sure!
- A worthy buy for single-player lovers
- The reason I bought an XBox 360
- Just good enough to really tick me off
