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This game will be awesome!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 71
Date: March 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The first time I saw the trailer to this game, I was like HOLY CRAP, this game was gonna be awesome. Now I've watched every trailer, every dev. diary, everything to possibly read or watch over this game becuz I'm hooked. I cannot wait till it comes out, which is in August, I think. The next-gen graohics are freakin' unbelievable. The website is amazing. Everybody is crazy for this game. When they showed the actual gameplay for the first time running on the Xbox 360, and they showed her riding towards the city (you play as a man named Altair, who has been inducted into the Assassin's League, and get your finger cut off, to have a hidden knife placed there) on a horse, and climbed up a building, showing different ways to get to your target (everything that sticks out 2 inches or more is interactice) and scouts out the man she has to kill. She then climbs down the building and hides in with a group of monks waling by to get close to his target, then she kills him. She then does like a wallflip type dill, and runs like mad, pushing, yes I said pushing (when you walk by people you just push them aside, but if your running by them you throw them down, and they might run after you, and try to run you down too. That's what they've been working so hard on this game, the A.I. It's so impressive. Like if you kill a man's wife, when she's sleeping, and the man finds out that it was you, he will hunt you down till your dead, or until he's dead, also. Stopping at nothing. She then cuts down a wodden platform which blocks the way of the gards, then starts running off towards the entrance, where a gate comes down anad blocks his way, then he dies. In the game, there is no health bar, every amount of damage that you take is real, so if you get stabbed with a sword even once, you're pretty much dead!!! The game is so detailed, and is historically acurate. It has the cities Jeruselum, Acre, and like one or 2 more. So if you see a building in the game, it was actually there in real life, during the Third Crusade, which is when the game takes place. They worked with a historian to get everything historically acurate. Everything's cool, and I can't wait till' it comes out!!! I will write more reviews later on!!!

This game will be awesome!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: March 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The first time I saw the trailer to this game, I was like HOLY CRAP, this game was gonna be awesome. Now I've watched every trailer, every dev. diary, everything to possibly read or watch over this game becuz I'm hooked. I cannot wait till it comes out, which is in August, I think. The next-gen graohics are freakin' unbelievable. The website is amazing. Everybody is crazy for this game. When they showed the actual gameplay for the first time running on the Xbox 360, and they showed her riding towards the city (you play as a man named Altair, who has been inducted into the Assassin's League, and get your finger cut off, to have a hidden knife placed there) on a horse, and climbed up a building, showing different ways to get to your target (everything that sticks out 2 inches or more is interactice) and scouts out the man she has to kill. She then climbs down the building and hides in with a group of monks waling by to get close to his target, then she kills him. She then does like a wallflip type dill, and runs like mad, pushing, yes I said pushing (when you walk by people you just push them aside, but if your running by them you throw them down, and they might run after you, and try to run you down too. That's what they've been working so hard on this game, the A.I. It's so impressive. Like if you kill a man's wife, when she's sleeping, and the man finds out that it was you, he will hunt you down till your dead, or until he's dead, also. Stopping at nothing. She then cuts down a wodden platform which blocks the way of the gards, then starts running off towards the entrance, where a gate comes down anad blocks his way, then he dies. In the game, there is no health bar, every amount of damage that you take is real, so if you get stabbed with a sword even once, you're pretty much dead!!! The game is so detailed, and is historically acurate. It has the cities Jeruselum, Acre, and like one or 2 more. So if you see a building in the game, it was actually there in real life, during the Third Crusade, which is when the game takes place. They worked with a historian to get everything historically acurate. Everything's cool, and I can't wait till' it comes out!!! I will write more reviews later on!!!

Worth the $60

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 14
Date: November 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Awesome game, end of story. It has great graphics, great voice acting, a great story(so far at least), and it's darn fun to play. It's one of the most highly anticipated games of the season, and it's definitely one of the best.

Amazing!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: November 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is amazing. the amount of detail that they added into everything is astounding. The plot is also very good and the total freedom really adds to the feel of the game. Too many games now are just copying what older games did and thats kind of getting old. This should definitely be a front runner for game of the year.

Amazing Game-Amazing Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 41 / 52
Date: November 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was a little skeptical this game would live up to the hype. Then some diminished reviews came around and I was already feeling a let down. Where could they go wrong? Was my thoughts. Well that didn't stop me from purchasing this game. After 30 minutes I was blown away. All skepticism was gone and I was in Gamer Heaven.

Let me start off from the beginning. Yes there is a plot twist and it's pretty bizarre. Just think that your watching a Michael Crichton movie and it will make sense. Playing in the Middle East several hundred years ago is a different idea. It's hard to say what you could expect with this concept.

So what makes this game amazing. Lets start off with the landscape. It's brilliant and beautiful...Really majestic. You don't understand the scope of this game until you start playing. The world is surrounded by several small villages and three large cities. The only way to travese this open terrain with a horse. Fortunately they are about as easy to find as a car in todays society.

What also sets this game apart is the ability to do what you want when you want. There is no clock on you and your not stuck going into a mission. Everything is open based. The character is amazingly fun to control you can scale tall buildings and make amazing leaps of faith. Climbing up a building that is several stories and then leaping to certain doom is breathtaking excitement. This is what games should be about.

Beyond that is a mission based game. Similiar to Grand Theft Auto in style. You can accept simple missions like pickpocketing and protecting citizens to the more main based assasin missions. You can battle soldiers if you want as you have many enemies but it's not really advised. Following the assasin missions can be complex and involve several steps that make the story very intresting. Obviously a lot of time was put into making this top notch.

For anyone who likes open based games with large environments then Assassins Creed is for you. From the majestic peaks to the clustered cities. This is trully a next gen experience. The storyline and incentive program will keep you playing for many hours. Definately a worthwhile gameplay experience. If you want something to keep you busy that doesn't involve guns go out and get Assasins Creed.

Great game...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: November 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have been waiting for this game for over a year now, and let me tell you it was well worth it. The gameplay is amazing, it is smooth, the actions are realistic, and the graphics are amazing. Not to mention the battles really become great once you up your level. There is just so much to do in this game and the fact that the developers did not skimp one bit one graphics, story, or depth, is great. The cities are huge and look accurate down to every last crack in the concrete. I could go on and on about how much I love this game, great original story and a must have for a true gamer.

Quite less than sum of its parts

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: November 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Being the second most eagerly-anticipated game of the year for me (the first was 'Shivering Isles', the third was 'Uncharted: Drake's Fortune'), I assumed it was a sure-fire winner, and the game is clearly one in many areas.

This is such a beautiful game. Everything looks so detailed, life-like, and fluid. Motion-animation is so realistic and smooth. If you squint your eyes little bit, I swear it looks as if you can really touch it.

In terms of gameplay mechanism, this game sets out a new direction and opens up a lot of potentials and possibilities for the future of video game industry. Everything is simply yet quite complex in execution. Instead of having single button assigned for each task such as attack, run, and jump, single button is assigned to each hand and one for the legs. In different situation, the reaction will be different. In fact, all the game mechanics in this game are pretty much reaction-based. It takes a little adjustment period for we are so tuned with the traditional one-button-for-one-task method, but once you get the hang of it, it is very intuitive and exciting way to execute the gameplay.

So with innovative game mechanics and gorgeous graphics, this is a great game? Unfortunately, that is not the case here.

Huge gameworld where you can freely roam around anywhere anytime (although each area is divided by loading screen) and some interactivity with the environment might have you to believe this is open-ended game like 'Oblivion'. That couldn't be further from the truth. The game is very restrictive and linear in constrast of what you might have been led to believe. Non-linearity itself doesn't necessarily create the problem, but the scope of the stage the game is set truly is. The world is bustling with tons and tons of people. But they might as well be animals or objects in this hollow world. They are just there, period. Yes, they react when you push them. You can kill anyone. But that's it. No quest given by NPC as in 'Oblivion', no side quest to perform like 'GTA', no dialogue options like 'The Witcher' (you cannot talk to them, period), they are truly monotonous, and this makes the world so distant and hollow. And all of the assassination mission are exactly identical. I mean exactly the same. The only difference is the character you are to eliminate and the cutscene involving the mission. The only thing non-linear about this whole game is who you are going to kill first and which entry point you are going to take. That's all, folks!!! To make the matter worse, it just takes forever to get between one mission and the next without much activities. You have this huge world, and you have nothing better to do than to walk, run, ride horse, or engage with people in combat. There is no incentive to traverse and explore or to kill people. What little storyline and plot twist (if you can call it one) is all marred by this insanely boring and alienating tasks. There is no sense of urgency or danger. Especially if you die, the game automatically load fresh start from the automatically saved game. Sometimes linearity works a lot better and this game is one of them. It will bring out some sense of structure and intensity sorely missing in the game.

In a nutshell, you are a medieval Spidey jumping from rooftop to rooftop and kill baddies and rescue some helpless citizens from the same baddies.
For a game of this much production value, art direction, innovative game mechanics, and beeeaaaaauuuuutiful graphics, it is really a letdown to see the gameplay makes you really boring.

There are many elements people would love in this game, and the opinion is subjective. This is by no mean a bad game. Actually a quite well-made product. But in the end, what could have been a truly mind-bending, innovative game that combines the stealth action of 'Splinter Cell' and platform action of 'Prince of Persia' (both immensely popular games from 'Ubisoft'), 'Assassin's Creed' feels like a big tease of what is to come in the near future.

(((((PS3 OWNERS)))))

There is no issue with this version of the game. In fact, better framerate and better graphic overall than 360 except some constrast ratio.

Assassination

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 14
Date: November 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is quite something, it brings unique gameplay and flexibility. I really enjoy doing the side missions and trying to figure out how to plan the assassinations. You really can play however you'd like, depending upon your own style.
Personally, I think the best part is just having fun and running along the rooftops.
Graphics are great, everything looks visually stunning. Gameplay and cinematics are seemless and interactive.

TOP GAME OF 2007!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: November 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've had this game one night and here I am at work..counting the minutes until I can go home and play! This game is bloody well ace. SUPERB REALISTIC GRAPHICS! Fast action! Great gripping story line! Free roam like GTA! Ace kill and fighting moves. You lose focus of everything else and this game envelopes you!

OMG this game is so good.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I just got my copy last night. I sat and played for about 7 hours straight and was completely amazed at how much detail there was. Overall it is a really good game and would highly recommend it to any one that like playing video games

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