Assassin's Creed Review
- Posted December 8th, 2007 at 06:31 EDT by
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- 46 Comments
Review Score
- PSU Review Score
- 8.5
- Avg. user review score:
- 8.0
Summary
Despite some notable faults, Assassins’ Creed is an amazing experience, delivering the perfect amalgam of story telling and immersive gameplay. With the chance to take control of a 12th century assassin, this is a gaming opportunity that simply cannot be passed up.
We like
- Great story
- Superb graphics
- Historical accuracy
We dislike
- Repetitive gameplay
- Freezing issues
- Mediocre voice acting
See PSU's review on Metacritic & GameRankings
(continued from previous page) ...a majority of the problems, Assassin's Creed still freezes from time to time.
On the other hand, one thing that we were personally was impressed with was the historical accuracy within the game. We're not saying that there was a guy named Altair going from city to city assassinating 12th century influential leaders, although if there was then more kudo's to Ubisoft, but we are saying that the most of the names used during the time period are accurate.
Love it or hate it, you can't deny that Ubisoft Montreal did an excellent job with certain aspects of Assassin's Creed. The graphics, the story, and the city designs were amazing and while they are some minor flaws with the game, they are nowhere near enough to not warrant a purchase.
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lurkingshadow89 |
DEATH555666- 7:37am GMT - December 8th, 2007
- 3
A really great game only thing that could have been better was the movement are a little ps2 like with things like the horse. Besides that though the overall game is a most buy.
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outwar6010 |
outwar6010- 11:02am GMT - December 8th, 2007
- 12
whats wrong with you guys the game was amazing despite freezes itis 9/10 10/10 if freeze issue was resolved
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Wintee |
bluedotred- 11:49am GMT - December 8th, 2007
- 13
Although it's a visually awesome game, and the roof/building running is near flawless I'm only giving this a 7.
Why? Because of the sheer lack of things to do.
You can ride a horse, sword fight, stealth kill, hide in some hay, sit on a bench, mug someone, interrogate and eavesdrop. Oh and climb things.
And that's about it. For the whole game. And it's the same tasks over and over again. Once you have completed the first two or three challenges there is a desperate lack of originality in what follows. Basically the game tries to be a historical mix of hitman in an open-ended grand theft auto city scape. And GTA is as far as they should have looked for gameplay. Dozens of sub-games to keep you happy. New original stuff cropping up all the way through the game.
Someone else commented on the forums about the fact that he can't duck. And while this doesn't spoil the game it would have been a sensible thing to add. Assassin, trying to hide. Hmm let's duck behind this wall. Nope, can't do that.
How about stealing someone's clothes? Nope.
How about concealing the body? Nope.
How about swimming - no, cos that would just be silly.
Don't get me wrong, this isn't a bad game. The gameplay that they have provided is highly enjoyable. The fights are superb and you can relish performing a counter-movement with your sword and wasting an opponent with one blow.
If you have a fear of height, this game will have your stomach clenching when you perform death defying leaps from the top of a minarette.
The plot is tight and intriguing, infact it kept me playing the game far further than I expected to, after being dulled by the repetition.
Hopefully ubisoft will pick up on people's comments and improve the next one even more. I'd be more than happy to try again with some improvements.
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InfernoReaper |
GrimDarkling- 2:02pm GMT - December 8th, 2007
- 15
Wow. Good thing someone put spoilers right in the first paragraph for someone who HASN'T BOUGHT THE GAME YET! Thanks for the spoiler warning, Phil...
Now I have to go somewhere else to find a spoiler-free review. Great...
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Battlecraft
- 2:28pm GMT - December 8th, 2007
- 19
i thought the voice acting in FFVII was the worst in history
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tigertom53
- 7:02pm GMT - December 8th, 2007
- 24
it best played on the 360 because of the better ai, better frame rate, better graphics and doesn;t freeze up.
check out this video comparison
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/28005.html
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cOwpander |
Sobe_Elixir- 1:58pm GMT - December 9th, 2007
- 27
This had everything going for it. The level design was the key feature in this game. If only it was used more for the gameplay. I wish it had better missions rather than the same old same old. I think the gamepay killed this game for me and the freezing WTF! I finished the game, and I wont touch it again.
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tretormenn |
Sobe_Elixir- 7:31am GMT - December 10th, 2007
- 28
This game is soooo boring. great graphics but sooo boring. I fell sleep after 30min of gameplay.
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djrussell |
djrussell89- 1:06am GMT - December 13th, 2007
- 30
I'd buy it.. i'd give it an 8/10 - the graphics are amazing, the gameplay is cool.. but IMO the story is the let down. Its a boring storyline, and the assassinations themselves arent a major focal point - which is a bit odd cause you'd expect to get "rated", etc on your kills -- like Hitman -- but no.
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7amanicent
- 9:18am GMT - December 15th, 2007
- 31
i think that this game is vert cool man poeple wiil by this cd and maybaye when i buy ps3 i will buy this cd
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Zero Bodies
- 10:06am GMT - December 15th, 2007
- 32
needed bit more diversity between cities with stuff 2 do but the last mission is the best
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Hyourinmaru |
DAT1AZNPAN- 9:56pm GMT - December 19th, 2007
- 33
i dont understand this every site i go to the ratins on assasin'screed is always different it's not like it's a lil off on each site it's wayy off some sites say it's bad other say it's okay n psu says it's awesome well i',m not gettin it
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djrussell |
djrussell89- 8:39am GMT - December 25th, 2007
- 34
I just completed the game and I gotta say... the story sucks. The ending sucks. I was sitting there for about 10min after the credits started rolling going "what... what,.... huh.... what just happened?". Sorry to say but not only did they completely wreck the game with the last memory, but they also managed to create one of the stupidest endings in the history of video games. Finish the game and you'll know what I mean.
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jonnyfalmouth@g
- 10:26am GMT - January 3rd, 2008
- 35
http://www.YourPS34free.com/index.php?ref=4538826
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GunsOfLiberty |
GunsOfLiberty- 8:16am GMT - January 18th, 2008
- 36
Awesome game, it is a bit repetetive but overall it deserves a 9 at least
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nevertell |
nevertell- 8:02pm GMT - January 31st, 2008
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assassin's creed is by far one of the most enjoyable games i've ever played!!! I have already completed the game but find myself still sitting and playing for lengthy periods of time. It did freeze up on me a few times, but only right after i turned on my console. If it didn't freeze within 5 or 10 min, than it seems to be okay. I hear they're going to most likely be making a second game, i sure do hope so.
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BigC3 |
BigC3- 7:38am BST - July 2nd, 2008
- 40
i dunno if this has been mentioned before, but:
"assassinating innocent by standers as he makes his way through"
This is a load of rubbish; the assassin association revolves areound three tenants, one of which being 'stray your blade from the flesh of an innocent'. Even in the game, you lose health by killing innocents!
However, it is a highly enjoyable game. If you spread your playing out over a few weeks, it doesnt seem repetitive. I'm replaying the game, trying to get all the flags in the hope that a Trophy will demand this!
A PS3 must-have. Happy playing!
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The_Hells_Angels |
The_Hells_Angels- 9:18am GMT - December 2nd, 2008
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What a great game, I give it 9 out of 10
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Dougifresh |
Leciant_Cruz- 6:20pm GMT - February 28th, 2009
- 45
Another nice add for my PS3 collection. I enjoyed playing through this game. The story is rich, and full of historic sites. The freedom you get from the game is limiting, but not to the point of being told what to do. Graphics are amazing in HD, though in SD they are pretty bad... The game has alot of annoying missions to do, but the payoff in the end is fun. The ending isn't that great, but lets always hope for a sequal. The game is worth purchasing used, and I wouldn't pay a dollar over 20.
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yogosan |
Yogosan- 11:31pm BST - May 21st, 2009
- 46
best thing about this game, thought me the true meaning of impulse buying, games were never overhyped on ps2, if it looked good, it was good, but this game.... its like a long bus journey that you have been on many times, same thing over and over and over, uncharted decimated this game
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