6 Reasons Why Assassin’s Creed Sucks
I’ve been playing video games for a long time, and there have been two categories I put my experiences into; games that suck, and games that don’t suck. Not all the games which I feel don’t suck are equal, for instance, Red Dead Redemption is a better experience than say, The Force Unleashed, but I still enjoy both games.
This was a system that worked consistently until 2007, when I played Assassin’s Creed for the first time. Never, ever have I been so torn over whether I feel a game is good or bad. And what’s even more troubling to me is that the uneasy feelings I have for the first game, carry over with more or less the same the same potency to the two sequels it spawned, Assassin’s Creed II (ACII), and Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (ACB). Now Ubisoft Montreal has announced a fourth game in the works; Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, so I feel I need to make a final decision. Assassin’s Creed sucks, and here are the top six bits-o-beef I have with the series.
1. The duel-story is garbage: What made the first game so unique was the story; dude gets kidnapped and is forced to be plugged into a machine that makes him relive the actions of his assassin ancestors. That had never really been done before. And the VR machine he’s plugged into, the Animus, had this really cool way of blending sci-fi technology with a past life historical perspective. Even by the third game the effect hasn’t worn off on the player; it’s still really cool. But considering that the main plot of any game is the backbone of the entire story and experience, the fact that it’s so dull in Assassin’s Creed is unforgivable. I don’t care that the main character is being kidnapped by secret organizations that want to control all of humanity, I just want to run off of buildings and kill stuff. Throughout the entire series, you probably have 100 hours of game play, and about 40 minutes of it involve some guy who’s kidnapped. Why couldn’t they just made it a game about killing people in ancient times?
2. The graphics are sub-par: Assassin’s Creed is one of those epic experiences that feels like both a movie and a game. It’s in the same category of games like Uncharted, Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect, and L.A. Noir. But what Assassin’s Creed lacks that all those other games have always had, are graphics that really immerse you into the overall experience. They aren’t terrible by any standard, but they aren’t rich and gorgeous either, and some of the cut-scenes are just atrocious. In ACB, there are some characters who, when they talk, it looks like their mouths are going to fall of the rest of their face. And there’s nothing really show stopping about the way the environments look either. There’s a ton of content, but it all looks second rate.
3. The characters are 2-dimensional: Again, like the rest of those games I just mentioned, Assassin’s Creed should have characters that you really want to feel connected with, but the writing just isn’t there for things to be that way. And the characters from the “modern” part of the duel story are just awful, non-relatable cardboard cutouts of generic personalities, which again, makes me care even less about that part of the game.
4. The controls are dog s**t: There’s no other way to put it; the controls in every Assassin’s Creed game are the most confusing failures in all of modern gaming. I am convinced that Assassin’s Creed is part of some evil conspiracy between Ubisoft and companies who make game controllers, to make people buy more of their product because the frustration during the game makes you smash all your controllers against the wall. I didn’t finish the first game because I broke all my controllers. I should have learned from this and not even bought ACII, but I did and I broke two PS3 controllers in the process. It’s not that the controls themselves don’t work, it’s that, since everything relies on you holding down a different set of buttons and everything in the game can be interacted with, you end up making the character do something that is NOT AT ALL WHAT YOU WANTED thousands of times, over and over. When I first got ACII, I broke the controller during the SECOND MISSION. That should have been a sign right there, but I plowed on through, until I was about 80% through the game, and I just kept bouncing off walls and falling to my death, or chasing after an enemy and instead mounted a horse and climbed a wall, until I eventually took the controller and slammed it into a brick wall until there was nothing left. And this is a shared experience that MANY people have had with the series. THAT IS NOT OK. Your game should not bring out intense and violent behavior in people.
5. The AI are all stupid: Many missions, especially in ACB, involve you protecting a friendly AI from guards while you try to make it to a check point. That sounds good, and it might be, if the AI weren’t so badly programmed that you can’t finish missions. You’ll be leading them away from an enemy, and they’ll get stuck in a crowd of people and move toward the guards and get noticed. Desynchronized. Or you’ll be moving towards the checkpoint only to discover that the target is still in battle mode, backed in a corner, even though all the enemies are dead. Or they fall in the water and can’t get back out. STUPID!
6. Overly difficult missions: There’s a fine line between very challenging game play and something that’s going to give you post traumatic stress disorder, and apparently Ubisoft doesn’t know where the boundary is. The fact that there are difficult missions is one thing, but add the aforementioned broken controls into the equation therein lies a recipe for failure and frustration that you will have to put yourself through over and over until you get it right. And there is no pattern with how these terrible missions progress. You’ll play a bunch of fun missions, then be forced to tackle a bunch of terrible ones, and then go back to fun missions, and then do terrible ones, and the cycle of hatred repeats itself. This is not the same thing as other games that are known for their frustration levels, Ninja Gaiden Black for instance. No, Assassin’s Creed is just made up with a bunch of great experiences sprinkled with overly terrible ones, and it just destroys the overall fun of the game.
The worst part about all of this is all that could have been. Assassin’s Creed has something that many games never have; the potential to be amazing. But what’s happened here is a classic case of a game developer who doesn’t listen to the fans. For instance, Dead Space was a great game, but Dead Space 2 is an even better one, and it’s because EA took what fans had to say about the first game into consideration during the production of the second. The Assassin’s Creed experience could have been improved in ACII, and then into ACB, but it wasn’t. What pisses people off about the first game is right there in your face, four years later. And that’s why Assassin’s Creed really sucks; so much good is ruined by so much bad gone ignored.
AC2: Ezio is really good at chasing thieves across rooftops but when it comes to city walls, he prefers to launch himself 18 stories to his death. (I suspect he thought there was a hay cart in those cases).
ACB: Ezio is much better at hiding in crowds until he climbs on top of someone’s head while running from guards and refuses to jump off. Guard rape ensues.
ACR: Gamegasm. Perfection.
AC3: Who was this guy, Connor? The hachet dude? Swearing saved my 360 controller. Thankfully, everyone was out of the house. It’s hard to kill a target whose stuck halfway under the ground. If you don’t time your “hiding in the bushes” exactly right, 5,000 redcoats will stab you. Exactly right. Walking the same line the designer walked.
AC4: Mind-blowing pirate adventure awesomeness. Just don’t leave the ship. Ever. Edward can’t make it 100 yards to the shipyard without climbing a half dozen rum barrels along the way. And why don’t chests and loot boxes work from any angle? Seriously, you have to stand EXACTLY in front of it to open it? It can’t just pop open from the sides or the rear?
Unity: Gorgeous awesomeness.
Syndicate: Kate Beckinsale with assassin blades. It’s like Steampunk Blade with a chick without vampires. Get it get any better than this?
Clearly Ubi has gotten their crap together. I’m very pleased with the latest 2 games. All those before, except for ACR, were controller-destroying dog crap wrapped in chocolate.
You know what’s way better than this game? In terms of characters, story, suspense, length — everything? FUCKING FAR CRY 3. And that’s saying something.
seriously?
1. Graphics – faces are horribly animated, city looks great, not AAA though
2. Difficulty – stupidly easy, I healed 0 times because 1 square is all you need, it regens and takes a beating
3. Story – iffy, I can see some appeal in the animus world but the ‘present’ feels poitnless/undeveloped (at least in 1 and 2)
4. Controls – mediocre at best, repetative/dry combat, free running is all automatic, so you accidentally do things all the time…
I found myself zoning out throughout the game because I was so bored and just wanted to to be over. Kind of like a boring/underpowered Cole mxgrawth from Infamous (amazing game by the way)
I liked the second one in the first few hours but the story was bland and gameplay repetative so I relished finishing it because I was so happy to be done with it. After all, I could have killed the main bad guy like 4 times but they don’t let me which drove me nuts since I just wanted it to end.
But more objective ish opinions on the game
1. The outside story is dry and undeveloped.
2. The game is stupid easy, i didn’t manually heal once cause the last square can take a beating and you heal at the beginning of every mission automatically.
3. The cities are beautifully designed but the character faces are horrendous.
4. The controls are frustrating because too many things are automatic. For example, running up walls for no reason, etc. Also, why is circle both drop and grab on a large jump, can easily lead to doing the opposite of what you want. Plus, plenty of instances where i am climbing, pointing the stick in the correct the direction but he just stands there for no reason. Try it 3 times then miraculous success. WTH.
5. No proper stealth in an assassination game is inexcusable. Just play Deus ex or dishonoured, infinitely better games. Their combat is better and they have stealth and depth. 90% of assassins is parrying which is so boring. Juat too repetative.
In summary, the graphics are all fine except for the faces. No stealth, wth. Mediocre controls at best. Dry external story. I didn’t care for the main one either but i can see why others liked it. Too easy, never had to try.
All in all, i was expecting something amazing or at least hood and got terrible to mediocre…
Also, if there are spelling mistakeabi am sorry, I did re read this and types it on my phone.
I have tried all the assassins creed games as “I like the story lines also there is a lot going for them ie, the little history lessons and I found the graphics very good – however I don’t think I have finished one of them before getting p***ed off with controls ( I have tried kb and mouse and controller).
Because that would be very boring. Instead, they decided to put a little INTRIGUE, not to mention THOUGHT, into their story here. And no, that doesn’t make it “garbage”.
2. “The graphics are sub-par”
You’re out of your mind. Even the franchise’s most dedicated haters tend to admit they create absolutely beautiful worlds.
3. “The characters are 2-dimensional: (I don’t care about the characters)”
They’re actually not two-dimensional at all. One recurring theme of the series is that the protagonists wind up second-guessing themselves and whether or not what they’re doing is the right thing to do. They have complicated motives and various interests. And don’t blame the game for your decision to not care what happens to someone – fictional or otherwise.
4. “The controls are dog s**t”
They work just fine for me! As well as all the people putting up videos of each AC game’s gameplay! I’d say this proof weighs heavier than your typed-up assertion.
5. “The AI are all stupid”
I will give you that one! But I’ll also qualify this concession by pointing out that technically EVERY game’s AI is stupid. If there was a game that had good AI, realistic AI, it would be impossible to beat.
6. “Overly difficult missions”
Meanwhile, the franchise gets flack for being “too easy”. What to do, what to do…
Buuuullll…..s**t!
So, you’ve never run up to a bunch of bad guys and, I don’t know, PUT YOUR SWORDS AWAY AND STAND THERE LIKE A BUMP ON A LOG?
Never climbed all the way up to the top of that man-o-war and cut down their flag^h^H^H turned slightly to the left and plummeted screaming to your death (Because that’s what everybody knows real pirates did all the time)?
Never incapacitated the guy right in front of you and then, rather than finish him off, turn around and engage the guy standing 90° to your right? And then, in response to your frantic button mashing, rather than go back to the first guy, turn 180° and have a go at the guy on the other side?
Beautiful game, stupid god-damn fucking retard fucking control fucking smash you f****r filters. Ohhhh, we hates them, precious, yes we doessss…..
If you couldn’t tell whether or not AC2 was good or bad, you have no business reviewing games. Everyone and their mother knows that game was spectacular.
“The duel-story is garbage… Why couldn’t they just made it a game about killing people in ancient times?”
Just because they COULD’VE done without the “duel-story” dynamic (you misspelled ‘dual’, BTW), doesn’t mean they SHOULD have. You still have a long way to go before you’ve shown that this is any kind of a flaw, which means that “reason” #1 is a fail.
“The graphics are sub-par: Assassin’s Creed is one of those epic experiences that feels like both a movie and a game. It’s in the same category of games like Uncharted, Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect, and L.A. Noir. But what Assassin’s Creed lacks that all those other games have always had, are graphics that really immerse you into the overall experience.”
Speak for yourself. I found them all quite beautiful and immersive indeed, on top of being very fun!
“The characters are 2-dimensional: Again, like the rest of those games I just mentioned, Assassin’s Creed should have characters that you really want to feel connected with, but the writing just isn’t there for things to be that way.”
Again, I can’t relate to what you’re saying, which is very ironic, because you’re doing an awful job at exactly what you’re criticizing the AC franchise for! Lol.
“And the characters from the “modern” part of the duel story are just awful, non-relatable cardboard cutouts of generic personalities, which again, makes me care even less about that part of the game.”
Yeah, they were lacking in this department in the first couple games, but after that, I can’t say that this criticism still holds any water. Everyone knows that things get quite emotional and interesting with Brotherhood, then moreso with Revelations, and ESPECIALLY so with AC3.
“The controls are dog s**t: There’s no other way to put it”
And you’re… a writer, correct?
“the controls in every Assassin’s Creed game are the most confusing failures in all of modern gaming. I am convinced that Assassin’s Creed is part of some evil conspiracy between Ubisoft and companies who make game controllers, to make people buy more of their product because the frustration during the game makes you smash all your controllers against the wall.”
And yet, nobody else seems to have much trouble with the controls but you…
“I didn’t finish the first game because I broke all my controllers.”
I rest my case. Next “reason” please!
I’ll actually give you the AI complaint. Though it has been improved, it still needs work. But that hardly makes the entire franchise bad.
“Overly difficult missions”
Had you have said “overly difficult OPTIONAL OBJECTIVES”, I’d be forced to agree. But there isn’t a single mission in the entire franchise that is overly difficult, no. And we can’t count the optional stuff as game-breaking flaws for the simple fact that they are OPTIONAL.
“But what’s happened here is a classic case of a game developer who doesn’t listen to the fans.”
Lmao! Thank you for confirming you have no idea what you are talking about. Ubisoft listens to its fans almost to a FAULT, if that’s even possible. Every single game adds/subtracts on the basis of reviews they got in the previous installment. While there are SOME problems they don’t seem capable of fixing (and they should be continuously critiqued for), the vast majority of the gameplay, story, environment, you name it in every game is a direct response to criticism. They’ve even taken to releasing two markedly different games at once annually just so that a wider variety of people will have an AC game to play.
“For instance, Dead Space was a great game, but Dead Space 2 is an even better one, and it’s because EA took what fans had to say about the first game into consideration during the production of the second.”
The exact same thing could be said of AC2, which boasted an even greater improvement of its predecessor than Dead Space 2 did with its own.
This article more or less “sucks”.
The graphics: Graphics are fine although not very good.
The characters : They aren’t 2-D. I mean seriously what’s wrong with the characters?
The controls: They are more than fair. I pity you that you find it so arduous a task to master controls.
The AI : Yeah the AI are little stupid but its not a big deal.
Missions: Missions are not “overly difficult”! Seriously it’s you who can’t compete their level!
Lastly no game is perfect and again this games gives you a “brilliant feel” of why you revive after being “desynchronized”.
My first gripe with AC2 on Steam, and xBox or ps3 may be way better, but what is up with the dumberer icons of hand and feet etc.?? Actually, Tomb Raider on Steam is stupid like this too. Instead of telling you what key to hit it tells you to activate an icon that has a correlated keystroke you can look up in the menu. Dumb? On TR I died fighting a wolf in a cave several times before I accidentally found that the F key is really the hand waving at me. Dumb! BUT TR is awesome and you overlook minor stupid stuff because it is a great game. I just picked up a new ps3 AC1 at a yard sale for a buck. Should I just start running my head into a wall now. I’m sure the ps3 version is better than PC on Steam, and it will tell me to hit the diamondcirclesquareX buttons instead of feet hands etc., right?
I have had fun jumping around from building to building, pushing people on the street, and looking at the scenery. Where the hell am I supposed to go? There were a couple of little races, where I was to get to some building before someone else, but the game ended there, so far. I found the M key which is the map, which tells me absolutely nothing about where to go, but gives me these wonderfully indecipherable icons to click on, ooh that’s fun. I jumped up on top of the buildings today, and everything turned dark, and what is that? I also jumped in a lit up box on a roof and then jumped out, wow fun! Generally I can start a game and braille my way to a good beginning and then maybe do a little research for more in depth game play. Do I need to go to Med. school to finally have a few laughs here? Try Bulletstorm for great fun start to finish, minus 900 page manuals. A $5 game you cannot quit playing, I guarantee it. Who doesn’t like kicking baddies 50 feet into the air and over a cliff, AND shoot them in the air?
This site has been way more fun than AC#whatever, and shows you the power of hype the game industry has over us. Lame games being thrown at a rich populace.
I just forgot my AC-Uplay password from an email acct I discontinued, and needed to go through all of that to get AC2 back up and running on Steam, and why do I need Uplay if I’m Steamed, geesuz! Anyone that has changed emails and needed to update a password knows this can be a minefield of a mess. Ubisoft solved the problem faster than anybody I’ve ever called about computer anythings. Steam gave me a link to a phone number, BAM! If only Ubisoft’s game was that fantastically super. Another game recently that suffered from super hype was Destiny. OMFG, I was bored within minutes of mindless weapon sniping against aliens I knew nothing about, or cared. Turned it off sooo fast and was happy Redbox got it back that same day.
I really liked the guy that did the all time greatest AC gameslist , and by the time he got to the second worst AC game, he hadn’t played it, now that is some funny stuff. He knew it would suck. So, should I just go to YouTube and follow this mess from the beginning, what am I missing here? Is there a keystroke like ‘I’ for info that tells me where to go next? Where’s the pointing system for morons that says go this way? I was just playing a few minutes of A vs. P and there was the very nice little idiot box flashing for which direction to travel, niiiice. At some juncture on AC2 I brought up a menu that looks like stacks of paper that lead me to nowhere. What is that? Now you know why Last of US won over 200 game awards, super game fun sans YouTube or answer books. Complicated does not make a game good or fun. Who wants to go up to your car or house and figure out a three digit code for entry each day? I like learning curves in game play, but not learning curves for finding the yellow brick road to start. I’m going to stop btchn now, and maybe someone will throw me a set of keys for a clue here to this dismal game.
ever heared of climbing up to a tower… get on a viewpoint.. and press The Syncronize Button?
THanks for Comparing a Historical Adventure game to a action game btw that was GOOD
you know what for me AC is one of the best games in the world.
ill give you a game to talk trash abaut…Final Fantasy.
That “game”shity as the MK moves,and that my friends is hours s**t
I’d agree to disagree with your post up there.
1. If the game was just about running around in history with not a common character who controls, you’ll again say the game sux.
2. Are you serious? This reason looks forced FFS.
3. Nope. All characters have been given their own personality which they stick to through the stories. I can write more on it if you want.
4. Every game has a unique style of having controls, and AC has these controls since Part 1. It took me 10 minutes to get accustomed to, and if you’ve not got it 10 games past, Recquiescat Di Pace xD
5. Never happened with me :\ Stick with him. You got desynchronized because you left him far behind. Fix your style, bruh. You are supposed to stick with your mates. But I’d partly agree to this one, that sometimes they’re stupid in the earlier games like AC2. But it’s not worth a Reason for Top 6.
6. Again, learn to play ;)
I know everybody wanna pat my back for the analysis xD But its fine. It’s because of critics like these Ubisoft got mislead in AC.
For those of you complaining about the controls, there’s nothing wrong with them, they’re just different. Ya it can get a little frustrating if your switching from game-to-game, but you get used to it. If you can’t and all you do is complain about it, well sorry, but you’re not a real gamer.
The graphics well ya, the first one definitely is not that great, but they’ve gotten so much better, really good actually.
The story-line I’m pretty sure is fantastic and it frustrates me that you think otherwise.
Overly difficult missions? Seriously? Well it’s not supposed to be easy, where’s the fun in that? They’re definitely beatable, and if you can’t, well sorry again but, you’re not a real gamer.
Right now my biggest and only frustration with the series is that I’m going to have spend the extra money to buy the new Xbox One in order to play Unity. Not happy about that one..
Similar story with the subsequent titles, too; felt like a challenging open-world gameplay experience, but when you look into it, it’s actually rare to find one objective or target in any game where there’s a genuine strategy that’s decent.
Makes you feel like the game lures you in and punishes you for playing it properly- I sometimes wonder if they deliberately made it so unfair to troll people.
AC looks immersive, but somehow it isn’t fun. Perhaps it borrows a bit too much from the prince of persia which a played ’till it became as boring as watching a potato.
“You sure you’re a real gamer?” xDDDD
When he says the characters are 2D, he means their personalities are dull and boring, not that they look flat. Smh.
CONTROLS: Ok yes I can see why you say the controls suck, but it’s because they change over each game, some of the assassin’s creed games you got to lock onto your target just to air assassinate, and other you just press X or square to air assassinate. But that isn’t why they suck…..it’s because you don’t know how to change up your brain to allow it to get used to different control setup’s.
GRAPHICS: Really? Do I even have to go there….? Well ok bassicly your not a true hardcore gamer if you compare a game to graphics, FOR FUCKS SAKE PAC-MANS GRAPHICS IS JUST A BOX WITH LINES AND CIRCLES!!! But, it’s a classic. So your saying a circle and some lines beat this games graphics…? Check again and also from what I’ve seen the only game that has very poor graphics, (and in my opinion is the worst of all six consoles games to date) was AC 1 but, I still wouldn’t say the game sucked….because at that time they were still testing different ways of graphics settings. I mean the game is run by ADOBE FLASH ON A CONSOLE that’s gotta count for something right…?
THE CHARACTERS ARE 2D: I don’t understand what you mean here….? The game is 3D but your saying the characters are 2D? Umm last time I checked the character’s look exactly like the one’s in other 3D game (GTA, SAINTS ROW, ETC…)
THE AI ARE STUPID: Ermm can you elaborate, because if you’ve seen the AI I fight you would say nevermind, I just got done playing Brotherhood and during the game (I think like 5 times it happened) I ended up getting at least 30 enemy’s on me at once.
THE GAME IS HARD: Well DUH that’s what makes you a gamer, you want a challenge, though between you and me, I think that Assassin’s creed could at least give a difficulty setting, because I think the game is downright too easy, I beat the games main story lines in 2-3 days.
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NOTHING IS TRUE, EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED
~Mentor Shaun (major fan of assassin’s creed)
I mean im a 10 year old and i practicly mastered the game
I can take on 30 janissaries (royal guads men)at a time
He’ll im ten years old but know what a good game is
funny thing is, i’ve got the AC IV special edition on pre-order; this is because ubisoft can’t think of an orginal gaming concept and have instead ripped on one of the greatest games ever invented; i speak in hushed tones of, of course, pirates!: gold. all they have to do is stick in the governers daughters, and there’s no way this game fails.
AC1: 7/10
“Wah wah wah the controls are so simple, but I don’t like them and I can’t think of a better setup wah wah wah.”
“The gameplay that mostly relies on stealth and then quickly maneuvering is much to hard for my small brain to comprehend. They should make this game a shooter, make shitty single AND multiplayer and charge me 60$ for some lackluster DLC that I apparently think are worth it. Then NOT complain about a this vastly inferior game on a website.”
This is pretty much what I got from this argument and from the rest of what you say.
You Bethesda post not only has multiple pieces of false information, but you are ripping on games that clearly everyone else loves. The types of games that Bethesda makes require a LOT of programming time and then processing power because there is quite literally a minimum of 100 hours of SINGLE PLAYER gameplay in any one of their games.
Let the butthurt flow through you
The controls are difficult at first but it flows fluently as you get used to it, just like any other games. Since Assassins Creed involves many different actions you can do, the developers actually did a great job entailing everything into a standard controller.
The storyline is and will always be a matter of opinions. Just like ice cream and candy, some people love them, some people hate them. Those who are true professionals of literacy would understand the story’s deep, rich plots while those who simply want simplicity would find it too boring to follow, naturally.
While the character details are not that great, the sceneries in this game are superb and worthwhile to just stand somewhere high to watch.
I believe the AIs in this game are decent considering how many AIs there are at once in the vast world. There are limits to how much you can accomplish with the limited space ;)
I really don’t understand why people are still arguing over it on the internet.
If you don’t like a game.. and then you actually go out and buy the subsequent sequels, dafuq is wrong with you?
IF YOU DONT LIKE A GAME DoNT BUY THE SEQUELS.
Its really that simple.
You lost me, faggot.
These games are so ridiculously easy mode that the only challenge is overcoming the bugs and shoddy movement mechanics. If anyone thinks any part of the entire series is difficult find a new hobby, recommendation: turd collection. You already have a head start, you own these games.
Bad game control responses should not be used in games to create ‘artificial difficulty’ – especially if the difficulty itself is already pretty high.
Other than the controls sucking, the games itself are awesome IMHO. I just will never get 100% synch in 2 or Brotherhood. I wish they stuck to the same controls as they did in the first one, or made the races give more than one or two seconds of leeway from total perfection.
Way too much time of the dual story line is spent running around a boring cave, or high rise buildings, when the real fun is running around the streets of old Boston doing missions and finding clues.
The lack of ‘wow’ inducing graphics doesn’t hurt as much as you say, they are good enough – but the lack of control is a huge PITA. During every attempt to flee, or chase, the guy would jump into walls or up trees – it was just incredibly frustrating.
And don’t forget the time waste of moving from one location to another – chasing icons on the map. Even with a horse to ride, it was ‘run people over’, turn a corner, ‘run people over’, turn a corner, …. ad nausiem.
p.s. anybody who doesn’t play sports and likes anything with an elf in it gets beat up in high school as mentioned above.
p.p.s. AC series is the best video game ever…ALL OF THEM!!!
1: duel story makes this game. if you are so ignorant that you forget that in real life you don’t respawn and get checkpoints you would notice that this gives you a reason to respawn. also duel story makes the story line even more interesting and apparently you more stupid.
2: the graphics are not bad at all they aren’t perfect but they are still good. i will say that the syncing with the voice can be off but that is all.
3: the characters have actual personalities that you see and you can bond with one and hate another.
4: the controls are the most fluent i have played since i played my first video game. if you can’t grasp these simple controls in your estimated 100 hours of gameplay and throw controllers at brick walls, you need help.
5: the AIs are amazing alone and now consider over a hundred on screen cooperating at once.
6: there are few missions that are overly difficult i have only played one slightly annoying one in revelations that that only took me 4 trys and the game is semi difficult and lets you chose whether you want to follow all the requirements or only the main ones.
I dont care anymore of assassin greed.
Ubisoft decided to try something new by using optional objectives instead of difficulty levels. Personally, I think it was a mistake. The optional objectives are great and do add a creative element of difficulty and choice but adding, at least, one other difficulty level would have been nice also to make the game a bit more challenging.
The story line, in my opinion, is captivating. As a big history and conspiracy buff, I love how the Templar/Assassin war is woven into some of the most interesting and pivotal times in human history.
There’s so much more to say but I will add that you could learn more about world history from the animus DB than any history class I’ve ever taken… ;)
I always thought AC should be harder and rely more on stealth. Back before the first one released they said you could take only a few direct hits so you had to be stealthy. Then the game comes out and I find that Altair can take out 100 guards at once with simple counter kills. Controls can be off if you are not careful, but it’s not that hard to figure out.
I’m guessing most people who hate the story don’t have the grasp of history and mythology to know what is going on. I can think of a few other games with great stories, but I’m having a hard time thinking of any as complex and historically rich as AC.
Is it boring? Depends on how/what you like to play. If you only like fast paced COD type games or games with minimal story that just lets you “kill stuff” then yeah you will find it boring, but you’re in the wrong genre so that’s your fault… not the game.
Reviewing something negatively that you personally can’t enjoy because it is not the sort of thing you are into is just juvenile. It’s not the game’s fault that it took you several games to figure out you didn’t like it either. It’s not a bad series by any means, but it’s not for you. Move on and stop being bitter that you spent so much time on something you didn’t like. No one forced it on you.
Nothing is true, Everything is permitted.
-JR
And if you’re defending the writing in Assassin’s Creed you should give up on gaming right now unless it’s the only plot-driven game series you’ve ever played. Just about the only games with writing as bad as AC is 90% of WRPGs.
thats not true at all. if all opinions were facts there would be no reason to disagree. opinions are opinions, they are personal beliefs they don’t account for real life facts.
“The duel-story is garbage” – It’s an original idea that works, to be honest. Or was it too complex for you to understand?
“The graphics are sub-par” – Rule number 1 of gaming: You play games to PLAY and ENJOY them, not to stare at like a piece of art!
“The characters are 2-dimensional” – personally, I think the characters have a great amount of depth (and considering the OP thinks Oblivion and Skyrim are the best games ever, he’s clearly a hypocrite who knows nothing about 2d characters. Characters in Skyrim = more 2d than a piece of paper!)
“The controls are dog sh*t” – a simple phrase sums this up: “only a bad workman blames his tools”. If you can’t even grasp something a simple as a standard console controller and be able to use it competently, why blame the developers for your absurd failure?
“The AI are all stupid” – I personally have never had any annoying/game-breaking issues with AI, so I think you’re just bullshitting to get past the true single complaint that you have which is you just want to run around and kill people. Just go back to CoD and GTFO, will you?
“Overly difficult missions” – Really? Have you really sunk that low? I mean, I could understand if you said it was too easy, as that’s a valid point most gamers make, but seriously? You’re moaning because it’s too hard? I’m sorry, but I have lost all respect for you, not that I had any respect for you to start with anyway. It’s the difficulty that makes a game worth it’s money, so you can put many hours into it and not just finish it in a day or two.
Your argument is stupid and ignorant!
About the controls, if you can´t work with them is because you’re a noob, or probably because you’re a kid with small hands, because the game play and the controls are one of the bests and easiest of the games today!
The graphics are awesome too, they are good for the time, and with such a big map like that how the f*ck do you get bored ?
The story is pretty amazing and interesting, and has been improving with the new games, and yes, you get really connected with the characters, if you’re not a douche, you will notice that!
If you just want to kill “stuff”, this is really not the appropriate game for you,
maybe try some super mario, at least you get to kill the turtles, and you don’t have a story at all, (just kill stuff and save the f*cking princess).
Just shut the f*ck up, you’re making yourself look dumb!
If you find yourself breaking your controller, for ANY reason, then you have anger management issues, and should consult a professional. You may be a danger to yourself or others if you don’t get help.
Sad that one dudes inability to play a game, hold a job or have a girlfriend sparked this much hate and hostility on an open site. I do like the games, I like a good story and have the latest Assasin’s Creed 3 which seems to be a bit hard but I keep on going because I like a challenge. It makes no difference how you feel about my opinion of me or call me fanboy or anything else like that. After leaving this very sad site and the amount if immaturity that’s been displayed here. I will still play my game hard or not and move on with my life as an adult. Oh and I have broken my controls to if that makes this author feel good. . only I did so by stepping on it by not watching where I was walking so in saying that….
JUST GET OVER IT!! Damn no one said this was a game for all to like, love or live by.
Try the God of War series or any other plethora of games out there for PS or 360.
Just Pick one and MOVE ON!
Game developers need to make some sacrifices with certain aspects of games to truly have an imersive game. Fortunatly for ac3 that came out a couple weeks ago ubisoft revamped the software engine and now we can have a gorgeous environment with one of the best storylines I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing! To the writer of this porly put together cluster f**k of randomly over exaggerated excuses Ive got to say that you my friend need help if some of the easiest controls in gaming history. In my opinion anyway, gets you that pissed off you wreck controllers. Stop picking apart briliantly made games just to fill your need of atention from strangers.
I started playing AC after watching my older brother play. I played it because the story was to my liking and to my taste. For those who are saying that the storyline sucks thats entirely your opinion and you are entiteled to have them, but saying that others who are attracted to this sort of game and this type of story are somehow incorrect is just illogical. Some people like the game some people dont. End of story.
I myself am not a huge gamer. I havn’t even touched Halo or COD, i’ve only watched my older brothers play them. When i got my hands on AC i finished the first game in three days. The controls are pretty straight forward. Also i’m pretty sure games aren’t made to frustrate you so much that you’d destroy your own property. THey’re made for entertainment. You don’t find this particular game entertaining then don’t play it. It’s not rocket science really.
p.s. I love AC and the storyline is pretty awesome because its BASED on facts. Key word here…BASED. The story is FICTION. and as a FICTIONAL story i think it does its job in creating a FICTIONAL world that engages people who LIKE that sort of FICTION GENRE.
you’re so gay.
Borderlands
Skyrim
Assassin’s Creed
Call of Duty
All these games and their fans suck.
2. LSHMSFOAIDMT – Did you really explore?!? – Can’t not be impressed by the vistas from viewpoints, etc.
3. Some are…like Shawn…he can go away anytime. But, if you play through the series, you get to know the rest.
4. Really? Are you a real gamer? Controls are amazing and where needed improvement they did through Revelations. I can only complain about the AC3 controls so far. Blend groups are way stickier and perching/getting down just gets stupid at times.
5. Yes, that’s what AI characters do in games, they’re stupid. Although not many games give you such a variety of pre-programmed stupid, so suck it. Also, just tell the retard you’re protecting to stay put in a safe place before you get into conflict by pressing the circle button. (Read button options as they come up).
6. Yeah, it’s going to be hard if you don’t get yourself used to the controls. Mind-blowing. The only complaint I have is the number of glitches I have encountered. But, there’s always a video of someone else who had the same glitch and spent enough hours to find a workaround. If you’re an achievement whore who can’t be bothered with improving, just wait for a video and copy what the other person did.
PS. You can’t b***h about a franchise that gives you a non-shooter multiplayer with that much murder. It’s amazing. And face punching. Check it out – I’d love to kill you. :)
The plot, though occasionally confusing and not without plot holes, has been praised for its richness and immersiveness.
The graphics could actually count among the best in the game industry, since even the first game was able to render whole cities in great detail with huge draw distances. The animations sometimes don’t connect but on the other hand the environment, contrarily to your opinion, was acclaimed for its richness and aesthetic appeal.
Your third point seems only valid for the first game, and even then only for some characters, which subsequently got fleshed out a lot more. You fail to offer any concrete examples, whereas characters like Ezio Auditore and Maria Thorpe received praise from critics for being well-written.
Regarding the controls, I play on the PC, so I don’t know how playing on the Xbox feels like. However, you seem to be the only one out there getting anywhere near this level of frustration. If you truly did break all your controllers because of your problems, you may need to seek professional help. Blaming your anger on the game won’t make things better.
Though I did experience the occasional AI problem while playing the games, nothing seemed as game-breaking as you’re suggesting. If you truly experienced all of those bugs, then I am sorry. Along with the controller problems, as Swarm It said, you might be having technical issues with either the game or your machine. Have you tried reinstalling/resetting the game?
Finally, you seem to be the only one having any actual difficulty with the missions. In fact, most of the issues you’re having boil down to a misguided sense of self-entitlement. You expect the game to be simpler and easier than it is, and rage when you don’t get what you want, to a degree which you might want to consider as unhealthy. The fact that you bring up games like L.A. Noire and The Force Unleashed, both of which have many of the issues you brought up (clunky controls, convoluted story, unimpressive graphics), as better games suggests you’re either heavily biased by one bad experience or desperately trying to play devil’s advocate.
I think we all need some chocolate and weed around here. Just spread some love, people!
The controls only take practice. For me now it’s very fluid and quite easy. You said the controls never change and yet you haven’t tried AC3. Let me just tell you that the controls are quite different. I’m still getting the hang of them but there are times when I do it perfectly and Connor moves so fluid and perfectly, it’s amazing. The older games could be frustrating, but before you judge anymore I recommend trying AC3. Your opinion is your own but my opinion is that it is one of the best games ever :)
personally i don’t remember the other assassin’s creeds, i remember AC3, which is the best god damn game in the world.
hes just a fan boy.
Do i need to say that anyone can beat ac1,ac2,acb,acr,ac3?
because this game sucks.
there isnt difficult.
controls poor. they never change. The player should fell while he plays.
I didnt played ac3. But has played ac2 and acb. And i thought: im tired of this game. The mutiplayer bored me also.
They are failing more than capcom does.
i wouldn’t play this anymore neither for free.
i prefer games that ask for real skill. And that have fun combat elements. Nothing boring like these.
I can relate to the subtitle part. altough my hearing is near perfect. I don’t have any experiance with the PC version but the PS3 version has got subtitles in a lot of languages even in dutch (only 21.5 million native speakers) and also in english. I would say while playing the game check the options its in the same selection screen together with maps, DNA etc. . There you can change most settings like brightness, 3D, effects, etc. and also subtitles.
Also, if you have not, try to play it with a gamepad thats much easier
What i also would like to say is that I think the assassin’s creed series is briliant. Most main characters, and goups in the game did excist, the graphics are a mazing and some of the historical buildings are mostly accurate (i have been to Rome and Istanbul and have seen most of them) This combined also give a level of “education”(if you can call it that)to the game. I hope AC III will live up to my expectations (tonight i will know :-) ).
And last but not least i hope the AC series contributed a bit on the de-demonisation of muslims after all the assassins where a muslim order founded around 1080 (the time of the 1st crusade. and altough this ws portrait as a holy war it was nothing less then a trade war just as is going on at the moment in Afganistan and Irak) (The word assassin derives from the Persian word Ḥashshāshīn wich means user of hasjish).
Assassin’s Creed
Metal Gear Solid/Metal Gear
Super Smash Bros
I meant to say number 4 not 2.
2. As many of the commenters have said before me, many of the finer details aren’t up to par with other games, however when you look at the grand scale, the game really is something to marvel at. If you rest at the peak of a Borgia tower and just look over at the beautiful city, you will be in awe of the beauty that this game has managed to capture. Returning to your issue with fine details, these specific details are something that may have been sacrificed due to the sheer size of the explorable world, but i’m suprised you were able to notice the detail while you were busy jumping off of buildings to kill stuff.
3. I don’t know if we are playing the same game, but in no way did any of the characters feel like cardboard cutouts. I felt deeply connected to Ezio and his family, and it was devestating to return to his home after his father and brother were dead. I do have to admit, the entire sidestory with Desmond felt like it was tagged on in Brotherhood and in Revelations, however, the people still are connected you emotionally. I felt sad as Desmond stabbed Lucy and killed her, (SPOILER)even after I realized that she was a templar.
4. To me, the control scheme was different and did have a very strange feel at first, however, it greatly contributed to the gameplay overall. Having the controls set up the way they were made chain kills, parkour, a vast arsenal of weapons, and the many other functions all easy to perform once you have the hang of it. As far as you breaking multiple controllers out of frustration, either you are exagurating a lot or you have serious anger problems and you may want to seek professional help with that.
5. The AI in the assassin’s creed games appeared to me as one of the most realistic out of any game I’ve played. It captures many realistic features of combat, from the blind rage a taunt may induce to a templar’s hesitation to continue after you have killed several of his comrades with ease. There are the occasional bugs where you find a templar stuck inside a roof, or a person gets stuck on an object, but they are few and far between.
6. Seeing how this is reason was entirely based on the controls being far to hard for you to grasp, just refer to number two for disproof of your “reason” why the missions are too hard.
If you are new to assassin’s creed, don’t let this forum discourage you from trying out the games. If you are going to start, I recommend beginning with assassin’s creed II or Brotherhood, and NOT starting with Revelations. As for you people saying the game sucks, your argument is not valid if you just played 1 or 2 sequences and quit because you weren’t immediately an expert and you failed a few times. Also, if you think that the load screen is bad, it is the same length of any game that has a large world, if not shorter. What did you expect to get, mission briefings like in COD (don’t hate because I said COD and ignore the entire point of this post).
If you are breaking that many controllers, then you must have some major anger issues. I will admit that I get very angry at this game as I have others like the Halo series, Mass Effect Series, Elder Scroll Series, Call of Duty series just to name a few. I very rarely cuss but lots of very colorful language comes out of my mouth when I’m playing video games and get ticked lol. However, I have enough self control to stop myself from damaging my stuff. I don’t have a lot of money so the fact that I cannot afford to buy new equipment if I break what I have, is enough to keep myself in check. I’ll admit there are times I feel like throwing my controller into my television set and when that feeling sets in, I usually set the controller down and go do something else for a time then come back to it after I calm down. So unless you’re rich and can afford to buy new equipment over and over again, maybe you should take a time out and go do something else for a bit till you calm down. It’s not good allowing a video game to control you to the point of rage.
As for the characters, I felt a very strong connection to Ezio’s family. I must admit that I hated going back to Florence after their death and even more so after seeing the Easter Egg of his family in eagle vision.
I will admit that I wasn’t as impressed with Revelations because it was basically AC2 and Brotherhood all over again just in a different setting. I hope AC3 comes up with something completely different. Seeing that a big part of the game will take place in wooded and mountainous areas is a big change that I am looking forward to experiencing.
My biggest complaint about the game is that it makes Christians look bad. First of all the Knights Templar were a Christian based organization that took a wrong turn and went bad. However, not all Knights Templers were bad and evil. It makes the Christians look like a bunch of power hungry people who just want to control everyone and that is so not true. God gave us free will and he also gave us the responsibilities and consequences with that free will. Free will is something to fight for but portraying theft, murder and prostitution as acceptable is not good. If people just leave these ideas in the game and use them as tools for accomplishing goals then so be it. However, little kids are going to play these games and with the chance that the game could give kids the idea that these are acceptable ways of life, then that is where I have to draw the line. I think that it is very important that parents take the time to teach them right from wrong if they are going to let them play games any games with questionable morality
The worse thing Assassin’s Creed does is the idea that it’s trying to remove God and Jesus out of the equation. Jesus did not use a piece of Eden to perform his miracles and neither did any other of the biblical characters. There is also the fact that it seems to want to remove the idea that God is the creator of all life on earth and in the universe . These are all lies and I am sure God does not appreciate those lies being put in any type of story or game. However, I am not God so the creators of the Assassin’s Creed series doesn’t have to answer to me. I pray that God has mercy on their souls.
Aside from all that, I still enjoy playing assassin’s creed. I as a Christian adult can over look the immoral things about the game series and just enjoy it for its good points such as its graphic, the historical facts that you can learn from, and the ability to transform yourself back into time and explore not only the past world but also a way of life that our ancestors once lived.
That game had the worst enemy AI in history or at least this gen
GOD, it was awful
the combat system is boring as well, u cannot hit them no matter how hard you try
u have to wait for them to attack and counter which will probably take around 30 seconds for each enemy
Stealth is broken, they don’t go into any kind of alert even during missions. if u want to break their line of sight just stand behind a chimney 10m away from them and they will totally forget about you and one time i duel knifed like 6 guards who were just standing very close to each other
Side missions were boring as well, and what is the point of upgrading your armour and sword if u can run through the whole game with just the duel blades
THIS GAME IS FOR NOOBS
It is outrageous! that you find the controls hard. Unbelievable. The gameplay may be tough at times, but its not something you can’t go through. AC series is not the hardest game in the history of gaming. You sir just suck at playing it. Don’t mean to be rude. Just referring to your gaming skills, not your character :)
It’s definitely just your reflexes dude, I find the controls super easy, and so do all other game reviewers. Now, Mirrors Edge would be the exception of your argument :) That is a good game, but terrible controls. What you can do in 1 second with 2 buttons needs to be done with 10 buttons in Mirrors edge as opposed to Assassin’s Creed. Unless you were playing AC on PC, that would be a challenge and a whole another story. But even then, the controls are something you get use to.
Gaming is not for you bud, if you can’t handle Assassin’s Creed, the lord knows how Pac-Man is for you :)
Peace
BTW, I feel the same way about many games w/ heavy cutscenes, like Max Payne 3 or CoD MW
ever
2nd of all your fucking retarded if you took a spazz and broke your controller, i know an 8 year old that beat the game in 2 days with no problems.
3rd of all, you NEED help in the brain!!!!!!!!!!!!
and that’s my opinion.
Clearly you have a problem with a short fuse, not the game. Smashing the controller against the wall is entirely your fault I’m afraid. It’s frustrating at first, get over it. Once you get the hang of it you really feel like a pro.
I haven’t had any problems with the AI.
The missions are difficult. They’re called challenges for a reason. However, personally I don’t like the time-based missions and the tombs are rather frustrating in AC2
For the people who don’t like it: don’t bother buying AC III
it’s that easy
dude, just go kill your self ………
thanks and buh bye!
why am i even here?
i thought id come here to read a constructive argument, but this ‘reviewer’ has missed all the points! omg enjoy the game, and the story line is awesome!
it seems like he used a guide and quickly went through this game …………
agree with other replies, dude, you suck, stop reviewing games, youre no good at it …………
go play nintendogs or something dude, dont review games you cant understand …………
Or is the cry baby just sad because he barely can handle a freaking mouse ? !
Or hold a few bottons to do special actions?
Is that what’s botherin you about the controls?
And Mostly attractive are the songs, Combat, Stealth, idle .. Blah blah
Dude just go get Killed by Ezio
FUCKING TEMPLAR ASS SUCKER.
For me though,it’s actually awesone,and I can’t wait until AC III.
Controls are also pretty easy, once you get use to them you could probably take out five guys with just your fists, as long as taking their weapons and using them against them counts.
Oh and a hitman is a “assassin” that’s hired to kill people for whoever said that.
And just running around and killing things pointlessly is stupid at least the ai’s fight back and don’t just pointlessly shoot at random places until you get hit by one of there bullets!
historical fiction game!
Don’t blame AC for your temper tantrums.
Assassin’s Creed is badass, the characters are amazing, the dual story is what sets it apart from other games, get used to the controllers and you won’t f**k up so much, etc.
AC2 was very promising until I got back to Florence for the Pazzi assassination and all of a sudden rather than using skill and guile you are racing through the streets after La Volpe or Pazzi like a maniac. these stupid key-perfect chases are a total game-breaker when you have to do them time and time again.
Im with you on the hard missions though, im playing through brotherhood and i just got to the mission where you have to stealth assassinate 20 french guards that are in fortresses. It’s hard enough to sneak up on one but then i have to run away, hide, erase notoriety, then repeat, and im like F**K THIS GAME haha
but that aside this is one of my favorite series of games. The parcor took gaming to a new new level beyond what games like prince of persia had done in the past. While ac1 may not look to good now, the graphics were state of the art at its launch, and the new games arent bad either though i dont own revelations yet. The cut scenes use in game graphics so theres only so much they can do with that, and i can see why they would do that with all the customization you can do to your character with armor and dies, etc. , though I miss the AC1 cut scenes where you could walk around.
and when you look at graphics you must look at detail versus npcs on screen. When the first game came out (in addition to a ground breaking climbing system) it had an astonishing amount of onscreen npcs and it had the best graphics out. the new games have better graphics though I will concede it hasnt kept up with some other games in the graphics department, it HAS kept up with other open world games like elder scrolls and gta. Gta has about the same amount of things on screen, the graphics of people are worse, the building look like absolute s**t. Skyrim has less enemies on screen and every thing looks decent but Id say ac’s graphics are better. There’s nothing like holding an axe in your hand in skyrim and you can literally SEE POLYGONS and youre like “what s**t grapics” could they have at least made a diferent model for when it’s in your hand and it takes up half the screen than when it takes up little screen-space in the enemies hand… lazyness.
Not knocking them though, skyrim is my favorite game.
My only, and main, problem with this game is the fighting style. Needs serious work. though again I havent played revelations.
1. Yes, while the idea of a duel story is cool. I will agree with you, it is kind of dumb how you literally play as desmond(1), for about 30 minutes. I especially thought it was stupid when Desmond had the bleeding effect(2) and saw one hidden memory of an ancestor. This was cool, but after that memory there were no other ones like it. The game should have extended this further, and I feel as though it were a cut out portion of the story line that was poorly removed. I wish the game would have followed up on this point. That being said, I do not think that ubisoft should have excluded desmond. Without him there is nothing connecting Altair(3) and Ezio(4). Also some of the Desmond scenes are the most fun in the series.
2. For this point I completely and utterly disagree with you. Yes the graphics are not Skyrim. But I recently played A.C one, and was surprised about how good those graphics were for 2007. Yes they aren’t amazing, but when one of my friends went back and popped in Call of duty modern warfare, a game also released in 2007, I was much more impressed with A.C. And that is just the first game! Brotherhood and especially Revelations have decent graphics compared with other games. Like I mentioned earlier, they aren’t skyrim by any means. But I was for one quite impressed.
3. I agree and disagree with this, but I don’t really care enough about this aspect to put forth an argument. As other people have mentioned, the A.C series has won awards. Obviously the characters most be at least partially developed.
4. The weapon wheel system changes throughout the games, and this is slightly irritating…but nothing more. Yeah Ezio has messed up climbing certain objects because of the controls. And yes it can be annoying to lose over half your health because you fell about 100 feet thinking you had the correct input. But the fact that you’ve said you have destroyed a decent amount of your controllers is disturbing. Maybe the Ps3 version is different, but on xbox the only thing that happens is the characters sometimes moves the opposite direction while climbing surfaces. That’s it. I remember in one instance I kept falling because I would miss the jump that I needed to get. However, after further inspection, I realized that I needed to climb one ledge further. The ledge was somewhat hidden yes. But the point is, is that it was human error not the controller.
5. Agreed
6. No…just no. As some people have pointed out, the missions are really not that hard. If your going for full sync(5), than maybe. But I can’t see how any of the missions are really that hard. And even if they are, the whole point of video games is to challenge the player and give them a good story!!
Definitions:
1. Desmond is the character you play as in the modern times
2. The bleeding effect is where Desmond has a hard time determining whether what he is seeing is past or present.
3. Altair is the assassin you play as in the 1st game
4. Ezio is the assassin you play as in the following games.
5. Full sync is a optional feature that allows the player to play missions in the game with increased difficulty.
I am not a fanboy, and while some of your points have credit, A.C is a fun series for some people. But with any game, not everyone is going to like it.
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As for the rest of this post, I’ve the following to say:
You’re calling the game bad because the game is “too hard,” the graphics aren’t “good enough,” and the controls “suck.” These points are moot because firstly, most players find the game to be too easy, hoping for a difficulty option to make the game harder, not easy. Holding right-trigger and pressing X whenever an enemy’s health bar flashes is not a difficult concept to grasp. Calling the graphics bad in a moderately large sandbox game is a poor argument in itself, but also because the merit of a game should not be evaluated based on how good the game looks. Many critically acclaimed modern games use sprites and low-budget graphics, lacking many modern breakthroughs like ambient occlusion. I find your argument lacking in this regard. As for the controls being bad, I honestly don’t see where this is coming from. I have played quite a number of games with very bad and frustrating control schemes. The entire Assassin’s Creed series has simple controls like, “Press X to auto-assassinate someone” or “Press B to use every in-world item in the game.”
You say the modern story is garbage and call the characters 2-dimensional. I won’t say the story is the best I’ve ever played, but in terms of video games, it’s up there. The characters are fairly complex and varying and they all evolve through the course of the game, making and breaking friendships, maturing as they go through difficult events, and overall making very convincing
characters.
All in all I could personally make a few negative comments about the game but none of the comments you made in your argument about why the game is bad. I feel as though you have an ulterior motive and were trying to throw together some reasons as fast as possible why you dislike the game. Honestly, why did you go out of your way to make this argument? What do you really have against Assassin’s Creed?
AC1
I hated AC1. For the reason that there is no fucking gameplay to be found anywhere in this game. There were like 5 mission types and the rest of the time was used to run around look at prety towns and collect some s**t. If the story/setting werent so good there would be no reason to to run this game.
AC2
This time around they got to the gameplay part. All in all it was a good game.
ACB
one of my favorite games of all time. They refined the controlls. There is a ton to do and the story is decent.
ACR
mediocre at most. Did not improve anything from ACB the story is dull if you can even call it a story. The VR and tower defense … wtf were you thinking..
AC5?
Well judging by the trailer assassins in America were able to dodge roll away from bears… Grizzly freaking bears. If only all of our forefathers knew this is possible Europe would probably be more populated now than friggin China. There is also some more doomsday story and player get to save the world! So we shall see
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to read it Click the place in screen, on book part that read’s
>>>> Click to Look inside <<<> Writen by John L. Beiswenger,
>> I have to say that Ubisoft company has finally found them
self, to end of the full of s**t sewer’s, There is no doubt about it
on that.
https://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2012/04/24/pa_man_sues_assassins_creed_video_games_maker/
HARRISBURG, Pa.—A Pennsylvania man is suing the maker of the popular “Assassin’s Creed” video game series for copyright
infringement and asking a federal court to stop the release of its new installment.
The Carlisle Sentinel reports (https://bit.ly/IyEc4k ) that John Beiswenger of Strasburg filed the lawsuit last week. The
suit alleges that the video game series is substantially similar to “Link,” a novel he published in 2003. Beiswenger is
seeking up to $5.25 million in damages.
A spokesman for “Assassin’s Creed” maker Ubisoft Entertainment said Monday that the company doesn’t comment on ongoing litigation.
“Assassin’s Creed III” was scheduled for release later this year. Ubisoft Entertainment is headquartered in France, with a
subsidiary office in San Francisco.
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As for the story you are supposed to pay attention to the diologue throughout the game and the reason why there are plotholes is because the story hasn’t finished yet. Ubisoft have said that the can make ten of these games. I’ll admit this type of game isn’t for everyone but don’t go critising it because of that. Also the controls take like five minutes to master. You will make mistakes through the game but don’t say it’s a glitch when its not.
If you don’t like AC then you can play MW3, an equally good game in it’s own way.
im just waiting for ac3.
du·al/ˈd(y)o͞oəl/Adjective:
Consisting of two parts, elements, or aspects: “their dual role at work and home”.
DUEL: https://sworddueling.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/hamilton-burr-duel.jpg
1. The dual story is incredible. I’m sorry I don’t think people would buy a game called “Murder Ancient People” where your job is to murder people for no known purpose. Right when you figure out the story there are twists and turns thrown at you. Spoiler Alert: Who really expected there would be this strange ancient civilization called the Others? How knew that Lucy was going to be (you know)?
2. The graphics are actually pretty decent.
3. Good character development. There was great character development of Altair in AC1. He was transformed from this arrogant, wreckless fighter into this humble, respectable assassin. ACR puts the missing pieces of Desmond’s story together in the Desmond Memories. So I don’t know what you’re talking about (well that was an expression, I do know what you are talking about, I’m saying you are very misinformed).
4. Decent controls like any other game. Sure, they take a bit to get use to but they have tutorials in the game to help you out with that. You seem lazy and have anger issues.
5. I actually never had that happen to me and I played AC1, AC2, ACB, and ACR. If they get spotted by a guard then they would be in battle. It doesn’t make sense to me that they would intentionally battle a guard on their own. Wrong again bro.
6. I’m not sure you understand the fine line yourself. In ACB, the War missions for 100% sync is very difficult because you have to get 100% on the final part of the mission but it takes so long and is so hard to get to that point. Then if you fail the 100% sync then you have to start all over. Other than that, the rest is normally challenging. It seems like the missions are too hard for you. AC is not a game where you should expect to complete very challenge on the first try. THAT’S NOT A BAD THING! Just practice and get better. It seems that you suck more than AC does.
*I know you think your harsh criticism should be taken seriously but it won’t. Simply because it is in no way, shape or form constructive. It is just full of emotion and really no logical based is found in any of your claims.
1. If they didn’t have Desmond at all, I don’t think there’s any reason for AC2 to be in the series. It’s really not that bad to be honest.
2. Graphics shouldn’t even matter, as long as they’re bearable. What your problem is is with the models. Just look at Lucy in AC2, she looks like one of those fishes with a lightbulb on their head. It really isn’t a big dilemma, but it makes me shiver just a tiny bit. Controls are fine, although they could be a little better.
3. I agree with that except for the first game. I felt a little sorry for the guy who got his arm cut off and having his brother killed, all ’cause of Altair. But besides the first, every other game has dull characters.
4. Controls really aren’t that hard, I don’t understand why you’d trash your controller over them. Brotherhood was the first game I played in the series and I got them pretty quickly. Not gonna lie though, they aren’t perfect.
5. No argument there, AC has one of the worst AI ever.
-Guard sees Ezio-
Hey you! Lemme have a talk with you!
-Ezio ‘blends’ with a group of people who don’t look anything like Ezio-
It’s like he fucking vanished into thin air o-e
6. AC’s missions are divided into two categories: easy peasy and just unfair. Oh, and one more: boring. Oh, tail this guy who’s moving at the speed of an old man who got both his legs crushed by a damn humpback whale. Oh, don’t get caught in this mission or you’ll be desynchronized, but if you get caught in this mission, just kill everyone!
1. You broke multiple controllers…because of the controls?? Can someone say “overkill?” Just practice the controls, man!
2. “You guys are only saying these things because you are die hard fanboys of the game. I have to agree with the writer of this story.” -Not a fanboy
Okay I applaud you on your super-creative name (not), but maybe they just have a good point. Plus, I’m a “fangirl” thanks much.
3. “Lol the other people the are bashing this article are bashing it out of opinion…. This article isnt scientific proof that the game is terrible it’s and OPINION. An opinion that I gree with, Assassins creed has a great story line and thats the only thing that keeps me on these games…Other than that because of the controls i would have thrown the game right out the window ages ago. and that Ezio person is one to talk about credibiltly he lost all his credibilty by making his name Ezio in the first place. :P” -Samantha
Okay, I agree, it’s an opinion and we don’t need to be flipping out over it. I am going to have to backhand you though for your ending statement. “Ezio,” according to the AC wiki, means “Eagle,” which is fitting for his character and if you knew ANYTHING about names, you would have known it wasn’t Ezio’s choice to be named that. The parents name the child, fool. *facepalm*
4. “Man assassins creed doesn’t suck, you just hate yourself cuz ur a templar” -F*ck you b*tch
High-five for the statement because it made me LMAO, but the name? Too far, man. Chill.
5. “You dumb n****r dont ever f*cking write again go f*cking play runscape if u want a easy game b*tch ass faggot” -Read what I said
WHOA WHOA WHOA!!! Take a chill pill!!! There’s no need for such harsh words.
Okay, I am not going to go into any more because I might be quoting the whole page. Just seriously…
SIMMER DOWN!!!
The combat is one of the strongest aspects of the game. Its rhythmic, beautiful and gory.
Also, for people who think the game is overly difficult- you just suck at it. The game might be criticized to have an overly forgiving difficulty, but hard? really? you guys are actually better off not playing games but writing stupid comments. Don’t touch your console, it might commit suicide after seeing you play.
2. it is one the most iconic seris so for
3. a.i is good kill most some will run not dumb
4. very good story
5. u suck cock
6. graphic a-ok
7. it has historical character leonado da vinic
8.u call every good game failures
9. there are more assins then whiny baby fucktards
10. nothing is true every thing is permitted is a great saying
filling address ,ring them for advice ,say mick recommened you
1. The dual-story is a necessity for the direction this series is going and to adequately get across the scope of the radical implications the game makes about religion, history, and even prehistory. Anyway, the main arch of the series is Desmond collecting the info the Assassins need to foil the Templars’ dastardly plot in the December 2012 finale (and possibly finish off their 1000 year conflict for good). Also, without the present day Animus, you lose all the cool explanations the game gives for restarting after dying, being confined to certain areas, and what not. Without those, they’re just typical game mechanics again.
2. I first played AC1 a few years after it was released and the graphics seemed pretty decent to me, right up there with all the other open-world games.
3. True, Altair follows the “immature kid who does what he wants turning into the wise and deliberating master” arch while Desmond is the “guy held captive trying to figure out what the heck is going on.” With that said, the most interesting part of the characters is how they react to the larger plot they get tangled into. As for AC2, they improved upon Altair by making Ezio much more likable.
4. As far as I’m concerned, the controls are some of the most fluid and innovative around. I’m familiar with the PS3 and PC controls. On the PS3 controller, the sticks are used for movement and camera direction as is the universal standard. The main face buttons are arranged to represent a body (head = triangle, hands = square and circle, and feet = cross) and you hold/tap a button to switch from doing normal person things to doing assassiny things. I have no idea where difficulty comes into that. Perhaps if FPS’s were all you played, the idea of a new control scheme would blow your mind, but I highly doubt any competent gamer would take more than 30 minutes to get used to this system.
5. I thought a few of the enemies were pretty poor in how they chose to fight and pursue you, but other than that, the AI is pretty good for a game of such varied environments. I have a feeling you were just pretty unintuitive about how you did your missions, and even so, I doubt the examples you give happened as often as you imply.
6. The series so far is rather easy in my opinion. Yes I died/desynced a few times, but not enough to get frustrated about. If I had to guess, I think you just suck at this.
A lot of the things aren’t opinion, they are factually wrong. Being factually wrong and presenting it as opinion to wind people up is a very obvious trolling tactic.
Im a 13 year old girl who never plays video games and i beat this game in about a week.
you are f*cking retarded. you obviously don’t know a good game when you see it. you want something easy? go in ur mom’s basement and play f*cking COD.
The story line is beautiful?
What a noob
The controls are as intuitive as they can get. But I guess some people can’t learn those things as easily. You should have stayed with the 8-bit consoles! And too difficult missions? That is probably because you had to use your mind and not just attack.
Anyway, I think you are right that AC is not perfect, but I think you should be a bit more critical with the other games you play, such that you are less biased (and don’t get me wrong, the other games you mentioned like uncharted and red dead redemption are some of my favourite too).
wat the f#ck did you say Ubisoft does n’t listen or takes the opinion of their fans….hey you b***h can you jst explain why the quality of the graphics increase from super to AWESOME as the Assasin’s creed series goes on…
…and by the way you cry babies are too young to play this game…as you can’t even deal with the controls without breaking the controller….one questions to the cry babies have you ever made a counter attack in Ac series..or jst too Asshead to deal with such a amazing, easy, realistic, AWESOME gamplay…
one more thing I have played the whole Ac series and finished it with a controller and never had a problem..
…my yonger brother is a student of class 3….and guess what he has completed the whole series without breaking the controller or making any silly eXcuses.
Dude… Don’t blame the game if you are n’t able to play it..
..jst simply admit..
YOU ARE STILL A CRY BABY AND TOO DUMB TO PLAY SUCH A AMAZING GAME fuckk offff b***h..
…..Assasin’s Creed series ROCKSSS..!!!!
And it’s “dual”, not “duel”. Damn, you gamers are uneducated.
The only problem I really had with this article was when you started to bash and criticize this game and even made crazy statements saying that Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed main purpose is to make people smash their controllers against the wall to make them buy new ones. Also, next time if you really find something so terribly hard to finish, just relax, take a break, be patient, come back next time to finish it, and don’t post negative articles just to help prove that everything you believe sucks is correct, because not everyone will ever always agree with you…
Also to those who found this game crappy on the first three missions, just continue on and see why other players had found this game interesting and had given it positive comments, or else why would they say such pointless comments, unless 50 – 80% ( A statistic that seems possible) of the players who played the game are completely crazy.
Also, this article was quite funny, and I did not really understand why people had felt so offended, it was just an opinion after all, and calling him a “dirty Templar” would not change his opinion at all or prove that he is wrong about thinking that this game sucks.
I have played ac1 ac2 acb and now playing acr
and the game is really awsome
and the controls is easy
you are just not good enough or assassins creed is not your type
2)The graphics on a small scale aren’t very intricate. It’s the grand scheme that is appreciated, maybe it’s not your thing. But what you fail to realize, is how IMPOSSIBLE it would be to make a game that MASSIVE, and have every little window ledge, or grapple point, every asdfasdf thing supremely intricate. Your xbox probably couldn’t handle it without loading times more ridiculous than Skyrim’s. Again. You should learn to enjoy the beauty of things for what they are. The little story clips they give you.. I’ve noticed some that were pretty bad. Yeah. Especially in Revelations. That game was a massive disappointment. Still though. It didn’t diminish the quality of enjoyment I received from two, and brotherhood.
3) The characters are not 2 dimensional. I’ve played it on TVs that made it look 2d, and I couldn’t handle it. If you hate the game because you played it on a tv as such, I understand. Also, have you tried messing with the 3d intensity? That helps it in most cases. But of course, if you couldn’t figure out the controls, chances are, you don’t know that options exist in the start menu.
4) The controls are not dog s**t. You’re mentally impaired. They’re elegantly applied, I find. I suggest you see a therapist.
5) I have to agree with you on that, the AI frustrates me at times, but normally, it works fine. Just like every other game. I guess when you’re dead set on hating something because it’s well loved, you’ll use anything as an excuse. Remember, when you refuse to conform, you’re only conforming to the non conformists.
6) Just like with the second reason, I see someone who doesn’t know how to appreciate life, and highly recommend you see a therapist, because you’re not willing to find yourself. Every mission has something that aids the story line, except in revelations. That one was a disgrace. I will agree with you in totality for revelations that it had potential to be amazing, but left it. Lackluster story, and bad missions sprinkled through. But in two and brotherhood, I enjoyed just about every single mission, but if I had to play them again, I would say that quite a of the missions had a very low replay value.
Oh, and to all of you who dislike the ‘fanboys’ keep in mind, there’s nothing wrong with appreciating a good series, but what IS wrong is blindly dishing out money to them for making bad games. Revelations was completely disappointing, and I hope they fix their s**t for the next game,
IF ANYONE READS THIS— DO____NOT_____PLAY____REVELATIONS. Haha. The controles didn’t even work sometimes because of the hookblade, which was the worst thing ever. The city was cool, I guess. But I didn’t appreciate the lack of nice tall buildings to climb that didn’t all look the same. The story was awkward, and lackluster. It lost the feel of Ezio being the guy who gets stuff done. There was even one mission where you had to “Get your fellow assassins to ensure your safety during the transaction” the game was one of the worst I’ve played. The story made me want to kill everything. Must be redundant to make my discontent blatant. Game sucked. Really badly. They hit their peter principle with Ezio, sad to say.
Hopefully (as for example vanquish proves), it doesn’t matter that the story is about as compelling as rat-s**t.. if the game plays like butter and delivers the fun. Sadly assasin’s creed doesn’t. unfortunately it doesn’t let you get on and enjoy the game on your own terms and allow you to play the game just for the game. If forces you constantly to play in the context of this god-awfull story and thus if you can’t connect to the story, you’ll have a much harder task connecting to the game in general. That and all the stop start crap.
I agree with this guys opinion. I think harsh critique is necessary to push the industry forward and keep developers (especially one’s who churn out the same franchise year after year) on their toes. It’s not worth getting stressed over, if you don’t agree – then you don’t agree. Play the game and be happy. However – assasin’s creed is undeniably pants.
nobody cares how long you’ve been gaming. It means nothing. As soon as you said quake 2 has better AI you lost all credibility. You’re list of “Best games” didn’t help either.
Borderlands = probably worst game I’ve ever played. I actually regret buying it. Most boring game I’ve EVER played.
Oblivion = Worst elder scrolls game. Get so bored of it so fast. nothing immersive about it.
Skyrim = Amazing game, have it and love it.
Assassins Creed is by far in my top 5 game series of all time. Love it and always have loved it.
the story line is f*ucking amazing,
i’ve had the game for a while now and I do run up the occasional wrong wall but there still pretty good controls. But breaking the controller is just dumb
If you just wanna kill some people just play cod instead.
I am finding it a bit difficult to kill ceaser in acb but apart from that the game is easy.
But I will agree with you that the AI are stupid and there missions are rubbish and the characters are very connectible.
–I absolutely love the story, but that is just my opinion. Though Ubisoft is at least attempting to make original plots rather than just using a super soldier, nature vs. machine or space marine cliches.
The graphics are sub-par
–There are a few bugs in the animation and in the expressions, but overall the graphics are top-notch. Plus the environments are easily some of the most gorgeous out there.
The characters are 2-dimensional
–The characters are far deeper than most of the games out there. The games have consistently been building up the characters personalities and back-stories.
The controls are dog sh*t
–Just learn how to play the game. The controls register perfectly fine and its your fault if you’re jumping off buildings. And stop breaking just because you suck at the game.
The AI are all stupid
–True for most of fighting AI, but the normal AI responses to your action take the games immersion to a whole different level.
Overly difficult missions
–Seriously? The missions are easy, with the only even remotely parts being some of the 100% synchs.
@THESTORYSUCKS The ‘Newb Generation’. I guess I can agree with that to an extent, but Assassin’s Creed should in no way be lumped together with COD and Madden (the defining games of this generation).
You can skip the cutscenes. Just go to the pause screen.
i like the first one a little bit, but i was heartbroken when after 2 years of waiting there was no crossbow, ubisoft are tards anyway
The whole sci-fi twist was a terrible idea to begin with. If they would have created an interesting non-stock main character, set it in the actual time period, and given it an epic historical feel this series could have really been something.
I have no quarrels with the gameplay, the controls, the gfx, or the difficulty (anyone who thinks these games are even remotely difficult must be a terrible gamer)
What I do have a problem with is a terrible main character amplified by a third rate story, even for a video game. To defend AC’s story is to admit to having never read a single piece of even mediocre literature.
AC’s story and characters are dogshit, but the gameplay is really enjoyable. I love the climbing, the swordplay, the free running, and just about everything else that the AC games have to offer, so why do I hate it so much?
YOU CANT SKIP THE MOTHER FUCKING CUTSCENES. 4 GAMES INTO THE FRANCHISE AND I CANT SKIP A MOTHER FUCKING CUTSCENE? NOT EVEN AFTER I BEAT THE GAME? WHAT THE F**K UBISOFT? WHAT. THE. F**K.
One more thing, they are releasing these games so fast that you cannot tell me that the franchise has a nickel’s worth of value with each new installment. Good games don’t take months to make, they take years. Period.
Let me skip the HORRIBLE cutscenes and I’ll show you a decent action title.
And this game is a POS that is mostly schematically that lacks any replay value, now take your mouth with this game and go to h%LL
The whole Byzantine – Templar alliance in Revelations really just points out how shallow the series is. Anyone with knowlege would know the Byzantines would never ally with Western Catholics or a defunct Knightly order that was disbanded. The fourth crusade would have been a much better setting.
Lastly all the games are the same, the only improvements in Revelations was a hook so you could scratch your dick and a half assed Constantinople which didn’t include half of the city.
Ubisoft have a good concept but they just ran with it too far. The story gets more bullshit with each game and the improvments are lacking. And now the Ameriacn revolution, thats just lame. I wonder how they can fit their whole assasin/ templar war into a revolt by americans who were being taxed too much for importing tea.
Ubisoft lack creativity and imagination
The whole Byzantine – Templar alliance in Revelations really just points out how shallow the series is. Anyone with knowlege would know the Byzantines would never ally with Western Catholics or a defunct Knightly order that was disbanded. The fourth crusade would have been a much better setting.
Lastly all the games are the same, the only improvements in Revelations was a hook so you could scratch your dick and a half assed Constantinople which didn’t include half of the city.
Ubisoft have a good concept but they just ran with it too far. The story gets more bullshit with each game and the improvments are lacking. And now the Ameriacn revolution, thats just lame. I wonder how they can fit their whole assasin/ templar war into a revolt by americans who were being taxed too much for importing tea.
Ubisoft lack creativity and imagination
YOU ARE A DUMB WHORE U B***H!
If you had the attention Span to play through that entire level,
Then you get to the free roam Part. The last carrage ( bald mean guy, if. I remember correctly)
You don’t even have to touch yOu just survive long enough for the cut scene to take over.
Stop hating on something you don’t even know what you’re talking about. Sure, it’s freedom of speech or whatever… But criticizing a great game, is pretty much criticizing the whole series. Think about what you’re gonna post next time before you post half-ass reasons.
i mean why do i have to travel from this part of the map to the extreme other opposite part just by jumping between buildings ! :O ok i can use those tunnels but i just hate the loading screen ! RUN RUN RUN (a never ending running, which of course ends when the game is loaded) but i just hate it !
the characters are ummm stupid, in clear words…. I dont want to see ezio as an old man and most importantly the story is getting boring ! you have to agree ! well if people say that revelations is the best in the ac series then i would just say to them please play brotherhood and assassins creed 2 again because you are having “memory loss” and umm one more question i would like to ask the game developerscreators … “if altair saw the future then why did he create a 16th century gun when he could have created a m4a1 or ak47 or any kind of modern gun, i think they are more accurate and sexy too :D”
In the beginning you say that you are an experienced gamer, jow can an experienced gam fail in ac? If i look at your other garbage stories i see that you are an bethesda hater, you have a storie called 5 reasons why skyrim sucks of wich 1 is valid…
HATER GONNA HATE
However, you could simply say “I don’t like this game” and get off without looking like a complete dumbass. Don’t say a game totally sucks because you don’t like to play it. Save that for s**t like MW3 and BF3. This “reviewer” is nothing more than a sad nitpicking little b***h who’s just mad ’cause he can’t play AC. Go back to your shitty repetitive shoot-em-up FPS games, you faggot. HAHA!
bloody louda these games rock
First is chariot sequences, those things suck and yet they keep cramming it in there… in ACR they even put that crap right when you are getting started… Awful, just awful…
The second one is Desmond, on this point i agree with the article the game doesn’t need him, he is just a waste of time while we could be doing fun stuff as Ezio or Altair… you know, the things that don’t involve piloting a freaking chariot (still pissed).
The AC franchise is a great one. From Ac to ACR Assassins Creed has brought a multitude of new and exciting things to todays gaming. AS far as its controls being “dog s**t”, poor way to word it my friend, the controls are meant to feel more fluid and fitting. Now people who play first person shooters will not understand them. Which is obviously what you play.
the AI is meant to frustrate you. thats what makes it so good. They are programmed to act and think like a real person would if they where in that sort of situation. If they run its because you would to if they fight its because you would fight.
Now for where you just make no sense. The graphics for assassins creed are some of the best ever done. Assassins Creed has won countles VGAs for there graphics. they look ass if you are in a movie. notice i said in and not watching thats how rich and captivating they are. and as far as 2d you obviously dont know what ur talking about.
Now to address the readers and cmmnts. Have you no shame or life. Saying things like fanboy n****r and cock suckers makes you sound… retarded and moronic.
I need to say 1 thing the game is good , story is fine , I kinda lost some respect of the games after the 1st because of the guns introduced it them ( I’d prefer no guns just bows and swords etc. stuff ).
As for graphics … guys from a programmers point of view graphics age good , modeling is fine it’s just they decided to spare some DETAILS because if they make it to detailed it’ll be useless since most people that play it on Xbox or PS just don’t know what resolution their TV uses guys if you play a very detailed game in resolution less than 1366 x 1080 it’s useless, you don’t see ( more like you can’t realize you see) say 5 fragments of the graphics (called polygons) ,because you really see less than 3 maybe even 1 fragment, so if it’s not a platform for a high resolution TV or monitor ( in my case ) it’s pointless to try make it extraordinary in aspect of details ( i played it at 1920×1200 looks VERY good ),but some TV’s ( mine ) goes at 800×600 resolution so even if it’s very detailed I’d still see it like say Resident evil 5 .
I can’t argue about controls because i played it on PC but i have to say the PC controls suck i mean you hold like 3 buttons and just watch the actions of climbing go on ,on their own, like if you want to climb something hold down right mouse button , space and W and just watch Ezio going over say a tower in like 20 sec on his own .
As for the game being difficult … uhh it’s the most easy game i’ve ever finished on hard mode all fights are just get in defensive stance and press 1 button if someone wants to hit you so i didn’t even need to use any of the stealth options if i didn’t want to i just go and kill about 50 guards in a raw losing say 1 bar from the synch bars . So to summarize battles are easy climbing is easy graphics are good story is fine ,so generally the game is fine.
Oh about the AI .. well it would be nice for a change if more than 1 guy at a time decided to hit you it’s always 1 attack the rest watch.
PS : tracking missions are extremely easy just get somewhere higher than the guy ( it’s never a woman … hope they get the idea of adding some women in the game for a change interacting with guys only is sort of annoying at some times ( courtesans aren’t included as interaction since you use them only if you want and they dont interact with you in return …just walk )).
So game is good AI could be better but if you consider it’s a game and not real life experience i say ubisoft and the rest of who made the game did a good job .
“its never been done before…” – WHO CARES!! Noone has created a game involving exploding pancakes and fat women – THAT DOESNT MEAN ITS GOOD!
*** Bunch of newbs who ditch this auth, go and buy a 3 pack of Halo trash, and they’ll prob toss in a copy of LOTR1 for u types – u have trash taste and FAIL to see the clarity of quality vs waste of money. I vote for this auth – he knows what hes talking about.. folks like him shd be game designers – not like u bunch of lame counter-critics!
3 best games:
Borderlands
Oblivion
Skyrim
Assassin’s creed 2 was amazing
Assassin’s creed Brotherhood was not as great as AC2 but still good
Assassin’s creed Revelation was cool too.
You people go ahead and fight online in a verbal battle, its fun watching nerds fight.
I’m not a fanboy, dont label me as such… and i agree that the revelations storyline isnt as exciting as the 2nd and 3rd game, nor are the graphics a huge leap forward, especially considering there are games like battlefield 3 around right now… but you have to agree that the broad storyline stretching across the series and how it touches across offering nearly believable explanations for many historical characters and events is quite impressive. I’m a game critic for IGN, so i cant afford to be biased or a “fanboy” and lose my job :|
The whole Desmond side of the game was completely retarded aswell. A island. Inside the animus. WHAT. THE. F**K.
Dumbshit fanboys THINK the story is good, because something complex and imcomprehensible must be a work of complete literary genius.
Secondly, its very possible to have different preferences, which in some case requires blood and gore and unnecessary killings. Those people (not gamers) should stick to FPS type games.
And lastly, at the writer of this review, don’t play a game only to write a review on it. It makes you more a critic than a gamer. And in your case you suck at both, probably more at gaming.
Because the story has been built up so much the past 2 games that everything is exciting. And the end of relevations gave me goosebumps. They have only improved and improved the gameplay, what you are able to do and so on
And the fucking history behidn this s**t. All the stuff they have taken from real history, how detailed they have been in making the maps etc. Incredible
And this is an originall game. sicksicksick
and the controlls are the best when you get used to them. The game is hard, but why the f**k play something that is easy as hell and gives you no challenge? where the f**k is the fun in that.
The character are all freakin’ awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MADDAFAKKA BEST GAME EVER J!#JTOGJDOgmdlpsgk bitches
there was 3 or 4 cities in the first AC now there’s only istanbul. the character were all lame and the dialogues don’t make sense anymore.
When the s**t was about to start, BAM, the END, sucked.
the next one is going to play in Egypt so they better show me the FUCKING LABYRINTH inside the FUCKING SPHYNX, better dont screw it or get ready for some voodoo cancer!
I liked all ACs but revelations was by far the lamest. they didn’t make an effort to make it good. might be ubisoft putting fire on their ass to release s**t every 6 months, SUCKERS!!!!
It’s Ezio, not Enzio, the story ISNT REAL, ITS A STORY! If you want to talk history with me…. The Hashashin Order died in Syria towards the end of the 3rd Crusade around 1275, the rest of the story has a historical background, its not meant to emulate exactly what happened, and as for the things beyond brotherhood, its not real, ITS A FRIKKIN STORY!!! The complaint was that the story was not good, not that the story was not accurate, the story was never meant to be accurate, so please f**k yourself, this is just clarifying what you said, assassins creed series rocks, the sales figures and awards prove it.
If the game develops on the second part of roman empire the new Orthodox world and the post Byzantium , what f* the ottoman empire was filled with Jews and Khazars. For those who have heard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Templar
Free manisory was at large among ottomans and than turks.
https://www.globalfreemasonry.com/knight_templars_04.html
The most famous link with kemal ata turk after post ottoman empire:
https://www.yursil.com/blog/2008/12/freemasonry-ottomans-cambridge-journal/
There are more conspiracies of ottoman empire was heavy influenced by orders set by the same and created by it:
https://www.seattlescottishrite.org/newsletter/History%20of%20Turkish%20Masonry1.pdf So why would enzio story end up aiding another faction that did absolutely the same thing and even worst. They run of the ideas and run in some retarded ideas assassin joining ottoman hashashins and working for ottomans. The most retarded serie, I laughed over when enzio was fighting the same people and organizations alike he joined them.
Force Unleashed? So with in two sentences we can establish that your an idiot. No need to read anymore of your jibberish.
I haven’t played revelations yet but i am huge fan of the Assassin Series. The story is simply amazing. The first game became to repetitive but the story was still freaking awesome. Assassins Creed 2 completely upgrade everything and the scenery was beautiful, same with Brotherhood. I found the controls easy and the only thing to me that did suck was the stupid camera angels that came up when you tried to jump to a ledge or involved in a chase.
But besides that i think it’s an excellent series so far. But your opinion is noted but i honestly think you just don’t know how to play the game.
Limited in what you can do. Can not explore or kill the way you want. Just direct character in the defined steps that you MUST direct character through to progress. It is basically a story with you pushing the controls like a “simon says” game.
Controls are crap, challenging those with even a high threshold for mediocrity.
I am simply not interested in a game that has me hanging on the back of a horse carriage, getting drug over rocks, watching my life bar go down, with little control over weather or not I hit the rocks. Same for the carriage scene where some programmer thought it would be fun to have the player control an extremely slow and uncontrollable carriage with a s**t-ton of sway, attempting to avoid almost unavoidable rocks that destroy your life faster than you can blink (initiating a 20 second reload screen upon death), while at the same time attempting to smash this other a*****e’s carriage, which is apparently invincible.
That’s where I gave up and said f**k this game. No strategy, no player creativity, just the opportunity to play simon says with a defunct control system. Hell there is hardly any fighting anyhow.
The story really isn’t that far out there as far as believability and fiction goes. It’s written like a Michael Crichton book; all the fiction is backed up by some sort of factual base. This is what makes it so awesome. A lot of it seems like it could actually happen. There are real people out there right now that believe that before us there was an advanced civilization. That Templars are conspiring and controlling the world in the backround. People really believe this s**t, and that’s what makes this game so interesting. All of it fits in to place. If there’s plotholes it’s just because they put it there on purpose and they haven’t explained it yet.
This is why just running around as an Assassin killing people is inferior. It’s too samey. The past storyline if it stood alone would be absolutely nothing new to the gaming industry as far as story goes. It’s good, just not amazing.
TL;DR There’s legit reasons to praise the effort put into Assassin’s Creed. Some people just connect to it better than others. Don’t say a game sucks just because it isn’t your cup of tea.
Get a life you fanboy faggots.
Graphics-Awesome this time round
Storyline-No more dull kidnapped guy story, Mr AC sucks. This time you’re guy is in a darned coma land where he can do stuff instead of sleeping on a VR bed.
Controls-Are you joking? Even the original games made it clear what the controls are and how they respond, eg tap, hold, release!
he stand’s out and he completely dressed different than every one else an he is supposed to be some kind of assassin he has eagle vision and can jump across a building a mile long nonsense this game is horrible animated sex scene’s repetitive action masonic symbol’s and a fake deep story line one after another the game are the same with a horrible fake accent
I do agree with you on alot of things though, especially the duel story. I wouldn’t say all i want to do is jump of buildings and kill stuff but i couldnt care less about desmonds storyline. Its like ubisoft are trying to give us a reason as to why we play as ezio and altiar when we dont need one.
And the difficult missions, i dont find them too difficult. But what annoys me is the guards when im not on a mission. Im not notourius and the guards arent looking for me, I try to free run and accidentally knock a jar out of somebodys hands. Suddenly about 50 templars descend with thier swords and horses trying to kill me. Brotherhood helped because you could call for assasins but even then i died over 50 percent of the time.
1. “The dual story is garbage.”
“I don’t care that the main character is being kidnapped by secret organizations that want to control all of humanity, I just want to run off of buildings and kill stuff.” this right here is the main point of your argument and makes it fall flat on it’s face. You don’t present any literary or logical reasons why the dual story is garbage, you simply prove that you individually don’t have the attention span for any story and would rather randomly kill people without wanting to know why. Also, as already pointed out, Assassin’s Creed’s writing has garnered a couple of official awards for it’s writing and story.
2. “The graphics are sub-par.” I’m not entirely sure how you came up with this point. Granted, I will openly admit some of the finer details in the graphics are sacrificed, the Assassin’s Creed games have never been about fine detail but instead grand scope. This is especially true in Brotherhood. The architecture and buildings of the game are some of the most amazing I’ve seen. Before you slam the graphics, try climbing to the top of a building overlooking a historical landmark in Rome at sunset, watching the fading rays of light and the dozens or hundreds of people scurrying around. Those are good graphics.
3. “The characters are 2-dimensional” Again you provide no evidence why the characters are two dimensional, you simply state that they are without any support for the argument. Again I point out that Assassin’s Creed received awards for it’s writing, which involves the characters. In addition, the transformation Ezio undergoes in Assassin’s Creed II from hot headed vengeful teenager to collected Master Assassin has been praised as one of the best character stories in a video game.
4. T”he controls are dog s**t” Some control schemes may be more difficult to pick up than others, but in the end all control schemes can be learned sooner or later. I find the Assassin’s Creed controls to be relatively intuitive after a small learning curve. However what makes your argument breakdown and actually worries me in general is the fact that you have broken multiple controllers over simple difficulties mastering the control scheme. If you honestly get so upset that you dropped off the side of a building, you may want to try not playing that game or perhaps seeking some professional help.
5. “The AI are stupid” In Assassin’s Creed and in every other game I’ve ever played, I’ve seen examples of brilliant AI’s and examples of AI’s that are simply bugging or glitching out. Stupid AI moments happen in every game I’ve played. And I don’t seem to have had the trouble you’ve had in Assassin’s Creed. So either you seem to have an incomplete game disc or perhaps you may be exaggerating the problems you find with the game due to your dislike of it.
6. “Overly difficult missions.” Since this argument is already based on your disagreement with the controls, I’m going to take what you say with a grain of salt already. I’ve never found any of the missions in the Assassin’s Creed games to be impossibly difficult. If I failed a mission, I simply examined what I did wrong and tried something else. Usually this resulted in a victory. The only real difficulties I’ve experienced have been from the full synchronization challenges in Brotherhood, and I found those to be delightfully new ways to play the game and challenge myself as a player, not something to condemn.
1. The duel story is one of the most exciting things in assassin’s creed.
2. The graphics are AWESOME.
3. You feel connected with the characters, all of them.
4. The controls, when you ged used, are the most fluid controls I’ve ever seen
5. The A.I … There’s no game with as much A.I as AC with so much realistic reactions when you move next to them, hit them or push them.
6. The level of AC is excellent. it’s neither an easy game, nor a difficult one.
7. AC is THE game that gives an explication to why:
– you revive when you’re dead
– you can’t go to wherever you wan’t
-why there’s checkpoints
and everything that looks illogical in other games.
8. Everything is true, Nothing is permitted.