Sunday, February 24, 2008
Assassin's Creed PS3
In the world that you enter through the gateway of Assassin's Creed you become ancient warrior that dispatches death on the peoples of the ancient world. The astounding attention to detail and the insane amount of control you feel that you have in the game give you the realization of what the current generation of video games are capable of. Quite simply if you haven't experienced this game you are missing out, and the positives totally outweigh the negatives of the gaming experience.
The game starts with you captured by scientists and being hooked into a machine that can pull memories out of your DNA. I truly thought that this was one of the coolest ideas I have seen for a game taking place in the past, and it really gave an awesome way for the developers to mix in advanced graphics and icons with a time period that doesn't call for them.
The controls are really easy to slip into, before you know it your bouncing around the game like an expert. I thought it was a mix of Spider-Man and Metal Gear Solid, you can bounce around or sneak and dispatch of your victims as quietly as you want to. One of the first things I noticed that I didn't really enjoy was that you had no rewards for being stealth, which was one of the great things about Metal Gear. I just thought that an Assassin shouldn't be seen.
As you progress through the adventure you gain better weapons and with them tactics, all of which were great. Using the target system with the knife throwing was just awesome and quickly became my favorite way of dispatching my enemies. The detail of the world is unmatched in my opinion. Never have I seen so much going on, so much seamless integration, such a huge world without limits.. The focus system was astounding, listening to someones conversation or following a target got you totally enveloped into the game. Just insane how much detail went into this game.
On to the negatives.. In battle by the end of the game I felt like eveything was just repeating over and over. There wasn't much room for originality. I started feeling as though I didn't have as much control over my charachter as I felt was neccessary. I either push X or O and see what happens. All of the challenges by the end were totally overdone. Save 20 people, jump to 15 rooftops, beat up 5 guys, get to the mission. Do all that 80 times and you win. I felt there could have been a lot more going on, a lot more to do, with every are that opened maybe having something else to do. The roof climbing was a good idea, but very old very quickly. Oh, and the fact that a master assassin can't swim is probably the dumbest thing I have seen. Seriously. Stop putting water where I just die when I fall in. Didn't they learn from Grand Theft Auto?!? The worst thing about the game is the end. You'll find out if you play, but it was just pathetic from my point of view..
Overall this is a worthy purchase, and I do think you'll get your money's worth, but I also think that one time through is enough. At least you can devote a solid week to it and destroy it then trade it in and pick up Uncharted..
**1/2
In the world that you enter through the gateway of Assassin's Creed you become ancient warrior that dispatches death on the peoples of the ancient world. The astounding attention to detail and the insane amount of control you feel that you have in the game give you the realization of what the current generation of video games are capable of. Quite simply if you haven't experienced this game you are missing out, and the positives totally outweigh the negatives of the gaming experience.The game starts with you captured by scientists and being hooked into a machine that can pull memories out of your DNA. I truly thought that this was one of the coolest ideas I have seen for a game taking place in the past, and it really gave an awesome way for the developers to mix in advanced graphics and icons with a time period that doesn't call for them.
The controls are really easy to slip into, before you know it your bouncing around the game like an expert. I thought it was a mix of Spider-Man and Metal Gear Solid, you can bounce around or sneak and dispatch of your victims as quietly as you want to. One of the first things I noticed that I didn't really enjoy was that you had no rewards for being stealth, which was one of the great things about Metal Gear. I just thought that an Assassin shouldn't be seen.
As you progress through the adventure you gain better weapons and with them tactics, all of which were great. Using the target system with the knife throwing was just awesome and quickly became my favorite way of dispatching my enemies. The detail of the world is unmatched in my opinion. Never have I seen so much going on, so much seamless integration, such a huge world without limits.. The focus system was astounding, listening to someones conversation or following a target got you totally enveloped into the game. Just insane how much detail went into this game.
On to the negatives.. In battle by the end of the game I felt like eveything was just repeating over and over. There wasn't much room for originality. I started feeling as though I didn't have as much control over my charachter as I felt was neccessary. I either push X or O and see what happens. All of the challenges by the end were totally overdone. Save 20 people, jump to 15 rooftops, beat up 5 guys, get to the mission. Do all that 80 times and you win. I felt there could have been a lot more going on, a lot more to do, with every are that opened maybe having something else to do. The roof climbing was a good idea, but very old very quickly. Oh, and the fact that a master assassin can't swim is probably the dumbest thing I have seen. Seriously. Stop putting water where I just die when I fall in. Didn't they learn from Grand Theft Auto?!? The worst thing about the game is the end. You'll find out if you play, but it was just pathetic from my point of view..
Overall this is a worthy purchase, and I do think you'll get your money's worth, but I also think that one time through is enough. At least you can devote a solid week to it and destroy it then trade it in and pick up Uncharted..
**1/2
Labels: adventure, games, murder, ps3, stealth
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