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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good but not brilliant, 8 April 2008
Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars
Ok first off i've played the pc version and with DX10 and its stunning....no arguments there!!Its partly being sold as a stealth game but it's really not.As you go up through the levels more skills and equipment become avaliable to you which makes killing your enemies even easier than it was in the first place.That being said means the game actually gets easier the the further you get into it.
The cut scenes are a pain in the rear,they can be long and there is no way to skip them,making a second play through of the game a bit of a chore.
Now the up side,visually gorgeous and once you get the hang of the fighting controls it's really fun.
If they ever did a sequal to this they need to turn it into a proper stealth assassination game.Also the character is just crying out for a bow and arrow weapon and would really put a good twist on things.
On the whole it's a good game but i'd wait for the price of to come down before you run out and buy it.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Some achievement..., 15 April 2008
Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars
Having played a console version of Assassin's Creed, I have to say that the PC version is definitive - provided your computer's specifications are up to the job. The additional tasks that have been programmed in during the lengthy hiatus between the game's original launch and its PC debut make a fair difference (and justify the delay) and I prefer the PC's mouse/keyboard control layout, but for me it's the sheer visual brilliance of the game that tips the balance.
It's been said before, but AC has to represent the pinnacle of achievement in game graphics to date - even Crysis can't match the realism and downright gorgeousness of the environments (at max settings, at least). It does beat the console versions in this regard - and for the reasons I set out below, that for me makes this the best of the versions.
It is true that the gameplay can become a little repetitive at times - there isn't the depth or scope for different activities of, say, the Grand Theft Auto series - but I haven't been as impressed by a game for a long time. When I first started, I was quite happy just wandering the Kingdom (which links the cities where the main action occurs) exploring and climbing towers and buildings to enjoy the views. Sometimes you'll think you're playing a movie - it's like virtual tourism!
However, I appreciate this isn't the be-all and end-all of gaming - hence the lower rating for fun. AC is best played slowly in order to appreciate the world portrayed. Ignoring the backdrop and dashing through the storyline (which involves a somewhat perplexing sci-fi element, as your character is an avatar controlled by a present day descendant hooked up to a bizarre computer) will leave a feeling of, "Is that it?" Even with the PC's extra tasks and missions, it's still a case of repeating the same core steps until you reach the end, which is a little disappointing. It's also quite easy, as holding one key or mouse button down is generally enough to get you round all the fights and all the free-running across rooftops. At its heart it's a good enough game, but not a world-beater. It might seem a little unfair, and I mean this in the nicest possible way, but AC is basically the greatest interactive tech demo ever. For me that makes it a worthwhile purchase, but it's fair to say not everyone will agree.
My not exactly bang up to date key components (runs smoothly at max settings at 1280x1024):-
Core2Duo E6600
2GB DDR2 667
GeForce 8800GT 512MB
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
I am disappointed because...., 19 May 2008
Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars
I am going to give this PC version of Assassins Creed a negative review, for the simple reason, that it promises so much and delivers so little. For months now I have been watching videos of Assassins Creed, I don't have a games console so I have had to wait on the PC version being released.
Once I finally got my hands on a copy, my first impressions were awesome game, I am lucky enough to have been able to play it on DX10 and the game does look stunning, the attention to detail and the atmosphere within the game is truly awesome, you really do feel that you are there. The first three or four levels are just mind blowing, the way your character moves, jumps from building to building, the little tests and trials that need to be completed in order to move onto your assassination target are all interesting and great fun to say the least.
But for me at some point after all of this the game just became more and more annoying, irritating even. As the game progresses it naturally gets harder, however rather than the assassinations becoming more complex and difficult to complete, what you find instead is simply more obstacles in your way, more guards to kill in order to get to your target, more annoying beggars and drunks blowing your cover. Each assassination involves killing more and more guards before you can get to your target.
I haven't competed the game yet, I am on my ninth assassination, I have had to kill over two hundred guards just to reach my target, now I find myself faced with ten or twelve elite crusaders, this is trial by combat and extremely poor game play.
There are memory blocks, which are invisible walls which you cannot pass through, now picture this. I have to kill these crusaders in order to get to my target, I do not decide which assailant to attack first the computer locks onto my targets for me, I have a certain amount of special moves to aid me, but the computer will all to often unlock my current advisory in order to lock onto the next before I have had time to finish him off so to speak, often as I am fighting one opponent I will back him up behind the memory block, which I can not pass through only to find that in the heat of the battle I am unable to unlock from him in order to defend myself from the other ten crusaders all intent on hacking me to bits from behind, as I take damage my life force is dropping, I find it harder to fight, the controls become more sluggish and unresponsive, and I become weaker.
At this point in time the game is nothing more than a hack and slash mini movie, I feel like Rambo, all I have been doing for the past two days is hack and slash my way through this game, there is no skill involved, no unexpected twists, no stealthy attacks and for me the word assassin describes a clever, cunning, manipulative killer, who strikes without ever being noticed, instead I have just walked onto a battlefield and surrounded my self with crusader knights. All I am doing now is trying to stay alive by seeing how fast I can hit those keys and push that mouse about.
I am disappointed because there are so many other ways this game could have gone, the graphics and level of detail are astounding, yet the game play and story line has been sacrificed and with each new level I have just been trying to get to the next new target just for the sake of completing the quests. I am bored and feed up.
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