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Expected a much better game...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game was fun at first, but honestly it's one of those games you love from the beginning, but then becomes very boring.

Alot of the assassination missions seem the same, and I just found that too bland. I bought the limited edition of both this and Mass Effect the same day. After killing 4 of the 9, I got sick of the game and ended up playing Mass Effect 3 times through (doing majority of the side quests and visiting planets each time, as well as reaching level 60).

I've noticed MANY glitches in this game, such as Altair's arm sucking into his body out of no where, or slowly sliding down a wall. Even enemies walking onto a roof then falling off only to continuously repeat itself.

The gameplay is meh, and the camera tends to irritate me. It might be great for others, but bothers me.

Also, this is the biggest Limited Edition rip off I've ever seen.

The box is bigger than the average 360 L.E. versions of games, yet offers the least.

The art book feels like its 2 pages thick, and the toy is as small as a lighter. And of coarse the standard for all L.E. versions of games, the bonus DVD. BUT THAT'S ALL THAT COMES IN THAT HUGE CASE!

It's not a terrible game, but it's not a classic either.

If you're looking for something fun yet challenging, get Devil May Cry 4.

If you want to play a game that requires attention to detail and alot of things to do and has a great story, get Mass Effect.

And if you want to just spend alot of time playing the world in multiplayer, get Call Of Duty 4.

My son loves it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Bought this game for my son on Christmas and He loves it so much, the graphics are great and best of he really enjoyed it.

Truely A Game That Deserves To Be Played .... Best In Its Genre

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This Game Is Beyond Any Open Ended Game Has Ever Ventured. Beautiful Graphics Promote Amazing Gamplay Which Is Both Initiutive & Easy To Pick Up . A Great Story That Pulls You In From Start To Finish . A 10/10 In My Books

THE BEST!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Simply awesome,... cant wait for the second one,... and by the looks of the ending, there without a doubt, WILL BE!!

Excellent concept, poor execution

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game has some great gameplay concepts, however it's designers made some grave mistakes during development. If you can get around to some of the seriously lackluster and repetitive missions, the game is overall pretty nice. Beware though, the ending of this game is horrible.. does not explain the story well at all.

Wouldn't know

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: January 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I can't really say if I like the game or not. It is now Jan 1st and I have yet to receive it. It was supposed to be delivered between Dec 3 and Dec 10.
So... I hope if you purchase it you have better luck.

great graphics

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

great graphics and gameplay, game is a little short, you may want to do all the optional tasks in order to play for longer time.
a little confusing ending and cinematic should be skip ables (at least after the 2nd time). besides that great game.

Fun Open Ended World

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I really enjoyed playing this game. It however has many repetitive side missions and quests. However I do like the fact that you can return to finish side missions and retry any assassinations after you have beaten the game.

Assassin's Creed is awesome

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is very cool, and extremely innovative. The intuitive button layout and amazing attention to detail make for awesome playability. The only drawback is the repetitive nature of the tasks to complete in order to get to the assassinations. The replay value is good as well, especially if you want to get all 1000 achievement points. This game is a definite buy, especially for those who have an HDTV.

Your Next Target

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Assassins Creed - Circa 2007

GOOD:
- The game has three huge (as well as very detailed) cities (Jerusalem, Acre, and Damascus) as well as the countryside (known simply as "Kingdom") that is equally as big as any of the cities. The games size rivals that of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (even if GTA:SA is bigger Assassins Creed is lot more detailed and intractable).
- A good story mixing elements of historical fiction and a Sci-Fi.
- Really impressive graphics and first-rate animations, that look just as good as games like Bioshock and Mass Effect.
- A great sound track that mixes music of the era during the clam points of the game and more modern type of music during the chase points of the game.

BAD:
- Collecting Flags (one hundred in every city and one hundred in the countryside) has no real point and only unlocks achievements.
- Most players and reviews complain about the relative nature of the Intel missions. Most of these missions are generally the same from city to city.

IF IT FITS YOUR TASTE:
- A Stealth game set in the year 1191 A.D. during the holy land crusades between King Richard and Sladine. You play as an Assassin of Hashshashin (who was a real life group of assassins of that time) charged with unsettling the powers that be in an attempt to bring peace to the holy land. To do this you must kill nine people who are using the crusades to control others and bring disorder to the land.
- The control is broken down into two areas of game play there is a passive action and an aggressive action to almost everything you can do in the game. For example you can lightly tap people to move out of your way while walking down crowed the street (hold the B button to do this) or shove people as you run down that same street (hold the R button and the B button to do this). This duality applies to all your actions and it becomes necessary because during the game you must be able to move freely between these two states (passive and aggressive) to run and then hide from people the out to get you as well as to sneak up on and kill your victims.
- Lot of what you will be doing is climbing and jumping from buildings this plays similar to the Prince of Persia games also made by ubisoft (the sands of time series). Although in this game the controls are more streamlined and user friendly as you can climb way more effectively as well as more realistically.
- Most of the game play itself is not so much assassinating people but gathering Intel on your targets, like ease dropping on conversations, pick pocketing people, and saving innocents from corrupt guards (who will repay you later by having others help in your endeavors) you can also scout out high areas to find hiding areas for later.
- Altair (the main character that you will play as) is an assassin and not a gladiator, while you can kill over 25 guards in a row (doing that unlocks an achievement) Altair is more like a spy or Ninja where his style is to stay hidden for a long as possible and not out right fight unless cornered. Now when cornered Altair can really destroy is enemies rather effetely with either a small combo (tap X once until you hear/see Altair's sword hit his opponents sword and quickly tap X again - this take lots of practice to get right) or counter move (tap X right before an opponent hit Altair with his sword), the over all effect is that only players who feel the most confident in their abilities will fight more then a few people at once. While most players should and will play more like a "true" assassin and not be seen as well as only fight when they must.
- After every major assassination you unlock new moves and weapons (like throwing knives and counter strike).
- While in the countryside (called "Kingdom") you get to ride horses, this aspect of game play is very reminiscent of the Nintendo 64 game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time.
- The story can be very confusing to some not familiar with the politics of this time era. I recommend seeing the movie Kingdom of Heaven, this helps explain the story a bit more and give more back story to the game (note this game takes place a year or so after that movie).

GAME ITS MOST ASSOCATED TOO:
- Metal Gear Solid (PS1)
- Splinter Cell: Double Agent (360/PS3/PC)
- Prince of Persia (Xbox/PS2)
- Crackdown (360)
- HitMan: Blood Money (360)

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- There is a small secret about the games story that I will not give away, although I will say the 90% of your gameplay time will be spend on the facts I have already mentioned, and the other part of the game is only really story based with no real bearing on your gameplay.
- Altair is an Arabic word that means "The Flying One.
- The assassins that Altair is a part of were a real group of assassins during that era in fact the word assassins comes from the assassins group Hashshashin as it was a word used to describe there followers. All your main targets (nine in all) are based on real people who during that time period either died mysteriously or vanished.
- This game is also on the Sony Playstation 3 as well as the PC.
- In the limited collector's edition you will find an art book, a mini Altair figuring as well as a mini strategy guide, you will also find a mini comic about one of Altair's missions (drawn from the comic artist from Penny Arcade website) as well as a bonus DVD with the videos "The Making of Assassins Creed" documentary and it all comes in a tin case.
- There is talk from Ubisoft about sequels to this game set in other time eras.

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