As you may know, I myself am by no means a big gamer, I do enjoy the odd Nintendo DS or Playstation game – however, my boyfriend, like most men, does like gaming – a lot!
We recently purchased the newly-released Assassins Creed: Revelations (rated 15) for the PS3, and I asked Steve to review it for me, as I know I have a few girl gamers who read my blog out there and I thought it would make an interesting read.The Review;
Released on November the 15th, the Assassins Creed series of games tells the story of Desmond Miles who is kidnapped by the corporation Abstergo Industries – an up to date, more modern version of the Knights Templar. He is forced to use the Animus and finds himself experiencing the memories of an assassin in the Crusades, Altair and an assassin from 15th century Italy, Ezio.
Having played the previous games in the series, I was holding out a lot of hope for this next part of the collection. Let me start first off by saying it is a good game – just not altogether what I was expecting.
Going into anything with expectations isn’t always a great thing, especially if these expectations are not wholeheartedly met. The game itself is good, and is what you’d expect from an Assassins Creed game – but the storyline was a little weak in places, and could definitely have been scripted a little better. It almost seems as if the premise is growing old.
When it came to control, the game was slightly awkward – on occasion, it would do the opposite to what you wanted it to – i.e. jumping to the left when you wanted to advance forward – and there was a lot of erratic movement in places.
The action itself was fantastic – I’d rate the game 4 out of 5 straight off just for this feature – there were good levels and amounts of fighting and ‘free-running’ – just what you’d expect. However, each Assassins Creed, when released, has plenty of new features, and although this game has some, it did seem to be woefully lacking compared to previous games in the series.
It is very similar to previous Assassins Creed games – in fact, it is very similar to the previous game in the series, Brotherhood – and still has everything you need if you are a die-hard Assassins Creed fan – yet it seemed to be a lot shorter than the other games in the series – and much easier to complete too!
This is definitely a must-have game for die-hard AC fans, and is quite a good game as a stand-alone – however, the storyline is a little weak compared to previous titles, and the control still isn’t 100%.
Pros:
– Can definitely tell it is an Assassins Creed title
– Good action – levels of fighting and parkour are great
-Some good new features
– Playing online against others is still enjoyable
– Playing online against others is still enjoyable
Cons:
– Awkward to control
– Storyline a little disappointing, could have been scripted better
– Seems shorter than previous titles, and less new features than expected.
– Although enjoyable, online play is not as good as in Brotherhood, the third title in the series
– Although enjoyable, online play is not as good as in Brotherhood, the third title in the series
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The ending of the game leaves it open for another title in the series – I cannot find any information on whether there is one in production – but I would love to know if there is one planned?
I would give this game a 4/5 – on action alone, it deserves this score – however, the easiness of completion, control problems and weak storyline stop it from getting the top score of 5/5.
Have you got the game? What do you think?
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I am very excited to read this, I read half but I don't want any spoilers 😀
We've been so consumed with Skyrim we haven't bought this yet! It's absolutely criminal!!!! I am so excited for it! I am obsessed with stories of the Templars and all that so not only do I love the game I adore the backing story. Eeeee over excited! 😛 xxxx
You know what I read the whole of this and had no idea what was going on :)) I know everyone keeps going on about Assassin's Creed but.. (I don't know what it is!) LOL.
I'm more of a movie based game fan, very occasionally I do like originals like Silent Hill and Crash B.
Thanks for the feature! x
What games have you got out of interest? I'm going to do a thing soon of the games I've got so it would be interesting to share game posts if you want.
Ok cyas later and take care!
Gamer girl!! <3 wooo!! but you need an xbox lol 😛 put it on your christmas list!! xx