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Summary:
Assassin's Creed™ is the next-gen game developed by Ubisoft Montreal that redefines the action genre. While other games claim to be next-gen with impressive graphics and physics, Assassin's Creed merges technology, game design, theme and emotions into a world where you instigate chaos and become a vulnerable, yet powerful, agent of change.
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What is in the game:
In Assassin's Creed, you play as Desmond Miles and relive his ancestor Altaïr Ibn-LaʼAhad's memories as an assassin in 1191 AD. You get to interrogate people, climb and parkour across rooftops, silently take out enemies, and finally hunt down your target. The game has a main campaign with a great story.
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Thoughts:
While I overall enjoyed and do reccomend this game, there are some things that really frustrated me while playing. Im gonna start with the positives.
-Positives-
The gameplay is fun and makes you really feel like an assassin, and the progression is great. The movement and parkour are really smooth when they work. The combat is also really good when it works. It's fun to sneak-attack enemies. I like the bonuses you can unlock by doing activities like scholars to blend in and vigilantes to stop guards. The story is really good and intriguing, and the music is really immersive. The three cities all have a distinct feel and atmosphere. The modern-day parts are a nice break from the main stuff. The positives section may be shorter, but thats just because the positives are mostly story things and spoiler territory stuff, but trust me, it is worth a play.
-Negatives-
The biggest negative for me is the clunky controls and occasional unresponsive movement. The controls for the game just feel off; they are clearly meant for the console, even with the button thing on the hud being in the shape of the 4 buttons on the right of a controller. The movement, specifically when you are trying to escape guards and templars, just plain doesn't work right sometimes. You will be trying to run one way, and your guy will climb a wall next to him. This again mainly manifests in escapes. Speaking of escapes, they are really annoying to do. Guards are just really fast and constantly climb buildings in like 2 seconds, and they will see you right before you go into hiding. Speaking of guards, there are just a lot. My other big gripe is that in combat, the timing for counters and other special moves feels really inconsistent, and some moves seem just impossible to do without lightning-quick speed. Another negative I have is that it feels like a lot of missions don't let you be a good assassin and force you into combat with large groups. I also feel the missions can be kind of repetitive, at least the open-world ones. They are just saving civilians, climbing things, roof racing, killing some dudes, escorting, interrogating, or eavesdropping. But those are really the only big negatives for me.
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Terrible PC Optimization:
It runs great for me at max settings minus AA. It should run fine on any system better than mine, and I don't even have a real GPU.
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Time to Beat:
Assassin's Creed is about 15 Hours in length.
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Price:
☐ Buy it full
☑ Wait for sale
☐ Don't buy it
☐ Free
The game is pretty good, but for its age, semi-bugginess, and relatively short length, 20 dollars is a bit much. I'm not sure how much this goes on sale, but I'd try to get it on sale or, if you want, get it ridiculously cheap on CD key sites.
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Graphics:
☐ Amazing
☐ Good
☑ Average
☐ Bad
☐ Awful
This game has aged really well for 2007. While some aspects, like character models, can look really dated, mostly on random NPCs, But other than that, it's really carried by the good lighting and art style.
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Gameplay:
☐ Very Fun
☑* Fun
☐ Meh
☐ Bad
☐ Awful
When the game isn't just not letting you do the right thing, it's really fun and satisfying to play and use the different weapons. Parkour is fun as hell too.
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Grind Level:
☐ Intense
☐ A Lot
☑ Average
☐ Little
☐ Almost None
☐ None
The grinding mostly consists of synchronizing your environment for assassination missions.
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Music:
☐ Amazing
☑ Good
☐ Average
☐ Bad
☐ Terrible
☐ None
Really nice action music that gives the game a unique vibe.
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Bugs:
☐ None that ive seen
☐ Not impactful
☑ Negatively affects gameplay
The biggest bug other than some problems with movement is a freezing problem that happens where every few seconds you will get big stutters. It's pretty easy to fix, but it's annoying that it's a thing in the first place.
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Side-Notes:
The freezing problem fix can be found by simple google search.

(NO SPOILERS) Summary: Assassin's Creed™ is the next-gen game developed by Ubisoft Montreal that redefines the action genre. While other games claim to be next-gen with impressive graphics and physics, Assassin's Creed merges technology, game design, theme and emotions into a world where you instigate chaos and become a vulnerable, yet powerful, agent of change. ------------------------------- What is in the game: In Assassin's Creed, you play as Desmond Miles and relive his ancestor Altaïr Ibn-LaʼAhad's memories as an assassin in 1191 AD. You get to interrogate people, climb and parkour across rooftops, silently take out enemies, and finally hunt down your target. The game has a main campaign with a great story. ------------------------------- Thoughts: While I overall enjoyed and do reccomend this game, there are some things that really frustrated me while playing. Im gonna start with the positives. -Positives- The gameplay is fun and makes you really feel like an assassin, and the progression is great. The movement and parkour are really smooth when they work. The combat is also really good when it works. It's fun to sneak-attack enemies. I like the bonuses you can unlock by doing activities like scholars to blend in and vigilantes to stop guards. The story is really good and intriguing, and the music is really immersive. The three cities all have a distinct feel and atmosphere. The modern-day parts are a nice break from the main stuff. The positives section may be shorter, but thats just because the positives are mostly story things and spoiler territory stuff, but trust me, it is worth a play. -Negatives- The biggest negative for me is the clunky controls and occasional unresponsive movement. The controls for the game just feel off; they are clearly meant for the console, even with the button thing on the hud being in the shape of the 4 buttons on the right of a controller. The movement, specifically when you are trying to escape guards and templars, just plain doesn't work right sometimes. You will be trying to run one way, and your guy will climb a wall next to him. This again mainly manifests in escapes. Speaking of escapes, they are really annoying to do. Guards are just really fast and constantly climb buildings in like 2 seconds, and they will see you right before you go into hiding. Speaking of guards, there are just a lot. My other big gripe is that in combat, the timing for counters and other special moves feels really inconsistent, and some moves seem just impossible to do without lightning-quick speed. Another negative I have is that it feels like a lot of missions don't let you be a good assassin and force you into combat with large groups. I also feel the missions can be kind of repetitive, at least the open-world ones. They are just saving civilians, climbing things, roof racing, killing some dudes, escorting, interrogating, or eavesdropping. But those are really the only big negatives for me. ------------------------------- Terrible PC Optimization: It runs great for me at max settings minus AA. It should run fine on any system better than mine, and I don't even have a real GPU. ------------------------------- Time to Beat: Assassin's Creed is about 15 Hours in length. ------------------------------- Price: ☐ Buy it full ☑ Wait for sale ☐ Don't buy it ☐ Free The game is pretty good, but for its age, semi-bugginess, and relatively short length, 20 dollars is a bit much. I'm not sure how much this goes on sale, but I'd try to get it on sale or, if you want, get it ridiculously cheap on CD key sites. ------------------------------- Graphics: ☐ Amazing ☐ Good ☑ Average ☐ Bad ☐ Awful This game has aged really well for 2007. While some aspects, like character models, can look really dated, mostly on random NPCs, But other than that, it's really carried by the good lighting and art style. ------------------------------- Gameplay: ☐ Very Fun ☑* Fun ☐ Meh ☐ Bad ☐ Awful When the game isn't just not letting you do the right thing, it's really fun and satisfying to play and use the different weapons. Parkour is fun as hell too. ------------------------------- Grind Level: ☐ Intense ☐ A Lot ☑ Average ☐ Little ☐ Almost None ☐ None The grinding mostly consists of synchronizing your environment for assassination missions. ------------------------------- Music: ☐ Amazing ☑ Good ☐ Average ☐ Bad ☐ Terrible ☐ None Really nice action music that gives the game a unique vibe. ------------------------------- Bugs: ☐ None that ive seen ☐ Not impactful ☑ Negatively affects gameplay The biggest bug other than some problems with movement is a freezing problem that happens where every few seconds you will get big stutters. It's pretty easy to fix, but it's annoying that it's a thing in the first place. ------------------------------- Side-Notes: The freezing problem fix can be found by simple google search.