It has finally arrived, one of the most anticipaded games of this awesome gaming autumn/winter. Assassins Creed
Formats: PS3 and Xbox 360. It will be released to PC sometime next year.
Genre: Action/adventure/stealth
A few examples of the competition Assassins Creed will be facing:
And a few more I'm sure.
Then how does Assassins Creed (From here AC) fare against this more then competent list of top notch games?
I've only played it for a few hours and it seems that the game barely has begun.
Minor spoilers from the beginning!
The first thing I noticed was that the movements seemed very smooth and realistic.
The first time I got to jump between rooftops and were trying to escape from the city guards (it seems that you'll do this quite a lot) it felt very parkuor-ish. You would jump on poles, over walls and down into hay. And it flowed perfectly.
If I have to complain a little bit it would be on the combat. It seems a little shallow. Mostly mashing the X-button, but it's still fun.
So I'd say that the controls are intuitive, fresh and just really good.
When I saw the graphics I initially thought that it wasn't anything special. But when I saw the character models up close I changed my mind, they were very detailed and alive. It might not look like crysis or even Gears of War but you have to think about that AC is way larger then those games. Like when I came to the first city in AC and saw it from a distance I just stopped and:
-Aweeesome, huge, cool.
Honestly.
And there's atleast one more big city and the countryside between them.
So the graphics rocks.
GTAssassins creed?
It might sound like AC is GTA just in another time, luckely for me atleast, that isn't the case. Atleast it isn't like the old GTAs it's more how I imagine GTA IV will be like. Not only run and gun with sloppy controls and graphics from mid 90s. It's much more than that. And I haven't even told you about the sneaking and the AI.
I haven't relly gotten into the sneaking but it seems like it works relly nicely. I've pickpoceted two persons so far (Those were on a mission so I don't know if you can do it freely later, though I doubt it) and it was both fun and hard. You can't get too close or follow them for too long or they'll notice you. That would've been the case in a GTA game atleas but AC takes it a step further.
Like I said earlier there's special techniques for not being noticed, theese you have to apply here or your victim will notice you. If you for example walks into someone who carries something and drops it, they will get pissed and your victim will most likely bail. It might get annoing but so far it has been fair and it was my own fault for starting a commotion.
Ending comment and grade
This game is awsome. Get it. Now.
Controls: 10
Graphics: 9
Gameplay: 10
Story: TBA
Total 9,5
I do believe it can fare aginst the other games that's being releases, though I don't know if the maistream buyers will notice it enough. You should notice it atleast, for the sake of good games.
Formats: PS3 and Xbox 360. It will be released to PC sometime next year.
Genre: Action/adventure/stealth
A few examples of the competition Assassins Creed will be facing:
[*]Super Mario Galaxy
[*]Matroid Prime 3: Corruption
[*]Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
[*]Mass Effect
[*]The Orange Box
And a few more I'm sure.
Then how does Assassins Creed (From here AC) fare against this more then competent list of top notch games?
I've only played it for a few hours and it seems that the game barely has begun.
Minor spoilers from the beginning!
Spoiler:
The controls
The first thing I noticed was that the movements seemed very smooth and realistic.
The first time I got to jump between rooftops and were trying to escape from the city guards (it seems that you'll do this quite a lot) it felt very parkuor-ish. You would jump on poles, over walls and down into hay. And it flowed perfectly.
If I have to complain a little bit it would be on the combat. It seems a little shallow. Mostly mashing the X-button, but it's still fun.
So I'd say that the controls are intuitive, fresh and just really good.
The graphics
When I saw the graphics I initially thought that it wasn't anything special. But when I saw the character models up close I changed my mind, they were very detailed and alive. It might not look like crysis or even Gears of War but you have to think about that AC is way larger then those games. Like when I came to the first city in AC and saw it from a distance I just stopped and:
-Aweeesome, huge, cool.
Honestly.
And there's atleast one more big city and the countryside between them.
So the graphics rocks.
GTAssassins creed?
It might sound like AC is GTA just in another time, luckely for me atleast, that isn't the case. Atleast it isn't like the old GTAs it's more how I imagine GTA IV will be like. Not only run and gun with sloppy controls and graphics from mid 90s. It's much more than that. And I haven't even told you about the sneaking and the AI.
Game mecanics
I haven't relly gotten into the sneaking but it seems like it works relly nicely. I've pickpoceted two persons so far (Those were on a mission so I don't know if you can do it freely later, though I doubt it) and it was both fun and hard. You can't get too close or follow them for too long or they'll notice you. That would've been the case in a GTA game atleas but AC takes it a step further.
Like I said earlier there's special techniques for not being noticed, theese you have to apply here or your victim will notice you. If you for example walks into someone who carries something and drops it, they will get pissed and your victim will most likely bail. It might get annoing but so far it has been fair and it was my own fault for starting a commotion.
Ending comment and grade
This game is awsome. Get it. Now.
Controls: 10
Graphics: 9
Gameplay: 10
Story: TBA
Total 9,5
I do believe it can fare aginst the other games that's being releases, though I don't know if the maistream buyers will notice it enough. You should notice it atleast, for the sake of good games.
