Assassins Creed, Should you buy? Reasons

[ItalianBoyPhil]

So, Firstly heres some info on Assassins Creed.

Assassin's Creed is a third-person stealth game in which the player assumes the role of Desmond Miles, an average bartender who is the last descendant of a long family line of assassins. Desmond has been taken to a facility where he is forced to use the Animus, a machine that traces and recreates the memories of his ancestors during the Third Crusade. Through these genetic memories, the player controls Altaïr ibn La-Ahad, a member of the Assassin Brotherhood which is allied with one of the sides during the third crusade. Altaïr's objective in the game is to slay nine historical figures propagating the Crusades in the year 1191.

 

The Story

The overall story within Assassin's Creed is set in September 2012, Desmond Miles, a bartender, has been kidnapped by an unknown person prior to the start of the game, and is brought to Abstergo Industries, where researchers are working on the Animus project. The Animus is able to extract memories from the DNA of the user, allowing the user to replay those memories as if he were there himself. Desmond was "chosen" for the project due to his relationship to his ancestor Altaïr Ibn La-Ahad, a member of the Assassins Bureau during the Third Crusade of the Holy Land; the researchers express interest in understanding more of how the Assassins worked. Though initially Desmond's subconscious rejects the memories of Altaïr, he eventually learns to accept them and is able to proceed to follow Altaïr's actions through the Animus.

The memories of Altaïr that Desmond experiences start in AD 1191: Richard I of England has just recaptured the port city of Acre from the Muslims. With a base of operations established, the Crusaders prepare to march south. Their true target is Jerusalem – which they intend to recapture for Christianity. However the Muslim forces are massing in the ruins of Arsuf, intending to ambush the Crusaders and prevent them from reaching Jerusalem. These war maneuvers have left the rest of the Holy Land wide open. While Richard and Saladin battle one another, the men left to govern in their stead have begun taking advantage of their newfound positions of power. Exploitation, manipulation, and provocation rule the day.

 

Platforms - PlayStation 3, Xbox360, Microsoft Windows, DS

Genre(s) - Sealth, Action/Adventure

Developers - Ubisoft Montreal

Publishers - Ubisoft

Ratings : ESRB: M
               PEGI: 18+
               BBFC: 15
               OFLC (AU): MA15+
               OFLC (NZ): R13
               CERO:Z

Reception -

IGN - 7.7/10

Gamespot - 9.0/10

GameTrailers - 9.1/10

GamePro -5/5

Play Magazine - 10/10

OXM - 8.5/10

GameRadar - 10/10

Game Informer - 9.5/10

www.wikipedia.com

 

 

 

+ Good Mechanics

+ Good Storyline

+ Massive Cities

+ Loads of things to do

+ Relistics and Real time Enviroment

- Repetative

- Long fights where NPCs unexpetedly attack

- Alot of running, maybe too much

- High profile movements always attract attention

- Very strange glitches? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwywtvQRkg4

Hope this persuaded you too go buy it =D