Assassin's Creed - not so hot a game?

[SUBMAN1]

Hmm...

http://www.tomsgames.com/us/2007/12/06/assassins_creed_review/

-S

http://images.tomshardware.com/2007/12/06/ac1.jpg

[CCIP]

An interesting answer to the "disappointed" reviews was provided by Penny Arcade's Gabe here:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/2007/11/14

(scroll down to the second post on that page)


I think the biggest complaint I saw was that the missions become repetitive and boring. I actually didn't understand this complaint at all until just the other day. I had gotten an early copy of the game just like everyone else in the media but I was just playing it for fun. I'd cracked into it over the weekend and when I got into the office on Monday I started seeing these negative reviews. When I saw the low scores I was actually really upset and I wanted to talk about the game here on the site. I wanted to tell everyone that these guys were full of ****. However, since so many of the complaints were based on the ending I wanted to beat it first so I was sure I wasn't missing anything. I attacked the game again but this time with the goal of beating it as fast as I could. I was determined to get a post up on Tuesday and I was pushing through the game as fast as I could. I went from finding every high perch in a district to only getting the ones I needed to advance the story. I stopped saving every citizen and avoided any unnecessary confrontations. The informer missions that I had really enjoyed before, I now avoided because I knew they took too long to complete. I did the bare minimum of missions to progress the story and anything that "hindered" my progress was frustrating. Monday night after skipping over another combat (something I used to really enjoy) I stopped myself. What the **** was I doing? I wasn't playing the game because I wanted to I was playing it because I had a deadline and I needed to beat it. I stopped immediately and decided I'd write about the game whenever I got around to beating it. I spent another day and a half with it and during that time I hunted for hidden flags and explored the cities again. I came in this morning and finally did beat it but I did it at my own pace and I enjoyed every part of it.

:hmm:

[TteFAboB]

An expanded Tenchu? I love all these assassin games and a sand-box version would be nice to contrast with Hitman, as that one should be left as it is because we've had too much storyline with Mr.47 to go Generic and open-ended now.

[Skybird]

An interesting answer to the "disappointed" reviews was provided by Penny Arcade's Gabe here:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/2007/11/14

(scroll down to the second post on that page)

:hmm:

Nice and well, but the review complains about specifics of game mechanism that have little to do with the defense in the article you linked up. The review complains about the AI, combat system, viewing points. Your article defends the variety of gameplay by telling people they should not rush through it as fast as they can.

That are two totally different perspectives, I think.

[stabiz]

Yeah, its getting a beating in Norway too. As with so many games these days its all about the hype, and AC has been nothing but slow motion jumping from rooftops and video of the female producer.

[Rotary Crewman]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2694-Zero-Punctuation-Assassin-s-Creed

My favourite style of reviewing.

[Dowly]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2694-Zero-Punctuation-Assassin-s-Creed

My favourite style of reviewing.

:yep:

[Boris]

I hope this means they'll revamp the PC version before its released

[SUBMAN1]

I hope this means they'll revamp the PC version before its releasedIt might mean you won't get a PC version. :D

-S