Anybody have the game now? Is it worth the money to buy this game? I am a huge Assassin's Creed fan, but I don't want to read the long reviews for this game(too long, did not read).
Just a simple short review?
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Anybody have the game now? Is it worth the money to buy this game? I am a huge Assassin's Creed fan, but I don't want to read the long reviews for this game(too long, did not read).
Just a simple short review?
[QUOTE=Jimmy2k8]Anybody have the game now? Is it worth the money to buy this game? I am a huge Assassin's Creed fan, but I don't want to read the long reviews for this game(too long, did not read).
Just a simple short review?[/QUOTE]
If you like exploring games or just games using stealth and strategy then Revelations is definitely a good by, AC: II and Brotherhood are also the same way. If you played and enjoyed Brotherhood then you will apprieciate Revelations also.
[QUOTE=Al Thornton]someone who liked brotherhood mp a lot? :confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]
It's basically the same. Except now there's a Hunters mode where its 4 on 4 one side tries not to die, the other hunts them down.
Maps need to be bigger IMO.
I just played it all morning. I'm really enjoying it so far, but whoever came up with the idea to put den defense in this game should be taken out back and shot.
The ending..
I'm so ****ing pissed. Garbage ending. Game was too short. Beat it in about 18 hours played with 80% synced on one play through.
[QUOTE=Rose]It's basically the same. Except now there's a Hunters mode where its 4 on 4 one side tries not to die, the other hunts them down.
Maps need to be bigger IMO.[/QUOTE]
that was in the last.....
[QUOTE=Al Thornton]that was in the last.....[/QUOTE]
I never played that mode.:D
[QUOTE=Rose]The ending..
I'm so ****ing pissed. Garbage ending. Game was too short. Beat it in about 18 hours played with 80% synced on one play through.[/QUOTE]
Don't spoil anything for me, but what's wrong with the ending? Is it abrupt or is it just stupid?
[QUOTE=Heavincent]Don't spoil anything for me, but what's wrong with the ending? Is it abrupt or is it just stupid?[/QUOTE]
No spoilers. I took my time writing this.
You know how you know the apocalypse is coming? and you just don't know what form it is? and you know that the temples are the keys to stopping it? Let's just say you'll be disappointed and wanting more. Plus I'm not even sure what the **** the Templars mission was through all of this now.
Actually I just looked it up, apparently there's supposed to be another one. That actually wraps it all up. I thought THIS one, was the last one. So the next one could be really good or really bad. I wish they just would have released this as a DLC for Brotherhood, or released it with the next one.
I just finished DNA sequence 6 and God damn this game is amazing. Might be my favorite Assassins Creed game. Lets see how it finishes...But as of right now I'd rank them like this:
1.) Revelations
2.) II
3.) Brotherhood
4.) 1
[QUOTE=Heavincent]I just finished DNA sequence 6 and God damn this game is amazing. Might be my favorite Assassins Creed game. Lets see how it finishes...But as of right now I'd rank them like this:
1.) Revelations
2.) II
3.) Brotherhood
4.) 1[/QUOTE]
I like how everyone's least favorite is the first.:oldlol:
But I agree with your rankings mostly. This one just feels too short(and easy) to be my favorite.
[QUOTE=Rose]I like how everyone's least favorite is the first.:oldlol:
But I agree with your rankings mostly. This one just feels too short(and easy) to be my favorite.[/QUOTE]
The first one actually had a really good story, but it was so damn repetitive and the combat was flawed. It was good, but all of the other AC games blow it away in terms of gameplay and mission structure.
This game doesn't seem that short to me. Feels just a little bit shorter than II. I'm on DNA sequence 8 and I've been playing a lot for the past few days.
[QUOTE=Heavincent]The first one actually had a really good story, but it was so damn repetitive and the combat was flawed. It was good, but all of the other AC games blow it away in terms of gameplay and mission structure.
This game doesn't seem that short to me. Feels just a little bit shorter than II. I'm on DNA sequence 8 and I've been playing a lot for the past few days.[/QUOTE]
I beat the game in under 17 hours with 84% synch. I've never beaten one that fast, and surely not with that high of a completion. Although the game is almost over for you.
I agree with you on the first. I was actually really good at the combat in it. I only stopped playing because it glitched on me and took away my map. And I'm very OCD in the AC games wanting my map filled out.
I finished it yesterday. I don't really know what to say about the ending...
[QUOTE=Heavincent]I finished it yesterday. I don't really know what to say about the ending...[/QUOTE]
Told you.:lol
They could have wrapped it up then and there but nooooo
[QUOTE=Rose]Told you.:lol
They could have wrapped it up then and there but nooooo[/QUOTE]
I hate that a new AC game comes out every year now. It's going to start getting stale. They should just release Assassins Creed III in 2013.
[QUOTE=Heavincent]I hate that a new AC game comes out every year now. It's going to start getting stale. They should just release Assassins Creed III in 2013.[/QUOTE]
Well they kinda can't since it's about 2012.
But I agree. I really dislike franchises that do that.
I mean seriously, another 5 minute cut scene, and I would have been happy with the game, and the franchise would have ended on a great note.
Just finished it in two days, yeah definitely too short. But lot's of fun.
To those saying that they should've wrapped it up in this one, Ubisoft said from the beginning that this one is merely meant to wrap up Altair and Ezio's storyline, and resolve a few things from Desmond's storyline. So it's not like they conned us into buying this game, it is what they said it will be. And as a huge fan of the series, I'm very happy with how the two assassins' stories turned out, but feeling a bit disappointed about Desmond's. I don't see how they've shown us anything about what's really going on that fans of the franchise hadn't already figured out.
There are too many aspects of the main story that are either unresolved or unexplored for this story line to have ended with this game. I do hope AC3 is the last AC game, dragging it on any longer than that will kill this franchise IMO. I reckon the next game will not focus around the use of the Animus, aside from minor side missions.
In any case, Ubisoft had created two epic characters in Altair and Ezio and it only feels appropriate that they got a proper ending.
[B]Spoilers ho![/B]
I did get confused about the mention of Cyprus at the end. Altair made a reference to it to his son so he can spread the rumor that that's where the apple is. The thing is that Borgia actually did find the apple there! I get that there are multiple apples, but why make a reference to Cyprus as if it was a fake destination when there WAS actually an apple there in AC2! Also, if Altair didn't put it in Cyprus, where did that apple come from? Need to do some digging.
By the way, am I the only one who was wary of Sofia at the end in the library? I was so afraid Ubisoft was gonna go cheesy on us and make Sofia a Templar all along and kill Ezio and take the apple. :lol
Is Brotherhood worth picking up? I played AC2 and just got Revelations which I'm really enjoying. Ubisoft appear to have done a great job on this game.
I totally thought the same thing about the chick. Especially when she was like "you go on alone" I was like she's gonna kill him...and that will wrap it all up. what an awesomely, kinda bad but totally surprising and surprisingly good ending.
I downloaded it on my PC and the controls are really weird. Feel like I'm playing a fighter game hitting all these weird combos.
Probably one of the games I'd enjoy more on console. Regardless, I'm cheap, so I'll only be playing it on PC :)
Just picked up a combo-pack of AC, AC2 and AC:B for only $29.99. I figured it's time I finally get into this series.
[QUOTE=Qwyjibo]Just picked up a combo-pack of AC, AC2 and AC:B for only $29.99. I figured it's time I finally get into this series.[/QUOTE]
Wow thats a great deal. Everyone tells me AC is boring as hell. I never played it but want too just for achievement hunting purposes. :lol
[QUOTE=GOBB]Wow thats a great deal. Everyone tells me AC is boring as hell. I never played it but want too just for achievement hunting purposes. :lol[/QUOTE]
Really? Everyone I know says it's awesome.
I suppose the ability to kill like 4 or 5 guys at a time in a variety of ways, sneaking around, assassinating, and so forth is a rather enticing concept.
[QUOTE=GOBB]Wow thats a great deal. Everyone tells me AC is boring as hell. I never played it but want too just for achievement hunting purposes. :lol[/QUOTE]
I've heard/read that too. That's its really repetitive. But with all the rave reviews for 2 and Brotherhood, I figure I can make time for AC just to get the full story of the series.
[QUOTE=Maniak]Really? Everyone I know says it's awesome.
I suppose the ability to kill like 4 or 5 guys at a time in a variety of ways, sneaking around, assassinating, and so forth is a rather enticing concept.[/QUOTE]
I mean the first AC of the series. Just the way you kill someone in AC differs in AC 2.
I played AC 2, AC B (both were awesome) and will get AC Rev later. First one I missed out on because everyone told me :no:
Oh alright. I haven't actually heard much about the first myself.
the first one, i didnt even complete, it was repetive as hell but 2 and ACB were great, there are some repetive parts, but sort of keeps it realistic if you know what i mean. just got revelations, played about an hour, going great so far
its really brought back the stealth games, like splinter cell and MGS, they seemed to give up on stealth wheras i love being cheeky bastard and stabbing people and hiding lol
GOBB & Qwy - Buying the original AC may seem like a plausible decision to complete your collection of the series but I'll gauarn-damn-tee you that you'll never complete it lol.
It really and truly is one of the most redundantly repetitive games I've ever played on a modern console. While playing the first installment you realize how much potential the game has but are left disappointed because of it's lack of capitalization. Then AC2 hits the market and the series really starts to take off...
The good thing is that you can probably find a copy for a measly 10 bucks or less..... But like it said above, you're never finishing it though lol
[QUOTE=Done_And_Done]GOBB & Qwy - Buying the original AC may seem like a plausible decision to complete your collection of the series but I'll gauarn-damn-tee you that you'll never complete it lol.
It really and truly is one of the most redundantly repetitive games I've ever played on a modern console. While playing the first installment you realize how much potential the game has but are left disappointed because of it's lack of capitalization. Then AC2 hits the market and the series really starts to take off...
The good thing is that you can probably find a copy for a measly 10 bucks or less..... But like it said above, you're never finishing it though lol[/QUOTE]
i got a copy of original AC included with revelations, win win situation? :confusedshrug:
the assassins out to get ezio in the game are a cool extra, i crap myself everytime lol
[QUOTE=craigthomasb]the assassins out to get ezio in the game are a cool extra, i crap myself everytime lol[/QUOTE]
Haha that music creeps me out!
[QUOTE=craigthomasb]i got a copy of original AC included with revelations, win win situation? :confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]
I had an unusually slow weekend so I played this. Ah the memories. Despite it's repetitiveness it had the best storyline of all the games that followed, and knowing all I know about the AC world, I still enjoyed having that story unfold in front of me. ACII definitely had the best combination of story telling and gameplay though IMO.
I'm up to the last assassination, and from what I remember, that whole sequence was incredibly tough. Probably the toughest thing to do in the entire AC series. :lol
I see some of you guys talking about the original Assassins' Creed's repetitive and possibly boring nature. On a whim, I borrowed this game (and the second one) from my brothers. I've very early in the first one and the boredom is definitely my hang up so far. It feels like I'm watching a movie more than I'm playing a game. Does that change as the game progresses forward? And did anyone else have doubts about this franchise early on in the first game? I can't tell if I should just stop playing because perhaps these types of games just aren't my style or if I should hang in there and get reeled in to the storyline.
The first is repetitive but the story is great after like the first three assassinations with a major cliffhanger at the end. The second one starts off kinda slow as they build up Ezio's character, but then really picks up and the rest of the series basically never slows down.
Each game except the last one has an excellent ending that you never see coming and story telling is great throughout.
Gameplay wise the original is the lowest point of the franchise. When I first played it I definitely rolled my eyes at the missions a few times, but I knew that there was great effort put into it and that it was only gonna get better.
Then again, I'm kind of a history nerd wannabe so my opinions might be skewed.
The 1st one definitely had the best story. The assassination missions in the first one were WAY better than the assassination missions in the other AC games.
I got the first AC used last week. $7, not a bad price. I initially was going to try and complete it (1000g as well) within a week so I could return it and get my money back. But that didnt happen. I'll get back into it tho. Played to the part where some guy I thought was cool knives me in the gut. Didnt get far into it.
Thanks for the feedback. Do all Assassins Creeds have long cinema scenes? I'm not used to that.
[QUOTE=Rake2204]Thanks for the feedback. Do all Assassins Creeds have long cinema scenes? I'm not used to that.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, thats kind of how the story gets told. I dont find them long tho.
[QUOTE=Rake2204]Thanks for the feedback. Do all Assassins Creeds have long cinema scenes? I'm not used to that.[/QUOTE]
They're long, but not Metal Gear Solid long.
Finished the original AC last night. I never realized you could read the email in the conference room. Pretty revealing stuff. And I'm pretty sure I missed Lucy's little sign at the end the last time around.
Thoroughly enjoyed replaying it. Well, except the part where you the dozen templars. I always die like 5 times there. It feels so claustrophobic too. I figured out its much easier to get through it just using the hidden blade for combat instead of beating them silly with the sword.