One of the best games of the year.
Amazing Story Line
Amazing Graphics (Considering the PC can handle it)
Great AI
A taster of what there is to come.
The Bad:
Will kill your computer if everything is full and you cant handle it.
Some aspects are a bit unbelievable.
Rag doll physics are way glitchy.
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Well finally Assassins Creed is out for the PC, after being delayed several times. I'm glad i have waited for this game however. It is breathtaking, no doubt about it.
Straight away from starting the game you are thrown straight into the acction, tasked with stealing some treasure which fails badly due to the players fault or Altaïr's fault. This sparks a hatred for you withing your creed. And you must regain your loyalty and weapons along with it.
Occasionally in the game you switch to the present, or the future, around 2012. At first i thought this will be annoying but it helps move the story along, as you learn nothing is as it seems.
The story line is based on real life events, all the assisinations you do are on real people, from real life who actually dissapeared during the years of the crusade.
The graphics of the game are stunning, realistic and all you could ask for, you feel like you are in the cities as they are modelled exactly. Considering you are running Vista and have a top of the range PC (I mean TOP of the range) you can benefit from these amazing graphics.
The AI of the people in the cities is amazing, realistic in the guards and the crowds. The guards will actively seek you out should you cause a disturbance and you have to hide if you want to lose them, haystacks or benches and such. If you try climb a building while being chased they will throw rocks at you which, if they hit will cause you to tumble down to the ground. This is the same for the civilians, who will throw rocks if they take a dislike to you.
One of my main problems with the enemies and civvies is that, the guards are able to do everything Altaïr can do, which annoys me as he is a master assassin trained in acrobatics, he seems less special when you see guards mimicing you, the only thing they cant do is climb buildings.
Should you kill anyone in the game and there body falls to the ground from a building be prepared to be amazed, for the wrong reasons. Im not sure if it is the case for every copy but on mine the rag doll physics were bad, really bad. Should a dead person fall their limbs will be stretched into some deformed...thing.
The innovative aspect of the game is, of course the free running. This adds much to the game, you are able to climb almost all of the buildings in the game, and unlike some games which offer the same, Altaïr actually grabs ledges, if there isnt one he will refuse to go up, although frustrating at times, its realistic.
As the game progresses you get extra weapons, and more becomes clear in the present world about your captors. The ending is amazing and will make you want the next one straight away.
The replay value of the game, is lacking a bit. Considering you complete the sub missions, like view points and saving civvies, all there is to do is find flags around the cities and the kingdom and killing templars.
Long review again, but a great game, one of the greatest of its genre, and a must buy for anyone.