Assassin's Creed

Assassin's Creed should certainly be played by anyone who's got a capable PC, but don't expect to be playing something that will go down in history as one of the greatest games of all time.

If you play Assassin's Creed for an hour, you will probably think it's a fantastic game. But as Assassin's progresses, its dual storylines and repetitive quests begin to grow tiresome. There are so many great individual elements, but they are lost among the myriad of poor decisions from Ubisoft Montreal. Wasting the big twist on the first five minutes of gameplay is a tremendous mistake, but not nearly as damaging as the ill-conceived assassination investigation quests, which get old fast. The exploration aspects of Assassin's Creed and the combat are both plusses in my book. But those two ele...

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is a solid attempt to create a new epic, but it also falls foul of similar missteps to its predecessors.

Daniel reviews one of the most looked-forward to games for the Xbox 360 and finds it sadly lacking...

Since nearly all the various trinkets and relics and map markers have meaningful purpose, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a rare open-world game where virtually every activity feels worth doing. Like Eivor scaling the snow-covered mountains of Norway, Valhalla achieves new heights for the RPG era of Assassin’s Creed, and I’ve never been more excited to see where the series goes next.

Cash is a new addition to Assassin’s Creed 2 and plays a heavy role in how you play the game. You acquire Florins by pickpocketing people, finding hidden treasure, or simply completing quests. These can then be used to buy new weapons, items, armor, or health vials. Other items can be purchased as a simple makeover to Ezio’s clothing by purchasing new colors for his armor or buying paintings for your villa. The Villa is a small area that is basically your safe haven you can go to whenever you want via fast travel to check on your progress in the game. Investing money in various businesses in y...

Assassin's Creed is comfortably the greatest video game movie to date. Boasting brilliantly shot fight scenes, surprisingly competent performances and a silly but enjoyable Dan Brown-style conspiracy plot, it largely manages to avoid the camp and over the top feel that plagues the genre. Yet while it’s a solid game-to-movie adaptation, the problem is, it’s still not a particularly good movie.

Assassin's Creed is a thorough mistake of a film with little to no redeeming features.

Assassin's Creed is a brilliant game that offers a unique and very rewarding experience. The game does lack multiplayer, which would have been a great addition to an excellent single player campaign. Longevity is high, but not at the expense of great fun. It is a milestone in videogames, but then lost to a limitation of actions, lack of interactivity in general and problems with artificial intelligence. This game is worth having in the collection, but it could have been better.

So many games these days are hyped up to be the next best thing, bringing innovative ideas and gameplay to their respective genres. The 2007 gaming year has consisted of many hyped games, with the likes of Call of Duty 4, Bioshock and Halo 3 among others. Fortunately for us gamers, most of these games have lived up to the astonishing amount of hype, and provided us with many hours of entertainment. With Assassin's Creed being released after these games, it had a lot to live up to and prove it...