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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Review - Gadget Review

A game’s weaknesses are rarely also strengths, but perhaps we’ve all been gauging something wrong with Assassin’s Creed. The series has thus far been based on dumb AI and seemingly basic gameplay problems…and yet we keep playing and we keep enjoying. Ubisoft has certainly stumbled onto something great, especially if they contend with Call of Duty and still make exceptional sales.

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Dsnyder4877d ago (Edited 4877d ago )

This game should have been an expansion. It was just assassins creed 2 in Rome with noob recruits to auto kill everyone with; The controls for climbing were GOW1 unresponsive so I ended up aiming for a ledge but jumping to my death; Not to mention SURPRISE another cliffhanger ending with no questions answered. Im glad I rented this game or else I would have felt even more screwed than I already was.

Muitnorts4877d ago

I personally thought Brotherhood was far and away the best Assassin's Creed game. It tightened and improved every aspect of the game. Not to mention the online was actually good against all odds.
It's certainly one of my favourite games this year, and that's from someone who didn't love the first two particularly.

Dsnyder4877d ago (Edited 4877d ago )

Dont get me wrong, the gameplay is great (regardless of the bad climbing controls). That is why I keep coming back to Assassins Creed. Hooping around rooftops and exploring has a pretty serene feel to it. It really sucks me in. But the biggest problem is with the story. Its been 2 and a half games and what do we know? Nothing. What are the templars planning? What the hell are those pseudo god things? What are they planning? What happened to altiar? Why are there only 3 assasins left in present time to help Desmond? We are just being pulled along like puppets on a string with these questions right in front of our face only to have it yanked away with a "cliffhanger lol" ending. Its a very cheap way to tell a stary and and even more ceap way to hype up the next sequel and ensure that they make money off of it. Well I dont like being treated like a talking wallet. I want to play a game because I like it not because the ending is actually in the next damn game.

Also I didnt play the mutiplayed becasue this is the type of series that isnt suited for it. I also didnt want to go through that Bioshock 2 tacked on feeling that happened to me before. That game taught me that even the greatest single player games cant create good multiplayer versions of that game.

Seijoru4877d ago

I still feel like the game is much too easy. It holds your hand completely and you can just spam the attack button. They also added that killstreak move that makes the game even more easier. The only thing I enjoy about the game is the architecture and the gadgets really.

QuodEratDemonstrandm4877d ago

Let me see if I can answer your questions. Just bear in mind that some of it might be speculation.
The Templars are planning on installing one of the "Apples" in a Satellite. They can then use it to control.... everyone.
The Pseudo god things are referred to as "Those Who Came Before." So far we've met Minerva and Juno... now go Google them. If I understand it right they creaded the Pieces of Eden that all the fuss is about. It would appear that they also created us normal people; as for what they're planning... they're trying to save us from some impending catastrophe, I don't know what exactly, but it looks like the Sun is involved. And they said in AC2 that it happened once before.... which is why TWCB are extinct now.
Altair hooked up with the Templar woman sent in as a decoy in the 1st AC. That's the last we saw of him. My guess is he raised his child to be an Assassin, and at some point the lineage moved to Italy.
Lucy, Rebecca, Shaun, and Desmond aren't the only Assassins left, but the Brotherhood is in pretty dire straits. Three is either all that's necessary or all the Brotherhood can spare... maybe both.
My guess is AC3 will be the last one. As with movies, game franchises tend to go downhill after 3. That's not ALWAYS true, but odds favor it.
If it is the last one, then all this discussion about setting is irrelevant, It'll most likely be set in the present, with Desmond as the Assassin. I'm guessing he'll have three objectives.
1. Find the Temples Minerva mentioned in AC2.
2. Track down and round up as many PsOE as he can.
3. Kill Warren Vidic. During the completion of this objective he could very well bring down the whole Templar order.
Cliffhangers aren't really meant to keep stringing you along. Sooner or later, one of the installments in the franchise ties it all together. As examples.... Revenge of the Clones, Season 6 of Lost, Metal Gear Solid 4, Heroes got cut short so I can't say for certain. Say what you want about Matrix Revolutions, at least it had a proper ending. Same with LOTR.
A cliffhanger ending means one of two things: what you just experienced (Movie, Game, TV episode) is part of a larger story that WILL have a proper ending, just not yet (Matrix, Star Wars, Lost)... OR.... The creators are going to try and drag it on forever (Friday the 13th, any soap opera). With the 72 day time frame established in AC: Brotherhood, as well as all the questions raised so far.... this feels like the former. Keep playing, and your questions will be definitively answered. That's not a promise..... it's a cliche.

NewZealander4877d ago

im loving it, by far the best AC game, out of all games this gen the assassins creed franchise is hands down my favorite

jarrod19814877d ago

i agree these games are absolutely amazing. i loved the first one and the second one was so much better even. some of the most amazing environments ive seen just started bh tonight and i already know it will be great

NewZealander4877d ago

im about 35% through and yeah its fantastic, so many cool elements to the story, its like they tweaked everything, ezio is pretty badass now.

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Ubisoft say AC Shadows protagonists will be "romantically attracted to different types of people"

Ubisoft recently shared more details about Assassin's Creed Shadows protagonists, confirming that both of them will romantically attract and be attracted to different types of people.

Hugodastrevas2d ago

That should please everyone I'm sure...

RpgSama1d 15h ago (Edited 1d 15h ago )

Feudal Japan DEI LGBTQ+ Samurai, sounds very accurate for the time period. Surely a decision made only with historical accuracy in mind.

Crows901d 15h ago

Or even modern day accuracy.....

Lexreborn21d 15h ago

You have no idea what you are talking about, bet you didn’t know nobunaga was bi-sexual. Or ran maru his is often depicted as androgynous was a “beautiful boy”.

So yeah, feudal Japan had tons of lgbtq and kawaii enough… A BLACK SAMURAI! All without the need of offending a Caucasian because the world is diverse.

VenomUK1d 13h ago (Edited 1d 13h ago )

This story has cracked me up so much! Bravo Ubisoft, bravo! 🤣. So last week everyone was upset that in the long-awaited first Assassin’s Creed: Japan game the protagonist is black. But NOW he is also LGBTQ+ ! It’s like the Ubisoft creative team sat around a table and said “How can we best impress our Kotaku/IGN/Polygon friends and antagonise gamers? Let’s make it woke x 100!’ And then they all silent clapped!

Just you wait until the Star Wars: Outlaws details come out, there better not be anybody complaining about Kay Vess’ dating preferences and the gay droid armies.

Christopher1d 13h ago

It actually is.

Japanese were very Greek in their sexual experiences.

lodossrage1d 13h ago

Lexreborn2 is right

Go read up on Japan's feudal era homosexuality and bisexuality was a very common thing in that time.

I just have to laugh because the same people complaining about this are the same ones crying about wanting "historical accuracy". When it's clear most of the whiners don't even know history themselves.

Christopher1d 12h ago (Edited 1d 12h ago )

Facts don't care about downvotes, btw. You either claim to understand historical accuracy or you just admit you don't like the stuff people did throughout history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

thorstein1d 8h ago

Japan had no Christian stupidity about sexuality.

That's where your nonsensical puritanical view comes from: the Abraham's faiths.

It's feudal Japan, they don't believe in your religion's made up nonsense.

I mean, if you're going to embrace a particular viewpoint, you should at least be aware of where it comes from. Most of the world doesn't care about your ideals.

In those days, they certainly didn't care about your religion.

Get over yourself.

RpgSama1d 7h ago

All of you guys missed the point, I even said I'm very sure they did it ONLY because they wanted to be historically accurate. Stop defending this, we all know why they did it and who they want to pander, it's not out newfound respect for history.

lodossrage1d 7h ago

@RpgSama

Nobody is defending anything.

People are just pointing out the fact that after they just cried about the game not being historically accurate, when they SHOW they're accurate, they cry about it because they don't like certain parts of history

Not to mention you contradicted yourself RPGSama. You just pointed out you said they "ONLY because they wanted to be historically accurate". Then turn around and accuse them of pandering and/or having an agenda. Those two things are opposing statements

Cacabunga1d 5h ago

Dumbest decision ever.. always online was a pass for me but now not even for free I’ll try it..

LordoftheCritics1d 3h ago

It's made by Ubisoft Montreal.

Obviously we'll be allowed to bang anything that moves.

RiseNShine1d 1h ago (Edited 1d 1h ago )

Yeha pretty sure.

H91d ago

People actually telling you that Japan had sexual deviancy which is correct however what's hilarious is that they will act as if it holds the same moral value that the LGBT community holds today, oh the things men used to say about themselves when they are attracted to other men, it's not empowering in the least bit

senorfartcushion22h ago

It was more common to be attracted to the same sex before the crusades.

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Tapani20h ago

You are completely lost on Japanese history. Japan was one of the most liberal places in the world, and in many ways still is. You can slice and dice it from your western hubris and whatever point of view, but the reality is that history tells great stories about freedom of choice and people not being judgemental on this island. Also one of the reasons I want to raise my family here, no need to have those whatever Western woke bullshit here, because everyone just respects each other without using all that nonsense.

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CrimsonWing691d 15h ago

Geezus, just make a good game… holy sh*t this is becoming insufferable.

Crows901d 15h ago

Oh yeah!!!! What about being inclusive???

I'm sorry
..please replace the word inclusive with stupid.

notachance1d 11h ago

If they truly aimed for inclusivity they’d make the protagonist an Ainu tribe, this is just Ubisoft getting comfy with Sweet Baby Inc as always.

Hofstaderman1d 13h ago

You asking UbiSoft to make a good game? This is not 2002.

thorstein1d 8h ago

I thought you crybabies wanted "historical accuracy." Now that your going to get it, you're going to cry more.

PRIMORDUS1d 8h ago

It's past the point of retarded, everyone seems forced to do this bullshit now in games. 😑

Barlos1d 3h ago

Hell no. A good game or film is secondary now to the agenda and the 'message'.

It's not enough to be simply entertained these days, there has to be an overarching real world narrative. I mean look at Dr Who as a recent example. Disney have completely destroyed it all in the name of 'diversity'.

senorfartcushion22h ago

You sound like you don't have a very active sex life ,😅

CrimsonWing6922h ago(Edited 22h ago)

Are you projecting? 😝

senorfartcushion21h ago

It's the only thing that explains the incel crap. They can't simply be angry virgins who don't get any, so then a lack of a sex life i.e. a dad of three or something, is also a good additional explanation. They're either lonely and don't get any or too busy to get any. There's a horrible news for sexual control with incels, and they're angry because they simply aren't the right people to achieve that control. They're weaker animals.

notachance21h ago

dude’s too busy commenting on other people’s sex life to actually stay on topic.

That or he’s angry but didn’t have half the brain needed to refute back so he went for the classic ad hominem fallacy.

senorfartcushion19h ago

Notachance

It's a fact that remains true. The only way it can't be true is if humans were not greedy and heavily reliant on procreation.

Your username is fitting.

CrimsonWing6915h ago(Edited 15h ago)

dude, let’s be real, you’re on a video game news site going into the comments section and taking time out of your life to go to war with people you think don’t f*ck. You sound as much of a virgin as any incel does.

Let’s be real, bub you’re just as pathetic as the rest of them. Anyone who would look at this who doesn’t waste their time on a video game news site or video games in general probably thinks the only thing you f*ck is your crusty ass pillow.

C’mon, man. Anyone who f*cks doesn’t immediately go into a comment section claiming others have no sex life. It’s just one of those things if you are getting your d*ck wet. It just comes off like you’re projecting in hopes to god nobody figures out you can’t get any, so you try to flex, even though you’re completely full of sh*t.

I mean, that’s the only thing that makes sense to me 😅.

senorfartcushion25m ago

I'm engaged without children - I'm doing just fine.

This is just nerd sites now. Users are just so angry and for basically the same reasons. Most people go through phases with this type of stuff but it's scary seeing the same attitudes being regurgitated over and over again. From what I've seen it's a strange mix of sexual frustration, lack of proper financing and the need to have 100% control over both so that they aren't taken away from the users.

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badkolo1d 15h ago

no more. please just stop

Hofstaderman1d 13h ago

I take my hat off to you good sir. Brilliant.

Laskin1d 13h ago

Thanks… I was originally going to write Samu-Bi but then I realized it was right there already so it works better

darthv721d 15h ago

Is that genuinely a selling point for people?

RpgSama1d 15h ago (Edited 1d 15h ago )

They sure as hell want to see if it is, time and time and time again.

VincentVanBro1d 14h ago

You have to understand they’re incapable of writing a good story so this is the best they could come up with

thorstein1d 8h ago

Well, after last weeks crying about historical accuracy. Now Ubi days, " Oh, okay, historical accuracy: here you go."

Now you're saying you don't want the accuracy? Can you guys just make up your minds?

notachance1d 6h ago

Many entertainment medias do this nowadays because in an effort to boost the so called “EGS score”, investment companies such as Black Rock stipulated contracts that obligated fund recipient to conform to certain inclusivity standards, either by themselves or consulting with agencies like Sweet Baby Inc or Gaymerx.

notatallsurprisinggg1d 6h ago

It's a genuine click-bait snippet to rile up people like you to push traffic.

Profchaos1d 3h ago

Sweet baby told them it was

Barlos1d 3h ago

They can't help themselves. This path leads to failure. Every single time. But there's no stopping this ESG DEI train. If you don't buy it then the developers will say everyone is racist hompohobes. They will never, ever look inwards and admit that hey, we made a mistake, we gave people what we decided they wanted, not what they actually wanted. They'll blame the fans when it fails.

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Ubisoft to Focus on "Return to Leadership" in Open World Genre, Expand Live Service Experiences

Ubisoft says they are focusing on two "core verticals," and that's to return as a leader in the open world genre, and live service games.

enkiduxiv9d ago

Calling Ubisoft a leader in open world gaming at any point in time would be like calling Dollar General a leader in retail.

excaliburps9d ago

Well, to be fair, they did pump out good open world games before. It was used as a template so much that people now know what it means when you say it's like an Ubi open world collectahon.

shinoff21838d ago

What though? I can't think of one game they had where I liked anything about it. Atleast since the ps3/360 Gen

Kornholic8d ago

If they have never been the leader in open world gaming, then explain me this: why does almost every open world game follow the same tired old Ubisoft open world formula?

Follow the Leader.

Aphrodia8d ago

YO dont' talk bad about the General. There'll be problems...

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isarai9d ago

You were never the leader bro 🤣

shinoff21839d ago (Edited 9d ago )

I don't think they were ever the leader tbh. I've never really cared for any of their open world games. I do wanna try watch dogs 2 because it looks like it's set in San Fran. Looked interesting

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Ubisoft's Recent Antics Have Me Fearful For The Sands of Time Remake

Hanzala from eXputer: "With Ubisoft's practices becoming increasingly anti-consumer lately, the destruction of The Sands of Time Remake looks almost inevitable."

thorstein37d ago (Edited 37d ago )

Hey Ubi, here's a gun, don't shoot yourself in the foot.

*Ubi takes gun, aims at foot, empties clip*

Chocoburger37d ago

At this point, only dummies have any hope left for Ubi-junk games.