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1up.com Reviews Assassin's Creed

While the story may seem a little complex, the actual game structure is surprisingly simple: Kill nine dudes. Yep, that's it. But before you can start the slaying, you must perform various investigations in order to gather the adequate information for each hit. You gather information in several different ways: picking pockets, eavesdropping on conversations, performing tasks for fellow assassins, and interrogating informants. In order to find out where you need to go in order to accomplish these tasks, you must climb up to various viewpoints throughout each city. (Though how you learn where to eavesdrop by simply climbing up a building is beyond me.) Regardless, turning Altaïr into a medieval Spider-Man in order to reach high points is one of the best parts about the game.

Beware of a slight spoiler about the "twist" in the 2nd paragraph of the review.

zantetsuken6016d ago

If 1UP gave it a 7.0, Gamespot is going to chew this game apart.

MK_Red6016d ago

Actually, as DarthNihilus has said in other posts, I think 1UP is in a bad mood right now. GameSpot gave 9.5 to Crysis while 1UP gave it 8 so I don't think GS giving lower score than 1UP is the case now.

1UP = screwed up badly.

mesh16016d ago

this review wont phase me from getting assassins creed it will be an awesome game,but this is what u get for giving reviewers MASS EFFECT 1st to review it sets a new standard for rpgs.

Hedberg6016d ago

I have found that Game Informer and Game Pro reviewers tend to have my taste when it comes to games.....for what I would call a real review for Assassins Creed go here.
http://www.gameinformer.com...

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Danja6016d ago

haha ridiculous..ne ways I don't need some tard telling me how great a game is...

power of Green 6016d ago

One more review like this from one of the top reviewers before the 16th and I'm going to use the $60 I payed for this game to get COD4.

MK_Red6016d ago

So you only care for review of 2 sites. 1UP and one unknown and don't care about what GameInformer and other sane sites had to say? 1UP gave 7 to AC and 8 to Crysis. Does this show that they have lost it and need a medical check ASAP?

You really need to negative reviews to diss a game!?

jjfunaz6016d ago

I think 1up is pretty good with their reviews. Crysis is about an 8.0 game. The game itself is pretty sub standard. The graphics are amazing!!! truly some of the best, but graphics don't make it a great game. The fact is crysis is a standard shooter that copies elements from Halo, Farcry, and battlefield and mushes them together in a not so successful way.

I think that assasin's creed is probably a good game but i don't think its anything amazing. People are still getting excited about the amazing graphics, but this is next gen and this should be the norm. Now we have to start grading games on gameplay again.

I seriously discredit anyplace that gives out more then 3-4 9.0+ reviews a year, i think game informer already gave out 2-3 100s this year which is stupid. People assume that 8.0 is a crap game, even a 7.0 game is worth a buy but i hate how there are so many 9.0 reviews getting thrown around.

Kleptic6016d ago

POG...never take anything 1up says seriously...they are indeed retarded...

however...I would definitely recommend getting CoD 4 if you haven't already...AC looks ok I guess, but CoD 4 is an easy contender for game of the year, and most likely has already sealed FPS of the year...

Shankle6016d ago

I'll wait for the zero punctuation review. That guy knows what he's talking about.

akumous6016d ago

Dude..you'll get more out of your money with COD 4 than Assassin Creed, trust me..COD4 = tons of reply value..AC...umm no, not at all..once you're done with it, your done with it

witchking6015d ago

Even if AC gets 10s, you should do yourself a favor and get COD4, especially if you have a chance to play it online. Amazing.

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mad6016d ago (Edited 6016d ago )

7.0? Gamespot did it with Ratchet and Clank...now it is 1up's turn to be retarded....

@4.1
Well Gamepro gave it 10/10, Games Radar 10/10, Game informer 9.5, Game Trailers 9.1, yahoo games 4.5/5, 1up does seem retarded to me right now...

zantetsuken6016d ago

It's a little too early to say that. We need more reviews. However, go watch the GT review video. The score is absolutely fitting for their AI work. It's abysmal.

WIIIS16015d ago

I played R&C and it was initially very fun, so I disagreed with Gamespot's score. But the game started getting very repetitive halfway through, particularly after the novelty of the various weapons wore off. My very honest opinion is that save for graphics, Kameo is the better and more creative platform game. R&C is too much of a shooter, so I am more inclined to to agree with Gamespot now.

Dissing reviewers is just too rampant on this forum, I think you guys should take into account the fact that different people have different perspectives, all of which might be equally valid.

As for Assassin's, I always did have the gut feeling it wouldn't be that great. We'll just have to wait for a few more reviews.

TheMART6016d ago

A 7.0????? How did this then get a 9.5 or so from Game Informer?

ShiftyLookingCow6016d ago

1UP is going through something similar to PMS. Damn I am worried what they will give to Mass Effect and Uncharted

MK_Red6016d ago

Agree with DarthNihilus. I'm also worried.
AC got 9.5 from GameInformer and 9.1 from GT.

1UP gave 8 to Crysis which has already lots of 10s and a 9.5 from GameSpot and 9.4 from IGN.

1UP has lost it, specially in case of AC.

socomnick6016d ago

What if ac isnt that good what if it does meet this score.

S1D3 EFFEC76016d ago

They give them out like their candy, thats why I hate their crappy reviews. I only trust EGM now.

BLUR1116016d ago

ohh that's cause gameinformer is a real pro game reviewer. and 1up just is full a crap on reviews

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PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama

This should make fans and collectors very happy. PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama Assassin's Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama available for pre-order on January 25.

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Can We Finally Admit Assassin's Creed 3 Deserves an Apology?

AC3 was released during a turbulent transition period for Ubisoft and the Assassin's Creed series. It ventured into uncharted territory, narratively and mechanically, which caused it to receive mixed reviews. At its core, though, it's a damn good stealth game.

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isarai204d ago

Nope, I hated 3, connar was bland, literally the most flat character in the entire game. Not to mention to myriad of bugs, camera issues, and that annoying thing where he automatically ditches his weapon you payed for for the sake of a cool finishing move forcing you to trek back to your base after almost every encounter just to re-equip your own weapon. It just didn't work as fluidly as the others like 2 and 4

Samonuske204d ago

The series peaked at AC3 for me. It’s been my favourite in the series. Connor will always be one of my favourite video game protagonists.

Becuzisaid204d ago

No. Game was BORING. Connor was really dull. Environments, while impressive, because of the geographic location and time period were not really exciting to be in. I would love some kind of game set in there colonial American time period, but a game like AC that back then centered around parkour and vertical traversal really didn't fit those environments.

-Foxtrot204d ago

Nope

There was a lot of issues but mine is how they handled the war

They told us Connor was not going to get involved, that the war was more of a background setting for the real story and it wasn’t going to be one sided

They lied, even the cinematic E3 trailer showed Connor emerge from the Colonist side and slaughter the red coats to get to his target, inspiring the Colonists to fight back

I just thought it would have made more sense lore wise that the red coats were mostly compiled of Assassins fighting the Colonist templars who wanted to take the new world for themselves.

Since the Red coats lost the war, it would then explain how the Templars started to gain the upper hand and how on the future the assassins were mostly killed off and the Templar’s had pretty much taken over everything.

Instead it just felt like they didn’t want to p*** off the American audience

Even Haytham was cool, he should have been an Assassin through and through and should have been the main lead.

toxic-inferno204d ago

The game even seems to lack the humour of the other games. It almost seems as though the idea of even slightly making fun of American history wouldn't be acceptable.

-Foxtrot204d ago

Exactly

It just felt super safe

“Better not make the colonists look super bad incase people boycott our game”

jeromeface203d ago

someone missed the whole point

-Foxtrot203d ago

There was literally no point

What I've just said above would at least make sense lore wise and why the Assassins start to loose their war, die off and how the Templars are in control in the future of almost everything....what they did was just, pointless

CrimsonWing69204d ago

I’m one one of those weird people that liked Ass Creed 3, but to be fair I never got around to finishing it.

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5 Of the Most Unlikeable Video Game Protagonists

There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists.

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GhostScholar215d ago (Edited 215d ago )

I disagree that max is unlikable. Chloe is infinitely more unlikable in my opinion.

gold_drake215d ago

omg chloe was awful. i really hated her at the end haha

Cacabunga215d ago

Abby was absolute trash protagonist in every way..
Tidus was so meh to me..
On villain side, the one i didn’t like wa Micah, because they wanted him to be that way and it was brilliant👍🏽

Rancegamerx215d ago

I agree, I liked Max, Chloe was a horrible friend and a bad influence.

Cacabunga214d ago

Everyone agrees on chloe, I’m sure even ND do.

H9215d ago

Both are horrible, granted Chloe is infinitely worse, it feels like Chloe is just fanservice for people who too over the edge and wasn't written to be a character that makes sense

GooGobbler215d ago

What about that Forspoken Tw*t

MrChow666215d ago

exactly I was expecting it to be a the top of the list

ravens52215d ago

Ye I was expecting her too. Guess they actually played the game. Unlike you and whoever agrees.

gpimlott214d ago

I played through the whole game and think she is one of the worst character Ive ever played as

ravens52214d ago (Edited 214d ago )

gpimlott. How?

Stanjara204d ago

Why would I payed and played the game if the whole internet is making fun of a character?

-Im here to kill Chaos...are you Chaos?

Yeah, I didn't play that game either.

Christopher215d ago (Edited 215d ago )

She's actually not bad. It's the writing itself that is bad overall, but she's fine overall. She's no worse than Miles Morales IMHO. Both thrust into a spotlight and receiving both praise and blame and dealing with it.

Forspoken is a bland game because it's 75% bland, boring, repetitive going through the motions and diversions that add nothing of the value with purposefully gated memory moments that don't feel organic or like you're discovering things but waiting for others to reveal things.

ravens52214d ago

Exactly Chris. Even though I liked the game. I kno u played it. People who actually played it and went thru her dream saw she was a good likeable person who really just acted out due to being alone and unloved. I think your problem is it was open world, I think if it was more linear you may have liked it better.

savedsynner214d ago

Oh no she's bad. Very unlikable even before you add on the bad dialogue. The game could have been quite good with a good protagonist

ravens52214d ago

For all the people like synner. Shes actually half white lol. Inferior complexity is a hell of a thing. You'll be ok.

Nerdmaster215d ago

Most of these aren't even that bad. Especially comparing to others like Squall "Whatever" Leonhart, Forspoken's Frey, and the guy from Atomic Heart.

-Foxtrot215d ago

Squall is one of the best developed main FF characters so...

People talk about his "whatever" thing thats at the start of the game, not the character he eventually becomes in the end.

Nerdmaster214d ago

No amount of "character development", (especially the ones that for me feels sudden and undeserved like Squall's), will justify him being a d**k to my girl Quistis. Even if he found the cure for cancer, from that moment on, I would never like him.
The article is about being unlikeable, and he was indeed unlikeable for at least half of the game.

BrainSyphoned215d ago

Squall is the best protagonists in FF so you can go whatever yourself.

H9215d ago

My good sir, I need to steal that "you can go whatever yourself" because it's gold

BlaqMagiq1215d ago

Except Squall has actual character development.

gold_drake215d ago (Edited 215d ago )

the "watever" is only present in the english localisation.
so your argument doesnt rly ... stand imo.

Nerdmaster214d ago

Good for you that you could enjoy the japanese version. That's not the case for me and the majority of people here, though.

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gold_drake215d ago (Edited 215d ago )

i had to stop reading after the "blatant misogyny" in the Dantes inferno section.

i actually liked Max haha.

the forspoken chick is missing tho

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