Assassin's Creed is a good basic idea that was hyped up and then not delivered at all. All of the most fundamental aspects of the original concept were not executed. Specifically:
1) The combat sucks. The entire combat system breaks down to "hold the block button and press the counter-attack button at the right time." That's literally all you need for the entire game except the first mission (you don't get counters in that one mission).
2) The "social stealth" or "crowd-based stealth" does not exist. You cannot blend in with the crowd at all. That was the big feature the game was supposed to have, and it doesn't exist.
3) You cannot find out information about your targets, track their routes, stalk them through the city, and then pounce on them whenever and wherever you like. This was something they said you'd be able to do, and you can't do it. You have to run some stupid errands, then your target appears at a marked location on the map, you go there, the target's waiting for you, watch a cutscene, kill the guy, watch a cutscene, mission's over. There's no freedom to do the killing how you want to do it.
4) You can't just "go anywhere" in the world; huge portions of the world are blocked off until the last part of the game. That's acceptable, but the fact is that there isn't anything to do other than pick fights with guards. This isn't like GTA where you can do side missions and acquire property or customize your character or get new weapons. The world is completely barren.
5) The climbing system is boring. Most of climbing is just holding the stick up. There's no timing fancy acrobatic moves like Prince of Persia, it's pretty much all automatically handled. It's not a bad system, but you spend way too much time using it.
What the game has going for it is that the artwork, especially the animation, is superb. But it's essentially like a really well-wrapped present, except you open the present up and it's an empty box.
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Garlic Breadi'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm aRegistered User, Disagreeableregular
Thief 2 is pretty awesome.
Soul Calibur 1 was super-great.
If you're a Star Wars fan, Jedi Knight 2 is a really top-notch title.
Star Control 2 is legendary.
Quest For Glory 1 (original version) and 2 are great.
The PSP remake of FFT rocks your mom's ass.
And I do love TFT.
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Snowbeati need somethingto kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered Userregular
edited November 2008
blaket what are you doing
you are baiting the tiger while wearing a suit made of raw steaks
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VivixenneRemember your training, and we'll get through this just fine.Registered Userregular
assassin's creed is entertaining enough until the novelty of jumping around and knifing people wears off and sweet jesus I hate all of these fucking people get out of my way lady
Exactly. Also it sucks that you have like THREE DIFFERENT TUTORIALS at the beginning.
Thief 2 is pretty awesome.
Soul Calibur 1 was super-great.
If you're a Star Wars fan, Jedi Knight 2 is a really top-notch title.
Star Control 2 is legendary.
Quest For Glory 1 (original version) and 2 are great.
The PSP remake of FFT rocks your mom's ass.
And I do love TFT.
sorry, the correct answer was Dark Rift
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VivixenneRemember your training, and we'll get through this just fine.Registered Userregular
edited November 2008
with respect to the OP
Knob this is what you get for drinking all them 'garette ashes
from page 2 where people were all "jerk off into a taco" and "put things in your butt" i jumped to page 5 where the first thing i see is defender posting a paragraph about assassin's creed
Thief 2 is pretty awesome.
Soul Calibur 1 was super-great.
If you're a Star Wars fan, Jedi Knight 2 is a really top-notch title.
Star Control 2 is legendary.
Quest For Glory 1 (original version) and 2 are great.
The PSP remake of FFT rocks your mom's ass.
And I do love TFT.
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Did it rape your dog, man?
be thorough in your answer
Satans..... hints.....
the Thief II mod for Warcraft III
Hamlet will be Hamlet
An ineffable tragedy of the human spirit that still resonates, even today.
I wasn't asking you keith
I gave you his answer!
Defender and I hang out all the time; I know what he likes
take a shit on it
keith I don't think this happens, keith
Hah! Take that!
Why just the other day we sparred some taekwondo. It came to a draw because we are so evenly matched
So is Mirror's Edge
And so is Dead Space which I finally got today hoorayyyyy
keith does this story end with "and then pony killed a guy"
fact
1) The combat sucks. The entire combat system breaks down to "hold the block button and press the counter-attack button at the right time." That's literally all you need for the entire game except the first mission (you don't get counters in that one mission).
2) The "social stealth" or "crowd-based stealth" does not exist. You cannot blend in with the crowd at all. That was the big feature the game was supposed to have, and it doesn't exist.
3) You cannot find out information about your targets, track their routes, stalk them through the city, and then pounce on them whenever and wherever you like. This was something they said you'd be able to do, and you can't do it. You have to run some stupid errands, then your target appears at a marked location on the map, you go there, the target's waiting for you, watch a cutscene, kill the guy, watch a cutscene, mission's over. There's no freedom to do the killing how you want to do it.
4) You can't just "go anywhere" in the world; huge portions of the world are blocked off until the last part of the game. That's acceptable, but the fact is that there isn't anything to do other than pick fights with guards. This isn't like GTA where you can do side missions and acquire property or customize your character or get new weapons. The world is completely barren.
5) The climbing system is boring. Most of climbing is just holding the stick up. There's no timing fancy acrobatic moves like Prince of Persia, it's pretty much all automatically handled. It's not a bad system, but you spend way too much time using it.
What the game has going for it is that the artwork, especially the animation, is superb. But it's essentially like a really well-wrapped present, except you open the present up and it's an empty box.
We can't really prove it because he did it with his eyes, but I'm sure it was him
Tetris is for communists
I played it through, twice.
Satans..... hints.....
Man, that is tough as hell.
Thief 2 is pretty awesome.
Soul Calibur 1 was super-great.
If you're a Star Wars fan, Jedi Knight 2 is a really top-notch title.
Star Control 2 is legendary.
Quest For Glory 1 (original version) and 2 are great.
The PSP remake of FFT rocks your mom's ass.
And I do love TFT.
you are baiting the tiger while wearing a suit made of raw steaks
dude's got a roar but no goddamn teeth
Exactly. Also it sucks that you have like THREE DIFFERENT TUTORIALS at the beginning.
sorry, the correct answer was Dark Rift
Knob this is what you get for drinking all them 'garette ashes
You've obviously never gotten a blowjob from WAIT I MEAN UH
NOTHING
from page 2 where people were all "jerk off into a taco" and "put things in your butt" i jumped to page 5 where the first thing i see is defender posting a paragraph about assassin's creed
i'll go pound nails into my eyeballs now
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this is also an acceptable answer