Product Description

Assassin's Creed redefines the action genre. Assassin's Creed merges technology, game design, theme, and emotions into a world where you instigate chaos and become a vulnerable, yet powerful, agent of change. The setting is 1191 A.D. The Third Crusade is tearing the Holy Land apart. You, Altair, intend to stop the hostilities by suppressing both sides of the conflict. You are an Assassin, a warrior shrouded in secrecy and feared for your ruthlessness. Your actions can throw your immediate environment into chaos, and your existence will shape events during this pivotal moment in history. Next-gen gameplay - The proprietary engine developed from the ground up for Xbox 360 allows organic game design featuring open gameplay, intuitive control scheme, realistic interaction with environment, and a fluid, yet sharp, combat mechanic

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #493 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: UBI Soft
• Released on: 2008-04-08
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: Windows
• Format: DVD-Video
• Dimensions: 2.00 pounds

Features

• Experience exclusive PC content
• Be an Assassin! Plan your attacks, strike without mercy, and fight your way to escape.
• Realistic and responsive environments - Every action has its consequences. Crowds react to your moves, and will either help or hinder you on your quests.
• Dedicated historical accuracy, from the models of the in-game cities to the weaponry to the portrayal of actual political figures who died or disappeared in the year 1191.
• Experience heavy action-blended with fluid and precise animations. Use a wide range of medieval weapons, and face your enemies in realistic swordfight duels.

Amazon.com

The setting is 1191 AD. The Third Crusade is tearing the Holy Land apart. You, Altair, intend to stop the hostilities by suppressing both sides of the conflict. You are an Assassin, a warrior shrouded in secrecy and feared for your ruthlessness. Your actions can throw your immediate environment into chaos, and your existence will shape events during this pivotal moment in history. As an assassin you will master the skills, tactics, and weapons of history's deadliest and most secretive clan of warriors. Plan your attacks, strike without mercy, and fight your way to escape.

Features:

• Four PC-exclusive investigation missions make the game an even better experience than its console predecessors, including the Rooftop Race Challenge, a race to a specified location and the Archer Stealth Assassination Challenge, where the player must assassinate all archers in a certain zone to help out fellow Assassins.
• Experience a living, breathing world in which all your actions have consequences. Crowds react to your moves and will either help or hinder you on your quests
• Eliminate your targets wherever, whenever, and however. Stalk your prey through detailed and historically accurate environments. Scale buildings, mount horses, blend in with crowds
• This game immerses you in the Holy Land of the 12th century, featuring life-like graphics, ambiance, and the detail of a living world
• Find action blended with fluid and precise animations. Use a wide range of medieval weapons, and face your enemies in sword fight duels

Customer Reviews

Unstable and disappointing
I bought the game before discovering that there is a significant reputation for lock up and crashing problems on the three platforms for which it is available. It is truly unfortunate that the stabillity issues are not being addressed by releasing company. I can only blame myself for not researching the game better before purchasing it. The graffics on the PC are wonderful, given some good horsepower, but the game crashes within 5 minutes. The problem is slightlyt more prevalent on nVidia based systems (my preference) but the problems are common on PS2 and XBOX 360s as well. I will check once a month for the hoped for update. Wait for the price to drop, as it will, as a reuslt of the stabillity issues, and later it may be a good value, after the needed fixes are available. I have hope for a fix on the PC, those unfortunates with PS2 and XBOX 360s may be SOL for an update.

Good luck, you have been warned.

on the plus side though, the graphics are amazing :)

AWESOME!
I bought this game for my husband as a gift. He's been playing it non-stop once the sun goes down and is on the computer for hours! In his words, it's just awesome!!!

Tourist in the Holy Land
I could not have imagined experiencing Damascus, Acre or Jerusalem in the 12th century. And yet, here is something that seems like them, alive (at least audio-visually). The experience is the best part of AC.

But AC takes its play from console FPS/TPS games. This means that many of the actual missions are more like arcade games than interactive stories. There are also some kinks in the ways your character and camera move during action that get your character and views stuck in the wrong places at the wrong times (with a mouse/keyboard setup, anyway). The game also suffers from one of the worst faults of console ports -- checkpoint saves. That is, you can't save at will and are doomed to repeat missions many times if you have the patience to do so. These issues reduce the fun.

The story that plays out to tie the action together is a mix of Near Eastern history and modern-day sci fi. I found it engaging and imaginative. It is linear. But it is well-told and has interesting characters. Add to this the immersive tourist-in-the-holy-land experience, and AC is good entertainment that I recommend if it comes at a bargain price.