Product Description

Jerusalem, 1191 AD - The Third Crusade is tearing the Holy Land apart. You are an elite Assassin sent to stop the hostilities by suppressing the powers on both the Crusader and Saracen sides. But as you carry out your missions, a conspiracy begins to unfold. You find yourself tangled up in a conflict that threatens not only the Holy Land, but the entire world. Experience the power of a feared Assassin. Your actions can throw your immediate environment into chaos, and your existence will shape the events of this pivotal moment in history. ESRB Rated M for Mature

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: UBI Soft
• Released on: 2007-11-13
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: Xbox 360
• Dimensions: 3.00 pounds

Features

• 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.
• Eliminate your targets wherever, whenever, and however. Do whatever it takes to achieve your objectives.
• 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:

• 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

Assassin's Life Not For Everyone
What drew me to this game was the method,assassin, and the location/time period, Holy land during the crusades.This is not so much a first person shooter where you are constantly shooting and blasting. It is slow paced and reserved. I think Ubisoft's not giving in to action junkies is to be applauded. Rather, in this game the kills are well spaced and calculated. It's fun to know you are a major mofo and yet have to chill. If you do get a little antsy it can lead to more than you can handle and you get yourself killed. The scripted linear missions are pretty good and make for an interesting,colorful storyline. I enjoyed the off script activities of walking through the cities, jumping and climbing rooftops, and the occasional assasination of a random guard who found himself patroling alone. The enviornment is awesome.

For me being able to emerse myself in this time period with theese charachters is enough to buy the game in itself. Let me also say that Ubisoft has done an amazing job of recreating this world. It does take you time to get places and there are lots of people and places to see along the way. Judging by a lot of the small details they really put some time and thought into this.

Overall this is an enjoyable game. Again I applaud Ubisoft for staying true to the theme. I'm sure and assassin's life isn't for everyone. Yes, killing can get repetitive. Being a trained killer can dull the challenge level a tad but if you get yourself into a bad enough situation you can and will get hurt. Mostly you just have to chill, cruise the streets and rooftops and do your business quickly and skillfully when it does come. I like this game.

Wish list for Assassins II ? Free play level, more extensive access for utilization and exploration of enviornment. + more, more, more.

Basically a next gen Prince of Persia minus the fun
I had high hopes of this game going into and at first glance it would seem as though it was going to be a lot of fun. However, from the moment I engaged in combat I realized that this was not going to be a fun game. They used a similar system previous implemented in Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, which was that normal attacks on enemies don't do anything, they are all blocked/deflected. You are required to use a special ability or parry type counter to defeat an enemy. This gets somewhat annoying fairly quickly and make the combat system extremely unexciting. In addition to that, there is nothing 'fun' about the kill in this game. As I said this style is very much like Prince of Persia, though in PoP, there was a very creative a visually satisfying way to defeat enemies. You would basically jump off of them and do sort of a cartwheel to then attack them from behind. You could also jump off of walls and do the same sort of thing. In Assassin's Creed however, when you do this sort of counter attack, it is basically a cut scene which creates a complete disconnect with the character. Though this is the easiest way to defeat an enemy, you almost don't even want to do it because it just isn't fun and breaks the flow of the game so quickly. Truth be told, I am not all the way through the game just yet, though I don't see the gameplay changing much throughout the story. I suggest playing Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and though it won't look like Assassin's creed, it is a much more exciting and fun game to play through.

review of Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed is immensely detailed and interactive. However, the story line is twisted and the game is very easy to complete. Assassin's Creed has a reputation for being "bloody", but the game really isn't that graphic.