Assassins Creed

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 13 expert reviews

Excellent:

5
Good:

4
Average:

0
Bad:

4

Pros:

The massive open world is a joy to explore.
Character animation is phenomenal.
Assassinating people is fun.

Cons:

Side missions repetitive.
High system requirements.

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Last revision on October 27, 2012

Reviewers Liked

The massive open world is a joy to explore
Character animation is phenomenal
Assassinating people is fun
Huge, gorgeous world that feels wholly alive
Its fun to run across city rooftops
Joyous mix of stealth, action, and platforming
Stunning sound design features fantastic voice acting and a beautiful musical score
Tons of small details

Reviewers Didn't Like

Side missions repetitive
High system requirements
DirectX9 version looks terrible
Doesn't support 16:10 aspect ratio fully
Gets repetitive after a while
Confusing ending

Expert reviews and ratings

Joining the list of titles now available from Focus Multimedia is Assassin’s Creed, a game in which you test your expertise at...

By GadgetSpeak on February 17, 2010

A game that drips with atmosphere and promises much, but fails to deliver the killer blow The life of an assassin, eh? One minute you’re everyone’s favourite, killing mercilessly with a song in your heart and the next you’ve...

By PC Authority on July 25, 2008

November 2007 was the month that the gaming world witnessed the births of some excellent titles: Call of Duty 4, Mass Effect, Unreal Tournament III, Super Mario Galaxy, and Crysis. The game that held the top of that pile for quite some time was the...

By NZGamer on June 17, 2008

The death-defying urban acrobatics of free running—seen recently on the big screen in the Casino Royale remake, The Bourne Ultimatum, and Live Free or Die Hard—are replicated to great effect in Assassin’s Creed, an action-adventure...

By Maximum PC on May 27, 2008

Assassins Creed(hx) 07:19 PM EDT - May,11 2008 Assassins Creed is a third-person stealth action game which takes place during the Great Crusades, in the year 1191 A.D. It chronicles the activities of an assassin named Altair by playing back the...

By Gameguru Mania on May 11, 2008

With the enormous success Assassins Creed enjoyed on the Xbox360 and PS3 last year, it’s only logical that the game would make its way to the PC soon. Well, it’s finally here, but the question on everyone’s mind is: has Ubisoft...

By Tech2 on April 17, 2008

Your escapes from guards do highlight probably the best part of Assassins Creed - the free-running that allows Altair to run through and climb over complex, uneven buildings and vertical structures in the most natural way weve seen yet in any game....

By AtomicGamer on April 10, 2008

Assassins Creed is a beautiful, exciting experience that will stay with you long after you finish it....

By GameSpot on April 08, 2008

There are times when Assassin’s Creed feels like the future of videogames. It plays with heavy ideas and spectacular technology. It flits between questions on the nature of reality, and slapstick ragdoll animations of medieval goons plummeting to...

By Games Radar on April 08, 2008

Assassin’s Creed is a very strange kettle of fish indeed. Originally released for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 towards the end of last year, it has taken several months for this third-person action title to come out for the PC. There’s...

By V3.co.uk on March 31, 2008

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