Reviewers Liked
- Gorgeous graphics
- Liberating free-climbing areas
- Beautiful kills
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Goofy story
- Disjointed gameplay
- Poor use of an open world
- Nonsensical morality
Assassins Creed: Directors Cut Edition
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Expert reviews and ratings
By Game Observer
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In general Assassin’s Creed is a superb game. Cities are alive with activity and have an air of authenticity to them. Altaïr’s animation is movie-like. Everything about him is perfect: look, animation, voice, dialog… He even looks...
By GamePyre
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86
Ubisofts Assassins Creed is a video game that will change video game history. After seeing the graphics, most previously released games look blocky and with yesterdays look. Just because Assassins Creed happens to be a visually stunning game, that...
By Play TM
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82
Its been six months since the console release of the well-acclaimed Assassins Creed. One would hope in that Ubisofts extra time would have thrown together more than a PC convert with chocolate sprinkles. The original game was not without its flaws,...
By 1Up
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81
Here's something you might not have known about the Crusades: Angry guards during this period would never notice their quarry -- no matter how conspicuously he dressed -- if that quarry simply rode past them slowly on a horse. Also, one reason the...
By PC Advisor
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80
Whatever your initial impressions of Assassins Creed, the Directors Cut Edition is unlikely to change them, but we did find enough improvements to warrant a new purchase for PC exclusive gamers. Mike Spitalieri...
By VideoGamer
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80
Roaming the cities is great, Stunning visuals, Very repetitive, Controls can feel awkward at...
By GameZone
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83
del.icio.us | Digg This | Glink It Last year’s Assassin’s Creed was one of the most successful games in a year full of hits. The game broke myriad sales records, and managed to polarize a good number of reviewers, with most praising the...
By GameSpy
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70
After receiving a mixed reception on consoles last year, Ubisofts Assassins Creed has made the leap to the PC, and its a good port of the commercial hit, adding in some bonus content and a nice level of graphical shine. The games main character,...
By Expert Reviews
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80
Set in the Holy Land during the Crusades, Assassins Creed places you in control of Altair, a disgraced assassin who must slay a series of high-profile targets to regain his status. The setting makes a nice change from the usual sci-fi and fantasy...
By Custom PC
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85
Assassins Creeds plot has been designed with a lot of care and attention, featuring many subtle touches: the seven victims you have to hunt down are historical characters, for instance, yet the actual game requires not brain power, but a heroic...
By Stuff NZ
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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 IGN Gear
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Assassins Creed (AC) is an excellent game. It was one of the few times when - Public Enemy be damned - we did believe the hype! Thats not to say the game wasnt divisive - it certainly had its detractors, but for our money it was original,...
By PC Advisor
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50
Assassins Creed fails to fix the problems found in the original console game, and the awkward control system brings a few new problems to the plate too. On the whole, wed give it a miss. Mark Hattersley Lowest online price: ££9.93...
By Expert Reviews
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80
Make a killing in the crusade business. Gorgeous graphics, intense atmosphere and plenty of thrills. PC gamers might seem to survive on a diet of first person shoot-em-ups and strategy titles, but every now and again a game developer is willing to...
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