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Author: zippdementia
Posted: February 04, 2009 (01:40 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I applaud you. I think I gave this game much too high of a score on first review. I'll have to read your review again and see if I can come up with anything to justify my position and shoot down yours, ultimately an easier task than rewriting my review ^_^
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: February 04, 2009 (01:54 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Assassin's Creed has some issues that do prevent it from being a complete joy to play (particularly its often repetitive nature, which was duly noted), but the bulk of the complaints leveled against it in this review--including the stupid soldiers and the American accent--are explained away by the brilliant plot. Of course, EmP's analysis makes clear that he doesn't share my admiration for the narration, so it's hardly surprising that he would feel such disdain for the overall game.
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: February 04, 2009 (02:39 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
We'll just have to disagree on the brilliance of the plot. I found it to be hackneyed soft-sci-fi at its worst mixed in with so much historic inaccuracy that it combined to make something more akin to a badly-researched fanfic than something I'd expected a narrative-driven video-game to be centred upon. The ending was perhaps the (second) worst conclussion I've suffered during my long association with games. And all this could have been forgiven if the gameplay had been of good quailty, but it wasn't. Perhaps, if I was feeling generious, the bad AI and dumb accent could be explained by the plot BUT this doesn't stop the AI being bad and the accent being dumb. So and so was crap because doesn't stop so and so from being a game-wrecking experiance just because it's weakly justified.
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Author: bloomer
Posted: February 04, 2009 (03:40 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Johnny Cairo disliked it equally. I extremely recommend the line of his review that begins 'If there is a moral to the story of Assassin's Creed...'
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Author: Suskie
Posted: February 04, 2009 (04:05 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yahtzee summed up my feelings for this game perfectly: "Give it a chance, but I can't blame you if you end up trying to fire it into the sun."
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Author: WilltheGreat
Posted: February 04, 2009 (05:14 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
It's worth noting, however, that EmP was caustic and British long before Yahtzee was.
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Author: wolfqueen001
Posted: February 04, 2009 (08:50 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Haha. Alright. This was a good review. The first half illustrates the idiocy of the guardsmen in a narrative fashion before the review even really starts. This is an interesting and effective approach, but it can have some issues. Mainly that the way you explain the things don't come through as clearly amid the fluffy writing. However, you pull it off well enough anyway, and the creative approach is appreciated. It was also amusing in places, especially when the idiocy is obvious. Your expression with this makes me wonder if you had invented the background stories to the guards or whether they were actually in the game. Either way, it was pretty clever.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: February 04, 2009 (09:29 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I can't say I liked the plot of Assassin's Creed. Or rather, the plot didn't bother me so much as the presentation of said plot (c'mon, eight minute dialouges for each death, plus unskippable BORINGNESS at the beginning of each mission?).
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Author: Lewis
Posted: February 05, 2009 (01:51 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Do I smell another Doom 3 / Resident Evil thread?
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Author: bloomer
Posted: February 05, 2009 (02:23 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I doubt it. People who like Assassin's Creed are happy with those who don't, those who don't are happy with those who do. If I smell anything, it's love.
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Author: bobb10
Posted: July 09, 2009 (12:38 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
You, sir, are the idiot here, not the creators of this game. First of all if you actually PLAYED this game the fact of it not being "historically accurate", as you put it, comes up. They explain just because something is written in a book, or there is a story about something doesn't make it history. The Animus is the truth not the books and writings of others.
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Author: True
Posted: July 09, 2009 (01:01 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Okay. First off, no, Emp that is not a pseudo name for me trying to build hype for my review by creating the illusion that someone else is making the same arguments. I'd come up with something cooler like Nightmare, or DragonForceFan187.
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Author: sashanan
Posted: July 09, 2009 (04:35 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
The first is we don't insult Emp.
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Author: darketernal
Posted: July 09, 2009 (05:47 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
What a load of crap. We insult EmP all the time. It's part of the charm.
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: July 09, 2009 (10:07 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Dear True Bob,
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Author: WilltheGreat
Posted: July 09, 2009 (04:23 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
The lesson here, kiddies, is not to flame EmP.
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Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: July 09, 2009 (09:33 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yeah, if you want to flame EmP, you should be like me.....a dude with MORE reviews AND who is a better person. An idol to be worshiped by you peons! BEG FOR MY SALVATION!!!!!
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Author: Suskie
Posted: September 30, 2009 (01:24 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Has anyone else had problems with Assassin's Creed being buggy? I'm not a huge fan of the game but I've never encountered a single glitch.
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Author: radicaldreamer
Posted: September 30, 2009 (01:46 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I played the 360 version and I only encountered one glitch during my entire time playing. I was in a fight near one of those blue walls, performed a counter on an enemy, and the animation transported me through the wall. The result was automatic death. Other than that I don't remember any bugs or glitches.
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: September 30, 2009 (02:14 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I fell through the floor on the PS3.
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