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Author: zippdementia
Posted: September 08, 2012 (12:31 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
You may have finally convinced me to pick up Assassin's Creed II, Jason. I really wasn't interested after playing and beating the first game, which was one of the major disappointments of the PS3 for me. I became less interested as I saw the games branch out into side-sequels and side-prequels and side-quests on the PSP and finally became overwhelmed by the amount of games and potential story I'd have to catch up on if I wanted to take the series seriously.
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Author: Genj
Posted: September 08, 2012 (04:46 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
The first Assassin's Creed felt like a beta for second game. Really II & Brotherhood are the only ones you need to play. Brotherhood only adds one big plot twist near the end, but it had several new gameplay features that made it feel like a legit sequel rather than a rehash. Revelations on the other hand is pretty skippable.
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Author: Roto13
Posted: September 08, 2012 (07:54 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I think Revelations is more interesting than Brotherhood if only because Istanbul is more interesting than Rome (which I kind of hated) and the Altair stuff is cool. It has a great ending, for both Altair and Ezio.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: September 08, 2012 (11:00 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I would argue, looking back, that ACI is actually a pretty bad game, if only for the opening "cut scene" to each stage that is totally unskippable and consists of an old man talking for ten minutes.
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Author: bbbmoney
Posted: September 08, 2012 (11:43 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Aye I've never heard someone say AC1 is a must play, lol. Game was a total mess.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: September 08, 2012 (01:25 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Thanks for reading, and for the discussion. I'm working through Brotherhood right now and I do plan to follow it up with Revelations if I don't get distracted along the way, so you'll probably see more reviews from me soon. I'm so totally going to be ready to cover III when it comes out. It looks amazing.
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Author: Roto13
Posted: September 08, 2012 (02:22 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
AC1 is "must play" for anyone who wants to play the Assassin's Creed series and experience the story. It's not exactly one of those games that everyone in the world needs to experience at some point.
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Author: bbbmoney
Posted: September 08, 2012 (02:43 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Luckily youtube exists =]
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Author: Suskie
Posted: September 08, 2012 (10:48 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I replayed AC1 once after playing the more recent ones and it is indeed a bad game. It's got plenty of wonderful ideas (which, it needs to be restated, its sequels properly expanded on), but it operates with a complete disregard for pacing, structure, depth, and variety. I respect it for laying the groundwork for what became, I believe, one of this generation's best new franchises, but then the fact that its sequels got it right only makes AC1 look all the more dated.
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Author: SamildanachEmrys
Posted: September 10, 2012 (03:58 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Hmm, I might have to go and play this. I wasn't planning to after playing AC1, which I enjoyed for the first few hours but eventually drifted away from because it got so repetitive. It sounds like AC2 might have alleviated that somewhat.
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: September 11, 2012 (03:30 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I said AC1 was awful before it became the trendy thing to say!
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