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Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360) | 
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| From: Ubisoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  194 reviews
Sales Rank: 179
Platform: Xbox 360
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 3307210244215
ASIN: B000NG591G
Release Date: November 16, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: COMPLETE WITH INSTRUCTIONS FULL UK VERSION (PAL) Will be dispatched by 1st class delivery within 24hrs of payment being received (working days
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It's easy to see why there was so much fighting amongst the console manufacturers to try and make this game a format exclusive. Where early launch titles may have disappointed this game not only looks like a next generation game but it plays like it too. Taken at face value the story casts you as an Arabic fighter in 1191, out to assassinate the nine Western leaders of the Third Crusade. There is more to the story than that though making it more than simple historical adventure it first seems.Since it's developed by many of the same team behind Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, it's no surprise to find the game using many of the same ideas. With the bold claim that you can climb on or over anything in the game world that sticks out more than two inches, this allows incredible freedom of movement, with a style of acrobatics heavily influenced by Parkour/free running. The game also innovates in terms of combat, with each of the face buttons controlling a different area of the body, rather like a marionette. As such one button controls the feet, one your open hand, one your weapon hand and the other your head. As an assassin stealth plays an important role in the game too, but here it's often a case of hiding in plain sight as you mill around inside large crowds of people. Everyone will react to you realistically though, so if you go around pushing people out of the way, or even killing them, the crowd will react and report you. With stunning graphics and genuinely innovative gameplay this is destined to be one of the most important releases of the year.
HARRISON DENT
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| Customer Reviews: Read 189 more reviews...
 Awesome! July 5, 2008
Assassin's Creed is... great. Really, it is.
Firstly, the graphics and realism are fantastic, unrivaled when it came out. Now it does have some rivals, but I won't name them (because I'm lazy). Doing the side missions and fighting 25 guards at once is fun, when you know how. The story is excellent; with a ridiculous cliffhanger which is annoying, but it does fulfill its purpose of making you want to play the sequel. Its set difficulty is perfect for everyone, from casual to hardcore, and many games fail when it comes to this.
Now the bas points. The enemy AI, is to say the least, a joke. Kill a guard and stand there, another guard will come and say "Who did this?!". This will happen again and again. Admittedly it's quite funny. Freerunning is a great feature, but sometimes you'll find it hard to go diagonally from a building. Speaking of freerunning, if you're a super agile assassin, how come lowly guards with bulky armour can do every you can do? Oh well. It makes it more challenging. Stealth is virtually non-existent, however, it's fun to just kill people. Lastly, the targets are virtually impossible to stealthily assassinate, and it can take a couple of tries, since you can sometimes have 40 guards attacking you when you're trying to kill someone specifically, but fleeing after the assassination is brilliant and gives you a rush of desperation.
Now; the repetition. Honestly, there isn't much, unless you blaze through the game in one weekend, which isn't how this game is meant to be played. If you spread it out over, let's say, a fortnight, you'll love every part of this game.
Finally, the ending is epic. There's very few games with better endings than this.
Overall, I'd give this game an 8.5/10, and I'll round it down to a 4 star rating. It's a great game, but it's not perfect. Many of these things are minor and can easily be fixed in its two upcoming sequels.
 Boring June 21, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
PLEASE..... I dont want to save another citizen, climb a viewpoint or find a flag....AHHHHHHHH...Surely they could have made each level a little different. Every level is exactly the same..zzzzzzzzzzzzz. All graphics no gameplay.
 Best game for Xbox 360!!!!!!!!!!!!! June 21, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This (in my opinion) is the best game for Xbox 360, trumping even the mighty GTA4. The fights and graphics are the best I have experienced and when you get past the endless cutscenes at the start you find yourself in the middle of a fantastic game.
omg!!!!! June 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!
one of the the best games ive played although the investigations got a little repetetive i would recommend this to anybody
Perfection! June 7, 2008
10 out of 10, and I'm not easily impressed, WOW A BLUE CAR! Seriously though, this is an absolutely amazing game, after hearing so much about it, most good, I decided to try it for myself and its not let me down. The graphics are sharp, the storyline is good, ease of control brilliant (VERY IMPORTANT), huge array of moves, so much to do, and a long story. These arn't my type of games normally either. I am more a blow stuff up man, but this has got me hooked!
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