Aramation Games

In Assassin’s Creed, you get to play the role of an elite assassin tasked to killing 9 men in 3 fairly open-ended cities Jerusalem, Acre and Damascus. The storyline is fairly complex, and there is a lot of exposition and characters with ulterior motives. Of course the big reveal is that you actually are in the modern-day New York, reliving your ancestor’s memory thanks to a super-special machine called Animus that can extract memories from DNA…

The struggle between the order of assassins and the Crusaders has never looked this good as this is arguably one of the best looking and sounding games on both Xbox 360 and PS3. Visuals are crisp and faithful, and even minor details are rendered incredibly well. The game suffers from little slowdown and several graphical/collision glitches, but they are just minor inconveniences in this epic game. Truly remarkable feat is the open-endedness of the world as you can climb any building you desire in the city. Assassin’s Creed suffers from a little repetition as you are tasked to climb tall buildings to scout out the city, bully informers into revealing their plans, snatch important documents and, of course, assassinate your targets.

While doing the same thing over and over for 9 times is a bit dull, you will have plenty of fun while doing it. Combat is dynamic, and animations are incredibly fluid. Short blade is best for assassination, long sword for open combat and you even get throwing knives for some long-distance killing.

In the end, the repetitive nature of the tasks is a blemish on what is easily one of the best games of 2007. Here’s to hoping that the inevitable sequels can flesh out the gameplay and offer us another thrilling chance to become assassins.

Rating: 80%

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