Assassin's Creed: Revelations Review Thread

I think MW3 or COD don't get criticized is because they are not 20 hours story filled experiences while AC is. Also the single player experience in those games train you for the multiplayer. This is not the case with AC universe.

Multiplayer is the extra desert dish on the side in the game.
 
Yes, to be fair there have been 3 Modern Warfare games in the last 4 years.

There have been 3 Assassin's Creed games in the last 2 years.

It's easier to see why one gets knocked for fatigue more than the others.
 
Thoraxes said:
Ok, how about this: No Europe from 1400-1700 in future Assassin's Creed games?
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Assassin's Creed Embers spoiler:
Embers introduces an assassin from China, so maybe you'll get your wish. Would make it interesting and totally different from the previous settings.
 
Thoraxes said:
Yes, the game still takes place during the Renaissance, and each country had their own movement of it during this time period. It is agreed by many (though not completely confirmed) that it did most likely begin in Italy.
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If you think expulsion of Christians from the city and instatement of Islamic rule was inspired by western renaissance principles, have at it. I agree though that the series needs a new setting, even more drastically different than Italy late-1400s to Turkey early-1500s.
 
ZoddGutts said:
^ This.

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Who's this Patrice Désilets some have mentioned in this thread?
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left side with dark green sweater. I think.
 
The Antitype said:
I love how every Modern Warfare 3 review says 'it's more of the same'... and then it gets 9s.

AC is more of the same, but it only warrants 7s and 8s.

Whatever. I know its the game I'll enjoy most this year.
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Yeah, I don't get that.
 
border said:
Yes, to be fair there have been 3 Modern Warfare games in the last 4 years.

There have been 3 Assassin's Creed games in the last 2 years.

It's easier to see why one gets knocked for fatigue more than the others.
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There's been 7 Call of Duty games in the past 6 years, if you want to count like that.
 
DaBuddaDa said:
If you think expulsion of Christians from the city and instatement of Islamic rule was inspired by western renaissance principles, have at it. I agree though that the series needs a new setting, even more drastically different than Italy late-1400s to Turkey early-1500s.
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Ah ok, you think i'm trying to be specific. Let me just be clear, I mean this as the entirety of the time period as a whole. If you consider western principles to be Europe (due to it's location in relation to Turkey) I wouldn't say that they're directly influenced by that (just look at how different the changes are in every other country that went through the enlightenment of the time period), but nonetheless, they experienced the movement in their own way. It's the threshold of the advancement as a whole for the entirety of the period in that region that I am tired of. I'm trying to speak more generally of the period as a whole while you are more specific (sticking mostly to what is in the game) is all, so I think we just had a dissonance of views is all.

Just saying renaissance isn't good because it's just such a broad term that you really can't define it and all the ramifications it had in that region in just a measly sentence.

P.S. Thank you for not being a jerk and being nice in debate.
 
I'm glad to see these reviews, I hope the aggregates do indeed settle in the high 70's and it disappoints (sales wise) relative to the rest of the series. Ubisoft needs a good kick in the ass, they're driving an enjoyable story/universe/premise into the ground by copypasta'in it annually. The series needs a full on reboot at this point. I don't think the core open world gameplay has ever really worked. They just use it as a crutch for repetitive, boring ass mission molds and padded traipsing about with no real rewards.
 
Love it or hate it, Call of Duty is more about the multiplayer. If they were trying to sell those campaigns post-COD4 for $59.99 the reviews would have been horrible.
 
If its at the same bar as II and Brotherhood, count me in. I'm glad its taking place in Constantinople as opposed to Italy though.

And I agree completely about reviewer's double standards regarding CoD vs AC.
 
Mooreberg said:
Love it or hate it, Call of Duty is more about the multiplayer. If they were trying to sell those campaigns post-COD4 for $59.99 the reviews would have been horrible.
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ACR is about the multiplayer for me! Brohood was one of my favorite MP games this gen, can't wait for more!
 
MrCompletely said:
ACR is about the multiplayer for me! Brohood was one of my favorite MP games this gen, can't wait for more!
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I know but games that attempt to do more with the single player seem to lose more points when it isn't notably better than what came before it. You had BF3 getting a 4.5/5 despite the reviewer hating the co-op and the campaign. That would not happen with a game like this, even if you could play the MP for 100 hours.

They should probably take a year off or people will become gradually less impressed each time.
 
If I play this without playing Brotherhood first, will I be completely lost? Keep in mind that I played both AC1 and 2.
 
DaBuddaDa said:
Maybe they'll pull a Frostbite 2.0, and introduce a new, scalable engine that will look good on current hardware and be adaptable for next gen as well, but I'll believe it when I see it.
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Hell no! This game looks beautiful. FB2 in open world game would look crappish at best.
 
I was surprised to see the Joystiq review call the multiplayer community for Brotherhood tiny. I only started playing the multiplayer on the 360 in July and never had any trouble getting full or nearly full matches.
 
DarkChild said:
Hell no! This game looks beautiful. FB2 in open world game would look crappish at best.
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What he meant is that this new engine would be thought primarily for next gen systems, but still be able to scale down more or less gracefully to run on our aging current systems. Not that it would be a Frostbite 2 look alike engine.
And I tend to agree.
 
Was relatively excited for AC:R but after seeing the quick look my excitement level took a nose dive even though I should've known it would be exactly the same. Probably still getting it though.
 
DarkChild said:
I think this franchise would be about 10 times better if there was no "bigger picture, modern settings" bullshit. Just history.
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Would you still want it to have the pieces of Eden and other ancient human technology? Or would you just want all of the last two games to just be Ezio dealing out justice?
 
Blimblim said:
What he meant is that this new engine would be thought primarily for next gen systems, but still be able to scale down more or less gracefully to run on our aging current systems. Not that it would be a Frostbite 2 look alike engine.
And I tend to agree.
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FB2 didn't really impress me in BF3, and Run looks worse than Criterions last year NFS, which was made on their updated engine.

ACR looks beautiful, vistas go for like forever and textures are great. Only drawbacks are character facial animations(that are actually better than last time) and screen tearing.
 
7 would be the highest note I'd give to AC: Brotherhood, and I had a blast with that game.

Looking forward to this one next week.
 
ultron87 said:
Would you still want it to have the pieces of Eden and other ancient human technology? Or would you just want all of the last two games to just be Ezio dealing out justice?
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I would like if Ezios story was a bit deeper instead of adding modern bullcrap to it. Thats my opinion, I enjoyed Ezios revange in ACII way more than talking with some kind of ancient bitch inside St. Peter's Basilica.
 
DarkChild said:
FB2 didn't really impress me in BF3, and Run looks worse than Criterions last year NFS, which was made on their updated engine.

ACR looks beautiful, vistas go for like forever and textures are great. Only drawbacks are character facial animations(that are actually better than last time) and screen tearing.
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Yeah but it doesn't look worse than bfbc2 on current systems, but it looks waaay better the bc2 on pc, which is the point of such scalable engine. AC3 may not look much better than acr on current systems, but will most likely look much better once they move to next gen. The main point will be to introduce a new production pipeline and the new fearures they couldn't have done with the current anvil engine.
 
Not too surprised at the reviews. I can understand why some people are feeling a little fatigued with AC.

I don't know know how exactly I'm immune to that, but I did basically everything in AC II and Brotherhood back to back earlier this year. Still excited for Revelations.

I wonder what next year's game will be like. You'd hope they wouldn't put out a 4th straight game with the exact same formula.
 
I thought tower defense in AC sounded like a horrible idea. Glad to hear that it's mostly optional.

I dunno. I liked Brotherhood but didn't feel as compelled to find and try everything as I did in AC2. Revelations will be worth playing for the story and main missions, but I'm really not planning on spending much time with the extras. In other words, it's worth picking up on the cheap in a few months.
 
keltickennedy said:
wait.....seriously?
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For me as well, the MP in ACB is the best MP I've played this gen. Unlike every other FPS, it's actually unique and has interesting ideas and is great fun in just about every mode.
 
kaleii said:
Eurogamer Sweden: 7/10

http://www.eurogamer.se/articles/2011-11-14-recension-assassins-creed-revelations-recension

Crazy Google Translate link: http://translate.google.com/transla...cension-assassins-creed-revelations-recension

Metacritic Summary:
While Ezios final chapter is a fun romp through Istanbul, it could just have well been incorporated into Brotherhood with a bit of editing. The saving grace is the fleshed-out multiplayer modes and the interesting effects the bombs have on it. With a bit of luck the series will get back on track after the two latest interim-games, so fingers crossed that Assassin’s Creed III dares evolve the series as much as the second game did.
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Not Istanbul, Constantible
It's not Istanbul it's Constantinople
Still a while to go as Constantinople
Still Assassin's tonight, on a moonlit night
 
Thoraxes said:
Maybe it's just me, but even though I greatly enjoy the games, i'm just tired of the Renaissance, Italy, and Ezio.

I mean sure, I love the character, but at this point it almost feels like the entire series takes place in Italy.
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I completely agree. I got so bored with his story, the time period, and "sameness" of it, I didn't even finish AC:B. I found AC1 so much more interesting because of the time frame, cities, and the characters. Yes, Altair was a total tool for most of the game, but his change was so dramatic, it really resonated with me way more than Ezio's story.

I'm one of the few that really liked AC1.

I'm looking forward to this one, getting back to those places from 1 and fleshing out more of Altair's story... can't wait.
 
I really enjoyed Brotherhood, but some of the padding and side stuff got out of control. Not that I'm complaining, since I spent about 40 hours in that game, but the narrative focus seemed to suffer a bit from it.

ACII felt more like 'hey here's some cool side stuff you can do to enrich the experience'. Brotherhood felt like as soon as you finished a story mission several dozen markers or extra missions showed up on your map. What happened for me is I'd complete a story mission and then spend the next few hours doing side missions. What resulted is that by the time I started a new story mission I had already lost track of the plot.
 
Shtof said:
Well, Ubi brought this upon themselves for milking the series.
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Yeah, I would appreciate if they gave more time in between installments and actually make noticeable improvements in the gameplay, not just adding a few features with not much significance.
 
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