assassins creed

[ankensam]

its seems to me that with all the forums ive seen people seem to think assassins creed is a great game, one of the best ever the way people defend it, but i have found that it is a decent game on the fringes of greatness,i myself have only played assassins creed 2, but it is held back by some major problems, at least in my opinion. the problems i have found are ezio has an atrocious voice actor playing the character this made me strongly dislike ezio, the colour palette of the game is drab its not a game breaker but when combined with the other problems ive found it becomes an issue, and ive also found the controls to be finicky and uncooperative this is mainly a problem for me when im trying to platform or run across rooves. but what im asking is has anyone else found these to be problems i want to like the game it has almost everything in there to make me love it is has beatiful enviroments if a bit drab its set in renaissance italy and its a platformer these are things i like but am i the only one to not like assassins creed?

 

[the spud]

No. You are never the only one to believe anything ever. Ever. And plese watch the grammar.

OT: Yeah, Assassin's creed isn't perfect, but it is at least something new. Also, you think 2 is flawed? Play the original.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

its seems to me that with all the forums ive seen people seem to think assassins creed is a great game, one of the best ever the way people defend it, but i have found that it is a decent game on the fringes of greatness,i myself have only played assassins creed 2, but it is held back by some major problems, at least in my opinion. the problems i have found are ezio has an atrocious voice actor playing the character this made me strongly dislike ezio, the colour palette of the game is drab its not a game breaker but when combined with the other problems ive found it becomes an issue, and ive also found the controls to be finicky and uncooperative this is mainly a problem for me when im trying to platform or run across rooves. but what im asking is has anyone else found these to be problems i want to like the game it has almost everything in there to make me love it is has beatiful enviroments if a bit drab its set in renaissance italy and its a platformer these are things i like but am i the only one to not like assassins creed?

Play the first one. If you do, the second one suddenly seems a whole lot better.

I had a hard time playing the first one because I hated the stuck-up asshole main character. He was really unlikable - he basically thought he was smarter than his Ninja Master and then screwed up, allowing the enemy to become more powerful. I hated his guts and wanted him to die - which made completing missions problematic.

After that, Ezio was this great, funny, likable guy. Also, I didn't mind his voice actor. It's standard video game quality, which means it isn't great, but he at least sounds sort of into it and does okay with the accent.

On the controls - again, play the first one and you'll understand why everyone loves AC2. The controls were WAY worse in the first one. AC2 fixed a lot of issues with the game play.

I never finished AC1 because of crappy gameplay and annoying protagonist. I really liked AC2 because I felt it fixed both issues. I don't know how I'd feel coming in the middle, but as it stands, I really like Assassins Creed 2. Looking forward to playing Brotherhood.

 

[ankensam]

After that, Ezio was this great, funny, likable guy. Also, I didn't mind his voice actor. It's standard video game quality, which means it isn't great, but he at least sounds sort of into it and does okay with the accent.

i guess ive played the cream of the crop of video games and voice acting because i cant say ive ever played a game where the voice acting was as bad as in assassins creed

 

[oplinger]

After that, Ezio was this great, funny, likable guy. Also, I didn't mind his voice actor. It's standard video game quality, which means it isn't great, but he at least sounds sort of into it and does okay with the accent.

i guess ive played the cream of the crop of video games and voice acting because i cant say ive ever played a game where the voice acting was as bad as in assassins creed

YOu never played Oblivion? ..or Fallout 3?

 

[jacobythehedgehog]

every game in the world has flaws. Assassin's Creed was very good, and because you dislike the character doesnt mean it is not a good character. I never like Link as a character, but he is a very good character in terms of a Silent protagonist type

 

[ankensam]

i played fallout new vegas for about five minutes once i quit because i was losing karma for taking a deadguys stuff and because the character models were hideous

and its not the character i dislike so much its the voice actor the character i can stand the voice i could live without

 

[ultrachicken]

What is drab about renaissance Italy? I admit that forli could have used an injection of color, but the rest of the maps were extremely vibrant. Especially Venice and Rome.

Also, your opinion is not unique. Tons of people dislike Assassin's Creed.

 

[JustJuust]

i played fallout new vegas for about five minutes once i quit because i was losing karma for taking a deadguys stuff and because the character models were hideous

and its not the character i dislike so much its the voice actor the character i can stand the voice i could live without

well... the voice acting wasn't enough to break the game though... it sounds like you're just nit picking to be honest

is that how you say nit picking? knit picking?

 

[Baralak]

After that, Ezio was this great, funny, likable guy. Also, I didn't mind his voice actor. It's standard video game quality, which means it isn't great, but he at least sounds sort of into it and does okay with the accent.

i guess ive played the cream of the crop of video games and voice acting because i cant say ive ever played a game where the voice acting was as bad as in assassins creed

Try Arc Rise Fantasia on Wii. Also, I hated 1, Brotherhood seems fun, though.

 

[ankensam]

it is nit picking and i was cus id played portal two already and it didnt leave the best first impression and then there was black ops to play

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

I personally like Ezio...but then I'm female...hehe.

I really enjoyed it but it does have problems. The contextual controls can sometimes really mess you up during races and fleeing from guards and sometimes the camera can be a total asshole spinning round into a very peculiar fixed position in the middle of a timed event.

The PC controls seem somewhat convoluted aswell when they could have just put the abilities on different keys rather than press this button then this one then let go of this etc. I guess that's the joys of a console port though.

It's not perfect but it is a fun game. My friend calls it Grand Theft Renaissance.

Oh and having spent some time in Venice I had some wierd moments with how familar some of the places were. I was wandering along first time there and my brain went 'San Marco square should be just around here'...and it was.

Made me smile.

 

[Truth Cake]

AC2 was... alright, the multiplayer of AC:B was the best anything to come out of any AC game though, if the amount of hours I've put into it are any indication of greatness... which they probably aren't, mostly just an indication of another wasted life... whatever...

When it comes to games like AC, I mainly focus on the gameplay rather than story, and AC's gameplay is... adequate, to say the least. Sure it's got it's problems, but what game doesn't these days?

 

[ankensam]

of ones ive played crysis 2 half life 2 bioshock but thats only my current opinion and crysis 2 is the only one of those ive beaten the campaign of

 

[CatsAttackAgain]

The games never really nails much.
AC1's gameplay was repetitive and somewhat easy once you get the hang of the controls but has an engaging story and character development.
AC2 got rid of the repetition but traded it for less philosophical story and flat villains.
AC:B just decided that instead of listening to the main fans (you know, the guys on the forums) they would listen to the casual gamers so they stopped even trying to make an attempt at difficulty, and made most of your attacks insta-kills. Top that off with ''cinematic'', linear levels filled with expolsions and set pieces (in a stealth/free-running based series) and a plot which was basically ''We r de gud guys dey r de bad guys lets kll dem lol''.
As you can probably tell I'm more a fan of Assassins Creed than Call of Assassins.