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| From: Ubisoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $18.99
You Save: $11.00 (37%)
New (15) Used (14) from $17.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 594
Format: Dvd-video
Platform: Windows
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Edition: Director's Cut
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.9
MPN: 68339
UPC: 008888683391
EAN: 0008888683391
ASIN: B0010EK3SE
Release Date: April 8, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand new, still sealed unopened
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| Customer Reviews:
 Simply Gorgeous August 5, 2008
I decided to give this a try on the pc since it was only 30 bucks and don't want my pc to collect dust.
I'll start with the good: This game is beautiful and has the most immersive maps I have ever seen in game. It's like watching HD for the first time. Truly the best graphics I have ever seen and yes better than the crapiest game on earth, Crysis. The movement during fights is as realistic as can be and is fluid with you in full control. I've never seen that either, I've seen fight sequences that go into automode to impress you but you lose control of the fight. These fights, you are in complete control and are making the movements which to me is revolutionary for an action game. The audio is top notch with excellent voice overs. This game is so realistic, I actually got a knot in my stomach when I climed the highest tower thinking I was scared of falling! That's impressive when a game can do that. The whole virtual story line was also kind of refereshing. Hollywood is probably already making a movie out of this. Also, there were absolutely no glitches on this game! I ran it at it's highest settings and not one freeze lockup or crash! The game was extremely smooth. I'll put my pc specs at the end of this review.
Okay now the bad:
This game is for a console. The learning curb for keyboard and mouse is extremely high. I had so much trouble the first couple of days trying to get used to the movements. This game becomes very hard to control because of this. So much so I actually considered stopping all together, but the key is persistence and practice. Eventually the controls became second nature and I was able to play it fairly smooth with the keyboard and mouse. You could also add a pad to the pc but I didn't want to go through the troule. Also, the game became extremely repetitive half way through. It's basically climbing towers, pickpocketing, saving citezens and assasinating the leader. This was constantly repeated and became boring a little half way thorugh the game. I was also very annoyed at the capturing the flag side missions. First of all, what the hell do you get for getting them all? Second of all, it's boring looking for every single one. So I passed on that side mission as it was way too boring. While the cities were immersive with many citezens making it seem real, in the end the immersive maps and people looked more an more unreal. Like robots since the missions and actions were so repetitive. Example: you save a citezen and the second your done with diologue they look at the bodies and are horrified as if you never saved them at all. This is done so repetively that the dialogue is the same citezen after citezen. There was little interaction you could have with poeple. It's like they were locked to do only basic functions like robots. I don't fault the game too much since I'm sure most of the resources were probably used for the graphics and immersive maps.
This game is without a doubt a classic; however, I play this now just to show people how amazing it looks but I don't play it for replay value. If you have a next gen console, get if for that but if you only have a PC 30 bucks is a bargin if your willing to through the high learning curve with the controls.
PC SPECS AS PROMISED:
Vaio desktop pc
300 gb hardrive
2 gig memory
2.8 gig dual core pentium D
Nvidia 8800 GTS 640 mb graphics card
 Has a Few Flaws and no Ending but UBISOFT is Working on a Sequel August 5, 2008
Assassin's Creed is one of the best games I've played, but it has several flaws that I hope they correct in the sequel.
The main flaw in Assassin's Creed is that there isn't enough variety and planning in the assassinations. Most of the time it is impossible to get to your target without fighting your way through the guards so planing and stealth doesn't help much in the actual assassinations(it's a good thing that Assassin's Creed has a great combat engine). The other flaws are: The assassin can't change disguises and you would think a real assassin would, The assassin can't swim and it seams like someone so well trained in all other ways would know how to swim, and the story doesn't end but this isn't really a flaw because they are making a sequel but I don't know when it will come out except that UBISOFT has started on the sequel and it probably won't be out this year(2008)
Assassin's Creed is a good blend of action/adventure and open-world. It far longer and more open than most action games and much more story driven then most open-world games. Also it has far more realistic and detailed game Play and graphics than any game I've played: running, jumping, climbing, and fighting are all smooth, fluid and realistic. Game play is well balanced between your mastery of the controls and the difficulty of your opponents while maintaining a smooth realistic look(I never got tired of the fights even though some of the other aspects of the game got rather repetitive and dull).
I recommend a X box type controller and even though the game's tutorial isn't designed for it a PlayStation type controller also works well if you set the game on X box and press 1 when it tells you to press 0, 2 when it tells you to press 1 and so on(I used a PlayStation type controller)
Assassin's Creed worked great on my computer and the only problem I had was that it froze three times:
* Windows Vista Home Premium
* EVGA Nvidia nForce 680i SLI 775 A1 Version
* Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 2.40GHz
* Corsair Dominator 4GB PC2-8500 DDR2
* 2(SLI) EVGA Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS Superclocked
* Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty with 64MB of X-RAM.
* 2 Western Digital Raptor X 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drives in Raid 0 Array,
 Unstable and disappointing July 18, 2008
I bought the game before discovering that there is a significant reputation for lock up and crashing problems on the three platforms for which it is available. It is truly unfortunate that the stabillity issues are not being addressed by releasing company. I can only blame myself for not researching the game better before purchasing it. The graffics on the PC are wonderful, given some good horsepower, but the game crashes within 5 minutes. The problem is slightlyt more prevalent on nVidia based systems (my preference) but the problems are common on PS2 and XBOX 360s as well. I will check once a month for the hoped for update. Wait for the price to drop, as it will, as a reuslt of the stabillity issues, and later it may be a good value, after the needed fixes are available. I have hope for a fix on the PC, those unfortunates with PS2 and XBOX 360s may be SOL for an update.
Good luck, you have been warned.
on the plus side though, the graphics are amazing :)
AWESOME! July 13, 2008
I bought this game for my husband as a gift. He's been playing it non-stop once the sun goes down and is on the computer for hours! In his words, it's just awesome!!!
Tourist in the Holy Land July 7, 2008
I could not have imagined experiencing Damascus, Acre or Jerusalem in the 12th century. And yet, here is something that seems like them, alive (at least audio-visually). The experience is the best part of AC.
But AC takes its play from console FPS/TPS games. This means that many of the actual missions are more like arcade games than interactive stories. There are also some kinks in the ways your character and camera move during action that get your character and views stuck in the wrong places at the wrong times (with a mouse/keyboard setup, anyway). The game also suffers from one of the worst faults of console ports -- checkpoint saves. That is, you can't save at will and are doomed to repeat missions many times if you have the patience to do so. These issues reduce the fun.
The story that plays out to tie the action together is a mix of Near Eastern history and modern-day sci fi. I found it engaging and imaginative. It is linear. But it is well-told and has interesting characters. Add to this the immersive tourist-in-the-holy-land experience, and AC is good entertainment that I recommend if it comes at a bargain price.
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