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Is Assassin's Creed Good? CoG Writers Answer The Question.

"Is Assassin's Creed Good?" is a question that many ask. So CoG tasked two of their writers to go head-to-head on Assassin's Creed!

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SyntheticForm1475d ago

The gameplay is pretty fun, and gameplay is at the core of any good game.

I like what they've done with the combat, and I've had nothing less than a ball with the last two entries. Also, as a big history guy I love seeing these interpretations. The temples in Odyssey were fantastic, and Athens was so well done. They nailed the acropolis and the all temples on and around it.

They have more creative license with the viking theme, and that's cool, as knowledge of this period is a little more hazy than others they've previously explored

FlavorLav011475d ago

Nope, story was convoluted from the 1st game. Got worse as the series went on. Gameplay was good in the 1st few but suffered from lack in diversity of engaging missions, had a lot of repeat missions. Got more grindy as the series went on(Origin and Odyssey) and never fixed or rebooted the story. The graphics and parkour have been the only two elements that have truly progressed with each iteration. Hang up the “Assassins” part UBI, and just give us new action/adventure games with cohesive plots and varying new settings/cultures. I like the sound of Beowulf chapter in Valhalla, I wish that WAS the new game. It’s just a shame some of the coolest content in the game is hidden behind DLC. Not every game needs to be a series, and full to its ears in DLC. Maybe it’s just me...

InMyOpinion1475d ago (Edited 1475d ago )

From a script & story perspective it is pathetic. Ubisoft hav e some of the worst writers and game directors in the business. They hide it behind shiny graphics, tons of empty content, and sometimes a decent gameloop (for a couple of hours before it becomes nauseatingly repetitive).

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PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama

This should make fans and collectors very happy. PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama Assassin's Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama available for pre-order on January 25.

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Can We Finally Admit Assassin's Creed 3 Deserves an Apology?

AC3 was released during a turbulent transition period for Ubisoft and the Assassin's Creed series. It ventured into uncharted territory, narratively and mechanically, which caused it to receive mixed reviews. At its core, though, it's a damn good stealth game.

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isarai237d ago

Nope, I hated 3, connar was bland, literally the most flat character in the entire game. Not to mention to myriad of bugs, camera issues, and that annoying thing where he automatically ditches his weapon you payed for for the sake of a cool finishing move forcing you to trek back to your base after almost every encounter just to re-equip your own weapon. It just didn't work as fluidly as the others like 2 and 4

Samonuske237d ago

The series peaked at AC3 for me. It’s been my favourite in the series. Connor will always be one of my favourite video game protagonists.

Becuzisaid237d ago

No. Game was BORING. Connor was really dull. Environments, while impressive, because of the geographic location and time period were not really exciting to be in. I would love some kind of game set in there colonial American time period, but a game like AC that back then centered around parkour and vertical traversal really didn't fit those environments.

-Foxtrot237d ago

Nope

There was a lot of issues but mine is how they handled the war

They told us Connor was not going to get involved, that the war was more of a background setting for the real story and it wasn’t going to be one sided

They lied, even the cinematic E3 trailer showed Connor emerge from the Colonist side and slaughter the red coats to get to his target, inspiring the Colonists to fight back

I just thought it would have made more sense lore wise that the red coats were mostly compiled of Assassins fighting the Colonist templars who wanted to take the new world for themselves.

Since the Red coats lost the war, it would then explain how the Templars started to gain the upper hand and how on the future the assassins were mostly killed off and the Templar’s had pretty much taken over everything.

Instead it just felt like they didn’t want to p*** off the American audience

Even Haytham was cool, he should have been an Assassin through and through and should have been the main lead.

toxic-inferno237d ago

The game even seems to lack the humour of the other games. It almost seems as though the idea of even slightly making fun of American history wouldn't be acceptable.

-Foxtrot237d ago

Exactly

It just felt super safe

“Better not make the colonists look super bad incase people boycott our game”

jeromeface236d ago

someone missed the whole point

-Foxtrot236d ago

There was literally no point

What I've just said above would at least make sense lore wise and why the Assassins start to loose their war, die off and how the Templars are in control in the future of almost everything....what they did was just, pointless

CrimsonWing69237d ago

I’m one one of those weird people that liked Ass Creed 3, but to be fair I never got around to finishing it.

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5 Of the Most Unlikeable Video Game Protagonists

There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists.

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GhostScholar248d ago (Edited 248d ago )

I disagree that max is unlikable. Chloe is infinitely more unlikable in my opinion.

gold_drake248d ago

omg chloe was awful. i really hated her at the end haha

Cacabunga247d ago

Abby was absolute trash protagonist in every way..
Tidus was so meh to me..
On villain side, the one i didn’t like wa Micah, because they wanted him to be that way and it was brilliant👍🏽

Rancegamerx247d ago

I agree, I liked Max, Chloe was a horrible friend and a bad influence.

Cacabunga247d ago

Everyone agrees on chloe, I’m sure even ND do.

H9247d ago

Both are horrible, granted Chloe is infinitely worse, it feels like Chloe is just fanservice for people who too over the edge and wasn't written to be a character that makes sense

GooGobbler248d ago

What about that Forspoken Tw*t

MrChow666247d ago

exactly I was expecting it to be a the top of the list

ravens52247d ago

Ye I was expecting her too. Guess they actually played the game. Unlike you and whoever agrees.

gpimlott247d ago

I played through the whole game and think she is one of the worst character Ive ever played as

ravens52246d ago (Edited 246d ago )

gpimlott. How?

Stanjara237d ago

Why would I payed and played the game if the whole internet is making fun of a character?

-Im here to kill Chaos...are you Chaos?

Yeah, I didn't play that game either.

Christopher247d ago (Edited 247d ago )

She's actually not bad. It's the writing itself that is bad overall, but she's fine overall. She's no worse than Miles Morales IMHO. Both thrust into a spotlight and receiving both praise and blame and dealing with it.

Forspoken is a bland game because it's 75% bland, boring, repetitive going through the motions and diversions that add nothing of the value with purposefully gated memory moments that don't feel organic or like you're discovering things but waiting for others to reveal things.

ravens52247d ago

Exactly Chris. Even though I liked the game. I kno u played it. People who actually played it and went thru her dream saw she was a good likeable person who really just acted out due to being alone and unloved. I think your problem is it was open world, I think if it was more linear you may have liked it better.

savedsynner247d ago

Oh no she's bad. Very unlikable even before you add on the bad dialogue. The game could have been quite good with a good protagonist

ravens52247d ago

For all the people like synner. Shes actually half white lol. Inferior complexity is a hell of a thing. You'll be ok.

Nerdmaster248d ago

Most of these aren't even that bad. Especially comparing to others like Squall "Whatever" Leonhart, Forspoken's Frey, and the guy from Atomic Heart.

-Foxtrot248d ago

Squall is one of the best developed main FF characters so...

People talk about his "whatever" thing thats at the start of the game, not the character he eventually becomes in the end.

Nerdmaster247d ago

No amount of "character development", (especially the ones that for me feels sudden and undeserved like Squall's), will justify him being a d**k to my girl Quistis. Even if he found the cure for cancer, from that moment on, I would never like him.
The article is about being unlikeable, and he was indeed unlikeable for at least half of the game.

BrainSyphoned247d ago

Squall is the best protagonists in FF so you can go whatever yourself.

H9247d ago

My good sir, I need to steal that "you can go whatever yourself" because it's gold

BlaqMagiq1247d ago

Except Squall has actual character development.

gold_drake247d ago (Edited 247d ago )

the "watever" is only present in the english localisation.
so your argument doesnt rly ... stand imo.

Nerdmaster247d ago

Good for you that you could enjoy the japanese version. That's not the case for me and the majority of people here, though.

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gold_drake248d ago (Edited 248d ago )

i had to stop reading after the "blatant misogyny" in the Dantes inferno section.

i actually liked Max haha.

the forspoken chick is missing tho

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