All too often, however, sequels have similar problems, glossed over by the odd new mechanic – but they're still broken at heart. While you'd be hard pressed to say Assassin's Creed wasn't a beautiful or atmospheric game, it was a flawed and hollow diamond. Its core mission structure was broken, revolving around too few repetitive gameplay types at odds with its cool free-running and assassinations – rendering it a grind.
GF365: "Oftentimes, video games have characters who are antagonistic and really not very pleasant. Here are some of the friendliest characters in games where you might not otherwise expect to find them."
This weekend from August 10-14, players can play for free Assassin’s Creed II, Brotherhood, Revelations, Black Flag and Valhalla on Xbox, PlayStation and PC (availability dependent on platform).
GF365: "Most games are not perfect and that may be because of a character or an enemy. Here are 10 mediocre bosses in great games."
The Pursuer from Dark Spuls 2 was great, I think the author just sucks at games.
