Destructoid Review: Assassin's Creed - 5.5

Destructoid's Reverend Anthony writes:

"Assassin's Creed is a disappointing, repetitive game filled with horrendously long and unnecessary cut scenes, a boring plot, tedious chores, and significant difficulty problems - it's a game with a few great ideas but absolutely no idea how to implement them...In conclusion, lower your expectations, don't play for more than three hours at a time, and don't pay more than nine bucks to get a hold of it. Assassin's Creed is an above average game...but just barely."

[I_killed_TheMart]

Owned!

[fury]

...shut the f**k up and stop jumping on bad reviews. Play the game for yourself and THEN judge, ok?
No...fanboys like you will never understand that.

[Chubear]

Look out! It's One bubble man!!!

[the worst]

the game is way over rated

[MikeGdaGod]

i've been playing it since Tuesday and i really enjoy it. it's a lil repetitive but i like it. lots of fun to me.

i say: 8.5

[Vulcan Raven]

well personally i think it is a mix of GTA and Metal Gear. So far i love this game and i only got it today. As of right now i am playing it more than COD4 about 70-30. Hope everyone else is smart enough to judge it after they play it, not before.

[Wii60_FTW]

lmao! owned!!!! YUP! ASS CREED SUCKS.

[Spike47]

HAHAHAH, LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY WANTS ATTENTION.

[dragon376]

typical review of a narrow minded person. Always critical, but completely incapable of doing better. Don't judge other negatively if you can't do better. If you can do better, then just do it.

[fury]

Play the game for yourself and don't let other reviewers form your opinion about a game.

[InMyOpinion]

I've played it and I can agree on that it gets repetitive pretty fast. It's still a good game though. Good, not great.

[sectionz]

get uncharted over this garbage. assassin' creed is a good rental at best.

[gamesblow]

This is spot on... right with my review of it. Which, by the way I reviewed before anyone. People said I was lying. Said this and that, boy did they learn.

[The Real Joker]

For the love of GOD..shut the [email protected] up. No one gives a flying sh!t about your review.

Jesus what an ego maniac.

[cloud360-7th_account]

I do blu. you shut the fuk up for the love of GOD

i think those reviews are hilarious, 99% of the time

"the sites that 100% unbiased 1% of the time"
http://vids.myspace.com/ind...

[ParaDise_LosT]

can fornicate themselves with a barbed iron stick....

[Daytona]

See what's out there to preview and then you be the judge. Not every game is everyone elses cup of tea.

[jcgamer]

well said man, bubbles up...

[fury]

I agree with you. But in the other news I did not.

[Ri0tSquad]

And a rent as well.

[ScentlessApprentice7]

Is this game worth purchasing or not???

I reserved Assassin's Creed about a month ago but I still haven't gone to obtain my copy because I don't know if it's worth dropping $60 on it.

Is it worth buying or just worth renting? or by going from reviews like this is it not even worth renting?

[Gamespot-equals-EGM]

You can't make the decision by yourself? If you want me to make the decision for you then I say buy it. Waste your money, I don't care.

If you don't like it then tough sh!t, try to return it.

[gamesblow]

Again, you all disagree.. Yet, I have proof on my blogsite. I reviewed it well in advance, got flank for it. Said I didn't have it... Said I was lying. Said this and that... Well, funny how my score and everything I said about the game "well ahead of any review" came true. Asscreed is just that ASS! Not even Jade Raymonds, could save it.

[fury]

Stop posting your garbage all over n4g.

[techie]

Both your review and this review are wrong. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

[ryanjtravis]

I agree with FuRy above - nobody cares about your review - please stop praising yourself as it is completely annoying to read.

[tmug]

um, there's an ignore option.. it's more annoying to read the stupid kiddyschool arguing.

[Maldread]

That Assassin's Creed is a game people should rent or play for themselves with so many mixed reviews going around.

I think it looks cool, so i`m going to give it a chance.

[Chubear]

This is exactly what LAIR fans have been saying for the longest. I don't know when these ridiculous reviews will stop - if ever, but I am throughly tired of it.

These edotorial gaming sites just see the community as puppets. If a competing forum is getting more hits on their website they jsut throw some contraversy like "MGS 4, pretty but boring 3.5/10" and they instantly get flooded with hits from gamers flocking in their trying to voice their opinions on the review.

They jsut take the community and industry as a joke now, it's jsut gotten way out of hand.

[Keyser]

reviews aren't worth much anymore. You have to go by how you feel. I liked Lair and still do. I'm in the minority but I am a minority so I'm used to that. LOL

Reviewers just want there site to get more hits so they can get more advertising dollars. It's really a disservice for us gamers but we have to be smart and test a game for ourselves. It's the only way.

[Maldread]

I agree, the current review situation is just laughable for me, although in a sad way. Yeah, of course a game is a subjective experience (what isn`t really ?), but there should be a little more consistency in the reviews.

If a game isn`t good, it also needs to be better pointed out why it isn`t. A lot of the reasoning (don`t really want to call it that, but...) i`ve heard in some reviews, just contradict the score they`ve given too, like GameSpot`s Ratchet review to name one. They need more and/or more professional game reviews i think.

Keyser, you`re probably right about the hits for the site, even though it could just mean sloppy journalism in some cases ;)

I trust my friends recommendations much more the site reviews anyway. To try the game for yourself is always better than any review though, either from friend or foe ;)

[tmug]

get real. here's why there are good reviews on ad-funded publications for this huge flop of a game in the first place:

http://www.n4g.com/industry...

remember those huge ac ads on gamespot before the release? hence the 9 from them. if you want good and unbiased reviews, get them from independent sites that don't get five figure income from ads.

[gamesblow]

Assassins Creed is boring.. Very boring. It's tedios and, you're right, it's not for everyone. AAA games are for everyone... So, by that merit, this game isn't AAA. Everyone has their taste... me, I didn't like it. I got mine for free at my work when they came in so I'm not complaining and I'm giving it away on myblogsite like I did with VF5, Ridge Racer 7, Fight Night 3 and Rainbow six. That's why people love me... cause I give back.

[techie]

AAA games are for everyone? I don't like FPS games...your logic and posts are sorely lacking.