This is my first Assassin's Creed review on backloggd so let's do this!
This game was a very mixed bag for me. I loved how fun some of the level layouts were. I love how cheesy this game was at times (looking at the siege camp infiltration mission). I love how this game used the crossbow, the use of disguises, some of the puzzles and even the stealing and interrogating minigames. Some of the music was cool though obviously low quality.
Now the bad...
The boss fights were laughably easy. Basilisk wasn't convincing as a villain and was pretty much a little b*tch during the whole game. The depth perception of this game with it's pixelated graphics were incredibly frustrating most of the time. It's almost a third person side-scroller beat em up. It was very ambitious in it's design and I applaud that even though it failed most of the time at it's delivery.
This game felt at times like they tried to directly adapt AC1 instead of creating a prequel to it. I am referring to the plot structure and mission objectives.
The whole 3rd act was rushed and Adha's arc was the one most affected by this. And it's a true shame. None of her previous relationship with Altair is shown. Their importance to each other. Nothing. Just her needing rescuing. I think I would have cared more for her rescue and the subsequent cliffhanger ending if I knew who she was other than "The Chalice". None of this is ever explained. What her actual powers are... did she already know this?
This game would have benefitted so much from a codex or document collectibles instead of the "skills" feature.
I liked what this game tried to achieve with the little time and resources they had but I can't stop thinking that this could have been better...however let's look at the bright side: It's also more Altair...
3.5/10
Now it's time for the game that truly started it all... AC1.
This game was a very mixed bag for me. I loved how fun some of the level layouts were. I love how cheesy this game was at times (looking at the siege camp infiltration mission). I love how this game used the crossbow, the use of disguises, some of the puzzles and even the stealing and interrogating minigames. Some of the music was cool though obviously low quality.
Now the bad...
The boss fights were laughably easy. Basilisk wasn't convincing as a villain and was pretty much a little b*tch during the whole game. The depth perception of this game with it's pixelated graphics were incredibly frustrating most of the time. It's almost a third person side-scroller beat em up. It was very ambitious in it's design and I applaud that even though it failed most of the time at it's delivery.
This game felt at times like they tried to directly adapt AC1 instead of creating a prequel to it. I am referring to the plot structure and mission objectives.
The whole 3rd act was rushed and Adha's arc was the one most affected by this. And it's a true shame. None of her previous relationship with Altair is shown. Their importance to each other. Nothing. Just her needing rescuing. I think I would have cared more for her rescue and the subsequent cliffhanger ending if I knew who she was other than "The Chalice". None of this is ever explained. What her actual powers are... did she already know this?
This game would have benefitted so much from a codex or document collectibles instead of the "skills" feature.
I liked what this game tried to achieve with the little time and resources they had but I can't stop thinking that this could have been better...however let's look at the bright side: It's also more Altair...
3.5/10
Now it's time for the game that truly started it all... AC1.