Been doing a sort of retro game replay through some of my video games I have over the years and I figured what better way of doing a replay review then to play one of my favorite open world stealth games Assassin's Creed. In my entire PlayStation gaming I can't think of any other than Mortal Kombat or the new Doom series, that I can point to and say I can stay in this world all day and never get tired of it, and Assassin's Creed was that game where the stealth game play is so simple that even a newbie whose had a hard time with other stealth games can play this one and say is amazing, moreover give a great example I do remember playing the Hitman games and although I do love Absolution and some moments of Blood Money, and I'll throw in the original 2007 Hitman movie but from a gamer's stand point of enjoyability I really didn't feel like wanting to replay this again. And going back and replaying the first game it just felt like you were stepping back into a world that was so amazing in terms of visuals and being able to do things that you necessarily can't do per-say when it comes to game play and storytelling, moreover you get to live in the Crusades era if that's not exciting enough when it comes to video games I don't know what is. And the same goes with Assassin's Creed 2, hell after watching the Showtime series, The Borgias I've now just got my history lesson furthermore began to see how awesome being in Renaissance Italy was.
The story itself centers around Desmond Miles, who is kidnapped by Abstergo Industries and is forced to live the memories of his Ancestors who were once part of a secret organization called the Assassin's, who stand for the free will of all mankind and are preventing total dominance of Templar control who in their minds through the course of each game you get to relive the Crusades era and the Renaissance era of history.
I remember the first time seeing a copy of the first Assassin's Creed game and I was just thinking to myself wow I get to relive in the Crusades and granted this was 2007 furthermore was and still a huge fan of Kingdom of Heaven, so I'm sure your well aware of why I decided to buy it, though while playing I noticed a lot of references with some of the parkour movies (hence Casino Royale 2006) moreover I was like wow this is kind of cool almost like a ninja clan with hidden blades and doing a lot of Parkour. Though as always, I sometimes get tired of the game, so I put it back on the shelf to gather dust. Until the sequel came around I was like wow this is branching out in ways I can't even imagine especially when you involve historical figures like Leonardo Da Vinci who helps out the protagonist, while you have Rodrigo Borgia aka Pope Alexander IV as the main antagonist moreover again after finishing The Borgias a year ago I was pumped in terms of reexperiencing that part of history. Though to be fair in 2009 I never understood the concept of open world games and I do say replaying these games now I have to say this was really fun to do, when it came to getting upgrades and improving your fighting style. Ezio has always been the example of the hero's journey, though in all honesty I do wished I get to experience more story and adventures with Altair because he was the original Assassin and I'd like to see more of where his story goes next instead of just reading books or playing portable gaming moreover researching him on Wikipedia, but in all honesty you can't win them all so not that I'm complaining for many reasons I have to replay Revelations as well so well have to wait and see. I did see a lot of differences between both games, the first was really just a simple game that was clearly supposed to be a quick project almost like what the first Mortal Kombat game was in terms of development where there was nothing fancy also takes a lot of time to master the surroundings, but still a fun game when you get the chance to understand the story. The second game the possibilities are almost endless where you can do almost anything and relive events that happened, in which me I was like "oh I had no idea I can do this", especially when it came to remodeling your own headquarters, even though I had a hard time finding all of the feathers and in all truthfulness didn't want to replay the game all because of trying to find all of the feathers so maybe another time when I feel like it. I will say Assassin's Creed is defiantly in my top five of favorite game series it’s one of the greatest when it comes to stealth action and amazing when it comes to opening a whole world moreover getting a history lesson along the way. Moreover, without Assassin's Creed, open world gameplay wouldn't be successful as we move forward into the future of gaming. Well now back to playing Brotherhood furthermore bear with me when I say this is going to take some time to play and finish.
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