Assassins Creed

Well I just got done playing Assassins Creed. It’s a game for the XBOX 360 that came out late last year. When I saw it I knew I wanted to play it because it looked amazing. So I bought it with my Christmas money. So I’m going to give a little review of the game. I’ll break down a few elements and then give it a final rating out of 10.

Story
So the story was pretty good. You are an Assassin in the present time and you have been abducted by a company that wants to know some secrets. They believe that people hold the memories to their ancestors. So they are looking for something lost in the Holy Land. Ok so great premise of the story. So most of the game play is in the past. The story progress well in the game play but the story in the present is slow and almost pointless. You go through scenes in the present that are you walking around and reading e-mails. So that part was very dull. When you beat the game…well you’re left wondering. The story is sort of resolved in the game play, but the story in the present has no ending. OXM rates this end as the worst of the year…and I’d have to agree. You don’t even realize that it ends. It may setup a sequel game but still there could have been some resolution. 8/10 for game play 3/10 for present

Gameplay
So the gameplay is fun. The tutorial was long, but a little needed. The controls are a little hard but once you get them its fun. Exploring is fun and fight is fun, but gets repetitive as you go through the game. You save citizens, pickpocket, kill people…Its fun but don’t try to do it all at one time. Spread it out so you don’t feel like your doing the same stuff. The flags are a little crazy too. They are spread out all over the land and hard to find. I suggest using a website or map to find them all. 8/10

Graphics.
Simply amazing. The graphics were stunning. You climb to the highest heights and take a leap of faith off. Visual this game will satisfy. You play the game from the 3rd person over the shoulder action view…you’d know this if you do…anyways the visuals are amazing. The landscape is beautiful and the scenery is outstanding. This would be a good enough reason to play this game. 10/10

So over all I game this game an 8/10 It could have been lower because of the ending, but all the other elements are great and were able to keep this game a solid game. So anyways hope you appreciate this review. And hope it helps you in deciding on this game.

Halo 3

Ok so this post is for all those who play a little game called Halo. Its a game that came out for the original Xbox and has evolved with its 3rd game. Halo 3 on the Xbox 360. I loved the first halo...the second one was ok...never got to into it for some reason…maybe it was because I didn’t have Ken Evans to make me play instead of going to chapel…(its true I ditched chapel to play halo with him…) The latest Halo I was very excited about. Now I was lucky to have an awesome father in law who got me my Xbox 360 which enabled me to get Halo 3. So anyways I pre-ordered it in May and it didn’t get here until about a week later, so I rented it to play it (yeah my wife found a copy!) So I started to play…didn’t get to play the story mode because at that time my friend Tim Fulton was down from Seattle so we played against each other a lot. And Andrew came over as well to play. And I didn’t have my live account up yet. Eventually I got to play the story mode and let me say…the story is awesome. I started it on Heroic because that the way the game was meant to be played…or so they say. Anyways awesome story. Now I got a live account and started playing online. So this is what truly makes the game. The story has enough to keep you playing. If you’re a freak like me there are a lot of achievements to get through the story mode, but online is where its at. It reminds me of good old college days with Ken setting up the movie room and Xboxes in at least 3 rooms…I think there was 4 but we had 3 linked. So anyways a fund game where you play and meet people all around the world. I have a friend in Japan that I play with. I have friends from coast to coast…so anyways its kind of lame but it’s a game that I love!