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Assassin's Creed
Published by: UbiSoft |
Assassin's Creed Director's Cut Edition - Game Review (PC)
By Emanuel Avram
Published: May 9, 2008
Print I keep telling you this and that about assassinations, but I didn't tell you about your weapons arsenal yet; silly me. At the initiation, every Assassin has their ring finger cut off, and replaced with a hidden, stealthy, retractable blade. This is your main low profile weapon, and you can perform a deadly blow against unaware targets with it. The default key is 2.
1 is your short blade, ideal for quick counterstrikes. If your enemy is at range and you have your target locked on him, you can use throw knifes instead. When consumed, you can steal more from specific people.
3 is your long blade, the standard balanced weapon.
4 will switch to your fists. While not so deadly, the guards will not intervene if you are fist fighting.
Combat is really quick and looks very good. Precise hits and spectacular counters lead to instant enemy death. Block all the time if possible.
Altaïr does not have life or hit points. Instead of a life bar, Ubi introduced the "synchronization bar". If you get hurt, or perform things against your Assassin's Creed, synchronization will be lost. If the bar goes to zero, the last checkpoint is loaded. Yes, you cannot save during missions or whenever you like.
The Assassin's Creed states the following:
- Stay your blade from the flesh of an innocent.
- Hide in plain sight.
- Do not compromise the brotherhood.
You can however help yourself a little by collecting certain flags, placed in various places throughout the Kingdom. It is really unfortunate that you gain nothing really by completing a collection set of flags, except an auto game save. There are certain achievements to be gained when all flags are collected on Xbox360 for example.
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