Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360)

~ # ~ What's it about? ~ # ~ Well you play a character called Desmond Miles, a mild mannered bar keep who is forced to go back in time by a team of science types using a machine called the Animus. Desmond is the descendant of a long long line of assassin's and as such contains within him a deep connection with his ancestors memories, (so we're told), and the Animus machine is able to relive the memories from the host, i.e. Desmond. Taken back into the past to the Third Crusade the majority of the game is played as Desmond's long dead relative Altaïr (Flying Eagle in Arabic apparently) who is a disgraced member of the assassin brotherhood who must redeem ...

"Easily one of the most anticipated games for this year!...Assassin's Creed is an incredible experience unlike anything else available right now and we're thrilled with the buzz and attention the title has received," shared John Parkes, Ubisoft EMEA Marketing Director. "It's exciting to push the industry with such a breakthrough title in terms of technology, design and story."!!! For long time - maybe a week! - I was avoiding this game as I thought from the way it was advertised, promoted and marketed it would have been one of those games that you have to pay a "fortune" (£37.99 amazon.co.uk) and the outcome to be just another ...

Assasins Creed probably one of the most hyped up games for the next generation consoles. It promosied much, unique gameplay, free roaming, amazing graphics, an exciting story line, lastability and much more. Now its finally being realeased does it live up to its hype? -------------------STORYLINE -------------------------------- It's quite hard to talk about the story line without giving away, well .... the story line, but here we go. The beginning of the game is set in 2012, "wait a minute!", I hear you cry, "isn't this a game about an assasin in the past?" just bear with me on this, its a shocker and when I turned on the game ...