Assassin's Creed: A Video Game espousing Atheism?
Assassin's Creed is a phenomenal game. One of my all-time faves, actually. It's not a game for the impatient, though. It's slow, languorous pace was perfect for my Halo 3, Bioshock, and Orange Box-ed nerves. It's Prince of Persia meets Grand Theft Auto III meets Spider-Man.
The main gripe against the game is that it is repetitive. It is. You basically repeat the same actions. It's the tactics and settings that change. I never got tired of jumping from rooftop to rooftop, and the cities (with no loading times) were an absolute joy. Nothing better than using a throwing knife to take out a guard, than watching as citizens investigate the dead body thrown into their midst. Or climbing a tower and cutting the throat of an inattentive watchman. Beautiful, just beautiful.
The climbing is sublime. I cannot rave enough about how awesome it is to just climb up and look out over a semi-authentic recreation of jerusalem. Of course, the action gets fast and furious, with some amazing chase sequences. You dodge through merchant stalls, fight scores of armed guards, and try to blend in with the crowd to vanish.
The storyline is fantastic. I'm a sucker for sci-fi meets historical drama, and this has it in spades. There is something curious here, however, that I have a feeling turned off many reviewers. The game is blatantly anti-religious. Without giving too much away, I can assure you of the following: Religion is presented as the cause of bloodshed, warfare, and hatred; religious belief is demonstrated to be founded upon illusions fostered by powerful men seeking to control the populace; that death is the end of existence; and that religious leaders will use murder and assassinations to prevent modernity from sweeping the holy land. Edgy stuff.
I'm a pretty lousy assassin, all things considered, but a damn good sword-fighter. I would continuously creep close to enemies, then get impatient and trigger a guard's attention, and finally have to chase my quarry half a mile through the city streets and eventually take on an entire guard station of soldiers. Ugh.
The main gripe against the game is that it is repetitive. It is. You basically repeat the same actions. It's the tactics and settings that change. I never got tired of jumping from rooftop to rooftop, and the cities (with no loading times) were an absolute joy. Nothing better than using a throwing knife to take out a guard, than watching as citizens investigate the dead body thrown into their midst. Or climbing a tower and cutting the throat of an inattentive watchman. Beautiful, just beautiful.
The climbing is sublime. I cannot rave enough about how awesome it is to just climb up and look out over a semi-authentic recreation of jerusalem. Of course, the action gets fast and furious, with some amazing chase sequences. You dodge through merchant stalls, fight scores of armed guards, and try to blend in with the crowd to vanish.
The storyline is fantastic. I'm a sucker for sci-fi meets historical drama, and this has it in spades. There is something curious here, however, that I have a feeling turned off many reviewers. The game is blatantly anti-religious. Without giving too much away, I can assure you of the following: Religion is presented as the cause of bloodshed, warfare, and hatred; religious belief is demonstrated to be founded upon illusions fostered by powerful men seeking to control the populace; that death is the end of existence; and that religious leaders will use murder and assassinations to prevent modernity from sweeping the holy land. Edgy stuff.
I'm a pretty lousy assassin, all things considered, but a damn good sword-fighter. I would continuously creep close to enemies, then get impatient and trigger a guard's attention, and finally have to chase my quarry half a mile through the city streets and eventually take on an entire guard station of soldiers. Ugh.
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