刺客的信条

2008年6月16日 Lorien福克纳 · 留下评论

从我的鸟类栖息处在犹太教堂的高峰,所有耶路撒冷在我前面延长。

这是我与主演分享的经验 刺客的信条 不计其数的时期,当我回顾了它。时? 在我们潜水入故事和gameplay和图表之前,它是否是我想要提出一样清楚的观点,象开发商做了它对我: ? 刺客的信条 技术上震惊赛。? 世界的纯粹大小和球员采取它的老鹰眼睛视图,容易地值标题的价格。? 如果您在360认为拾起比赛(我回顾了个人计算机版本),我能看它是一个优秀原因买妖怪电视。

您也许已经猜测, 刺客的信条 故事刺客。? 当那通常是拉扯gamer爱时的足够, Ubisoft去创造现在结合两个的故事和运动的时期的额外英哩在文明摇篮。? I’ll not spoil the plot for our readers, suffice to say that the story didn’t appear as usual to be slapped in at the last minute by a motley group of drunk developers.

The title falls into no genre, although we imagine that Assassin’s Creed must have been meticulously cross-bred from the likes of Splinter Cell, the Grand Theft Auto series, and Heavenly Sword.? Players find themselves slinking around a large realm, making contacts with allied ne’er-do-wells and learning more about each of the nine targets the game presents for assassination.

Players are given a choice to avoid guards and ruffians with a small arsenal of sneaking techniques, or throw caution to the wind and kill every obstacle in their path.? Do you want to sneak up on your mark and dispatch him with a hidden blade, or are you feeling lucky?? Why not waltz right into his sanctuary, in front of 10 guards, and draw your blade?? Assassin’s Creed let’s you decide, and though we found stealth assassination to be more “in character”, it was a blast to usher on your opponents and leave no man standing.

The game thrusts players into the combat system when an overly anxious guard spots you or you cause a disruption in a crowd.? Galloping through a group of jar-carrying peasants will do it, as will jumping on the roof in the presence of guards.? Regardless of how it happens, once the combat system is tripped the player has two choices: fight or flight.

The combat system is a combination of swashbuckling and Jujitsu, and players deciding to shed blood are given an arsenal of fighting techniques that makes a field of dead soldiers seem commonplace.? Swords and the occasional lunge can be countered with deadly blows, all presented in theatrical angles that look great and stamp the ESRB rating M all over the landscape.

If bloodshed’s not your cup of tea, you can also bolt like the sissy-coward you probably are.? To make a clean getaway, however, takes more than skills of the foot.? Players must first break line-of-site with their pursuers, then blend into the city through a variety of hidy-holes and busy crowds.? As fun as the combat is, the real action takes place in flight.? There’s no better cardio workout than running across the roofs of Bethlehem like some sort of crazed circus performer, and I’m talking about your heart racing, not the assassin’s.

Each assassination bring players closer to unraveling the overlying plot, which spills out in modern day throughout the game.? More importantly, perhaps, is that each dead boss increases your arsenal of weapons as well as your combat repertoire.? As players approach the end sequence, they’ll have a somewhat overwhelming series of options as to how to accomplish each mission.? At the end of the day, however, these options are what make the title worth playing. In fact, the one option you don’t have is passing up this game.

Assassin’s Creed is all of the good things we’ve enjoyed in action-based sandbox games, with a measure of stealth thrown in for taste.? The immersive landscape and killer combat systems make for a great game, and the only thing to complain about (which I didn’t, I might add) was the occasional minor PC camera issues that source from the game’s origin on a console.? If you’ve got a copy of Steam running, or just want to run to Wal-Mart today, pick up Assassin’s Creed and burn up a weekend or two.? Never mind the mess afterwards, the peasants will clean it up.

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