Advantages: Amazing animation, authentic-looking presentation
Disadvantages: No variation after the first few hours

..."Ubisoft" takes "Prince of Persia" to the next level and introduces Altaïr, a 12th century assassin who is about to find out what the Creed is all about. Whether it's roaming about Jerusalem's rooftops, or impaling knights and then casually blending in with dozens of passers by, "Assassin's Creed" featured plenty of things to get excited about and was one of the most hotly anticipated games of the season. The Story At its core, Assassin's Creed details the exploits of Third Crusade-era assassin Altaïr, fabled to have personally exterminated all of the Knights Templar. Besides showing Altaïr taking on demented overseers and the Templars' rising fear of him, early trailers also featured some blueish graphical "glitches" that piqued the curiosity of gamers and promised quite a twist for the main story. Yet, despite... Read review

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Advantages: Tremonti, 2 or 3 individual songs
Disadvantages: Stapp, generic, repetitive, stale, uninventive

...1999 saw the release of 'My Own Prison', the debut album from US rockers Creed. For a band that blatantly ripped-off the likes of Pearl Jam on an almost track-by-track basis, their success was startling. Forgoing their debut, the bands two follow up releases, 'Human Clay' and 'Weathered' started to show cracks in the foundations, and whether it was down to the staggering 20 million sales, or the more likely fact that vocalist Scott Stapp happens to be a total tosser, Creed soon disbanded and went their separate ways. Guitarist Mark Tremonti was always the star of the piece; a truly fantastic talent, his recent emergence as part of new outfit Alter Bridge (whom also feature former Creed drummer Scott Phillips and bass player Brian Marshall) serves notice that parting ways may well have been for the better as far as he's concerned... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant graphics, innovative controls
Disadvantages: Tasks can end up feeling repetitive, AI can be dire at times

...There has been a great deal of hype surrounding Assassin's Creed, with emphasis on free-form action and next gen graphics among the reasons to get excited. And its true, the graphics are at time, quite brilliant, and the exploration offered by it is top-notch also. You take up the role of Altair, an Assassin in the 12th century, on a mission to slay 9 figures of importance to redeem himself. There is also a huge twist in the tail too, which I won't reveal, although the game does reveal it in the opening scenes, and the story would benefit far more if it was revealed closer to the end to give the game a sense of real shock value. One of the hyped up features in Assassins Creed is the free running abilities of Altair, and that "anything that sticks out more than 3 inches can be climbed" Well they certainly meant that, Altair can... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent story
Disadvantages: Not very gory

...The hero in this book is a guy called Joe Creed (hence the title) and he is portrayed by James Herbert as being a bit of a scum bag, which, as he is a fully paid up member of the paparazi is probably not that far from the truth. Now as we know these guys know all the tricks for getting the juicy bits of gossip and more importantly the photographic proof to go with it. It is this very "skill" that gets Creed into the trouble he soon finds himself in when he takes a photo of someone (or something) that he shouldnt of. Although James Herbert does try and make Creed the sort of person you dont really care what happens to I did end up feeling a bit of empathy with his plight, not only is he trying hard to deal with some seemingly supernatural happenings but he is also plunged into some interesting moral dilemas such as should he make love... Read review

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Advantages: Great graphics and a great idea for a game
Disadvantages: No multiplayer, Very Short, Not much Replayability

...ASSASSINS CREED Assassins creed had a lot of publicity throughout the gaming industry and from what they showed us at the various public displays it looked as though it was going to be an outstanding game that everyone would want. It looked as though it may sell out and that possibly it would over take other best selling games such as Halo 3. It was released on the 21st of November in England and due to all of the public hype and from what I had seen I really wanted a copy. Luckily there was still loads of copy's left. The game came as the standard box game or as a limited edition set with a different case and a figure of the main player. I purchased the standard edition as the Altair figurine did not warrant me spending an extra £20. Any way I got the game at home and below is the review. THE STORY In assassins creed you play... Read review

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