I’m currently attached to Assassin’s Creed.
No, its playing experience isn’t nearly as great as in Call of Duty 4. Crysis has better graphics for sure. Bioshock offers much deeper atmosphere. And yet, I like this game.
One of the reason is that this game is as close to an open sandbox environment as it can manage without ruining the linearity. You can clmb a wall, get up the roof, jump to the building across the road, get up that huge tower, and perform a leap of faith down. It is fun, I tell you. It feels pretty much like GTA without guns. Or cars.
Not to mention there are some side quests that is pretty fun by itself. For example, you need to assassinate some guards on the rooftop, or you need to get somewhere within a time limit. These sidequests are not really needed, but it can help you in performing your main duty.
But what really caught me is the gameplay. You can just walk among the crowd, perform an assassination, and walk away, literary praying not to get caught. Or you can perform a high profile assassination and run your ass out of the sight of the whole batallion of guards and into a haystack.
You know, I don’t really know what to write. Just get it, You’ll probably like it.
