ASSASINS CREED [2008] STEAM PC REVIEW

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Assassins Creed was released in 2008 and revolutionized the gaming industry. If we are to review old games based on the standards set at the time that game was released, by that account: Assassin's Creed is a masterpiece.

This is also my favorite AC game of all time. But! as a video game, the 2008 AC is the most basic and boring of them all. Every game released later into the franchise would improve upon the fundamentals established in this 1st entry. The historic period in which the game is set, however, the 3rd crusade, is an amazing and rich setting to explore. Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, the Assassins order, all of it with some degree of historic truth to it. Al-tair is a fictional character set in an accurate reconstruction of a historic period. The tense conversations between Al-Tair and his master Al-Mualim are the highlights of the story. In fact, we are used to characters that poorly react to strong NPCs. In AC the main character does not speak much, but his lines cut deep into those who interact with him, delivering one of the most interesting characters in a video game.

AC is the most basic and boring of the series, but also a masterpiece in storytelling, and dialogue, it's set in one of the most important time periods of human history. Replaying it on PC in 2022 was really fun. Given today's standards, the game is repetitive and dull but has some tense story moments that really make the whole thing worth it :)