Assassin's Creed Revelations (Xbox 360)

One of the best

Before I start, I would like to point out my absolute love for the Assassins Creed series. I am a huge fan, thanks to Assassins Creed 2. Ezio, in fact, is my favourite game character of all time (besides Commander Shepard).So, all in all, Revelations was disappointing, but only to the extent I expected it to be - it is, after all, the second spin off game from AC2, and therefore a certain amount of disappointment is expected. I found the addition of the Den Defense mini-game to be a waste of time, and I just waited so I could fight for the Den instead of going through the somewhat tedious task of playing a 15th Century version of Bloons, just without any monkeys.The basic gameplay, besides this, is pretty much the same.The controls were simple and easy to get used to, and that was great.I could never hate the AC series - it just has a certain charm - and despite its downfalls, it was a good game, just like Brotherhood. Once you accept that it isn't trying to be the third AC, and that it will never live up to that, and just treat it as a sort of Brotherhood-point-five, you can have yourself a great time.

Ezio's adventure has been wonderful. He's probably my favorite character in this generation of consoles.So back to Revelations .... it's good, very good, but I'm not enjoying it as much as I did Brotherhood. It's hard to say exactly why, maybe there is very little new and what is new isn't actually much fun, (AC tower defense I'm talking to you). The sections involving Desmond have always been some sort of penance you have to pay to get back to the game you really want to play and I found I disliked them even more this time around.Before this turns into a 2 star review ... It's still a great game and well worth playing. The basic game mechanics are just as good as they have been since the start of Ezio's adventure, I particularly enjoy rebuild the city, managing the team of Assassins all the while playing out Ezio's story.So 4 out of 5, which would have been a 5 if they'd introduced some good new mechanics.Roll on AC 3, can't wait.

The game's mechanics are similar to the preceding games which makes it easy to play for the dedicated player and still is simple enough for the newbie player to learn but by this point in the saga, we've seen Ezio come from his cradle and head towards his grave. His character is still as capable as he was when he was a young man but now he seems to have overstayed his welcome. Now, his travels are taking him to ancient artifacts that give more background to Altair's past, giving his character the brief but fond farewell he deserves, and everything else is a build-up to helping Desmond restore himself so that he can leave the Animus and continue the plot in AC III. Still, the epilogue of Ezio's story is still interesting to watch unfold and the inclusion of the new Hook-blade allows further reach to higher places that has made scaling tall buildings a tedious challenge of every player. Also, the new bomb-making feature is highly interesting, allowing the player to make all kinds of different bombs for different purposes. Overall, not an amazing game but still worth a play.

Story up there with ACII but can be finished really quickly. Not worth the same price tag as the other games. Sad really because the story (the Desmond side) gets really interesting. Not many other games go into this much detail about it.This does however complete the Ezio Auditore storyline and being one of the franchises most endeared characters this installment does just to the ending.A must play if have expericed all the other Ezio story and must avoid if you have only played the more open world historic games so far

This story really ends the tale of Ezio Auditore Da Firenze perfectly, and the inclusion of his new tools is great, it is just a shame that they didn't keep them for future releases.This game is the perfect ending to the Renaissance trilogy, and the cliffhanger is so amazing that it will make you rush out and get the next game if you haven't got it already. The only let down to this is the Minecraft like Desmond sequences where you find yourself building blocks to get across a room, and it takes a bit away from the flow of the game, HOWEVER these sequences ARE OPTIONAL so the game doesn't push you into doing them to further the story thank God.The parts of this game with Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad are also great! I am so glad that his story got a good ending as well, because the end of Assassins Creed: Bloodlines really made me want more!I give this game a 9/10, however because of the scoring on Amazon I have given it a 5/5!

"OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD!"I got into the Assassin's Creed line a few years ago and have been very zealous in continuing indulging in the entire concept and world. Absolutely brilliant games and finding each is bringing something new, without the usual strain of a company grasping at straws for some new selling point.The worlds are rich, dynamic and engrossing. The characters suck you into the storyline. The storyline and concept themselves leaves a massive scope for continuation - the producers and writers have built the game from the very foundations, allowing for a variety of simultaneous storylines between the past, present and future - they give enough to keep you hooked and wanting more.Alongside the main story you're given a diverse range of other tasks including recruiting, training and mentoring the next assassin's, expansion of your arsenal and armour, exploration and side quests and stories - notably vast and unlinear world, the way it should be.Hugely eager to get into the next few games and excited to see what direction it takes.