Watch Altair dance!
posted by Vignirsson (SANTA CRUZ, CA) Feb 10, 2008
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Or at least watch him apply rhythm to the human body in an attempt to get information out of them!
The game takes place before the events of Assassin's Creed, at about the time when that game starts. The premise is amusing if anything because this game shouldn't technically exist in the story itself.
Gameplay is rather basic, run along the 2D style level with a few #D moves thrown in, button mash to jump, button mash to fight, press the right shoulder button to walk slowly, so on and so forth. If you have played Assassin's Creed, then you know the drill.
However, to pickpocket, you must scrub the lower screen of black and try to move the item out of the bag with surgeon style accuracy. To get information from someone, you must follow rhythm styled movements like Elite Beat Agents. These things feel really tacked on and somewhat annoying, but they want to give you something more than just push buttons, I can get that.
Graphics are pretty amazing for what they pulled off. It certainly isn't matched up against Assassin's Creed, but it does give PSOne quality graphics and that is a good thing for this system.
Quality of the game is just... lacking. Granted, I am not a huge fan of the original Assassin's Creed, I can get the gist and the vibe from the game itself and the story it is trying to tell. This is just a vain attempt to try and cash in on a prequel.
If you NEED to get your Altair on or your head will explode, I would say go ahead and knock yourself out. However, this isn't going to do anything for those people who might not enjoy the parent game and it certainly will not attract new users. For hardcore fans only!
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