Day 749 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing
Today's game is Assassin's Creed Revelations. I've been playing this for a while now in the Background. I have much the same regards for this i had for Assassin's Creed 2 and Brotherhood. It improves on the mechanics of the first one to a nice degree.
I especially like the Animus island, it has this cold and desolate feeling that feels almost cozy too me. I would love to bring my laptop out there along with maybe a blanket and just work on some personal projects or something.
One of the things that i love it introducing is the Bomb Mechanics. It's cool being able to craft my own. I will admit though that this more often than not leads me to just recrafting the same bomb rather than experimenting. But still, I do like having this here.
Getting to play as Altair again was awesome too. Especially with the better controls and stuff. It makes it way more comfortable to play. It's a shame though as a lot of what i liked about the 1st game was the unique qualities they have when it comes to stealth, that's something i wish was carried over or atleast recreated for these flashbacks.
I made it as far as the first key today, and now that Dead Space is off my table, i'm gonna continue too make faster progress (or so i hope).
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I've always had trouble getting into the Assassin's Creed games, even though as a history buff they should be right up my alley. There's something about the Ubisoft generic play-loop that bores me after a certain amount of time. ( I have that same issue with the Total War series...love history, so I should love those games, but for some reason they just don't click with me).
Weirdly enough, the only AC game that has really clicked with me is (AFAIK) one of the least popular ones, and that's Syndicate. I think it's because the setting. Victorian London had a lot of verticality from the various buildings that allowed a very spider-man like experience.
Interesting that you liked the bomb crafting. I found it a tedious gimmick!
Still, I have fond memories of this game, mainly because it was an escape from a painful breakup.