Action

Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition

Single Player

Critic · Metacritic

3.9

Users · RAWG

2008

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📅 Release Info

Release DateApril 9, 2008

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ActionAdventure

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About this game

Assassin's Creed is a non-linear action-adventure video game, during which the player controls a 12th-century Levantine Assassin named Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad during the Third Crusade, whose life is experienced through the Animus by his 21st century descendant, Desmond Miles.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Detailed Crusades-era cities provide a distinctive historical atmosphere.
Parkour-based movement makes rooftop navigation distinctive.
Stealth, social blending, rooftop movement, and assassinations define the core fantasy.
Conspiracy-driven story uses an Animus framing device.
Character models and city vistas were notable for their time.

Cons

Investigation and assassination missions repeat limited objective patterns.
Combat relies heavily on waiting for counterattacks.
Context-sensitive controls sometimes produce imprecise movement and combat responses.
Modern-day sections and Animus transitions interrupt historical gameplay.

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