Now long into the fifth game into the series, Assassins Creed makes its return with Revelations, known as the last game following Altair Ibn La Ahad and Ezio Auditore da Firenze. While playing through as Ezio during his silver fox years, as well as Altair during both his youth and his final days, we once again set ourselves as Desmond, gruff and scruffy during his comatose state, he awakes in the Animus, on the side of a beach known as Animus Island, with an eagar (and finally nonfaceless) Subject 16. To restore Desmond to his body, he must work through both of his Ancestor's memories for the bleeding effect to take less of an toll on his already broken mind.
Firstly, lets start off with gameplay. Any person who has played any game in the series will be familiar with the controls, easing their way back into the world of the reknown Assassin. With the new hookblade, alongside the new deadliness of this ageing killer, Ezio is much more brutal with age, killing with much more ease, despite his groaning complaints. Musical score is quite sublime, the music quite Middle Eastern stylised, but keeping the familiar strings of the series. Graphics, unless in cutscenes, look quite plain, almost back to second game in the series. Worldly graphics look quite exquisite, but perhaps character animation could have spent a little more focus upon.
What is really the gem of Revelations, is the voice acting. With the return of Roger Craig Smith to resume his role as Ezio, he truly brings his all inside the character, bringing depth and emotion to both serious and relaxing times with Yusuf Tazim. Not only is the acting great, but the choices in which players can have is brilliant. While Ezio is still the star, Altair has 5 (Technically 6) playable mini missions and there are also Desmond memories, recruiting Assassins have missions on their own and so on. There is much more to do this time around in the storyline.
Multiplayer, while with a few new features of gameplay, is still quite the same award winning style, with only a huge upgrade to both map styles, sizes and customization of a kind of Playercard. New weaponry is introduced, allowing throwing knifes, bombs, more swords etc.
However, a great addition is the more modernised match finding. Finding a match still doesn't show where you're going to, but the system now searches according to distance and connectivity, making it much easier and smoother than before.
Sadly, Revelations does have its faults. To begin with, the newly named "Templar Awareness" radar now increased alot faster than previous titles. Buying stores increases notority by 25%, killing guards (Whether in Low Profile or High) earns you a bit more. But these wouldn't be as annoying as they would be unless it wasn't for getting rid of said notority. Posters have been removed entirely from the game, giving players only two options: Heralds or Officials. Heralds can be a bit tricky to find, as they only pop up on the screen if you're within a certain distance (Approximately 100 meters) and Officials only indicated or appearing when Awareness is full and complete. While Herald's prices for bribery are down to 100 Akcre's (Coins), they only reduce 25% of notority, while Officials only 50%. A warning to the stabbing happy, kill a guard while on full notority, and its pretty certain for a Den to be attacked. While the Den fights are quite fun, they tend to be slightly frustrating when controls stick, normal storyline missions being unplayable unless you battle in the conflicted Den and win or loose. Loosing will cost you to retake it once again.
Overall, Revelations can bring players many hours of joy and fun, with a diverse and exciting storyline, thrilling acting and so much to do and see, this is definately worthy for Ezio and Altair's final hurrah in the gaming series, but hopefully, for fangirls everywhere, they aren't going to dissapear forever.
Out of 10, I gave Assassins Creed Revelations an 8.5/10
Good points: So many options of gameplay
Sublime acting and musical score
Quizicle storyline, deep and powerful.
Bad points: Notority is a hassle
Decreasing it too.....
Den fights can be annoying interruptive
The end of Ezio and Altair's chapter.
Assassins Creed Revelations is out now for the standard price of $80
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