Hot on the heels of Joe’s Assassin’s Creed 2 post on Cult of the Turtle…
I enjoyed the kill verbs in both Assassin’s Creed games. Particularly rooftop kills. In the first I’d bound happily from building to building, pouncing on unsuspecting guards. In the second, I delight in sneaking up on them and throwing them to [...]
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Just when you thought it was safe…
January 27, 2010 – 7:41 am
Assassin’s Creed: Optimal Ennui
August 28, 2008 – 7:43 am
You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.
-Gautama Siddharta
Earlier this week, Alex mentioned Assassin’s Creed (AC) in the comments and I replied that the game was all about the sub-optimal path. In fact, it’s one of the things that I find so enthralling about it. It is also, of course, the [...]
Assassin’s Creed: Enemy of the Poor?
March 26, 2008 – 10:51 am
There’s an interesting narrative dynamic at play within the cities of Assassin’s Creed (AC) and I constantly found myself wishing it had more impact on my overall participation with the narrative.
At various points within the cities there are poor citizens being harassed by guards. They show up as goals on your map and rescuing all [...]
