WeView Verdict: Assassin’s Creed Revelations

Here’s a game that, although being a big fan of the franchise, has sat on my shelf waiting for me to return to it and pick up play where I left off – arriving at Constantinople. I don’t know what tore me away from Assassin’s Creed Revelations so early in the game, or why I haven’t made the effort to return to it yet. Perhaps some of you will have some insight as to why Revelations didn’t grab me and consume all my free time like the previous entries have.

In our review, Blair heaped on praise. Just reading back over sections of his review makes me feel like an idiot for not dedicating more time to this.

It’s a compelling experience that takes what you’d expect from Assassin’s Creed, refines it and then adds some stellar new features. And when it all ends, you’ll experience the closure of old plot threads and the paving of new ones.

[drop2]That sentiment was echoed by NazzyQ, who said he loved the game’s setting and scenery before admitting that “Revelations recycles a lot of gameplay mechanics” although he finishes by confirming that “it successfully immersed me in the time period and setting. And at the end of the day, that’s what AC is about for me!”

Unfortunately, the rest of you seemed to have been a bit deflated by the game. The overall feeling is negative, although most forgot to give us their recommendation.

RocketSOL was first to leave a comment, saying that he “thought Revelations was a bit poor” and that he “just wanted to finish it to say I had seen the end as I felt it dragged a little bit”. Doomsday619 agreed although he did say that he “can’t wait to see what happens in the next game” so Ubisoft must be doing something right, overall.

Micky17 said that he was generally bored and disappointed by the single player game but he “always liked the multiplayer portion since it was introduced and really enjoyed it in ACR”

Despite the general feeling of negativity in the comments, there were three recommendations to rent the game and three recommendations to buy it, with only one person explicitly saying it should be avoided. So we have a hung jury, split between a rating of Buy It and a recommendation to Rent It.

Kris is away for a few days so I’m taking on WeView responsibilities. Let me know if there’s anything we haven’t done that you’d like to see for tomorrow.

23 Comments

  1. I bought it but wish I had rented it.

  2. Space Marine please!

  3. love filmed this and gotta say it was boring.
    you could see where ubi were trying to take the series but really just didnt impress me enough.

  4. Do Journey. It strikes me as a very love/hate game.
    Can’t be too many in between.

    • Seconded!! I still can’t make my mind up about whether to get Journey or not, so I’d certainly be interested in a future WeView for it.

    • Great suggestion Colm. It will make for an interesting read.

  5. I really hope Ubi are back on form for AC3, as ACR was a bitter disappointment. Has there been a Mass Effect 3 WeView yet or is it too soon?

  6. Loved AC:R, second fave over AC:B, although I appear to be an oddity as most prefer AC:2 it seems.

  7. a GTA 4 one yet? if anyone can remember it…or inFamous 2?

  8. Rented it, but wish I’d caught the ebola virus instead.

    The worst loading screen & unskippable cutscene, sorry errm game I’ve ever played

  9. Final Fantasy 7 :)

  10. Still yet to get this. From the verdict Im waiting for a serious price drop until i do get it.

    • I could only play for an hour or two mate! the worst of the series for me even the first outing is better in my opiion.

      • not a patch on 2 or Brotherhood

      • Not good news :/ Only want it for the story of which I dont know what happens yet, so if anyone wants to PM me the story of revelations ill give it a miss lol.

    • Once AC3 is released it should drop down to around the £10 mark and it is easily worth that tbh. While not as good as the last few, which have been stellar, it is still a worth play if you enjoyed the others. The production values do feel a bit lower and more rushed unfortunately, and I think that is a lot of the problem.

      • Maybe Ill take the plunge then, cant go wrong with a tenner.

      • I meant then as in october btw

      • May drop before then! £14.99 in my local gamestation yesterday pre-owned but the MP is nothing to write home about!

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