Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles HD

Poor controls, nothing special

This is Ubisoft's attempt to bring the Assassin's Creed universe to the WP. Sadly, it has many problems which prevented it from being an enjoyable game. I am an AC fan and really wanted to like this game, but just found it a struggle at times.

The controls can be a tough on the WP, especially on platforming sections when you want to jump one way, and find yourself going the other. This is especially frustrating when you are given a checkpoint as you're falling to your death, meaning a respawn and immediate death every time. Solution? Restart the entire level. I had this happen to me twice in the same location, just to rub it in. The combat sections are actually not too bad, and probably the best working part of the game. The story is weak, and there is no depth to the game at all, it simply feels like you're going through the motions. No feeling of involvement, just getting it done. The audio is mixed; music and ambient sounds are good, but the voice acting is terrible.

Overall, a pretty poor game. If you just want an easy completion, it'll fill that void, but probably won't be a lot of fun getting it done.
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