Which is to say, I see red almost every day I play Assassin’s Creed Revelations. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love the game. I played through the storyline in two days straight and have been playing the multiplayer to death this past week, courtesy of Christmas break! Woohoo. But you have to admit, Revelations does have its flaws. For instance the delay on the smoke bomb or my all-time-favourite, mute not working. See I’m just walking around, minding my own business and doing some manhunt defense, and the entire other team comes walking up. Oh! Mute you say? Why of course! ZAP! Now let’s stun this mo-ANDYOU’REDEAD.
That is a pretty regular sequence of events for me. Really, the range and delay on some of these abilities just needs to be adjusted, because even on a perfect connection it does not always work the way it’s meant to. COD players, known for their extreme fits of rage, can not begin to imagine the anger all of us Revelations players feel when we get killed through a smokebomb.
That is not to say however, that these flaws are gamebreaking! I read earlier on Ubisoft’s forums that there have been an awful lot of people simply criticizing the game to death and that it could do with some praise for a change. After having seen just a few too many YouTube comments about how people have gone back to Brotherhood or even just tossed the game out, I’ll have to agree and say people need to stop raising their expectations ridiculously high. Assassin’s Creed Revelations is just absolutely an amazing game, even with its flaws.
The storyline remains strong as ever in the singleplayer, and the gameplay is smooth as ever (even with its ridiculous bugs at times). The multiplayer continues to be something special since I can hardly name any other game that actually plays even remotely like ACR:MP. The Reverse Detection Meter is also a great addition, even if it requires getting used to, especially by Brotherhood players. Sadly it’s messed up Assassinate but quite frankly I never cared much for that to begin with!
Hah, well I do a little and was getting into it towards the end of Brotherhood, but now it really is messed up. Yet when all is said and done, I adore the game and I think there is no reason for anyone to be “putting the game down” because of its current state. Fact of the matter is that you probably just weren’t playing well enough and that you’re probably blaming bugs for your own mistakes, which can be especially true in the multiplayer. Heck, I think we all do that from time to time. When it comes down to it though, and you do want to drop the game altogether, then do so: don’t go whining on the forums or on other people’s YouTube videos (such as the ACR videos posted on Machinima Respawn.)
Well that pretty much sums up my general view of the game, though I’ll no doubt go into more detail in later posts. For now I’d just like to include a few channels that I watch regularly, which you’ll also find in the links-section of this blog once I get permission from the channel owners to do so! I’m not actually sure I need it, but better safe than sorry.
First up is EscoBlades, who is just a fantastic player and also seems like a great guy (though I’ve only spoken to him through a few facebook posts! I was ever so proud when he responded) and is quite frequently in contact with some of the developers at Ubisoft. He’s really one of the biggest players in the ACR community and also a writer for Xbox Gamezone. You can find his channel here.
Another channel that I love to watch and which you’ve probably heard of as well is Shenmue36′s channel. Frequently in Beast-mode (or always these days?), he tends to be a brutal player and I can only consider myself ever so lucky he plays on Xbox360. I would not want to be in a lobby with him and have my guts torn out repeatedly by his awesomeness. You can find him here.
Then there’s Angie, better known as Subject 17, who I think has one of the best voices for doing commentaries, ever. She’s also a great player and it’s generally just amazing to be watching her wipe out a lobby. Big fan! You can find her channel here.
Last but most certainly not least, I’m going to bring up a channel which I’ve only newly discovered through Gamersbeverage, which is LaddieMcCrispy. An excellent player and very fun to listen to, though admittedly this might be because of his live commentary where he showed the exact same rage as I would’ve felt. Either way, definitely worth checking out! You can find him here.
Well that’s all for now, and it’s probably rather obvious still that I’m only new to this blogging thing! But I’ll keep updating and pretty much linking anything ACR related that might seem awesome too, which in the future will include particular videos and of course more channels if and when I find them. For now, thanks for reading and until next time!
