Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China

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5.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 171 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 73 out of 171
  3. Negative: 53 out of 171

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  1. benderrodriguez
    Oct 5, 2015
    5
    Nice mechanics mostly but can be difficult and tricky to use at times. The difficulty spike and the constant changes are frustrating through. Mark of the Ninja is much more fluid than this. I like it well enough, but the difficulty spikes are incredibly frustrating to deal with.
  2. MadJaples
    Jun 20, 2015
    5
    Assassin's Creed China is a fairly reasonable attempt at a 2.5D platform sneakathon. It's okay if you don't mind the very different approach Ubisoft decided to go with this. I on the other hand and as personal opinion, am pretty disappointed. It was a good opportunity to really go to town with oriental culture coupling it with the AC graphics of before, they might have easily outdoneAssassin's Creed China is a fairly reasonable attempt at a 2.5D platform sneakathon. It's okay if you don't mind the very different approach Ubisoft decided to go with this. I on the other hand and as personal opinion, am pretty disappointed. It was a good opportunity to really go to town with oriental culture coupling it with the AC graphics of before, they might have easily outdone themselves with this, but I find the approach taken here too simplistic in comparison to the rest of the series, and whilst it may be a welcome break for many, some will certainly not be happy with it. For me, their idea of China seems to be very bland for the period they were aiming at. China is no land of desert browns and rich reds, and it has always had fascinating architecture, and this is something that they really missed out on with this platform attempt.

    For me, it harkened too much to the days of the very first Prince of Persia for me and that is something I'd hoped these folk would have avoided.

    Never mind.

    If you like platforms, you'll probably love this. For those hoping for more of the (preferably stable and smooth - unlike Unity) same in the AC series, sadly, this is one to miss out, but you might want to borrow it instead.    … Expand
  3. scafutto20
    Apr 22, 2015
    5
    I don't really know how they had the courage to put the Assassin's Creed on this... this game is one of the worst I ever played in my life and the critics are giving almost 80 for this piece of ****
  4. m0rb
    Apr 28, 2015
    5
    in my opinion, Ubisoft deserves a fair rating. and I am absolutely okay with a change to the series... that said, "Mark of the Ninja" does it so much better than this game!
    if you want a "2.5D" stealth game, play that instead of this.
    Ubisoft, pkease, PLEASE, give the whole "Assassin's Creed" series a rest! even fans DO_NOT_WANT a "new" game **** quality suffered greatly over the    in my opinion, Ubisoft deserves a fair rating. and I am absolutely okay with a change to the series... that said, "Mark of the Ninja" does it so much better than this game!
    if you want a "2.5D" stealth game, play that instead of this.

    Ubisoft, pkease, PLEASE, give the whole "Assassin's Creed" series a rest!
    even fans DO_NOT_WANT a "new" game **** quality suffered greatly over the years and instead of some innovation, or fixing that broken "fighting-NON-system", you **** out at least one AC game every year, though it's been rather TWO games over the past years.

    GIVE ASSASSIN'S CREED A REST - NOBODY WANTS MORE OF THE SAME, IT GETS OLD!
    instead of this game, buy "Mark of the Ninja", for it it does everything better, than this game.    … Expand
  5. SuperkenGaming
    Jan 30, 2016
    7
    Everything Wrong with Assassins Creed all in one convenient 5 hour game
    Chronicles china tells the story of shou jun, the much demanded story of a Japanese woman assassin mentored by ezio, this isn’t exactly what people had in mind but this will do
    The story is decent, it ties into the assassins creed lore, and the art design of this game is gorgeous now that I have the good out of the    Everything Wrong with Assassins Creed all in one convenient 5 hour game
    Chronicles china tells the story of shou jun, the much demanded story of a Japanese woman assassin mentored by ezio, this isn’t exactly what people had in mind but this will do
    The story is decent, it ties into the assassins creed lore, and the art design of this game is gorgeous
    now that I have the good out of the way, let’s get into the actual game.
    This is not at all what assassins creed fans will be used to and actually takes the worst parts of assassins creed and puts them all right here
    This an extremely stealth based 2.5d platformer…this game isn’t necessarily hard, but can be frustrating at times
    Mostly due to the fact that eventually you’ll just get tired of the monotony and playing the way the game wants you to and you’ll try to rush through… this game isn’t having that
    you can’t play this game the way you want to.. This game forces you to play a certain way or be punished
    You get a handful of tools you unlock through ought the game, you can use these tools to distract or stun enemies... you can hide in bushes and hop from hiding place to hiding place taking out each enemy one by one
    but the game doesn’t want you to do that,
    infact it doesn’t want you to kill anyone. Or the game wants you to kill everyone
    this game grades you as you play, and if you kill enemies in a section differently you won’t get the highest score possible…
    and if you don’t get the highest score possible, no upgrades for you
    that’s right, you can stealth through half of a section and slice through the rest...
    You can hide in the shadows for half of a section and assassinate in the shadows through the rest...
    You have to pick on game style and stick to it...
    You do get weapons, you get a sword, a hidden blade in your boots… but the combat system is garbage...
    For starters your health bar is a joke... get ready to die in 1 to 2 hits for most of the game…
    especially from the annoying throwing stars or crossbows that every enemy has
    A little over halfway through this game theres an enemy with an indestructible shield that can only be killed by flipping over and getting to his back.. Only problem is, flipping over an enemy is super confusing, and when you finally get to his back he turns around before you have a chance to attack him... don’t worry though you can run to a wall and climb away, but never mind he has throwing stars, youre dead, restart. Aaaaaalll the way back at the beginning of the section
    Do an optional objective along the way that took forever to do?
    Don’t worry you get to redo that too
    the checkpoints in this game are also complete garbage adding to the frustration
    Its so disappointing to give a combat system and be so against players using it
    If you’re an aggressive player like I am, you’re going to have a tough as nails time playing this game…
    2 enemies at a time is hardly doable..3 or 4 and you better just set your controller down and let your death happen…
    you’re forced to have to resort to stealth….
    So if you hate stealth like I do, you’re out of luck… which is a shame
    there are some pretty cool time based runner levels that were the highlight of the game for me...
    I think a game of this type could really benefit from a faster paced style hack and style of gameplay...
    This would definitely make the experience more enjoyable...
    I know assassin’s creed fans love stealth… I even love to try my hardest to be stealthy in the main games as much as I can…
    But unlike in the main games, I feel like if I don’t play the way the game wants me to I’m not allowed to enjoy the story which is why we’re here anyway….
    If you’re going to force me to play one way and stick to it to progress my character or get completionist trophies, why even let me do hand to hand combat….
    you’re putting cake in front of my face and smacking me for eating it.
    Why are you punishing me and hindering my progress because I use a tool you hand to me which is combat…
    Just take it away if you’re going to grade me at the end of every section
    Insanely cheap replay tactics.
    Speaking of cheap replay, you can play a new game plus mode if you haven’t got enough of this game…
    but you will long before it’s over.
    I give Assassins creed Chronicles China a
    7/10    … Expand
  6. S3XU4LH34L1NG
    Mar 21, 2021
    7
    Full disclosure: Im a big AC fan and i got it for free on epic.
    It's completable in about 6h so its quite short but it's long enough for what they are going for. It's not a fully fleded out AC game but it's clearly a short offshoot. It's quite difficult if you re going for higher scores / stealhier aproach. The art style is good. The controls are good. There's a little bit of lore. And    Full disclosure: Im a big AC fan and i got it for free on epic.
    It's completable in about 6h so its quite short but it's long enough for what they are going for. It's not a fully fleded out AC game but it's clearly a short offshoot. It's quite difficult if you re going for higher scores / stealhier aproach. The art style is good. The controls are good. There's a little bit of lore. And it's mostly consistent mechanically. Get it if you are a big fan if it's on a deep sale, otherwise there are of a lot of better 2D side scrollers out there.    … Expand
  7. whatever523
    Dec 7, 2016
    6
    + Very nice graphics and art.
    + Interesting protagonist.
    - The controls suck. There's way too much going on for such a simple game. After a week of not playing you forget all the different keys, because none of it is intuitive (mouse+keyboard). - Menu controls: some things only work with the mouse, others only with the keyboard. Wat. - Getting past guards stealthily takes too long    + Very nice graphics and art.
    + Interesting protagonist.

    - The controls suck. There's way too much going on for such a simple game. After a week of not playing you forget all the different keys, because none of it is intuitive (mouse+keyboard).
    - Menu controls: some things only work with the mouse, others only with the keyboard. Wat.
    - Getting past guards stealthily takes too long (waiting for them to turn around etc.).
    - The combat system is bad.
    - The map sucks. Often it's difficult to tell where to go next.

    AC Chronicles: China could have been a good game, but it's not fun to play, because of the technical issues. They should have made this a 3D Assassin's Creed instead.

    If you're looking for a 2D stealth game, Mark of the Ninja is better in almost every regard, except for the graphics.    … Expand
  8. sevifc
    Nov 7, 2016
    7
    Le sienta bien el 2D a la saga Assassin's Creed. Juego ambientado en China, con unos escenarios decentes, unas mecánicas de juego bastante entretenidas y una historia aceptable. Tu decides si matar a todo dios, o pasar desapercibido. La lucha con los jefes es nula, los combates podrían estar mas pulido y el sigilo es correcto sin mas. El juego es algo corto, pero aun asi, me parece un buenLe sienta bien el 2D a la saga Assassin's Creed. Juego ambientado en China, con unos escenarios decentes, unas mecánicas de juego bastante entretenidas y una historia aceptable. Tu decides si matar a todo dios, o pasar desapercibido. La lucha con los jefes es nula, los combates podrían estar mas pulido y el sigilo es correcto sin mas. El juego es algo corto, pero aun asi, me parece un buen titulo, entretenido y con el toque Assassin de siempre.… Expand
  9. mr-NachoMen
    Dec 12, 2018
    5
    For being an Assassin's Creed title, it tries something new and different in comparison to the rest of the series turn it into a 2D game alike... but it fails, aside from the visual art style which is based on Chinese ink, the game is frustrating difficult at times. It is important to complete side missions if you wan't to upgrade your life bar as an example, for each hit you take youFor being an Assassin's Creed title, it tries something new and different in comparison to the rest of the series turn it into a 2D game alike... but it fails, aside from the visual art style which is based on Chinese ink, the game is frustrating difficult at times. It is important to complete side missions if you wan't to upgrade your life bar as an example, for each hit you take you loose a bar, i tried to beat the game with two health bars (that's because i miss the side missions), at times, the levels are confusing which causes that you may not complete side missions or start them at all, enemies can detect you way to easy, combat combos requires tons of keys to be perform successfully.
    the point is. visually the game is stunning, but the game mechanics makes it way to hard to like it.    … Expand
  10. NfeKteD
    Jun 20, 2020
    7
    A spin-off game from the assassin's creed series with a platform / puzzle mechanic set in the universe of the series. In this game we play with Shao Jun, a character featured in AC: Embers (animated short that takes place after AC: Revelations). The game is fun and works well, with limitations in the setting and story due to the size / type of the game, but the art imitating a "drawing" isA spin-off game from the assassin's creed series with a platform / puzzle mechanic set in the universe of the series. In this game we play with Shao Jun, a character featured in AC: Embers (animated short that takes place after AC: Revelations). The game is fun and works well, with limitations in the setting and story due to the size / type of the game, but the art imitating a "drawing" is very interesting, a little disappointing because everyone expected this character and setting in a game of the franchise main, which can be a little difficult now since this game exists. A fun game for those who are a big fan, but if you are not totally a fan of the saga, other platform games will certainly be better.… Expand
  11. FRIST_008
    Feb 14, 2022
    7
    довольно неплохой платформер для фаната ассасинов, но что-то в нём не так, потому что после каждой главы ты его выключаешь, потому что ты, как будто выжат и устал... В общем душно
  12. GordFrenk
    May 11, 2021
    5
    5/10
    Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatisfactory
  13. The_D4RknesS
    Feb 25, 2023
    5
    this game could be wonderful but its biggest problem are the horrible controls and difficult to memorize because they are not simple like 3rd person games
  14. dr-kenobi
    Sep 7, 2022
    5
    It's fine for the time being, when you still wait for the next real AC, but overall it's just too simplified
  15. PenetratorGod
    Sep 1, 2023
    5
    It has a mediocre style that's not worth playing. Those who are curious about the story it tells can learn it by reading.

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Metascore
67

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 15
  3. Negative: 2 out of 15
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jul 8, 2015
    40
    Using assassin’s stealth techniques in a 2D environment didn't really succeed. It looks nice, and it even entertains for a moment. But do not expect anything more. [Issue#253]
  2. PC PowerPlay
    May 30, 2015
    70
    An interesting game, despite its hangups and frustrating difficulty. [June 2015, p.64]
  3. Telegraph
    May 20, 2015
    60
    There’s definite worth in this spin-off, and ample evidence that Climax can deliver, but a greater sense of adventure is needed if Chronicles is to truly soar.
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