Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

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  1. Tall_But_Short
    Oct 16, 2012
    7
    In terms of story for Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, it is a huge step down from its predecessor. But it does improve in gameplay and graphics in many ways, ranging from tiny to vast improvements
  2. MaidenEXP
    Nov 28, 2012
    7
    After the excellent job that Ubisoft made with Assassins Creed 2, this game continues with the same style and the same formule that had good results. One point of better graphics, the story stills been interesting and dinamic, the world is a bit smaller than the AC2 one, but it´s ok; and the final is so important for the other games future. The new multiplayer was the only new thing,After the excellent job that Ubisoft made with Assassins Creed 2, this game continues with the same style and the same formule that had good results. One point of better graphics, the story stills been interesting and dinamic, the world is a bit smaller than the AC2 one, but it´s ok; and the final is so important for the other games future. The new multiplayer was the only new thing, and was very espectacular. The worst of this game, for me, is that Ubisoft didn´t try to make something different and better. They still worked with the same thing. It´s ok, but something new is always better. Good game.… Expand
  3. chrisjones914
    Jun 13, 2013
    7
    Compared to Assassin's Creed II this game was very disappointing in my opinion. The Story was boring and the characters seemed very lackluster compared to its predecessor! However, the addition of a multiplayer mode definitely makes it stand out and at least worth a rental.
  4. shaul
    Jun 22, 2013
    7
    nice game, well plot, the multiplayer is very very bad and boring, the game is little short and its rapeat on himself in the story missions and in the side missions,
    the gameplay is very good
  5. bigboss1964
    Aug 12, 2014
    7
    Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
    Game-play:Same as the AC2 (that's not a bad thing)the climbing is good and the combat very good as well
    Story:The story is not something special but you will not board for 8 to 9 hours Graphics: Not even a small improvement from AC2 Notes:There is only one city in the game,Rome and i think that it looks bad really bad , it never gives you a feeling that    Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
    Game-play:Same as the AC2 (that's not a bad thing)the climbing is good and the combat very good as well
    Story:The story is not something special but you will not board for 8 to 9 hours
    Graphics: Not even a small improvement from AC2
    Notes:There is only one city in the game,Rome and i think that it looks bad really bad , it never gives you a feeling that you control a brotherhood,the online is good and fun,i recommend to buy it specially when the price drops    … Expand
  6. reubz1123
    Apr 9, 2016
    7
    Good game but it's a bit boring and not as good as II. It's quite good but not good enough as some of the other games it still should be played because it's a part of the Ezio trilogy. 71/100.
  7. mentalmannie
    Apr 13, 2016
    7
    This was the first video game I ever really played. I was pretty terrible at it, but I think the simple controls really helped me to get the hang of it quickly. As the game that got me into gaining, I feel that it deserves a higher rating, but since finishing the game last year, I've started to notice some of the areas that it is lacking in. I can't complain about Ezio, he was the exactThis was the first video game I ever really played. I was pretty terrible at it, but I think the simple controls really helped me to get the hang of it quickly. As the game that got me into gaining, I feel that it deserves a higher rating, but since finishing the game last year, I've started to notice some of the areas that it is lacking in. I can't complain about Ezio, he was the exact image I had in my head of what an assassin would be like. Some of the story was exciting and interesting, but I hardly knew what was going on half the time. Maybe I should play this game again and see how I feel about it now that I'm a more experienced player.… Expand
  8. Alvokun
    Feb 2, 2017
    7
    Brotherhood continued what Assassin's Creed II had started, so there was not much new as far as the campaign is concerned.

    It did include an online mode, but I did not like it particularly, to be frank. That's why I'm giving it a 7, since the campaign mode was slightly worse probably due to the inclusion of the online.
  9. TheCornflex
    Feb 1, 2018
    7
    I absolutely love the integration of the Multiplayer. On the other hand it feels way to similar to AC2. I wish there are more changes.
  10. Jyadaus
    Jan 24, 2020
    7
    Main missions still good like ACII. Different missions, different places (not all maybe...). Scenario is short, really short. Details? Meh. Not quite good. But when liberation of Rome has started, thats going be interesting. Because Brotherhood mechanics are really interesting! But still not good. With few changes, Characters still same with ACII. Changes are good.

    Openworld is worst    Main missions still good like ACII. Different missions, different places (not all maybe...). Scenario is short, really short. Details? Meh. Not quite good. But when liberation of Rome has started, thats going be interesting. Because Brotherhood mechanics are really interesting! But still not good. With few changes, Characters still same with ACII. Changes are good.

    Openworld is worst than ACII, but side missions is better than ACII. Only one city concept is not good like ACII in my opinion. But for this game, maybe... Borgia Towers, Leonardo's War Machines are really good things. You can get Brutus' armor, but worst than Ezio's armor. AND more important thing is... BROTHERHOOD! Yep, you can create an Assassin Brotherhood. You can send them to missions, or use on Rome to fight or assassination. Really cool! In ACII, we are rebuilding Monteriggioni, in ACB, we are rebuilding Rome and if you want to rebuild Rome you need destroy Borgia Tower.

    When we start modern day path, we are doing parkour with Lucy. Yep, thats maybe good, but parkour is copy paste. Really, we are doing same thing over and over. Meh. But we can read e-mails, and make joke with Altair. Really. Lol. But the end of modern day is great!

    Combat system is more arcade than second game. I should give 5 point for combat system. But the Brotherhood mechanics changes everything! You can use them on fight, and this is really cool!

    I feel same parkour mechanics with ACII. So, not better, not worst.    … Expand
  11. okayokay
    Oct 10, 2018
    7
    rrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddiiiiiiiiiiicccccccccccaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllll
  12. Pedrollelo
    Jun 12, 2020
    7
    Por ser uma continuação direta do Assassin's Creed II, o jogo não contextualiza quem não jogou o anterior, mas ainda consegue divertir. É uma conclusão satisfatória do confronto Auditore-Bórgia e traz melhorias a elementos do jogo anterior, como combate, parkour e personagens. Nós vemos todo mundo do outro jogo nesse, e eu senti que todos os personagens tiveram bons momentos e não foramPor ser uma continuação direta do Assassin's Creed II, o jogo não contextualiza quem não jogou o anterior, mas ainda consegue divertir. É uma conclusão satisfatória do confronto Auditore-Bórgia e traz melhorias a elementos do jogo anterior, como combate, parkour e personagens. Nós vemos todo mundo do outro jogo nesse, e eu senti que todos os personagens tiveram bons momentos e não foram mal utilizados. Como no outro jogo nós conseguíamos acessar diversas cidades, a ausência das mesmas faz falta durante a gameplay, Roma me cansou rápido. A soundtrack, que também tem músicas que vêm do jogo anterior às vezes é mal implementada, músicas com no máximo 4 notas ficam em loop e pode acabar enchendo o saco. O que mais brilhou nesse jogo foram as side-missions, muito fodas. Elas respondem dúvidas do passado e do futuro de Ezio e muitas vezes são mais elaboradas do que as missões principais, pra mim foram perfeitas. Ainda no tópico das missões, uma coisa muito bunda são os objetivos opcionais das missões, que em outros jogos do Assassin's te fazem jogar de maneiras diferentes e se divertir mais, enquanto nesse jogo, o primeiro a implementar isso na franquia, esses objetivos podem acabar completamente com momentos divertidos no jogo. O jogo é bom, mas a atmosfera faz ele parecer curto. É necessário jogar o II pra ter uma experiência completa.… Expand
  13. martinho_99
    Mar 11, 2022
    7
    More of the same but really okay, the impressive size of rome was setting new standards back in the day.
  14. Domdom21br
    Nov 9, 2021
    7
    como eu joguei assassin's creed mais recentes, eu não aprendi muito bem a controlar o personagem e isso me atrapalhou para jogar, a historia eu nao posso falar pois eu não entendo muito ingles e espanhol, mas o jogo é legalzinho, o problema maior é a repetição dele
  15. dzsimarci
    Feb 1, 2023
    7
    I think Brotherhood is an improvement to Assassin's Creed 2 in only gameplay. There wasn't any annoying missions, combat felt smoother and better from the start. The parkour was also improved. The story is what I wasn't really interested in I just couldn't really get into it, though I liked the endgame where things kind of got faster and actual interesting things happened.
  16. dmonee
    Feb 24, 2011
    6
    I don't know where to begin with this one. Let me pre-face my next sentence by stating that I have played alot of "Infamous" on my PS3. Making the transition to Brotherhood, sucked. The controls feel unresponsive and sluggish. I can never quite get Ezio to do what I want him to do and this made the game extremely frustrating for me. I don't understand how games like Infamous and evenI don't know where to begin with this one. Let me pre-face my next sentence by stating that I have played alot of "Infamous" on my PS3. Making the transition to Brotherhood, sucked. The controls feel unresponsive and sluggish. I can never quite get Ezio to do what I want him to do and this made the game extremely frustrating for me. I don't understand how games like Infamous and even Uncharted, hell, throw in some Prince of Persia, and how these games get the "Parkour" aspect of these games right, but it just seems off on AC: Brotherhood. I'm disappointed. Not only is this not really a true sequel, It just does more of the same. I found the hidden memory segments of the game to be to hard to figure out. Who knew that the number 48 was a chemical compostion of 'something" and I was supposed to know that, the mineral is what is found on Mt. Washington in N.H. which would lead me to the answer, and still make me have to solve one of those Da Vinci code like puzzles, and then send me to a round 2 of it, just for a fuzzy video clip of nothing. Ummmmmmm. Hmmmmmmmm. You really need to be a symbologist solve some of these riddles. This game was an utter disappointment to me. I know alot of work went into it, and I can appreciate that. All I can say is, anyone who didn't like the first two games, then stay away. Anyone that enjoyed the first two games and thinks this game is going to be the best and take you to the promisland, then you will be dissapointed, because all game is, is a very long expansion.pack to part 2. P.S. the multiplayer is tacked on and makes it almost impossible for any newbies to succeed. An instant turn off to anyone picking this game up late, and also becoming a problem with multiplayer games in general.… Expand
  17. M3chaGr4n
    Nov 29, 2010
    6
    Hello there. I am going to be completely honest with you, I loved AC and AC2 and I was genuinely excited about this game. More so than Black Ops (thank goodness!) and I wondered what they would come up with next because I was 'told' via the utube previews to expect, much better fighting, more exciting missions and strength in depth etc. Again whilst this cannot claim to be an 'in depth'Hello there. I am going to be completely honest with you, I loved AC and AC2 and I was genuinely excited about this game. More so than Black Ops (thank goodness!) and I wondered what they would come up with next because I was 'told' via the utube previews to expect, much better fighting, more exciting missions and strength in depth etc. Again whilst this cannot claim to be an 'in depth' review I feel it is important to be accurate about what you are actually buying here:
    You are buying a large expansion pack. Admittedly you are buying an expansion pack worth at least £15.00 ish and the detail is incredible in terms of what Rome looks like BUT my gripes are as follows: Fighting: ok, so the only difference I could discern was that now sometimes a guard (if there is more than one) can grab you for about 5 seconds until you work out how to break the grab. So fighting is still, 1,2,3,4,5, 'fighting by the numbers' it feels as it did last time, contrived and annoying and in fact after the first few BIG kills I avoided it; which is a shame because fighting is what this game should be thriving upon. In addition, similar to many games out there, for whatever reasons, although technology will allow it developers shy away from realism. To put it bluntly, If I swing a bearded two handled axe that historically weighed upwards of 50 lb at your head, I expect, upon contact, nay demand for that head to go bouncing down the street spraying onlookers with blood and bits of head. Itâ    … Expand
  18. asian
    Nov 27, 2010
    6
    i have mixed feeling about this gaeme. on one hand it's amazing yet on the other i feel as if i've been cheated out of a great experience. story wise it's very solid and i enjoyed it but the ending alone made me both mad and antsy to await the next game. they put just the right amount of side quests to make it somewhat worth wild, but in the end it is still just an add on to assains creedi have mixed feeling about this gaeme. on one hand it's amazing yet on the other i feel as if i've been cheated out of a great experience. story wise it's very solid and i enjoyed it but the ending alone made me both mad and antsy to await the next game. they put just the right amount of side quests to make it somewhat worth wild, but in the end it is still just an add on to assains creed 2. they should have made this a dlc and sold it for 20 dollars. online is the same story. i came in with tremendous expectaions and was dissapointed. don't get me wrong. online is probably the best part of this game yet there are so many things wrong with it. i don't want to spoil it but go and see it for yourself. i want to give it a higher score but i just can't.… Expand
  19. Blubble
    Feb 6, 2011
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I had high hopes for this game and while there are many great aspects of the game, overall, I was let down. The first major problem is the controls. There are so many commands sharing very similar key and stick combinations that it can cause you to make frustrating mistakes. - Jump away from wall and climb jump use the same buttons. It's too easy to mix these two up and end up jumping of tall towers. - The carry and loot both share the circle key. Sometimes, even when I'm tapping and holding, the game will cause me to pick up a body instead of looting it. - various others

    Overall, I noticed a lot of bugginess and poor design decisions when it comes to the controls. The levels where you "fight" with the Apple of Eden are a complete waste. This has to be one of the dumbest weapons in video game history. Basically, it lets you cast a weak, nearly useless spell . You end up running around waiting for it to charge up while evading the guards. I would much rather have fought. However, the absolute worst part of the game is the inclusion of the modern day levels. The levels are boring and uninteresting compared to the Ezio levels. What's worse is that you're forced to sit through long, very stupid cutscenes that you can't skip. The modern day backstory in general is very poor. The game would have been a lot better without it. Having said all that, it does have a lot of good parts. Most of the Ezio missions are enjoyable. The fighting is fun. Rome looks beautiful and has a lot of variety. It's a good game crippled by some major blunders. I should start renting games before plonking down $70 for them. Had tried this game first, I never would have bought it.    … Expand
  20. kowalski
    Nov 30, 2012
    6
    ACII was a truly great title: several cities to explore, each one very different from the other, great story, interesting ending. AC Brotherhood continues that familiar (if not boring at times) path, tries out the same formula, but instead of adding, it seems to take away. This time, there's basically only one city - Rome - a large venue, which is much less of a good feature than itACII was a truly great title: several cities to explore, each one very different from the other, great story, interesting ending. AC Brotherhood continues that familiar (if not boring at times) path, tries out the same formula, but instead of adding, it seems to take away. This time, there's basically only one city - Rome - a large venue, which is much less of a good feature than it sounds. There are very few enhancements, and the game feels stale and boring. There are some experiments, like synchonising the story 100% (for example, finish a mission in a certain amount of time, which is a huge annoyance and an warm invitation to cheating). There seem to be a lot more bugs in Brotherhood - plus the biggest one (controls) has not only not been fixed, it's gotten worse. Sometimes, it's hard to make Ezio do the things you want to do, sometimes he randomly jumps in different direction than assumed (previously mentioned 100% seems impossible more than often). The story doesn't stick anymore and Rome isn't as half as charming as Firenze, much less Venice. It's a shame that Brotherhood is such a letdown, and to any who want continuing the trilogy, think if it's worth it - Brotherhood may disappoint you so much your warm feelings about ACII will go down the drain.… Expand
  21. impedido10
    Mar 29, 2012
    6
    Its an awsome game at the begining ,but when u reached the midle game it becomes boring,it has awsome fight techiniques ,it has little of stealth (it needs to be improved) but i think its good but it needs to have more maps like in AC 2 610
  22. CappuccinoGamer
    May 3, 2013
    6
    Really enjoyed AC:II so I was eager to play Brotherhood unfortunately it was not what I was hoping for. It felt less like an epic story and more like a collection of side quests strung loosely together. Many of the objectives in this game were frustrating and pointlessly difficult. Less challenge, more repeat until success.
    In addition, the camera seemed to have been tweaked in this game    Really enjoyed AC:II so I was eager to play Brotherhood unfortunately it was not what I was hoping for. It felt less like an epic story and more like a collection of side quests strung loosely together. Many of the objectives in this game were frustrating and pointlessly difficult. Less challenge, more repeat until success.
    In addition, the camera seemed to have been tweaked in this game and moved around a lot; resulting in often having the camera behind trees or a building when mid fight which annoyed me no end.
    Still a good game, but not up to the standard I'd hoped given my love for it's predecessors.    … Expand
  23. flyingdonut55
    Jan 12, 2014
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ezio really shined to me in AC2 up until the end, where all of his efforts to accomplish his revenge mission was all for nothing. That´s when I really disliked him. And this entry didn´t help at all. He wasn´t funny anymore, he seemed blank, and I facepalmed at his excuse of why he didn´t kill the Pope. If he had killed the Pope, Cesar Borgia wouldn´t have been informed by him of the location of the Assassin Order (Monteriggioni), he wouldn´t have stolen the Piece of Eden, AND he wouldn´t have killed Mario in the first place! It dont´t matter if the Pope wasn´t dead at that time according to history, you could have taken liberties, a complete different universe where history was rewritten! Anyway, enough of Ezio´s talk. The story is pretty much the same as AC2: a family member is killed, you go get your revenge, except less memorable and more sillier. Secondary characters are mostly from AC2, but not good as they were previously, with perhaps the exception of Bartolomeo and a little bit of Claudia. Gameplay has taken steps backwards, with a fighting system that is ridiculously easy, and while parkour can still be fun, especially when you go to the highest point of the Roman Colosseum, it´s not as rewarding as Venice or Florence. Assassin´s Guild is completely pointless, because you won´t ever need help in combat. And the game ends on a sour note, clearly copying AC2´s horrible ending in a horrible fashion. The multiplayer, though, is really fun, a refreshing change from first-person shooter multiplayers, with abilities and a deep progression system. Now I would give Brotherhood a red rating, but I give it credit for having a fun multiplayer, decent graphics and a very few fun missions. But overall, it falls behind AC2.… Expand
  24. edwartexe
    Mar 11, 2015
    6
    i know my opinion will be drowned by hundres of fanboys but here we go:
    the game is okay. what it does best is giving a false sence of achievement. why is this? well the recruits are just iddle minigames based on time. the guards and dificulty is to laught for. the upgrades and damage are meaningles due to how the combat works. money literaly comes out of nowhere, youll never struggle    i know my opinion will be drowned by hundres of fanboys but here we go:
    the game is okay. what it does best is giving a false sence of achievement. why is this? well the recruits are just iddle minigames based on time. the guards and dificulty is to laught for. the upgrades and damage are meaningles due to how the combat works. money literaly comes out of nowhere, youll never struggle for money in this game. literaly you have to put effort into loosing in fight with 2 guards.
    this is no stealth game, its a sandbox that looks like one. stealth not only is too easy but meaningless (crossbow) ezio can fight 10+ guys no problem so there's no incentive to being silent. the game actualy has to make some mission "lose if detected" because it cant justify a situation where ezio is overpowered by the guards and it just feels like a cheap win condition that way.
    the story is okay ... but not that interesting and to be honest i was more focused in what desmond's plot was about than ezio's ( and because desmond's is segmented along the franchise its just way too short)
    nope ... not that good    … Expand
  25. njja02
    May 15, 2018
    6
    Pretty much the same quality as AC2. Some fun to be had, but still lacking in story and variety.
  26. coolwali
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    While a small improvement on the gameplay over its predecessor, Brotherhood doesn't make enough improvements and inherits many of the issues 2 had. The Boring combat, rigid stealth and inconsistent story all return to bring down the experience
  27. MaxieZeus
    Sep 2, 2022
    6
    Basically Assassin's creed II with improved gameplay that makes the game too easy, a smaller map and a worse story. Still a decent game.
  28. malarie
    Dec 24, 2010
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is just an Assasins Creed 2.5. People giving this game a 10 dont know what they are talking about. 1st: Bugs. I have found myself in the middle of the sky many times.
    2nd: The mission system is flawed, these "achievements" to complete missions to 100% is dull. There is no way for a casual gamer like myself to finish it to 100% compared to AC2 where it was based on exploration instead of technique.
    3rd: AC2 was better, more immersive and the small city you had to rebuild felt like home way more than in Rome.    … Expand
  29. realreview97
    Mar 11, 2011
    5
    I really don't know whats all the fuss about this game. Ive seen my friend play it and its so boring! And looks jaw droppingly easy. I mean your assassin will jump down from a building and kill a guard whilst all the other guards will just stand around and watch you! How pathetic and unrealistic. And for such a recent game, i would have thought the graphics would be better. The game isI really don't know whats all the fuss about this game. Ive seen my friend play it and its so boring! And looks jaw droppingly easy. I mean your assassin will jump down from a building and kill a guard whilst all the other guards will just stand around and watch you! How pathetic and unrealistic. And for such a recent game, i would have thought the graphics would be better. The game is very boring, looks extremely easy and i mean, heck, what guy runs around an Italian city wearing a plain white tunic and cape holding a sword and not look suspicious? I mean what assassin runs around like that? Really unrealistic.… Expand
  30. gamer2013
    Jan 8, 2013
    5
    an average game with good and bad points

    GOOD: great graphics, stories, gameplay and jumping
    BAD: hard difficulty, small map and repetitive missions

    dont get the game
  31. MyTopREVIEWS_LV
    Jan 14, 2015
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. For their third entry, Ubi-soft had to make changes to the game. First of all COMBAT has ben totaly changed.
    No more waiting for the right moment to laucnh a counterstrike on your enemies, now you can combine your kills, making dealing with 5 or 6 enemies at a time.......too easy!?

    The new combat mechanig, although visualy good, made the game too easy. The only way that most people that played the game died was via desynchronisation or falling from tall buildings with low health.
    This took some of the excitement out of the game.
    The next big edition to the game was the ability to recruit assassins to help you in missions or in free roam. A fun way to lose a couple of hours in the game, but they had minimal connection to the story and the ending of the game.
    The story takes place in Rome, where Ezio must avenge his uncles death and retrieve the POE from the Borgia family. At first the story seamed exciting but soon after you get to a sertain point or the game it gets booring to say the least. Not only there are far lesser assassination missions of key templars, but the missions themselves were dissatisfactory,
    The graphics also seem a bit off. considering that the first two games were great looking. Rome didnt bring me the satisfaction to treverse than Florence, Venice of Jerusalem.

    Not only was the story shorter than AC2, but it was dissatisfactional. The main villain seemed like a fussy baby than a evil conquerer. At his confrontation with his father at the end of the game was funny.
    And after that cutscene there was one line that he said repeatedly throughout the mission... "Give me the apple.......It is mine not yours!"... This perticular line made me laught.
    Not the best entry in the series, but not the worst.    … Expand
  32. Fake-BigWeld
    May 16, 2020
    5
    There was a potentially good game here,but the huge scope of the world and typical copy and paste content is its downfall, bigger isn't always better.

    The sword combat has been improved again and finally I can say its pretty damn fun this time around with the introduction to execution streaks. One shotting enemies one after the other and parrying anyone who tries to break your combo is    There was a potentially good game here,but the huge scope of the world and typical copy and paste content is its downfall, bigger isn't always better.

    The sword combat has been improved again and finally I can say its pretty damn fun this time around with the introduction to execution streaks. One shotting enemies one after the other and parrying anyone who tries to break your combo is badass. Visually the game looks great, much improving upon its predecessors in most ways. However due to the size of the environment that the game prominently takes place in, a lot of obvious pop in can occur while travelling around on horseback.

    Speaking of pop in, the game is poorly optimised, constant frame rate drops plagued the experience throughout my entire playthrough, occasionally the game froze momentarily during these frame rate dips. The huge scope of the world means there is more empty space. Galloping about on a horse is slow and boring, and there is just not a lot of things to do in the environment that maintained my interest, there's a lot of content here, but it is all the same copy and pasted content I've come to expect from the AC series. Tailing missions, being the worst part about Assassin's Creed 2, return in full force in Brotherhood. Around 70% of the game's main story missions are either tailing missions or escort missions and again they are the absolute bottom of the barrel garbage "gameplay" sections, slowing down the pace of the game to a screeching halt. These are easily the biggest offender that impacted my enjoyment of the game.

    There were a few times I was playing Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and having a blast, mainly during dungeons and sword fights. But a majority of the game's content and playtime is spent doing the same side quests repeatedly and incredibly tedious tailing missions. Unfortunately, I was not having any fun at all during most of my playtime with this game.    … Expand
  33. penmumble
    Feb 15, 2022
    5
    The game aged poorly, giving it a lot of frustrating barriers in gameplay. But the plot ion this game is very interesting and the world is exciting to explore. I loved the Brotherhood aspect in this.
  34. JrDouble
    May 21, 2023
    5
    Why do I keep playing these games? The Assassin's Creed franchise is garbage and Ubisoft is the garbage dump. I decree that I will never play another Assassin's Creed, or Ubisoft, game again. Die Ubisoft, die Assassin's Creed... please!
  35. AllO
    Feb 9, 2011
    4
    adds nothing new, boring go here-kill x-repeat quests, story and characterisation is shockingly poor, especially the ending. please, please, please, please, PLEASE - do yourself a favour and skip this one, or if you just have to get that free-run-jump-off-building-stab-guy feeling, just go back and play II, its not like you will notice the difference
  36. PicayuneBill
    May 19, 2015
    4
    I am really disappointed in this game. From memory 5 or 6=, whenever you get the apple, you have to option to change weapons. I had mistakenly equipped a two handed sword and was forced to play for the rest of the time with that slow ass weapon. Total CRAP. I didn't even have to complete the Romulus series or anything to complete the game. SOOOOOOOO very disappointed in this game.
  37. Ishi123
    Aug 25, 2018
    4
    Nowhere near the levels of quality or fun as AC2. Horrible gameplay, thoughtless level design, arduous missions that restrict you constantly instead of just letting you do things your way. It's a bad game. The only saving grace is that it's not Revelations.
  38. banjoo
    Nov 25, 2010
    3
    The problem with these AAA game titles is that once you've written the script, hired a cast of voice actors, created the cutscenes, hired a few historians for historical accuracy, consulted with art experts, brought in period costume experts, scored and recorded the soundtrack, green screened all the motion capture stuff etc, etc,etc... there doesn't seem to be much time or money left toThe problem with these AAA game titles is that once you've written the script, hired a cast of voice actors, created the cutscenes, hired a few historians for historical accuracy, consulted with art experts, brought in period costume experts, scored and recorded the soundtrack, green screened all the motion capture stuff etc, etc,etc... there doesn't seem to be much time or money left to devote to the actual gameplay.

    So what we are left with is the world of 15th century Rome, brought to lush life populated with interesting characters and so on - but with laughable gameplay, mostly consisting of triggering a mission, walking to the indicator on the map, find the target and hit x to kill him. Preferably where no one can see the act, but this game is so easy this time round that even if 20 guards attack you afterwards, it is no problem to fight them off.

    Of course, there's also the treadmill aspects always thrown into these games, combing the map for flags and treasures, a rooftop beat-the-clock race or two. Doing all these tasks is pleasurable enough in the context of the sandbox world, and can certainly be addictive as players are driven to achieve 100% completion on everything, but it's an addictive similar to playing Minesweeper, you don't need to think - you're on a treadmill. If you took out the sandbox world, and just chained the missions together, the game would be a laughing stock, there is no depth to the game mechanics/AI at all. Old games like Thief, Thief II, Hidden and Dangerous 2, were not as pretty, but they were hard, involved strategy and skill, and ultimately were much more satisfying. The same all style/no substance phenomenon has plagued Hollywood blockbuster movies for years now. When so much money is at stake - game publishing companies are traded on the stock exchange and CEO's interviewed in the Wall Street Journal - you don't want to take risks and experiment, you shoot straight for the lowest common denominator. It's unfortunate that the same thing is happening to the game industry, but with the budgets involved (the first two Assassin's Creeds brought in over $1 billion at retail, and AAA game budgets are in the 10s of millions) it's probably inevitable.    … Expand
  39. Avromie
    Dec 29, 2010
    3
    Unless you enjoy jumping through pretty hoops for hours on end, don't waste you time and money on this game. Assassin's Creed (number one) was a special game because the skills involved were all new: assassination, climbing, jumping, balancing, etc. Assassin's Creed 3 is worn thin. We've seen all the flash before. What we need is new skills to be able to do. Unfortunately, that'sUnless you enjoy jumping through pretty hoops for hours on end, don't waste you time and money on this game. Assassin's Creed (number one) was a special game because the skills involved were all new: assassination, climbing, jumping, balancing, etc. Assassin's Creed 3 is worn thin. We've seen all the flash before. What we need is new skills to be able to do. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen. Like most games that make it big, this game has decided to stick with the original gameplay, and add cinematics, graphics and voices to make up for it. What we're left with is a bad game and a good movie. I found myself getting fed up with the nonsense and just wanting to see the cutscenes. That's not a game, that's a movie. A game is about controlling a character. In AC:B, the gameplay is hindering, not freeing. You know how much fun it was to climb over everything before to be able to accomplish the objective however you could? Well, how about being forced to run hundreds of slightly different climbing mazes? Wait...wait...we'll throw in confusing twists so it's maddeningly frustrating. One example: every synchronization tower now has a slightly different (just enough to trick you) climbing maze. Sounds like fun, right? The game abounds with the same frustrating cinematic angles during gameplay the routinely obstruct your view of the action. The original bugs, like jumping at slightly off the correct angle sometimes not being corrected (and killing you) is not fixed but compensated for with multiple save points during climbs and missions. This helps because one of the ways the designers have found to make all this a little more fun is not telling you a catch before you start a new mission (which kills you, of course). For example: Mission: Follow the gondola. Surprise: Touch it and die. Mission: Chase some guy (again). Catch: There are guards everywhere, and if you don't follow a certain exact path -that you can only find out through trial and dying over and over- it's impossible to win. It's turns out to be so ironic. The thing that made AC so good in the beginning, ie opening up a huge range of motion to allow maximum freedom and control, is now used to restrict your freedom in the game by making the entire game following a precise series of hoops to jump through. Of course it still has good graphics and movie production values which is why I didn't give it a zero. But even with the gorgeous scenery and weird video-game jerky-motion sex scene in the beginning, this is a huge waste of money and time.… Expand
  40. Daniel_the_Jew
    Feb 14, 2013
    3
    I can't comprehend why this game has so many positive review. It's without a doubt the worst in the Assassin's Creed franchise. It hardly feels like a new game. It feels like a New Game for Assassin's Creed II, which includes infuriating enemies and impossible time limits. Not to mention that Rome is the worst Assassin's Creed local I've played. Either the buildings were poorlyI can't comprehend why this game has so many positive review. It's without a doubt the worst in the Assassin's Creed franchise. It hardly feels like a new game. It feels like a New Game for Assassin's Creed II, which includes infuriating enemies and impossible time limits. Not to mention that Rome is the worst Assassin's Creed local I've played. Either the buildings were poorly designed so my character basically ends up hanging around not climbing, or they deliberately put up areas where you can't climb at all. I can't tell you how many times I've needed to get to a location, that I could see on my map was no more than a few meters away, but because the cliffs are not climbable, I had to take a 5 minute detour around the damn thing. Seriously, if you're going to extend the play time by making it mandatory to walk around the map, you're doing it wrong! Also, the horses suck in this game. Only time you can gallop are a couple of levels outside the city. Anytime you're in Rome, you're only allowed to trot, which seems slower than running around the damn map yourself. Assassin's Creed II was a great game. And Assassin's Creed III is an amazing game. But Brotherhood just FEELS like it was slapped together within a matter of months. Honestly, my favorite part of Brotherhood was the end credits, knowing that I would never again have to endure this horrible piece of I can't recommend to game to anyone.… Expand
  41. Diablo_Dallas
    Jun 28, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Words can not describe the hate I feel for this big pile of trash. I love Ezio Auditore but AC Brotherhood is just downright bad. Controls are miserable, level design is crappy, all kinds of bugs and the horses are practically useless. Playing it on platinum is just a pain in the ass.… Expand
  42. Rondalh
    Sep 18, 2021
    0
    This game is perfect example how much worse AC series was before and how it slowly got better starting with AC 4, that was pretty much first very good AC game, everything before 4 is just meaningless and boring. Unity and Syndicate were also great and Valhalla is decent.
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#7 Best PS3 Game of 2010
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#7 Most Discussed PS3 Game of 2010
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#11 Most Shared PS3 Game of 2010

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Metascore
90

Universal acclaim - based on 59 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 57 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 59
  3. Negative: 0 out of 59
  1. GamingXP
    Jul 8, 2011
    89
    Recommended to fans of the franchise and also to newcomers. While the single player campaign is entertaining and offers a lot of content, the multiplayer mode is only average. It's a nice goodie, nothing more. The atmosphere, the localization and the videos are pretty well done, which let the player forget time and play hours.
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  2. Absolute Games
    Feb 25, 2011
    80
    Assasssin's Creed: Brotherhood has great atmosphere, beautiful visuals, and overall excellent craftsmanship… Just don't expect anything new beyond the multiplayer.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Jan 25, 2011
    100
    Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is a more than a worthy addition to the series canon. The similar setting of renaissance Italy will trick folks into assuming this is a half-arsed expansion, but honestly, this feels like Assassin's Creed 2.99. Don't be fooled by Brotherhood's cunningly familiar disguise. Mark it as a fresh target, pounce and take it down. [January 2011 p66]
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