Assassin's Creed

 Xbox 360
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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1450 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 426 out of 1450
  3. Negative: 132 out of 1450
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  1. VLG
    Aug 22, 2023
    9
    I loved this game when it was released, and didnt like any of the sequels. Had a lot of fun playing this as a teen.
  2. Lecere
    Mar 18, 2023
    10
    The game is just perfect after play this one we want to know what going on after i recomand
  3. spockivi
    Mar 10, 2023
    9
    Great game and the greatest beginning of a long history! Played game in 2022 for a first time and even graphic looks good
  4. neomoonsevin
    Nov 18, 2022
    10
    I never played this one until I played AC 3 that was my first step into playing this series anyway I like this game and still don't know what's going on but I like the exploration stuff and finding the baddies and collecting items good game
  5. JonnySlyPig
    Nov 6, 2022
    8
    I recently just completed this title after starting it a decade ago (thank you Xbox backwards compatibility). To my surprise it holds up well! However, it does overstay it’s welcome and should have ended two memory segments sooner. Overall I’d say the user reviews are spot on with a 7.6 score (at the time of writing this). Helpful tip: Master counter attacks!
  6. qwerm
    Aug 31, 2022
    9
    It was just a great idea - you are an assassin and at the same time an ordinary bartender. Switching between time periods; millennium-long worldwide conspiracies; good stealth mechanics and assassinations...
  7. atyoukha
    Jul 26, 2022
    10
    Loved it! It's a great start to the franchise. It does get repetitive, I will admit that, and there's some wonky mechanics but the storyline and characters are a treat.
  8. JJ2FAS4U
    Dec 28, 2021
    8
    Atmosphere: 9
    Enjoyment: 8
    Gameplay: 6
    Graphics: 9
    Music: 7
    Story: 7
    Total: 7.67
  9. Alex_Pilgrim008
    Sep 27, 2021
    8
    The first installment in the Assassin's Creed saga contains an intriguing premise, but falls short as a video game. However, it looks great and the controls are easy to master. Cinematic-ally speaking, this is The Matrix meets Kingdom of Heaven. The gameplay mixes the parkour movements from Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time with the stealth aspects of Hitman. But after a few hours,The first installment in the Assassin's Creed saga contains an intriguing premise, but falls short as a video game. However, it looks great and the controls are easy to master. Cinematic-ally speaking, this is The Matrix meets Kingdom of Heaven. The gameplay mixes the parkour movements from Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time with the stealth aspects of Hitman. But after a few hours, you'll find yourself doing the same things over and over again. The lack of mission variety and side diversions seriously hurts the experience. This is one of the most repetitive open-world adventure games you'll ever play. Despite its shortcomings, Assassin's Creed is a joy to play. The concept of the Animus is fascinating, the story is intriguing and the core gameplay is good. I would rate this with an 8.1 out of 10.… Expand
  10. CloudStrife05
    Aug 17, 2021
    8
    A great came that blew a lot of peoples minds away at the time of release. You definitely can see similarities to Ubi-Softs previous hit franchise Prince of Persia, which eventually they said that is how this game started.
  11. Alex002
    Apr 10, 2021
    10
    A good game, good story. I think it's underrated, yeah it is outdated but still, great game
  12. BeeSting1
    Jan 1, 2021
    8
    The start of an amazing trilogy. However, the first in the series has its faults.

    Pros - Graphics are great, environment depict the colonial ages nicely. - Climbing all over buildings and racing across roof tops is entertaining. - Voice acting is good. - The cities are lively and creates a realistic atmosphere. Especially the constant awareness you must have in order to    The start of an amazing trilogy. However, the first in the series has its faults.

    Pros

    - Graphics are great, environment depict the colonial ages nicely.

    - Climbing all over buildings and racing across roof tops is entertaining.

    - Voice acting is good.

    - The cities are lively and creates a realistic atmosphere. Especially the constant awareness you must have in order to avoid guards. The interesting to see the citizens react to your actions.

    - Silent assassinations are satisfying.

    - The plot is unique. The game makes the player wonder what is going to happen with the ties between the past and the present day assassins and Templars.

    - The story is great. The depth of the plot sets the foundations for a great trilogy.

    Cons

    - Altair (main character) cannot swim. In fact, he dies as he falls in water. As an assassin, it just does not make sense.

    - Missions can get repetitive. Find view points, locate and complete investigations, return to bureau. Rinse and repeat.

    - Minor glitches in some parts of the game. Controls can be a bit imprecise while leaping between objects and during combat.

    - The present day cut-scenes with Desmond and the animus, could have been given more emotion. The characters just seem emotionless except the doctor. Also, there is not much space you can explore in the present day world. All there is, is your bedroom and the animus room.

    - It is difficult to target a specific enemy when they come in large groups.

    - Lack of manual aim for throwing knives makes it impossible to throw knifes at archers on roof tops from the ground.    … Expand
  13. ChunkDump
    Dec 23, 2020
    8
    Ubisoft coming in strong with the king of stealth at that time. introducing next gen third person Parkour? what a game changer. from the hidden blade to your sword and skill tree to upgrade this one is a classic.
  14. punkmilitia
    Nov 24, 2020
    8
    TL;DR spoiler-free Review.

    Good story, especially the modern day stuff. Graphics were okay for the time, but the AI was poor.

    Overall: 80
  15. leedsunitedfan3
    Nov 27, 2013
    8
    I think if they re made this game keeping the story but making it less reptative it would be a 10.
  16. DzmitryBoston
    Jul 30, 2020
    9
    With all its ups and downs the assassin's creed series is a must-play. All games are enjoyable even though generic some times. A great inspiration for a history lover.
  17. FranCosen
    Jul 24, 2020
    8
    Muy buen juego, bastante original. La jugabilidad e historia están muy bien hechas.
  18. MarcosMelo
    Jun 26, 2020
    9
    Um dos games mais revolucionário que já joguei! Graças a esse jogo por ter a série AC continuado até hoje.
  19. iKen
    Apr 13, 2020
    8
    Played on XBOX 360.
    Gameplay: GOOD.
    Story: GOOD.
    Graphic: GOOD.
    Music/Sound: GREAT.
    Dialogue/Voice Acting: GREAT.
  20. Bernak1000
    May 22, 2019
    8
    History 8.7
    Graphics 8.5
    Gameplay 8.0
    Fun 7.5
    Final note 8.1 Good Game !!!!! The beginning of the saga
  21. Nandokan
    Jan 23, 2019
    8
    Aunque este juego no llegué a tenerlo en Xbox,la primera vez que lo jugué fue en casa de un colega que se lo había pillado y me encantó,recuerdo que no terminaba de hacerme a los controles pero sin duda me pareció una maravilla,nunca pensé que acabaría siendo fan de esta saga.
  22. Tenacidad963
    Nov 24, 2017
    8
    Este video juego está muy bien para ser del 2008. Tiene muchas limitaciones, pero la historia es buena, se repite las misiones con algunas variantes. Incomoda que el personaje muera al caer al agua entre otras cosas. La pelea final es poca cosa debido al bajo presupuesto, pero da satisfacción vencer aunque eso depende como lo percibe el jugador. Sin embargo, es un buen comienzo a la saga.Este video juego está muy bien para ser del 2008. Tiene muchas limitaciones, pero la historia es buena, se repite las misiones con algunas variantes. Incomoda que el personaje muera al caer al agua entre otras cosas. La pelea final es poca cosa debido al bajo presupuesto, pero da satisfacción vencer aunque eso depende como lo percibe el jugador. Sin embargo, es un buen comienzo a la saga.

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    This video game is very good to be from 2008. It has many limitations, but the story is good, the missions are repeated with some variants. It interferes that the character dies when falling into the water among other things. The final fight is little due to the low budget, but it gives satisfaction to win although that depends as the player perceives it. However, it's a good start to the saga.    … Expand
  23. FeerFrikazus
    Apr 28, 2017
    9
    El juego me gusto bastante, la temática de asesinos me parece buenísima, la historia es normal, el parkour me encanto al igual que las maneras de matar, no es un juego largo pero tampoco es corto, en fin el comienzo de una gran saga. Mi puntuación real seria un 8,6.
  24. Compi24
    Apr 24, 2017
    9
    Monotony may be a pervasive ailment of some of its latter moments, but "Assassin's Creed" does manage to successfully present a wholly gratifying stealth-action experience.
  25. Krzych
    Apr 2, 2017
    8
    A bit underrated game. It lacks some mechanics, but in terms of a story and the setting this is the most consistent and well thought AC game next to Black Flag. And the only one where you actually need to prepare and gather the information about your target and assassinations are much harder to perform due to limited mechanics and tools (no air assassinations and etc). The only AC gameA bit underrated game. It lacks some mechanics, but in terms of a story and the setting this is the most consistent and well thought AC game next to Black Flag. And the only one where you actually need to prepare and gather the information about your target and assassinations are much harder to perform due to limited mechanics and tools (no air assassinations and etc). The only AC game with some considerable difficulty. On the bad side the game is very repetitive. The story is intensive at the beginning and at the end while the middle of the game is very repetitive. But all the assassinations in the meanwhile are engaging and some scenes are really well made, but again, this is all very repetitive, coming back to the same cities and etc. One thing that annoyed me a lot are those few missions where you fight like 15 enemies at once, thats you nonsense that takes you out of the game and breaks immersion. Visual fidelity is surprisingly good for 10 year old game, it has its charm and a believable world, music is very good too. This game has some serious strengths and is the best out of the series in many regards, but it has some quite meaningful flaws as well. I gave it a 7 at first, but I appreciated it more with time and after playing more games from the series.… Expand
  26. Chris-Krollz
    Jan 10, 2017
    9
    Still to this day one of my most favorite games in general and in the series (even though I'd give a 10 to AC2)
    I never understood why people complained about the fact that it was repetitive. I liked how it was logical to eavesdrop on people to know about the target it made sense to investigate and made the assassination logical and built a sense of motivation as to the why you are doing    Still to this day one of my most favorite games in general and in the series (even though I'd give a 10 to AC2)
    I never understood why people complained about the fact that it was repetitive. I liked how it was logical to eavesdrop on people to know about the target it made sense to investigate and made the assassination logical and built a sense of motivation as to the why you are doing what you are doing.
    It's one of those rare open world game where I felt deeply connected to the story line and I wanted to dig in more.

    I also loved the open world between the cities and racing around with your horse and all. The setting was fantastic and the free runing was just unbelievable at that time! Combat was great and you got a real sense of empowerement being an assassin.

    I finished that game 2 times, I got 1000G and I'd love for Ubisoft to release it again on Next gen platforms.    … Expand
  27. agurczuk
    Aug 30, 2016
    8
    For an almost 10 year old game it still holds up to this day and is definitely worth picking up if you've never played an Assassin's Creed game before.

    The game tells a story of Desmond Miles - a descendant of Assassins - a secret organisation fighting with Templars. While Assassins strive to preserve freedom - Templars seek to control people. Desmond who lives in modern times is put by    For an almost 10 year old game it still holds up to this day and is definitely worth picking up if you've never played an Assassin's Creed game before.

    The game tells a story of Desmond Miles - a descendant of Assassins - a secret organisation fighting with Templars. While Assassins strive to preserve freedom - Templars seek to control people. Desmond who lives in modern times is put by Templars into Animus with which he can access genetic memories of his ancestors and re-lives the events happening in the third crusade times.

    The game is very atmospheric. The cities you visit during the game are big and extremely atmospheric. It really does feel like a crusader movie. The movement - ability to climb any building, run on the rooftops is very well done. The whole scope of the game does look impress. For the times this was released it is very impressive. Even today it still looks very good and holds its own.

    During the game you will kill a number of templars. And while all the tools seem to be present the game feels a bit repetitive. Each mission follows pretty much the same schematic - follow someone and eavesdrop on conversation to learn something, beat someone up, pickpocket someone else. In the end it does not affect the main mission much though. With additional Ubisoft dis tractors - climbing towers to reveal map and so on it's a completionist nightmare. Even more so that the side missions are even more repetitive than the core plot. The main missions at least vary from each other and are really fun to do.

    The strength of this game lies within stealth. Blending with the crowd, picking routes to avoid detection to deal the final blow. When executed properly it's really satisfying. The combat is a bit too easy. All you have to do is wait for a queue to counter and you can fight off a hundred men.

    The only problem I had was with an XBox controller which for some reason does not work well with the PC version of the game. And some keys are bound in a strange way without ability to re-bind them. Even using community fixes I couldn't get it to work exactly as it should.

    The whole story of Desmond Miles is a bit weak - and personally I would prefer for it to be strictly about Altair.

    Overall the game still holds up - worth picking up and playing through.    … Expand
  28. RedStarGamer275
    Aug 17, 2016
    8
    The first Assassin's Creed game was good, if a bit repetitive. I'll admit the climbing mechanics are clunky and annoying, but it was the first game and it was released back in 2007. The guard fights were repetitive and at times frustrating. The beggars and insane individuals were also very annoying. But aside from all of that, Assassin's Creed was a good game with a good story and goodThe first Assassin's Creed game was good, if a bit repetitive. I'll admit the climbing mechanics are clunky and annoying, but it was the first game and it was released back in 2007. The guard fights were repetitive and at times frustrating. The beggars and insane individuals were also very annoying. But aside from all of that, Assassin's Creed was a good game with a good story and good plot twist. I recommend to buy it if your a fan of the Assassin's Creed series.… Expand
  29. cish
    Oct 20, 2015
    8
    Revolutionary game for its time. The parkour was something that had never been used before in a game to my knowledge. The time period was great for the assassin setting. Only drawback is how repetitive the game is.
  30. pepelessar
    Jul 16, 2015
    8
    The prototype of the superb ACII. The story doesn't get interesting until the end and the game is quite repetitive. However, it was the beginning of one of the greatest videogame sagas.
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#32 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2007
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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 77 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 55 out of 77
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 77
  3. Negative: 0 out of 77
  1. Game Informer
    95
    Its stunning visual style, high concept story, and wildly open level design are like nothing else, even if too much repetition begins to frustrate in the later hours. It’s a game people will still be talking about five years from now.
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  2. GamePro
    100
    It's hard to put the sheer size and brilliance of Assassin's Creed into words. It is an epic game that you have to experience for yourself. I will caution that the game is not for the impatient or the faint of heart. While you can plow through the main storyline in under 20 hours, to truly get every single last shred of gaming goodness, you will probably have to put in twice that number.
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  3. GamesRadar+
    100
    With its riveting story, beautiful visuals and surprisingly lifelike world, Assassin's Creed is an incredibly deep, enjoyable game that kept us addicted from beginning to bizarre end.
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