Assassin's Creed

 Xbox 360
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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1450 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 132 out of 1450
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  1. MarkT.
    Nov 16, 2007
    8
    The game is very creative and fun to play but the repatition is felt to much in this game like ubisoft focused on some things but not others or payed to little attention to it....liek every time you save a citizen they usully say 1 of 4 things...makin every citizen say sumthing different would have been nice...but other then little things like that this game owns.
  2. KevinR.
    Nov 16, 2007
    7
    An awful story and only decent gameplay take what could have been a truly historic game and make it utterly average, aside from graphics (though even they have a ton of glitches).
  3. FredN.
    Nov 17, 2007
    7
    Very boring game after a while. Not enough variety, missions all the same. I cant understand how Ubisoft could make some many mistakes in this title it could have been a massive hit.
  4. Amnesiac
    Nov 17, 2007
    8
    Listen folks, this is a great game, it looks fantastic and you get that atmospheric feel, that sucks you in + the narrative is great and thought provoking. But it is too repetitive and to be honest the controls are at times a little annoying in two contradictory ways. First at times when climbing etc it seems a little simple, like you
  5. iKen
    Apr 13, 2020
    8
    Played on XBOX 360.
    Gameplay: GOOD.
    Story: GOOD.
    Graphic: GOOD.
    Music/Sound: GREAT.
    Dialogue/Voice Acting: GREAT.
  6. Sean-M
    Jul 23, 2020
    7
    Not so great start for a franchise, but still it had so many new ideas and mechanics that it survived.
  7. GamingSoldier
    Oct 21, 2013
    6
    assasins creed 4 is coming out so im reviewing the series
    pros:altair is the coolest guy ever, interesting premise, assassinating people is as fun as possible, open world, combat is fun enough, cool historical stuff
    cons: combat is the easiest thing ever, next to no replay value, lack of extras
  8. memus
    Dec 20, 2020
    6
    Playing this in 2020 is weird. I see how this game jumpstarted a successful series: the concept has a lot of potential and the setup with Animus is smart. It's just not a great game yet. Kinda empty.

    Pros: * The leap of faith! * Pseudo-science of reading your genes to access memories * The assassins working in different cities has diverse personalities. And their attitude to Altair    Playing this in 2020 is weird. I see how this game jumpstarted a successful series: the concept has a lot of potential and the setup with Animus is smart. It's just not a great game yet. Kinda empty.

    Pros:
    * The leap of faith!
    * Pseudo-science of reading your genes to access memories
    * The assassins working in different cities has diverse personalities. And their attitude to Altair changes as you progress with the game. That's great.
    * Assassinations are the gem of the game. All the targets are weird and you attack them during their show off. Delicious! My favorite one was the fat sultan poisoning the crowd with the fountain. Bravo.
    * Free running missions are cool. Slow, methodical and enjoyable.

    Cons:
    * The cities look more or less the same. The real sightseeing starts with AC2.
    * Side-missions are repetitive and boring.
    * The one-button combat system sucks. The attack timing is weird. And with many enemies you just press X one million times. It gets especially repetitive during the final boss section. And because of that the game ends on the low note.
    * The main story twist is so cliche and can be seen from 100 miles away. It wasn't a surprise at all.
    * The achievements are just unfair. Collect 400+ flags, seriously? Replay the game to get all dialogue options with Lucy, gamedevs are you evil or what?
    * The Abstergo levels are also lame. You can't do anything. You can't even run.
    * Altair is an **** His personality is so negative and underdeveloped. So it's hard to emphasise with him. Ezio is going to be such a step up.
    * And finally, the Kingdom area is boring. It's just an empty loading screen not a great world-building.    … Expand
  9. 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.
  10. kvnd
    Aug 20, 2020
    7
    This game low key blew my mind back in 2007 when it dropped. I would just stand at the top of a building, panning the camera around, taking in the sheer vastness of the HD world. Assassin's Creed just felt so fresh at the time and I really enjoyed the story & the general gameplay too. The caveat is that this beautiful and fun game is pretty much the same mission repeated about a dozenThis game low key blew my mind back in 2007 when it dropped. I would just stand at the top of a building, panning the camera around, taking in the sheer vastness of the HD world. Assassin's Creed just felt so fresh at the time and I really enjoyed the story & the general gameplay too. The caveat is that this beautiful and fun game is pretty much the same mission repeated about a dozen times, which can get old/tedious pretty fast for some people. Luckily the game was so fun and visually breathtaking that it was easy for me to keep coming back until I eventually completed the game. So yeah, the first AC is far from perfect but it's definitely worth playing if you somehow never got around to the series.… Expand
  11. frederik1478
    Jan 1, 2022
    5
    Assassin's creed one is a solid foundation for franchise but it the hardest to play today. Not because the game is bad Just because it's kind of teachers and gets boring counter fast The Story is interesting and its compelling to play but every time you have to play the game you will become to get tired because it's just not all the way there the foundation is there but all the thingsAssassin's creed one is a solid foundation for franchise but it the hardest to play today. Not because the game is bad Just because it's kind of teachers and gets boring counter fast The Story is interesting and its compelling to play but every time you have to play the game you will become to get tired because it's just not all the way there the foundation is there but all the things that built upon it is not… Expand
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. Dperks
    Sep 14, 2018
    3
    I love this games ideas and concepts but that is about it. This game quickly comes to a repetitive slog doing the same few mission types with no side activities in the open world making it feel pointless. To add to this the characters are all boring especially the main character. And this all ends in a cliff hanger ending that was not worth the time and frustration to get threw. If anyoneI love this games ideas and concepts but that is about it. This game quickly comes to a repetitive slog doing the same few mission types with no side activities in the open world making it feel pointless. To add to this the characters are all boring especially the main character. And this all ends in a cliff hanger ending that was not worth the time and frustration to get threw. If anyone wanted to get into this game series you can skip this one and just start with 2 or any other one really.… Expand
  15. XOZcomingFRooX
    Jul 12, 2022
    7
    AC1 is the only true AC game that is that actually about Assassin's Creed.
    Yes, that also means that AC2 is not an Assassin's Creed game.
    AC2 was the one of the games that popularized open world games with endless boring side quests, more collectables and bombastic stories. But we're here to discuss AC1, not ramble about mediocre open world games that attracted us when we were    AC1 is the only true AC game that is that actually about Assassin's Creed.
    Yes, that also means that AC2 is not an Assassin's Creed game.
    AC2 was the one of the games that popularized open world games with endless boring side quests, more collectables and bombastic stories.

    But we're here to discuss AC1, not ramble about mediocre open world games that attracted us when we were teenagers. Let's begin, shall we?    … Expand
  16. 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.
  17. david01126
    Jan 4, 2021
    7
    Sadly this game aged super badly. The parkour was ok for it's time, but the missions were repetitive, the story was interesting especially the Desmond story
  18. bennymate
    Mar 24, 2022
    6
    Game gets pretty repetitive and boring tbh, it was good for the time but playing it now without rose tinted glasses its average. The climbing mechanics do indeed feel old, clunky and frustrating. However, i think its worth playing as its a stepping stone to the much better assassins creed games, it gives you an idea of the lore.
  19. Kigatsuko
    Dec 7, 2019
    4
    It's certain that Assasins's Creed got a amazing storytelling about Templars and Assasins. Also it's impossible not to see the outstanding graphics in the screen, but...

    It's a frustrating experience playing the game! There's no intuition in the whole gameplay, making you to die in simple jumps, doing not authorized movements that arruin some stealth missions and the extreme lack of    It's certain that Assasins's Creed got a amazing storytelling about Templars and Assasins. Also it's impossible not to see the outstanding graphics in the screen, but...

    It's a frustrating experience playing the game! There's no intuition in the whole gameplay, making you to die in simple jumps, doing not authorized movements that arruin some stealth missions and the extreme lack of variety of side missions. It's just to do the same things over and over again.

    It's a kind of a good game, but Ubisoft tried to hide the poor gameplay with good graphics, that's sad. In the end, it's just a thing that you'll prefer to watch in a Tv show than spending your time playin.    … Expand
  20. f1o_o1f
    Feb 27, 2021
    5
    Probably one of the most overrated games of all time. I would recommend for everyone to never play this game ever. It's poorly designed and has no substance whatsoever. The devs clearly never touched it and neither should you.
  21. BenLea
    Mar 21, 2021
    6
    The worst problem with this game and every other AC game is the missions, every single one feels identical and unmemorable when you look back on it. The game is also incredibly buggy on the PC version too, nearly unplayable really, like i gave up with a mission like 2 times because of this one horibble glitch that threw me out of the map. The end boss is also really boring andThe worst problem with this game and every other AC game is the missions, every single one feels identical and unmemorable when you look back on it. The game is also incredibly buggy on the PC version too, nearly unplayable really, like i gave up with a mission like 2 times because of this one horibble glitch that threw me out of the map. The end boss is also really boring and uninteresting. However, the story wasn't terrible. 6/10 for me… Expand
  22. Bloodiz
    May 20, 2020
    3
    Дикая ебанина...
    До середины еще думал что куда ни шло, но финал просто полнейший кринжфест.
    Чел вызывает тебя на поединок, ПОЕДИНОК Карл! Поединок 1 на 1000, блядь. В такой ужасной боёвке они решили сделать десять ёбаных битв с сразу двадцатью челами. В целом как для игры 2007 года возможно это куда ни шло, но по прошествии времени, есть игры которые удачно состарились и в них и по сей    Дикая ебанина...
    До середины еще думал что куда ни шло, но финал просто полнейший кринжфест.
    Чел вызывает тебя на поединок, ПОЕДИНОК Карл! Поединок 1 на 1000, блядь. В такой ужасной боёвке они решили сделать десять ёбаных битв с сразу двадцатью челами.
    В целом как для игры 2007 года возможно это куда ни шло, но по прошествии времени, есть игры которые удачно состарились и в них и по сей день приятно и интересно играть, а есть те от которых начало попахивать говницой.
    Теперь я понял почему в своё время просто проигнорил эту часть, хотя разумеется некоторые инновации в гейм дев ассасин принёс (ебучие вышки, спасибо)    … Expand
  23. 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.
  24. Kosm
    Jun 20, 2020
    7
    J'ai fais ce jeu a sa sortie, il est important de remettre le jeu dans le contexte de l'époque, la ou aujourd'hui le jeu peut semblé archaïque dans son déroulé et dans son gameplay, en 2007 ce jeu fut pour moi une belle surprise, le fait de suivre un assassin déjà établie (ce qui n'est quasiment plus le cas par la suite) est pour moi très important, l’époque choisi fut novatrice, lesJ'ai fais ce jeu a sa sortie, il est important de remettre le jeu dans le contexte de l'époque, la ou aujourd'hui le jeu peut semblé archaïque dans son déroulé et dans son gameplay, en 2007 ce jeu fut pour moi une belle surprise, le fait de suivre un assassin déjà établie (ce qui n'est quasiment plus le cas par la suite) est pour moi très important, l’époque choisi fut novatrice, les croisades étant quasi jamais utilisé dans les jeux vidéo, joué sur la dualité entre les templiers et les assassins sous un fond de guerre de religion fut un vrai plaisir.

    la ou le bat blesse c'est au niveau de la structure du jeu qui ce veut très répétitives et ceux même en 2007, prend le cheval, allé dans la ville, parlé a l'assassin sur place, faire la mission, et reprenais cette formule pendant tout le jeu.
    les villes au nombre de 3 (Jerusalem, Damas, Acre) sont assez semblable dans leur design ce qui peut rebuter certains.

    le gameplay est vraiment très agréable a prendre en main, qui n'a pas rêver de pouvoir grimpé sur les toits de n'importe quelle bâtiment avec beaucoup de facilité, les combats sans être révolutionnaire, font le café.

    les personnages présent dans le jeu plutôt bien traité, que ce soit Robert De Sablé ou même Al Mualim ( qui est pour moi un personnage très intéressant dans la trame du jeu).
    le fait que le jeu ne se déroule pas que dans le passé, avec le personnage de Desmond Miles que l'on "contrôle" sur un petit laps de temps entre certaines séquences nous permet de comprendre que cette dualité que j’évoquais plus tôt est toujours d'actualité dans le présent du jeu.

    en conclusion ce jeu a énormément de qualité, mais certains défauts peuvent rebuter les moins patients d'entre nous. Les prémices du saga qui plaira pour certains ou exaspérera pour d'autres, avec un Altair qui encore aujourd'hui reste dans le cœur de beaucoup de joueurs.    … Expand
  25. 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.
  26. SWFan523
    Jun 21, 2020
    7
    Solid! Nothing groundbreaking like later entries in the series but a good start.
  27. MANXMAN76
    Oct 13, 2021
    6
    This game is sooooo grey but the game is OKishly good the combat is solid and the parkour is a bit janky but doable.
  28. soldar
    Jun 26, 2020
    6
    El juego se estira tanto que llega a sentirse lo repetitivo de las misiones y se quitan las ganas de acabar el juego.
  29. FranCosen
    Jul 24, 2020
    8
    Muy buen juego, bastante original. La jugabilidad e historia están muy bien hechas.
  30. AltairMorhen
    Dec 14, 2020
    7
    A good game, that has the audacity to make something new with a well directed plot, but maybe by the limitations of the time that was launched, makes the game very boring on its course and make us lose a considerable time making missions that don't give us nothing in return.
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Awards & Rankings

32
#32 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2007
5
#5 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2007
4
#4 Most Shared 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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