Living by the creed

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As it's almost Christmas, I thought I'd take a break from talking about comics and discuss one of my favourite franchises in the world of gaming: Assassin's Creed.


For me, this franchise represents not only a great gameplay expirence but also one of my favourite storylines in gaming. The idea of a secert order of Assassins(as well assassins in general) has always appealed to me, even if it's a somewhat overused idea. The thing that makes Creed stand out though, is the charasation. In Assassin based stories, there are really only two basic plots:


1) The central character, mister x, is either poor, a soical reject or both. by chance, Mister x discovers he is very good at making people dead, he(or she) is then contacted by a mysterious and anicent order of Assassins and is then plucked from obscurity and through their new line of work gains the socail mobility they desired.


2) A mid-level Assassin for an anicent order, discovers some form of conspiracy within its hierachy, becomes either involved it or invovled in shedding light upon it.


Assassin's Creed is no different in this respect, where it does differ however, is in its use of charisation. the central protaganist of both games in the series are well deveopled and make the story much more tolerable. I don't own a copy of Assassin's Creed II yet, but I look forward to playing it immensely.

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  1. GT10 December 2009 at 12:12

    its a good game, the 2nd one is more gripping and alot more fun to play :D

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