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| From: Ubisoft
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $20.00
You Save: $9.99 (33%)
New (28) Used (8) from $16.99
Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 863
Format: Dvd-video
Platform: Windows
Genre: Adventure Games
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Edition: Director's Cut
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.9
MPN: 68339
UPC: 008888683391
EAN: 0008888683391
ASIN: B0010EK3SE
Release Date: April 8, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
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| Customer Reviews:
 I don't care how nice the can looks, dog food will always taste like dog food. April 15, 2008
Chutzpuh (Tucson, Az United States)
13 out of 18 found this review helpful
Well this game has finally made it to PC. After nearly half a year of conversion ,PC owners can now find out why the Xbox and PS3 community loves/hates this game so much.
The gameplay is about the same as console games, and since I previously wrote a review for the xbox version, I hesitate to repeat all of it. To sum up gameplay; guards attack you for going to fast, it is wrong to punch the retards even if they started it, no matter how many guards you are up against they will still come at you one at a time like a bad martial arts movie, cinematics and conversations are unskippable, but it looks really good.
The big change I noticed in the PC version is the ability to warp to locations. No longer do you have to walk all the way back to the mountain after each and every kill. But, there were penalties for this new found gem of gameplay.
First, the game is locked in wide screen mode. I played on a wide screen display but for most "normal gamers" out there this would be annoying. I noted in one review a person swore they changed it. Sadly, they altered the resolution, not the aspect. They played the tall, skinny version of Assassin's Creed.
I used my own controller setup so I cant tell you how nice it works with a mouse and keyboard. From the 2 seconds I used it in the intro I can tell you this, get a controller. I use an adapter which turns my PS1 controller into a USB connection. Worked wonderfully.
It is nearly impossible to quit this game. The Youtube video of the sums it up nicely. At minimum, you need to make about 10 keystrokes over about 2 minutes to exit. Impressive since I never found out how to quit and had to exit using alt+F4 every time. I would also not recommend trying to minimize the game. It will never restore and you will have to end it in task manager.
Aside from that, it was a decent port. I didn't have the video artifacts or crashes that many complain about. I ran it on a dual core 2.4, 8800GTS Video and with just 2 gigs of ram. Maxed my settings completely without a hitch.
The new content was a bit of a let down given that it was shamelessly tacked on. I figured Ubisoft would come through with their marketing promises and include naked pictures of Jade Raymond in hopes of selling out even more, but alas more disappointment to follow. A couple of extra mission types are tacked on. Talk to an informant, kill archers, race across town and that sort of stuff Nothing really new, and nothing that adds to the story or enjoyment.
In all, Assassin's Creed was a decent console game (if you tried not to think about it too much) and it is a functional game for PC. The user interface is terrible and the widescreen mode is obnoxious, but if you can tolerate that it will be enjoyable.
 Great Game....but high requirements April 12, 2008
John Wayne (NYC, NY)
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
Minimum Requirements:
Operating System: Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista
Processor: Dual core 2.6 GHz Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 3800+
RAM: 1 GB Windows XP / 2 GB Windows Vista
Video Card: 256 MB DirectX 10.0-compliant video card or DirectX 9.0-compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list)
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 or 10.0-compliant sound card
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0 or 10.0 libraries (included on disc)
DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM dual-layer drive
Hard Drive Space: 8 GB
Peripherals Supported: Keyboard, mouse, optional controller
Ifyou have a computer good enough to run Assassins Creed then I just have three words for you......
"GET THIS GAME"
OK... May 4, 2008
E. Medina
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
A few reviewers summed up this game very well. I just wanted to nod my head in agreement...
Excellent Graphics, Nice open ended gameplay, Good voice acting. Play control is not too bad (takes a while to get used to).
Boring, repetitive missions and slow story line. Game gets old after a few hours.
 Assassin's Creed April 13, 2008
A. Nguyen (San Franciso)
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a comment on a previous user's review saying Assassin's Creed is locked in at a widescreen ratio-- I don't think that's true. You can change the resolution under the graphics option. I don't have a widescreen monitor and it works fine... there are no black bars or anything like that.
On the other hand, this game crashes a lot and I am running a 2.4 GHz Quad Core processor with 2 GB ram on Windows XP. I don't think it's my system, I think this (newly-released) version is just pretty buggy.
Let Down April 19, 2008
anon
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
Put it this way. Play the game for about an hour and you get the whole thing. Basically you do the same thing over and over and over and over and over again. The coolest thing about this game is climbing buildings and stuff, and that gets very boring after about 20 min. Dang, I had high hopes to. Another thing...the dialog is terrible! Not only does it last FOREVER, you cant skip it! Guess the programmers thought a lot of themselves and their "Cinematic" skills. Stick to the 1's and 0's guys!
Okay sorry...one of the worst games Ive played in a while.
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