Hey everyone it's Amanda.
The story of Ezio Auditore has been a long one indeed but it's finally coming to an end
in Assassin's Creed Revelations for the Xbox 360.
The story lets you get a little bit of a fill in on what kind of happened at the end of
brotherhood for those who haven't played it but also leave you stranded in the animus.
Desmond's mind is falling apart and he must complete all these memories of his ancestors
to possibly make it out and be himself again.
This last memory is of a later Ezio who has one final journey awaiting him.
This game, is just as stunning as the ones before it.
The architecture is beautiful and the cut scenes and even in game graphics look perfect
as well as the lighting in every scene.
Ezio begins escaping a nearly close fate from the Templars and eventually meets up with
a new group of Assassin's who even have some tricks to show the master himself.
This important new friend is named Yusif.
Yusif gives you what is probably the most important new element as far as movement goes
in the game called your hook blade.
This hook blade allows you as the player to expand on Ezio's parkour style movements and
you may now use it to climb buildings much quicker and reach higher but also it’s a
zipline!
The zip lining feature also allows you to assassinate somebody if they're below you
which I find fascinating because it's a very quick assassination when you do this.
You can also do moves with it that allow you to hook and throw where you pull yourself
over and enemy and toss them down with the blade.
And really minus this hook blade being part of your arsenal nothing too much has really
changed in your combat from the structure Brotherhood setup for play.
Another new thing we gain from this time era is the ability to craft bombs.
There are multiple types of bombs you'll get to see as you progress but the first you see
is that of the cherry bomb which simply distracts guards by making a loud noise.
There are tons of others you'll be able to concoct later on with the supplies you loot
off of the guards you're killing throughout play.
So make sure you loot every guard you see.
The city this one takes place mainly in is that of a 16th century Constantinople.
This is where you put on your thinking caps and remember all that you should've learned
back in high school in social studies.
I always feel the staff at Ubisoft truly use their diversity with there being multiple
locations working on these games, to really get the culture from different standpoints
to make the game as accurate as they possibly can.
One more feature that I feel separates this game from it's previous ones is that Ezio
is more of a leader, or you feel he is a leader and you're ability to control him recruiting
assassin's is spectacular along with the ability to control your group when facing invasions.
For example Ezio is able to build barricades, place gunmen or guys with bows on rooftops.
As well as many other features for those segments in the game.
The only real downside to Revelations is really it has a lot to live up to considering how
good all the previous Assassin's Creeds have been and on top of that, needs to be just
as epic and more because this is the last in the storyline for Ezio.
If you're somebody though interested in the competitive multiplayer in this series, stay
tuned for the second part where I tell you if the multiplayer was able to outdo Brotherhoods
or not.