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Assassin's Creed
- Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows
- Price: $59.99
- Genre: Action/Adventure
Common Sense Media says
Mature, cinematic thriller is history-based.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this game is very much about violence as you play as a hired hit man, of sorts, to take down key targets with cunning and strategy. This usually involves skulking through the shadows to remain undetected and figuring out how to accomplish the task, such as a knife to the throat from behind. People you kill fall to the ground and some blood is seen.
What's it about?
Ubisoft's ASSASSIN'S CREED, designed for the Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, and PC, is an intense and near-photorealistic action game that lets you play as a retired assassin who is sent back into action in the late 12th century, when the Third Crusade is raging across the Holy Land. You are Altair, whose task is to suppress the hostilities on both sides with stealth and precision. But how you stalk and approach your target, perform the task at hand, and exit the scene safely will vary from player to player. This is because the authentically re-created cities you'll be visiting -- such as Jerusalem, Damascus, and Acre -- are open-ended and bustling with citizens.
Is it any good?
The game's wide-screen presentation and high-definition graphics are only outdone by its smooth character animation, dialogue (including a female character voiced by Heroes and Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell) and Hollywood-style music soundtrack (composed by British Academy Award-winner Jesper Kyd) that changes depending on what's happening onscreen. Some players, however, might be disappointed that the combat isn't as fleshed out as in past Ubisoft Montreal games. The planning and exit strategies, the action sequences in Assassin's Creed are simply well-timed button presses, rather than deep combat control schemes.
That said, Assassin's Creed is an imaginatively conceived and wonderfully executed single-player adventure that should take a good 10 hours to complete, and more than double that for the optional side missions. Mature gamers in search of a beautiful, exhilarating piece of interactive entertainment will be more than pleased with this hard-to-put-down adventure.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about whether this game teaches anything about this time period (12th century) in the Middle East or does the backdrop take a back seat to the violence? That is, could a player actually use a game like this one to learn about key moments in history such as the Crusades?
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An educational game that has taken a backseat to the violent content
The game Assasins Creed is an extremely well reasearched, beautiful game. You play as an assasin in the 1200s during the time of the 3rd crusade. Your targets are real historical figures that disappeared around that time. Contrary to the rating this web site has given it, Assasins Creed isn't as bad as some would label it. The violent content is not over the top or grusome but instead intelligent and refined compared to many other violent games out there. The blood ( although it is there) is actually a low rendered red mist that could be compared to the blood seen in games for the N64. (this could be seen in any game at your local arcade)As you kill your opponents, your character begins to quetion whether or not he is doing the right thing for the medival society. The irony suggested by this can be compared to many politcal situations that are happening today and lead gamers to ponder it themselves. Overall Assasins Creed was braded with a mature rating because of the level of sophistication required to fully understand the underlying themes. Similar to some R rated movies. This is definatly not the type of M game that can be compared to Grand Theft Auto or other controvertial games. Unfourtunatly, the ESRB has no way to distinguish this when they label a game M. The content in the way of blood, and language is not anything that a teenager hasn't seen/heard before. So if your teen wants to play this game, don't be scared by the M rating. Perhaps ask him/her to explain why they are killing the figures in the game or allow them to make a case for the game. Overall its not up to the content in the game being age appropriate, but instead the players not being able to comprehend the irony of it all.
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Fine for 15+ and maybe for 13+
First off this is a fantastic game, but the reason you are reading this is probably to get a feel for the content. There is blood and violence, but it is not absolutely horrible. There are reasons for the violence and the assassinations as well. All of the targets for assassination are VERY evil. One example is a man who is a slaver. By killing him you stop his trafficking of humans. They do not give you other options, but what do you think the other options are? Tell him to be good? Capture him and let him go after a while? This man was evil and you killed him.
Another thing to be mentioned is that there is an option to turn off the blood. I played the entire game with the blood off and with it off it straddles the border between M and T. I wouldn't immediately ok it based on that result though as it is possible your kid would just turn the filter off whenever he is alone. In some families that will be often, but in others rather seldom.
Unfortunately there are swear words and some more graphic scenes. However I never heard an F-bomb or anything worse. The swear words also came mostly during the 2 minute cut scenes that occur while in the future and for the majority of the game there is very little swearing.
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Well, these times considering other violent things parents purchase for kids like, Gears of War, my brother bought this for his 10 year old son and I think that it was a bad idea. I would give it to a child who understood that the main character didn't exist and if it did don't take he/she up to be role model.
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I SAY 10+
i love this game!! i dont understand why it is 17 and up i rate it 10 and up.something i dont understand is at the ending what does altair say to his old master.either way the game is ok as long as you get blood off for kids and watch them from time to time.
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PERFECT FOR ALL AGES
This game is just like elementary school. i remember when i was in elementary school and i heard more bad language and saw more blood (no i did not go to a New York City school) than in this game. Also there IS educational value that includes a REAL group of assassins (the hesheshins) and REAL relidgions and monks and such, and REAL targets, leaders, and people. This game is greatly educational an un-violent. also the main character, altiar (real person), says multiple times that violence is unnecessary for the cause and unenjoyable and god does not want it this way. He only says that to his close friend and not his master, where he says violence IS necessary for the cause. They only say the F-word once but plenty d*mn and h*ll. they say s*it less than five times. The blood is no problem (and can easily be turned off) and rarely any of it. there is zero blood when you do a stealth kill wich is how you do most of your killing. The cities in the game are portrayed accurately. The game is also super fun and you get penalized for killing civilians.
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Once again, Common Sense Media fails at rating games properly.
Most kids over 14 or 13 cold handle this game's violence and language (trust me, kids hear the F-word all the time in middle school and up). Theirs no "real" gore, as in you can't cut off body parts, just blood. This game was entertaining, but not particularly worth buying, renting once or twice, sure. The story has a neat twist, but that's about it. Missions are repetitive, but its fun to explore the massive cities. Overall, fun and interesting to play, but not outgoing or too amazing.
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Good Game!
Very good game, although it can get kind of boring. Some blood, no more than T-rated games, though. Minimal swearing. Some violence, you do play as an assassin after all.
Overall Assassin's Creed is a must play for anyone 14+.
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Not for the faint harted (scared tweens)
This is the BEST game I own!!! The only bad thing is that they say s-t and "bastrd", but otherwise its great!!! Ther is also blood.
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Great for tweens!
Ok, first off, everyone needs to know that this game is completly awesome. People need to know that there is hardly any blood at all(althogh, to be perfectly honest, I only ever played this on a non-gaming computer [I didn't have an xbox at the time]so my computer might not have showed it). It is also important to know that if your kids don't grasp the injustices of the crusaders, they will after they play this. It has good role models I guess. You actually play as two people, Desmond Miles and Altair. Desmond Miles is taken in to this corporation to find more about Altair. Altair is an Assassin who kills one to save the lives of many (this goes in deeper as the game progresses). The game controls are very easy to master. It is a lot like an obstical course. Hope This Helps!
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Cool game if you turn off the blood
I'm 13 and the game is good as long as you turn off the blood and if you do that its a really cool game
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| Platforms: | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows |
| Available online? | Not available online |
| Genre: | Action/Adventure |
| Developer: | UbiSoft |
| Release date: | November 14, 2007 |
| Price: | $59.99 |
| ESRB rating: | M for Blood, Strong Language, Violence |
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