Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows
- Price: $59.99
- Genre: Adventure
Common Sense Media says
Bloody adventure game with visceral violence, online play.
- Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows
- Price: $59.99
- Genre: Adventure
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What parents need to know
Positive role models
Ease of play
Violence
Sex
Language
Consumerism
Drinking, drugs, & smoking
Privacy & safety
Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Assassin’s Creed: Revelations is a bloody and violent adventure game set primarily in the 16th-century that has players taking on the role of assassins. Players alternate their time between climbing buildings and combat, the latter of which involves plenty of gruesome, stylized, slow motion execution sequences. The protagonists are good men with noble ambitions -- notably, the pursuit of truth and justice -- but they use violence to solve most problems, even those as simple as retrieving an imported package held up by bureaucracy. Parents should note that this game supports open online play, which may lead to discussions with inappropriate language and subject matter.
What kids can learn
Subjects
Social Studies
- geography
- government
- history
Skills
Thinking & Reasoning
- problem solving
- strategy
What Kids Can Learn
While elements of Assassin's Creed: Revelations focus on history and problem solving, we don't recommend it for learning because of its graphic violence.
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What's it about?
ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS lives up to its name and ties up many of the series’ loose ends. To bring newcomers up to speed, the franchise’s overarching story involves a centuries-old war against a pair of ideological factions as seen from the perspective of modern-day barkeep Desmond Miles who, with the help of a computer called the Animus, can recall the memories of his ancestors. This chapter wraps up the story of Renaissance-era assassin Ezio Auditore -- now 50 and graying but as agile as ever -- who searches a staggering beautiful recreation of 16th-century Constantinople for artifacts that help explain what became of Altair ibn-La’Ahad, the Crusades-era hero from the series’ first game. Play is composed mostly of elements fans of the series will be familiar with, including parkour-like climbing, block-based melee combat, and one-off missions that require players to trail enemies and explore ancient chambers. Players will also encounter a new tower defense mini-game, and an updated online multiplayer mode.
Is it any good?
QUALITY
Some things about Assassin’s Creed are just too good to change. The series’ immensely satisfying climbing mechanics -- which see Ezio gracefully pulling himself up the sides of landmarks like the Haghia Sophia and the Hippodrome -- are a hallmark of the series, and ought to remain until its end. However, other parts of the experience -- like rooftop guards who quickly call in reinforcements and put a kink in graceful rooftop runs -- are getting old.
There are new elements, and some of them -- like the parts of the game that see Desmond in bodiless form exploring the bowels of the Animus -- are highly engaging. Others, like the new tower defense game, aren’t as compelling. There’s no question that the franchise’s ongoing storyline remains one of the most ambitious, complex, and satisfying in the history of the medium, but its about time the series –- which has produced four games in four years -- underwent a bit of a shake-up.
Families can talk about...
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Game details
| Platforms: | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows |
| Price: | $59.99 |
| Available online? | Not available online |
| Developer: | UbiSoft |
| Release date: | November 15, 2011 |
| Genre: | Adventure |
| ESRB rating: | M for Blood, Language, Mild Sexual Themes, Violence (PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360) |
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Amazing game Isalmic and Christian beliefs coincide with story line
If you let your child play call of duty or battlfield let them play this. Sure, you mercilessly and brutally do away with your enemies with a variety of stylized assassinsations using an arsonal or weapons but you experience a compelling story of wealth, treachery and justice while experiencing the amazing architecture of 16 century Constantinople. And along with the amazing single player you get to experience a polished forfilling multiplayer; so you definitely get your buck worth.
I presonally prefer this game to cod even though the two game are essentially incomprable. Theres isnt any sexual content of language that you need to worry about in both the multi and single player. However if your a strong christian you not want your child subject to the views of the protagonists; Ezio and Altai; the story line coincides with both Islamic and chrisian beliefs. So keep in mind the game was made by a multi cultural and religious team.
What other families should know
Too much violence
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Great for 14 and up
The assassins creed franshise has always been a franchise that goes for a really realistic setting and characters. Two things are really the big things to look out for in this game (including the ones before it, except for the first assassins creed.) The main purpose of this game, as said in the title is to assassinate certain targets but for a purpose and the purpose is alwas for the good of man kind and is never gory or very bloody, keeping it to an almost cartoonish violence. In this new installment Ezio is on a search for Altairs secret library. The sexual material is, yes, there but you are going to have to look pretty hard to see it. For example you might be walking around on the street and over hear two people talking about someone and calling them a bad name. This game is set in the medieval era and ubisoft has done a fantastic job at capturing that. This game like every one else says will teach many things about that era and is very eduactional.
What other families should know
Too much violence
Too much sex
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9+ (:
its fine. the good side: its a little bit educational, and has positive messages and role models. on the other hand it is violent, and has most of its focus on combat and stealthy assassinations,also,the blood can be turned off in the options menu. there is also language, but its not that frequent and can easily be ignored. this and the original Assassin's Creed are the most tolerable and appropriate assassins creed games of the series whereas assassins creed 2 and brotherhood have sexual themes. it also pretty easy, and if this is your first time playing assassins creed, you will adjust to the controls within minutes.
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Educational value
Great role models
Too much violence
Too much swearing
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