Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed is a non-linear action-adventure video game, during which the player controls a 12th-century Levantine Assassin named Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad during the Third Crusade, whose life is experienced…
Assassin's Creed is an adventure developed by Ubisoft Montreal, released 13 November 2007 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The main story takes about 15.2 hrs to finish.
What Assassin's Creed is
Assassin's Creed is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released in 2007. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It runs on Scimitar.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Desmond Miles, a bartender, is kidnapped by the company Abstergo Industries for use as a test subject in the "Animus," a device that can simulate genetic memory. Abstergo intends to put Desmond in the device to recall the memories of his ancestor, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, a member of the Assassin Brotherhood in the year 1191, who lived during the Third Crusade in the Holy Land. Initially, Desmond has trouble adjusting to the device, but eventually relives Altaïr's exploits over the next several days. The game then primarily changes to Altaïr's point-of-view, with occasional transitions to Desmond, due to problems with the Animus or onset of the Bleeding Effect. The game opens with Desmond…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Assassin's Creed series
Assassin's Creed is the second of 205 entries we hold in the Assassin's Creed series. The next entry was Assassin's Creed: Limited Edition in 2007. Its critic score of 81 is 6 points above the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Assassin's Creed III: Deluxe Edition at 96.
How it was received
Assassin's Creed holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 1,797 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 15.2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 25.3 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual core processor 2.6 GHz Intel® Pentium® D or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+ (Intel Core® 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or better recommended) and 256 MB DirectX® 10.0-compliant video card or DirectX 9.0-compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (*see supported list).
What it launched against
Assassin's Creed launched on 13 November 2007, within three weeks of Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Assassin's Creed yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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