It's unfortunate that the same thing is happening to the game industry, but with the budgets involved (the first two Assassin's Creeds brought in over $1 billion at retail, and AAA game budgets are in the 10s of millions) it's probably inevitable. When so much money is at stake - game publishing companies are traded on the stock exchange and CEO's interviewed in the Wall Street Journal - you don't want to take risks and experiment, you shoot straight for the lowest common denominator. The same all style/no substance phenomenon has plagued Hollywood blockbuster movies for years now. Old games like Thief, Thief II, Hidden and Dangerous 2, were not as pretty, but they were hard, involved strategy and skill, and ultimately were much more satisfying. If you took out the sandbox world, and just chained the missions together, the game would be a laughing stock, there is no depth to the game mechanics/AI at all. Instead, it fills in backstory on the Order, the Templars and The First Civilization, the beings that created humanity in AC lore. 2018s Odyssey is a rarity in the series, as it doesnt revolve around the war between the Assassin Brotherhood and the Templar Order. I have a controler for PC but I can't find out how to use it on the game. One of the newest Assassins Creed games is the first chronologically, taking place in ancient Greece. Doing all these tasks is pleasurable enough in the context of the sandbox world, and can certainly be addictive as players are driven to achieve 100% completion on everything, but it's an addictive similar to playing Minesweeper, you don't need to think - you're on a treadmill. I have bought Asassins Creed Brotherhood on PC but I have problems using the keyboard. Of course, there's also the treadmill aspects always thrown into these games, combing the map for flags and treasures, a rooftop beat-the-clock race or two. Preferably where no one can see the act, but this game is so easy this time round that even if 20 guards attack you afterwards, it is no problem to fight them off. So what we are left with is the world of 15th century Rome, brought to lush life populated with interesting characters and so on - but with laughable gameplay, mostly consisting of triggering a mission, walking to the indicator on the map, find the target and hit x to kill him.

there doesn't seem to be much time or money left to devote to the actual gameplay. The problem with these AAA game titles is that once you've written the script, hired a cast of voice actors, created the cutscenes, hired a The problem with these AAA game titles is that once you've written the script, hired a cast of voice actors, created the cutscenes, hired a few historians for historical accuracy, consulted with art experts, brought in period costume experts, scored and recorded the soundtrack, green screened all the motion capture stuff etc, etc,etc.

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