I'm looking for some community help or advice in this post. In past blog posts I've discussed games coming out this holiday season, how to choose which games to play, whether to buy new, used, or rent, etc.
Last night I noticed on the Xbox Live Dashboard there was a tab for some videos related to the upcoming game release for Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (ACB). The videos for both single and mutliplayer were well made and got me back into the storyline. I've played the first two games and I didn't really expect a third one to come out so soon. I know the game has had multiple announcements and trailers, and I was led to believe this game was like a interstitial add in game that included and focused on multiplayer. It seems though that this is the final game in the Assassin's Creed Trilogy, so in that sense it must have an appealing and hopefully worthwhile campaign to it.
I've got a credit w/ Gamestop that equates to about the price of a new game. I'm looking to make the most of the purchase from Gamestop so I want it to be a solid game on all fronts that I can really get into. Personally, I have a sense that the online play for ACB will get old after a few weeks if not days. Thoughts like that detract me from jumping on this game as a pre-order as well as buying it full price new. Most games I'm not 100% confident in replay value typically fall to my wait and buy used list.
I've not had any hands on experience w/ this game, but there was a ton of hype at all the summer expos and game conferences, and of course if you ask any local gaming store employee they will have rave things to say about it. Is that all I need to help me make a decision or is that people hyped up on their limited playtime and heavy marketing?
I'm really looking to finish out this game trilogy, so the campaign is the most appealing. I am sure I will enjoy chasing and running from other assassin's online, but I don't feel it will continue the thrill like a number of First Person shooter games time after time.
Do any readers have an opinion on this game and the game series in general? I'm looking for advice on whether I should bite on this now and spend my credit or sit and wait? A thought that spurred right now is that I could just wait for the game to be released to see what the reviews are, but in doing that, I will miss out on any pre-order bonuses.
I enjoyed AC1 but found completing it to be tedious. I gave up half way through AC2 and sold it. I can't imagine ACB multi player will catch on. They they have to revamp the single player gameplay before I will consider picking it up.
ReplyDeleteAC1 was long and tedious. I had it as a rental and burned through the campaign really quick to complete it. I found AC2 to be genuinely amazing and loved it. They really fixed the issues and made it fun. I did 100% completion on that game. ACB is built off the same engine and maps w/ some updates to things so it can't be any worse at all, just hopefully a bit better. The online part was prob an add on b/c Ubisoft realized they need more value besides campaign. I will look to get this, complete it and likely resell it w/in a month to get some value back like I did w/ AC2. No real reason to sit on any of these games.
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