Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Review (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
March 16th, 2011 by Munthir
When a triquel comes to mind, you would think there would be improvements in all aspects, having experienced the complete opposite in many other gaming titles, I feared that Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood would fall under the same fate, well I was wrong.
Starting off right where Assassin’s Creed 2 ended, you play as our all time favorite assassin Ezio roaming around Rome and completing memories. The single player is very much like the previous Assassin’s Creed games and to some, it is the best part of Brotherhood. The gameplay is very familiar and brings back the excitement that I felt when playing the previous Assassin’s Creed games. One thing I will say is that the story doesn’t advance too much and therefore doesn’t really feel like a sequel to me, I would call it Assassin’s Creed 2.5.
As always, Assassins Creed developers get better at what they do as the Assassin’s Creed series moves on. In Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood I can truly see how a series of games can be modified until perfected. An example of this is with the combat of Brotherhood, where the slight tweaks from Assassin’s Creed 2 makes it perfect. Another advancement is the sheer size of the game. With loads of sub-missions to complete to only have you distracted from completing the main mission of the story.
Now for the biggest addition to the Assassins Creed’s saga, Multiplayer. In multiplayer, you play as a wide variety of Templar’s that have been assigned a target which you have to kill. In this game mode, put simply, you run around looking for your target to assassinate while someone else is chasing to kill you at the same time. The multiplayer is very original, as many would agree that it is the most refreshing multiplayer of 2010. However after a couple of hours of playing, I experienced that it can get very repetitive and somewhat boring. Within 2 days I already had lost interest in the multiplayer and went back to player single player mode.
One issue that I felt regarding Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood was the difficulty. To me, difficulty of a game is very important. As I sort of enjoy repeating a level or stage a couple of times before progressing. This is something that Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood lacks, its just too easy. Because of the fact that now you can train other assassins by sending them on missions, and using them to help you fight is just not demanding enough. Memories become to simple and not in the least challenging and therefore I feel that this aspect of the game really brings the overall rating down.
All in all, if you are craving some more Ezio action then this is definitely worth the time. Being able to run around, climb towers and kill guards is always fun and because of this it will still be one of the favorites of 2010.
3.5 out of 5
