Assassins Creed: Brotherhood

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Assassins Creed Brotherhood is the third game in the series. The game was released on the Xbox in North Amercia on November 16 2010, Australia on November 18 2010, Europe on November 19 2010, and in Japan on December 9, 2010.

The game left off where Assassins Creed 2 left off. Assassin Ezio Auditore Da Firenze continues his journey in Rome after the major attack on his Villa in Montergionni.

The game was also the first to start the Assassins Creed Multiplayer online.


So is this the true Assassin at his peak or is it just the lost Add-on for Assassins Creed 2?

Lets Find Out!

Story:
The story starts off from exactly where AC 2 left off. I am not going to spoil it for people who haven't played the game. Sum up, Desmond, he travels to the damaged Montergionni and hides from the Templar's in the sanctuary and goes into the Animus.

As for Ezio, he goes to Montergionni to relax and enjoy his health, thinking his battle's are done. Unfortunately, the next morning they are invaded by the Borgia's forces leading the army is Rodrigo Borgia.

Ezio quickly jumps into action, but gets injured in the fight and has to flee. He rides to Rome to confront Rodrigo, and cause a revolution.

The story is once again, perfect and enjoyable. All thought compared to Assassins Creed 2 it is short and with a professional gamer, the game can be completed in a matter of hours.

Gameplay:

Ezio calling down his Recuit Assassins.

The gameplay is pratecly the same with the exception of diffrent combat techniques. Now in combat you can use the quick kill, linking kill by kill to finish off the enemy, faster than before.

Since Ezio is a leader of the Assassins, you can recuits Apprentices which you can call anytime to help you in combat, (Like you need it).

There is also a new feature called Arrow Storm. This is unlocked by recuiting 6 Assassins. This allows you to call all of your Assassins to fire arrows at your opponents. Killing all of them in a matter of seconds.

The game is rather easy from what I said, with this new linking system. They just made it easier.

ArtStyle:
The artstyle of Assassins Creed is just like the previous, great and very renisance. Just the beauty of Rome and the fact that Rome was the peak of the Renesiance, it is just beautifal.

Music:

Jesper Kyed makes a return with music like "City of Rome," and other tracks. They really capture the essience of the Renesiance, very dark and mysterious ,just like a shadow creeping in the dark.

Multiplayer:

The multiplayer is a very unique twist and was not really that god with the amount of cheapness that the game had. The Multiplayer was still a experiment, and was a sucess to many. There are only a few modes you can play and you only level up to 50. They added new DLC eventually which only included new maps. The last DLc had almost everything which included characters, a map, and the story mission Da Vinci's Dissaperence. 

Final Verdict:
For one the game is good, nut just to easy and feels lke a add-on rather than a full game. The only thing that made this a game is the Multiplayer. If that were removed it is just a add-on to AC 2.

Story:----------- 7.0
Gameplay:------7.0
Artstyle:--------6.0
Music:----------8.0
Multiplayer:-----9.0

Final Verdict: 8.6

Mass Effect 3

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Mass Effect 3 was released on March 6th 2012 in North Amercia for Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, and the PlayStation 3. It will also release for the Wii U, but that date has no confirmed date.

Mass Effect 3 starts off where Mass Effect 2 left off, going to fight the reapers and win the war. This game is the final game in the series to star Commander Shepard and includes a new Multiplayer mode.


So is this one hell of a fight to remember or is it a horrible ending.

Lets Find out!

Story:
Like I said, the story is left off from Mass Effect 2 (won't spoil it). You are basically sent into containment by the Humans Alliance until the Reapers come in to kill all species of the Galaxy. That is when you are set free to go, and save the galaxy with your squad mates and well every single army in the universe.

Unfortunately, the game has a bad reputation, a horrible ending which( I wont spoil it for you, but if you are curious just type in Mass Effect 3 ending in Google. I'm sure you will find something.

Gameplay:
To begin you can create your own custom character made with the scales at your disposal. You can just play as Shepard or you can play as a blonde shepard, or Femshep (Female Shepard), or many other styles.

The game roles around a choice wheel, as most Bioware games do. This allows you to choose which way you want to approach the problem. Usually the top part is the Paragon option (Good option) and the bottom is the Renegade option (Bad Option).

Besides that, the third person shooter part is good. You use the cover system a lot and well you need cover when you play this game. You have a selection of 5 diffrent weapons including, Assault Rifles, Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols, and Submachine Guns. Each diffrent weapons has diffrent stats and can be used efficiently in combat.

Shepard taking on a Atlas, a type of enemy you face in Multiplayer
when you face Cerberus.

There are also abilities which are divided into three categories. Basic like grenades, concussive shot, and adrenaline. Tech abilities like Sabotage, Incinerate, and Cryo. Biotic which includes Slam, Throw, and Lift. There are still a lot more abilities after that.

The reason I am revewing the Xbox version is because it has Kinect Functionality. This allows you to open doors inciate cutscenes, talk through cutscenes, use your allies abilities and that is about it. The Kinect can surprisengly hear what you say and I found that it was a little slow with the moves or it just didnt do it at all.
Artstyle:
Very futuristic, and I find dark. Well you are in space and space has barely any light. Ya well there is not much to say expect that the diffrent atmospheres in the game, the fact that you get to go to diffrent planents and see the eco system they have is just cool.

Music:
The music of course, is just a lot of Sci-fi and a whole lot of sad songs. Sad songs I say because of the story. The sad songs are ment for the story because of the reapers invading. These songs were composed by Clint Mansell, together with Christopher Lennertz, Cris Velasco, Sam Hulick and Sasha Dikicyan.

Multiplayer:
Mulitplayer is a series first for the Mass Effect series, bringing in a 4 player co-op experience. I wont go into full details, but I shall give you the jist. You choose your choice of 6 classes, you then choose which map you want to play on, what enemy you want to fight, and what diffuclty you want. (Bronze to Gold). You then help your team threw 11 waves of enemies that are almost somewhat of a nusience.

Recently, they have added FREE DLC to the multiplayer, which includes new characters, weapons, maps, and many more.

Unfortunitly, the multiplayer does get stale and old pretty fast. So bascially to keep it new, try and play at least 5 games or so, then play something else.

Final Verdict:
This game is pretty awsome, sure it is a little bland but this game you get to make the big decisions. the Story mark is not going down by the ending by the way. I found nothing wrong with it and just accepted it. The community did give good theroies and I commend them for their creativity.

Story:--------------- 8.0
Gameplay:---------- 7.0
Artstyle:------------ 7.0
Music:-------------- 8.0
Multiplayer:--------- 6.0

Final Verdict: 9.1