Then there are things that have been expanded upon. For some reason, bombs seem to be this game\u2019s favourite weapon, as there are loads <\/em>of different varieties on offer. The in-game explanation is that the Turkish Assassins have just discovered gunpowder. Yusuf also upgrades one of Ezio\u2019s hidden blades into a hook. Thus, the hookblade. With which A-faffin’s Creed Available on: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC via Steam *sigh* Here we go again\u2026As I don’t particularly like Ezio, I already felt that Assassin\u2019s Creed: Brotherhood was one Ezio game too many in the series. … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Double-trouble-300x169.jpg\" "\\"Double")
<\/a>*sigh* Here we go again\u2026As I don’t particularly like Ezio, I already felt that Assassin\u2019s Creed: Brotherhood <\/em>was one Ezio game too many in the series. So why did I decide to play Revelations<\/em>, you may ask? It was advertised as featuring sequences with Alta\u00efr. I also wanted to put this part of the saga to rest once and for all.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/New-shores-300x169.jpg\" "\\"New")
<\/a>The story picks up right where Brotherhood <\/em>left off. Having dispatched Cesare Borgia, Ezio discovers a letter from his late father informing him that Alta\u00efr had a secret library in Masyaf housing all of his accumulated knowledge. So off to Masyaf Ezio goes, gets into some trouble with the Templars, but escapes and learns that he needs five seals to be able to access the library. The seals are located in Constantinople, so Ezio\u2019s next jaunt is to Turkey. There he meets up with the local Assassin branch, stumbles into a war of succession for the throne\u2026and finds love with a business-savvy Venetian bookseller called Sophia.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Wake-me-up-when-they-hook-up-300x169.jpg\" "\\"Wake")
<\/a>If that sounds like a flimsy excuse for a story, it\u2019s because it is. Brotherhood <\/em>already felt like filler, but at least it was a direct consequence of the second game\u2019s plot and stuff, y\u2019know, happened <\/em>in it, mostly courtesy of Cesare. Revelations<\/em>, however, is completely tangential. Sure, the Templars just so happen to also be involved in the war of succession in Constantinople, but it\u2019s not like Ezio knew about it beforehand or specifically went there to prevent it. It sort of just happens in the background while he, once again, does what he does best: faffing about. Heck, even the love story is dull, as Ezio and Sophia have zero chemistry between them. Fortunately, however, I\u2019m happy to report that the series ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Dat-smirk-300x167.jpg\" "\\"Dat")
<\/a>continues its trend of great supporting characters by introducing us to Yusuf, the charismatic, roguish (and very easy on the eyes) leader of the Turkish Assassins. From his infamous first greeting to Ezio, he stole the show and was the game\u2019s main highlight to me. I was more interested in what happened to him than in anything Ezio got involved in, with the notable exception of the episode where they had to pose as minstrels to infiltrate Topkapi Palace, and Ezio hilariously imitated the nonsense-singing minstrels from Assassin\u2019s Creed II <\/em>(e.g. \u201cI sing in Italiano,\/You understand no word,\/But my Greek is non-existent,\/And my Turkish is absurd.\u201d). Unfortunately, Ezio\u2019s proclivity for colossal cockups had also not diminished between games and made me very angry at him by the end of the story.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/The-goat-and-the-hunk-300x169.jpg\" "\\"The")
<\/a>Every time Ezio finds a seal for the Masyaf library, he experiences a vision of Alta\u00efr\u2019s life, as the seals somehow have his memories imprinted on them. Unfortunately, those sequences turned out to be pitifully short and far between, a far cry from what I was expecting, even given the fact that Ezio is the main protagonist. Perhaps the developers didn\u2019t like Alta\u00efr very much? But then why make the \u201cdual storyline\u201d your main advertising hook? Heck, I\u2019m pretty sure you spend more time with Desmond than you do with Alta\u00efr in this game.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Is-this-Cube-300x169.jpg\" "\\"Is")
<\/a>Because yes, Desmond\u2019s story continues, thanks to the shocker ending that they gave him in Brotherhood<\/em>. He is now comatose and stuck inside the Animus. There, he meets the consciousness of Clay, Subject 16, who tells him that he has to put his mind back together to be able to wake up. That\u2019s achieved through weird first-person puzzle platforming sections in featureless minimalistic environments, which can be thoroughly frustrating and felt decidedly odd by comparison with the main storyline. It\u2019s like you\u2019re in a different game altogether, and a boring one at that.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A-lesson-in-shanking-300x169.jpg\" "\\"A")
<\/a>In terms of gameplay, the series continues its trend of building on existing bases. Many things are retained from Brotherhood<\/em>, such as the kill streaks, which enable Ezio to plough through his opposition with ease. The full synchronisation requirements for missions are also still here: achieving Ezio\u2019s goal is not enough on its own, you have to perform an additional requirement, such as not being seen, or not falling into water, for example. As the game takes place outside Europe, the Courtesans have been replaced by Romanies, but they serve the same purpose of distracting potential targets. Other than that, each helper guild (Romanies, Thieves and Mercenaries) still has its own set of (pointless) challenges that Ezio can perform for additional rewards. Parachutes are still around as well. You also (unfortunately) spend most of the game in Constantinople, just as you spent most of Brotherhood <\/em>in Rome. Not that I dislike Constantinople, but I was starting to miss the variety of the first two games by this point. Multiplayer is also still a thing, but I was still completely uninterested in it.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gettin-zippy-with-it-300x167.jpg\" "\\"Gettin'")
<\/a>he can travel along ziplines to get around faster. Or hook onto targets and flip over them. Or use it to destroy merchants’ stalls to create obstructions for pursuers. Nevermind the fact that having a hook instead of a blade is completely inconvenient for an Assassin\u2019s main activity: stabbing.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/World-conquest-plans-300x169.jpg\" "\\"World")
<\/a>Assassin recruitment is also still a major feature and has been expanded upon in several ways. First of all, there are six unique recruits with their own short backstories, on top of the more generic ones. You can now also participate in Mediterranean Defence, which involves sending recruits to different cities around the Mediterranean to establish bases there, rather than simply perform missions, although each city requires an Assassin proficient in a specific weapon type as its branch\u2019s founding member. Then you have the Templar Dens. Much like in Brotherhood<\/em>, once Ezio arrives in Constantinople, he takes it upon himself to liberate it from Templar influence, which requires clearing out Templar strongholds. These then become Assassin Dens, but until the recruits you put in charge of these become Master Assassins, they\u2019re vulnerable to Templar attacks if Ezio\u2019s notoriety rises too high. You must then participate in a tower ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/On-the-defensive-300x169.jpg\" "\\"On")
<\/a>defence minigame to protect them. As someone who takes great care with notoriety, my experience of Den Defence was very limited, because I only ever did four, and of those the first one was compulsory, and the three others were required to fulfil a guild challenge.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Was-I-even-in-this-game-300x280.jpg\" "\\"\"Was")
<\/a>Ultimately, I can only describe this as \u201cEzio\u2019s Big Faffabout: The Game\u201d. The war of succession storyline is dull, Ezio\u2019s main objective is pointless (especially given the ending), Desmond\u2019s sequences are jarringly out of place, and there\u2019s not even a memorable villain to salvage proceedings. If what you enjoy the most about the AC series is the gameplay and combat, you probably won\u2019t mind all that much, but it\u2019s not all that different from Brotherhood<\/em>, which is the better game of the two. As for me, I came for Alta\u00efr and stayed for Yusuf, so to speak. Other than that, utterly forgettable. Unless you\u2019re a big Ezio fan or a completionist, don\u2019t throw your money away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"