Tag: Ubisoft
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (PC/Steam)
(Review archived from November 21, 2018) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time served to reboot the venerable Prince of Persia series following on the heels of Prince of Persia 3D which was the series’ first fully 3D title … albeit a rather poor game. Thankfully The Sands of Time provided a fresh start for…
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Assassin’s Creed: Revelations: The Lost Archive (PC/Steam)
(Review archived from November 4, 2018) The Lost Archive has us assuming the role of Clay Kaczmarek who was the ill-fated predecessor of Desmond Miles in the Animus project. There’s not a whole lot of plot to be found in this expansion, but it’s here that we learn a little bit about the history of the enigmatic…
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Assassin’s Creed II: Discovery (DS)
(Review archived from January 31, 2018) Do you have any particular games or game series that you enjoy despite some commonly held negative consensus? Assassin’s Creed is that for me. I won’t try to defend it, because many of those common criticisms ring true (occasionally janky controls, artificial extension of playtime through open world shenanigans,…
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Rocksmith 2014 Edition: Remastered (PC/Steam)
(Review archived from November 27, 2017) TL;DR Pros: Cons: Introduction This is a game.This is not a game. ‘Gamification’ is an idea that has gained in popularity over the last five years or so. What gamification does is to inject non-gaming activities into a gaming framework via principles of game design, in-game progress, and reward…
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Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (PC/Steam)
(Review archived from February 24, 2015) Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood is the second chapter in the ongoing saga of the inimitable assassin Ezio Auditore. In many ways this game dials in the scope of the story of Ezio while continuing to refine and expand upon gameplay elements present in the Assassin’s Creed series. The story in Brotherhood picks…
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Assassin’s Creed II (PC/Steam)
(Review archived from November 9, 2014) Time for a triple-A action adventure title! I played through the first title last year, and I enjoyed that one quite a lot as well, but every time I mentioned how much I enjoyed the first one, inevitably someone would retort, “Yes, but have you played the second one?”…