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Assassin's Creed
By: Nikhil Singh   |   Apr 17,2008
  • 3
Character animation is phenomenal
Assassinating people is fun (for a while)
DirectX9 version looks terrible
Doesn't support 16:10 aspect ratio fully
Gets repetitive after a while

Although the game supports all widely used 16:10 resolutions (most widescreen monitors use that aspect ratio) the game has black bands on the top and bottom of the screen when played in these resolutions. This means the game’s actually rendered in the 16:9 aspect ratio, and the black bands fill in the empty spaces. Ubisoft’s way of spitting the face of PC gamers who use widescreen monitors!

Fortunately the control scheme isn’t all that bad. On the Xbox360/PS3 the controls come quite naturally to you once you get the hang of the game; but while it’s a little more complicated with a mouse + keyboard (since the keys are kind of spread out), it isn’t too hard to get used to it. I tried playing the game via an Xbox360 controller after that, but I decided that it's easier to play using the previous control scheme, and reverted to it. My colleague Avinash, on the other hand, preferred the Xbox360 controller, so I guess it’s just a matter of preference. The bottomline is that although it isn’t as intuitive as the Xbox360/PS3, the control scheme isn’t too bad on the PC.

What I’m saying here is that, if you have the kind of system requirements (which includes a 2.8 GHz dual-core processor) needed to play it, this isn’t such a bad game to buy. Bear in mind that the substandard visuals in the DX9 version suck; the game's only playable in DX10. So if you don't have Windows Vista (which is needed for DX10), don't bother with this game.

If you own an Xbox360 or PS3 and can get your hands on the console version of the game at retail price, you’d rather do that since the game’s a whole lot better there. Unfortunately, the game's not available for those platforms in India, so even if you get your hands on them they'd be priced exorbitantly. This makes the Rs 999 price tag of the PC version a lot more appealing.


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hey dude directx 9 game is really good .It is awesome in my pc
i do have 2.5ghz dual core AMD
2gb of RAM
8600gt 256ddr3 video card
guys do not read this review.Go and just buy it because for 999 it a steal and phenominal graphics and gameplay
pavan @ Jun 08,2008
Playing It On Its Full Glory With My XFX 8800GT 512
Faisal @ Jun 07,2008
hey guys i have a 128mb graphics card geforce fx 5200 bus agp8x and 512mb RAM SHUD I TAKE THE GAME AND PLAY ON LOWEST SETTINGS
VISHAAL @ May 29,2008
hey it really looks good in my pc although as u said full wide screen is not fully supported
i do have 8600gt and 2gb of ram and a 2.5ghz of AMD dual core and xp os
pavan @ Apr 24,2008
die infadel!!!!!
an assassin ! kill him!!!!!!!!!!

this game roxxxxxxxxx
smasher @ Apr 20,2008
It would have been nice if a screenshot of the DX9 output were offered for comparison.
iGamer Calicut @ Apr 19,2008
I think this is not a proper review. In the whole review u r comparing it with the console versions.
The review should have been done by a person who hasn't played it on the consoles. Most of my friends liked the game on PC and the only -ves are steep system requirements and repetitive gameplay. It should have got atleast 4/5.
montylee @ Apr 19,2008
Ah!! PC requirements really sucks!!
They are terrible!!
Better buy an xbox 360 or a PS3!!
But still this game really rockzzz..
Uves @ Apr 17,2008
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