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Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Review

Though a must-play for fans, this entry advances the franchise with uneven results

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Living up to its name, Brotherhood does, eventually, grant you the ability to recruit, train, and lead a brotherhood of fellow assassins into battle. Acting more as a power-up or ability than a true party system, Ezio can call in single groups of assassins at a time or even rain down arrows from above with a single flick of his wrist. This mechanic is exciting and does allow for you to face enemy encounters in an entirely different way than ever before possible.
 
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
 
After a bit of time with your team of assassins though, you’ll find that they never really seem to get anywhere close to dying and that the bars required to call them in fill far too quickly. Much like the economy systems of both Assassin’s Creed II and Brotherhood, the team of assassin’s becomes something of a win-button not long after you obtain it. The player must be the judge of how difficult he or she wants the game to be rather than the game making that decision for him or her which tends to be a bit of a double-edged sword throughout the campaign. Regardless, this is a mechanic that needs to stay with the series and make its way into future games both for its relation to the logic of the story and the interesting mechanics it adds to the game overall.
 
Horse combat has been revamped as well and with exciting results. Not only has the ability to ride horses through bustling city streets been granted but the combat is much more ruthless and breakneck while atop one and the same applies for guards. While on foot facing a guard on horseback will have you scrambling out of harm’s way while trying to figure out a way to throw him off or kill him before he gets back to you. These somewhat subtle changes take the role of the horse from nothing more than a poorly-implemented driving mechanic and into a useful mode of transportation and an exciting combat tactic.

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#2 Jan 4, 2011 12:44:59 (Jan 4, 2011 12:44)

kamikaziechameleon
This game starts off with a bang, but the story seems to go everywhere and when the game concludes(a very long winded 1hr plus conclusion) I was left utterly confused.  So many things happen in the last act or two that make no sense.  Gameplay wise this is AC at its best but the story for the franchise still kinda stinks a big one.  In the prior games the enzio and altair's conclusions made sense but in this one it makes no sense what is going on.  Then there is desmond and his story stinks more than ever but the good thing you can say for it is how you are able to opt out of it almost entirely with the begining and end being the exception.
#1 Jan 4, 2011 10:03:09 (Jan 4, 2011 10:03)

TheLazyPerfectionist
 I've just got this for Christmas and I'm absolutely loving it so far, more so than AC2. I admit that having the assassins do the work for you does feel a little cheap, but its still awesome seeing them dispatch of a load of irritating guards. My main gripe is that there's still no crouch button - ridiculous for a game that prides itself on stealth.
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
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Xbox 360
Our Review of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
86%
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Game Ranking
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is ranked #103 out of 1957 total reviewed games. It is ranked #14 out of 103 games reviewed in 2010.
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103. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
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