It wasn’t until my Gamerscore hovered around the 20K mark that I realized I was a full blown Gamerscore Whore. When I first got my Xbox 360 I barely thought about it aside from an initial “Huh, that’s pretty cool.” A few years later and I now live for this meaningless little number next to my GamerTag. Read more »
The recently revealed iPhone/touch exclusive Assassin’s Creed II: Multiplayer has been launched onto the iTunes AppStore for the surprisingly low price of free. It’s not a permanent bargain however, as the game’s price will be hiked up to $2.99 on Wednesday. I was a big fan of Ezio’s adventures on the Xbox 360 and I’ve yet to take the swan dive into the iPhone/touch version because of budget reasons, but I’ve got no excuse to miss out on this one. Get it on the AppStore
For the past week I’ve been dedicating all of my Xbox time to finally completing Assassin’s Creed, as it’s been almost three months since I’ve gotten it and all I managed to do was complete the animus tutorial. I was impressed with what little of it I played, but not enough to tear me away from Bioshock, Mass Effect and My Forbidden Crush, which is my MCR cover band that was just inducted into the Rock Band Hall of Fame [more on that later].
Although Assassin’s Creed starts out as a great concept, it quickly deteriorates into a boring set of chores that are stuck on a cycle of rinse and repeat. There are memorable moments that will take place during your time in the kingdom, but being able to remember exactly what city they took place in and during what mission will be next to impossible. The moments centered around Desmond and the Abstergo laboratory offer a refreshing change of scenery, but unfortunately there is next to nothing to do during these mission breaks aside from talking to Lucy [an employee of Abstergo with your best interests in mind] and reading emails.
