bob the moo

(2012-04-27 09:59:45)

A curio for Assassin's Creed completists but not good enough to be more than that

So, this year my girlfriend kindly bought me AC: Brotherhood forChristmas – an easy present for her and one I actually wanted anyway.By luck I had the night of the 26th and the majority of the 27th all tomyself – what better time to get stuck into this game? Well, sadly itwas the PS3 version she ordered in error, so my free time remained justthat – free time. Thinking of the game i took the opportunity to watchthe short film that had accompanied Assassins Creed 2 – something I'dalways meant to watch but never got round to since I'd rather beplaying that great game.The story is a prequel of sorts to Assassin's Creed 2 and, as apromotional tool it makes sense as part of generally feeding thegrapevine with more stuff to talk about. Other games use controversy toget chatter (MW2's airport massacre, Medal of Honor's Taliban etc) soperhaps it should be praised for that, however beyond ease ofproduction, I wasn't really feeling it in the way that I felt thecouple of trailers for AC2. The best bits of the live-action short filmare the same as the moments of style and action from the animatedtrailers and indeed they very much try to look like the game to thepoint that I wondered why an extended computer-animated trailer wasn'tproduced instead of this? The story is fairly secondary here since this"feel" is what the film is all about, so any scene that is about beingan actual "prequel" to the Italy-set part of AC2, is pretty dull andone can feel the film desperate to get to the next stylishly filmed bitof stealth or action. The cast are not bad, but they have nothing to doexcept be live-action version of computer game characters, they don'tperform so much as jump around. This limits the film somewhat and it istherefore hard not to compare it to the beauty of the game, since itlays out its stall as being all about the look and style. Of coursewatching it ahead of the game this may not have been the case butcertainly watching in retrospect it feels very much secondary to thegame and clumsy by comparison.A curio piece for AC completists perhaps but not particularly worthseeing otherwise – and certainly not good enough to distract me fromthe knowledge that I should be playing the game, not watching this!

Niku H.

(2012-04-27 03:13:42)

interesting and cool

It's a video made very well. At first i didn't know why they evenbother to make this but after i seen it i understand the link betweenthe first Assassin's Creed game and the new one (will be released soon,09.03.2010 on the PC) The atmosphere is surprisingly even better than in the game. The actorsare fitting the role perfectly and the music is great. Search on IMDb,the main actor is really the one who gives life for the main characterin the game. And the role made by him in the movie is flawless. Ifyou're a fan of the game, you must see it.Overall, the best short movie of the year.