Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Review (PC)

While their gameplay always impressed, Assassin’s Creed games became famous for their stories, which always managed to mesmerize gamers, showcasing the never-ending conflict between the brotherhood of Assassins and the evil Knights Templar.

After we delved deeper and deeper into this conflict in the last games, Revelations arrives to try and shed some light, answering the huge variety of questions that appeared up until now, while ending the saga of Ezio Auditore, the main protagonist in the last two titles.

After going through the game, however, you’re left with mixed feelings. In terms of Ezio’s storyline, you now get to guide him at the end of his assassin career, acting more as a mentor, who just wants to make sense of the variety of supernatural stuff he’s seen and done in the last two titles.

You also get to experience some new adventures of Altair, the hero from the first game, this time after he takes over for Al Mualim as the leader of the brotherhood of assassins. These segments are thrilling, especially since they aren’t that numerous and players can truly enjoy them.

Besides these characters, the storyline of Desmond Miles, their current-day ancestor, is also continued, after the cliffhanger ending from last year’s Brotherhood. He’s now stuck on a sort of virtual island in the Animus and he needs to resolve any lingering memories of his ancestors before he can actually come back to real life. He’s helped by the infamous Subject Sixteen who, sadly, after being constantly teased and hinted at in the last games, just ends up feeling like a disappointment.

After the stunning second and third games, Revelations doesn’t have that same memorable feel, at least in terms of narrative. While Ezio is the same great guy we know and love, his supporting cast, with a few minor exceptions, like Constantinople Assassin leader Yusuf, isn’t that fleshed out. You no longer have the cruel Machiavelli or the quirky Leonardo da Vinci. You do get to rub shoulders with existing or future sultans of the Ottoman Empire, but these encounters only impress history fans.
Minimum:
OS: Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista SP2 /Windows 7 SP1
Processor: Intel Core2 Duo E4400 @ 2.0GHz or AMD Athlon64 X2 4000+ @ 2.1GHz
Memory: 1.5 GB Windows XP / 2 GB Windows Vista - Windows 7
Graphics: 256 MB DirectX 9.0 – compliant card with Shader Model 4.0 or higher
DirectX: DirectX June 2010 or newer
Hard Drive: 12 GB
Sound: DirectX 9.0 – compliant sound card
Peripherals: Keyboard, mouse, optional controller
Internet: Temporary broadband connection required for one-time product registration at first launch, permanent broadband connection required for multi-player.

Recommended:
OS: Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista SP2 /Windows 7 SP1
Processor: Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.6GHz or AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ @ 3.0 GHz or better
Memory: 2 GB Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7
Graphics: 512 MB DirectX 9.0 – compliant card with Shader Model 5.0 or higher

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