I’ve been playing a lot of Assassin’s Creed lately. Yes, Assassin’s Creed 1, not 2. I’m not rich, and I can’t buy every brand new game they throw on the shelf. I’ve had this game sitting around for some time and I decided that I should play, beat, and be finished with every single one of my old games before I even think about getting something new. Aside from being a very economical decision, I’ve actually been enjoying some of these older games immensely. But then there’s Assassin’s Creed. I’m going to beat the game and get all the achievements, but I’m not gonna enjoy it. As a matter of fact, if you want to do everything there is to do in the game, the creators have made it pretty much impossible to enjoy the game. Millions of flags to collect…in each SECTION of each town. The missions aren’t different from one another at all, not even in the prep work before the actual kill. Every single time, you have to climb up a dozen or more huge towers scattered across the specific section of town that your target resides in. Slowly scaling walls and hunting for spots your main character is willing to climb on sounds thrilling at first, I know, but after doing it 500 times, it’s really tedious. This is definitely not the most repetitive game ever, but it definitely is the most tedious game I’ve ever played. I believe the reason for this is that none of it is challenging, just time consuming. It’s not difficult to to do anything in this game. It just takes forever. If I wanted to play an easy game that eats up all my time to win, I’d play World of Warcraft.

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