Tag: Assassin’s Creed
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Are Video Games Getting Too Long?
Once upon a time, video games were much shorter; they were like a quick kiss with a stranger before moving on. These days, it seems more and more games are taking hundreds of hours to complete. However, this isn’t a kiss; this is becoming a marriage. When I was younger this wouldn’t have bothered me.…
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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is Getting 2nd Year of Content and New DLC
Today, Ubisoft announced that for the very first time in franchise history, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will offer a second year of content. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: The Siege of Paris Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has recently released the Wrath of the Druids expansion, and will soon be able to dive into the second expansion, The Siege of Paris. The second expansion…
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New Assassin’s Creed is set in Japan, and Outriders Sucks – Crater Corner Podcast
This week on the Crater Corner podcast, Leon, Jayden and Tom dive into the week’s biggest gaming news, including a new Nintendo Switch model, a game that uses blinking to tell a story, the BAFTA game nominees, a new Assassin’s Creed set in Japan, and Epic Games acquisition of Fall Guys. We also play “Rate…
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New Assassin’s Creed Game Will Be Set During Edo Period Japan
The Twitter account “leaks Gaming Updates and Countdowns” has rumoured that the next Assassin’s Creed title will be Assassin’s Creed: Warriors and will be set during Edo Period Japan and feature a female-only protagonist. Look, we need to say this off the bat: this is a rumour. As such, take this one with a huge…
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Top 5 Comic Books Based On Video Games
In a medium filled with as many genres as there is creativity within them, it’s often easy to forget that many video games have stories or narrative beats that get left unexplored. That’s why some creators turn to the realm of comic books. Comics are a unique way of exploring parts of the narrative that…
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Everything Wrong with the Assassin’s Creed Movie
The Assassin’s Creed series is the gift that keeps on giving and taking. On the back of our in-depth analysis’ of the video game series, it felt only right to continue towards the dumpster-fire that is the 2016 movie adaption of Assassin’s Creed. Everything Goes Wrong This movie has some positive things going for it,…
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Assassin’s Creed Odyssey In-Depth Analysis
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is the 11th entry in the series. It was released in October 2018, a year after Origins for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Its season pass comes with Assassin’s Creed 3 Remastered, which is how I experienced 3. I have a lot to talk about, so let’s go. A Tale as Old…
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Assassin’s Creed Origins In-Depth Analysis
After the collectively bland releases of Unity and Rogue along with the markedly better Syndicate, Assassin’s Creed went dark. E3 2016 came and went with no news of a new Assassin’s Creed coming. Was this the end of the Assassins? Nope, October 2017 came with the release of Assassin’s Creed Origins for PS4, Xbox One,…
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Assassin’s Creed Syndicate In-Depth Analysis
Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate is the 9th entry in the series, released in October 2015. Coming off the coattails of Unity and Rogue, it had a fairly low bar to reach, and because of it, it did pretty well. As the most recent Assassin’s game in the series, it allowed for a fair bit more leniency…
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Assassin’s Creed Unity In-Depth Analysis
Assassin’s Creed Unity was released in November 2014 alongside Rogue, and we all know how I feel about that game. It was released for the PS4 and Xbox One, and not on the previous generation of consoles, probably so it could didn’t have to limit graphics on an older console. Thankfully, after both Unity and…
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Assassin’s Creed: Rogue In-Depth Analysis
Assassin’s Creed: Rogue came out in November of 2014 as a mixed-generation game due to being released alongside the PS4/Xbox 360 era. If you ask me, I do not know why they bothered releasing it. It had a higher-than-average reception, which I completely disagree with. Rogue summarises the worst parts of the previous instalments, so…
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Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag In-Depth Analysis
Assassin’s Creed IV was released October 2013, a mere month ahead of the next generation of consoles. A bold move and one that probably didn’t pay off all that well either. At the time of release, I did not hear a lot about this game, and that is a shame because this game deserved more…