Assassin's Creed – Consumer Guide

According to ESRB, this game contains: Violence, Blood, and Strong Language

Parents would be wise to steer their children away from this game. There are several scenes of fairly explicit blood and violence, and one of the main ideas of the game is to stab people with a knife when they're not looking. Factor in the bloated amount of sword fighting (complete with picturesque finishing flourishes) and you've got something that's not for the kiddies. There are a few brief occurrences of language, but in this case, I'd say the most important thing to be aware of is the violence level. There is no sexual content.

Stealth gamers and assassination fans, don't believe anything you've seen or heard until you've read my review. This game is not at all about stealth, it's about climbing walls and jumping from rooftop to rooftop. This game has basically nothing in common with any of the other games that could potentially fall into the "sneaky killing" genre, so be warned.

Action gamers and Prince of Persia fans, this game is probably not for you either. Although coming from the same publisher, there's almost nothing in common between the two titles. Lacking the same sense of structured pace and careful level design, there's there's no way this could be mistaken for a next-gen version of the Prince's continuing adventures except on the most superficial level.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing gamers get the shaft. There are no subtitles anywhere in the game, so it's impossible to follow along with the story or dialogue. One of the development team was quoted as saying that adding subtitles was not as important as making sure the game was translated into several different spoken languages, but I'm afraid that isn't a sacrifice that should ever be made. Without access to the audio, several important gameplay tips will be missed and very little of anything will make sense, although to be honest, that's the case for hearing gamers as well. If you insist on playing this, track down an FAQ before starting to clue you in.