Assassin's Creed II and Avatar (the movie)

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Just about an hour ago I finished Assassin's Creed II, so I have decided the subject of this week's music blog will not be about music. This week's theme will be gaming.

As I said earlier I just beat Assassin's Creed II, you might be asking yourself right now "I wonder if Andrew liked Assassin's Creed II?" Well here is your answer amigos. I thought it was pretty good... not great... not the worst game I have ever played... pretty good. One thing that I have noticed as I progress into old age is that my tolerance for the quality of video games has reached a new level of snootiness. I will no longer simply plop myself in front of the TV for 3 days and grind through any old RPG or adventure game. In fact, for the most part, I really don't like most of the games that I play. Something about them just seems so commercial and forced, but then again, I don't like anything anymore. Lets take for example James Cameron's epic, Avatar. This fucking movie was supposed to be the Jesus of movies. It was supposed to come out and bust the most "I have seen the future of movies, and it is Avatar," cumload in all of our faces. And for some of you out there it really did just pop some nut right in your eye... in 3D Imax. But for me, the uptight, unable to be impressed by anything, stick-up-my-ass Seattle-ite, I simply was not wowed. I seem to recall leaving the theatre understanding that I was just entertained, but in a way that was sincerely lacking any sort of luster. I know that I was not supposed to be impressed by the story, that it is a simple tale of love and acceptance, but seriously, it really was just the least creative waist of thirteen dollars I think I have seen since I purchased a one month subscription to fake_titted_chick_fucks_pizza_guy.com What I'm trying to say is clearly you can't trust any of my judgments, because although I am in the "prime of my life", I have the creative patience of a cranky eighty-four-year-old man named Saul.

However all of that said, I actually enjoyed playing Assassin's Creed II. Many of the reviews prior to release claimed that the game was what the first one should have been, and that after playing, you would be supremely satisfied. I wholeheartedly agree, Assassin's Creed II is what Assassin's Creed should have been. The combat was fucking awesome, maybe a little artificial looking, and I could have used a lot more gore, but beggars can't be choosers. The free-running in the game is fantastic, and is essentially a game in-itself. To me the graphics where basically the same which seems to be the general consensus. However the basic premise was equally as nauseating as the first game (I always thought the foundation of the game should have been based on assassins, not the "Animus" and whatever ridiculous storyline goes along with that), and there were even a few aspects that I thought were worse, most notably the horrendous dialogue crossed with the foodcourt-itialian accents that all the characters seemed to have. But in all fairness, my main criticism to the first game, as was everyone's main criticism, was the mind numbing repetitiveness, and I will say this game was able to decrease the level of repetitiveness, which allowed for some fun to seep through the cracks.

My thoughts on the game according to this post would suggest that you probably shouldn't buy this game. On the contrary however, I suggest that you do buy this game, and on top of buying it, I suggest you play it all the way through (the end of the game makes the premise of the animus almost tolerable). In conclusion I honestly believe this is technically the best single player game I have played.

Also since this is a music blog, I will comment on the music in the game... not great. I suggest turning the music sound levels all the way down and substituting them with Black Sabbath, preferably Paranoid, and if you can manage to get War Pigs to come on during the final mission, you might just cream your pants in the way James Cameron intended you to do when Sam Worthington successfully transformed from a human to a smurf.