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Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2008

Should you play it?

Assassin's Creed™ is the next-gen game developed by Ubisoft Montreal that redefines the action genre. While other games claim to be next-gen with impressive graphics and physics, Assassin's Creed merges technology, game design, theme and emotions into a world where you instigate chaos and become a vulnerable, yet powerful, agent of...

What works
  • Immersive historical setting
  • Innovative parkour mechanics
  • Engaging narrative
  • Freedom in mission approach
  • Solid combat system
Things to keep in mind
  • Repetitive mission structure
  • Lack of subtitles
  • Clunky controls
  • Limited side content
  • Technical bugs and freezes

What to play next

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Hidden Gems

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Status. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Competence

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  • Competition

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  • Continuation

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    "Game is relatively short with limited post-story content, leading to some players quickly disengaging after completion."

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  • Cooperation

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  • Creativity

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  • Domination

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  • Escapism

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    "Immersive historical setting and story provide a strong escape from real life."

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  • Expectation

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    "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and curiosity, not obligation or external pressure."

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  • Exploration

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  • Expression

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  • Fellowship

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    "No community or social group play; experience is solitary."

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  • Growth

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  • Health

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  • Idle

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  • Intimacy

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  • Leadership

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  • Progression

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  • Relaxation

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  • Sensation

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  • Status

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  • Story

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  • Strategy

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  • Value

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