Assassin's Creed® Revelations

Item: Assassin's Creed® Revelations
Rating: 62
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-11-02

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Summary

Epic, poignant conclusion to Ezio and Altair's sagas
Polished narrative with a vibrant Constantinople world
Dynamic new mechanics like hookblade and bomb crafting
Widespread critical technical instability issues
DLC content frequently broken or inaccessible
Core gameplay loop feels repetitive and uninspired

Emotions

Satisfaction26%Frustration20%Disappointment17%Appreciation5%Admiration4%

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 60%
Unhelpful reviews: 33%
Protest reviews: 7%

62%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
38%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 3829
Negative points: 2564
Gameplay points: 658
Perf. points: 166
Rec. points: 566
Misc points: 327

Point	Description	Importance
Epic Ezio & Altair Conclusion Description Players overwhelmingly praise the game for delivering a perfect, emotional, and mature conclusion to Ezio Auditore's three-game saga, masterfully intertwining his journey with Altair's legacy. This creates a deeply resonant and impactful farewell, providing a profound sense of closure and reflection on legacy and purpose. Importance 99%	Players overwhelmingly praise the game for delivering a perfect, emotional, and mature conclusion to Ezio Auditore's three-game saga, masterfully intertwining his journey with Altair's legacy. This creates a deeply resonant and impactful farewell, providing a profound sense of closure and reflection on legacy and purpose.	99%
Polished Narrative and Gameplay Description Players appreciate the overall polish, improved story pacing, and refined gameplay mechanics compared to previous entries. The narrative is often described as cohesive, emotionally rich, and well-structured, enhancing the game's depth and making it a more focused experience than its predecessors. Importance 53%	Players appreciate the overall polish, improved story pacing, and refined gameplay mechanics compared to previous entries. The narrative is often described as cohesive, emotionally rich, and well-structured, enhancing the game's depth and making it a more focused experience than its predecessors.	53%
Enduring Enjoyment and Nostalgia Description The game consistently offers a highly enjoyable and immersive experience, frequently evoking strong feelings of nostalgia for the classic Assassin's Creed era. Many players highlight its enduring quality, noting that the core gameplay and atmosphere hold up remarkably well years after its initial release. Importance 44%	The game consistently offers a highly enjoyable and immersive experience, frequently evoking strong feelings of nostalgia for the classic Assassin's Creed era. Many players highlight its enduring quality, noting that the core gameplay and atmosphere hold up remarkably well years after its initial release.	44%
Dynamic New Mechanics Description The introduction of the hookblade and the customizable bomb crafting system are widely celebrated as fresh and innovative gameplay additions. These tools significantly enhance traversal speed and fluidity, expand combat strategies, and add considerable variety to stealth encounters, making gameplay more dynamic and engaging. Importance 36%	The introduction of the hookblade and the customizable bomb crafting system are widely celebrated as fresh and innovative gameplay additions. These tools significantly enhance traversal speed and fluidity, expand combat strategies, and add considerable variety to stealth encounters, making gameplay more dynamic and engaging.	36%
Vibrant Constantinople World Description Constantinople (Istanbul) is universally praised for its beautiful, vibrant, and atmospheric recreation, offering a stunning blend of Eastern and Western cultures. Players found the detailed architecture, bustling markets, and historical richness to be an excellent and engaging environment for exploration and parkour. Importance 24%	Constantinople (Istanbul) is universally praised for its beautiful, vibrant, and atmospheric recreation, offering a stunning blend of Eastern and Western cultures. Players found the detailed architecture, bustling markets, and historical richness to be an excellent and engaging environment for exploration and parkour.	24%
Evocative Soundtrack Excellence Description The game's soundtrack is consistently lauded as a masterpiece, with players praising its beautiful composition, emotional depth, and seamless ability to complement the game's atmosphere and narrative. The music is often described as melancholic, powerful, and truly unforgettable, enhancing immersion significantly. Importance 11%	The game's soundtrack is consistently lauded as a masterpiece, with players praising its beautiful composition, emotional depth, and seamless ability to complement the game's atmosphere and narrative. The music is often described as melancholic, powerful, and truly unforgettable, enhancing immersion significantly.	11%
Impressive Visuals and Art Description The game's graphics and artistic direction received strong praise, with many noting significant improvements in lighting, textures, character models, and city design compared to previous entries. Despite its age, the visuals are frequently described as impressive and aesthetically pleasing, contributing to an immersive experience. Importance 11%	The game's graphics and artistic direction received strong praise, with many noting significant improvements in lighting, textures, character models, and city design compared to previous entries. Despite its age, the visuals are frequently described as impressive and aesthetically pleasing, contributing to an immersive experience.	11%
Excellent Parkour System Description The parkour system is lauded for its fluidity, responsiveness, and how it's enhanced by new additions like the hookblade. Navigating the city's intricate environments is described as faster, more dynamic, and highly enjoyable, with Constantinople proving an ideal setting for free-running. Importance 9%	The parkour system is lauded for its fluidity, responsiveness, and how it's enhanced by new additions like the hookblade. Navigating the city's intricate environments is described as faster, more dynamic, and highly enjoyable, with Constantinople proving an ideal setting for free-running.	9%
Deepened Series Lore Description The game significantly deepens the overarching Assassin's Creed lore by expanding on Desmond's modern-day story and providing crucial new insights into Altair's life and legacy. Players found these narrative additions interesting and vital for understanding the broader saga and setting up future entries. Importance 8%	The game significantly deepens the overarching Assassin's Creed lore by expanding on Desmond's modern-day story and providing crucial new insights into Altair's life and legacy. Players found these narrative additions interesting and vital for understanding the broader saga and setting up future entries.	8%
Engaging Combat System Description The combat system is praised for being exhilarating, fluid, and deeply satisfying, offering dynamic engagements through strategic choices between stealth and aggression. Players enjoyed the improved responsiveness, effective finishers, and tactical elements that made encounters consistently entertaining. Importance 7%	The combat system is praised for being exhilarating, fluid, and deeply satisfying, offering dynamic engagements through strategic choices between stealth and aggression. Players enjoyed the improved responsiveness, effective finishers, and tactical elements that made encounters consistently entertaining.	7%

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