Stammi bene, Ezio!

Eponymous hero Ezio has grown old, friends, and I'm all like him. While he now ash and audibly gasping jumps over the roofs of Constantinople, I will not let him go. After three parts I was used to his serenity as the warm blanket around my legs and the mint just before me. I said yes, I would old. After all, Assassin's Creed: Revelations brings the history of Florentine to a worthy end, but loses elsewhere.

After the big novelty of recruiting young assassin in "Brotherhood" it fell "Revelations" obviously difficult to draw a real surprise out of the hat. The hook blade provided even with its own tutorial anyway there was in their main function to achieve climbing even higher up edges, even in AC2 in the form of the bracers. For noncombat overcome the opponents I have not even used. Why should they? Ezio is invincible and not running away. As real gameplay enhancement go for it by the bombs that allow tactical experiments. About three different components can be delay, effective radius and type of content determined. Then you throw those things like grenades to distract, to disappear in the smoke or to peek whole mobs Byzantine infantry with shrapnel. When I found it really helpful but only when you turn off enemy gun emplacements that were otherwise not visible. The rest is mostly gimmick.

Too often I was also forced to defend one of the numerous festivals Assassin. The are always attacked when Ezio excited about a lot of attention and failed to turn accuser or bribe crier. Once such a stronghold is however inhabited by a Master Assassin, do not dare the Templars. I had therefore only twice the short pleasure.

To design the city: Behind "Brotherhood" and the eternal Rome stands back and the colorless Konstantin Opel. With the same size it seems devoid of variety, probably because the attractions do not reach reach the fame of the Colosseum. A view of the skyline of the metropolis made me yawn bored. Nevertheless, she looks again alive with their chattering crowds. Probably it was not easy to surpass Rome in chic and charm.

To frame and internal action: Desmond adventure is progressing barely. Rarely happens something that I found really deplorable. The drama of the previous stays out. Logically, at the end there is again a cliffhanger promises of action in the next part. This time, however, there is narrative lull. The story in the Animus to the Ränkespielchen on the Bosporus is nevertheless solid. What it lacks for my taste, is unexpected. Of much greater contrast magic and yes, even more excitement, seemed for the strand of Sofia reminder. Probably because it is directly connected to Ezio's personal fate.

The main criticism on my part: the difficulty. Fully equipped Ezio Auditore is handy to have nothing. He defends himself with sword and dagger and knives and sword and crossbow and gun and bombs and a bold new armor that I wore at once, without knowing who she had put on me. Seriously, the Master Assassin's armor was virtually free, while the other sets emerged only gradually in the forges. But why this still buy when I'm already packed fat? In addition to that every foot soldier carrying medicine in his pocket and even four or five of the Janissaries have bad cards. Not even the climbs, previously always my Achilles heel, demanded from me a lot. I rolled to AC2 times even YouTube videos, to create it at all, I succeeded in "Revelations" mostly right away with full synchronization. And again, I'm getting old and so obtuse; it should not easily come to mind.

Short for multiplayer mode: Which I have tried in "Revelations" for the first time, and after an hour I was: Nothing missed. The idea of ​​the brand, to undiscovered stalk the victim, often sinks into a wild back and forth. More rushes to the goal, as that could be surprising. This culminates in deathmatch rounds ever that four of the six players gather on a roof and practically next to each other - already unmasked, immediately detected. As it is, hold your breath and to respond more quickly than the one who has the mandate to mutualise a. The own appearance and that of the opponent remains after respawn the same. For a long time so do not take before one can make out from a distance the bad guys already. Even if they wander even inconspicuously through the area. For an hour, but you can even give the well.

Conclusion: Ezio Search found after another 30 hours of play time to an end and as previously succeeded the guys from Ubisoft this time to create characters who seem true to life and stir emotions. For this they deserve applause. Trying they were certainly and hit are just rare. Now I worried whether the next part, the so received bad reviews since. In vain, because through it I have to anyway. For the moment I only remains to say farewell: Stammi bene, fratello mio!