Armageddon Riders

Also known as:  Clutch (North America, on PC)

Developer: Targem Games

Well, Armageddon Riders was a pleasant surprise for me. While I wouldn't place it amongst the best games on the Playstation 3, it's also not the awful bore-fest that I was expecting it to be. In fact, it's a pretty decent game overall. The concept of Armageddoon Riders is that you have survived a city-wide catastrophe where the majority of the population has been transformed into very hungry zombies. Supposedly, you're supposed to look for a way to change the zombies back into regular people…while most of the game is encouraging you to splatter the zombies on your windshield as often as possible. Those two goals kinda conflict with each other, don't they? Anyway, Armageddon Riders is an open world-ish game where you can just drive around until you either get bored or find tasks to complete. These tasks may be races or plowing through the zombies that you supposedly want to save. There;s enough variety to keep you playing longer than you may think that you would…but it also lacks enough variety to keep most folks coming back for more to see this game through to the end. Personally, I enjoyed Armageddon Riders as a nice, mindless game to play to pass some time…I think if you give it a try, you may wind up as pleasantly surprised as I was.

Review added: 06/21/2025

Assassin's Creed

Also known as:  N/A

Developer: Ubisoft Montreal

Assassin’s Creed is one of those games that I just never got into…I’d give it a try, play a little bit, then I’d move onto something else. Then I’d try it again, same result. I’m happy to say that I’ve finally stuck with it and played Assassin’s Creed until the credits rolled. While I’m not a fanatic or anything, I did enjoy my time with it for the most part. Since I purposely avoid most video game websites so that I know as little as possible about games before playing them, I had no idea how the story would unfold. The Altair portion of the story was kind of predictable to me…however, the story of Desmond piqued my interest quite a bit more. In terms of gameplay, for the most part, Assassin’s Creed is fun. You may get frustrated from time to time when Altair climbs something that you had no intention for him to…especially when it winds up alerting the guards…but for the most part, everything is pretty well done. While I don’t think that I’d put the first Assassin’s Creed in a “Top 100 Games of All-Time” list, it’s still very good, and maybe just the next tier down from the best of all-time. There’s a reason that series has been going strong for nearly 15 years, and this is the game that laid the groundwork for it all.

Review added: 07/25/2021

Assassin's Creed II

Also known as:  N/A

Developer: Ubisoft Montreal

I thought the first Assassin’s Creed was a good game, but I never quite understood why the series was so popular after playing it. Then I played the second game in the franchise and all was understood. Not only does Assassin’s Creed II improve on absolutely everything from the original, it introduces some new gameplay elements to quite possibly make it the best game in the series. Visiting Italy during the Renaissance is great fun in its own right, especially since I’m always fascinated by history and you know that research was done to try to recreate that era of Italy to the best of the developer’s ability. But aside from the history aspect that I enjoy, Assassin’s Creed II also gives more insight and focus on the “modern day” story that the series also brings the player through, continuing on from the first game. Exploring Italy, the interesting stories of both the past and the present, the improved gameplay, and the new gameplay aspects all result in an absolutely fantastic game. I liked the original Assassin’s Creed. I LOVED Assassin’s Creed II, and it single-handedly made me a fan of the franchise.

Review added: 11/11/2021

Assassin's Creed III

Also known as:  N/A

Developer: Ubisoft

Assassin's Creed III kinda broke the pattern of me not really enjoying the odd-numbered games in the series as much as the even-numbered ones. If you're reading this and find that comment confusing, Assassin's Creed III is actually the fifth game in the main Assassin's Creed story. This game mostly takes place in the United Colonies, prior to the revolutionary war that would eventually create the United States of America. I found the beginning of the game to be somewhat bland, but a story twist early on really made me interested in where the rest of the game was going…unfortunately, though, they didn't keep the momentum and I feel like by the end of the game, most of that interest wore off. That's not to say that I didn't enjoy this game, I did. But, when the end of this game came, I was ready for it…I wasn't really wanting any more. That's why I feel like this kind of broke the pattern of me not enjoying the odd games as much…I think it's probably my favorite amongst the original Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (the other odd-numbered games) but I didn't enjoy this nearly as much as Assassin's Creed II or Assassin's Creed: Revelations (the even-numbered games)…so it's just there in the middle. The other little gripe I have is that the controls still aren't fixed, five games into the series…I still found myself climbing onto walls, etc, when I had absolutely no intention to, sometimes alerting guards and forcing me to flee from an area. I do like Assassin's Creed III quite a bit, and it's not a bad game by any means, but despite the new setting and new characters, it does mostly feel the same as the previous games, for better or worse.

Review added: 08/14/2024

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Also known as:  N/A

Developer: Ubisoft Montreal

I absolutely fell in love with Assassin’s Creed II, so when I heard that Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood was a continuation of the story found in that game, I was really looking forward to playing it. Unfortunately, I just wasn’t able to get into this game like I did the second game in the series. It’s not like Brotherhood is bad or fails to bring anything new to the table…it just suffers, in my opinion, because it feels more like DLC or a level add-on to Assassin’s Creed II than a full-fledged game. It was nice to see familiar faces and to get some more of the “modern” story and characters featured…But ultimately, Brotherhood was a little bit of a letdown for me after playing Assassin’s Creed II. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed playing Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood…but I also found myself wishing that I was playing Assassin’s Creed II again instead.

Review added: 12/31/2021

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

Also known as:  N/A

Developer: Ubisoft Montreal

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations made me fall in love with Assassin’s Creed again. It’s a weird relationship I have with these games. I’ve liked them all to a degree, but it’s like I like one, then love the next one, then go back to liking the one after that. The original Assassin’s Creed was good, but I didn’t love it. I absolutely loved Assassin’s Creed II. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood was okay, but it felt like DLC for the second game rather than a sequel, and then Revelations brought me back into loving the franchise. Taking place in Constantinople, Ezio returns in this game as an older man to wrap up his trilogy of stories in the franchise. All of the features established in the previous games return, along with a tower defense-style aspect to the game…which thankfully is not a mandatory part of the game aside from the mission to introduce it. I’m not a fan of tower defense games, if you can’t tell. I also enjoyed how they finally found a way to link Ezio and Altair beyond the tiny bit from the second game…likewise, it was nice seeing Altair return to the series as well. In fact, some versions of this game came bundled with the original Assassin’s Creed to help remind/introduce players to Altair and his story. Anyway, I really liked Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, and I’ll gladly pop this game back in to visit Constantinople again from time to time.

Review added: 01/29/2022