My teenage godson loves video games. He's talked about wanting to design video games when he grows up. Which to me sounds like an oxymoron. I bet the best video game designers are the ones that have a serious Peter Pan complex and refuse to "grow up." He knows that I receive video games to review on this blog; he's even helped out with reviewing games before. But he's been dying to review something that doesn't state E for Everyone.
Enter Assassin's Creed Revelations.
Admittedly, I know nothing about this video game franchise and it's cult-like following. All I do know is that I'm the coolest Auntie ever and am making a name for myself amongst gamer-teens in the greater Las Vegas area. Normally, my godson wouldn't get to play a video game from start to finish in one sitting. But that's practically what he did for me (with his mother's blessing). For that, my brownie points are THROUGH THE ROOF!
Late into the night last night (and by late, I mean until 10pm), my godson and I texted back and forth about the game. I don't understand a word of what he said, but I'm writing it all down here for 1) posterity, 2) to get him to improve his writing skills, and 3) because other gamers probably know what's talking about.
In the words of a 14 year old boy...
"I think its amazing it has great texture, awesome cinematics, and an amazing story line. I have been a fan ever since the first game. Revelations is the 5th game of the series.
The hook is a cool new feature. You can zipline across the cities. I like the ending the most. It just threw me off (ed: sorry, no spoiler alert here). I hope Ubisoft continues the series and makes another game.
My only improvement is in multi-player mode. If the multiplayer comes along when you are about to die, you can press "B" to avoid the other person. But when you press it, you always die no matter what. They should fix that in an update."
As you can see, not many words from a 14-year old boy. But I'm sure it's way more than he's ever written about a game to an adult. And way more than the "It was cool" that I was expecting.
So, thank you to Ubisoft for sponsoring this blog post and increasing my stock with my godson.
Please click here to learn more about Ubisoft. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective. All opinions are my own.
