Our second target is in sight, and all we need to do is wait for our moment to strike! https://youtu.be/x7mqX0_0mJk Streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/newdarkcloud Since we've already spent so much time comparing Assassin's Creed to Hitman, I think it's also worth pointing out that both...

One target down: The first of nine. But there's no rest for the wicked, and more targets remain in the Holy Land. https://youtu.be/VuQa_QAjQP4 Streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/newdarkcloud Way back in 2009, when I was first exposed to Assassin's Creed, I remember believing that it was a...

When we last left off, the game rudely interrupted me by crashing just before we escaped from our first successful assassination. So before we can proceed, we'll need to perform the hit just one more time. https://youtu.be/BCmmgrZMIjM Streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/newdarkcloud During...

We've reach the city: The site of our first assassination. Without further ado, let us get started. https://youtu.be/o5mgw20oEW8 Streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/newdarkcloud The core gameplay loop for the original Assassin's Creed is fairly simple. First, we are assigned a target at the...

In the midst of the Third Crusade, we've been stripped of our rank and made novice once more. In the modern world, we've been kidnapped by an evil corporation who wants to use us for their own nefarious ends. It's not looking great, but we've been through...

So we made a few mistakes and... blatantly disregarded the core tenants of the very Creed that we swore to upheld. It happens, and certainly nothing bad can happen as a result, right? Right!? https://youtu.be/ietCFyySzRA Streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/newdarkcloud It's no secret that...

Now that we've spent so much time solving murders, we get to start causing them. That's right. It's time to go back to the first game, released in 2007, in one of Ubisoft's longest running franchises: Assassin's Creed. https://youtu.be/2QXyhAG-0cs Streamed at...

I have long bemoaned the “standard Ubisoft open-world game” that we've seen in most of the Assassin's Creed games, Watch_Dogs, and even The Crew. Far Cry is no exception to this pervasiveness, with Far Cry 3 and Far Cry 4 acting as prime examples. Too often, the vast number of petty tasks and...