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"Bring me the answers and the road that leads to the truth. Reveal to me once and for all, how all of this will end."
―Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Assassin's Creed: Revelations E3 Teaser.

Assassin's Creed: Revelations is a game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. A direct sequel to 2010's Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Revelations is the fourth main installment in the video game series.[1][2]

Gameplay

Ezio as he appears in Revelations

The gameplay system from Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is the basis for Revelations, though Ezio's free-running and combat skills have been upgraded with new features.[2]

Animus Island

The game begins where Brotherhood left off. Present day protagonist Desmond Miles' mind has suffered a breakdown from the events of the previous games, and to save Desmond's mind, the Assassins put him into a specialized safe area of the Animus. Upon awakening inside the Animus, Desmond meets Subject 16, who occupied the Animus before him. 16 explains that Desmond's mind is fragmented, and that the only way for him to separate the pieces of his true self from those of his ancestors is to continue to play out their stories until there is nothing left for them to show Desmond. Once he reaches that point, the Animus will be able to separate the three individual's memories.

Sequence 1: A Sort of Homecoming

Desmond enters a memory portal, which places him in the perspective of Ezio Auditore. Ezio has traveled to Masyaf to attempt to unlock the secrets Altaïr had previously discovered and to find the true purpose to his order. Upon arriving he finds the stronghold overrun by the Templars, who mark him for death. Ezio escapes to the bowels of the fortress where he discovers the entrance to Altaïr's library. He learns that five keys are required to unlock the door, that the Templars have the first, and that the rest lie in Constantinople. He discovers a that a journal is with the Templar Captain, Leandros. So Ezio attempts to kill and retrieve the journal but had brought his armor and health to a very pitiful state. Even though losing sight of him, his talent " Eagle Sense" to track him down. He soon heals himself and then assassinates Leandros. Leandros reveals to Ezio that they were looking for "guidance to the Grand Temple of the Assassins. Before he could tell of the temple he died and now begins the race against time.

Sequence 2: The Crossroads of the World

Upon arriving in Constantinople he meets a 17 teen year old with a very magnificent and peaceful mind, he claims to be a "student". As they part ways an Assassin named Yusuf Tazim welcomes Ezio to the Galata district. He explained about the conflict between the Ottoman Guards and the Byzantines and the conflict before " Byzantine Empire against the Assassins". Then Ezio was introduced to the Assassins HQ, similar to Ezio's Hideout in Brotherhood. Yusuf notices how much damage Ezio's armor has taken, so he sends him to pay for new armor ( Azap Leather Spaulders are the only armor that can be bought, costs 343 Akce). Ezio returns to Yusuf , out of curiosity he asks about the Byzantines because of their history of being overthrown. Out of curiosity to Yusuf, he asks Ezio where his "hookblade" is, and so the hookblade is introduced. Yusuf teaches him about the "Extended Reach" ( hold B or circle in midair), the "Long Jump" ( Hold or press B or circle in mid air) and the " Hook and Run" (Hold or press B or Circle when sprinting at an opponent). You can use the hookblade to either climb or kill. Yusuf decides to give Ezio a " Challenge" by climbing the Galata Tower, when they reach the top, he tells Ezio about even if people do rule Constantinople, she always "bounces back" and then they take a leap of faith". Ezio seems to admire this new invention but then one of Yusuf's Assassins inform him about the attack on Galata and the Grand Bazaar, this seems to happen often, but this leads to the new move where you can use the hookblade to ride ziplines, not only can you ride but you can assassinate too ( Sprint at the zipline). Yusuf and Ezio part ways, Yusuf to the Grand Bazaar, Ezio to Galata, Ezio meets one of Yusuf's Assassins leading to a tower defence minigame. After defending againts the Byzantines, Ezio enters the Grand Bazaar district only to know that Yusuf was too late to save the den. Yusuf was fighting a group of Byzantines, when Ezio came, Yusuf describes Ezio's fighting as " a man late for his own wedding" but he admires it. Yusuf leads to the Grand Bazaar den but it also leads to a new feature called "bombs" , they can distract and be lethal but the bomb that Yusuf and the player uses for the first time is the "cherry bomb"( it distracts). Then they reach the Grand Bazaar den, just like in Brotherhood you kill the Captain by identifying him using Eagle Sense, kill him then light the signal fire.


Sequence 3: Lost and Found

Due to losses taking back the Grand Bazaar den, Yusuf sends Ezio to recruit assassins, this time you don't just recruit by finding a citizen in a fight but they will either be asking for help, imprisoned or surounded by Byzantines. Ezio finds a citizen imprisoned inside a cage because of theivery. The inmate claims to be an honest man but hunger tempted him to steal from people but Ezio chooses to help him, to do so, he has to find the Byzantine with the key, steal it from him and then bring it back to him and so he did. Ezio offered him to be apart of the Assassins, the inmate accepted. Then Ezio came back to the Galata district to the Galata den to appoint a level 10 Assassin to the den, then you have to talk to him and go on a mission ( to investigate about a templar, you'll find that these templars are from the multiplayer), you'll have these missions everytime you appoint an assassin to a den. In this mission there has been "disapearances" of assassins, you follow the den leader you chose to a point where you have to clear the area of Byzantines. You have to use eagle sense to find out what happened to the assassins, Ezio finds out that a former assassin "Vali" or the "Sentinel" has betrayed and killed the disappeared assassins. Then Ezio chases the man known the Sentinel" but then Ezio and the den leader lose track of him leaving them to defend themselves from a group of Byzantines. This leads to the Mediterranean Defense minigame where you have to send your assassins on missions to upgrade them and level them up. You have to send your den leader to a mission in Bursa called " The Little Prince" for an unknown amount of time. Then Ezio travels to the Grand Bazaar den to Yusuf to learn about how to "Craft" bombs, the bomb that you are going to make is the " Shrapnel Bomb" ( Just use the fuse shell, the Arabian Gunpowder, and shrapnel, then you test it". to equip it just use the secondary weapon wheel then hold down Y or Triangle, then let go. Ezio then asks Yusuf of what he knows of the Niccolo Polo Journal he took from Leandros. Yusuf is only learning that the Byzantines found one of the Masyaf keys are under Topkapi Palace but Yusuf does know a man named Piri Reis, who knows where the Polo Trading Post that Ezio wants to start his search. Piri is also a man where Ezio can go and learn what type of bombs he can acess. Ezio travels to Sofia Sarto's book shop, Sofia Sarto is a Venetian woman who also traveled on Ezio's ship, they have now becomes aquaitances. You have to look for the entrance to the first Masyaf key using eagle sense, at the same time Ezio finds the entrance, Sofia finds it too, amazed in fact. Ezio then has to go through 3-4 areas where you have to kill the Byzantine with the key to the next area. Once you have passed the 3rd or 4th area you have to use eagle sense to find the entrance and interact. Ezio then comes back to Sofia and comes back with a map with the locations of books, the books contain the locations of the Masyaf keys. Ezio also tells her of his quest but only describes the Byzantines as "People who do not read". At anytime you can go to the Assassins HQ and play Altair's memory but you have to go to Sofia Memorys to find the locations of the keys. Ezio meets Yusuf outside the Sofia's shop having Yusuf talk to friendly thieves and mercenaries and Ezio to the Romanies, you can use the tunnels (fast travel) like in Brotherhood to get to places in a shorter amount of time. When Ezio reaches the romanies, he finds out that the Romanies are infamous for their "Curse", you then have to go on a mission where you tail a group of Byzantines and poison them without being detected and then bring back the chest. You then go to Galata for a second mission with your den leader (everytime your den leader reaches level 15, you will go on another mission with him/her. In this mission you have to rescue assassin hostages, when you rescue the second hostage, he/she informs you that the Sentinel was just luring Ezio out to attack the Assassin's HQ. You then have to chase him until your assassin kills him. As he dies, he says that he betrayed the Assassins because when people murdered his loved ones the Assassins did nothing to save them.

Altair Memory: The Mentor's Keeper

Altair at age 24, 1189

In this memory, the templars have infiltrated and attacked Masyaf and Al Mualim has been captured. Note that this is two years before the first Assassin's Creed Game. You have to defend the village against the templars and reach the castle. When Altair reaches the castle, he finds out that the assassin betrayer was never a betrayal at all, so you have to kill the "Crusader" (The Crusader is a multiplayer character) before he is done killing the all the assassin hostages and Al Mualim. The Crusader has different beliefs about the Assassin's faith in the hearts of men, that humans are weak. Altair replys that their creed is evidence to the contrary that humans are not weak, that we are more than that. Al Mualim has shown pride to Altair because of how much Altair has grown from the day that he was born in to the ordrer. The relation between these two before the first game was like a father and son relationship

Sequence 4: The Uncivil War

Meanwhile, Constantinople is in chaos due to conflicts between Prince Ahmet and his brother Selim, who are quarreling over who will inherit the Sultan. So Yusuf and his assassins attempt to protect Prince Suleiman during a celebration. Yusuf attempts to keep Ezio out of the situation but he lets him come along. To save Caught in the middle of the conflict, Suleiman reveals to Ezio that he is an Ottoman prince and that he suspects the Templars are behind Ahmet and Selim's feud.

Sequence 5: Heir to the Empire

Ezio eventually uncovers evidence that Manuel Palaiologos, with Templar support, is attempting to raise an army to overthrow the Ottomans and reestablish the Byzantine Empire. As Ezio leaves to go to the the garison in Capadocia, the Janissaries raise the chain to prevent Ezio from leaving. However, Ezio and Yusuf at the same time Ezio gives Yusuf a favor to protect Sofia.

Sequence 6:

Ezio kills Manuel and recovers the final key, only to discover that Ahmet is the true mastermind of the Templar plot to find Altaïr's library. Realizing that Ahmet knows about Sofia, Ezio races back to Constantinople.

With the five keys in his possession, Ezio manages to witness Altaïr's life after the events of the first game. After killing Al-Mualim, Altaïr takes possession of the Apple of Eden and assumes leadership of the Assassins. However, one of the Assassins, Abbas, does not support Altaïr. When Altaïr and his wife Maria Thorpe leave Masyaf for ten years to repel the Mongol invasion, Abbas stages a coup, seizing control of the Assassins and executing Altaïr's youngest son. Altaïr returns to take revenge on Abbas, but Maria attempts to stop him. Swami, one of Abbas's followers- under the influence of an Apple of Eden- then takes the chance to kill Maria. Altaïr is forced to flee and go into exile for the next twenty years, in which time Abbas' paranoia and madness weakens the Assassins and undoes many of the gains they had made against the Templars. Altaïr finally returns to Masyaf and manages to convince the Assassins to turn against Abbas. He then kills Abbas and takes back his rightful place as the leader of the Assassins. Years later, having seen the future through the Apple of Eden, an elderly Altaïr encodes his memories into the keys and entrusts them to Niccolò.

Meanwhile, inside the Animus, the entire environment begins breaking down as the Animus begins deleting unnecessary data. Subject 16 sacrifices himself to prevent Desmond from being deleted himself, giving him enough time to escape through the memory portal.

Back in Constantinople, Ezio discovers that Ahmet has killed Yusuf and kidnapped Sofia, demanding the keys for her life. Ezio agrees to the trade, but immediately gives chase to Ahmet after he ensures that Sofia is safe. He manages to recover the keys, but before he can do anything about Ahmet, Selim arrives with his armies and executes Ahmet himself. Because Ezio is a personal friend of Suleiman, Selim decides to spare Ezio's life but warns him to leave Constantinople and never return. Together, both Ezio and Sofia return to Masyaf, where Ezio explains the true meaning of the Assassin's Creed and uses the keys to unlock Altaïr's library hidden underneath the castle. Upon entering, Ezio finds the library empty except for Altaïr's skeleton and a sixth key. Taking the key, Ezio discovers that the library does not hold Ezio's book, but the Apple of Eden (the one Ezio possesses is apparently a different one). Altaïr sealed himself inside the library in order to preserve its secret. Ezio decides to leave the Apple in the library, and begins talking to Desmond, not knowing exactly who he is but knowing that he is watching. He tells Desmond of his intention to finally retire from life as an Assassin, believing that he has served his purpose. He expresses his hope that Desmond will be able to find the answers to the questions that he and Altaïr had suffered so much to uncover.

Suddenly, Desmond is approached by Jupiter (Calling him Cipher), another hologram similar to Juno and Minerva. He explains to Desmond that the First Civilization built numerous underground vaults that independently studied various methods to save the planet from destruction, with all of the data being transmitted to a central vault where he, Juno, and Minerva tested them. However, none of their methods were effective and they failed to stop the solar flare that destroyed the First Civilization. Jupiter continues telling Desmond that he has the power to save the planet from the second solar flare, and shows him the location of central vault. Desmond then finally wakes up from the Animus to see Rebecca, Shaun, and his father standing over him. They had managed to smuggle him out of Rome and used the coordinates from the Animus found at the end of the The Da Vinci Disappearance to take him to the central vault. Desmond's arm then glows blue and upon seeing Ezio's Apple of Eden, tells the other Assassins that he knows what to do. Underground, the central vault activates.

Development

Revelations will be the final Assassin's Creed game to depict Altaïr and Ezio as main characters, as Assassin's Creed III will introduce a new protagonist.

Weapons

A new weapon called the hookblade was introduced, which allows Ezio to use ziplines throughout the city, speeding up navigation by around 30%. Additionally, a crafting system allows the creation of bombs, with options for up to 300 different types.[3]

Assassin's Dens

The concept of Borgia towers has been expanded, and in order to neutralize the Templar presence, various assault scenarios must be completed. The liberated buildings will be known as Assassin Dens, though control over them may be lost to a Templar assault. These attacks will be triggered when the player's notoriety increases.[3]

Controlling a den and its surrounding region will allow the player to upgrade all the shops and buildings in that area, including the den itself, which will provide more navigation options (like additional ziplines for the hookblade) in that part of the city. As an added benefit, controlling a den will change the character of the surrounding guards. Regular Ottoman patrols will continue to monitor the regions under control, and will still halt if illegal activities are committed, but won't be overly hostile.[3]

Assassin's Dens can be protected by either the player or by an assigned Master Assassin, who will ensure the prevention of any further Templar attacks on the building.[3]

Others

Altaïr, as seen in Assassin's Creed: Revelations.

Seven Apprentices can be raised to level 15, the rank of Master Assassin.[3]

Instead of only featuring normal secondary memories, Ubisoft has added new Random Events. These were intended to be more extensive, with Ezio finding a store owner being robbed or a child in need of help.[3][4] In the game, Ezio is merely challenged to brawls or asked to help carry boxes to a dock.

Eagle Vision has been modified into Eagle Sense, which can allow the player to focus on a character and determine the route they have taken. This will thus give the player an estimation of where they will go, which could be useful for ambushes or locating a secluded place to strike a target.[3]

Ezio will be searching for the seals containing Altaïr's memories, thus allowing the player to control Altaïr.[3]

The modern day aspect of the game has also been upgraded with a new feature labeled "revolutionary gameplay," in which Desmond Miles needs to change the construct of his ancestors' memories and, in the process, unravel the future.[3]

To do this, Desmond will enter the Animus and find a safe-mode called the Black Room, where he will reintegrate the splintered layers of his subconscious. Here, a great deal more about Desmond's own past will be revealed.[3]

During a recent interview with gameplanet.com (a New Zealand based gaming website), Darby McDevitt stated that the majority of Desmond's gameplay will be within the Animus and indicated that there may be a very small portion in a different context.

The Desmond gameplay will be similar, in a way, to the Secret Locations that were seen in previous games. To quote Alexandre Breault: "The majority of the game-play in these Animus section focuses on movement, timing, and precision, but we also include some illusion based puzzles inspired by the work of Rene Magritte and Roger Penrose. The main goal here is to encourage the player to think and engage with the environment, not simply pass it by."[5]

The game will also make updates to crowd mechanics, adding stalkers who run up to Ezio and attack him, preceeded by whispers, similar to Brotherhood's multiplayer.
In the same vein of making the gameplay seem more real, mission givers will no longer stand motionless, ready to give Ezio a task – They will be real people, performing tasks of their own until Ezio approaches, and talks to them.[6]

Multiplayer

Multiplayer concept art of the Knight Hospital.

Like its predecessor, Revelations comes with a multiplayer mode. It features new modes, maps and characters (with facial animations and expressions) to refine the experience.[1]

Additionally, it has improved story and customization features, allowing the player to choose their own weapon (As well as a secondary weapon, which initially starts out as a hidden blade) and change their appearance, as well as edit clothes and other minor features.[1]

Changes have been made from Brotherhood. No more skin replicates to make players rely more on their observation skills (Deathmatch is the only confirmed gametype to have this change). In a new mode called Deathmatch there is no compass, forcing players to carefully observe their surroundings in search of their targets. Another change is that the line of sight indicator is now the target's portrait and when their portrait outline turns blue it means they are within sight. A contested kill bonus will also be introduced which, is earned when stun and kill actions occur at the same time.

Like in Brotherhood, the Assassin always wins against their stunner when their actions occurred at the same time but, unlike Brotherhood, the Assassin will earn a 100 point bonus though he/she will also be penalized. The failed stunner will also earn a 100 point called Honorable Death. Abstergo credits will also be awarded to player after a match which, can be used to buy items in the shop. A breaker ability will also be featured, its function is to close chase breakers preventing a target from escaping or delay an assassin.

A new mode called Artifact Assault will also be featured in which the objective is to steal the enemy team's artifact and bring back to your team's base. Keeping track on multiple targets will also be easier as now there will be small target portraits next to your primary target's portrait, and since there are multiple target portraits out there, there is no real need to switch between targets like in Brotherhood. In team modes, teammates can revive other teammates who were stunned by an enemy teammate.

PlayStation Exclusive Multiplayer Beta

On September 3, 2011 PlayStation Plus members and PlayStation Uplay members were able to try the game's multiplayer portion, which ran until September 17, 2011.[7] All PlayStation Network users were able to access the beta on September the 8th.[8] During the beta players could play as nine new characters (Bombardier, Champion, Deacon, Guardian, Sentinel, Thespian, Trickster, Vanguard and Vizier); on three multiplayer maps: Knight's Hospital, Antioch and Galata; through four game modes: Deathmatch, Wanted, Manhunt and Artifact Assault. Two introductory tutorials were available that introduced Deathmatch, and taught the concepts of stunning and escaping a pursuer.

Characters

Main article: Assassin's Creed: Revelations multiplayer characters So far, nineteen multiplayer characters have been revealed though only 16 feature in the actual game the rest coming in a DLC: the Sentinel, the Guardian, the Bombardier, the Vanguard, the Crusader, the Deacon, the Ottoman Jester, the Ottoman Doctor, the Thespian, the Charlatan, the Vizier, the Trickster, the Renegade, the Champion, the Count, the Corsair, the Privateer, the Brigand and the Gladiator.

Editions

Special Edition

Special Edition.
Note: This edition is sold exclusive by Game in Europe and Australia.

Signature Edition

Signature Edition.
  • A copy of Assassin's Creed: Revelations.
  • A copy of Assassin's Creed.
  • A bonus single-player map, Vlad the Impaler's Prison.
  • Weapon capacity upgrades for the crossbow (+5), pistol (+2), and bombs (+3).
  • A multiplayer character, the Ottoman Jester.
  • A copy of the animated short film Assassin's Creed: Embers.
  • A copy of the game's soundtrack.

Note: This edition can only be obtained by pre-ordering Assassin's Creed: Revelations from GameStop in North America. It was available in Brazil by pre-ordering the game in some stores.

Ultimate Bundle (USA)

Ultimate Bundle for Xbox 360.
  • The Signature Edition of Assassin's Creed: Revelations.
  • An action figure of Ezio Auditore.
  • A replica of da Vinci's flying machine, for use with the Ezio action figure.

Note: This edition can only be pre-ordered online from GameStop's United States website, and is only available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Ultimate Edition (Canada)

Ultimate Edition for PlayStation 3.

Note: This edition can only be pre-ordered online from GameStop's Canadian website, and is only available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Collector's Edition

Collector's Edition.
  • A copy of Assassin's Creed: Revelations.
  • Collectable casing.
  • A 50-page artbook.
  • A DVD of the animated short film Assassin's Creed: Embers.
  • A copy of the game's soundtrack.
  • A bonus single-player map, Vlad the Impaler's Prison.
  • Two multiplayer characters, Crusader and the Ottoman Jester.
  • 'Ezio in Altaïr's outfit' in-game skin.

Templar Collector Edition

Templar Collector Edition.
  • A copy of Assassin's Creed: Revelations.
  • Collectable casing.
  • A 50-page art-book.
  • A DVD of the animated short film Assassin's Creed: Embers.
  • A copy of the game's soundtrack.
  • A bonus single-player map, Vlad the Impaler's Prison.
  • Two multiplayer characters, the Crusader and the Ottoman Jester.
  • An 8.5" figurine of Ezio Auditore.

Note: This edition is only available from OpenGames Italia.

Animus Edition

Animus Edition.
  • A copy of Assassin's Creed: Revelations.
  • Animus Content Box.
  • The Black Edition of the Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia.
  • A DVD of the animated short film Assassin's Creed: Embers.
  • A copy of the game's soundtrack.
  • A bonus single-player map, Vlad the Impaler's Prison.
  • Two multiplayer characters, the Crusader and the Ottoman Jester.
  • The Armor of Brutus outfit.
  • Weapon capacity upgrades for the crossbow (+5), pistol (+2), and bombs (+1).
  • An exclusive customization item.
  • Altaïr's Skin (Pre Order or Purchased at EB Games Australia)

Note: This edition is only available in Europe and Australia (At EB Games Australia).

Gallery

Videos

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