The Hidden Blade Assassin's Creed in Depth

I'm pleased to announce that our featured member for April is Slembroccoli. In the year that he has been a member his infrequent posts have been insightful and well reasoned. When Slembroccoli has something to say, I take notice. He has only posted two videos as separate topics, one of which was front-paged (try to guess before reading "AC accomplishment" below). Before doing this interview I really didn't know much about Slembroccoli, other than he doesn't check his messages.

Tell me about the first time you played AC.

I saw a friend of mine play ACII while we were at a LAN. As soon as I saw the white robed man climb a tower hundreds of meters above ground in San Gimignano, I knew that I wanted to do the same.

Unfortunately, I didn't start off with the first game, as my friends told me it wasn't any good. I can see now in the aftermath, that I was wrong.

I spent hours figuring out what to do as Ezio in Florence, so I decided to spend my time with robbing people. LMAO!

What do you like most about the games?

The fact that you can do whatever you like.

When I have spare time, I just run around in the cities, trying to avoid conflict. And you always notice new details in the cities while wandering around, which I find very nice.

Of course the story is also very good; it's like a mix of all religions mixed together in an exciting conspiracy theory.

What AC accomplishment are you most proud of?

Climbing the Castel Sant' Angelo while hyperblended.

What is your favorite quote from the games?

Bartolomeo - "Pantasilea! Pantasilea!? Where are you?"
Ezio - "Did you look behind the table?"

What would you like to change about AC?

Give the missions more ways of becoming completed. Not only would this increase replay value, but also give the player a feeling of control. Now the games are becoming more and more of a movie, which is a step in the wrong direction. Even without the games they have a number of short movies based around the same story.

Which Assassin's Creed game is your favorite? Why?

Assassin's Creed.
Just the atmospere in the first game is something the other games lack. I can't describe everything about it, but the important things are:
- You follow the creed. (Ezio just stumbles around killstreaking people.)
- Altaïr feels like an outsider (maybe because of his accent, lol). Ezio fits in perfectly with other people.
- The game is more mysterious. You don't know what the POE is yet.
- The story grows as you play the other games. On the other hand, if it weren't for ACII, I would probably have chosen ACII over ACI. (The codex pages, etc.) Gameception, lol.

You have to play it to understand.

Who is your favorite Assassin's Creed character (main or secondary)?

Leonardo. I always get so happy everytime I see him; he does nothing to make you dislike him.

Are there any philosophical aspects of the game that intrigue you?

That the "religion" is mixed up between many of the big world religions. Personally, I am not religious, but there is something in the AC philosophy that really speaks to me.

When you're not playing Assassin's Creed, what other games or activities do you enjoy?

I play guitar and sing in a band. We have some concerts every now and then.
Also I go to school...

Is there anything else you'd like to add or promote?

Play ACI before you judge it. It ROCKS!

What question would you like me to ask the next featured member?

If Abstergo was real, what company would it be? Motivate!

And here is a question from the last featured member, ROB_88:
If there was a crossover with any other story, what would you choose?

Portal. I would love to find out more about the old Aperture factory. Also it would justify Desmond actually infiltrating ridiculously surveilled Abstergo buildings.