Revelations closes the Ezio saga in Constantinople with touching melancholy and an aging hero passing the torch. The gameplay treads familiar ground, but the closing emotion lands and the city is beautifully recreated.
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Action Adventure1 player18+
Description
Action-adventure by Ubisoft Montréal and Ubisoft, November 2011. Elder Ezio Auditore travels to Constantinople to uncover the secret of Altaïr's seals in Masyaf's underground libraries. New crafted bomb mechanic, Animus 2.0 with Desmond flash-forward missions and exploration of a sumptuous Ottoman Constantinople. Fourth and final episode centred on Ezio.
Assassin's Creed - Revelations review
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Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
Historical recreations of astonishing breadth, from the rooftops of Florence to the sunlit Caribbean: each era lives again with a dizzying care for detail. The architectural coherence and worked-over light turn History into a sumptuous playground. This visual ambition, vast and polished, defines the historical open world.
Two composers share the score, and the handover is audible: Jesper Kyd signs one last time the cold pads attached to Ezio since Florence, while Lorne Balfe brings broader strings and a new theme. Over that, Ottoman instrumentation, ney, kanun and skin drums, gives Constantinople a voice the Italian entries did not have.
Three ages answer one another: an aging Ezio sets out on the trail of Altaïr, whose library and memoirs he recovers, while a comatose Desmond wanders an abstract mental space. The subject is transmission rather than conquest, and the entry grants both its historical heroes an exit, one laying down his blade, the other ending shut away with his books.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾7,8 GB📅15/11/2011
Published by Ubisoft
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Is Assassin's Creed - Revelations still worth playing in 2026?
An entry from Ubisoft, Assassin's Creed Revelations closes Ezio Auditore's arc in a sumptuous Ottoman Constantinople, blending climbing, infiltration, combat and den defence against assaults. The maturity of the ageing hero, the city's atmosphere and the hookblade enriching mobility offer a fine conclusion. The very signposted formula and some system repetition begin to show. An excellent entry for fans of the saga and lovers of historical parkour and infiltration.
