Assassin’s Creed: Revelations was developed and published by Ubisoft Montreal, and it was released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 15, 2011.
The videogame continues the story from the previous chapter, known as Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.
At the end of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Desmond Miles is in a coma caused by the breakdown of his mind. To save him, the Assassins put Desmond in a specialized area inside the Animus.
There, he meets Subject 16, who tells Desmond that his mind is broken and the only way he can return to reality, is to continue playing the memories of his ancestors until they have nothing else to show him. After that, the Animus will be able to separate all 3 memories.
After entering the memory portal, Desmond wakes up in the shoes of Ezio Auditore. The secrets Altair discovered captured Ezios attention, so he travels to Masyaf trying to unlock them.
He finds the stronghold overrun by the Templars who put a bounty on his head. He escapes to the dungeons and finds Altairs library.
Ezio learns that he needs five keys to unlock the door, that the Templars have one key and that the others are in Constatinople.
When he arrives in Constatinople, he meets the local leader of the Assassins, Yusuf Tazim. He finds out that the rest of the keys are hidden in the city by Niccolo Polo.
He meets Suleiman, a young student, and later he finds out that he is a prince. Ezio witnesses how Constantinople falls apart because of a war between Prince Ahmet and his brother Selim. He uncovers that behind this fight is Manuel Palaiologos and the Templars.
After he kills Manuel and finds the last key, Ezio goes back to Altairs library and enters. He is surprised to find out that inside the library lays Altairs skeleton and the sixth key. Ezio discovers that the library holds the real Apple of Eden.
He starts speaking with Desmond and tells him that he will retire and that he hopes that Desmond can find the answers to his questions.
Assassins Creed: Revelations features the same open-world gameplay, but there are also several new additions such as the hook blade and bombs.
Ezio can also craft 300 different bombs. Ubisoft also added seizing districts, but now, when a district is captured, Ezio must defend it from the Templars through a minigame where he controls a group of assassins. The videogame can be played in full 3D on all platforms.
Jesper Kyd is the man behind the soundtrack featured in Assassins Creed: Revelations.
He was assisted by Lorne Balfe, another veteran in the industry. The soundtrack contains 12 songs and the full list can be found below.
Jesper Jakobson Kyd was born on February 3, 1972 in Denmark. He is a videogame and film score composer. He started his activity by playing the piano, but later he also took guitar, choir singing, note reading and classical composition for piano lessons.
At the age of 14 he received a Commodore 64 and so he started to compose songs for the demoscene.
Jespers real fame came with MDK2: Armageddon, Messiah and Hitman: Codename 47. After this, his next important contract was to record the soundtrack for Hitman 2: Silent Assassin.
In the last few years he received many nominations and awards. In 2006, he won IGN Best Original Score Award.
In 2008 and 2009 he won the ELAN Awards for the Best Video Game Score and the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for the Best Original Score.
Lorne Balfe was born in Inverness, Scotland on February 23, 1976. He is a film score composer and works for the Remote Control Productions Studio. He also worked with Hans Zimmer.
Assasssin’s Creed: Revelations received positives review from the critics.
IGN gave the game 85 points out of 100, Edge and VideoGamer gave 70 points. On Game Informer and Game Trailers, Assassins Creed: Revelations cumulated 88 points.
Songs List
Jesper Kyd - City of Jerusalem
Jesper Kyd - Earth
Jesper Kyd - Ezios Family
Jesper Kyd - Spirit Of Damascus
Jesper Kyd - Access The Animus
Jesper Kyd - Florence Escape
Jesper Kyd - Meditation Of The Assassins
Jesper Kyd - The Bureau
Jesper Kyd - Dreams Of Venice
Jesper Kyd - Sanctuary
Jesper Kyd - Venice Industry
Jesper Kyd - Hideout
