The Art of Assassin's Creed III

If you like scenery and architectural/environment concept art, this is the book for you. If you like character concept design(s), weapon design, clothing design, this book is not for you. Overall, it was of great quality, but the content was a bit lacking. If you want an all-encompassing Assassin's Creed art book (chock full of art AND information/history), I recommend the Encyclopedia distributed by Ubisoft.

I was ever so please when I heard the thumped of the book come though the mail slot. Within the cover I was pleased to see page after page of digital renditions of areas with in the game, images of the characters very much completed and sections of weapon designs. Thankfully they didn't use any images from the game to take up space.I think what would have made this a little more fleshed would be the including of rougher images from the concept stage. You know, to get a look into the process within the designer's minds.Overall I rate this a lovely reference into a good game and I eagerly await the release of AC4's art book.....And maybe one that includes bunches of work from the Ezio trilogy.

This was a distinctly average art book it gave away not much in the very mundane environments for the game. The character bit was so short you miss it and the best thing about the whole book is that small character section and the cover of the book.There are some little nice touches throughout the book with some inspired concept designs, but overall they left out the best bits I think. Probably to sell the original art off to make money elsewhere.All in all a good book, but not as good as it should have been for the price...Nice and glossy colorful pages, but not enough substance to us creative Artists that like to find inspiration in the form of quality art books.

Item arrived in excellent condition. Virtually brand new looking. The content is helpful for the aspiring artist, appreciative reader, and for those who enjoy the story magic making process for video games.

Really love this book, great art and great quality

My only concern is that it feels like it was only a brief summary of some aspects of the game (art wise) and I think they could have added a lot more in some areas - particularly character development art and Iroquois concept studies (There was actually only a couple pages depicting them). But the artwork is absolutely gorgeous, so I can't complain very much.

The book is beautiful and sturdy with a great amount of both images and designer commentary. I love the Assassin's Creed games, especially the 3rd one, so seeing the design process was very interesting. My only complaint is that they didn't show any unused or more outlandish designs or ideas. I would love to see things that didn't make it into the game, or just ideas that they had in the beginning.But for what it is, it is a lovely addition to my collection and I simply love this book.

I love the Assassin's Creed lore books, but I wish they had more pages.

TheAC3 art book is full of some of the most stunning images I have ever seen in a game art book; each picture is of such incredible quality that it could stand on its own as a piece of art work in a gallery.Having spent the last couple of months devouring this book and its amazing illustrations, I can honestly say I am stunned - so much detail has gone into the backgrounds, the foregrounds, the characters (their faces, clothing, weapons, etc) that it is unfortunate to note how quickly it is passed when you are playing the game; and how little of it I, as a player of the games, noticed during game play.Take, for example, the ships and docks: the reflections in the water, the rigging, the masts and sails are all so incredibly illustrated, but so is the sky: storm fronts, sunsets, battle smoked skies are almost hypnotic in their detail and depth, as are the winter scenes.The winter scenes show the seas starting to freeze; the snow covered buildings and trees, even beams and ropes are holding their own snow fall; there are even icicles are hanging down towards the ground ... no detail has been missed.Wooden beams are detailed with not only the grain but with knots too.One of the most thought provoking images, for me, was where the character is stood on top of a giant wind turbine looking out over a massive wind farm which spreads across the land as far as the eye can see - an area of land that was obviously once a scene of natural beauty and is now anything but. To be honest I hadn't an opinion either way on the subject of wind farms as the ones near to us are all off the coast, but having looked at this picture of the decimation and the ugliness of these machines I would definitely suggest all those politicians that say wind farms are wonderful (as long as they are nowhere near them) should take a long look at this picture - they may change their minds.Even if you're not interested in the games the book can be fascinating. My mother who has no interest in the games or in gaming has spent hours looking through the images in the book.I am blown away by the art contained in this book, and I would recommend it as well worth considering for any AC fan.

I am sure that you are aware of the world within Assassins Creed Three, its a far from the artwork of Assassins Creed and The artbook with Revelations. The locations that we see within the book are beautifully detailed and the use of colour leaves me in awe of the artists talents. The artwork feels like assassins creed artwork its one of the best artbooks that i own (and i own a lot)It does not go into the detail about weapons but i am not sad to be honest the digital paintings and quality of character design/concepts more then make up for this. I really cannot recommend this book enough to any Assassins Creed Fan!

The art work in the book is pretty good, I think I may have been expecting too much but all in all the overall quality is good. If you are a fan of the Creed this is a well worthwhile addition to your collection. The packaging was superb and it arrived in top class form. it is always a worry with art books as to whether they will arrive intact. This one certainly did.

Given as a gift, they liked it

A big book with a beautiful hardcover.About 140 pages of awesome arts. And a modern, sober and beautifull layout.A lot of explications about the arts. A must have for every fan of Assasins's Creed