A mysterious organisation known solely as The Assembly has been conducting secret experiments underground, their astonishing breakthroughs only made possible by operating outside government scrutiny and society’s morals. But what is The Assembly PC hiding? How far will it go to keep its existence buried? And what will it sacrifice in the pursuit of progress? Now, a chain of events threatens to expose this shadowy group. Play as two individuals – each with their own motivations – and discover the mysteries of the Assembly’s facility through contrasting perspectives.
Make tough decisions, overcome trials and shake the foundations of this enigmatic collective. Will your actions and their future repercussions save lives, or lead to catastrophe? The Assembly is a first-person interactive drama for mature audiences, created from the ground up for virtual reality headsets. An experience with two sides to everything, where the truth is never clear, and a question is always left open: When does the end justify the means? The Assembly is a long-form, narrative-driven game designed from the ground up for your VR headset.
Freely explore intricate, realistic environments with intuitive, accessible movement controls as virtual reality immerses you within a game and its world.
The Assembly is also available on XBox One.
Without a doubt, The Assembly is one of the first high-quality, content-rich VR games, and if this is any indication to go by, then VR narrative games are going to be a huge and exciting chunk in that VR pie. [Tested with HTC Vive]
The Assembly is a good idea with great building blocks for its intended exploration and puzzle mechanics but it feels somewhat undeveloped. It'll no doubt leave you intrigued yet ultimately pining for more. [Tested with HTC Vive]
As a videogame equivalent of a 1950s pulp science fiction short story, The Assembly works. But it’s nowhere near as good a morality tale, or a virtual reality experience, as it needs to be in order to truly stand out.
The Assembly feels like a small part of a bigger, much more engaging game. It's a good foundation for a world full of mystery, but it ends just as it starts to get interesting. A game that fully explores the dystopian facility, its history, and the state of the outside world is something I'd be interested in. However, as it is, The Assembly is hard to recommend.
I have a lot of patience for VR control schemes with wonky elements. Developers are still figuring out how best to create games for VR. But there has to be a valuable experience to balance out the frustration those control schemes can create, and other than a single moment of empathy for a suffering animal that I don’t think would have been possible without VR, The Assembly failed to deliver that experience.
It promised the elevate VR to a new level: instead, it's further weakened the case for early adoption. [Oct 2006, p.77]
The Assembly is yet another example of mundane game design attempting to hid behind the novelty of VR. The mileage in this strategy is running out. [Oct 2016, p.122]
March 22, 2018
Sega and Creative Assembly delay Total War: Thrones of Britannia to May 3.
October 19, 2017
The Creative Assembly confirms the release of Mortal Empires update for TW: Warhammer for the 26th of October.
August 3, 2017
Creative Assembly celebrates its 30 anniversary with a free DLC for Total War: Warhammer. Watch video
July 7, 2017
Creative Assembly has announced Total War Saga a Fall of the Samurai-like spin-off series. Read more
July 5, 2017
Creative Assembly announces Total War Saga, a Total War’s spin-off that will focus on a specific point in history. Read more
