A very fun game, but a bit too repetitive.
Likewise, all the missions are very generic, with the player performing a certain number of cookie-cutter investigations before going to a location to assassinate an important crusader or harsh Arab leader. The assassinations themselves consist of long, unskippable cutscenes followed by either a short, stealthy assassination or a flashy bout of sword combat with an army of guards as well as the target, then another long, unskippable cutscene.
Combat in the game is a fun method to create chaos, but, again, fails to continue to innovate. Most players will have fun at first, but will eventually fall into a pattern of attacks that have worked consistently for them.
The overarching storyline can be quite confusing at times and seems to be pushing the limits of belief, even by the standards of the videogame world.
Aside from the missions, the player can attempt to find a ridiculous number of flags scattered throughout the cities and world of the game, but this search is usually a boring experience from the beginning, and, trust me, it doesn't get any more interesting.
All in all, Assassin's Creed is a pretty good game, despite its flaws, but with some more work, it could have become a game that would have lived up to ten times its hype. Hopefully Assassin's Creed 2 will do the job for us.