Beautiful graphics and fun, innovative gameplay are barely scratched by the bogus story and repetitious acievements...
User Rating: 8.5 | Assassin's Creed PS3
I must say this game is truly in a class of its own as far as gameplay goes. The ability to freely run up walls and leap from rooftop to rooftop is pure fun. The motion of it all is completely seamless. Just pick up and go. You'll be across the city in no time. Staying tucked away in the crowd is a nice way to sneak up on the enemy and slay 'em with the ol' hidden blade. Sword fighting is absolutely supurb! Take on one, two, five, hell... ten guards at the same time using the nicely executed counter attacks that will amaze you everytime you see them. I could honestly run around all day and pick fights with the guards just to enjoy some of that sweet sword play. Also the world is pretty big and you have the freedom to pretty much enjoy all of it from the get go. Wether galloping on your horse at what seems like sixty miles an hour through the mountain towns or scaling towers to get a view of the city you won't find many places- high or low- you can't conquer from the very beginning. All of these things are what make this game purely stunning. Here's the brick wall you come to about five hours into the game: These are the only things that make this game fun at all. Everything else is just "blah!" You are faced with a handful of tasks in each city. The same task over and over again in each city. They become so monotanous they really start to feel like chores. Then the game is suddenly a cut and dry formula of "go here, do this, and this, and this, and this. Ok, go here and do it all again." Even the various rewards you get (four different weapons and abilities) quit coming and you feel like you're doing it all for nothing. Oh, and the story goes from confusing at first to just plain boring all the way through. So, honestly, theres really no reason to play this game all the way through. The things that make this game so great can be enjoyed endlessly almost right from the start. For twenty used at gamestop this game is SOOOO worth it. Its nice to have in your collection 'cause there will be times you wanna go jump around the city and pull some sneaking kills on big mouth guards. The fun of this game will always be fun. And that, despite all the "blah," makes this game a CLASSIC!!! 
