Story set aside, Assassins Creed provides the best gaming experience of my life.

User Rating: 9.5 | Assassin's Creed X360
This game is amazing. The slick game play, easy controls and beautiful environment are enough to make this game GOTY. It's changed my outlook on the world; for example, today when i was at the Y, I was looking out at the church across the street and I was planning the perfect way to climb it. That is just how realistic and beautiful this game is, it can easily be confused with reality (especially if you spend too much time on it, like i do). The story, however, sets this game back by quite a bit. The creators just tried to do too much with it. I would have been perfectly happy if they would have stripped the story down to just being an assassin during the time of the crusades. My only other real complaint is that the missions get a bit repetitive, but they are so fun to begin with, that it doesn't really matter. The fact that some editors gave this game a score below an 8, makes me question their editorial integrity.