Assassins Creed is a capable game, it lacks length though
The story is decent, the gameplay is great and its graphics are good, but its just too damn repetitive.
You play as Altair, a skillful assassin and a somewhat dull protagonist, he has to redeem himself for the screw up he made at the start. In order to earn his rank back, His task is to kill nine Templars (both Christian and Saracen).
The locations of the game are bustling with people and crawling with guards and non linear opportunities.
The ability to climb every building makes this very much a unique and interesting game.
The combat is fun at the start, but it eventually gets repetitive and boring, though thankfully its cut short with its only feature, its very short campaign.
To be truthful, it gets very boring and since there are practically no features you might as well rent it.