The first few hours in the game were a lot of fun! Climbing unto rooftops, jumping off towers, killing bad guys, riding horses...great stuff. Eventually the game starts to become extremely repetitive. Every assassination mission is pretty much identical. Get three investigations done and assassinate the target. The only reason you keep playing is because you want to figure out the story. What does Abstergo (the company holding Desmond) want? What is going to happen to Desmond? You get bits and pieces, and finally the game ends with huge gaping questions. "Why the heck did I just play this game?" is my question. The ending was very disappointing. You spend all that time just to find out more of the story, and you are left with questions and no answers.
Some Google searching revealed that Assassin's Creed is a Trilogy. Great! More repetitive tasks, and no answers. Can't wait!
If the crappy ending wouldn't bother you much then definitely get this game. It's fun to play although I doubt it's replay value is any good. I have no intentions of ever playing that game again.
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