A game this fluid, alive, and story-driven can only be rated a 10. I loved almost everything about this game from the elements of social stealth that make you feel like a true assassin, to the dialog and overall plot. Problems with the original become abundantly clear as you play the sequel, because this game is the epitome of all games. You begin to see flaws in every game you have played, that you've never seen before. They have added all of the features that the original desperately needed, and I am stoked to give it a second play-through. My only gripe about this game is the new addition of feathers because they make 40 gamerscore of this game, nothing but a chore. Whoever was standing in the middle of Gamestop, wondering whether they should buy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, A.K.A "The latest re-skin of modern FPS games", and chose the latter has made a terrible mistake. I am anxiously awaiting the third game and I plead with the developers to make more. I feel honored to place this game on my shelf, in the beginning where it belongs, and with the satisfaction I get from owning THE greatest game of all time.
There's no denying it. The original Assassin's Creed was a massive disappointment. The annoyingly repetitive sequences, the not-so-interesting storyline, the lack of character development; the problems just pile up. Howe... Read Full Review
Hard to believe it was almost two years ago (May of 2008) that I played the original Assassin's Creed, a game that I gave a 9.0 because while it did have some repetitive gameplay that fact never bothered me because the a... Read Full Review
