Worth playing original Assassin's Creed?

Well here's my dilemma; apparantly Assassin's Creed 2 is good, damn good and I want to play it, but I have not beaten the first Assassin's Creed, and from what I understand the story essentially takes off right where AC1 ended, now I care about story in my games so I would like to know what's going on when playing AC2, so I'm wondering if it is worth it to buy AC1 again, I owned it previouslyon the 360, but never beat it (I then sold it, I was maybe a quarter through).

Now I did enjoy what I played of AC1, I thought it was quite fun but I just didn't have the time to beat it, so I wouldn't mind playing it again sometime, now I could just read a story synopsis of AC1 and buy AC2 and be done with it, but I've done that before with other games and it just didn't fly. I can buy AC1 off Steam for $19.99, play that then buy AC2 after I beat AC1, or I can save $19.99 and some time and just read a synopsis of the story and buy AC2 without playing AC1, but I feel that would lessen the experience of AC2.

Opinions? Thanks.

Well since you said you've already played the first one a bit and you could read about the story online so it's up to you. I enjoyed the first AC and just skipped some of the more repetitive side quests.

i liked AC1 at the very beginning too. it has some good mechanics that can impress early on. its just that those mechanics are never developed and they quickly become transparent and dull. sure, you may really like it (plenty of people did), but i wouldnt give any sort of enthusiastic recommendation.LoG-Sacrament

[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"]i liked AC1 at the very beginning too. it has some good mechanics that can impress early on. its just that those mechanics are never developed and they quickly become transparent and dull. sure, you may really like it (plenty of people did), but i wouldnt give any sort of enthusiastic recommendation.Im_single

the first one is o.k i'd give it about 6.5/10 the second one will blow your mind, and you don't need to know the story from the 1st to understand the second because I don't know what the hell was going on in AC1

It would probably be much better just to play AC before ACII. The story is very important, and you get to experience the amazing improvement.

I think AC is a great game. Many people don't like it for being repetitive though.

Great gameplay, maybe a little repetitive but I don't really mind when it is this good.

Great story, great production value, very polished.

Shouldnt take too long to finish if you skip the optionals.

Go for it.

Buying the original:
Assassin's Creed 1 - Yes, if u like hashashins, templars and Crusades!
No, if u do not like a bit of monotone games.

Assassin's Creed 2 - Yes, if u wanted a better "Assassin's Creed".
No, if u are a FOOL!

You can easily get caught up with the story of Assassin's Creed 1 and know what's going on for AC2. If you want, I could even explain all you need to know in a few sentences.

just look at youtube vids of the cutscenes and all that, but if your a real gamer and don't wanna miss a great game imo that's yeah on the repetive side but has a great story and presentation than pick it up

Well here's my dilemma; apparantly Assassin's Creed 2 is good, damn good and I want to play it, but I have not beaten the first Assassin's Creed, and from what I understand the story essentially takes off right where AC1 ended, now I care about story in my games so I would like to know what's going on when playing AC2, so I'm wondering if it is worth it to buy AC1 again, I owned it previouslyon the 360, but never beat it (I then sold it, I was maybe a quarter through).

Now I did enjoy what I played of AC1, I thought it was quite fun but I just didn't have the time to beat it, so I wouldn't mind playing it again sometime, now I could just read a story synopsis of AC1 and buy AC2 and be done with it, but I've done that before with other games and it just didn't fly. I can buy AC1 off Steam for $19.99, play that then buy AC2 after I beat AC1, or I can save $19.99 and some time and just read a synopsis of the story and buy AC2 without playing AC1, but I feel that would lessen the experience of AC2.

Opinions? Thanks.

Im_single