With great Graphics, Gameplay, and Audio..there nothing better...
You have to be careful to make new things well...and make old things better...
This game does EVERYTHING!!
It has amazing graphics, with the great reflections, lighting, shadows and complicted textures, and rich polygon layout....its great.
The Audio is also great... you dont exactly need surround sound...it only helps when fighting more than 5 enemies, or when your looking for that elusive skeleton.
But, as usual the gameplay is the most important thing:
There is just SO MUCH you can do, from random walks through lush forests to making a little hideout filled to the brim with stolen items...its all there.
Be a good guy, follow the path of righteousness, help out people from pirate raiders, or rescue them...
Be an evil phycotic maniac... steal everything not nailed down...and maybe a few things that are;) ...break into a castle...ATTEMPT to kill the queen...i hate those guards....
But....with any great title there are quirks...:
Climb up...or down a mountain..the game modles move extremely stiffly..not a big problem though, Third person view is a big let down, this game just isnt meant for it, and you can tell.
Some animal models such as wolves have no flex to them, always does an awkward twisty turn, while fighting wolves in the arena they just dont move right...once again not a big deal.
Also a few guard, and ZOMBIE AI querks... once i attacked a random person within a castle, the guard came to help him, attacked me once; then turned and killed the person I AHD ATTACKED...and sometimes zombies just kinda got "caught up" on the tiniest piece of debris, such as...a brick :P
Overall....simply AMAZING!!!