I had been waiting a while for this game to arrive and I was not
disappointed when it did. My first impressions of the game was that the
graphics looked superb, I mean the detail in each city is simply
fantastic with the stark contrast of the rich sectors to the poor
sectors is simply brilliant.
I found the whole intro to the game rather strange but it was soon
explained and I quickly became immersed in the detailed storyline. The
storyline is quite strange as there really are two storylines with the
Crusade-time story and present day story running parallel it can get a
bit confusing at times (maybe it was just me!!!).
The gameplay in the game is really easy to grasp and withinn 5 to 10
minutes you'll be jumping across rooftops and performing stealth kills
on unsusecting guards. The fight system in the game is something I
really enjoyed about this game as you can engage several guards at once
without being quickly overwhelmed (especially with the counter moves).
The only bad points of the game in my opinion are that it does become
quite repetitve as you do seem to perform the same tasks on your way to
the big kill and this can become annoying if it weren't for visuals and
fight system. Also on the last level I kept getting 2 Altaïr's and
couldn't finish the game! (Seriously irratating!!!!) I then found out
that this happened if you had two Xbox controllers connected!
Overall I found this to be a brilliant game with stunning visuals and
great gameplay, although the ending is strange and frustrating. Roll on
Assassin's Creed 2!
