Assassins Creed is set in the modern era; you play Desmond miles a bar tender that is kidnapped and brought to a building belonging to Abstergo Industries. The reason for this is because Desmond had an ancestor who was u betcha an assassin. Desmond’s ancestor was an assassin during the third crusades who was responsible for the assassination of well known figures during the third crusades. After the kidnapping Desmond is laid down on a machine known as the animus where his sub conscious relays images from the third crusades. While in these images he sees you are instructed to assassinate 11 influential figures during the third crusades after doing so you complete the game only to be left wondering what’s next.
The battle system in assassin’s creed is strung together quite well, when attacking an opponent you have the option of a proper old fashion sword/dagger fight or either creep up to the enemy and perform a stealth kill with a nice looking dagger/knife. When fighting a group or single enemy you will fight with a sword, dagger or throwing knifes the combat is initiated with one button while you are locking on that specific opponent. The defensive side to the fights are quite well done, you can either Block an attack if you time it right or evade the attack, after which your character will kill the enemy or either kick or punch them to the ground.
The graphics in assassin’s creed are quite well done; the buildings and surrounding landscapes are very nicely polished. All four cities are all individual with different artistic style due to the fact they are based on real cities of the time but they do a very nice job in capturing what I can only imagine they would have looked like. AI in this game is very nice they all interact with their surroundings react to you if you manage to bump into them or push them over while on lookers will gasp and even sometimes run (pussies).
From the bustling streets of the cities where you will hear every noise from a screaming women down to the whispers of peasants. The audio plays a great role in telling the story and drawing you in to the story; the voice acting is done well and compliments what is a solid game.
Overall I was happy with my time spent playing assassins creed it definitely taught me a thing or too about the third crusades well maybe not so much. I say to you if you have the time and money it’s a game worth buying.