When I first saw this game at E3 2007, I shat my pants. I thought it looked so good. When I saw some of the reviews, I was all like WHATTTTTTTTTTTT. Then i got my hands on it and shat my pants again. This game is so good. Yes there are some bad things in how you must travel everywhere and not enough weapons for the sword fights. But both are very minor points with many better parts like the open breathing world with many interactive characters, the great assassinations that are so much fun to plan out and then jump on someone's face with a hidden knife, and the stunning graphics. Now why do so many hate this game??? I must think that it could be the fighting gameplay or slightly repetitive gameplay, but I could easily look past that and play through the game twice.