I joined the Creed

So on my vacation last week I decided to get caught up on Assassin's Creed.  And by caught up I mean start.   
 
So Assassin's Creed.  That's a broken game.  I beat it.  Painfully in a 24 hour period.  The story is good.  Honestly my favorite portion of the game occurs after the credits, investigating the Abstergo offices as Desmund with Altair's Eagle Vision.  Maybe I should defend my comments on it being broken.  Assassin's Creed seems to want the player to use stealth in the game.  One instance I had with the game's broken stealth was heading for a target using the blend button.  As I approached the target I noticed he was surround by bums and guards.  What this means is if I stop blending the guards will automatically notice me.  But if I keep blending the bums will walk faster than me and push me.  So I opted to be pushed.  Unfortunately in the seconds that Altair was pushed between blends was enough for a dozen guards to identify and attack me.  Don't even get me started on the dock level.   
 
Lucky for me though the light at the end of the tunnel was Assassin's Creed 2.  Absolutely, mind blowingly amazing game.  AC1 had me convinced that there was no fixing these mechanics and AC2 did that and more.   They added a likable main character, wonderful story and music, an awesome inventory and village system, a compelling story, and mass intrigue.  This game is so amazing.  It might actually be the first  non-downloadable game I get all the trophies in.  The feather quest might try my patience but since I noticed in the DNA sequence it tells you how many feathers you have left in each city, that might even bearable.  I still cannot believe this game came from AC1.  I'm excited to get to Brotherhood but I imagine I will have to take a break after AC2 since its such a big game.