Assassin's Creed

This game is simply beautiful. The graphics are excellent and the sound quality is awesome. You control Altair throughout the game. He is an assassin who has been kicked out of his guild for insubordination. As the game progresses, you work your way back into the good graces of your superiors by carrying out a series of execution orders on select figures in the region. You earn new moves and weaponry as you progress through the game and the decisions you make impact how well you do in the game. If you kill innocent bystanders or break any of the other rules of the guild's code, your game will be much more difficult. The interactions with the crowd and your target in each area are very well done. My only complaint about the game is the monotony of it. The pattern is: Get a command, scout the town, and execute the bad guy. This pattern is repeated all the way through with very little else to sidetrack you. There are other tasks such as finding flags hidden throughout the kingdom, but since these aren't required to finish the game, it doesn't make any sense to hunt for 100 flags. In small doses, this game is incredible, but spending too much time at once will become boring very quickly