A highly hyped game often involves a risk: to succeed or to fail miserably. If the industry simplified a great number of known franchises to please the casual gamer, the number of games developed for a public thirsty for more complex stories still strong.

Ubisoft have worked hard on this game, not just in developing it but also marketing it. When we saw the first videos of Assassin's Creed the reception was very positive. A huge, sprawling city set in the swords and sandals world of the twelfth century Middle East replete with cinematic, acrobatic...

Stealth action just found itself a new benchmark

When kidnapped by an unknown assailant and forced into a machine with the purpose of retracing the genetical memories of your assassin ancestor to learn the location of an unknown item from the year 1191, it's hard to say no.

* Unique and interesting storyline; * Immersive and convincing through amazing graphics; sound and presentation; * Sword fights and assassinations are a lot of fun

* 1-2 hours in and you know what you'll be doing for the rest; * Questionable control over Altaïr's mobility; * Transportation can be a bit lengthy and over-used

Assassins Creed is best approached with no preconceptions whatsoever. If you play it with an expectation of greatness, then an unfair emphasis will be placed on the in game issues and that does not do the game justice.

A great game. I love it. Graphics are the best I've ever seen on a game and there's so much to do. Unlike some of those games that you can complete in a matter of days. It's also very clever in the way it's all put together, and the storyline is fantastic!

Action/Adventure/Third Person Ubisoft's medieval sleath-'em-up fails to stand out from the crowd. When Assassin's Creed switched from being a PS3 exclusive title to a multi-format one, 360 owners were understandably smug about their choice of console.

This game is very fun to play but it becomes very repetitive after the 4th assassination. Its just go to the town clime a tower find some people learn about the bad guy and them kill him, in return you will get new abilities.

stunning visuals; great climbing abilities

gets a bit repetitive

Hmmm. It looked so good in promo movies shown a year ago, even though you could spot some horrible tearing as the camera swivelled and a few other glitches as well. Ah whatever, the animation was so damn good and the intense fighting action looked to be well done too, Assassin's Creed promised to be...

Altair's animation and free running agility is a joy to watch; Remarkably detailed realisation of Holy Land locations; You can get truly medieval on enemies with some brutally realistic moves; Busy; heaving; well-populated cities; Occasionally provides great atmosphere and sweeping vistas; Plenty to...

Some tearing and the odd glitch; Being an assassin is not as varied as it should be; Not enough stealth; Missions become samey after a while; The animus plot "twist" in the game is underdeveloped and frankly; crap

exellent game awsome graphics, but very reppetative game play and none to difficult to complete but well woth a go exelent rental material looking forward to the next one coming out