As many people said, this is in need of a remake, because as it is, it's pretty shit.
Gameplay wise that is at least, sure for it's time it was groundbreaking, but it's not 2007 anymore and this game doesn't play very well anymore.
The parkour is way too slow imo and the amount of times Altair just decided to jump off a building when I didn't want him too is stupid. The beggars and the people who just randomly push you are also really annoying and I'd rather not fail a mission because some dipshit just came up to me and pushed me in front of a guard, knocking the guard over and having me have to escape/fight, then wait...then redo the mission and hope that asshole isn't there anymore.
The combat soon turned into just counter attacking because that's the best method even if I found it sorta inconsistent, also if you knock an enemy down it'll be luck whether your character will hit him next or the dude next to him.
It's also very repetitive with every chapter being basically identical, go to the place, climb a few towers, do 3 small missions for intel, go to bureau, talk with him for 2 minutes, then go to where the assassination takes place, wait for 1-3 minutes for the bad guy to do something evil before the game lets you go after em, then try your best to kill them and avoid the rest as much as possible, then run away and report back to bureau, dialogue, then more dialogue with your leader. Repeat 9 times before the admittedly great final mission.
The first time it was fine, 2nd time it was getting sorta stale, by the 9th time it got really boring.
But the story is great, the plot twist is done really well, the last hour of the game is great and Altair is a good character with a good arc and the modern day storyline sets up things nicely for the next few games even if Desmond is the definition of bland.
So it's not all bad which is why my score isn't much lower.
It set a good foundation for the rest of the series but as a game today, it's not fun and hasn't aged very well imo.
Gameplay wise that is at least, sure for it's time it was groundbreaking, but it's not 2007 anymore and this game doesn't play very well anymore.
The parkour is way too slow imo and the amount of times Altair just decided to jump off a building when I didn't want him too is stupid. The beggars and the people who just randomly push you are also really annoying and I'd rather not fail a mission because some dipshit just came up to me and pushed me in front of a guard, knocking the guard over and having me have to escape/fight, then wait...then redo the mission and hope that asshole isn't there anymore.
The combat soon turned into just counter attacking because that's the best method even if I found it sorta inconsistent, also if you knock an enemy down it'll be luck whether your character will hit him next or the dude next to him.
It's also very repetitive with every chapter being basically identical, go to the place, climb a few towers, do 3 small missions for intel, go to bureau, talk with him for 2 minutes, then go to where the assassination takes place, wait for 1-3 minutes for the bad guy to do something evil before the game lets you go after em, then try your best to kill them and avoid the rest as much as possible, then run away and report back to bureau, dialogue, then more dialogue with your leader. Repeat 9 times before the admittedly great final mission.
The first time it was fine, 2nd time it was getting sorta stale, by the 9th time it got really boring.
But the story is great, the plot twist is done really well, the last hour of the game is great and Altair is a good character with a good arc and the modern day storyline sets up things nicely for the next few games even if Desmond is the definition of bland.
So it's not all bad which is why my score isn't much lower.
It set a good foundation for the rest of the series but as a game today, it's not fun and hasn't aged very well imo.