Assassinating has never been so fulfilling.
The graphics are very nice and sharp, it looks better with the brightness on full, but thats just my opinion. Just observing the city and the views just show how much work was put into it. One of the best on the 360 to date.
The sound is great, the voice acting could have been a bit better but they are decent none the less.
The gameplay is awesome. Just climbing up view points and just jumping from building to building is very cool, and is the strongest part of this game. I love scaling buildings just for fun. Riding on horses are cool, but get boring after a while. Also, the combat is just plain amazing. The counter and combo kills are very satisfying.Assassinating random people is really fun, but you can only kill a certain amount of citizens before dying. A shame you cant swim.
The controls at first seem very complex, but once you have played it for an hour, you find they are very easy.
The sound is great, the music that comes on when you are running away from guards is amazing.
The difficulty is disappointing. This game can only go on 1 difficulty setting, and it is very easy.
The story is decent, up until the end, where it gets somewhat confusing. I wont spoil it. I cant help but think that the should have kept the story just in the crusades and not in present day, but i trust ubisoft will deliver a good story throughout the trilogy.
Unfortunately, there is no multiplayer, which i would have liked to have seen. for example, a race from point A to point B on the map.
To be honest, you might play it through twice like i did, but there isnt really any replay value, except colecting flags, which is time consuming , and only worth getting if your and acheivement whore. You may find that you get 99/100 flags, andjust need 1 more to get the acheivement, which will frustrate you. This has happened to me. Maybe they could have made multiple difficulties for more replay value.
Overall, this game is worth playing, its an excellent game to have in your collection, i would buy it, but others may just want to rent it.