Assassin's Creed: Great Interactive Game

"I have dedicated my life to the study of the deadly arts. I can blend in with any crowd, strike from any direction, and eliminate anyone with a single thrust of my blade. My name is Altair and my actions will be remembered for ages to come."-- Quote from the back of the box for Assassin's Creed.

For Mother's Day one of my presents was a new game, Assassin's Creed. I feel instantly in love with the game. Great graphics, very dimensional game play, very interactive. Even though it is a mature rating it does support family settings. During the loading of the game it does let you know that the creators of the game are multicultural, come from different backgrounds and spiritual beliefs, and that the game is based on historical events. I believe the reason for this is that the main character you play is Muslim.

The basis of the game is that you are an assassin named Altair. The time period of the game seems to be around the time of the crusades. One of the missions is to kill 60 templar's. When you start out in the game you are a present day person who has been selected to go into a machine called the Animus. The reason for it is that you have an ancestor memory that they are trying to get to. It is somewhat unclear as to why you are being held prisoner, or why that particular memory is important. It is possible I may have missed that if it was discussed, as I am still about halfway through the game.

The slowest part of the game play comes when you are outside the Animus, when you are walking around as your present day self. Not much to do during this part and you are often yelled at to lay down in the Animus. Once you are in the Animus and are playing as Altair things really get interesting. You learn to be an assassin, and the cut scenes are set up that you can change the view that you are in at anytime to get almost a cinematic type view.

You learn how to climb walls, and how to use your weapons, also how to hide. These become real important during game play. Almost everything you do in game you are treated to plot advancing talk. You get to know who your targets are and why they are your targets. When you dispatch a main target you are treated to another cut scene where the main target actually explains their actions to you in a detailed way.

There are many obstacles to climb and many options as how you want to play the game. A lot of unlock able achievements to discover, and some great death scenes. The game has a lot of replay value. I would recommend this game to anyone who likes games that do a lot of background and give a lot of explanation. If you are one of the types of gamers that like to just hack you way through a game this probably is not the game for you.