This game hasn't aged well.

All you do is repeat the same 5-6 objectives with each assassination and that's it. In between you get the Abstergo storyline, and with each assassination you learn a bit more about the world. I was more interested in the Abstergo storyline than Altaïr's story. Altaïr's story isn't that interesting up until the end where it expands more from just doing assassinations and questioning your motives, but Abstergo's storyline is interesting from start to finish because you're always kept in the dark and only get to know a bit of information at a time, all without leaving one room.

The gameplay is where it all falls apart, the movement is just so unresponsive and the low profile/high profile mechanic doesn't really work. Combat takes too long because attacking is just rolling a die between your enemies parrying every attack you do or not parry even a single one. You can try grabbing them but sometimes enemies will just counter your grab without any real reason. Or you can wait for the enemies to attack so you can counter them. The problem with this strategy is that you're reliant on how the AI is feeling at that time. They'll either all attack you at the same time or you wait forever for someone to take the initiative and attack you. In the latter parts of the game the game will just throw ten guards at you each time you're spotted, so you're stuck in combat for a time. Running away could be an option, but guards in this game will follow you to the depths of the earth until you hide in pre-designated spots and then they all collectively decide that the mechanic for losing track of the player has been triggered so they stop following you. Doesn't help that the guards have eagle eyes, so if you try to escape to the roof they'll spot you from very far away and you'll just have to keep running for longer. This game has air assassinations but it doesn't tell you how to do them, so that's fun to learn.

To summarize, this could've been an average to fine game but its gameplay and content really push it down. You almost just do side-content so you're allowed to play a piece of the actual game.

First and foremost it's important to play with v-sync on. Initially I thought the the physics were initially janky and jumps were meant to freeze mid air and that was part of the game's old charm. But they're not! V-sync makes it a lot smoother and makes one particular jump for a collectible possible.
Story-wise, I like how they've connected the present time and the simulation, because at first I was afraid that everything being a simulation would feel off, but it turned out well and engaging.
One beef I gotta pick with them is the collectibles, however! There's some maybe 350-400 things to collect in total, and if we exclude view points because you get to enjoy the scenery and do some climbing, the rest are there just so they're there. Wasn't expecting some stat buffs for collecting all of a certain category, but assumed there would be some piece of lore, similarly to how after you do a quest and it gives you some info, but there's absolutely nothing besides "You collected all X" and not even one "Congratulations" at the very least.
Anyway, combat was fun and the main sword wasn't my cup of tea, but the short sword was very satisfying to use and land parries with.

As long as Ubisoft continues to remove player access to purchased games, I cannot recommend any game published by this company

so far this game is pure nostalgia from my childhood highly recommend for assassins creed fans

Good gameplay and great storyline

Over 15 years since this games release and it now has a lagging issue. Well documented that it is caused by the *single player* game attempting to contact a Ubisoft server EVERY two minutes for 10 seconds. There are solutions online, but this is ridiculous that this is still around. F**k Ubisoft.

Yet this is a seriously great game, a slow burner, but great. Just not Ubisoft.

Assassins creed 2 is a lot better

The game tries to ping servers that no longer exist which causes constant freeze frames. Do not give Ubisoft money for this.

So glitchy its unplayable. Just skip this one.

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