When I picked this game up, I knew very little of what Altair and his story would have in store for me. I didn't expect as deep of a story as I ended up finding, and this was very refreshing. It's great to see such a good story written into a game.

Not only that, but the control scheme is a wonderful breath of fresh air in the all too stale world of gaming nowadays. For a larger company like Ubisoft to take chances like this and have it really work out well, hopefully we can start seeing other companies taking a chance at new control schemes.

If you have a 360, or even a PS3 or just a PC, do yourself a favor and check out Assassin's Creed. The newly released PC version is supposed to have more side missions added in to keep you busy. Whatever system you get it for though, have some spare controller batteries around if you aren't running wired, you'll need them. This game can draw you in that much. Games like this should make you all happy you choose gaming as a pastime, and manages to deliver on every level, although a tiny bit more variation in missions would have been nice.

Score: 1.   Theme-10 2.   Learning Curve-9 3.   Replay Ability-7 4.   Fun-9 5.   Sound-7 6.   Graphics-10 7.   Gameplay-9 8.   Price-10 9.   Availability-10 10.  Originality-10  Total: 91