Assassin's Creed 1

Assassin's Creed 1

is an action adventure game with some historical aspects. It is available on Windows, Xbox 360 and PS3. This game felt good at the time. Original one in the series.

Assassin's Creed 1

8.5/10

First Impression

It looks like a new thing in market. The parkour of this game surprised me. This game has a charm in it. It does not have anything like unnecessary cutscenes. The Middle Eastern setting in third crusade is great. It is just a game where you have to kill everyone. It is like a killing simulator. There are also good aspects to this game that the parkour and easy combat system. It is good for the people who are new to the gaming. Veterans also like this game but there are also issues with like repetitive gameplay.

Main Protagonist and Other Characters

You play as Altair, an assassin which represent a reallife group during crusades. Altair is a cool character. He follows the rules of his cult. His dress is simple not much very fancy as Ezio's in Assassins Creed Brotherhood. He has a sword, a hidden blade and some throwing knives.
Al Mualim is the mentor and leader of assassins. He has a main role in the game story. There are also his targets which have a link to the ending. 
There are also Templars. Templars and Assassins are the enemies. They are trying to wipe each other out.
There are also three main characters:

1. Desmond Miles
2. Lucy Stillman
3. Doc

They have their role in the game. Altair is the ancestor of Desmond.  

AI

The AI of NPCs is just not good. You kill in front of the crowd then you flee from there and that is good. Crows does not recognize you anymore or even the guards. The enemies will react to you, if you stand near them. The game works in way that you kill someone, flee from there and hide in bushes or sit on bench. Then, you will be anonymous. 
The main story targets will try to kill you, if they see you near themselves.

Story

The story starts in the enemy's place. You are there to kill enemy's leader. The enemies are Templars. Altair fails to kill the Templar leader. Then, Altair is given a new task to kill a target. The story goes with killing the targets. 
The story is linear with a plot twist. Story is average to good type. It is not very engaging one but still manages to keep the player going. 

Gameplay and Game Design

Game is designed in a new way. There is a parkour system. Parkour in this game is an easy thing. It is not a difficult task.
Graphics are old in comparing to modern standards. But at that time, graphics were good. Levels are repetitive. 
There is a new combat system which is not hard to master. Sword fighting is like wait and kill. Hidden Blade is a new thing. You can kill anyone with it anywhere if you are not followed by guards. 
There are three main cities:

1. Damascus
2. Jerusalem
3. Acre 

The assassins' HQ is in Masyaf.

Side Activities

Game has many side activities in a city. There are viewpoints. Viewpoints help in clearing the map. Flags collection missions are there, which helps you to master your parkour. There are race missions in parkour mode. Escort missions and target assassination missions are a good way to test your skills. But, these are the same in other cities too.
Missions are repetitive. Once, you do them all in a city. Then, the same type of missions will be in other cities. 


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