Assasin's Creed is a Ubisoft game that really puts the new gaming systems to the test. The crowds are beautiful the graphics are stunning the gameplay is probably the best I've ever had the pleasure to experience. Spoilers lie ahead, don't say I didn't warn you!

Assassin's Creed was originally released on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 but was recently ported onto the PC. The fluidity of the gameplay is suited for a console controller so it should be interesting to see how the mouse / keyboard sertup is handled on the PC version. The copy we tested was the Xbox 360 version.

The Assassins in this game are basically a religion or cult or something that are determined to keep peace by keeping balance. They keep the balance by killing those who might tip the scales. The gameplay is excellent, except I get lost when running from one place to another, like say from Masayaf to Jeruselum. Kill a guy and run up a wall, jump around on the tops of the buildings jump off the buildings into piles of hay, what more could you want? Seriously, the control settings are very intuitive and a joy to use. The camera is generally good, but can present problems at times. Bothered by a beggar? Assassinate her! Tired of being shoved around? Kill them!

You don’t have “life” or “HP” in the game. You have a memory synch bar. Killing these innocent people will desynch you, but your synchbar recharges pretty quick and if there is really a problem just jump off of a viewpoint or kill a guard that is pissed off at you.

This is actual gameplay.

I haven’t seen any traditional cutscenes in the game and you can swap the camera around and still move while the NPC’s are chatting it up with you. Definately a great game, some people say it is too short, but it’s really a GTA style game so you can run around and kill as many people as you want really.

I gave this game 5 stars, but I did consider 4 since travelling between towns can be kind of a pain in the butt, then again it could just be me. An all around entertaining game. Thanks Ubisoft!