Assassin's Creed®: Director's Cut

It was wronged by many. It is one of the best, with the most fabulous plot, the real beginning of everything. The only dull thing are those repetitive side missions, but this game is worth it for the main story. It has amazing graphics and using reshade makes wonders.

I'm not gonna pretend this is perfect, but it's the beginning of a great franchise. There are plenty of things to dislike about AC1, but when it comes down to it, this is Assassin's Creed in its purest form. The origin of the Creed, the the series' roots as historical sci-fi, not as a Witcher knock-off. This is, as far as I'm concerned, the only correct way to begin the series.

Don't go in expecting to see an ending, they're on game 3 and there's still no end anywhere remotely in sight. Prepare for cliffhangers and let it dangle. It's a fun game that combines sandbox parkour, sword combat and stealth in a nice package. However it should be noted that while the controls are good, sometimes it likes to spaz out. The missions are known to be highly repetitive, but the Directors Cut adds several new mission types that will shake things up and keep it fresh. The game is also notorious for psychic guards that know you are an assassin because your horse is running. It is also notable that the parry move is overpowered in combat. These things in mind, the stealth and parkour is generally done very well, and the portion of the story that does feature is excellent. Both Altaïr and his alter ego Desmond are well characterized and go through a good deal of development. Just remember, the shaitan is everywhere, watching... waiting! Tempting us always!

This is my second experience with the non-rpg entries in the AC franchise, I played AC2 before this and played some of the newer entries. I enjoyed the story thoroughly, it was smart, interesting and had a very unique style, unfortunately it does not stand the test of time when it comes to it's design decisions, there have been numerous times when I was infuriated with the useless npc's that are just designed to block your path, the controls that even on controller often didn't respond correctly to inputs, which is a shame as the combat and animations during it are extremely well done for a game made by Ubisoft.

It kept crashing on startup. The fix was to disconnect my ethernet/internet. Apparently it's DRM-free, but if you're connected to the internet it will attempt to handshake a server, fail and crash to desktop without error message. Also there doesn't seem to be controller support. So as long as my PC is unplugged from the ethernet and I'm playing Assassin's Creed with a keyboard, it's ok for the sale price of £3 but somehow that still feels too much.