I played these games on Playstation, and I can say the first one is the hardest to get through. The overall story is fantastic, but like everyone else says, the actions are too repetitive. There are only so many things you can do in this game, even with it's open world design, I remember the first time I played it I loved the story, but it took so long for the plot to move because of all the repetitive actions you had to do, so it was hard to get through. With that said, if you look at the whole series (ACII, ACIIB, ACIIR, and the upcoming ACIII) the overriding story is fantastic, and if you want to play those you just HAVE to see how it all began by playing this before going to any of the others, which greatly improved on the mechanics and story with each subsequent title. See how it all started by playing this game. It'll be hard to get through the first one, but the beauty and the graphics will hopefully keep you going until you finish this first one and move onto the next games.
