First of all understand that this game is not the same as the one on XBOX. One of the largest complaints people had was the limited variety of missions. Ubisoft listened and in this version they almost tripled the variety of missions. Most likely if you only want to get through the game and don't care about completion you won't really even notice the repetitiveness. The combat is easy because your character can easily counter and insta-kill most enemies, but that's ok because the main premise of the game is not to get into fights in the first place. The story takes a while to develop so don't expect thrills and cliffhangers-except at the end. While this game doesn't have a gripping story, the end definetly hooked me on the series-and believe me the rest of the series is well worth getting hooked on in every way The setting is amazing with an accurate rendition of third crusade middle east, filled with tons of people that always seem to be living their own lives-they never seem to be set pieces or static. So. Great setting, pretty good mechanics, and the first game of one of my favorite game series. Definetly worth the money.
