I played this game when it first came out. I enjoyed it. Then I played the other games, Assassin's Creed II, then Brotherhood and am close to beating Revelations. But before all that, I played the first one again.
It's still good, but I did miss having some of those upgrades the newer games gave me, like hiding in large crowds or two hidden blades. But see, that's where I think the old charm kicks in. Altair is the one who started it all. Despite it's obvious annoyances, like friggin' beggars trying to man-handle you for gold, priests screaming the same scripted nonsense over and over in every city in the game, drowning in water despite being a parkour-god assassin...you still see the man himself in action. Altair pretty much made the assassins what they were in the future games. It's just that element of watching an arrogant young man become the Grandmaster Assassin is what makes it cool to me. Besides, the story/boss fights are still awesome.
But yeah, the gameplay is still there. Old, but still there. You'll have fun. Just...be careful doing all the sidequests. Hearing the civilian npc's thanking you in the EXACT same way for doing the EXACT same thing you did for about 20+ other civilians in the last city could drive you mad.
See where it all started
I played this game when it first came out. I enjoyed it. Then I played the other games, Assassin's Creed II, then Brotherhood and am close to beating Revelations. But before all that, I played the first one again.
It's still good, but I did miss having some of those upgrades the newer games gave me, like hiding in large crowds or two hidden blades. But see, that's where I think the old charm kicks in. Altair is the one who started it all. Despite it's obvious annoyances, like friggin' beggars trying to man-handle you for gold, priests screaming the same scripted nonsense over and over in every city in the game, drowning in water despite being a parkour-god assassin...you still see the man himself in action. Altair pretty much made the assassins what they were in the future games. It's just that element of watching an arrogant young man become the Grandmaster Assassin is what makes it cool to me. Besides, the story/boss fights are still awesome.
But yeah, the gameplay is still there. Old, but still there. You'll have fun. Just...be careful doing all the sidequests. Hearing the civilian npc's thanking you in the EXACT same way for doing the EXACT same thing you did for about 20+ other civilians in the last city could drive you mad.