I have a friend, his name is Bill. The reason I am telling you about Bill is simple. My friend Bill thinks that Assassins Creed is the greatest game ever to come out for any platform ever. He was so enthralled by this game that I had to try it. I mean if my friend Bill thought the game was this good, then it would seem to follow logic that I would enjoy the game as well.

Unfortunately I forgot that most people consider my friend Bill insane, and that any time he has uttered the words “most awesome ever” I have been disappointed. Yet in the end I remembered both.

I am not saying I absolutely hated Assassins Creed. Actually it was a fairly well put together game. There are gorgeous graphical moments, decent story, okay game play, and enough open ended story elements that you don’t feel like you are on rails the entire time.

However because of my friend Bill, I had expected the most awesome game ever. Well like I said, we live and we learn. So you probably are tired of hearing about my friend Bill and would like to read more about the game. I can understand that, so on with the review.

The thing that really hit me first was that the game was very pretty, from the opening, through the entire game, the graphics remain solid and eye pleasing. While they didn’t really offer anything super mind blasting, the game was fun to look at.

Next I have to admit the story was kind of unique. This is both its strong point and what I felt was it major problem. I dug the two separate story lines. The first is about the real you, who is the victim in some kind of experiment, and the other about your ancestor. However, honestly I wish they would have just made it two different games, or better yet made the primary plot about the game. But I guess all in all I can’t complain about the story line given the fact that at least it was interesting.

Finally I have to say something about the game play. This is another one of those hate it love it type of situations. On the one hand, you really do have almost complete freedom in the environment. However this freedom comes at a price of rather complex control use.

There were times I swear they set the control up to cause as many curses to exit my mouth as possible. Yet I managed to persevere through the crappy controls for the most part, and after getting used to it, found that I could play the game competently.

So there you have it, a brief review of a slightly better than average game. While there is nothing truly stunning about the game, it is solid in most of its aspects and succeeds is allowing you to forget about what you have going on in the rest of your life. All in all I would give this game a solid 7.5 on the ole 1-10 scale and would generally recommend it as a good game to a friend.