This lets gamers use Altaïr's acrobatics and strength to bound around rooftops, scale walls, and interact with anything that juts out more than two inches from its surroundings. Each city has a distinct atmosphere, and nearly every part of the world is interactive. Set between July and September of 1191, the game features three full cities to explore in Acre, Damascus, and Jerusalem, as well as Masyaf, the smaller base of Assassin operations, and a sprawling wilderness area which connects the four cities. But it's up to gamers to decide just how much blood he spills.įeaturing the sort of open-ended storytelling, gameplay, and side-missions as the Grand Theft Auto games, Assassin's Creed is designed to immerse gamers in the medieval world of religious conquest. With avian traits (Altaïr is Arabic for 'eagle') and a ritualistically severed finger replaced by a talon-like dagger, he is out to expedite the Assassin's goal of bringing an end to the Crusades with as little bloodshed as possible.

This is no Hitman clone however, as Assassin's Creed plants gamers in the midst of the Third Crusade as a member of the sect responsible for the creation of the word 'assassin.' Gamers take control of Altaïr, a young Assassin who begins his quest shortly after the Christian capture of the city Acre.

The paradoxical life of a man dedicated to death comes to the Xbox 360 in the form of Assassin's Creed.

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