UBISOFT Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360) for Xbox 360 Review

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THIS GAME IS RATED "M" for MATURE- due to killing, etc, ! That means 17+, so PLEASE do not buy this for someone younger unless you play with them- know what they are playing and involved in!

Do you like video games that are a sandbox - where you can wander aimlessly for hours checking out all the nooks and crannies of a location without a REQUIRED mission or choose to do mission after mission? Where you can experience the subtle rush of planning the mission of where to go, the thrill of how to get there, and the adrenaline dump of how to get away?

The game is set mostly in 12th Century Holy Lands: Jerusalem, Damascus, and Acre.  You play an assassin named Altair and keep in mind each city has a different flow and feel to it.  You can look every where, listen in to conversations, strike up conversations, climb buildings, and run over rooftops, bump into people and either push them away or bounce off them depending on size and mass issues and FIGHT! ... and you'll find these are the things that you will do all the time as the main platform options.  As Altaïr your job is to assassinates nine public figures at the command of your master....and it ties into another part of a story set in modern day times with a guy named Desmond.  I don't want to give too much away - and i haven't finished the game yet-  but suffice to say, their stories are intertwined!

The visuals are stunning and the music oh-so fitting... there are times when the music grabs you and you want / need the soundtrack, and there are other times when the music is just a back drop and you won't even notice it as you are so caught up in the game.

Out of 10 stars I give it a 9.5  - this is a game that you NEED to have in your collection ~ as long as you are over 17!