So I finished the first Assassin's Creed!
It's very strange that I missed the game at that time when it released, I remember exactly that I started playing, but somewhere in training I dropped it. Probably, this is the worst part of the game.
Theoretically this could have been a much shorter introduction to the series, but it took me quite a lot of time, because at first I wanted to try everything, already somewhere in the middle I realized that saving the city's inhabitants was a waste of time, I didn't intend to look for a hundred thousand million flags from the beginning (who even came up with this nonsense?), and about the fact that I only need three tips/missions, then I can skip the side quests and go to the bureau, I noticed it in the middle. This managed to save a lot of time in the second half.
It was very surprising that it was already a full-fledged open world. Yes, there were already GTA and all their clones at that time, but here is a fairly detailed, worked out world, for some reason I didn't expect this. I liked the combat system (it reminded me a lot of the classic Prince of Persia, which is not without reason, I think), it is difficult, unwieldy, but very rewarding for honestly studying the tutorials. It's a shame that it covered up the absolute lack of imagination of the scriptwriters in the final part of the game, where everything came down to the fact that they throw a dozen enemies at you one after another and consider it something interesting.
Overall, the game greatly exceeded my expectations, so it will be difficult to disappoint me further in the series, because everything is already good at the start. I have bought AC2, maybe in two or three weeks, when I take a break from the series, I will play it, and then I can wait for the next sale on Steam...
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