I first heard of the first game in the series back in college. At the time, I was still gung ho about Metal Gear Solid (MGS) ... especially the 4th game: Guns of the Patriot (I still am, but I'm not hipster about it anymore). I viewed Assassin's Creed as just another game trying to clinch it's way into the stealth-action game genre like Splinter Cell did. I never paid much attention to Splinter Cell. It didn't help the fact that both this and Assassin's Creed were made by the same company. My initial reaction was "oh great, Splinter Cell couldn't beat MGS's dominance, so they make another stealth game and set it in the high middle-age era. How original." Five years have passed since then and I couldn't have been more wrong and stupid for judging a book by it's cover.
The series has won numerous awards in the game industry as well as being a successful videogame franchise. Many people are obviously in love with this game. I just didn't see it. Reading online reviews and brief summaries of the first three games have given me glimpses of the premise and storyline. Still wasn't impressed... until
