The thing I loved the most about Assassin's Creed was climbing up the walls and running from enemies. Well, I also loved sneakily stabbing someone in a crowd, but hey... the thrill of the chase was great. Now, to the point of the title - what the heck did they have to have the whole present/past thing? Why couldn't I have just been the main character rather than his ancestor? Sheesh. What a way to take great gameplay and make it worthless.