SPOILERS AHEAD

BEFORE DELVING INTO THE REVIEW, you must note that I don't mean to discredit the incredible essence this game brings to people despite my review consisting for the most part of listing existing problems. My aim is to impart awareness of potentially frustrating gameplay elements that are due to the game being almost 15 years old as of this point and emphasis the need of a remake rather than a remaster.

To start off, the game structure while good at first it becomes very VERY REPETITIVE (Did I mention how repetitive it is? As yes, that's what this game is about, completing the same pedestrian missions throughout the whole game over and over). Although you can assassinate your opponent in many satisfying ways, the lack of progression gameplay-wise is depressing. While you can get a better arsenal the more you progress, it's still worth nothing.
Additionally, the beggars are objectively a nuisance as they come to you at every given opportunity especially during crucial moments such as a mission while the only way to avoid them is to climb as high as you can (nothing too hard really as you are playing Assassin's Creed after all - though I have to admit they do provide immersion when free-roaming the poorer districts of the game).
The copy and pasted mission structure combined with the lack of side quests or initiatives besides the large quantity of pointless collectables might sound like the recipe for disaster... which indeed may be.
What I also personally found irritating is the game providing no way to close itself to Window effectively unless you utilise Task Manager or Alt + F4, which together with a no Full-screen option (unless you are aware of the Alt + Enter command) creates a relatively bad user experience.
However, despite its flaws the game still holds up to this day thanks to its well-written narrative, the still subjectively good graphics that should be able to run on almost any computer, and especially the unique experience of taking the shoes of a 12th-century assassin on his path to redemption and self-reflection. The once arrogant Altaïr is constantly battling with guilt and regret whilst his creed's philosophy is put in danger of doubt, creating conflicting thoughts for the ideologies he used to believe in, hence developing into a more understandable and reliable person at the end of his journey, that further makes him a successful character for the first entry of this masterpiece franchise.

Thank you for reading my review!