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1UP reviews Assassin's Creed DS: 'an unlikable mess'

The Reasons People Liked Assassin's Creed:
* Linking the future and the past
* Exploring large, open cities
* Fluid combat system
* Beautiful visuals and rich sound

Much like Altair himself, Assassin's Creed for the DS is an unlikable mess. Eschewing the aspect of the console game that was actually interesting -- future/past memory manipulations -- the portable Creed poses the question that only a few people really asked: What happened during Altair's life leading up to his pursuit of the Templars?

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