Played this for quite a while last night and – apart from the last ten minutes or so – I didn’t set foot in one of the major cities. I roamed around the kingdom for quite a while, fighting Templars, collecting flags and climbing Eagle Points, found a few more flags in the starting village and then made my way to Jerusalem, where I found the Assassins Guild and saved.

I throughly enjoyed it all, too. The more I play this game the more I like it. I’m still expecting it to get too hard and/or annoying later, but I’ve played for hours now and only done two of the assassinations. I think I’m having a completely different experience to people – especially reviewers – who decided to go through it s quickly as possible. It’s a game that gets better the more you breathe and the more you just mess around, I think.