[Paladin]

While I found the first entry to be repetitive and forgettable, Assassins Creed 2 is one of my five favorite Xbox games of all time- it plays great and it has a very compelling story; Ezio is a superb protagonist. That mostly stays true through Brotherhood but stumbles a lot in Revelations-which brought in way too much unnecessary side stuff (Seriously? a Tower Defense subsystem for Assassins?)

Three i just recently picked up, and while I like it I do think its not as good as predecessors. The controls aren't as tight and the overall gameplay isn't as polished as before. And Connor/Raton's not explored enough to make me feel for him as a character.

I hope the timeline from game-to-game keeps progressing regularly. I'd love to see an Assassin in the Old West setting (think Zorro-ish gameplay )