If ye pick up Assassin's Creed: Revelations for PlayStation 3 on November 15, in addition t' having Ezio's final adventure, ye'll have a copy a the original Assassin's Creed on the disc, too.
I be working for 1UP when Assassin's Creed came out. I be not sure if ye remember the EGM scores for that game, but it be all over the place. Some people loved it, others hated it, 'n it caused a bit a a thing for a while there.
Scared off by the mixed response, I ended up skipping over the first one, but then picking up Assassin's Creed II based on the incredible word a mouth--'n loving it. I really dig the fiction, too, so it bothers me that I don't know the foundation from the first installment.
Given how far the mechanics jumped from the first game t' the second game, however, I be not sure heading back towards Assassin's Creed would be a very satisfying experience. What say ye?