Assassin's Creed II proved a massive success on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 with the few people who actually played it (i.e. reviewers and fans who hadn't given over to COD6!), but a little-known fact is that DS and PSP versions were released as side-stories to the main AC universe. Now, the DS game, Discovery, has been ported to iPhone, and while there are some flaws that need to be ironed out for the next iPhone entry, it is a decent entry that should be played by fans. Seeing the protagonist of the main game, Ezio Auditore, investigating Christopher Columbus' trip to the New World, Discovery allows players the chance to partake in side-scrolling adventures across Italy and Spain, discovering new facts on the arch-enemy of AC2 along the way. The move to side-scrolling may surprise some fans of the original iPhone port, Altair's Chronicles, but I'm glad to say that for the most part it works a treat. The implementation of a bar controlling Ezio's direction and speed does cause problems, as there are times when your finger might stray from the bar and Ezio will stop mid-flow, but aside from this the new mechanic works well. While the plot seems interesting at first, and the brilliant cast from AC2 return, eventually the story drags and heads towards a straightforward conclusion with one of the biggest anticlimatic endings in gaming history. So, while not as successful as the brilliant port of GTA Chinatown Wars (5/5), Assassin's Creed: Discovery makes for a great iPhone, and I look forward to seeing what Ubisoft produce next in Splinter Cell: Conviction.
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