Famitsu have reviewed and scored Assassins Creed, giving it a 10,8,9,10 - 37/40

Quick summary:

•Story is totally engrossing, like a great movie.
•Feels like a real next-gen action game.
•One-button combat is somewhat unsatisfying, but will make the game accessible to more people.
•Story, worldview, presentation all top-notch.
•At times the map is hard to make out and there are bad camera angles. There are lots of little annoying things like that. (From the 8 review)
•The acrobatic play mechanics are totally addicting

I’m still not sold on Assassins Creed after seeing the upsettingly bad AI from the E3 demo. In any case, thats a pretty good score.

Via N4G