How do you beat Assasins creed

the only way to beat the first one is to counter attack which you do by locking on to the guard by pressing L1 on ps3 Lb on xbox than you hold R1 on ps3 Rb on xbox then click square on ps3 X on xbox when the guard try's to attack and it will kill him instantly or in a few of counter attacks depends on how powerful your sword is and it blocks attacks real goodly i beats it easily. If your about to die in combat just run around in circles till your life refills.