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It feels like yesterday this game first came out. Can't believe how many there are now looking at that list!
I would say Revelations. It had a great city, characters and story and felt like an end to an era. Though I have only played AC2, Brotherhood ,Revelations and AC3.
I feel like I am naturally moving towards the Ezio trilogy because of how huge an improvement Assassins 2 was over the original. However, Syndicate was a pretty enjoyable game (minus the random bugs). Assassins 1 and Unity were pretty bad. Lets hope Origins ends up being awesome.
I'll go with Assassin's Creed 2 felt like it had more going for but however, I enjoy Black Flag even more so and I'll vote for Black Flag on this one and Black Flag was the last time I played any AC games afterwords. Seeing Origin, I'm actually coming back to AC since my hiatus from Black Flag.
Although I loved Black Flag, I'd have to give the nod to Brotherhood. It took an already incredibly improved sequel and just added to it.
I tried the first two and they were too boring. Couldn't get more that ~10 hours into either.
Same. I tried to play one of the earlier AC's on Xbox and I just wasn't feeling it. I gave it a real shot too because I played it for a few weeks. Overall I feel it's just not my thing
Black Flag. It had good story, Great characters (Edward is the best AC protagonist IMO), had so much veraity in gameplay. From naval battels to hunting jaguars to decent battle system (not the best in AC, that goes to Brotherhood and Revelations). The world was huge and beautifull. I can't wait for Orgins to explore Egypt.
The Ezio series is probably my favorite, best combination of story, gameplay, and setting.
But recently I really enjoyed the dual-character setup of Syndicate; the brother and sister combination of Jacob and Evie was really fun, and they played differently enough to make it unique.
I also enjoyed Unity; the French revolution made for an incredible setting, and I liked the focus on a variety of weapons this time around. It played differently than other AC games in the series, and it was refreshing.
Honorable mention: the AC: Chronicles games, specifically the China one, was pretty damn fun.
I tried the first two and they were too boring. Couldn't get more that ~10 hours into either.
Same. I tried to play one of the earlier AC's on Xbox and I just wasn't feeling it. I gave it a real shot too because I played it for a few weeks. Overall I feel it's just not my thing
It's unfortunate, but the earlier AC games have not aged well. At all. I think if you played them when they came out you can appreciate them (that's the case with me, at least) but even then, going back and replaying the original and even my beloved AC2/Brotherhood is a chore because of the cumbersome mechanics and relatively boring combat and gameplay, at least by today's standards.
They're still good games that take place in amazing historic locations with tons of rich lore and history and characters, but yeah...they can be a bit boring to play.
I'll go with AC2. It's the first AC I played, and it blew me away. At that time it was the best game of it's genre.
And I still love it. I tend to replay AC2 once per year.
I do love the other games too. AC3 especially for it's gorgeous game world, and AC Unity for its eye for detail. AC1 is very good too, although very repetitive...
I don't know why everyone likes black flag so much, you have to be really into ships to get enjoyment from it, otherwise it's just a weird pirate game with a lackluster assasin story. Not really a fan of any of them, maybe 2 just for the story, still clunky as heck
Assassin's creed 2 + expansions: the storyline, ezio and just the universe in general
Assassin's creed 4: best gameplay
Assassin's creed unity : Elise is hot as ****
I did enjoy black flag a lot. it did require excessive amount of grinding to build up the ship for the toughest missions but still, lots of fun. And it's really the only good pirate simulation on the market.
@darktower: I think your avatar pretty much explains why you wouldn't like "Black Flag". You have the wrong idea - one doesn't have to be into dragons to enjoy "The Game of Thrones".
And for the record, yes, it's "Black Flag" +1.
I'd say the homestead missions were the best thing in AC3.
-it was nice to help common people find a place to call their home.
As for the Peg leg challenges, I've always disliked timed missions... Mind you, there were lots of similar 'timed parkour' missions in AC Unity; the rift runs, the balloon chase in the end and so on. And AC Syndicate had few too.
I really enjoyed Syndicate plus been wanting an Assassin's Creed game set in the 1800's since the first game
I enjoyed most of the AC games, but I went with Unity. I had the advantage of playing the game several months after release so most of the bugs were fixed by then. But the real reason is Unity had by far the best story. I liked the story in most of the other AC games, but I grew tired of all the plot holes and cliffhanger endings.
black flag is my favourite but overall i struggled to get into the series. i started to replay black flag not long ago but had forgot how little of the game you really control. move in a direction holding a button down and you'll climb, run and jump on and across any scenery you encounter. it's often frustrating and tricky to be precise. and combat's not much more than a wait-for-a-prompt-then-mash-a-button type pattern. naval combat is fun though
Unity and Syndicate were very short, though, when compared to the older games. AC3&4, for example, take ages to beat, but Unity can be finished in a weekend if you ignore the side missions.
I really liked Unity. The artwork was amazing, good storyline and I learned a lot about the French Revolution. Black Flag had a good story but I got bored of the naval thing. I remember instead of fighting ship battles, I used to just park my ship nearby and swim to them, climb aboard and take them out one by one, always retreating to the side walls of the ship because the A.i was stupid. However the game had way too much grinding...I hate grinding.
In AC4 you do not actually need to board enemy ships to get their cargo. Just sink them, and pick the cargo up as it floats to surface!
-that revelation (pun intented!) really made AC4 lot faster to grind. Sure, you do not get quite as much cargo with that, but time saved more than makes up the difference in loot.
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