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Scream Aim Fire said:
What are you guy's thoughts on these games?
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Ezio Trilogy is really good, especially Brotherhood. Brotherhood, Revelations and AC3 have the brotherhood system where you can call on AI buddies to support or attack enemies for you. Brotherhood and Revelations let you send them out on missions for exp and rewards.

Wish they did more of this system, when the other titles tried they only end up bugging out in my experience.

Ignore the first Assassin's Creed and Valhalla, they must be better games for cheaper. Thief, Shadow of War and Viking Conquest may be cheaper and decent alternatives.
 
Articles and Nudes said:
Did Unity butcher history as much as people claim? My knowledge of the French Revolution is too poor for me to know if there's any truth to that.
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In what way? All Assassin's Creed games rape history.
The most interesting thing about Unity to me was that it basically adapted a real life conspiracy theory into its plot (that the Revolution was a false flag to discredit revolutions in the future). You also get to see Robespierre get shot in the jaw. I mostly remember it being pretty accurate, the game marketing made it out like you're a revolutionary but you actually have nothing to do with toppling the Crown. The Girondists are the good guys of the setting, which is debatable because as I understand there was a dynamic in France where Jacobins were political extremists but diplomatic moderates and Girondists were political moderates but diplomatic extremists, so either is fair game to be the villain depending on which take you want to make. But Mirabeau and like are easily romanticized like Trotsky since they didn't make it long enough to reveal themselves for what they were. (Honestly, the older I get and the more I learn about this stuff, the more I LIKE Robespierre.)
 
Ughubughughughughughghlug said:
In what way? All Assassin's Creed games rape history.
The most interesting thing about Unity to me was that it basically adapted a real life conspiracy theory into its plot (that the Revolution was a false flag to discredit revolutions in the future). You also get to see Robespierre get shot in the jaw. I mostly remember it being pretty accurate, the game marketing made it out like you're a revolutionary but you actually have nothing to do with toppling the Crown. The Girondists are the good guys of the setting, which is debatable because as I understand there was a dynamic in France where Jacobins were political extremists but diplomatic moderates and Girondists were political moderates but diplomatic extremists, so either is fair game to be the villain depending on which take you want to make. But Mirabeau and like are easily romanticized like Trotsky since they didn't make it long enough to reveal themselves for what they were. (Honestly, the older I get and the more I learn about this stuff, the more I LIKE Robespierre.)
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Unity raped the French Revolution just by having all the actual historical missions be locked behind the shitty multiplayer/co-op mission mode that has very little to do with the main story while the main story was a bland love story. Having pretty much every character speak in a British accent was also terrible. Unity really shines when it comes to the city itself, the amount of detail Paris had was insane.
 
HeyYou said:
Unity raped the French Revolution just by having all the actual historical missions be locked behind the shitty multiplayer/co-op mission mode that has very little to do with the main story while the main story was a bland love story. Having pretty much every character speak in a British accent was also terrible.
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Yeah, I hated that too, the coop missions were way cooler but they were way too difficult solo and not tied into the main story.
 
As mentioned before, playing as Haytham for the whole game would have been neat. It was the first thing I thought of when I started playing as Connor. You could even have Connor kill him at the end, some emotional moment between the two, and then play the post-game as Connor.
 
I have so much nostalgia for this series. You have no idea. It honestly pains me to see how far it's fallen since I last cared enough to buy the games.

This was the series that really got me feeling this.
I'm not ashamed to admit it. But I am ashamed in what's happened to it.
 
The_MmmBop_Gang said:
Dropped this series for the longest time after Brotherhood (fantastic game) but Origins piqued my interest in the series again with it's Egyptian setting.

I picked it up on some steam sale and i actually really like it. It's gorgeous and huuuuuuge and I really like the virtual museum tour mode. The level of detail is really fantastic too. Combat is a bit....weird....but I do enjoy sneaking into Greek villas in the Faiyum to assassinate child murdering crones. And raiding passing patrols for supplies and loot.

It isn't perfect but I just absolutely love Egyptian history and it really reminds me a lot of Prince of Persia.
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It's okay. What killed it for me was it managed to be completely boring in every single quest. They just totally bungled that.

Combat feels better if you just mentally pretend it's not an Assassin's Creed game and so can't be aggravated by the RPG-like nature of the combat (instead of really flashy, well-animated killing moves).

I always wanted to try Odyssey but was put off by its turbowoke depiction of Greece and the lack of shields in a HOPLITE ERA game.
 
Bob Barbas said:
I have so much nostalgia for this series. You have no idea. It honestly pains me to see how far it's fallen since I last cared enough to buy the games.

This was the series that really got me feeling this.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tsD4im7K3wgI'm not ashamed to admit it. But I am ashamed in what's happened to it.
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Last one I played and beat was IV. III was awful, II was great and it peaked with Brotherhood and Revelation. I think I tried syndicate, but hated it immediately. Do they even bother with the Animus and modern day plot stuff at all still?

Unpopular opinion, the movie was fine, could have been better though.

Requiescat in Pace
 
indomitable snowman said:
Last one I played and beat was IV. III was awful, II was great and it peaked with Brotherhood and Revelation. I think I tried syndicate, but hated it immediately. Do they even bother with the Animus and modern day plot stuff at all still?

Unpopular opinion, the movie was fine, could have been better though.

Requiescat in Pace
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Desmond died in 3 remember? Among one of the bad decisions they made in it.
I liked IV but it was definitely just a pirate game than anything else. IV's modern day segments were also super boring and grating to get through since you were just playing as some faceless nobody Abstergo employee so pretty much all interactions were just people talking at you and nothing else.

I stopped giving a shit about the games that much after IV myself. Though the last game I played was Unity which didn't even bother to have modern day segments.

How was it? It was aight. Story wasn't too crazy but I guess it wasn't terrible either. But I mean how could you surpass the Ezio trilogy? Apparently though from what I understand Unity was like the last game before the gameplay went down the shitter and now stealth is borderline useless and it takes like 200 strikes to kill a goddamn chicken for some reason. No idea what the fuck they were thinking.

Apparently the modern day segments are back but now you're playing as some random lady protagonist now? Because of course you are. Also Desmond is like an A.I. now for some fucking reason? I don't know man, I'm not the one to ask. That's pretty much all I know.

I remember everyone hating Desmond back in the day which I feel like is why they killed him off. But now without him I think the series died too. I think I can honestly say AC3 was the beginning of the end for the series. Now in my unpopular opinion, 3 wasn't as terrible as people made it out to be. But it wasn't amazing either. Connor is no Ezio but I didn't hate him. And honestly the twist with Haytham turning out to be a templar was unexpected and kind of neat. I just wish he had more screen time.
 
It was never going to happen due to the power of brand recognition but I wish that Ubisoft had just given up on that gay cringelord Assassins crap and just started selling historical themed games. Basically do what they eventually more or less did, but like, don't even include a connection to Assassin's lore at all. You don't need it.

Even if they weren't willing to go that far, though, they could have at least mixed it up a little bit from game to game. It pisses me off now when I see the same tools in every game. Berserk dart. Smoke bomb. Shit like that. Too lazy to even make a different gadget. Pissed me off in Syndicate.

Off the top of my head, here's stuff that could have been cool:

AC3
- Throwable tomahawks
- Kentucky rifle (one shot, realistically long reload time, not usable as an effective melee weapon, pure sniper weapon)
- Musket with bayonet and a mechanic involving using it to fight off cavalry
(To be fair, AC3 was already GOAT with the lynching-soldiers-thing).

AC4
- Caltrops (were awesome in We Happy Few, serve the same purpose here, a chase breaker but does require you to run away)
- More than just fucking swords, you literally had axes and clubs (classic pirate weapons) in AC3 you assholes
- Grenados

Syndicate
- Make the thing a damn cover shooter, it's in an era of six-shooters, just make it Urban RDR you CUCKS

Origins
- It was actually really cool that it represented different bows as firearms categories (stupid, but I came to like it), shotgun bow, actual bow bow, assault rifle bow, cruise missile bow (lol), sniper rifle bow. But I do wish there were slings.

Odyssey
- WHERE IS MY SHIELD?!?! I haven't bought the game 60% because of that (40% because of feminist Hellenes).

It's a shame Ubisoft never made a Robin Hood themed Merry England game, as I think the theme, play style and the traditional Assassin's creed formula and its shift towards more rural/open settings would have worked perfectly there.
 
Bumping this thread since the artwork for the new assassins creed game set to be revealed tomorrow got leaked early and after years of fans clamouring for a game set in Japan, they made the male character black haha, let's see how this move works out for them.
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It’s such an unbelievably goddamn stupid idea. It couldn’t be any more obvious why they did it too, since it flies of the face of the real Yauske’s history.

*Finally makes the most requested game, woke-church bombs it*

Ubisoft needs to be the next company to get cratered.
 
people have been bitching about wanting a Assasin Creed game set in japan with Ninjas for well over a decade and this is what they get? a game based on a black guy that was a mere footnote in Japanese history book that was famous for being a feudal lords pet/manservant?

im just shocked the series still have fans.
 
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Ughubughughughughughghlug said:
Odyssey
- WHERE IS MY SHIELD?!?! I haven't bought the game 60% because of that (40% because of feminist Hellenes).
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I got it on sale and I will tell you not to bother with it. Boring, tedious and dull combat with an RPG system that no fucking asked for and ship combat more boring than Black Flag, the only saving grace for it is that the DLC has a flamethrower for the ship but I never bothered playing more of it due to the reasons above. Don't waste your money, don't waste the bandwidth to pirate it. Just ignore it.
 
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