That was me with Origins. I love a good action RPG and didn't have a huge stake in Assassin's Creed as a franchise, so I ended up beating it and really enjoying my time with it.
Problem is, it is so hidden that you do not pay that much attention to it until you are like "oh, so it was that". Like finding the bureaus across England. Or noticing that this is the tipping point where the Order turns into the Knights Templar.
Honestly, I saw it as a way to present the next protagonist (Basim) and to close Layla's chapter (which, after the Odyssey DLCs, had become pretty... dark), not as a full, full AC
Syndicate was it for me as well. Loved the setting and era but the two main characters were boring, side quests were pointless and uninteresting, the main story was beyond bland.
I felt similar to Unity but the combat and beautiful game made it not seem too bad. Back to back games like that just killed it
The Resynced looks nice. Haven't played it yet, but, the gameplay looks nice. Apart from its stupid needs internet to launch shenanigan, it looks like a good game
The Resynced looks nice. Haven't played it yet, but, the gameplay looks nice. Apart from its stupid needs internet to launch shenanigan, it looks like a good game
Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla were so fun. I legitimately love Odyssey specifically because I've always like ancient greek stuff. In what world are they assassin's creed games. They should have been separate stand alone things. Odyssey is such a cool vibe and there's so much to do then you just get interrupted constantly by shoe horned in shit to try to tie it to AC stuff.
Ubi couldn't stand a game being released not called AC. After AC2, they should have used the studio to make a different series, which kept all the AC gameplay but under a different name.
The modern times, desyncing, and trying to push the Assassins through history just muddied everything up.
I agree but before Origins everything at least was centered around assassinating people. Odyssey and Valhalla are straight up RPGs and have entire storylines with nothing remotely related to the AC stuff.
I honestly took a big break after AC2 up until Valhalla. I only played Valhalla because it was Vikings and I was in the middle of watching Vikings.
Thats what I mean though. They should have taken what they wanted to do and make it a different series. The AC stuff actually takes away from those games.
It was odyssey for me. I wasn’t big on syndicate but powered through, Origins was a big change up to the formula but the story was great. Odyssey just wasn’t creed at all, it was some Greek RPG that was bloated and dull.
Whatever was after AC 2 did it for me. Then I played the French or UK one on a kiosk and it had like "ghost" templates you could follow to tell you how to navigate.....
Ironically enough it was Valhalla that got me back into the franchise after I gave it up when it turned into an RPG. Figured that it was no longer the AC I liked at that point, but I've found myself enjoying the new games after that, finished Origins maybe a month or so ago.
I dropped AC when I encountered a game breaking bug with Valhalla after like 110 hrs. Couldn’t see the ending because my count of Order of Ancients kills got stuck at 44/45.
Maaan AC used to be my favorite franchise. 1, 2, 3, Brotherhood. The multiplayer is honestly among my favorites of all time. No other multiplayer mode quite hits the same. The last AC I really played was Black Flag.
Same, althought I would try out the newer games if they go on a really good sale, they won`t beat the classics but they still look like fun games I guess, just not enough to pay 70 bucks for
Really that long? You didnt see Origins as a sign that they were about to pump copy after copy of their new generic rpg gameplay with AC movement shittly tacked on. (I like the AC games but the pre Origins games just hit different.)
Dude I don’t even know what the plot of the franchise is anymore. The rare points in Valhalla that it switches to the modern day stuff I’m just like “Fuckin WHO? WHAT? HUH??”
The newer Assassin's Creed games are fine game's in itself but they're not Assassin's Creed games anymore.
If you're willing to overlook what made older Assassin's Creed game feel like Assassin's Creed games and are happy with an RPG, you can still have fun.
They're also long. I took 3 to 4 longer breaks with Valhalla because they can get really repetitive.
I really liked Odyssey. Honestly assassin's creed lost me with 3. I havent really liked any of them other than 1, 2 or odyssey though.
A similar experience but so much better was the Ghost of yotie or whatever. Tight combat, beautiful world, and it doesnt have the dumb future tie in stuff that slowed down the ac games
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u/Electric-Mountain Jul 10 '26
I did that with Assassins Creed when Valhalla came out.