For the longest time, I never played Assassin's Creed, as I never saw it as my sort of gameplay, although I once tried Assassin's Creed 3 when it came out (never got into it).
However, a long time ago, I studied History for my undergraduate degree so, obviously, I like the idea of seeing historical locations recreated. So, I bought Assassin's Creed Odessey years ago, after hearing it was a bit like The Witcher. When I *eventually* got around to playing it, I discovered that, in my opinion, it was nothing like The Witcher in terms of mechanics, except for the open-world setup and dialogue choices. Since I hadn't really played an Assassin's Creed game before, some of the mechanics were initially quite interesting for me.
It took me months and months to finish that game in between work and family stuff. There is a lot to do and a lot of varied content. Even with level scaling, I wouldn't say it's much of a challenge, except for a few of the bosses, but it is certainly compelling and lots to do. And seeing Ancient Greece recreated is very interesting. So, overall I would say I enjoyed it.
Off the back of this experience, I decided to try out Assassin's Creed Origins, which I had heard recreated Ancient Egypt. This game, while a long experience, was shorter in scope. As a slightly more focussed game, I ended up enjoying it even more than Odessey, but having not played the earlier games, I was confused as to some of the plots and references.
Intrigued, I looked back at the rest of the series to discover what the fanbase thought. It turned out that it had a different gameplay format prior to Origins. However, the next game, Valhalla, was similar (with the following game, Mirage being called a "back to basics" game). At this point, I thought I should just start the series again to understand what was going on.
I still have a PS3 - and Assassin's Creed 1 is still available in the store. So, I started there. Being the first game, it has much a more focussed story and deeper lore as well as gameplay depth compared to the 2 RPG-style ones I had played up until that point. It presented much more of a challenge, even if there was a lot of repetitive gameplay by modern standards. Very fun though. The game's story is great, leaving you on Cliffhanger.
The other games seemed very cheap on PS4. They all seemed to be on offer. So I bought the Ezio Collection. AC2 was excellent. Great story, lots of fun and intrigue. Ended on another Cliffhanger and the gameplay is much improved from the first, although arguably less of a challenge.
Then I played Brotherhood. This is currently where I am up to. I am currently about maybe 3/4s of the way through. I can see objectively it's a good game, but I am starting to feel burnt out on the series. The story isn't very exciting and seems like this might be where the Ubisoft busy-work thing started. I do intend to play the others, but I am now starting to find them a bit samey so I think it's time for a break.
What is your experience of the series?
However, a long time ago, I studied History for my undergraduate degree so, obviously, I like the idea of seeing historical locations recreated. So, I bought Assassin's Creed Odessey years ago, after hearing it was a bit like The Witcher. When I *eventually* got around to playing it, I discovered that, in my opinion, it was nothing like The Witcher in terms of mechanics, except for the open-world setup and dialogue choices. Since I hadn't really played an Assassin's Creed game before, some of the mechanics were initially quite interesting for me.
It took me months and months to finish that game in between work and family stuff. There is a lot to do and a lot of varied content. Even with level scaling, I wouldn't say it's much of a challenge, except for a few of the bosses, but it is certainly compelling and lots to do. And seeing Ancient Greece recreated is very interesting. So, overall I would say I enjoyed it.
Off the back of this experience, I decided to try out Assassin's Creed Origins, which I had heard recreated Ancient Egypt. This game, while a long experience, was shorter in scope. As a slightly more focussed game, I ended up enjoying it even more than Odessey, but having not played the earlier games, I was confused as to some of the plots and references.
Intrigued, I looked back at the rest of the series to discover what the fanbase thought. It turned out that it had a different gameplay format prior to Origins. However, the next game, Valhalla, was similar (with the following game, Mirage being called a "back to basics" game). At this point, I thought I should just start the series again to understand what was going on.
I still have a PS3 - and Assassin's Creed 1 is still available in the store. So, I started there. Being the first game, it has much a more focussed story and deeper lore as well as gameplay depth compared to the 2 RPG-style ones I had played up until that point. It presented much more of a challenge, even if there was a lot of repetitive gameplay by modern standards. Very fun though. The game's story is great, leaving you on Cliffhanger.
The other games seemed very cheap on PS4. They all seemed to be on offer. So I bought the Ezio Collection. AC2 was excellent. Great story, lots of fun and intrigue. Ended on another Cliffhanger and the gameplay is much improved from the first, although arguably less of a challenge.
Then I played Brotherhood. This is currently where I am up to. I am currently about maybe 3/4s of the way through. I can see objectively it's a good game, but I am starting to feel burnt out on the series. The story isn't very exciting and seems like this might be where the Ubisoft busy-work thing started. I do intend to play the others, but I am now starting to find them a bit samey so I think it's time for a break.
What is your experience of the series?