umbraticus said:hmm, i didn't know there were people of the opinion that assasin's creed has gone uphill
Darren716 said:I feel like the Assassin's Creed series has gone down hill over time since the games seem too focused on extra crap such as naval battles and homestead upgrading in stead of focusing on the actual assassinating, you know the thing that's the title of the series.
All of this. This is the worst episode of No Right Answer ever because Assassin's Creed has only gotten worse over time, not better. The 1st game of the series was by far the best because it actually had a core mechanic, the assassinating. Yeah, it came off as Hitman-lite but it at least had focus. The combat was actually the most skillful in the first game because you couldn't block with the hidden blade. During the ending sequence of AC1 where I went through it with just using the hidden blade was the only time I felt like a badass because if you timed the counter with the hidden blade wrong, you got hit.RJ 17 said:Ummmm Kyle? Hate to burst your bubble...but the combat never changed from one game to another. You still just sit there and wait for someone to attack you and press X to counter getting an insta-kill. The only change was that in Brotherhood they allowed for kill-streaks in which you just wait for someone to attack, insta-kill counter, then you can go around from one guy to the next insta-killing them all. If someone attacks you while you're in the middle of an insta-kill animation: just press counter again and you'll insta-kill that guy.
Assassin's Creed is by far an example of a game that added new mechanics and what-not with each new game, but showed little to no improvement for the additions. Hell, the first 2/3rd's of Revelations was just learning all the new BS mechanics, and the Tower Defense game they added in sucked.
AC1 was easily the best AC game but it wasn't revolutionary. It was basically Hitman-lite but with an auto-platforming system.Sgt. Sykes said:In fact, why all the hate for AC1? That was the most revolutionary AAA game in at least 7 years.