Assassin's Creed 2 was still about the assassinations, there was a whole flowchart of guys to kill and each section of the story would build up to each assassination. When all those assassinations suck, then it vastly hurts the game in both gameplay and pacing. From reviews of AC4, assassinations still seem to be a big part of the game. Yeah, an AC game doesn't need to be about assassinating but they have to be about something. The games have no core gameplay whatsoever, it feels like you do nothing but side shit the whole game. The platforming is auto-platforming, the combat sucks and is so easy there's no point in even making me input anything (even the Rev3Games review of AC4 pointed out that fish are the most dangerous enemies lol), and the stealth is rather poor as well. And the games have all these ways to make money but there's nothing to buy. You buy something that makes you more money so you can buy something else that makes you money. There's no point to buy anything when you really can't die (besides for when the platforming fucks up and you die from falling) and the dual hidden blades are the best weapon. The series, with an almost revolving door of creative directors and 12 month dev cycle, is all over the place and results in the devs just throwing shit at a wall and hoping some of it sticks. After AC2, there was no reason from a narrative point-of-view to go back into the past, it was all set up to cap off the future storyline with the next game. I'd rather have an Assassin's Creed set in a post office at this point, at least there would be some focus to the game.Adam Jensen said:It's still not a series about assassinations. In fact, an Assassin's Creed game can even be a game set in 1950's postal office and it would still be an Assassin's Creed game if Assassins and Templars were involved.
Yeah, it was game over because I was done with the series at AC2, the best part of the damn game was the Glyph puzzles.putowtin said:You hate Ezio?Phoenixmgs said:I also loved the end of AC2 where Ezio...was basically revealed to be nothing but a messenger for Desmond because I hated Ezio but then they milked the series thus making Ezio "important".
That's it man, game over man, game over
but... PiratesPhrozenflame500 said:AC hasn't been interesting since the second game.
Oh I gave up on that too (skipped Brotherhood-3) but I don't care since I'm sailing around whilst listening to the Pirates of the Caribbean theme.Alek_the_Great said:You know what's the least like a stealthy assassin? Pirates.Elberik said:but... PiratesPhrozenflame500 said:AC hasn't been interesting since the second game.