Featuring Assassins Creed II, Assassins Creed Brotherhood and Assassins Creed Revelations, this bundle will give gamers the opportunity to step into the animus and venture through an epic trilogy that takes them from the bustling streets of renaissance Italy to the diverse city of Constantinople. Available exclusively for the PlayStation 3, gamers will be able to pick up the bundle for $39.99 and play all three of the titles on one Blu-ray disc.
KeenGamer: "The Assassin’s Creed franchise has many memorable games, but which five are the best? We’ve spent over a decade travelling through time, meeting histories most notorious figures, twisting the course of time while you’re at it. It’s time to hook back into the animus and revisit the franchises top five instalments."
Agree with 2/3 of Ezio trilogy. Revelations was horrid though. I would replace original AC and Syndicate with Odyssey and Unity.
For sure. I love all the assassins creed games, other than the first, and 3. Revalations was a mess, but I liked ezios trilogy as a whole.
I'm glad to see Unity getting some love. I just got back into Origins, it's great so far. I'm thinking about picking up Odyssey soon
Unity was very underrated, imo. I enjoyed the hell out of that game. Loved Origins. Fair warning....Odyssey is pretty much the same game as Origins, but in Greece instead of Egypt and, of course, new story/characters. I found it was still worth it and these days you can find the game pretty cheap if you look for a sale.
I actually haven't played Origins yet. Might pick it up soon.
Odyssey was pretty damn good.
Black Flag was one of my favorites, being that its one of the only good pirate games out there.
@RazzerRedux Yes, Unity was a great game I could never understand the negativity surrounding it. I think I'll like Odyssey since it's like Origins I'll be buying it soon 👍
Syndicate is *so* much better than Unity in every way possible I can only presume that you haven't played Syndicate very much, if at all.
You presumed wrong. I have played both and I found to Unity to be a much better game than Syndicate.
Our opinions differ. It is ok.
We need multiplayer to come back. That was next level stuff and it's a total tragedy it only came to us in one game of the series.
you know..unity is one of my favourites. i love that one.
i think i need to go back and play syndicate.
Well ACIII is one of my favorites! Yet both of those games got soo much hate... Well to be fair Unity was a buggy mess... But still a great game imho.
I played a few hours of ACIII and felt like I was stuck in the prologue still. I'm going to force myself to go back and finish it though. Core gameplay is still great, but the character development and story just slog on forever it seems.
I love AC games but I find I can never replay them. Probably the only game series I can say that for.
For me it was the Ezio trilogy solely I felt like an actual assassin, although I did enjoy Black Flag but that was because it was a pirates game didn't really feel like a main level AC game to me.
Let's see more than just pretty faces from our video game heroes.
Most beautiful picture of Lara I've seen in a long time.
Only a feminist would blog this garbage.
"Such reliance on sexualization to create a character is lazy and does not belong in games such as Assassin's Creed and tomb raider."
Speak for yourself missy I love beeewbs...have you seen yours?
"Men are often considered “sexy” the moment they are in some way traditionally feminine. As, traditionally-coded “sexy male."
No missy they are usually mistaken for being gay like ezio. Speaking of which....are you?
"Ezio is the main character of three games in the series and his main appeal is his sexiness."
Again speak for yourself missy....ezio doesn't do it for me seems like demasculated men do it for you though.
As the main characters of their respective games, Ezio and Lara should not be defined by their “sexiness”. There should be a great deal more to them than Lara's chest size and Ezio's accent. There is a time and place for sexualization, and it is not in games about assassins and treasure chest."
Ok ready say it with me now......"SPEAK FOR YOURSELF MISSY!!!"
you want indepth story backgrounds, history and bios go to Starbucks order a latte and read a dam book.
Leave my sexy game babes alone.
That's great for you, we all love boobs you're not the only one. But that doesn't mean everyone wants boobs shoved in their faces all the time.
Maybe you just don't have that regulation for it, but me I appreciate something A LOT more when i'm not see it constantly in every other piece of media.
I love bbbeeewwbs too, so it's not even that I think there should be no beeeeewwwbs in video games. It's just that the bbbbbbeeeeewwwwwwwwbs often completely trump all context and meaning within the narrative or game world that the developers have established.
I love me some steak too, but you don't see gratuitous cuts of sexy steak all over the place. It wouldn't make much sense in the context of anything, would it?
@spicelicka theres something for everyone that's why there's a ton of games completely boob free. The few that happen to be around that happen to have a sexy protagonist doesn't constitute as you put it "constantly in every other piece of media"
Fact of the matter is as soon as a character shows one inch of sexiness be it cleavage or form fitting pants or happens to be attractive to people like the writer of this blog suddenly the game has lost all credibility because it's not a realistic portrayal of the women in today's society or men which is a load of horse crap to me. And an excuse to censor the things some people feel too insecure to be around. You see for every 100 games that contain no sexuality just one game somehow becomes too much especially if it's a good game. Look at what a dyke they turned Lara croft into complete removal of what made her special. Now she's a budding dyke and it seems everyone's ok with that because she reflects the reality of the average woman out there. Sexless, strong willed, smart and devoid of any trait of feminity.
So no I say keep the boobs in fact we need more.
Assassins Creed was shoving boobs in our face?
Bigger issue I see is that sexy women are thought of as less than capable for some reason, as if their sexiness somehow is detrimental to their other character traits....such as being a capable kicka** assassin or spelunking treasure hunter. I'll leave it up to everyone else to decide who devalues these women more...the people that love boobs, or the ones that are too shallow to see past the appearance of a character.
A woman wrote the article, bro. Wall of text and pretty much all you've said is speak for yourself and go read a book. How about you actually give your opinion on the article rather than showing up repeating the same thing and telling her to go do something else.
Lol kalebninja I can't take nothing you write serious dude. Gonna have to up your troll skills.
@GrimDragon Now I'm a troll? You're really showing you're maturity by now writing me off as that when you're the one shit posting and acting like a hormone filled teenager "loving your bewbs", you're just a common pervert who doesn't like their material messed with.
Pretty sure he gave his opinion of the authors opinions.
Do you have an opinion? because you surely didn't offer one....although we all know what it is already, perhaps you could lead by example and state why you feel the author is right in that a character's appearance is the whole of what they are supposed to be, and that focusing on the superficial aspects of a character is certainly the way to go to determine if they are a good character or not.
@rainslacker I just simply agree with the article, GrimDragon did not and didnt bother to state his opinion, at least in his response to me and the original, but rather said how he likes boobs and the author should speak for themselves.
As for his response to Spicelicka it's insane, he's upset they took out lara's exaggerated breasts and sexuality and says they turned into a dyke... Even going as far to says she's sexless and and devoid of femininity now.
Personally don't care that Lara's tits are smaller however they did fuck her up by making her dull as a butter knife
You just said people think showing an inch of sexiness makes the game lose credibility, and then you go to say Lara is a dyke because she isn't showing off her sexuality. So basically you're saying the game loses credibility because her boobs aren't out. I don't understand, your whole point went downhill after you said that.
I dunno but I have respect for character portrayal when she is fighting for survival in freezing temperatures and doesn't have her boobs out. But hey covering her boobs makes her a dyke right.
@spicelicka yes apparently people like this blogger feel cleavage equates to loss of credibility and only a dyke Lara croft can be taken seriously. While I say the real Lara knew she was beautiful, knew she had that toned sexy body to use on any villainous man that got in her way.
Remember that level in tomb raider two when Lara had to sneak into a party to get an important file from the villians office. She dressed in a sexy black body hugging cleavage revealing dress to distract and appear like a guest in that party. It was Lara using her assets to her advantage. Lara was a woman that knew what she had and had no shame in using it to get what she needed. At the same time she can wear her booty shorts pull out her desert eagles and take down a bear. That's just who she was kicking ass and looking good doing it.
Not this politically correct Lara dull as butter knife. The game lost its artistic integrity to appease people like this blogger. And as a result the credibility of the real Lara croft as we've known her to be for years.
But then your argument should be with the whole theme of the game. It's a reboot and they've gone a very different route with the new series. The previous Tome Raider games were not very serious, and not about survival. You were fighting dinosaurs and dual wielding pistols while diving around.
New TR is a lot more realistic. The dialogue is serious, her acting is serious, the environment is realistic and deadly. She has to hunt for survival, withstand freezing temperatures, and is using stealth constantly. I'm only halfway through the game and so far I see NO reason for her to use her body to her advantage, she's not going to wear a skimpy dress to seduce a guy in the wilderness. For a realistic story they have to go with realistic characters so it makes total sense. And I personally think the whole James Bond style Diva thing where the women seduce men into doing what they want is a bit cliche at this point.
I find her to be extremely sexy anyway. Her voice, her personality, her charm, and the beautiful face mixed with deadly fighting skills is sexy.
Meh to each his own. Just not feeling this Lara croft at all. Maybe it's because I don't need realism in my games. I get enough realism in my day to day life. If everything had to be realistic to be entertaining we'd have no superhero movies, comic books etc.
Lara killing bears in booty shorts was the shit bro at least for me it was. It was rediculous but that's what gave the game it's charm.
See the game was rebooted to appease a bigger demographic of gamers especially female ones. So it stands to reason of course they'd find a problem traipsing along the jungles in a crop top and booty shorts. I see it as a form of light censorship because that's how everything has become today when it comes to how women are represented in games. It's like we can't have some fun with out select females from our favorite gender getting a fit anymore. They hide this crap behind things like Lara is not realistic, but what they really mean is Lara way to hot and iam not put proper clothes on her so I don't feel insecure. Or I'll scream about you being sexist. Its bs bro. But whatever is what it is. Iam sure one day the powers that be will get tired of this bs and realize this attempt to appease this crowd of females crying about sexism has more to do with their own personal issues than it does to correct an industry that was doing just fine before all this feminisistic bs came along.
For the record all the chiseled men with six packs and huge bulges and perfect facial features does absolutely nothing to make me feel anything other than one dam that's pretty cool or two dam wish I looked like that. And a laugh and appreciation for whatever portrayal of the genders may exist female or male because the simple fact is none of it is possible or real. And if someone happened to look like one of these perfect Adonis types I can appreciate that and keep it moving.
But one thing I'd never do is make an excuse to censor it. With dumb ass contradicting statements of equality and sexism.
Sexy can be a lot of things. Even if one isn't super attractive, they can still put out sexual vibes.
As far as the new Lara, I have nothing against her look, or even what she wears which covers most things, but I disagree with most of the things you find appealing about her.
Her voice I find too whiny and irritating. She has no personality to speak of, particularly compared to the old Lara. Her charm I've yet to see, because in the setting, what exactly is she going to charm? I don't find it charming where she keeps telling herself she can do something...and then goes and does it as if saying something is difficult adds to the tension after the 100th time. Face, or character model overall is pretty good. She has kind of that girl next door look to her, but nothing about her says sexy...more like cute and attractive in the right circumstances. I can't recall her even trying to be sexy...which admittedly can be sexy in it's own way.
My bigger problem is that people tend to equate sex appeal as the only depth to the character. Lara's character never had a problem being sexy in the past, because she had personality, and charm. This new Lara even if sexy like the old, would still lack any of those qualities which actually make a compelling character.
I agree. Being sexy isn't really enough for the game. Luckily there is a great amount of games that focus on character creation, games that are narrative based where different body types can be used or don't really feel out of place. In action, stealth, other action packed games, I understand why there are a lot of fit/sexy people. They have to be in order to make the stuff they're doing more believable. They don't have to look pretty in the face department, but their bodies always often have to look like they are in peak condition. Yeah, there is that gender model bias (women tend to be lighter, limber, great dexterity). Men (big, tall, strong etc.).
Is it an issue? I don't really know. I don't think there is one. Do some body types make me feel insecure? Yeah, sure. Does it deter me from having fun playing videogames? never. Nice blog post, none-the-less
We need regulation for this illegal sexualization. Commonse sense regulation. Not one more. #gettalking
There have been a lot of Assassins in Assassin's Creed. It's time to ask: of all the ones in the games, who's the best of them all?
Ezio! Plus leonardo davinci made all his fancy killing gear. Nuff said.
EDIT: And Ezio was the best dressed too. They nailed that italian flair with his outfit. Most stylish assisn too, then!
Man, I would love a film of Ezio and da Vinci together, just on adventures. They're the perfect duo.
Ezio is the bestest assassinz. The other characters don't even compare. Conner was the worst.
Ezio
Hands down and he has the coolest full name
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Totally agree, I hate AC3 due to him. How could they create such an unlikable character :/ I preferred Haytham to him.
