There Are WAY Too Many Assassin’s Creed Games

Entertainment Fuse: I actually laughed when I heard there was a new Assassin’s Creed game coming out. Not because the game sounded bad or seemed funny. No, I laughed because I have hit a point where this has become completely bonkers and hilarious.

Recently released was Assassin’s Creed Identity, a mobile 3D action game which uses touchscreen controls. The game is available now in New Zealand, where it was soft launched. Do you know when the last mobile Assassin’s Creed game was released? August. As in less than two months ago.

[blakstarz]

To me, there are WAY too many Mario games....but I get what your saying.

[captainexplosion]

Not enough Mario games.

[Ezz2013]

as long as Nintendo fans still want more mario games and enjoy them
they should get what they want

[XBLSkull]

Way too many CoD games as well. 3 studios working on one franchise? Give it a break already...

[jjb1981]

I want a Mario 64 hd release

[loganbdh]

Tell me which Mario games are actually horrible to play and I'll tell u how many good assassin's creed there actually are.

26 years in the biz will do that with Mario games.
7 years in the biz Assassin's creed shouldn't have caught up with Marios titles

[starchild]

And both statements will be pure opinion.

Why can't people understand that all of these franchises have their fans? They wouldn't keep selling and getting sequels if that wasn't the case. It's ok for us to not all like the same things.

[blakstarz]

No one said horrible, just too many of them, what's next Mario Eat a Taco: The Game? I just think Nintendo relies on this franchise way too much.
I'd like to see a new Metriod game.

[Abromb]

Sure, but when that's your main mascot from the 80's... yea that's going to happen. While Nintendo may use Mario in a lot of titles, they usually don't release more than one type of game (3d, side scrolling, kart, smash, etc.) more than once on each console. When they do, ie:Galaxy 2, it's of better quality than the first. The same cannot be said for a lot of games... Look at Gears... downhill after 2. Look at AC3 which was not that good in my opinion. Black flag was good, but stopped playing halfway through because it felt like the same game I've been playing since 2008... Yea they added boats, but that became a boring grind to upgrade your ship. So are there a lot of Mario games... Yes. Do they abuse him? Maybe, but what's a Nintendo console without those staples that usually pop up once a generation?

[pootymcpoockle]

17 mario games in just shy of 30 years. 8 Assassins Creed games in just shy of 7 years. There are too many assassins creed games.

[jetlian]

mario as a brand has about 50 games. this is talking about brands. only 7 real AC games 9 with the two new ones.

I do agree there is alot of them though.

[pootymcpoockle]

@jetlian
As far as branding goes, yes there are a lot, but branding doesn't make a game. Mario Kart, Mario Party and Mario Strikers etc are all COMPLETELY different games, which is why they weren't included in my count. Assassins Creed games all have the same formula gameplay-wise except for minor changes.

[Magicite]

Yep, I totally agree. Never cared about Mario, meanwhile AC is awesome franchise.

[KaladinStormblessed]

I agree, there are too many. But it's not as bad because each game is usually a spinoff and not a direct sequel unlike assassins creed. Still too many though.

[Chrischi1988]

Was that really called for? How come, somebody writes something about AC, you instantly attack Nintendo? How is that related?

And then again, how many ACs did we get, handheld and home console ones, in the past 7 years, how many Mario games in the past 7 years? This is what these guys are refering to with too much. A annually renewed game is too much, other than sport games, that is somehow an exception, even though they didnt change more than from one AC to the other.

[blakstarz]

No need to be so sensitive, no one is attacking Nintendo, its just a statement that games like Mario are re-hashed so many times, I played Mario before it became Mario Bros. in his first appearance on Donkey Kong....if it makes them money then fine, but to me its time to focus your energy on something else.

[iplay1up2]

Mario titles mostly have different gameplay. NSMB,3dworld, Galaxy, Kart,64/Sunshine, Paper Mario, all different, but are Mario games. All are great games.

[Darkwatchman]

There are, but that's not going to change until it stops selling.

[BluFish]

And oversaturation is the perfect way to make that happen.

[Darkwatchman]

I pray that time comes soon. Eventually, people got tired of world war 2 shooters, so I'm hoping people will get tired of annual franchises soon.

[Chrischi1988]

Oh, I wish we had great World War shooters again. Dont like the new Mech, cybernetics shooters that are coming right now...

[kingmushroom]

I want Moar assassins creed games moar!!!!

[starchild]

Within reason. I personally enjoy a new Assassin's Creed each year, as long as they are good. This year with Unity and Rogue kind of pushes it a little too far for me, but oh well I don't have to play Rogue. I'll play it later down the road if it comes to PC. I'm really looking forward to AC Unity though.

[kingmushroom]

its like a tradition for me, i pick up assassins creed games on Black Friday. I get them for $40 so i don't mind having them each year. But like you said, as long as it keeps things interesting.

[Ghost_Nappa]

Who cares how many mobile gams there are?

[Godmars290]

Isn't Ubisoft's plan literally to run the franchise into the ground with yearly releases that don't take issues with prior titles into account because they have to be made so far in advance?

I mean, the whole issue with no female characters in whatever is coming out now, aside from SJW BS, is that the game is pretty much finished so they don't want to go back and make changes. either that or the skins are part of DLC.

[matrixman92]

and the fact that they are making ANOTHER game featuring a female assassin, which I am sure that most people with the issue will just ignore, like they did with liberation. Also, I dont see the problem in it not being a main entry. Liberation was better than 3 and 1

[FsterThnFTL]

I think there are too many games in general and very less time to play them all.

[ScorpiusX]

Yes that is true but each tell a different story of sorts . Either way I welcome it's game play and story.

[123pol]

There cant be to many games :S if they drop in quality due to to many games then there are to many games other then that BRING IT ON !

[GuruStarr78]

I wish they'd go back to making prince o persia games instead..

[Master-H]

Or both, like this year this, next year that, the following year something else, rinse and repeat. But no , AC sells really well so they'll just milk that.

[DragonKnight]

I love when people think that their like or dislike of a game franchise equates to there being not enough or too many games withing that franchise. Nice to see the world is a giant double standard.

[CervantesPR1]

yup they should end this franchise along with COD

[Jyndal]

Hmm.
Assassin's Creed is actually one of my favorite series...

[Gatsu]

I want to enjoy AC games, but can't when they come way too often imo. Just like CoD or BF, but they sell a lot so...
Anyway, they should make it like MGS with years break between games, so I could maybe then try to jump more into the franchise and enjoy it. They would feel a lot more special this way, but it's just a milking cow.

[droc1123]

I agree with the overall premis, I believe this is what hurt resident evil, there were far too many spinoffs and main characters that after awhile you stop taken an I interest in them.... And also having them console specific, to this day I have yet to play the resident evil 1 remake because I never had a GameCube ( can't wait for the re-remake though if u catch my drift) hopefully the same doesn't happen to AC it'll be a shame.

[saber00005]

If you don't like em, don't play them. Simple as that.

[BoNeSaW23]

This is a discussion. NOT, a ultimatum. Thanks for not contributing anything!

[saber00005]

Your right Bonesaw23. This is a discussion. A discussion of people crying about how they hate a game series soo much, they want to see it close down. So what if it's just like COD, Halo, or any other repetitive game that keeps releasing something. It's a game that some people like. Rather than complaining, why don't they just not play the game? By this game series keeps releasing a new game, how is this personally affecting you?

[BoNeSaW23]

Sorry. Somebody else posted on my account (to be a dick!) after we discussed this topic.I agree with both your replies.

The only vote gamers get are with their wallets. Supporting the devs with pre-orders, new game purchases and DLC, tells the publishers what we want. If so many people hate repetitive game series releases, why are they supported by the majority of gamers!? Because they sell on name brand, advertising and familiar gameplay alone, in my opinion.

Personally, I have not supported the Assassin series since Brotherhood, but other fans have. I liked the series but lost interest and moved on. Creed is still going strong because of a earned dedicated fan base. I could care less that millions of other gamers like and support a game I care nothing about. Your right, it doesn't affect anybody elses gaming experience.

Sorry for the long reply. I was mad after seeing a false reply posted under my name.

[saber00005]

Yeah there were a few AC games that, in my opinion, I didn't care for. My favorite so far was AC:Black Flag. I thought they did a very good job, and who doesn't like pirates? I spent probably over 100+ hours on that game and 100% complete it.

Reading up on the reviews for this game coming out, they re-worked the gameplay from the ground up and I'll be very interested to see how well it plays out. One of the biggest things they changed, is the free running feature. It looks like it will be harder for your assassin to go off course of where you want him to go.

[Geekman]

People keep acting like this is a problem. It's a good series. And you aren't being forced to buy every AC game. Do I have to buy Rougue? No. do I have to buy Unity? No. Nothing is being harmed from milking the series.

[BrandanT]

If people are complaining about there being way too many types of a certain game, how come no one brings up Mega Man? Doesn't Mega Man have more than 100 entries in the series?
If you say it's because people still want Mega Man games, doesn't that make this argument kind of useless?