"Imagine yourself as a stealthy assassin or thief right now. You’re wearing a hood, you’ve got an impressive arsenal of concealed cutlery under your robes, and you’re athletic enough to give Michael Phelps a run for his money.
Now, imagine being unable to crouch. You also can’t press up against walls in order to hide from enemies. Also, you only have two speeds you can move at; you can walk forward at the brisk pace of a man strolling through the park, or you can sprint for your ever-loving life, making sure your every footstep is loud enough to turn heads at a nightclub. The guards who patrol the installations you regularly intrude upon have the eyes and ears of an owl on crack but the memory of an Alzheimer’s patient. Did I mention they have telepathy and can inform every guard within a mile radius of your presence? Also, those aforementioned installations often have only one door you can enter, which is usually heavily guarded by forces you have no chance of sneaking past or e...
IGN - Assassin's Creed's focus on character-driven storytelling has been buried by its RPG sandbox features, and the series is weaker for it.
A rare W opinion piece from IGN.
IMO, Ubisoft needs to setup two primary AC dev teams. 1 would focus on and release character-driven OG-style AC games for OG fans and the other would continue the current RPG-ified AC style for current fans.
Release by them Bi-annually and alternatively. There'd less fatigue and a boost to quality.
I definitely appreciate 3 more after playing it again in recent years along with the Liberation game. Back when 3 was new I was still riding high on AC2 and Brotherhood so when I played 3 I felt a bit let down. Even the ship battles grew on me.
AC2 - Yes
AC3 - Urm...I don't know
I feel they kind of dropped the ball with AC3 and with the way the story went it just didn't make sense to me at all. I felt it would have made more sense lore wise if they had it so the Red Coats were mostly Assassins and the Templars were mostly the Colonists who wanted this "new world" as a fresh start for their operations, to build a country up they'd have full control of from the start so they manufacture the war as something else while really it's just a front for the Templars vs Assassins.
It just meant that since the Red coats lose the war it explains how the Templars have gained full control of future America and how the Assassins have slowly died out by then. This entire event would have been the turning point of how things went to s**t for the Assassins and how there's not many of them left in the present.
Haythem was a lot more interesting than Connor and he should have been the main Assassin of AC3.
I thought AC2 was the greatest of the series and it is but replaying it recently, I stared to see more flaws in the game. Basically every single mission is an assassination besides a few tailing missions lol. Still, the implementation of all the new mechanics were great. The smoke bombs, disarming guards, story, hidden tombs, swimming, flying machine, multiple locations, etc. it definitely felt a bit more special to me at the time of release though
Dunno about 3, the 1st act was cool, then i couldn't tell you what happens after that. But 2 was so good! The entire acts 1-3 were al memorable, whereas i really couldn't even tell you what happens in any other AC game
Assassin's Creed has been hard done by in the past several years despite its success, and as messy as it could be, it might be time for a reboot.
They already did that in 2017 with origins. I don’t think a reboot is on the cards when Ubisoft is about to go down under lol
I hope the splinter cell remake sees the light of day before the company closes
I doubt they'll be closing, but they are primed to be eaten up by a bigger comp. Also 2017 was nearly a decade ago, it could use another reboot or rather it should just be retired.
Origins was the reboot.
But that also alienated the original AC lovers, abit. Not everybody adores the perma-change of the IP to be vast RPGs.
What I instead propose is, alternate between Valhalla/Shadows type AC RPGs and Mirage/ACII like non-RPG releases.
What is old might feel new again. A new splinter cell with semi open levels but still having a linear structure (not just one giant open world) that have multiple paths to complete the objective but still have stealth be the main priority would feel fresh, especially with modern graphics and military gadgets .
I agree, from anecdotal evidence, all franchises eventually stagnate, it might be a good time to start something new.
"it might be time for a reboot." No it might be time to put this shit to rest for a few yrs. A good 4-5 then come back.
Total franchise reboot. This ac game is basically the hail Mary to keep Ubisoft alive if this fails the share price will be so low they will be forced to sell and likely absorbed into another org as the Ubisoft name carries almost no weight.
Don't get me wrong they will end up selling after ac regardless but it will be the difference of getting the deal they want vs the deal they don't
With many wondering what route the franchise should take next, Assassin's Creed should finally visit the Wild West era.
Tell me how that's going to be significantly different than colonial America. AC is about showcasing different cultures throughout history. They already did Native Americans in AC3, so then just cowboys, outlaws, ranchers, etc? Kinda feel like there's already a game out there that does that really freaking well. Hmmm, maybe the one in the thumbnail?
assassin's creed new york starring luigi as the adjuster taking out bad guys health insurance templars
You can't even crouch...there's a start
I mean, for example, Far Cry 3 had better stealth and that was a first person shooter.
It's funny, ever since Jade Raymond stopped working on Assassin's Creed (after Assassin's Creed 2) The series began to suck, like a lot. It was no longer about assassinating or stealth tactics. Damn shame, a series with so much potential lost.
I wish these games were a lot more stealthy. I don't think the controls would lend themselves well to it though.
You should be able to crouch though, it's ridiculous.
Assassin's Creed wouldn't suffer from a more linear, level based approach like other action games, so much of the present format is just filler anyway. I can see people wanting more stealth options, I personally use a ranged/stealth approach in most games where there's a choice but the best stealth games have that relentless forward momentum Hitman, Splinter Cell even some RPG's and FPS like Skyrim or Crysis and FC3 can be played that way .The AC series lacks that momentum despite it's controls and character development being very much focused on becoming an unstoppable killing machine, there's too much to get sidetracked on and it dilutes the experience.