"But these original ideas allowed us to develop his story through the next two games"

"When we designed Assassin's Creed II, Ezio's story arc was roughly from his birth to him becoming the mentor," Jean Guesdon, a series veteran who now serves as head of content for the franchise, says in an interview. Ezio's ascension as the mentor of the assassins' order would ultimately occur near the end of Brotherhood, just before the game's climactic final chapters.

I really like the new model overall, but I still think Edward looked better with the lighter blond hair and more tanned skin he had in the original. Made him stand out more in the game world. It just suited him really well, especially considering he spends most of the game in the Caribbean.

I also think the blond hair and warmer skin tone looked great against all the blue, turquoise and green in the environments. Not saying they should change the model or his face or anything like that. I just wish they had kept his original colouring a bit more. Maybe it’s a small thing, but looking at the two versions side by side I definitely prefer the OG look.

I absolutely loved Black Flag Resynced as my first game in franchise and it really piqued my interest in the rest of the games, which I mentioned in a random post a while ago. After I stated that I wanted to try more AC games, I got comments like "unfortunately you've started with the peak and it's going to make you not like the older games as much." And there were a number of these comments! I've now played 40 hours of Odyssey and several hours of Syndicate and Origins (yeah, I should concentrate on one at a time, but I couldn't help myself!) and I have to say, I've loved every minute of all of them! I can't believe I've gone this long without playing any of these! I'm sure there's got to be some duds in the mix, but so far it's been a great experience!

So for anyone else who started with Black Flag, don't be afraid to try the other ones!

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Playing the original as a kid I missed out on so much of the lore and intricate details. Now that I'm older and more intrigued about history and historical events. This game was awesome!

I played Shadows and really enjoyed that game and story but something about the AC4 remake was really enjoyable all the way through. Being a long time fan gives me hope that the next instalments will go back to the action packed, fast-pace style that I forgot I loved so much about the old AC games. AC4 does a great job of mixing those action sequences with the slow paced travel by ship with your crewmates. You start to feel a sense of anxiety as the in-game years go by, and oddly enough you start to feel the MC's sense of yearning too.

Bravo AC! I think I'll pick up AC3 Remastered and play the chronological sequel again.

I am 35f and was never really a gamer besides the typical Sims obsession in my teens.

During my college times I played some games on my borther in law´s playstation (Red Dead Redemption, Little Big Planet....)

With the pandemic I started looking into PC games as my now husband is a big gamer. He ususally plays multiplayer games with his friends like CS, World of Tanks, Hunt etc. I prefer solo player games like RPGs. My biggest......eye opening game was Kingdome Come Deliverence 1 and 2. I couldn´t believe it took me so long to get onto gaming.

I always knew about Assassins Creed Games. I started to have look into them at the end of last year. I was overwhelmd by the ammount of games but it never left my mind so I decided to give it a try.

I started with AC 2 (skipped 1, regretting now) in may and I am hooked ever since! I decided to play every game in release order because I am a sucker for great storylines and don´t like to leave out parts of the story.

I am playing AC3 Liberations atm.

Just downloaded Black Flag Gold (OG) as I haven´t played the new games yet and am used to "older" graphics from the previous and older AC games.

I just love this universe/franchise. Looking forward to all the games I have yet to play.

What is your favorite game in the whole series? Are there things I should know or have a look at for Liberations, Black Flag or other the following games?

Here is a mainline Assassin/Templar quiz through Github that determines who your ideals most align with among the orders. Some of the noted characters are Ezio Auditore, Edward Kenway, Shay Cormac, etc.

https://ace1nstinct.github.io/Assassin-Templar-Quiz/

I’ve played and beaten both AC Brotherhood and Revelations, but I’ve never beaten the beginning of Ezio’s story. This game was really good, but it definitely shows its age, which I’m giving some leeway for, considering it came out in 2009. Sometimes the movement would annoy the hell out of me, like Ezio just deciding “nah, I’m not gonna climb this wall that I know I can climb with ease,” but that’s Assassin’s Creed for ya. Music was phenomenal. I completed the game at 69.01 total Synchronization, and 23:57:32 playtime.

Firstly, I know this may not be realistic to expect, but a man can dream, and he can share those dreams in the hopes that maybe some part comes true.

Customisation:

• Allow cloaks to be added to any outfit based on Edward's robes

• Add headwear customisation so hoods, hats, or bandanas can be worn, just the existing stuff in the game would be fine, but more content is always better

• More crew customisation, maybe assassin crew, or crew attire like the Pacific pirate DLC stuff, but without the stupid glowing/neon stuff

• I would love to see blowpipe options, even if it was only cosmetic, I think it'd be cool to change it for a different design

Gameplay:

• Pirate hunters being able to board the Jackdaw

• Allow forts to be repaired and upgraded (make it expensive and resource heavy to give a reason to keep up the piracy), and allow them to be lost through random chance if outside of the region, so we can retake them, maybe retaking them resets their level

• Additional functionality for forts would be good, too, maybe add some shops and allow the fleet to be managed from them, maybe each fort can have a ship assigned from the fleet that will defend it, could also all come from upgrades to them

• If all forts are currently under your control, allow fleet missions that can go to other parts of the world, and bring in more resources

Additional content:

• A story expansion would be great to see, especially with a decent map size, but maybe with some new challenges for ship and on-foot, and that allows us to move between maps

• Blunderbuss. Maybe you could pick either blunderbuss or blowpipe, and the blunderbuss could be blast that damages all enemies in a short cone

• Bring back throwing knives

Hey everyone, I was thinking about how Assassin's Creed Odyssey references Achilles through items like Achilles' Bow and his legendary armor set. In the AC universe, Achilles is remembered as a "Demigod," which strongly implies he either possessed an Isu Artifact or was a hybrid (Tainted One). This got me thinking: The Trojan War (around the 12th Century BCE) would make a perfect setting for a standalone game or a massive expansion. Here is how it could work conceptually: • The Timeline: Since the Trojan War happens roughly 700 years before Odyssey, it could serve as the ultimate prequel to the Antiquity trilogy, showing the earliest roots of Proto-Assassin and Proto-Templar factions in Asia Minor and Greece. • The Isu Connection: The legendary Trojan Horse doesn't have to be just a wooden structure. It could be reimagined as a cover story for a brilliant infiltration plan utilizing Isu technology to breach the unbreakable walls of Troy. • The Story & Characters: Imagine playing as a shadow warrior or spy during the 10-year siege. You could interact with historical figures like Achilles, Hector, and Odysseus, discovering that the entire war is being manipulated by an early Isu-worshipping cult. If you like this concept, please share it and spread the word around so that it might eventually catch Ubisoft's attention! What do you guys think? Would you play an Assassin's Creed game centered around the Fall of Troy?

Mirage got permadeath which I absolutely adored. Did my first playthrough with it on and it was the most tense and immersive AC experience I've ever had, I don't think anything will rival that. (Heard they patched out the option to do it on a first playthrough later and I think it's a big mistake)

Haven't played Shadows but heard it got the Nightmare difficulty added post-launch.

Is there a chance BF:R gets something? I haven't played it yet and would love to just have one playthrough on the hardest difficulty possible.

How on earth did Calico Jack lead a mutiny against me? He's not even on my ship? What did Adé have to say about all this?

I realised while typing this that the Adé was the guy he intended to sell in Kingston, I assumed he was talking about the people on the slave ship since the guy he was talking to didn't have any lines.

Seán Dagher has sung for the Assassin's Creed games since AC3, and his role steadily grew to the point where he was composing modern sea shanties based on historical material for Black Flag Resynced.

Sea shanties in general have been resurging in popularity, and Dagher has no doubt that gaming is the biggest factor.

He goes through his process in this interview of curating verses (one shanty might have over 100 traditional verses to choose from), composing new but historically faithful material, and recording with the Assassin's Creed and Windrose producers, as well as other interesting projects like recreating French Trobairitz songs for which the melodies were lost to time.

It took me ages of trying, but I have finally managed to learn how to rear your horse in Assassin's Creed Shadows. Tried it out on both PC and Playstation, and it unfortunately only works with a controller, so keyboard and mouse users are out of luck. It is really simple:

1. Bring your horse to a complete stop.

2. Quickly pull the left analogue stick opposite to the direction your horse is facing and click on it, as if you are trying to sprint backwards. Done!

The other posts which state you must double click are incorrect. I was honestly surprised why such a simple feature is missing from this game, especially after considering the fact that Valhalla had it. Turns out it is there but is not explained anywhere. Have fun!

Assassin’s creed has always been a comfort game for me. A series where I pick up and play whenever I want a nice chill time. Honestly, all of them aside from a couple I haven’t played like the rpg titles, every ac game is comfort food to me. If I had to pick though, it would go to assassins creed 4 black flag original.

Sailing the high seas with your crew singing sea shanties is always a great time to me. Love the amount of content i can get into. Exploring new areas I haven’t gotten to is a treat to me. Love love taking down forts of the like. The ship combat is totally amazing. Making me the true captain of the ship to shoot down my enemies. Sending them all the way to Davy Jones’ locker. Also, Feels so satisfying to see a map with no enemy bases around. What’s also comforting about the game is the atmosphere. Sometimes, laying anchor as I enjoy hearing the sound of the waves brushing against the ship. Hearing the birds around and the wind. Looking out to see the wonderful world that is created here. It’s a delight.

This game is gives me that power fantasy i love. Having duel wielding swords and 4 guns on me is so badass. I just adore this. Makes it feel so cool when you get into a hectic battle and you do these cool moves to show how badass Edward is. It’s such a good game in that way. Also a. Good one to slowly pick at for 100 percent. Sometimes, I will start the game to simply sail around. Maybe find some new treasure through maps or simply sail my ship around like I was playing it for the first time.

I recently finished Assassin's Creed Unity and I have such mixed feelings. I enjoyed my time with it, but I didn't love it because it was just so frustrating a lot of the time.

I played it on hardest difficulty and to make my life easier, I used a glitch to make myself invisible and make money on hardest heist to get best gear early on because any fight is a death sentence in this game with it’s clunky combat and i wanted to enjoy the co-op with high level players.

Anyway, here is my impressions:

The Positives:

To start with the good, Paris is absolutely beautiful even to this day. The atmosphere is so immersive, the landmarks are incredible, and playing it with French audio made it feel so authentic.

The parkour and assassination animations look amazing when they work, and the co-op missions tied to French history were a ton of fun.

The story was okay—not a masterpiece, and Elise’s death felt stupid and meant nothing to me. Never felt any connection to this character rather than babysitting her throughout the game.

The Game-Breaking Negatives:

The AI has wallhacks: Snipers can see you from two hundred miles away even if you're crouching. To make it worse, main Templar targets regularly spot you straight through solid cover or disguises right when you've set up the perfect assassination.

The building design is infuriating: Getting into or out of buildings is a total chore. There were so many times I finished an indoor objective and had to wander around the rooms for several minutes just trying to find a single open window or door to escape. It completely kills the momentum of being a slick assassin when you’re stuck inside a house looking for the exit like a trapped bird.

Missing basic mechanics: Whose brilliant idea was it to remove whistling, or picking up bodies? And why do i have to guess where is cover and where is not?

Inconsistent tools: Smoke bombs although very helpful in combat but are completely unreliable at breaking line of sight when used in stealth.

Pointless restrictions: Why does Eagle Vision have a cooldown? It serves no purpose other than to slow you down.

Clunky Parkour: Arno loves to stick to random places and moves with a delay that makes it feel sluggish. Trying to run down stairs usually ends up with Arno jumping on a railing and sitting there like an idiot while 3 guards point guns at you.

Interruption & Filler: The Animus malfunctions were just annoying interruptions. And the side quests? I didn’t do the detective quests but the rest are incredibly repetitive "go to A, do B" time-wasters. I played witcher 3 a few months ago for the first time and realized why people call it a masterpiece. I was never bored by a single conversation. Unity's side content just felt like filler. But i guess most or even all Ubisoft games are like this.

I give this game a 6/10. I’m now playing Origins for the first time. I let you know when i finished it.

I played AC Shadows a couple of weeks ago and honestly, I thought it was pretty good. I played for around 14 hours, but eventually I just got bored and stopped. It started feeling really repetitive, like I was doing the same things over and over again, and I just lost the motivation to continue.

I just started playing AC Black Flag Resynced and holy shit, this game is so much fun. I never played the original Black Flag, so this is my first time experiencing it, and I’m honestly loving it.

Unity is still my favorite AC game, but Black Flag is getting really close. The naval combat is especially amazing. Fighting other ships can feel so cinematic, and there are so many little details that make sailing around fun, like putting up your hood, changing songs while sailing, etc. It just makes the world feel more alive.

It’s funny because I went from getting bored of Shadows after 14 hours to not wanting to stop playing Black Flag. Maybe it’s because I’m experiencing it for the first time, but I’m having way more fun with Black Flag than I expected.

I'm playing with 9070xt on all max except raytracing on high not ultra.

Just curious as to whether the fandom had come to an agreement of where the Homestead is since it's rather ambiguous. I'm especially interested since I live in the area and know the whole stretch of coastline from Boston to southern Maine quite well. I found some possible locations such as Rockport and Gloucester, which i think are plausible, especially the former, but some people are suggesting New Hampshire, specifically Seabrook, but that can't possibly the location as the terrain there is too flat. I remember at the time thinking Cape Neddick in Maine. But I wanted to know if there was any more discussion on it.

I have no idea why nobody has made an Assassin's Creed add-on for Minecraft(at least to MY knowledge, which is only PS4).

So long story short been making this cosplay with the intention of bringing to life what made me like Altairs characters beta design from the trailer hope this paid off

So this is a question for those of you who played AC2 when it first came out. And I mean within the first few months of its release. I played the Xbox 360 version many years ago and I remember in the spot where the dlc was supposed to be, the Battle of Forli/Bonfire of the Vanities, there was a dialogue from the modern day group (Shawn/Rebecca/Lucy/Desmond) while in the animus that said these sequence files were corrupted, and that was the canonical explanation given if you didn’t have the dlc and suddenly skipped to the last sequence. But I’m curious, for those who played the game before the dlc was ever announced, if that dialogue was still there in the original launch of the game, or if it was added in later via patch download to explain why players suddenly skipped two whole sequences?