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Why Assassin's Creed has lost its identity? (lemm.ee)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Remember those iconic games before 2014? The OG, while dated was really unique for its time, the Ezio Auditore Trilogy that became the standard for the franchise, 3, that was very ambitious (probably too much) with it's setting and story telling. Even 4, although it was the first time AC escaped from the base of what an assassin's creed game is supposed to be.

Unity was the very first big misstep and since then the franchise has become unrecognisable, taking gameplay and mechanics from batman games and now went into unnecessarily long, repetitive and bloated RPGs than the real fans of the series couldn't care less, especially since the core legacy mechanics of parkour and missions were gone. Not only that but they completely threw the modern day story on the trash since Desmond's death...

AC was one of the last original franchises a triple A company gave us and now is just a Witcher wannabe.

"Oh wth are you talking about, it sells well" sales doesn't equal quality. The last games are such a step backwards for the series.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

The new games are probably better then the old ones

But nostalgia and the fact that it was something new at the time...

By today's ac, ac1 is sub par

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

They're not. They removed the parkour and social stealth options, the stories suck, the modern day story is worthless, the scenarios are not longer fun to climb due how small the buildings are and how sparse the areas are.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

They did not remove parkour and social stealth lol. I don't know what drugs you are on, but in Valhalla you absolutely do have stealth, for example distrust areas.

Parkour is also available in cities. And stories sucking? Lol. Valhalla literally draws from actual historical mythology, as does Odyssey. Modern story is also more than just "OMG??? Symbols??" nowadays, having more depth, and also continues like the older games, eg. a character being replaced by another, or killed, just as the Ezio games have.

Also, the buildings are actually bigger than in the older games. In the older games you could walk around one in like 8 seconds, in the new one you might need 30 seconds.

[โ€“] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

They did dude. You're just straight lying and the videos on YouTube and comparisons are all out there to see. Is either removed or stream lined so much... Shit, even Unity, which wasn't a great game got those right.

Wtf asked for real mythology in AC? The Ezio trilogy and even 3 had it's own mythology and pathos plus the way the Templar conspiracy was going behind all of that actually felt relevant. The hidden glyphs and clusters in the games gave it a X files feel unmatched to this day.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

  1. While I might or might not be one, no need to assume that someone is a dude.

  2. I have played every single game and still have access to them. I cannot say that of many people.

  3. If you wish to argue in good faith, never straight up assume someone is directly lying. Be an example for the internet and show good faith!

  4. That said, that you think later games don't have their own mythology, may be signs that you never played those games, because they also draw forth on those in-game mythologies. 'Course, I cannot say so, but if you haven't, I suggest you to do so; and if you reject, then you have no right to complain, honestly. Complain once you've played through it.

In short: nuff.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But that doesnt mean these games are bad. It only means that the core aspect of what the series originally was has been thrown out and replaced.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

By something mediocre and generic. It is worse. Back then you could tell apart AC from other games, nowadays is a cheap clone

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Honestly they're not

I played constantly up til black flag, got unity and the Viking one, and hated both. Stopped playing after an hour