I want more modern day gameplay
I grew up playing the Assassin’s Creed games and at one point it was my favorite game franchise. I stopped playing them a little after odyssey came out and hadn’t really touched them until about a couple months ago.
Since then, I have played through AC2, Brotherhood, Revelation, AC3, Rogue, Liberation, Origins, and Shadows. I have also put a couple hours into Valhalla, Mirage, and Odyssey. I have been having a great time replaying some of these games and rediscovering the lore.
While I do enjoy the historical aspect of playing in Ancient Greece, Edo-Period Japan, and as a Viking, my biggest complaint with these games is their lack of modern day gameplay. I really enjoyed the gameplay of the early games that tied in the knowledge gained in the animus into the modern day events through Desmond. While majority of the game was spent playing lives of past assassins, the story was linked to the present day and trying to save the world and stop abstergo.
The newer games in the franchise offer little in expanding the story in the modern day if at all and this kind of makes the games less enjoyable for me. I’m a sucker for some lore and these games just aren’t scratching that itch for me anymore.
I want to know if anyone else has similar thoughts about the franchise or if this is just me. Thanks.