r/assasinscreed

(This post was made outta boredom)

Hey y’all, I was just curious. AC is already such a big fanbase with so many mixed, heavy, and controversial opinions, so I wanted to say what’s your AC hottakes?

And I mean Hottakes, liek HOT. Like ones that are more personal or a more niece opinions or ones you feel fans don’t discuss enough or should discuss.
So this excludes “Classic AC vs. RPG era” or AC:BF(remake) “criticisms”, and ofc no bigotry or hateful comments. (I haven’t seen anything like that on Reddit (but I have on TT a few times) but it tis the internet yk?)

This can be on anything from story elements, Characters, nitpicks, gameplay mechanics, development, or whatever you wanna discuss.

Ofc be nice and respectful and everyone is entitled to their opinions and this post is meant to encourage debate and discourse and ofc collaborative feedback.

Edit: sorry also meant to add (doubt I’ll get any questions) but if anyone wants to hear any of mine comment under here or DM me

I don’t mean to disparage anyone, but are the people who 100% Unity okay? I mean like mentally and socially. It’s an insane, life-consuming task. I genuinely want to know, if you 100%’ed Unity, are you okay?

as a big fan of the AC games the past half year, I've had few ideas of what this franchise could be. recently I've been playing the crew motorfest (I know, super different, but hear me out), the setting of hawai'i reaaaalllly got me thinking. what about a island-like/Hawaiian AC game? sure, it'd definitely be sparse and more like the Valhalla map, but wouldn't it be fascinating? all the jungle & stuff. i can't think of a good time in history it'd be set in, but potentially in the present? I'm not sure! needed to get my thoughts out of my brain :).

edit + disclaimer: i am Hawaiian in no way whatsoever, I'm a new englander who happens to like tropical places :')

I loved this game my first time playing it. I am considering playing it again this time with Alexios.

Looking for advice on starting over from scratch vs NG + as far as which you may have found to be more enjoyable.

Just started playing AC:Mirage and I honestly think this is the worst AC ever, that I've played.

I thought it is going to be one of those games that everyone dislikes or writes off and I'd enjoy. But honestly this is one of the worst games I've played. The whole eagle vision toggle leaves a grayscale world behind with distracting signals. The combat is horrible. The compass is confusing. Really feels like some amateurs put this together compared to the ezio trilogy and black flag and the like.

I guess the voice acting is a creative choice, so I don't mind that. But this gameplay is unbearable.

At the docks right now to free those captives. Does it get better or is it more of the same.

so i want to get into the game, but theres so many assasins creed games to choose from and i dont know wich one would be the best.

i dont really care about graphics, but the key for me is good gameplay and good parkour.

I can't decide wich one to get on steam. Maybe I wanna try odissey this time, but I've heard the missions are too repetitive and story is short. In the other hand, Origins has too long missions...and the AC 3 remastered is not that good...

I’ve played almost every game in this series multiple times, but revisiting some of the older titles lately made me realize how much patience they used to demand from us.

The Ezio trilogy had such a completely different vibe, it grabbed you right from the get-go, and Ezio had this effortless charm that made you care instantly. AC3 just completely missed that mark for me. Honestly, apart from Haytham, almost every character felt pretty below average and hard to connect with.

I literally just tapped out and uninstalled AC3 at Sequence 5. I sat through hours of Haytham, Connor’s childhood hide-and-seek phase, and that painfully boring hunting tutorial where you crouch in a bush waiting for deer AI right after your village burned down. By the time I hit Desmond climbing a skyscraper in the rain, I was five hours in and still felt trapped in an interrupted tutorial with zero emotional hook.

It got me wondering about nostalgia versus how these games actually hold up today. What do y'all think? Which game would that be for y'all?

Edit: I played the AC 3 Remastered btw

Bought the Ezio Collection recently (on sale for $15, a steal) and I just completed AC2. It was overall...very good!

The level design is great, I love how the cities are built around parkour and they look really good for a game that came out almost two decades ago. Each area feels unique and the mission where you fly using Leonardo's machine was very fun and creative. The story is engaging, Ezio's character growth is nice to see and I was always invested in what dickhead would pop up for me to put down next.

The combat is just fine, I didn't love it but it works well enough for the game, assassination is always the ideal way to take out enemies. The biggest issue I had throughout my playthrough was the lock-on mechanic. For enemies, parkour, etc the lock-on was janky and regularly caused issues which felt out of my control. I can partially forgive this due to the game's age, but it still has to be noted.

The other misgiving I must note is just about sequence 12, aka DLC #1, the Battle of Forli. Added in for the remaster, this memory sequence is now mandatory despite being DLC, and it threw off the pacing for me. Forli was a step down from Venice and the game's final two memory sequences (I had no issue with DLC #2), and it did hamper the endgame a little for me.

Overall, I'd give this game an 8.25/10, with the caveat that some of my minor misgivings probably wouldn't have bothered me was I playing the game in its time, therefore boosting it ranking.