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What Does Assassin’s Creed Need?

With Assassin’s Creed on a hiatus for 2016 people have taken to the web to speculate about whether or not this is a good thing. Conner personally says “yes” as does about 90% of the other carbon based lifeforms on this planet but that doesn’t mean that he hates Assassin’s Creed, he is in fact one of the people who still believes in Ubisoft wholeheartedly due to the fact that about 90% of the games they make are actually really good such as their triple A titles; Splinter Cell and Rayman Legends and their smaller company titles such as; Valiant Hearts and Grow Home. He's not blind either and he understand that Assassin’s Creed games have become stale as the series progresses so he's going to throw around some ideas that might improve the series for the better, feel free to agree or disagree if you so wish

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CoNn3r_B3008d ago

Write a paragraph and I'll add it.

Hoffmann3008d ago

Sorry, am not creative enough for that

-Foxtrot3008d ago

Actual well developed Stealth mechanics...not letting you turn invisible.

TheCommentator3008d ago

To be finished. The gameplay is tiring, the story is drawn out, and as an assassin they murder everybody in sight most of the time which is utter nonsense.

Seraphim3008d ago

I still enjoy the gameplay. It could use a face life I suppose but the gameplay is my least concern/problem.

You are right in that it seems illogical that these Assassins kill everyone in their wake. IF I recall they tried to create more assassin type moments in the original AC. I do think there needs to be some balance but there does need to be more opportunities for true assassination where you can kill the target in stealth or bribe/blackmail (think poison, other opportunities) while avoiding major conflict against a sqaud or battalion of soldiers. What has been removed from Assassins Creed over the years is the Assassin aspect. I think Syndicate had some moments that were interesting and some of the options were nice but even in those rare instances it still didn't feel quite right. It rarely feels like an assassination. We are part of an Assassin Brotherhood that feels more like a Brotherhood than band of Assassins.

While I've overcome it, personally I find the era to be of importance. It was great traveling so far back and seeing Altair in Damascus, Jerusalem. Ezio in Florence and Venice, even Rome. AC3 was the first I was not interested in and while the world could have been better it was large and ended up being a great game imo. Black Flag was impressive and it's shanties still come to mind today. I found Unity to be a solid game as was Syndicate but they felt too similar even though they were incredibly different. I think it's a shame they hadn't explored older eras before jumping into the American, French and Industrial Revolution and my greatest fear is having a modern AC to wrap up this saga or reboot it with fresh lineage. I think Ubi have run into the problem of where do we go and how do we tie it all in. They've really F'd themselves in more ways than just beating this series to death with their annual releases.

MeleeDamage3008d ago

In my opinion, Assassin's Creed needs a heavy emphasis on stealth and a complete overhaul of the freerunning system.

Sly-Lupin3008d ago

I think they need to cut the modern day aspects, overhaul the stealth mechanics and game design (IE "murder everyone" should not be the optimal solution to every problem) and incorporate some RPG mechanics (an experience system, for example, would be an excellent way to promote stealth over combat).

goldwyncq3008d ago

The moment when they decided to put less emphasis on the modern day aspect of the games was the point when the series started going downhill.

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PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama

This should make fans and collectors very happy. PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama Assassin's Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama available for pre-order on January 25.

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Can We Finally Admit Assassin's Creed 3 Deserves an Apology?

AC3 was released during a turbulent transition period for Ubisoft and the Assassin's Creed series. It ventured into uncharted territory, narratively and mechanically, which caused it to receive mixed reviews. At its core, though, it's a damn good stealth game.

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isarai215d ago

Nope, I hated 3, connar was bland, literally the most flat character in the entire game. Not to mention to myriad of bugs, camera issues, and that annoying thing where he automatically ditches his weapon you payed for for the sake of a cool finishing move forcing you to trek back to your base after almost every encounter just to re-equip your own weapon. It just didn't work as fluidly as the others like 2 and 4

Samonuske215d ago

The series peaked at AC3 for me. It’s been my favourite in the series. Connor will always be one of my favourite video game protagonists.

Becuzisaid215d ago

No. Game was BORING. Connor was really dull. Environments, while impressive, because of the geographic location and time period were not really exciting to be in. I would love some kind of game set in there colonial American time period, but a game like AC that back then centered around parkour and vertical traversal really didn't fit those environments.

-Foxtrot215d ago

Nope

There was a lot of issues but mine is how they handled the war

They told us Connor was not going to get involved, that the war was more of a background setting for the real story and it wasn’t going to be one sided

They lied, even the cinematic E3 trailer showed Connor emerge from the Colonist side and slaughter the red coats to get to his target, inspiring the Colonists to fight back

I just thought it would have made more sense lore wise that the red coats were mostly compiled of Assassins fighting the Colonist templars who wanted to take the new world for themselves.

Since the Red coats lost the war, it would then explain how the Templars started to gain the upper hand and how on the future the assassins were mostly killed off and the Templar’s had pretty much taken over everything.

Instead it just felt like they didn’t want to p*** off the American audience

Even Haytham was cool, he should have been an Assassin through and through and should have been the main lead.

toxic-inferno215d ago

The game even seems to lack the humour of the other games. It almost seems as though the idea of even slightly making fun of American history wouldn't be acceptable.

-Foxtrot214d ago

Exactly

It just felt super safe

“Better not make the colonists look super bad incase people boycott our game”

jeromeface214d ago

someone missed the whole point

-Foxtrot214d ago

There was literally no point

What I've just said above would at least make sense lore wise and why the Assassins start to loose their war, die off and how the Templars are in control in the future of almost everything....what they did was just, pointless

CrimsonWing69215d ago

I’m one one of those weird people that liked Ass Creed 3, but to be fair I never got around to finishing it.

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5 Of the Most Unlikeable Video Game Protagonists

There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists.

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GhostScholar226d ago (Edited 226d ago )

I disagree that max is unlikable. Chloe is infinitely more unlikable in my opinion.

gold_drake225d ago

omg chloe was awful. i really hated her at the end haha

Cacabunga225d ago

Abby was absolute trash protagonist in every way..
Tidus was so meh to me..
On villain side, the one i didn’t like wa Micah, because they wanted him to be that way and it was brilliant👍🏽

Rancegamerx225d ago

I agree, I liked Max, Chloe was a horrible friend and a bad influence.

Cacabunga225d ago

Everyone agrees on chloe, I’m sure even ND do.

H9225d ago

Both are horrible, granted Chloe is infinitely worse, it feels like Chloe is just fanservice for people who too over the edge and wasn't written to be a character that makes sense

GooGobbler226d ago

What about that Forspoken Tw*t

MrChow666225d ago

exactly I was expecting it to be a the top of the list

ravens52225d ago

Ye I was expecting her too. Guess they actually played the game. Unlike you and whoever agrees.

gpimlott224d ago

I played through the whole game and think she is one of the worst character Ive ever played as

ravens52224d ago (Edited 224d ago )

gpimlott. How?

Stanjara214d ago

Why would I payed and played the game if the whole internet is making fun of a character?

-Im here to kill Chaos...are you Chaos?

Yeah, I didn't play that game either.

Christopher225d ago (Edited 225d ago )

She's actually not bad. It's the writing itself that is bad overall, but she's fine overall. She's no worse than Miles Morales IMHO. Both thrust into a spotlight and receiving both praise and blame and dealing with it.

Forspoken is a bland game because it's 75% bland, boring, repetitive going through the motions and diversions that add nothing of the value with purposefully gated memory moments that don't feel organic or like you're discovering things but waiting for others to reveal things.

ravens52225d ago

Exactly Chris. Even though I liked the game. I kno u played it. People who actually played it and went thru her dream saw she was a good likeable person who really just acted out due to being alone and unloved. I think your problem is it was open world, I think if it was more linear you may have liked it better.

savedsynner225d ago

Oh no she's bad. Very unlikable even before you add on the bad dialogue. The game could have been quite good with a good protagonist

ravens52224d ago

For all the people like synner. Shes actually half white lol. Inferior complexity is a hell of a thing. You'll be ok.

Nerdmaster226d ago

Most of these aren't even that bad. Especially comparing to others like Squall "Whatever" Leonhart, Forspoken's Frey, and the guy from Atomic Heart.

-Foxtrot225d ago

Squall is one of the best developed main FF characters so...

People talk about his "whatever" thing thats at the start of the game, not the character he eventually becomes in the end.

Nerdmaster225d ago

No amount of "character development", (especially the ones that for me feels sudden and undeserved like Squall's), will justify him being a d**k to my girl Quistis. Even if he found the cure for cancer, from that moment on, I would never like him.
The article is about being unlikeable, and he was indeed unlikeable for at least half of the game.

BrainSyphoned225d ago

Squall is the best protagonists in FF so you can go whatever yourself.

H9225d ago

My good sir, I need to steal that "you can go whatever yourself" because it's gold

BlaqMagiq1225d ago

Except Squall has actual character development.

gold_drake225d ago (Edited 225d ago )

the "watever" is only present in the english localisation.
so your argument doesnt rly ... stand imo.

Nerdmaster225d ago

Good for you that you could enjoy the japanese version. That's not the case for me and the majority of people here, though.

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gold_drake225d ago (Edited 225d ago )

i had to stop reading after the "blatant misogyny" in the Dantes inferno section.

i actually liked Max haha.

the forspoken chick is missing tho

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