If people like the new AC, that is fine, but as someone who played the OG ones. The new ones just don’t hit the same, and I just can’t get into like the originals
I never played the originals. First I played was Origins and I got in because I thought a game in Ancient Egypt looked cool. Same with when I played Odyssey (though I wish they would have leaned more into Greek mythology with that one).
Went back and tried AC2 and it played like a completely different genre. The newer ones aren’t even about Assassins. It’s just a fantasy game and then “oh yeah, here’s a vague tie in to the AC universe.”
Can’t blame Ubisoft though. Might as well milk the AC IP to get more people buying your games about ancient eras right?
I think the settings they’ve chosen have a large impact on gameplay mechanics. These last few games with their sprawling wilderness just haven’t worked as well for the whole “stealthy assassin” vibe. I’m hopeful they can come up with something in the next title that will bring us back huge buildings to scale and dark alleys to hide in.
I do like the new AC games, but I do acknowledge they have drifted far from their origins. Still I do think Valhalla brought some of those mechanics back such as hiding in plain sight, blending in etc that were completely gone from Odyssey.
They doubled down on the fantasy elements that have been in every assassins creed
Time changes everything, except for war… War never changes
If people like the new AC, that is fine, but as someone who played the OG ones. The new ones just don’t hit the same, and I just can’t get into like the originals
For 10 years you people said “this shit is copy and paste”, and now they changed it
I never played the originals. First I played was Origins and I got in because I thought a game in Ancient Egypt looked cool. Same with when I played Odyssey (though I wish they would have leaned more into Greek mythology with that one).
Went back and tried AC2 and it played like a completely different genre. The newer ones aren’t even about Assassins. It’s just a fantasy game and then “oh yeah, here’s a vague tie in to the AC universe.”
Can’t blame Ubisoft though. Might as well milk the AC IP to get more people buying your games about ancient eras right?
Altaïr, it seems my students do not fully understand what it is to wield a blade. Perhaps you could show them what you know?
I think the settings they’ve chosen have a large impact on gameplay mechanics. These last few games with their sprawling wilderness just haven’t worked as well for the whole “stealthy assassin” vibe. I’m hopeful they can come up with something in the next title that will bring us back huge buildings to scale and dark alleys to hide in.
Things are escalating like the fast and furious movies…
I believe it may have something to do with original creator of the series only wanting it to be a trilogy and left after the AC 3
I get your point, but in fairness, your character is tripping on drugs when it gets this fantasy.
And Ezio did unravel a plot involving magic artifacts and holograms of alien space gods or whatever that was.
I do like the new AC games, but I do acknowledge they have drifted far from their origins. Still I do think Valhalla brought some of those mechanics back such as hiding in plain sight, blending in etc that were completely gone from Odyssey.
I like the new games as rpgs, but not as assassin’s creed games. I miss being an assassin
They wanted a fantasy rpg but didn’t want to risk it with a new ip so they just slapped the assassins creed logo on it
But I think it’s a mythology trilogy which I enjoy since it IS apart of history but I hope they return back to normal in the next game
They should just rename it Creed at this point