Nothing tops the feeling of AC3’s combat. Fluid and flashy while still so technical. Never was a boring fight. The most overhated in the franchise to me. It truly was loads of fun!
Fighting unarmed was one of my favorite things in the older games. Loved the feeling of deflecting my opponent until disarming and murdering them with their own weapon
Ubisoft Quebec has made two games in the series, with Syndicate and Odyssey, and BOTH seem to have HUGE problems w the insanely easy combat being "balanced" by making the enemies absolute damage sponges. like seriously, you're telling me I've shot this man in the face four times w a revolver and hes still fighting me???? I've stabbed this man through the neck SIX TIMES with a spear crafted by the ONES WHO CAME BEFORE and he didnt even FLINCH??
@@adamogilvie9382 Really agree u with u bro...Actually ubisoft quebec is not suitable for assasins creed,but the Montreal is.....origins combat system really disappointed me..i mean unusual animations and damage sponge...but valhalla seems to be more promising to me..at least they should maintain the natural way for combat..im not talking about ultra easy combat, rather a well balanced combat...AC Unitys combat is a perfect example.
@@mdsalam-ec8vj I hope Valhala is going to be what we want, but I really doubt it after they said that Eivor has the hidden blade visible to ”extend the vikings honor”. This literally means that stealth kills aren t honorable so we won t have that?
The reason I dislike Unity is because it feels confusing with all the missions and side missions on the map. I never knew where to go for the main story, and there were quite a few bugs, but cool concept with multiplayer. That could really be awesome if it’s done the right way. It all pretty much went downhill from that game.
AC Unity was the high point in the entire franchise for combat, parkour and graphics. The combat was fluid but encouraged you to play more like an assassins using stealth and trickery due to the difficulty of fighting groups of 4 or more. The graphics were incredible. The parkour is the most fluid and intelligent of any of the games.
@@Idontcareaboutthisrn right, they improved the series in every way, but ti wasn't a better game. It felt like an evolution, but the story and setting were just okay.
the combat isn't that good due to it got nerfed for co-op gameplay so it already got drag out so long but the stealth combat in Unity is quite fun since you can actually do cover kill now.
@@shikniwho7215 I mean, co-op is its main selling point so it makes sense for combat to be way harder to balance out having more allies or encourages stealthy playstyle which i must say, it's kinda fun
@@wrathybear yes but sometime when you play AC's game, you just want to walk around the city and beat the heck out of the enemy for fun, poking enemy with hidden blade isn't the only fun thing after all.
@@enoo9003 every assassins creed combat is easy. Its never been the series' biggest achievement but what it lacks in substance it makes up for with a lot of style and thats okay. In that regard, AC3 had the flashiest and most satisfying to see
@@lenny4039 "what it lacks in substance it makes up for with a lot of style" that still has no substance. Valhalla's combat has a lot of substance, learning timing, dodging and managing the stamina system in there requires thought and delibartion. Not just spamming left click and pressing E like in AC3. AC3 combat sure looks 'flashy' but it's a braindead system
3 had the most badass, brutal combat. Unity has the most beautiful combat (but the enemies sure do take a lot of slices). Odyssey enemies are all sponges. Also I love how Ezio gets better at fighting as he gets older
I love the combat in AC3. And I don't know why, but I also like combat in syndicate, since it's the most casual and at the same time a little bit realistic (at least it's better than rpg style in ac origins/odyssey)
You mean Origins? Since they're the ones that introduced the worst aspects of RPG games like damage sponge enemies that are only minorly inconvenienced by a blade through the neck?
@@TheChiconspiracy Sure sure, but Origins had effort put in. They tried hard as they were making a new style of game, but Odyssey was garbage and barely related to AC.
The older games' combat feels so impactful, like every swing of your weapon is actually hitting something and interacting with the enemy or their weapon. In the new games (since Origins) it's just waving a glowing sword around and watching a health bar go down-no reaction, no interaction, just empty swinging.
My favorite combat is ac3 its fluid, brutal and those double counters were so satisfying to watch. There's a move where Connor picks up the guy and uses his balls to push his head into the ground its so brutal and funny at the same time.
I honestly think Unity had the most brutal death animations. Ripping someones throat out and seeing blood pour as they fall to the ground will always be good memories.
@@daroldharold6665 the thing is that AC is unrealistic itself but the good old games tried to make it realistic, and it was great, but now they dont even try
I dont know what it is when iam looking/playing as Altaïr, but he feels like the most pure real assassin. That feeling is real nice throught the whole campaign
I loved AC3’s combat, the tomahawks were so much fun and it all felt very fluid and satisfying - black flag was pretty much the same but with pistols and everyone raves about that but never AC3
Oh yeah i remember when I figured out how to do cool finishing moves in ac3, loved the ones with the rope, he just straight up hangs them on trees as a subtle finisher
Personally, I love how heavy the combat feels in ac1- revelations and how you could choose to block or Parry and knee opponents, as well as other things. The animation in AC3 is absolutely fluid. I feel like Unity has a great balance with these values. Haven't played since Unity though, doesn't seem like your an assassin so much anymore
Yeah, the combat has weight and once an attack lands it usually means the enemy is about to die, which just makes sense. I also like it in the sense that, to me, it harmonizes better with the whole "assassin" side of the games
Almost scared to say this, but Unity and Syndicate are kinda my favourite ac games. I know how Ezio's trilogy is good and all (and as an Italian i am very proud of him) but Unity's combat, parkour and customization and even only Syndicate's location (personally I am a sucker for London during those times) just got me and they have a special place in my heart. I'm starting to see that people are slowly appreciating Unity with time and I'm so glad for it. Maybe I'll just have to wait another bit for people to give Syndicate another chance.
Mine is for sure black flag and unity, the combat in black flag is just soo smooth and fluid, also the physics. And with unity the parkour was amazing, and the combat too but black flag is just better, but imagine an ac game with unity graphics and physics from black flag and combat from ac3.
@@bucketeer7087 that would actually be something really good, and as a seafarer o do like my sea, ships and navigation in games, so something like a deep customization for a ship would be amazing
Il nostro Ezio è insostituibile aha, se solo facessero degli ac reincentrati su di lui o sulla sua famiglia per dire, il tutto con la grafica e i sistemi di oggi, sarebbe fantastico a parer mio😢
@@lorenzocarrari8636 ma il fatto é che secondo me hanno dato anche fin troppo spazio ad Ezio, quindi per quanto sarebbe bello andrebbe a cacciare altro spazio da personaggi, storie e possibilità di luoghi diversi
@@ygplays5154 trust me i love rpg physics and have yet to play the new ones but i can say the classic fighting systems are just satisfying, realistic and show what the Creed is about, Quick precise death blows.
@@ygplays5154 They made the combat in Unity harder (and dramatically improved the fighting animations to something more realistic) without the lazy damage sponge of the RPG games that came after.
@@TheChiconspiracy For real. I played Unity and Origins back-to-back. I know what I'm getting into, playing Origins and stuff, and while I admit it's kinda fun the combat is faster, I still prefer the old ACs combat. When I got back to Unity, I expect I'd be able to massacre enemies without a care. How wrong I was, when enemies who has 5 diamond level gang up on me 😂 Who said that the old AC has no difficulty?
I'll never forget how surprised I was by the combat in ac3, it was such an evolution from the first 4, I fell in love with it. Then every ac since then got better a little each time, but ac3s combat was a huuuge leap from 1,2,b and r
Tbh....it wasn't really... Brotherhood and Revelations made you feel like you meant business. Ezio was the most brutal in the series at that point and certainly a man who never lost a single battle then in his career. Streak Kills, Dual Weapons combat, Peak Assassin's Skills, Master Infiltrator, Unlimited abilities. That man humbles everyone in the series.
@Altaïr ibn la'Ahad I genuinely didn’t enjoy it. None of the characters were memorable, clunky gameplay, but the environment is nice. I just didn’t like it.
@@KohanKilletz yeah and combat will be chaos like in Jedi fallen order. Your in the middle of countering an enemy n some npc smack you suddenly. Arkham series have the best combat ever. Enemies can attack you simultaneously but you still can counter...
I can’t get immersed in the new RPG ac games - the guy literally stabbed another guy’s neck 4 times and the dude got up like nothing and had almost full hp
I'm glad in Valhalla they corrected this. You don't have to slash and stab a human enemy's flesh 100 times to kill them unless they're wearing armor like the zealots for example. But during raids many times I one shot killed enemies and unlike Odyssey, when I assassinate with the hidden blade it kills them instantly. Odyssey had a spear, bigger than a hidden blade, yet the stupid level system it was pointless to try assassinate.
@@lovepeacemusic_28 you must be really impulsive about using ability points or something, or just not understand how to equip gear if your goal in Odyssey was to be an assassin and you couldn't one shot people
@@judemartin6329 I'm maxed out on everything and I have fully upgraded armor. I kick ass in Odyssey, I'm only saying the one negative I have with the game is how many slash and stabs it takes to kill a human being.
Gonna be honest, hate the new combat... flaming swords, spears that extend to three times their length when you take them off your back, I know AC has never been super realistic, but some things break immersion far too much
The new ones i just dont consider them assasins creed anymore. But i did enjoy a fantasy open world rpg set in ancient Greece without regarding this "Assassins Creed" thing.
i like to see Alexios/Kassandra as an actual demi-god which fits a lot in that ancient greek fantasy the game is going for therefore i dont mind all the unrealistic stuff
Unity was way ahead of its time and lots of "fans" got pissed because their decade old machines couldn't handle it. My machine was totally fine until AC4 but struggled a lot in Unity but the graphical improvement was off the chart so it was totally understandable for me. My options were play on low settings with good fps or high settings with bad fps and of course I went to the high settings, I don't want to miss all those beautiful details. But some people, mostly the whinies, just trashed the game everywhere hence, giving it a bad reputation. Notice how Syndicate's visual looks a bit inferior compared to Unity. They had to downgrade a bit just to satisfy the fans. And after that, the franchise got bombarded with "repetitive" notion and they changed it with origins. Now they're saying the same thing with Valhalla and people now wants to revert back to the old style. Personally for me, AC Unity was the pinnacle of the franchise. It has the best graphics, best AC mechanic, it has a creed, awesome multiplayer, best fight animations, best parkour. It hits the perfect spot for what is to be called the true Assassin's Creed.
I think the thing Assassin’s Creed 1 did best was letting you know when to run and hyping you up a bit. Overall, the game was pretty good for like 2007, and it feels like a starting point for some of the other AC games.
I agree, you can definitely see how it laid the foundation for all the other ACs and the progess over the years is noticeable. It was also so sick after an assassination as you run away, dodging drunks and lepers all the way back to the hideout as the bell rings.
It is based on Alamut by Vladimir Bartol. The game is intense af if you try to pay attention to the philosophies it deals with, much like the intensity of the book itself.
@@MinaYT Not much more violent, at all. Still better than syndicate though! How dare they lure me in with beauty and gameplay like that, then make 40% of the rest garbage?
There is an item in ac odyssey that with a certain load out makes it so you are a one shot but can assassinate almost anyone. I really love that style of play
I like how each character fights like their heritage entails. Ezio has this classy fencing kind of style. Connor fights like a brutal Native American style. Edward fights in a broken and slapstick pirate way (almost just punches with his blades rather than cut with them). Etc.
Ezio can annoy enemies with mocking phrases. Moreover, a similar function is present only in the second part, as if then Ezio grows from an arrogant child into Brotherhood
@BloBby except for the part where they have way too much health so you essentially just mash the attack button the only time you need to dodge is when you’re fighting multiple enemies otherwise you just stun lock everyone to death
@@thisstatementisfalsenothin5312 this wasn't the case in origins but in Odyssey the enemies were damage sponges. Anyway the combat in Valhalla looks great imo
@@bencogan6847 I agree I was talking about odyssey I really like origins and apparently Valhalla has combat similar to Dark Souls and that’s literally my favorite game
Out of all the few ive played (Rogue, Syn, Odyssey, Origins, maybe black flag), i gotta say, for some reason i liked Syndicate the most. I loved the different types of enemies, and just being able to beat them with my fists. Also the scenery is just nice. Very good art
The thing is, AC 1 and AC 2 the combat actually felt heavy, your swords would crash and both men's arms would bounce back, it felt so real (Brotherhood and Revelations perfecting it). AC 3 was excellent ,so brutal and really felt conner, but AC 4 is where it I think it was not very good. Edwards swords felt so light and they just passed through people, it didn't feel very satisfying. AC Unity finally went back to the AC1 and AC2 feel which was awesome, quickly shattered by the worst in the series (flimsy, cartoony, very light) in AC S AC Origins and (especially) AC Ody just became too unrealistic, in that you could impale people and they'd walk it off just cause they were a higher level than you?? (insert nick canon ??? meme). But the actual mechanics were pretty good, if maybe a little stale after a while.
i find unity's combat perfect for an AC game, it's challenging when you fight against multiple enemies which acknowledges the player to actually use stealth not just for looks and fun but also to prevent them from seriously dying. The combat also makes sense unlike odyssey when you stab an enemy multiple times to the head and they're still alive just cause they have a higher level than you are. Unity's combat is a perfect balance imo
In my opinion Unity has better combat than any other ac game. It's legitimately challenging, you can't go around killing people. If there are more than 10 enemies of different type you will die and also if you are fighting in area where there are those damn snipers on rooftops.
true but it was buggy asf with a sword, I always used a long or heavy weapon cause it would actually be less buggy and look a lot better. They tried something great but it failed a bit.
I agree with you but not because Unity's combat is challenging, but because it's very fluid, extremely good looking, and nearest to Altair and Ezio combat. (All other combat designs can shove off.)
Playing a new ac game vs playing an old one, the combat feels so much better and smoother in the older games. You feel like an assassin who can end a battle in a few hits instead of the new games where you’re dueling enemies for dozens of minutes
Tbf you are not really an assassin on either of the last three games. Byak kind of is and you can still end battles with same level npcs in a few hits except for bigger/stronger ones
@@BlackBeardedDuck i played most of the assasins games expect chronicles and revelations. obviously those 3 games are different because they're more rpg style with healthbar which is kinda weird, you should be assasin that oneshot people with single cut but i can get why they did it that way. the plot is in origin at least is great and the map and views are actually top tier, odyseya and valhalla were way worse, wouldnt put origin on top 1 but it is top 3 for me for sure, even if its different, its still great
@@kaidorenji7924 AC3 had new engine and had new combat which was great. Then Unity had another new engine and new combat which is great again. I believe combat is the only thing that evolves for better in every new AC game.
@@UacnDinoo it is! Also, I like the twin swords, and use other weapons depending the enemy I was facing but mostly my primary weapon was regular sword and shield.
Unity sucks the worst. The whole combat system is clunky, also for some reason the story revolved around you going to place and killing 1. Guy and repeat
i like how they made unity extremely stealth oriented. i mean ofc you can go loud, but they made the combat a bit more difficult and punishing compared with it's previous games
Glad to see a lot of people talking about Unity. It's personally one of my favorites. I personally loved the story (I feel like it was a really good tragedy story of how much life can beat you down) and think Arno is heavily underrated, parkour felt smooth, the combat from what I remember was a nice in between of the old and new rpg games, the co op was super fun especially the heist missions, and it introduced a lot of new systems that the new games are today (good or bad take that as you will). I won't lie it did have a lot of bugs but if you can look past that Unity was really a great game.
I love playing this game. AC unity is amazing. Everything the graphics the combat the stealth. Although I got stuck in story mode i can't move forward. After Arno joins the assassins i haven't made any progress, it's just bringing me back to the same place. I tried restarting doesn't work. Either I have done something wrong or maybe it's a glitch. I have no idea.
@@siddhantrane7240 yeah it might have just glitched. I remember one day I decided to do another play through and the game straight up did not let me log in lol. As much as I love it, the game is REALLY buggy
@@adaptablemr.nerdygamer5788 Nexus mod is always your friend. Find the latest update, find the mods for perfomance and fix in nexus mod, and you're done.
AC3 had the most realistic & fluid imo. AC3 always felt like a whole different world from the other AC games. Idk if it was running on a different engine altogether but everything feels unique in comparison to all others.
"You know what would be really cool? Having huge blocky numbers show up on the screen as you attack." - some guy in AC Odyssey's marketing team, probably
@@keenanbartlome8153 Yeah but Assassin's Creed was never supposed to be an rpg which is why people hate it. If Odyssey wasnt about AC then it would be better received.
@@marinegrunt2008 I agree. I liked the old asssassins creeds a bit, but I never loved them, and I do think they were getting sale before origins. I think odyssey is a massive improvement from the formula.
@@keenanbartlome8153 If Odyssey wasn't a assassin's creed game it would be loved like if it was about Spartans, people hate it because it really stretches far from Assassin's Creed but Origins was amazing and I loved it. The story, characters, gameplay, and mechanics, the only thing I don't like are the rpg aspects and although the combat was very good I feel it should've been more like Unity's combat but the combat was alright. And I am an OG vet of the franchise so I have played the 1st game all the way through Odyssey besides syndicate which I played for 2 hours and didn't like it at all and I haven't beat Odyssey but I have watched the ending. All in all I hope Valhalla will try to be more like AC through it's story and that it retains what makes AC.
@@crassusmaximus5879 You legacy fanboys are the most annoying kids. More so than Flat Earthers. NaH bRo GaLaGa iS tHe BeSt GaMe EvEr BeCaUsE iT wAs ThE fIrSt
Games were ruined with the level system, I’m down for RPG elements like Unity, but the second I can’t explore the game world because my knife doesn’t do the same damage as that dudes knife, or I hit the dude 40 times and he 1 shots me, there goes any sense of exploration or realism.
Agreed. The new assassins creed is the first one I've played since ac3 and its like? You have to be level 200 to go to some areas? 20 hours into the game im level 50?
I understand why they did it tho. They didn't want to make the same game over and over just with a different decor. For me that would be just fine because I can't get enough of it, but this brings more sales I guess.
Dude, those types of mechanics are meant to keep you in a certain area and explore said area. It allows you to experience all the world has to offer, piece by piece.
@@synchrospartan8159 oh yes im aware, im now level 170 after 48 hours into the game, I cant get enough. I just was shocked by how they changed ac into more of an RPG type game, in fact, It feels like dark souls at times lol
Valhalla isnt levels? But I understand the 2 before that one they were very boring in my experience. I like Valhalla a lot because you can still so things even if they're way tougher than you, or at least attempt to. Also raids are awesome!
@@anarchonazbol6768 I just want it to be like it used to. Actually about assassins not grinding for XP an actual fun, but not just spamming buttons like we do with the last three games. I’m so sad they ruined the series 😔😔 I used to really love it but now I can’t stand it
@@stareatme9983 the original ACs were the ultimate power fantasy. Pretty much no one could stop you unless they betrayed you in a cutscene. Now you run into gods amoung men if you feel like exploring and run into a higher "skill" level.
ajellydonut008 I was a big fan of part 4. It was my favorite in the series because I loved the pirate theme that still felt like you were an assassin, I loved the double swords the most (still miss them), and I thought Edward was just a dope character
I swear I’ve been saying this so much for so long. Give me a AC game with a mix of Unity and AC3 combat and it will be one of the best combat systems. The impact and difficulty of Unity with the fluidity and speed of AC3
the only reason why he does not parry and counter some of the times is because the fucking guards knock your guard off so they can strike you its an unlockable feature which you can also get some time later in the game i know this because hey i actually had the balls to try and finish the game
@@ManLikeEddy im sorry i dont get it lol... Im literally holding RMB and he just ignores it its also so annoying how guards *KILL* you for just.. *running* ...
When ezio said “we work in the shadows to serve the light” i feel like ubisoft forget that making games like odyssey and valhalla where stealth wasnt important
@@salvadornunez1121 the fact that we're talking about assassin's creed and the reason you'd use stealth is to kill people who have a level that is above yours makes me really depressed
Well, I seem to be the minority. Played the old AC games AC1 thru black flag for the story and time periods. Always felt something was lacking in the games. Didn't play unity or syndicate, they were more of the same. Have just recently gotten odyssey, origins and vahalla, all on sale. 25 hours into vahalla, 60 hours into odyssey and will play origins after. Really enjoying odyssey, the mercenary fights, the sheer size and beauty of it, the ship combat and for the most part, I can run most it stealthy but if I get spotted everyone dies, the side quests are nice and plentiful. If they wouldn't have changed things up, I wouldn't have played them again.
@@metallicclamp7145 Yeah everyone says the parkour. I always loved being able to climb buildings and towers, and hell the views in odyssey are amazing. Are the new ones AC games? They do feel different, but I enjoy the changes. Maybe if they changed the time setting to a more urban enviroment it would make the traditional fans happier. 🤔 But I also like rpg's so yeah.
There were lots of crappy design decisions (Such as guns and bombs ruining the pace) but I really felt that it was headed in the right directions. The swordplay animations were smooth and immersive, It was challenging and kept you on your toes (Just like you mentioned). Its both cool and yet also encourages stealth because of how time consuming and dangerous it is initiate combat. I almost hate myself for spending hours just looking for people to fight instead of actually doing assassin stuff (And I'm an avid stealth fan) AC unity was a bad game that had the right Ideas.
Seeing revelations brings back so many memories. It was the first Assassin creed I played and I actually enjoyed the whole tower defense minigame in it.
Same even though it was my first ac it made me feel sad i mean the portrayal of altair ( who i used to call white assassins from ac1) and ezio ( who's name I didn't even knew until i finished the game) was brilliant.❤️
I recently replayd AC1 and I really loved how difficult the combat was. The fact that enemies could actually counter and throw you around made it really engaging, though I wish the counters and dodging you did were more responsive.
Remember the times when Assassin's Creed was about Assassins and their Views about the Unholy Views of Templars and they really look like Assassins and not some goofball with a spear and shield attacking everyone. Well Some in comment section will say that it is a Creed so anyone can be a part of it, but the main concept of AC was to Fight against the Dark with Light while living in the shadows not showing in broad daylight with an Huge Axe and killing people with it
In Odyssey, it clearly stated the Kassandra/Alexios are just mercenaries not assassin. They don't have the hidden blade instead a broken spear from leonidas. They didn't even get to interact with the hidden ones because odyssey was set 400 years before Origins before the formation of hidden ones/assassin nor the templars. The story revolves around the safety of the "Staff of Hermes" and how Kassandra/Alexios took care of the staff for 2000 years.
@@dashy8200 he completely missed the point. The point being the game is called ASSASSIN'S creed and they are not ASSASSINS. It like making a Spider-Man game and you play as The Punisher. Sure the story is in the same universe and it could connect......BUT YOU'RE NOT SPIDER-MAN IN A SPIDER-MAN GAME.
Been playing back through AC3 and man how that game handles it's combat system makes me feel like an untamed beast ready to pounce on any enemy. Learning more utility on the rope dart makes me want to replay the story again so I can utilize that tool alot more. It just has some very flashy moves and can be quite the asset when dealing with more counter savvy enemies.
I love every AC up to syndicate. Because you FEEL like an assassin. And that should be the target of AC games if you ask me. The period of the Renaissance with Ezio was just beautiful as well as Altair during the 3rd crusade set the "vibe" that an assassins creed game should have. Assassins creed 3, 4 and Rogue changed the combat system by removing the rpg elements that previous games had. The combat, although a bit unrealistic and easy, made you feel like you were a total badass. Also included the best ship combat we had seen in games up until then. Assassin's creed Unity and Syndicate refined the once clunky parkour, or free running as it is referred to, and made it feel so smooth. Also kill animations were revamped which was very cool to see, and they added the "crouch to enter stealth mode" which was huge cause now you felt like you were actually sneaking into areas. We also saw some RPG elements returning to move away from the "press one button to win" gameplay that many people criticized in previous games. Here's my problem. Assassins creed faceplanted since then. Once I played origins i was shocked with the step backwards the game had taken. They completely got rid of all the countless kill animations added a heavy RPG system which felt bad and they fucked up by adding the most clunky free run system ever seen in the franchise. After playing through all of the game I was left very disappointed. I couldn't even double assassinate! I haven't played odyssey but it looks the same as origins and even worse. No hood or hidden blade, basically throwing away everything left from the AC identity. And I fear that Valhalla is going to be like that as well. Didn't really talk about the story in the games cause most of them were mediocre. If I had to choose the best stories I'd say AC2 and AC Black Flag but that's just my opinion.
origins is the game that makes me feel like an assassin the most imo sneaking around a bandit outpost assassinating bandits with my hidden blade and bow feels fucking amazing and the ai feel a lot more real cause they actually move around and have needs and do shit instead of just guarding an entrance 24/7 also causing a fire to cause a diversion or using a torch and sleep dart to put a bunch of enemies to sleep is sick also in that game you cant 1v1 a whole garrison with ease which makes it a tad bit more fun for me
I played unity a few years after release and it wasn't that buggy. Decided to get on just for fun yesterday and the combat is great for me (regular PS4)
I can’t place which combat style as the first on my list, but I can definitely place the worst... in my opinion, I think syndicate has the most unsatisfying combat in the series, it’s all very cartoony and the animation feels laggy and unpolished, like if you have to do a double, triple, or quadruple kill they all have to be in “stunned” mode and you have to walk around to line them up juuuuust right to trigger. It’s weird.
Unity combat no doubt was the best. Don’t get me wrong, I love 3, 4, Rogue, but those were to “movie-like, hollywoodish, and cinematic” if you know what I mean. I like Unity the best cause it was the most realistic, most authentic, and accurate. Some enemies were a bit easy for me, but overall i love how bloody it got.
My favourite is ezio, I just love the way he fights and he does it in a really simple way compared to other assassins and it just shows how good he really is and doesn't need to put in that much effort. And bare in mind ezio's games were made like 12 years ago aswell.
@@bohannon2692 So having to slash an enemy 10+ times cuz he is levels higher than you is more fun and engaging than attacking an enemy thrice and landing a killing blow....?
Honestly, my favorite game in term of combat is AC4. Black Flag was my first Assassin's Creed game and the combat just hit the right feel between fluid and fast. Plus the fact it required focus on the enemies nearby because of guns and bombs, plus parrying and then using one of your pistols to finish the bloke was awesome.
As for combat, I loved AC 3. Which one is yours ?
Ac 3
Idol
Ody
Origins and Kenway saga, I like Unity too
@@ajayavsm7476
If u like saga then play summertime saga
imagine an assassin's creed game with AC3's combat, Black Flag's world design and Unity's parkour.
and AC 2 level of storyline
I'd change that combat to Unity
Gross
Pass
francargeric1 AC3 has the same combat as 4 tho...
Arno's swordsmanship is so elegant, he's like the count dooku of assassin's creed
Wow, wonderfully put!
Yup
Bc count dookus style is based off of fencers
Honestly was my favorite combat for an ac game along with my favorite movement system, unity is too underrated
@@burgerking2293 once they fixed the bugs it became a brilliant game, probably my favorite after ac2
The animations just kept getting more and more realistic and then, after unity, just kept get more and more cartoony.
That’s why Suckerpunch swerved in to please AC fans with Ghost Of Tsushima.
It’s basically AC Japan.
Unknown for real. Wish Sony bought Ubisoft and made AC into the masterpiece it deserves to be.
Ac is getting shit by the day.Btw it was favourite before unity .
@@DoubleU159what?
What do you mean with cartoony ?
Nothing tops the feeling of AC3’s combat. Fluid and flashy while still so technical. Never was a boring fight. The most overhated in the franchise to me. It truly was loads of fun!
I loved grabbing bayonet’s cuz the animations were sick. And it would usually one shot kill enemies when you attacked and countered
The worst thing about AC3 was bugs and glitches. I once picked up a musket and teleported to a random building with no interior, I was stuck in there
I did not play this game cuz of everybody opinion that it so bad
What an amazing game I missed . My favourite so far
Only thing bad with ac3 was no throwing the tomahawk
@Thaiy Looze never thought about that. That would have been sick asf
Fighting unarmed was one of my favorite things in the older games. Loved the feeling of deflecting my opponent until disarming and murdering them with their own weapon
Same, you felt like a boss after every fight💪😂
You can't do that in unity alongside a lpt of other things for some reason which annoyed me wjen playing it
Taylor Winowiecki wish they would bring it back from valhalla grabbing their own weapons and kill them.
Or taking everyone down with the hidden blades. The animations were epic.
You can still fight unnarmed
13:40 stabs a guard 7 times with a super powerful spear.
Gurard: All that for a drop of blood.
Exactly...even if u charge with an arrow through his (guard) skull,he wont die,cause his level is higer than me...what a joke!!!
Ubisoft Quebec has made two games in the series, with Syndicate and Odyssey, and BOTH seem to have HUGE problems w the insanely easy combat being "balanced" by making the enemies absolute damage sponges. like seriously, you're telling me I've shot this man in the face four times w a revolver and hes still fighting me???? I've stabbed this man through the neck SIX TIMES with a spear crafted by the ONES WHO CAME BEFORE and he didnt even FLINCH??
@@adamogilvie9382 Really agree u with u bro...Actually ubisoft quebec is not suitable for assasins creed,but the Montreal is.....origins combat system really disappointed me..i mean unusual animations and damage sponge...but valhalla seems to be more promising to me..at least they should maintain the natural way for combat..im not talking about ultra easy combat, rather a well balanced combat...AC Unitys combat is a perfect example.
@@adamogilvie9382 the combat is evolving, just backwards
@@mdsalam-ec8vj I hope Valhala is going to be what we want, but I really doubt it after they said that Eivor has the hidden blade visible to ”extend the vikings honor”. This literally means that stealth kills aren t honorable so we won t have that?
Unity was slept on, such an amazing game, fluent parkour, challenging NPC fights, stealthy gameplay, great graphics and all bugs are fixed (PC)
It was great but the story was kinda lacking especially the second half
The framerate is still bad on ps4
The reason I dislike Unity is because it feels confusing with all the missions and side missions on the map. I never knew where to go for the main story, and there were quite a few bugs, but cool concept with multiplayer. That could really be awesome if it’s done the right way. It all pretty much went downhill from that game.
The combat just looked so badass I liked the more “realistic” style physics to it.
But bad suit design
AC Unity was the high point in the entire franchise for combat, parkour and graphics. The combat was fluid but encouraged you to play more like an assassins using stealth and trickery due to the difficulty of fighting groups of 4 or more. The graphics were incredible. The parkour is the most fluid and intelligent of any of the games.
Agreed but i feel like the story was not as good as the predecessors still good though
@@Idontcareaboutthisrn right, they improved the series in every way, but ti wasn't a better game. It felt like an evolution, but the story and setting were just okay.
the combat isn't that good due to it got nerfed for co-op gameplay so it already got drag out so long but the stealth combat in Unity is quite fun since you can actually do cover kill now.
@@shikniwho7215 I mean, co-op is its main selling point so it makes sense for combat to be way harder to balance out having more allies or encourages stealthy playstyle which i must say, it's kinda fun
@@wrathybear yes but sometime when you play AC's game, you just want to walk around the city and beat the heck out of the enemy for fun, poking enemy with hidden blade isn't the only fun thing after all.
It was just stupid how the enemies wait for you to kill their teammates, like: "Yes, kill that bastard. I didn't like him anyway."
It is
This shit made me laugh so hard 😂
not always, look at 1:37
That’s why I like odyssey and origins combat
Observe and strike
I Swear Edward & Connor Always Had The Sauce When They Fought
Like grandfather like grandson
Well they are family
Kenways are the best
They had drip before drip was a thing
Edward and Connor can kill the whole entire army with their weapons
AC III and Unity has the best combat system for me. I love their combat styles, also the graphics and animation are insane, even for the next gen.
Ac3 is way too easy
@@enoo9003 every assassins creed combat is easy. Its never been the series' biggest achievement but what it lacks in substance it makes up for with a lot of style and thats okay. In that regard, AC3 had the flashiest and most satisfying to see
@@lenny4039 "what it lacks in substance it makes up for with a lot of style" that still has no substance. Valhalla's combat has a lot of substance, learning timing, dodging and managing the stamina system in there requires thought and delibartion. Not just spamming left click and pressing E like in AC3. AC3 combat sure looks 'flashy' but it's a braindead system
@@rae5425 still, Valhalla’s combat looks horrible. It’s so cartoonish
@@rae5425 fantasy game's combat looks better than ac3? Lol 😆
3 had the most badass, brutal combat. Unity has the most beautiful combat (but the enemies sure do take a lot of slices). Odyssey enemies are all sponges. Also I love how Ezio gets better at fighting as he gets older
I love the combat in AC3. And I don't know why, but I also like combat in syndicate, since it's the most casual and at the same time a little bit realistic (at least it's better than rpg style in ac origins/odyssey)
@@allayar6151 no
mushroom trip yes
With age comes experience and skill
@@allayar6151 no Quebec really ruined the combat of ac games
3:55 Ezio.. impaled that guy's face.. turned him around.. breaking his neck.. and then.. grabbed his sword..
Ezio was a badass
Absolutely gnarly of a kill
Fatality!
It's ezio
Ezia was definitely one of the most brutal asassins.
Ubi when making Odyssey “Wait what franchise is this?”
THIS IS SPARTA
You mean Origins? Since they're the ones that introduced the worst aspects of RPG games like damage sponge enemies that are only minorly inconvenienced by a blade through the neck?
@@TheChiconspiracy Nope, Origins still was AC and Egypt had always been wanted. It was a good change, but Odyssey felt and played awful in comparison.
@@yoda9256 Both had the same idiotic RPG leveled combat system, THAT is what was a huge immersion breaking downgrade compared to what came before.
@@TheChiconspiracy Sure sure, but Origins had effort put in. They tried hard as they were making a new style of game, but Odyssey was garbage and barely related to AC.
The older games' combat feels so impactful, like every swing of your weapon is actually hitting something and interacting with the enemy or their weapon. In the new games (since Origins) it's just waving a glowing sword around and watching a health bar go down-no reaction, no interaction, just empty swinging.
1:47
Ezio: *I think he is dead*
The dead body: *anyway, I started jumping*
Ubisoft animation and ragdoll🤮🤢🤢🤮 but funy
Gun please learn how to spell
Hey it there old game and i be honest i see that body jumping in odyssey.
Lol
@@zenxid At least in odessey it only really happens when you yeet them into a wall or something lol
You gotta admit ezio using the hidden gun in counter attacks was tight af
The only gun that can 1 shot without buying a good one
@@zephini but not against ćesare
@@MahmoudSayed-hg8rb I mean. He is a boss so if you coule 1 shot the boss then he wouldnt be much of a boss.
@@gigachad9556 ikr. I was just joking
@@gigachad9556 Just cause 3 would like to have a Talk with u
Morale of the story : Making enemies blade-sponges and adding flaming swords doesn't make the combat more badass than simple lethal combat
Upto syndicate everything was good
@@-Yahiko- totally agree
Ghost of Tsushima proved that very hard
@@Kostarika808 how so?
@@RaveenKumar combat in ghost is fluid, quick, lethal, and decently challenging.
My favorite combat is ac3 its fluid, brutal and those double counters were so satisfying to watch. There's a move where Connor picks up the guy and uses his balls to push his head into the ground its so brutal and funny at the same time.
Only problem was the combat was WAY too easy
No it was really boring the combat was really really easy in ac3 it took no skill to beat any enemies
@@friggus795 that’s what made it fun
odyssey has the best combat in all ac games no matter how ac 1 fanboy you are
@@syjay where did you get the conclusion that I was a ac1 fanboy. I was praising ac3 combat.
I honestly think Unity had the most brutal death animations. Ripping someones throat out and seeing blood pour as they fall to the ground will always be good memories.
Assassins creed Valhalla looks like it’s gonna claim that title
@@daroldharold6665 no because its unrealistic.
River Aura all the A.C games are unrealistic
@@daroldharold6665 the thing is that AC is unrealistic itself but the good old games tried to make it realistic, and it was great, but now they dont even try
Ac unity death animations were so boring wdym brutal
I dont know what it is when iam looking/playing as Altaïr, but he feels like the most pure real assassin. That feeling is real nice throught the whole campaign
Probably too because he was based on the actual Hashashin, where the word "Assassin" comes from
@@mons3020 yeah assasins and templars really existed during the crusades and they fought each other, imagine if they still exist today.
same
@@brick4522 they should make a game out of that concept
@@Donerbrt yeah
I loved AC3’s combat, the tomahawks were so much fun and it all felt very fluid and satisfying - black flag was pretty much the same but with pistols and everyone raves about that but never AC3
Yeah but they’res no challenge
@@colbymiller440 oddessy was just spamming
Oh yeah i remember when I figured out how to do cool finishing moves in ac3, loved the ones with the rope, he just straight up hangs them on trees as a subtle finisher
@@gial27 I almost forgot about that, it was very unique and it looked awesome for sure
Personally, I love how heavy the combat feels in ac1- revelations and how you could choose to block or Parry and knee opponents, as well as other things. The animation in AC3 is absolutely fluid. I feel like Unity has a great balance with these values. Haven't played since Unity though, doesn't seem like your an assassin so much anymore
Why don't you look like a killer, what do you look like?
Yeah, the combat has weight and once an attack lands it usually means the enemy is about to die, which just makes sense. I also like it in the sense that, to me, it harmonizes better with the whole "assassin" side of the games
Unity Is good.
you can block and parry in AC1-Unity
Unity is the last good AC game. The combat in every one after is horrific
Almost scared to say this, but Unity and Syndicate are kinda my favourite ac games. I know how Ezio's trilogy is good and all (and as an Italian i am very proud of him) but Unity's combat, parkour and customization and even only Syndicate's location (personally I am a sucker for London during those times) just got me and they have a special place in my heart. I'm starting to see that people are slowly appreciating Unity with time and I'm so glad for it. Maybe I'll just have to wait another bit for people to give Syndicate another chance.
Mine is for sure black flag and unity, the combat in black flag is just soo smooth and fluid, also the physics. And with unity the parkour was amazing, and the combat too but black flag is just better, but imagine an ac game with unity graphics and physics from black flag and combat from ac3.
@@bucketeer7087 that would actually be something really good, and as a seafarer o do like my sea, ships and navigation in games, so something like a deep customization for a ship would be amazing
@@lolo19714 and also various of weapons to use
Il nostro Ezio è insostituibile aha, se solo facessero degli ac reincentrati su di lui o sulla sua famiglia per dire, il tutto con la grafica e i sistemi di oggi, sarebbe fantastico a parer mio😢
@@lorenzocarrari8636 ma il fatto é che secondo me hanno dato anche fin troppo spazio ad Ezio, quindi per quanto sarebbe bello andrebbe a cacciare altro spazio da personaggi, storie e possibilità di luoghi diversi
I miss the times when you could take on hordes of enemies quickly and in a really fun way now it takes up to 30 min to kill 4
maybe it wouldn't be so cool to wipe everyone off the city map just spamming a button
@@ygplays5154 trust me i love rpg physics and have yet to play the new ones but i can say the classic fighting systems are just satisfying, realistic and show what the Creed is about, Quick precise death blows.
@@ygplays5154 plus easy for new comers to get a grasp on the combat
@@ygplays5154 They made the combat in Unity harder (and dramatically improved the fighting animations to something more realistic) without the lazy damage sponge of the RPG games that came after.
@@TheChiconspiracy For real. I played Unity and Origins back-to-back. I know what I'm getting into, playing Origins and stuff, and while I admit it's kinda fun the combat is faster, I still prefer the old ACs combat. When I got back to Unity, I expect I'd be able to massacre enemies without a care. How wrong I was, when enemies who has 5 diamond level gang up on me 😂
Who said that the old AC has no difficulty?
Connors animations were downright brutal, and i love it
it's satisfying af
I'll never forget how surprised I was by the combat in ac3, it was such an evolution from the first 4, I fell in love with it. Then every ac since then got better a little each time, but ac3s combat was a huuuge leap from 1,2,b and r
Tbh AC4's combat feels more wonky and weightless and not as good as the previous games,there are AC games where the combat feels off
Tbh....it wasn't really...
Brotherhood and Revelations made you feel like you meant business.
Ezio was the most brutal in the series at that point and certainly a man who never lost a single battle then in his career. Streak Kills, Dual Weapons combat, Peak Assassin's Skills, Master Infiltrator, Unlimited abilities.
That man humbles everyone in the series.
Never realized how good Unity's combat animations were, damn...
I think they’re very repetitive
@Altaïr ibn la'Ahad I genuinely didn’t enjoy it. None of the characters were memorable, clunky gameplay, but the environment is nice. I just didn’t like it.
Environment, Gameplay is good. Story is shit, the parcour is pretty fun if you dont mind realism
@General Goldy it has some uniqe animations, but its kind of rare to trigger it
@@Nen._.o That's the point. Most of the times the animations are repetitive.
Love how they all wait politely for their turn while you kill their brethren
*Professionals have standards*
For gameplay purposes, it would royally suck to have 10 guys all try to you at the same time from 8 different directions
@@ch1LLzard I guess it would force the player to be more selective about who they attack and plan it out like an actual assassin
@@ch1LLzard BUT IN REAL LIFE, THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
@@KohanKilletz yeah and combat will be chaos like in Jedi fallen order. Your in the middle of countering an enemy n some npc smack you suddenly.
Arkham series have the best combat ever. Enemies can attack you simultaneously but you still can counter...
I can’t get immersed in the new RPG ac games - the guy literally stabbed another guy’s neck 4 times and the dude got up like nothing and had almost full hp
they probably could have changed so many other things but why change the combat when it was already good
That's the one thing I don't like about Odyssey.
I'm glad in Valhalla they corrected this. You don't have to slash and stab a human enemy's flesh 100 times to kill them unless they're wearing armor like the zealots for example. But during raids many times I one shot killed enemies and unlike Odyssey, when I assassinate with the hidden blade it kills them instantly. Odyssey had a spear, bigger than a hidden blade, yet the stupid level system it was pointless to try assassinate.
@@lovepeacemusic_28 you must be really impulsive about using ability points or something, or just not understand how to equip gear if your goal in Odyssey was to be an assassin and you couldn't one shot people
@@judemartin6329 I'm maxed out on everything and I have fully upgraded armor. I kick ass in Odyssey, I'm only saying the one negative I have with the game is how many slash and stabs it takes to kill a human being.
I completely forgot enemies used to run away once you wipe out all their allies. Yet another good feature they just removed for no reason
1:47 When you are sleeping and dream that you fall
xddd
😆😆
Gonna be honest, hate the new combat... flaming swords, spears that extend to three times their length when you take them off your back, I know AC has never been super realistic, but some things break immersion far too much
@CobaltMusketeer At least it's better than half assed Witcher 3 combat.
Who is Emerson and why was her broken
emerson
The new ones i just dont consider them assasins creed anymore. But i did enjoy a fantasy open world rpg set in ancient Greece without regarding this "Assassins Creed" thing.
i like to see Alexios/Kassandra as an actual demi-god which fits a lot in that ancient greek fantasy the game is going for therefore i dont mind all the unrealistic stuff
ac: unity's parkour and fighting was so satisfying. can't really understand why they really ditched that...
At the time it took up so much data and was so advance that it’s caused many glitches and was sometimes unplayable
@@rubymurdock9472 with the new consoles they could finally pull it off.
Honestly I don’t get the hate for syndicate. It’s one of my favorites. It feels like Unity, but smoother and bigger.
Unity was way ahead of its time and lots of "fans" got pissed because their decade old machines couldn't handle it. My machine was totally fine until AC4 but struggled a lot in Unity but the graphical improvement was off the chart so it was totally understandable for me. My options were play on low settings with good fps or high settings with bad fps and of course I went to the high settings, I don't want to miss all those beautiful details. But some people, mostly the whinies, just trashed the game everywhere hence, giving it a bad reputation. Notice how Syndicate's visual looks a bit inferior compared to Unity. They had to downgrade a bit just to satisfy the fans. And after that, the franchise got bombarded with "repetitive" notion and they changed it with origins. Now they're saying the same thing with Valhalla and people now wants to revert back to the old style.
Personally for me, AC Unity was the pinnacle of the franchise. It has the best graphics, best AC mechanic, it has a creed, awesome multiplayer, best fight animations, best parkour. It hits the perfect spot for what is to be called the true
Assassin's Creed.
@@lanceclement4087 I'm not hating on Syndicate, but it's nothing like Unity.
5:16 love that moment xD
Connor: *thinks he's won the fight, just twirling his tomahawk*
Guards: *volley*
Connor: "Oh you motherfuckers..."
I think the thing Assassin’s Creed 1 did best was letting you know when to run and hyping you up a bit. Overall, the game was pretty good for like 2007, and it feels like a starting point for some of the other AC games.
I agree, you can definitely see how it laid the foundation for all the other ACs and the progess over the years is noticeable. It was also so sick after an assassination as you run away, dodging drunks and lepers all the way back to the hideout as the bell rings.
Feels like a starting point? It is literally THE starting point for all AC games haha.
It is based on Alamut by Vladimir Bartol. The game is intense af if you try to pay attention to the philosophies it deals with, much like the intensity of the book itself.
Start: historic accurateness is everything!
Now: so we have this flaming horse.
Till unity yes then it just went bad
We have demigods and gods now (even if this contradicts like 9 games that mentioned time after time that the first civilization were NOT gods)
@@crawlingboy syndicate was good too ig
They want to potray some myth and some accuracy.
@@uku5252 what does ig mean?
3:55 I love how violent old Assassins Creed could be. I wish I could go back to 2009 and regain the excitement of the launch of a new AC.
Same
Yes please
My fav animation is ezio thrusting the sword onto someones skull upwards
Lol u should see origins then
@@MinaYT Not much more violent, at all. Still better than syndicate though! How dare they lure me in with beauty and gameplay like that, then make 40% of the rest garbage?
3:58 that was the most distinct move ive ever seen in all of the franchise.
the good old days when you actually played as an assassin
There is an item in ac odyssey that with a certain load out makes it so you are a one shot but can assassinate almost anyone. I really love that style of play
Guardians of Arthedain What is it?
Dapper Chap assassin build in the abilities plus assassin cosmetics makes you basically a greek assassin
Dapper Chap I think it is called the spear of the Olympians or something it caps you health at 25%
@@guardiansofarthedain3114 Yeah I have a balance of Assassin and Warrior damage and I can pretty much assassinate in one shot
I like how each character fights like their heritage entails. Ezio has this classy fencing kind of style. Connor fights like a brutal Native American style. Edward fights in a broken and slapstick pirate way (almost just punches with his blades rather than cut with them). Etc.
Ezio can annoy enemies with mocking phrases. Moreover, a similar function is present only in the second part, as if then Ezio grows from an arrogant child into Brotherhood
@@pablumemes I remember that he still has a taunt in Brotherhood, but it's definitely gone in Revelations
And kassandra/alexio fights like a demigod:) as if they were herakles reborn:)
Then there's Aveline, having a valzer whit her huge ass knife
„brutal native american style“
1:47 ahh yes, the classic AC post battle body spasm, I remember it well.
wiggle wiggle
@@azmaulana6078 ahahaha yep
Happens in Unity as well when you kill the big guy except his spasm goes on for like 10 seconds 😂
Still happens in Valhalla
@@armenjameskarapetyan88 yeah when u call the wolf hahah
AC1 and AC3 combat was the best, while fighting you actually felt the weight of the opponent
Then you haven't play Ac revelations.Otommans were tough opponentd
@@thathsaradananjaya1620 I have, it was easy
@@mahigiri8062 AC 3 was very easy actually.
@@mahigiri8062 easy, but satisfying as hell
@@thathsaradananjaya1620 Altair and Ezio had similar fighting style...so ac3 was a big w
1:05 that guy went straight to hell
I tought he went to hospital thx i was curious where he went
Lol 😂😂
@@abranildas9550 hospitallers a different kind of templars ;)
Everyone’s dream is Assassins Creed Remaked, on the Ac Unity engine, wouldn’t that be a sight for sore eyes.
Everyone? Not me.
@@Elseworldz If you played ac unity then you will understand why. Especially with an Xbox elite controller.
@@FS-me8mj I'm currently playing Unity, and I still wouldn't want that.
@@Elseworldz I don't know about you, but some people prefer physics and realism over hack and slash.
@Mustafa Abbas no. Unity:anvilnext and recent games are made in anvilnext 2.0. There is a difference.
The old combat mechanics allowed you to feel like a badass in combat. The new ones make you feel like a rube.
@BloBby except for the part where they have way too much health so you essentially just mash the attack button the only time you need to dodge is when you’re fighting multiple enemies otherwise you just stun lock everyone to death
@@thisstatementisfalsenothin5312 this wasn't the case in origins but in Odyssey the enemies were damage sponges. Anyway the combat in Valhalla looks great imo
@@bencogan6847 I agree
I was talking about odyssey I really like origins and apparently Valhalla has combat similar to Dark Souls and that’s literally my favorite game
@@thisstatementisfalsenothin5312 Dude you're username is confusing me. S when you say things you do you mean the exact opposite?
@@dada13771 no it’s just a name dude
Out of all the few ive played (Rogue, Syn, Odyssey, Origins, maybe black flag), i gotta say, for some reason i liked Syndicate the most. I loved the different types of enemies, and just being able to beat them with my fists. Also the scenery is just nice. Very good art
The thing is, AC 1 and AC 2 the combat actually felt heavy, your swords would crash and both men's arms would bounce back, it felt so real (Brotherhood and Revelations perfecting it).
AC 3 was excellent ,so brutal and really felt conner, but AC 4 is where it I think it was not very good. Edwards swords felt so light and they just passed through people, it didn't feel very satisfying.
AC Unity finally went back to the AC1 and AC2 feel which was awesome, quickly shattered by the worst in the series (flimsy, cartoony, very light) in AC S
AC Origins and (especially) AC Ody just became too unrealistic, in that you could impale people and they'd walk it off just cause they were a higher level than you?? (insert nick canon ??? meme). But the actual mechanics were pretty good, if maybe a little stale after a while.
Yeah my favorite is the AC 3 , i don’t like the new one’s like origins and odyssey
AC2-ACR was just PERFECT. What are you talking about? Kindly explain.
Nicky Young, but I see your point
Akshat Monga not sure you’re talking to me but that’s what I’m saying, AC2 - ACR are amazing
My favorite one is syndicate
i find unity's combat perfect for an AC game, it's challenging when you fight against multiple enemies which acknowledges the player to actually use stealth not just for looks and fun but also to prevent them from seriously dying. The combat also makes sense unlike odyssey when you stab an enemy multiple times to the head and they're still alive just cause they have a higher level than you are. Unity's combat is a perfect balance imo
'Seriously' dying?
Unity combat was boring and way to easy like every AC game from this period.
@@TingelTangelBob19 no believe me that wasnt easy the enemys had health bars but not like rpg and your attack depends on the weapon not on your lvl
@@TingelTangelBob19 Unity combat was light years ahead of the bullshit damage sponge RPG mechanics foisted upon us since origins.
@8IghtyFour Stop lying lol unity combat was easy af
In my opinion Unity has better combat than any other ac game. It's legitimately challenging, you can't go around killing people. If there are more than 10 enemies of different type you will die and also if you are fighting in area where there are those damn snipers on rooftops.
true but it was buggy asf with a sword, I always used a long or heavy weapon cause it would actually be less buggy and look a lot better. They tried something great but it failed a bit.
It's challenging in Origins and Odyssey.
7dayspking wydm. Its easy as shit in odyssey. Takes time to whittle down enemies health, but nothin like the shit you deal in Dark Souls
@@fbitm8089 we are comparing Assassins creed with Assassins creed not Assassins creed odyssey with Dark souls...
I agree with you but not because Unity's combat is challenging, but because it's very fluid, extremely good looking, and nearest to Altair and Ezio combat.
(All other combat designs can shove off.)
Playing a new ac game vs playing an old one, the combat feels so much better and smoother in the older games. You feel like an assassin who can end a battle in a few hits instead of the new games where you’re dueling enemies for dozens of minutes
U still end in few hits with the right builds tho
Tbf you are not really an assassin on either of the last three games. Byak kind of is and you can still end battles with same level npcs in a few hits except for bigger/stronger ones
@@VinyZikss the origin is so good, obviously people would hate on it but it gave something new
@@novy1198 Origins is by far one of the worst for me along with Valhalla and Odys
@@BlackBeardedDuck i played most of the assasins games expect chronicles and revelations. obviously those 3 games are different because they're more rpg style with healthbar which is kinda weird, you should be assasin that oneshot people with single cut but i can get why they did it that way. the plot is in origin at least is great and the map and views are actually top tier, odyseya and valhalla were way worse, wouldnt put origin on top 1 but it is top 3 for me for sure, even if its different, its still great
5:15 Connor be like:
Oh these guys are gonna shot me, why don't I roll my Tomahawk a bit?
1:10 oh wait, I'm supposed to die here.
I think that ac 3 has the best fighting system in the whole franchise. It is just so satisfying and the finishing animations are on point!
I like Black Flag's combat, while it seems very similar to AC3's combat it's actually harder, counterattacks have smaller windows
It was also extremely easy. You could literally be brain dead and still be fine.
@@thesovietdrugdealer.7166 but it was fun
unlike odyssey or origins. they failed the whole point of ac
@Cyberdemon Mike so is AC3
Who cares if it’s easy. It’s better than fighting immersion breaking damage sponges with terrible animations
I personally think that the combat animations from AC 3 are by far the best. Which is impressive considering how old the game is.
I agree, just watching videos of combat is a suitable passtime for me
I'm a fan of the classic combat system but what i don't like about it is when the enemies wait to attack one at a time.
The ac 3 have the old system and they don’t wait , in unity to
My problem with them was when all would attack at once and I just couldn’t evade that.
@@kaidorenji7924 AC 3 had the old system in which universe dude?
@@kaidorenji7924 AC3 had new engine and had new combat which was great. Then Unity had another new engine and new combat which is great again. I believe combat is the only thing that evolves for better in every new AC game.
@@kaidorenji7924 No, they also wait. Some of them event wait their turn if their teammates is attacking in ACU, but I agreed about AC 3.
Every other AC game: quick, agile combat AC Origins: Anime
Try Origins with a sword it's really great.
That's AC Syndicate, not Origins. Origins doesn't look cartoony at all. The movement also pretty realistic, unlike Syndicate.
Mineral Woteh I meant it bc the weapons are huge like they would be in a game based on an anime
@@nyx4074 i dont think so cartoony as in what? They are all cartoony for me no realism in any aspect of any game?
@@UacnDinoo it is! Also, I like the twin swords, and use other weapons depending the enemy I was facing but mostly my primary weapon was regular sword and shield.
Unity and syndicate are underrated af
absolutely! especially syndicate
Unity sucks the worst. The whole combat system is clunky, also for some reason the story revolved around you going to place and killing 1. Guy and repeat
@@Barttoocool nah mate, that's Valhalla, clunky af
@@Barttoocool ok
There my favorites!
AC3 still probably has my favorite combat. Closely followed up by Unity.
Is it just me, or is the sequence from 10:18 to 10:30 super satisfying? Like straight out of a movie
It's like a movie scene.
To bad the game runs at 900p 25fps on ps4
@@Electrifize Really? That's bad.
Yeah ac unity is the most cinematic game out of the franchise
@@Electrifize arthur morgan but cj
i like how they made unity extremely stealth oriented. i mean ofc you can go loud, but they made the combat a bit more difficult and punishing compared with it's previous games
Glad to see a lot of people talking about Unity. It's personally one of my favorites. I personally loved the story (I feel like it was a really good tragedy story of how much life can beat you down) and think Arno is heavily underrated, parkour felt smooth, the combat from what I remember was a nice in between of the old and new rpg games, the co op was super fun especially the heist missions, and it introduced a lot of new systems that the new games are today (good or bad take that as you will). I won't lie it did have a lot of bugs but if you can look past that Unity was really a great game.
I love playing this game. AC unity is amazing. Everything the graphics the combat the stealth. Although I got stuck in story mode i can't move forward. After Arno joins the assassins i haven't made any progress, it's just bringing me back to the same place. I tried restarting doesn't work. Either I have done something wrong or maybe it's a glitch. I have no idea.
@@siddhantrane7240 yeah it might have just glitched. I remember one day I decided to do another play through and the game straight up did not let me log in lol. As much as I love it, the game is REALLY buggy
unity has the nicest parkour system ever bruh
@@adaptablemr.nerdygamer5788 Nexus mod is always your friend. Find the latest update, find the mods for perfomance and fix in nexus mod, and you're done.
AC3 had the most realistic & fluid imo. AC3 always felt like a whole different world from the other AC games. Idk if it was running on a different engine altogether but everything feels unique in comparison to all others.
It was running on a brand new engine at that time
"You know what would be really cool? Having huge blocky numbers show up on the screen as you attack."
- some guy in AC Odyssey's marketing team, probably
its an rpg...
@@keenanbartlome8153 Yeah but Assassin's Creed was never supposed to be an rpg which is why people hate it. If Odyssey wasnt about AC then it would be better received.
@@marinegrunt2008 I agree. I liked the old asssassins creeds a bit, but I never loved them, and I do think they were getting sale before origins. I think odyssey is a massive improvement from the formula.
@@keenanbartlome8153 If Odyssey wasn't a assassin's creed game it would be loved like if it was about Spartans, people hate it because it really stretches far from Assassin's Creed but Origins was amazing and I loved it. The story, characters, gameplay, and mechanics, the only thing I don't like are the rpg aspects and although the combat was very good I feel it should've been more like Unity's combat but the combat was alright. And I am an OG vet of the franchise so I have played the 1st game all the way through Odyssey besides syndicate which I played for 2 hours and didn't like it at all and I haven't beat Odyssey but I have watched the ending. All in all I hope Valhalla will try to be more like AC through it's story and that it retains what makes AC.
@@marinegrunt2008 Valhalla looks like a good mix of both. I like the RPG stuff, but i understand the complaint on the grind.
Connors combat will always be my favorite. So satisfying and entertaining to watch
I want a remastered version with altair
Thats the backup plan
@@sinandonk6782 Ssshh
It was called Origins
@@serious.business Origins sucks, AC1 was way better, even the gameplay
@@crassusmaximus5879
You legacy fanboys are the most annoying kids. More so than Flat Earthers.
NaH bRo GaLaGa iS tHe BeSt GaMe EvEr BeCaUsE iT wAs ThE fIrSt
This should be "1 minute of picking a fight from every Assassin's Creed"
3:56 One of the best finishers
Satisfying, in a twisted way
@@msundaramkp5159 good one, good one
@@msundaramkp5159 good pun
Kinda reminds me of shadow of war except he doesnt decapitate the head. Man that game was brutal
Games were ruined with the level system, I’m down for RPG elements like Unity, but the second I can’t explore the game world because my knife doesn’t do the same damage as that dudes knife, or I hit the dude 40 times and he 1 shots me, there goes any sense of exploration or realism.
Agreed. The new assassins creed is the first one I've played since ac3 and its like? You have to be level 200 to go to some areas? 20 hours into the game im level 50?
I understand why they did it tho. They didn't want to make the same game over and over just with a different decor. For me that would be just fine because I can't get enough of it, but this brings more sales I guess.
@@LordWout thats true. I think my only issue is that there is a lot to do. Hard to pick what I start yk. But I'm loving it so I can't really complain.
Dude, those types of mechanics are meant to keep you in a certain area and explore said area. It allows you to experience all the world has to offer, piece by piece.
@@synchrospartan8159 oh yes im aware, im now level 170 after 48 hours into the game, I cant get enough. I just was shocked by how they changed ac into more of an RPG type game, in fact, It feels like dark souls at times lol
2:25 how clean is that wow
Gotta go with the first AC. It’s my favourite game in the series with my favourite combat. It’s extremely simple but so satisfying.
It's incredible how much worse the combat got after Unity...
The system got better but it looks not that good
he didn’t even use weapons on syndicate it was just hand combat the crane has some nice combos
@Bailey Conlon lol
I would say after syndicate but it definitely got worse the last 3 they made
Syndicate had good combat, it was Origins that fucked it up... and I LOVE Origins.
The last two RPG creeds,enemies are not humans...they are levels,so sad
Valhalla isnt levels? But I understand the 2 before that one they were very boring in my experience. I like Valhalla a lot because you can still so things even if they're way tougher than you, or at least attempt to. Also raids are awesome!
@@Skrisms literally the same garbage like origins and odyssey
@@Skrisms I hate the weapons are cartoony large now.
@@anarchonazbol6768 I just want it to be like it used to. Actually about assassins not grinding for XP an actual fun, but not just spamming buttons like we do with the last three games. I’m so sad they ruined the series 😔😔 I used to really love it but now I can’t stand it
@@stareatme9983 the original ACs were the ultimate power fantasy. Pretty much no one could stop you unless they betrayed you in a cutscene. Now you run into gods amoung men if you feel like exploring and run into a higher "skill" level.
Is that really how the last game is like? Taking forever to kill someone even if you stab them in the face? I’m happy I stopped playing after unity
Unity was the last assassins creed I played before it started going downhill
You two should've stopped playing after syndicate
This series peaked at ac3 they should've kept improving that formula
ajellydonut008 I was a big fan of part 4. It was my favorite in the series because I loved the pirate theme that still felt like you were an assassin, I loved the double swords the most (still miss them), and I thought Edward was just a dope character
Origins is worth your time
I swear I’ve been saying this so much for so long. Give me a AC game with a mix of Unity and AC3 combat and it will be one of the best combat systems. The impact and difficulty of Unity with the fluidity and speed of AC3
I gotta say... The combat in AC1 was the hardest for me... Sometimes Altair doesn't counter/parry the attacks
the only reason why he does not parry and counter some of the times
is because the fucking guards knock your guard off so they can strike you
its an unlockable feature which you can also get some time later in the game
i know this because hey i actually had the balls to try and finish the game
@@ManLikeEddy im sorry i dont get it lol... Im literally holding RMB and he just ignores it its also so annoying how guards *KILL* you for just.. *running* ...
@@ManLikeEddy say hi to your balls, let me know when they're about to descent
@@ManLikeEddy I have finished the game thrice. :D
the hidden blade counter kills were so hard
When ezio said “we work in the shadows to serve the light” i feel like ubisoft forget that making games like odyssey and valhalla where stealth wasnt important
@@salvadornunez1121 the fact that we're talking about assassin's creed and the reason you'd use stealth is to kill people who have a level that is above yours makes me really depressed
@@charcoal4742 last AC game I got was AC3 Remastered. I haven't gotten a new AC game since syndicate, and I don't even own it anymore.
Well, I seem to be the minority. Played the old AC games AC1 thru black flag for the story and time periods. Always felt something was lacking in the games. Didn't play unity or syndicate, they were more of the same.
Have just recently gotten odyssey, origins and vahalla, all on sale. 25 hours into vahalla, 60 hours into odyssey and will play origins after. Really enjoying odyssey, the mercenary fights, the sheer size and beauty of it, the ship combat and for the most part, I can run most it stealthy but if I get spotted everyone dies, the side quests are nice and plentiful.
If they wouldn't have changed things up, I wouldn't have played them again.
@@lobal2 yeah I actually loved odyssey but it still isn’t really an Assassins creed game but not very good on parkour
@@metallicclamp7145 Yeah everyone says the parkour. I always loved being able to climb buildings and towers, and hell the views in odyssey are amazing.
Are the new ones AC games? They do feel different, but I enjoy the changes. Maybe if they changed the time setting to a more urban enviroment it would make the traditional fans happier. 🤔
But I also like rpg's so yeah.
Unity's combat is the most immersive. Actually makes you think what you should be doing.
There were lots of crappy design decisions (Such as guns and bombs ruining the pace)
but I really felt that it was headed in the right directions. The swordplay animations were smooth and immersive, It was challenging and kept you on your toes (Just like you mentioned). Its both cool and yet also encourages stealth because of how time consuming and dangerous it is initiate combat.
I almost hate myself for spending hours just looking for people to fight instead of actually doing assassin stuff (And I'm an avid stealth fan)
AC unity was a bad game that had the right Ideas.
AC III/ AC Liberation have my favourite combat systems. Simple but so so satisfying
8:52 the flash has spotted ⚡⚡
Didn't even notice at first. That's hilarious
Loooool
Omg Wtf
holllyyy shittt
Haha
Alexios: *stabs enemy 60 times*
Enemy:Oh no!
Enemy 1 second later:So what was I doing again?
Yeah, a sword to the face? A spear through the heart? Hidden blade through your neck? All minor annoyances.
True. Video is called "1 Minute of Combat From Every Assassin's Creed". It lasted almost one minute until the first guy died in Odyssey lol
AC revelations fighting was so brutal, you could see even in that aspect that Ezio was tired and just wanted to get it over with
Ok but the disrespectful slap at 7:19 😂😂 Black Flag is still my favorite and this just makes it even better
Seeing revelations brings back so many memories. It was the first Assassin creed I played and I actually enjoyed the whole tower defense minigame in it.
I would honestly purposely get my templar awareness meter up just so one of them could attack my dens and I do the tower defense game
Same and then sending my recruits on Mediterranean countries
Same even though it was my first ac it made me feel sad i mean the portrayal of altair ( who i used to call white assassins from ac1) and ezio ( who's name I didn't even knew until i finished the game) was brilliant.❤️
I recently replayd AC1 and I really loved how difficult the combat was. The fact that enemies could actually counter and throw you around made it really engaging, though I wish the counters and dodging you did were more responsive.
Remember the times when Assassin's Creed was about Assassins and their Views about the Unholy Views of Templars and they really look like Assassins and not some goofball with a spear and shield attacking everyone.
Well Some in comment section will say that it is a Creed so anyone can be a part of it, but the main concept of AC was to Fight against the Dark with Light while living in the shadows not showing in broad daylight with an Huge Axe and killing people with it
Nope
In Odyssey, it clearly stated the Kassandra/Alexios are just mercenaries not assassin. They don't have the hidden blade instead a broken spear from leonidas. They didn't even get to interact with the hidden ones because odyssey was set 400 years before Origins before the formation of hidden ones/assassin nor the templars. The story revolves around the safety of the "Staff of Hermes" and how Kassandra/Alexios took care of the staff for 2000 years.
@@rayquan-c1n you dont understand why us original fans are disappointed do you?
@@dashy8200 he completely missed the point. The point being the game is called ASSASSIN'S creed and they are not ASSASSINS. It like making a Spider-Man game and you play as The Punisher. Sure the story is in the same universe and it could connect......BUT YOU'RE NOT SPIDER-MAN IN A SPIDER-MAN GAME.
insurance exactly!
Been playing back through AC3 and man how that game handles it's combat system makes me feel like an untamed beast ready to pounce on any enemy. Learning more utility on the rope dart makes me want to replay the story again so I can utilize that tool alot more. It just has some very flashy moves and can be quite the asset when dealing with more counter savvy enemies.
I love every AC up to syndicate. Because you FEEL like an assassin. And that should be the target of AC games if you ask me. The period of the Renaissance with Ezio was just beautiful as well as Altair during the 3rd crusade set the "vibe" that an assassins creed game should have.
Assassins creed 3, 4 and Rogue changed the combat system by removing the rpg elements that previous games had. The combat, although a bit unrealistic and easy, made you feel like you were a total badass. Also included the best ship combat we had seen in games up until then.
Assassin's creed Unity and Syndicate refined the once clunky parkour, or free running as it is referred to, and made it feel so smooth. Also kill animations were revamped which was very cool to see, and they added the "crouch to enter stealth mode" which was huge cause now you felt like you were actually sneaking into areas. We also saw some RPG elements returning to move away from the "press one button to win" gameplay that many people criticized in previous games.
Here's my problem. Assassins creed faceplanted since then. Once I played origins i was shocked with the step backwards the game had taken. They completely got rid of all the countless kill animations added a heavy RPG system which felt bad and they fucked up by adding the most clunky free run system ever seen in the franchise. After playing through all of the game I was left very disappointed. I couldn't even double assassinate!
I haven't played odyssey but it looks the same as origins and even worse. No hood or hidden blade, basically throwing away everything left from the AC identity. And I fear that Valhalla is going to be like that as well.
Didn't really talk about the story in the games cause most of them were mediocre. If I had to choose the best stories I'd say AC2 and AC Black Flag but that's just my opinion.
Good analysis
I agree, I also loved the stealth up to Syndicate.
I feel like as soon as a hidden blade stab wasn't an instant kill, the games got a lot worse, and this started from syndicate!
origins is the game that makes me feel like an assassin the most imo
sneaking around a bandit outpost assassinating bandits with my hidden blade
and bow feels fucking amazing and the ai feel a lot more real cause they actually move around and have needs and do shit instead of just guarding an entrance 24/7
also causing a fire to cause a diversion or using a torch and sleep dart to put a bunch of enemies to sleep is sick
also in that game you cant 1v1 a whole garrison with ease which makes it a tad bit more fun for me
I agree with everything except calling it "free running". It is parcour. Free running is when you do flips. Parcour is what we have in AC.
Even though Aveline had the same animations as Connor, she still looked pretty cool. Socially with the whip and multi-kill
to add to that; she also has the same fighting style as Haythem’s
To be honest, unity has the best combat sistem imo. I know someone will say that it's buggy, but for me it is not buggy
I was playing on xbox an i loved it
It is buggy and clunky. It would’ve been perfect if Ubisoft actually polish it before releasing
@Shawn Birkholz its challenging yes but not hard
I played unity a few years after release and it wasn't that buggy. Decided to get on just for fun yesterday and the combat is great for me (regular PS4)
also it forced you to actually be an assassin and not engage in combat that often
Is it just me, or does every AC game after Syndicate look like a mobile game...
Ac unity had the most finest and smoothest combat and parkour in the whole franchise
But a bit slow and clunky.
Ac unity was the best assassins creed of all time plus the customisations were sick
Combat was easily the worst.
Unity is trash compared to the newer games. I mean the feeling of being an Assassin is unmatched but overall trash game
Pirateer Jade the combat is trash because you like cartoonish combat???
I can’t place which combat style as the first on my list, but I can definitely place the worst... in my opinion, I think syndicate has the most unsatisfying combat in the series, it’s all very cartoony and the animation feels laggy and unpolished, like if you have to do a double, triple, or quadruple kill they all have to be in “stunned” mode and you have to walk around to line them up juuuuust right to trigger. It’s weird.
Not to mention that one animation where he looks like he's ripping off a badge of the enemy's chest. This one is ridiculous.
Well Odyssey is a shit,because is a copy of Dark Soul,Lol and other RPG games.
And is so false the animations
I didn't mind syndicates combat, specially compared to Odyssey which is like a bad spongey version of Origins.
@@danielsanz5403 "Copy of Dark Souls"?
Man, is based on The Witcher 3, inform yourself please
in syndicate once you level up to the max weapons its way too easy every enemy is down in like 2 hits and gets so boring.
Freedom cry is underrated wish it was longer! Thought unity had the best combat system.
Rouge was 100% all black flag
Well yeah I know there was some differences but the combat parkour and mostly everything else was the same so like 90%
Thanks!
You're welcome and thanks for the superchat! ❤🤗
Unity combat no doubt was the best. Don’t get me wrong, I love 3, 4, Rogue, but those were to “movie-like, hollywoodish, and cinematic” if you know what I mean. I like Unity the best cause it was the most realistic, most authentic, and accurate. Some enemies were a bit easy for me, but overall i love how bloody it got.
Enemy: *melee attack
Assassin's Creed player: So you have chosen death.
*Clicked Circle And Square*
My favourite is ezio, I just love the way he fights and he does it in a really simple way compared to other assassins and it just shows how good he really is and doesn't need to put in that much effort. And bare in mind ezio's games were made like 12 years ago aswell.
Oh you mean easy taking out an army with parrying oh ok
@@bohannon2692 yeah i do mean that, and the fact the game has an amazing story even for it's time.
@@domeniqueromano678 the rpg combat better you can't take out an army in 2 minutes with parrys
@@bohannon2692 So having to slash an enemy 10+ times cuz he is levels higher than you is more fun and engaging than attacking an enemy thrice and landing a killing blow....?
@@bohannon2692 also you dont have to parry there are other moves too
Honestly, my favorite game in term of combat is AC4. Black Flag was my first Assassin's Creed game and the combat just hit the right feel between fluid and fast. Plus the fact it required focus on the enemies nearby because of guns and bombs, plus parrying and then using one of your pistols to finish the bloke was awesome.