The DEFINITIVE Assassin's Creed Tier List (+ Side Games)
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As someone who played Unity both in 2014 and in 2020, I can affirm that the patches did fix many things.
Didn't fix the shit story
@@CC-eg2in we can agree it's better than syndicate right?
Unitys framerate is dogshit. I am NOT plsying a 20fps game on my ps4, NO! That is embarassing.
And the story was so shit, imaginr hsving French Revolution, best setting for deep philosophical discussions about government and freedom and all that and you choose to tell a fuckin love story. Ugh
@@Darth_Revan66 yes
@@ves138 Unity is locked at 30 FPS on Ps4 and PS5. It's annoying, but certainly playable.
I'm a Unity simp and proud.
Ayyy, nice to see you Swifty over here!!! 🙌😁
*We're
no
Oh so you are a unity simp.....NAME EVERY FEAMLE CHARACTER IN ITS FRANCHISE
Top 3 AC game
I can say something about Shay - He makes his own luck
Why am I not shocked to see this meme.
Ah mek ma own look
You beat me by one day.
Liam
@@ghazalabibi4483 is it a Meme? I’ve never seen it
I never played AC until Odyssey, my masters degree is in ancient history, specifically ancient greek, it's one of my passions and loves, what i wanna do with my life is just study it, so when i saw a game about it i picked it up, and played tf out of it, hundreds of hours just looking at the locations i loved learning about so much, i found the combat and leveling fun, for that reason i will always love it, and it even led me to play the other games which i loved..... THAT BEING SAID, i completely understand why a lot of AC fans hate its guts, seeing as theres barely anything about Assassins or anything connecting to the other games at all, i completely understand and get why some find it insulting xD
I also love Ancient Greece and Greek mythology so despite what people said odyssey is one of my favorite games ever with the cult, story, music and mythology being amazing.
Take assassins creed out the games name and plenty of folk will like the game, I’ve picked it up recently and i’ve had so much im practically addicted. I love the depth and i just love ancient settings, it has replay potential with all the choices. Combat is very nice love the animation to finish people off and just being a Spartan is so satisfying, always loved sparta so it brings a dream to reality
Odyssey does have connections to the rest of the series. Sure, it's more about the Isu rather than Assassins vs Templars but then again it's chronologically the first game in the series so it makes sense that it's more about the Isu rather than the Assassins vs Templars conflict.
@@mithras666 Exactly, thanks! People who criticize AC Odyssey seem to forget that back in their beloved AC2 main protagonist Ezio used an Isu artifact to make illusions yet the powers Alexios and Kassandra get in Odyssey are "fantastical and lore-breaking", not to mention that the Isu themselves were in fact introduced at the end of AC2. They need to realize that the Assassin's Creed series isn't about Assassins vs Templars but it's about the Creed itself and those who follow it across the ages. The Assassin/Templar conflict is, as you said, the "byproduct" of the Isu storyline.
odyssey may be a hot steaming pile of garbage in many departments, but it doesnt stop me liking it, even playing black flag and other older ac games.
Personally I'd put Rogue, Unity, Origins & AC 3 higher on my list.
I agree with you
especially rogue
Yeah, his rogue views hurt me in particular. I personally really appreciated its show of having a more grey area with both groups. In how it wasn't so black and white nor pure good vs evil - it's realistic.
The "good" in history rarely had no blood on their hands.
IMO unity is the best ac game
@@JayTraversJT The Assassins in the game aren't grey, they are just stupid. The game isn't that bad though, but if you played Blackflag, it looks like a DLC.
Here's the thing: I think the templars are acting like templars in rogue. Finding shay nearly dead with the manuscript, the templars saw an opportunity to get information out of shay as well as the manuscript, and taking in an assassin, who are far more deadly than your average templar, could shift the course of history, seeing shay as more of a tool than a person.
Lazzers: Unironically puts assassins creed 1 in s tier because he played it as a kid for the first time
Also Lazzers: 10:45
He put Ac 1 in S tier because it had substance, it created a legacy around Altair for anyone who played it.
When there are so many games that throws everything that made Assassin’s creed what it was and forget about every single rule established to fill a shallow pile of garbage it’s not like you can really complain about a linear game with few things good you do over and over.
The repetitive gameplay is only a side problem to the modern games because they lack substance.
Therefore you cannot argue about AC1 being above those, I don’t really agree with James for it being the highest tier alongside masterpieces but on the other hand how could you even think about putting it alongside Ac3 and Origins?
except laserzz had played the game from start to finish dozens of times...
@@jedimindtrick75 ...
@@austin3g410 Everyone is biased on this lol. It's all about personal taste. There are people who think AC 3 was the best. I'm sure it's not many but they are out there lol
@@theisen5893 Same, I absolutely agree
Honestly Connor is one of my favorite characters, especially when you do the homestead missions it’s gives a lot more depth to his character. People are annoyed because he’s “naive” but he’s extremely young and he does start to grow as the story progresses, going from “Templar’s are all bad” to “wait maybe templars and assassins have a chance to better the world together” his whole story switches from revenge to fighting for equality and freedom. I don’t think he’s naive I think he’s hopeful and empathetic. Idk I think he’s got his flaws but so does every other protagonist.
I would like to see Conner Kenway's story revived and remade into a Netflix TV series. It could tie in AC Valhalla and AC 4 Black Flag too
It's the last act of it that are people complaining though. Connor just had to became a cliche American Revolution hero for the colonists despite knowing the truth.
That's the equivalent of Charles Smith staying with Dutch rather than helping Rains Fall and his tribe escape to Canada.
AC3 is far from being my favourite but I really don't think that Connor is a bad character. He just feel like a downgrade from Haytham. You get to play as him for a pretty long while, get to know the character , his motives and a pretty significant amount of story, then you get thrown into Connor and now you setting traps for rabbits. The setting itself is, for my liking, the least interesting out of every AC game.
Lazerz is just salty cuz he’s British lol
Something I don't see many people talk about as well is how the themes of Connor's story are directly tied to Desmond's story. Everyone shits on Desmond dying but I don't think they appreciate that is the natural resolution of his character arc throughout the series.
The Templar assassin divide is one based on freedom Vs control but since AC1 it's shown that isn't the good Vs evil that it seems. The assassin's want freedom for people but without taking an active role in what replaces the power vacuum they create by killing tyrannical leaders, the individual is just left to the whims of the next dictator. A templar like haytham also wants the best for the common person but he sees the contradiction in the assassin's approach. That the only way to ensure what is best for the common people is by being at the top of the hierarchy, to ensure he can protect the people below. Desmond at the beginning of AC rejects the brotherhood and Templar dichotomy completely and runs away, only to be dragged back in. His choice at the end of AC 3 is about making a choice. Does he choose the assassin ideology, or the Templar one. Does he avert the disaster and let people try to figure out what to do next, or does he let it happen and take control himself as the next Messiah. Is he an assassin or is he actually a templar. And he chooses to be an assassin. In that final act he is choosing the freedom of the people, even though he doesn't know what that might entail. AC3's story is seriously underrated imo.
0:40 “I piss people off by putting everything that is AC1-revelations and black flags in S tier and everything else goes right to the bottom, that’s the joke, that’s the meme, it’s funny.”
pretty much exactly what happened
Pretty much what happened
Tbf, nothing stands near those games in the series, not even close. So you cant blame him
@@gwilevans275 I would agree with him if it’s called “The Narrative Tier List”, but it’s not. AC1 and 2 is beyond outdated in terms of gameplay. I do like Ezio’s story and the modern day plot, subject 16’s puzzles are among my favorite moments in the series, the atmosphere of AC1 is also amazing, but the flaws in gameplay are too big to be ignored. AC1 is too repetitive in it’s short playtime and some AC2 missions’ restart upon detection are outright annoying, enemies can detect you for one second during air assassinations make it even worse, the combat also lacks flows. I’m glad they fixed the combat in brotherhood and stealth in revelations. AC1/2 will be B Tier for me at best. The other three do deserve it though, they aged really well even today.
Not that surprised, though I’m surprised he put AC3 where it is given his usual views on it. I still think he does it a disservice in its story/characterization and how, while it’s parkour is more animated, you can still get close to the freedom of the prior titles, but i guess it is what it is?
I also chuckle that he touches on gameplay for most of them..except Black Flag. Black Flag, he focused only on the story, which is a good one, don’t get me wrong (though..it doesn’t come across to me as “all” about the creed), but the gameplay drags it down as it’s a more streamlined/watered down version of AC3’s. But that’s just me.
@Imran A origins at a push. Unity tho, I think we were playing completely different games
As also an OG fan who played and loved AC in when it came out in 2007, my list is pretty much the same. Only diffrence is I would swap Unity and Syndicate. Unity actually feels like an AC game while Syndicate feels like a comedy parody. I also feel like Unity actually tried to innovate and evolve the franchise in the right way unlike the rpg games. Also probably put Origin in A tier. Bayek and Ancient Egypt are really well done. Agreed that the story and gameplay falls short. Also put all the chronicle games in D tier. As Mark of the Ninja ripoff their really bad.
Thank you I don’t see too much Bayek love honestly if the story was tighter and more focused it’d be amazing but then again Ubisoft has never been known for their amazing story telling
@@evansinclair1999 Actually i think after Ezio and Edward, Bayek's the most loved AC protagonist. He's definitely the most liked post Demond Saga. I think the story in Origins suffer a lot of pacing issue, Like you start in the middle of a assasination, with flashback, its build slowly then rushes through the 3rd act to the ending.
I like your views I’m also an OG AC fan but I only played ac 1, 2, brotherhood, revelations and 3
I quit AC after 3 and finally returned to the series this year I made Unity my return and will be doing origins next
Idk I’m not into black flag or any of the others I didn’t name
For my list of tops it’ll be
Altair
Ezio trilogy
Unity
Found ac 3 boring idk why which is why I quit AC but seeing how the franchise went AC has to be one of the good ones
I’m very interested in the Egyptian time period I hope I’m not let down
@@SAM-2772 I think you will enjoy origin. It takes some time to get used to. There's no social stealth, parkour dumb down. It has RPG elements but it's not as bad as Odyssey or Valhalla. I would advise turning off the enemy damage number. Improve the immersion and less video gamey. Also keep upgrading your hidden blade constantly. It lets you one hit kill most enemies
I know you dont wanna admit it but im 99% its because of nostalgia and not because the game is actually better than the new ones.
I mean this guy put a shitty mobile game over mainline entries, bullshit.
I like how transparent you are about these games for what it's worth. Even though I don't really agree with you on some things in this list, I like your different perspective.
Shout-out to you for being chill about it
Just because he doesn't really like the games that I like on this list isn't a crime, and it shouldn't be treated as such. I've always liked listening to differing opinions on that - as much as I love Valhalla I found myself agreeing with some of his points.
It just shouldn't be hard to disagree with someone and play nice with stuff like that tbh
Agreed. Some of the complaints he has with titles he dislikes could be said about the ones he enjoys too.
@@dcm9652 his nostalgia really shows when ranking ac1 and his opinions flip all the time but he is entertaining
hes washed ginger just look at him, imagine living his life yikesss
I played Unity when it came out and I can say that it is easily my second favourite Assassin's Creed game. The story is average, the free dead kings dlc is well written though. I think it's good because the combat is so fun, the stealth is amazing, the parkour is gorgeous and way better than every other AC game, it has the best looking environment out of every AC game and the customisation while not perfect is better than previous games. Genuinely don't understand why people hate it so much when it's so fun to play. I recently played it again and I experienced like 2 glitches.
Thank god someone agrees w me I thought I was crazy lmao if u didn’t know the team that made brother hood started development for unity as soon as brotherhood was released which means two game came out during its whole development, it’s by far the most ambitious ac game and that’s why it da looks like it could’ve released in 2022, an employee of Ubisoft spent 4 years studying and detailing the church of Nostradamus to completely recreate it with ridiculous accuracy in game. It’s my favorite ac
I completely agree… i can not wrap my head around why people hate it so much. the fighting and parkour feels so fun and satisfying. 10/10 assassins creed game imo
1000% agree. I never played unity up until last month so I didn’t experience any game breaking bugs from 2014 rather only the occasional combat bugs. The game looks stunning even in 2014. The lighting, stealth, parkour, the gritty and brutal setting of the French Revolution, all amazing. Combat was decent when it wasn’t buggy and the story was just okay. Top 3 AC game for me. Only beaten by black flag and brotherhood.
I think it’s a great addition. The one little thing that’s keeps me from playing it is the fact I can’t use the hidden blade as a weapon. Too bad they don’t have daggers or short swords either like in Ac Revelations.
I feel less like an assassin when I’m using a French cutlass over a dagger or hidden blade.
Looking back that AC3 lowkey has the best Assassin recruit system.
i feel like the more times you play 3 you begin to appreciate it more. rogue is not anywhere near as bad as you say, the way it connects to three other games, making those connections and seeing whats going on with certain characters at different times is awesome. unity is also not a bad game, its actually pretty fun. and the prequel trilogy is by far the best, not even a comparison, and revenge of the sith is by far the best movie out of all of them.
^THIS^ definitely did not like 3 when it came out, but played it again when the remaster came and there's a lot to love there. Rogue was to Black Flag as Far Cry Primal was to Far Cry 4 - same mechanics, new story, but it had some awesome weapons and the ship battles felt bigger.
@@MikeCincoCapas that connection between ACRo to AC4 and FC4 to FCP is so true
Doesn’t change the fact that all they did was reversed the Templars and Assassins. The whole plot stemmed from a misunderstanding, and painted the Assassins as evil people who kill innocents. Didn’t add up storywise.
No misses here. I absolutely have to agree that revenge of the sith is the best movie of all time.
@@Riggedplayer123 not evil it just shows how dumb the colonial assassins were at that time. A lot of mistakes were made
I'd definitely switch Syndicate and Unity. Unity was mainly a victim of its own ambition, the game still looks gorgeous and I get where they were trying to go with the story (though the execution of the story is probably its biggest shortcoming). Syndicate on the other hand had no ambition and was just downright boring. I could revisit Unity, I will never play Syndicate again.
As for the Chronicles series, China was definitely fun, but the voice acting is just absolutely atricious. I'd rank them India, China, Russia.
I agree.
Though I guess it's more a matter of preference/principle. Would you rather have an unfinished game with many good ideas or a finished game with only bad ideas?
For me, Unity is just more memorable, it may not be a great game, but it has a lot of things I genuinely like. As a result, I'm willing to boot it up again every now and then. Syndicate though is complete garbage, I couldn't even finish it, and I probably never will. It is just *so* boring, and the gameplay mechanics are baffling. How did they fuck up the combat so badly when they *finally* got it right for once in Unity?! How?!
Syndicate is miles better than unity
@@marvelfannumber1 Soft spot for Origins, but Unity was the last solid AC game.
Unity has great gameplay n Paris is amazing to play in ...but story is a shallow stinker that leads too a whole lot of nothing .and Arno has no personality other than running after Elise ..n the villain is just the ..worst ..
Have played Unity twice. Have tried twice to finish Syndicate but couldn't do it. yeah I agree
"Connor is badly written with no character growth:" Although Connor is one of the Assassins with the best character growths...
1.) He was a young child and played with his friends until his mother got murdered by templars... Then he wanted revenge. Huge point to his character growth.
2.) He went to Achilles with no patience at all and proved himself to be the one who can rescue America from the Britains. Another huge point...
3.) He literally went along with Haytham to deal with his conflict with him but Haytham just attacked and betrayed him.
4.) He cared about Achilles until the end...
I mean what are you expecting in terms of character growth?? AC 3 is one of the best games of the whole series.
I think he means that you don't feel the growth Con or goes through. Not executed properly in his eyes
@@siddhartha894 You can definitely feel it when you are playing AC3 properly. Connor has one of the best growth in the series. We can see his childhood, what has been done to him and his family and how is feeling everytime.
@@justaprankj7339 Not only that , the homestead missions bring so much depth to Connor's character . We all see a change of heart .
@@anubhavbhattacharya3277 Exactly, I mean Connor is just a strong and emotional Assassin who wants to kill every enemy but that doesn’t mean he hasn‘t a character growth.
Nobody likes Connor. Deal with it.
I hope the AC character tier list is coming soon so Karl Marx, my favourite Assassin’s Creed character, can finally get some recognition after being a fringe name for so long.
Why do you like him? When i played the game i didnt thought of him as a good character nor a bad one. I played the game on spanish, so maybe there is a change with his lines or something
LMFAOO
@@HeyImDabest It’s an inside joke for the community basically, he’s not actually my favourite character from the franchise lol.
@@Longshanks1690 i have been a fan since i was like 6 or something, but only playing the games. I started watching videos on ac like a couple of weeks ago
@@HeyImDabest The guy who wrote The Communist Manifesto
Very glad that you put Black Flag as S tier.
One of the greatest games I have ever played with the greatest story lines.
I cried at the end of it.
Not “one of “ it is the greatest
I used to think AC1 was pretty meh but after just replaying it id say its my favourite. It's amazing in its simplicity, just assassins and templars. The setting of the Holy land and the atmosphere is just incredible too
Completely agree, been replaying it recently and it’s been such a joy to play. Embraced the investigation for what they are & although they’re repetitive, I still love them
I think of all the AC games, it’s the one that most needs a remaster and could easily be propelled to many peoples favourite if the rough elements were removed.*
* And obviously I mean by competent people and not modern Ubi. If they announced one, I’d be terrified but say Darby leaves, sets up his own company, and announces an AC1 remaster or something like that. Then I’d be interested but now, it needs to be left as it is.
Definitely, the only part of the game i actually dislike is when you have to fight all the templars at the end of the game
@@damionmandy7978 Huh, you are just bad at the combat, eh.
jk btw
@@c0mplex_Ale I'm not bad at it I just didn't enjoy that part. No worries man i took no offense 😂
They could and should make a game that has Connor, Shay and Arno to wrap up their stories. It would also be a great opportunity to successfully dive into the philosophical arguments between assassins and templars, with all of these characters having some form of ambiguity about each side it sets the stage in a great way
I'm really excited for your in-depth video of AC4, cannot wait
I don’t know if someone is ever going to read this, because this is going to be a very long comment. But I wanted to share my opinion on the ac games. I didn’t play all the side games, and therefore, I won’t talk much about them.
- Assassin’s creed I: it’s a masterpiece. It might feel repetitive at times, but the setting is amazing, the story is compelling. The only thing that isn’t great is that since there are no cutscenes, many dialogues are forgotten, or don’t get enough credit. But considering it’s an old game, I don’t give to much weight on that.
- Assassin’s creed II: It’s a masterpiece too, and my favorite ac personally. Ezio is great, and the character development is truly something gaming companies should strive for. It is interesting to see the perspective of this character and how he acts during his life, changing his mind, evolving and becoming a better person. From a teenager who is driven by revenge, to a wise man able to do his choices, still with consequences.
- Assassin’s creed Brotherhood: I think it’s an excellent game, the story is great and the characters too. The only thing I should mention is that it misses a lot if you don’t play the side quests. On my first playthrough I didn’t and I thought initially it was rushed. On my other playthroughs however I realized it was a masterpiece like the previous two. It’s definitely the ac game with the best side quests.
- Assassin’s creed revelation: What a game! It’s worth every penny. The story is, like James said, great. In fact the greatest it has ever been in an ac game. The music is so nostalgic every time I listen to it and it never gets old. The only negative thing I can find is that it shouldn’t be the first ac game you play, because even if still great, if you play it as your first you miss out on many points that have been established by other games. My friend did it and didn’t like the game much until he played II and brotherhood. But as far as ac game goes: 10/10
- Assassin’s creed III: So ac III is quite controversial, because I liked the initial concept, but I don’t like Connor very much. I also can’t get over the fact that he looks the same when he’s 14 and first meets Achilles and when he is 22. Actually I think that he is ok for a protagonist, but his story should have been developed more to show a change in his attitude, which would have been awesome, but it never happened, so Connor is just a character I don’t like much.
-Assassin’s creed liberation: It’s just strange, characters feel weird, the mechanics are not used much and I dislike the mentor of Aveliene for some reason.
-Assassin’s creed Black Flag: It’s fantastic. Edward is a great protagonist. Like Altaïr and Ezio, he has some sort of negative trait, which is greed for Edward, but he evolves and is involved with the creed at some time in his life. You can see his perspective of the creed itself, which brings upon another theme which is that the creed is applied differently depending on the character. The story is all a journey for him to become an assassin, and this is perfectly done.
Assassin’s creed rogue: Again I think that rogue had a very big potential, but it wasn’t served in the right way. Seeing the Templar side would have been cool, but the way they are shown in rogue just feels wrong. It also feels wrong the motives behind Shay’s decision to leave the assassin’s they are just not powerful enough to engage the player.
Assassin’s creed Unity: I think that ac unity is a kind of a love story, more than an assassin story. Bellec is a particular character, which could have benefited successfully more the game and the protagonist itself. But he isn’t used us much as I would like. Also, the ending is a bit rushed in my opinion. Maybe I just got it wrong, but Arno is not in a good relationship with the other members of the creed, but he becomes a Master assassin after defeating the leader of the Templar order. I get that they wanted to show how he truly believed in the creed, but it’s just too fast. Did you get what I mean.
Assassin’s creed Syndicate: I think this is just a parody of the series. The combat is silly, the characters feel stupid. The story is just weak, not entertaining. It’s kind of repetitive at some point. And the parkour is not done well enough for me. While must say I really enjoyed sequence 8 (I think it was 8) where Jacob has a whole adventure where he meets a Templar who then betrays him. This sequence is the only point where Jacob shows some cool character Traits.
- Assassin’s Creed Origins: This is my favorite new gen ac game. Bayek is the best protagonist there has been since Edward. His story is done really well. I’ve never thought about it, but it is true that philosophy is missing. The creed itself is only introduced at the end of the game, and much is missing from the philosophy of the creed. That’s why I don’t consider this title as good as ac I, II, brotherhood, or revelations. But still great and fun to play nonetheless.
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: I don’t need to explain why this game is shit. Lazerzz already did in a 40 minute video, which I advice you should watch, if you haven’t.
- Assassin’s creed Valhalla: This game hasn’t much to do with assassins and templars, but the lore and the story are pretty interesting. The issue however is that it’s too long. It feels like they had so many side quests and at the last moment decided to put every side activity in the main quests, so that the game didn’t feel empty. Some locations were great, but some other just felt useless and boring. I didn’t have issues with the combat system, even if you don’t have regular swords unless you buy dlcs. But I dislike the fact the game had decisions. It’s not as bad as odyssey, but I sometimes feel that decisions are often inconsistent with the character, especially when talking about stealth. For example: You play like an assassin, talk like an assassin, act like an assassin, but Evoir, as a character, doesn’t want to be an assassin that is just strange and weird.
Anyway, if you made it here, I thank you, if you have some opinions or suggestions you want to share, that would be great.
Also, I’m sorry for grammatical mistakes. I’m on mobile
Whenever the next game comes out I would like to play as an actual assassin again, or even a templar (thats done better than rogue) instead of playing as an irrelevant character where the Assasins are Non existent or just side content.
There are so many different settings they could do that are set after the Crusades. I'm currently playing Odyssey for the first time and while admittedly I am enjoying the game actually, it doesn't feel one bit like I'm playing assassins Creed. It should be its own thing.
Iv played AC since the beginning back in 2007 and I will never forget how intriguing and mysterious the first game was, I Understand the Assassins creed Universe needed to be expanded upon but not to the point where it completely loses its identidy! After I watched the Dawn of Ragnorak trailer I think I will stop playing these games. Clearly all they are arsed about now is making a full Fantasy game with supernatural powers and magical abilities, Then slapping the iconic name Assassins Creed on the front just for the $$$
I get why newbies to the franchise might like it but for an old timer of the franchise like me, No thanks. There are other games out there you can play to feel like a badass Demi God (God of war) but me... I want assassins creed.
Sorry for the long reply lol. Someone who has had a long passion for these games and then watching them be destroyed all in the name of profit is Heartbreaking.
@@kaloyandinchev5186 With all due respect for your existence, I allowed my soul control my fingers and politely report your first comment on youtube community guide lines.
I read your comment and I have to say I whole heartedly agree with everything you said
play the homestead missions and see connor's deleted final monologue, you will probably like more after that
with these ac uploads u really make us, ac fans, happy man keep it going
I’ll personally never understand the crazy amount of hate for Odyssey. I’ve been an AC fan for a long time and have played every main game, and I had a great time with it. I understand and agree that it doesn’t have the Assassin story, but the gameplay and map are great. Most fun I’ve had with an AC game sense black flag.
@@ntf5211 It’s funny because you absolutely would have.
@@BleachedBologna No. there is no assassin mension in there. It was not even created. There is a bunch of god power which is ugly in ac. Way tho easy. You litterally jump every montain without dying and don’t even care about climbing at one point. The story is very basic and long. Gameplay is really not all that. You can’t even really block attack when fighting and you just spamming dodge. In fact you don’t really need to because the bow is so unbalanced that you managed to one shot almost every enemies in the game. As a AC game is bad but it got is own vibe. I just was tired of doing back to back boat traveling without interaction to go at multiple point.
Fully agree
When I played through Odyssey and Valhalla, I personally took myself out of the “masterful assassin” immersion and play style, and started thinking of myself as a god. Given the new approaches to combat, I could literally take on tens of enemies at once, and use ridiculous abilities to give me the advantage. With all of that being possible, it’s very easy for me to feel like a god of sorts.
Time stamps for all the rankings:
1:29- AC
2:12- Altair’s Chronicles
2:46- Bloodlines
3:57- AC 2
4:32- AC 2 Discovery
4:45- Brotherhood
5:20- Revelations
5:54- AC 3
7:05- AC 3 Liberation
7:45- AC 4 Black Flag
8:53- Rogue
10:13- Pirates
10:26- Unity
11:51- Syndicate
12:19- Chronicles China
12:26- Chronicles India
12:27- Chronicles Russia
12:34- Identity
12:39- Origins
14:49- Odyssey
14:54- Valhalla
18:28- Rebellion
18:33- Movie
Glad to see AC Bloodlines get the respect it deserves. For what it was at the time, it was really impressive. Especially on the PSP
This is a valid list must origins for me should be in A. Bayek is a great character and the open world of Egypt is my favorite setting that ac has done. It’s debatably the most detailed as well. I do agree that the story should’ve been more about THE ORIGINS of the creed but the world of Egypt alone makes it into the A tier.
Edit - IF the story focus on more of the creation of the creed and less on revenge it would be S tier. Origins still has a good story but the revenge plot has been done too much in other games. The RPG gameplay isn’t as bad as the other 2 but it still can get annoying at times.
In my opinion the gameplay was a deal breaker and you were a medjay for the longest time it wasn’t till the dlc you got to play as hidden one and the ending was an unacceptable cliff hanger that should’ve been explained in another game
@@lilautistico1635 Then I'd blame Ubisoft for not making a sequel to it, not necessarily the game itself really.
Mechanics in gameplay were terrible in my opinion, and parkour was something you never really got to use for style
@@michelletimko6413 yeah I agree with the parkour but I actually like the combat. It’s one of the better systems imo. But the world and bayek story is the best part of the game.
@@lilautistico1635 I had a feeling that bayek was supposed to have a sequel but Ubisoft never made one. I would much rather have a rome sequel of aya being the main and bayek as secondary than the stupid Demi god alexia/Alexios bullshit. It’s such a shame
I love how people can have completely different points of view of these games. For example Lazer hates Rogue but I just watched another tier list that had Rogue as one of the top games. Goes to show these are pieces of art, we can all see different value in each of these games and I'm happy we can enjoy different aspects in this series.
You make it sound like a respecting community even though I find AC fans to be one of the most toxic community when it comes to games these days :D It's great tho people have different opinions, I just wish they were kinder to each other
Man. There’s something so right about hearing James’ voice over the Rogue theme…
This is definitely one of the lists of all times.
I love that odyssey became basically the Voldemort of ac games
The game that shall not be named
For the most part I enjoyed playing it. I don’t think it’s a good game and I don’t even connect it to Assassins Creed anymore. But I like it.
mostly just for LazzerZ's community :D
I wouldn't talk about it either if i was that traumatized
biggest issue was how grindy it was you were forced to do side quests to leval up for the main story. there was also not much to discover in the game. And the NPCs felt lifeless.
Great list i agree with most of it. Personally i would have AC Origins one tier up because even it misses some stuf i none the less enjoyed it a lot. I am alsow glad that you put Origins above Valhalla because even Valhalla has social stealth and is cool gamplay wise i think Origins is much more of a AC game for me. My Personel Fav would have to be Black Flag.
Of course.
I also think that a mark of a great game is the replay-ability. I could replay Black Flags story forever because it’s so beautiful
In my opinion Origins is the only good AC game that we have had since AC 4. It just sucks that since we liked origins, Ubisoft decided to take the new RPG elements of the game to the max and then almost completely forget the roots of Assassins Creed (Stealth, parkour, and not a side quest with no meaning in every direction)
The fact that you put AC Unity underneath a fuckin DLC game says everything it needs to say. This list gotta be redone
Maybe thats because unity sucks
@@cg123ize besides the story being a bit underwhelming (massively improved in the dlc), the location, combat, customisation, parkour and gameplay is the best an assassins creed has ever been and with the future of AC, the best it ever will be. It would be an S tier game if they reworked the story a little bit, or if they continued on the path and made a unity 2 with the same style
@@cg123ize unity is a good game
@@Lifeofawarrior321 I second that
AC Rogue was my first Assassin's Creed, and while now I do understand the problems it has, I do have an emotional connection to this game, in a way that I can't dislike it. And I would be okay with the low ranking... If it wasn't at the same rank as Odyssey.
I demand you to make an even lower tier to put Odyssey just because I can't stand that piece of garbage at the same rank as Rogue.
Thanks for the understanding
So tell me why do people rank odyssey so low like it’s bloody great
@@hotbritain No.
@@fellowtemplar5679 yes
@@hotbritain brother how the fuck is Cassandra still alive that shit is ridiculous
@@uszkera magic
I agree to the entire list except for unity...i think as the newer ac games started releasing i started valuing it more and more...and now it has become one of my favourites owing to the fact that it does evolve on the core ac gameplay
Assassins Creed Origins
The Setting of Ptolemaic Egypt is superb, the entire region is filled with immense beauty, the setting pulls you in and saturates your brain in another time,in another world.
The setting is so beautiful that you wish not to ride atop your cherished camel ,instead you constantly want to walk the sand covered streets,the agricultural fields of the Bread Basket,in the blissfully idyllic oasis and in the spectacular landscapes of the Egyptian desert.
The wildlife is accurate, engaging and adds an adventurous aspect to the game, like wrestling a Nile crocodile or running away from a charging hippopotamus, it feels so natural and makes you love Egypt even more.
You have a pet falcon that aids in scouting and in combat, the most perfect friend a man can ask for.
I love my little Horus.
The weapons, the outfits/armours are numerous and stupendous.
The combat is fun and engaging with a clear progression arch, making you feel stronger only when you work on improving your combat.
Although it is not as good as the older games, it relies to much on button mashing and ‘’adrenaline power ups’’ instead of well timed counters and beautiful/elegant counter/take down moves. For the Copesh … the most iconic Egyptian sword...there are only 2 KILL MOVES…
Whilst fighting unarmed , you can’t disarm an enemy , here to it is just button mashing and ‘’adrenaline power ups’’..to to faster button mashing…. It is frightening to me how AC1s combat is far superior to a game created more than a decade later.
Unfortunately there is no social stealth….you can only hide in bushes, hay or some sparsely placed closets. No blending into/hiding in crowds, on benches, or working with clerical factions to hide in plain sight. They really missed the ball on this one.
The characters are most engaging, Baek is a brilliant protagonist, a Madjey returning home after a long expedition ,finding his home under occupation and tracking down those in power with ill repute and working on creating a regime change.
You can disable the idiotic damage numbers which greatly increases immersion.
You can read scattered papyri that tells you so much of this fabled land,of its peoples and its culture, then you get to delve into ancient (even for that time) crypts ,exploring the ancient tombs of Pharaohs a milenia older than Cleopatra herself, that leaves you itching with excitement to see what adventurous treasures lies around the next corner.
This game is a visual piece of art, bringing the past to life.
Although it is not perfect ,It is really good.
8.5/10 due to the mediocre combat and lack of social stealth..
Honestly everything from the Ezio collection is all gold. I like something with a good story and that is what some of these AC games lack nowadays.
Literally all of the 3 new AC games have a good story
7:02 "its brown, and its bad"
-James 2021
I disagree about hating on Odyssey. If you consider it an Assassin's Creed game, yes it's not great. But if you consider it as just an RPG/Greek mercenary simulator its actually really fun. Definitely depends on how you look at it.
came to the comments to say this, couldn't of put it better myself.
tbh when im playing odyssey i forget its an assassins creed game and see it more as a different game
They should’ve just called Odyssey
Immortals Fenyx rising and boom good game. The game under Assassins creed was just a bad take.
@@rappercentral703 Agreed
@@rappercentral703 I think they just used the name to make more money off of it, it would of been way better to make it a stand alone game.
Great to see you making another Assassins Creed Video. Also Merry Christmas
The fact that he had the audacity to put unity on E is just messed up its easily the best game now that all the bugs are fixed and even better with dead kings
This is the worst list i have seen so far
Unrelated but have you checked out That Boy Aqua's series on Assassin's Creed? Would love to see you react to his videos and his opinions on the games, especially AC2 and 3 (since his opinions on those aren't what you expect)
And also maybe Whitelight? His AC reviews are pretty interesting too
Both definitely
Their reviews are excellent
Assassin’s creed 2, brotherhood and Revelations is probably one of my favourite games I’ve ever played. Such a good franchise 😁🎮🥷
Im currently playing Unity as my first AC game and i enjoy it, but based on this review im incredible hyped to try other AC games thx
The only thing I can tell you about Shay that pretty much sums up the entirety of Rogue and his character as a whole is :
*He makes his own Luck*
I see a lot of people criticise Syndicate. To me the game is quite fun though, we don't have many games out there about victorian era and Syndicate did good at recreate London at that time. I somehow enjoy the color and theme of Syndicate more than Unity, Paris is beautiful and high-quality but the light is a bit dark and there're too much chaos around as the city is surrounded by revolutionary. Sometimes having a chill walk seeing people around and look at the beautiful scenery is better than just running around killing everyone. The combat is kind of ok, not too bad though, you can still assassinate the whole areas without detected but you can also gun brawling everyone which makes sense as this time people was equipped with gun more than melee so a bit of gangster style maybe acceptable. The story is not good, at least when we talk about AC lore, I think if this is a standalone game about the victorian era fill with money and bullet and gang war will suit more. A story of a gang leader rise up against a corrupted politician or even if it has some kind of mudder case solving like Sherlock Holmes may do the work. Honestly the AC lore should stop after the ending of Unity, Syndicate is where we start to see developers forced to make a bad written story just to may use of the AC title so they can sell the game. We have great games in the past like altair, Ezio trilogy, kenway saga but it does reach it limit though. The new rpg/warrior creed may have better open world or fun combat but is just doesn't have the soul of the AC one
You literally hold every game to a different standard. There is no equal treatment and you only take into account how much they align with typical Assassin's Creed. Also you protest the claim of your views being muddied by nostalgia and hypocritically jest others for it and fail to prove that you yourself dont do it.
@N7Andy exactly.
Putting Rogue into rather die section is atrocious. That game gave a different perspective into the conflict of Assassin's vs Templars and I loved it!
The main reason is the story. I love Rogue gameplay-wise. But the story, nah... It could've been better. I mean, we've seen how assassin can be mistaken like Ezio killed innocent Tariq that looks suspicious but in the end, h was on Ottoman's side. Make a scene like that with some adaptation to the environment so it would've fueled Shay's doubt and anger about the creed he used to live so his betrayal made more sense, plus add the philosophical battle between Shay and his former companion.
The story was awesome. Shay is a part of haythams templar order and haytham does espouse the templar belief with the old assassin belief in peace. Shay was more attached to the age old belief in peace rather than free will bordering on anarchism that Achilles brotherhood at that time had wanted. Shay was an assassin even as a templar, he actually upheld the tenets of the creed more than Achilles did. He just went rogue to save the brotherhood.
did you not hear what he said? it breaks assassins creed lore. doesnt make sense that the assassins are the evil ones and templars good ones when the templars are the ones who dont care for human lives
@@rysing-alexhd5078 You mean that you don't know lore?
Rogue makes sense to me. Not in lore but in real life.
Unity is A tier on pc
That was a fun watch! Really enjoying your December video streak, looking forward to the rest!
James, I know I’ve mentioned this idea once before to you, but I really think it’d be cool to be done, especially by someone with your AC knowledge and experience. To rank the games solely based on the 10 AC commandments, keeping it as objective as possible. Really curious what the outcome would be!
I feel like one of the biggest flaws of this series started at the Assassin's Creed 3 mark. They stopped making multiple games for a protagonist. We got three (main) games with Ezio and even got another one with Altair through Revelations but just think. He's my least favorite as well, but Connor could have gotten another game that showed his growth after the epilogue speech and showed him become wiser through his failures in three and could have given the homestead characters more development, maybe even have them join the assassins and that could have been some strong character building that he desperately needed. Same thing for Black Flag, sure it may not have needed a sequel, but the game could focus on Haytham and his exploration of the assassin ideology and then the templar one where he chose the latter because he felt it better suited the world. Then THAT would have been a perfect time to release a better written Rogue game that let you play a fellow defect through Shay and Haytham could see himself in him and better flesh out his character. Then make a sequel to rogue that has focuses on Shay in France or Europe to be a better prequel to Unity, maybe have Shay finally get his karma in the form of a nameless Assassin dressed in blue instead of white. That's so weird? Why is he wearing blue? Who is he? The perfect build up to Unity. We find out his story and we find out this seemingly insignificant Assassin target that we killed was his father and he was seeking Revenge. Unity could have had another year of development and it would have been good enough to warrant a sequel that focused on a now wiser Arno that discovers a link to his father's death and follows it to maybe have a cameo from Connor, but Connor let's Arno be the one to hunt him because he was his father's murderer. Maybe have both characters discuss the absence of a father in their lives through different means. It would be a nice send off for Connor to show he's developed further and even regrets his rashness, and the have Arno finally succeed at something I mean my poor boy. I love him to death but I think there's no question that he was the worst assassin in the franchise. Not because he was a bad character, but he was just a bad assassin. As for syndicate, I don't really know. Maybe another game could help but everyway I look at it that gam was just destined to be a spinoff or something.
Anyway I'm rambling, but if they would have just built characters more and developed stories better the games would have been better. Even they and just let Unity simmer a bit more, they could have further evolved the introduced mechanics and we may have had a completely different more familiar franchise these days.
But I'm just rambling about an alternate timeline at this point I suppose...
No I actually agree with you so many of these games could have been so amazing had Ubisoft fucked off and let the developers actually have time to get their characters and story fully realized I immediately noticed after 3 I might as well throw my hands up about giving a shit about the story (Desmond’s I mean, in my opinion the modern story was the whole point of the whole thing) I could tell assassins creed was just becoming a cash cow
Its not a flaw, they just moved forward with their game design and Ezio fanboys did not like that one bit.
i immediately wrote you off when you got to Ac unity, but i would like to see you do a video on why the game was bad, and not because of bugs or anything i believe that was blown way out of proportion, maybe the day one "PC" port was bad , but im on xbox and this game was and still is and forever will be the best looking and playing Ac game ever made
I'm not James but let me tell you why I'd keep unity at a C tier or below. Let's start at the objective bits. The bits that really depend on the player: combat, stealth and parkour. I will rank these according to the tastes of a person who has grown up and enjoyed the ac1 era(so me and James)
The combat in unity felt like an assassin on a bad day, except constantly. It was lacking in animations, which soon got repetitive. Challenging in combat, to the point where you wondered whether Arno is at all well trained (and I'll get to this when I talk about story). Also, if anything it even serves a precursor to the rpg era. The brutes take over ten direct hits with a sword to die.
The stealth is fine, almost good. It feels fluid and fats paced, with a multitude of animations. Picking locks as a part of stealth was great and finally, finally, you could crouch. But other than the crouch, innovation was scarce, the phantom blade was just a low ammo throwing knife/crossbow. Everything, every gadget, is just a variation from a previous game. And at least previous games don't stop you from switching cover weirdly, assassinating the wrong enemy etc. (I'll get to this later too.)
The parkour is one of the most opinionated and objective points. See, I like control with moderate but realistic speed. Thats what I see as good parkour. Others, I suppose you included, prefer flashy animations and over the top, crazy jumps. Which I can't get on board with. AC already suffers from the great myth which is the leap of faith. It doesn't need glitched jumping too. And before you say it. I am one of those players that is more than adequate at combat stealth and parkour. I have watched Leo Ks videos. And learnt it myself. And I find Unitys parkour unresponsive at times. I play on the PS5.
Okay so story. I mentioned before when I was talking about combat that I was going to elaborate. Elaborate about how he supposedly well trained. Because, unlike Ezio, we don't train him as a part of the story. In fact, we don't even get to see him learn new stuff. We just unlock things like staggering strike by using 'tokens'. The story is a basic love story. It doesn't excel and it doesn't exactly fail. I can understand if some people like it. But it's nowhere near the top.
So it's graphics are good. I get that. But if the cost is thats it's unplayable at launch then maybe it's not worth it. Unity is a representation of Ubisofts greed. They were so eager to release a game each year the pumped out unity when it wasn't ready at all. You may be able to play it now but it wasn't just a 'pc' day one launch. It was an all platform month long ruined launch. And glitches extended past that month. even now, 7 whole years later, there's still bugs and once again. I'm on the PS5. I've been glitched into walls, had enemies not attack me at all, people disappear, people fly, seen textures hovering off the ground, had a loading screen that stayed as a loading screen. ON THE PS5. Look, I'm not saying the bugs make it a bad game, but even without them, it is a good game at best. and moderate every other time.
@@Basisreallycool - I mostly agree with this, but I'm gonna pick on your point about the combat, specifically.
"Challenging in combat, to the point where you wondered whether Arno is at all well trained. The brutes take over ten direct hits with a sword to die."
Unity is meant to be a stealth game; more so than any other game in the franchise. To a large degree, this is probably how the first Assassin's Creed would've played at some point in development, before they made Altair have more health. I've also always felt that the 'unbeatable with a blade' clause of the fourth development commandment was the most destructive to the franchise. A stealth game's tension largely stems the physical vulnerability of the player in gameplay. Take Garrett from the Thief series as an example. Thief is based on the gameplay loop of hiding in shadows, and listening for a guard's footsteps to avoid detection, so that you can steal from whoever you're robbing without the guards noticing you. The offensive options you have in Thief are your sword, your blackjack, and gas arrows (which are an end-game item, and thus rare & expensive). Backstabs will kill most enemies in one hit, or severely weaken them. Blackjacking any living opponent without being spotted results in an instant knockout. Finally, gas arrows are reliable for knocking out living opponents from range, and have an AoE, so they can dispatch multiple guards at once.
Now if you have your sword in Thief, why not just bum rush every guard in the mansion, and go on a ruthless massacre? Well, because you're physically weak, and you're not good at actual swordplay. Singular mid-game guards can very easily overpower Garrett in 1 to 2 hits in combat, and can outmaneuver you very easily. If you get detected, you're basically forced to drop a flash bomb, and run away.
Now obviously this is for a thief. The rules for an assassin should be different. The assassin should be far more competent at swordplay than a thief, but they should not be able to take 15-20 hits before dying, and I don't think they should be able to take on an entire battalion of soldiers either. There should be a tension to getting into open conflict, and there should be and incentive to actually use your tools in combat to gain the upper hand when fighting multiple opponents, which Unity gives you. More importantly, there should be a large incentive to run away, rather than fight, derived from a feeling of overwhelming odds. Aside from the first Assassin's Creed, Unity is really the only game in the series that actually had this. It's better to run & find a hiding spot than it is to murder everyone since Arno goes down quickly. I do agree though that turning enemies into damage sponges is a bad way to do this, unless there's an convincing explanation, like them wearing armor. As well, the big difference between Unity and the RPG trilogy is that Unity's assassination is a guaranteed one hit kill, and you have far more tools to use for avoiding conflict than you do in the newer games. The balancing of gear is also far better in Unity than in the newer games (Odyssey & Valhalla especially).
@@liamstewart2287 yeah I was fine with the low health but I didn't like the way in which it was challenging. Like damage sponges. As you said it would make more sense for them to have armour but they didn't. Instead you got some large guy wearing just a shirt, taking over tens direct sword hits and still standing. Like it was just stupid. Ac 1 was my favourite combat and game in the series by the way and I really do feel like they nailed the level of difficulty without making Altair a pathetic child with a sword. Like it was challenging at the start but the swords damage was actually damage. If you get what I mean. I hope I answered why unity isnt appreciated by some people and would just like to reiterate that whilst I wasn't a massive fan of it, I can respect that you might have loved it. Oh yeah, and I said precursor to the rpg era, not that it was the same. May I also ask what ranking you would give the games.
Edit: Aaand I just realised that you aren't the person I originally replied to.
@@Basisreallycool - I know you realized that I'm not the original commenter, but if you still want my list, here it is for the mainline entries:
AC1
AC2
Revelations
Brotherhood
AC4
Unity
AC3
Origins
Rogue
Syndicate
Valhalla
Odyssey
@@liamstewart2287 ah yes. AC 1 the beast.
Mine is:
Ac1
AC brotherhood
AC revelations
AC black flag
AC 2
AC 3
AC Valhalla / AC unity
AC rogue
AC syndicate
AC origins
AC Odyssey
Vita/portable
AC bloodlines
AC chronicles
AC liberation
AC Altairs chronicles
I actually have fun with all the games up until syndicate on the tier list. And, if your wondering why ac2 isn't that high its because looking back and replaying it, it feels like an unfinished and unoptimised game that overreaches. I love it, don't get me wrong. But the cities are far too vast with few differences. As the first daynight cycle it is a bit of a downgrade in terms of graphics. And honestly, compared to brotherhood and revelations, it comes out below. Black flag is on par with the Ezio trilogy but since I put AC 2 below the other Ezio trilogy games I had to also put it below black flag. But I mean, well deserved. Black flag was an insanely incredible game. Blackbeard's death... The drinking scene at the end of the game. 😭.
If they ever re did the series they should stop with black flag and instead of unity and syndicate they should have a game where Edward is in London, forming a brotherhood.
It's funny how the best voice acting in ac valhalla is the one part with Bayek when you collect all the codex pages.
Unity as E u have a awful opinion. Unity was great and although I loved 2 unity made the games much more realistic and meaningful ,unity had best gameplay and graphics and story was decent to. With a longer story unity beats even 2. Everybody has to watch Whitelight Unity video to truly appreciate why it was so good
I would not say that with longer story Unity would beat 2, but I simply cant agree with Unity in E tier, while AC4 in S tier. Saying that Unity has no depth is true, but I feel same for AC4. Everything in AC4 happens fast, I never felt some kind of going throught years. It feels like there should be depth between characters, but I simple dont feel it at all. To me Unity was far more enjoyable than Black flag. Both to me deserve B tier, because both are good at some aspects. And BTW saying AC 1 is S tier is kinda joke. Gameplay of AC1 is that good, compared to almost every AC.
I don't agree With you
I agree but assassin creed syndicate was completely trash
@@austensmith3885 Valhalla to
@@austensmith3885 puting syndicate above unity shows he has awful taste and his opinion sucks
0:40 the lack of self-awareness later on is amazing
I honestly forget Unity and Syndicate even exist most of the time. I'm still frustrated though that the whole cliffhanger of Syndicate seems to have been just pushed to the side. That's literally the only thing I really remember about that game and was the entire reason I needed to play the next one. I was waiting for something to tell me what ended up happening with Shaun and Rebecca but they seem to just be gone now? I've heard you can find out what happened in external media?
I feel like the true story of Assassin's Creed is in the modern day and the ancestors are just to push that along, but it seems like they just don't seem to care about the modern day story anymore.
I remember yea is delicious. Lol in all seriousness I love Syndicate, but yeah it has one of the more flawed stories in the series, but damn was it a fun kind of bad to me. The villian in Syndicate is so hammy i could not help but love it.
My ranking of the AC games (main console games only):
The Best: Assassin's Creed 2 - Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Amazing: Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Assassin's Creed: Black Flag
Good: Assassin's Creed
Decent: Assassin's Creed: Origins - Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
Bad: Assassin's Creed: Rogue - Assassin's Creed: Valhalla - Assassin's Creed 3 - Assassin's Creed: Unity
Terrible: Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
What's this greenie?
Dead Meme Christmas???
@@Longshanks1690 Do not fear the darkness, but welcome it's embrace
One thing that I never see anyone talk about in this community is that it’s just really hard (for me at least) to buy into the fact that Shay becomes a Templar.
The concept of Rogue is super cool: after having multiple games where we explore Assassin ideology we can finally see the perspective of the other side for once and really enforce the idea of the assassin-Templar conflict being really a tale of two differing factions being in a gray area ideology-wise.
We unfortunately never got this. The Templars we meet in Rogue never talk with Shay about their beliefs/ideology to really convert him to the Templar order (Order, stability, etc.). They just talk about how bad the assassins are (which they objectively are btw. Not just from Shays pov. Objectively evil and corrupt) and Shay ultimately just joins them because “oooh, these guys have beef with assassins and I do as well so I might as well just join their order I guess (even tho I basically killed some of their people for my job before but let’s forget about that one I guess lol).
And one thing I see no one mention (not even you surprisingly): logically Shay should still hold Assassin ideals. He never talks about how he doesn’t believe in the creed “nothing is true, everything is permitted” anymore. Shay would be like the Martin Luther of the assassins in that way. He still maintains his ideals, he just doesn’t like the order pursuing said ideals anymore because it’s a fundamentally flawed organization. He should logically hate the Assassins AND the Templars. Templars hate him because he’s an assassin set out to kill their millennia-long enemy and assassins should hate him because he’s the guy that left the brotherhood and is really really really mad at them. He would be kind of a second Altaïr in a way. It would be cool to have a game where we play as a guy that is hunted by both assassins AND Templars and we really dive deeper in the gray area of this conflict.
Edit: maybe you could even write the story around both sides tempting him to their side. In ac3 it was already brought up that both sides really want the same thing, why not write a whole game around this concept? This way both Shay and the player can really notice both flaws and good things about both sides and really enforce the idea that there is no good or bad in this ancient war
Another edit lol: why not end the game on a massive cliff hanger where Shay HAS to make a choice between joining the assassins or the Templars really quickly and fully leave his story there forever? We would be talking and discussing it to this very day I imagine which side he would’ve chosen and we would’ve had our own cringy “Team Edward or Team Jacob” kind of thing going on in the community
Unity i think is the best
Rogue felt like them trying to justify why after AC2 when you saw the Assassin's at the height of their power in AC 3 they were treated like shit.
I mean, yeah. That was the idea. It was to bridge black flag and ac3.
The problem is that it fell flat on it’s face in trying to execute said idea.
after delving into the philosophy of ac1 and black flag even more it starts to become harder to bring ac2 and brotherhood up to their ranking for me, even revelations I'd say is very philosophical and the creed is a great theme in it. fighting for truth, increasing knowedge increasing sorrow that sort of stuff. But I also wonder if I'm thinking way too into it haha.
I agree with your list...except for Odyssey, which I consider Excellent lmao. It was the first AC game I ever played and I fell in love. Odyssey is the reason why I decided to buy all the main entry games and play through the entire franchise during the pandemic. But I do agree that it really isn't an AC game. Haven't played Valhalla yet, I'm still on my first franchise play through, currently on Odyssey ❤ lol
Doesn't change the fact that it's a hot steaming pile of shit. It's just a hot steaming pile of shit you enjoy.
@@DeAndreBarronTUGUD4YU ok, good talk.
@@DeAndreBarronTUGUD4YU i also know that odyssey is a hot steaming pile of shit, but i stll play it because i like it aswell
@@Gurnium no hate on that i enjoy marvels avenger doesn't make that game not a steaming like of shit.
Origins and Unity should be wayyy higher imo Origins is easily one of the best AC Games ever
True about Valhalla. The first playthrough was exciting, all the reveals and twist enging was pretty good. However once you knew everything there is nothing to interact you to spend your time anymore and that's sad.
I don’t get the hate for ac3, one of the best ac by far, great graphics great gameplay, solid story.
For me, the only thing I'd change is moving Valhalla down to F tier and Odyssey up to E tier for a pretty simple reason: Despite Valhalla being a better AC game, I find Odyssey is just a more enjoyable game overall. For me, Valhalla just felt tedious because the grind and exploration wasn't as rewarding as in Odyssey. It was enjoyable looting enemies for loot in Odyssey because loot actually meant something. You could get a straight up upgrade to your gear or, worst case scenario, gear that you could break down to upgrade your gear. Honestly, I probably would have enjoyed AC: Valhalla and the 90 minute ending cutscene a lot more if it was 20 hours shorter.
I quite enjoyed odyssey , I think it was a good game
lazerzz is one of those rare youtubers that feel genuine about what they are doing.
It's funny how different people's takes can be. Odyssey is my #1 by a good stretch, then Origins, then Black Flag (haven't played Valhalla yet, but I imagine it may usurp Black Flag for me once I get to it). I guess for me it's more the world, the vistas, the landscapes and a bit of a decent story sprinkled in is nice.
I feel like you may be suffering a bit from a lack of self awareness though as your critique of people liking Unity, and your reasons for liking some of the titles, like AC1, overlap in a weird way. But hey, we all like what we like, no need to justify it to anyone! De gustibus non est disputandum.
I would be curious what you think about this sir. I am not trying to defend AC3 but I do disagree about Connor lacking development. His naivety and anger is his development. He was given a purpose by the deity his clan specifically worships as a young boy. He believed he was on a path of righteousness but he was taken advantage of due to his naivety to how things worked outside of his village which is all he knew before hand. His frustration at the world for not being as honest as he was raised to believe it should be is why he is always so angry. In the end he is left bitter with the realization that even though he technically succeeded, it doesn't matter because the world isn't black and white and even the good guys are no better then the very people he fought off for them. I felt like he was a good character for the first game of the series to truly dive in to the possibility of Templar not always being completely in the wrong. It really focused on the gray morality of things. And I think that was reflected in the neutral colors with all the browns and grays you also hated lol.
But hey that's just my opinion. I hope you see this and feel compelled to respond because I'm curious what you think about how I see things.
I get what you’re saying, and I’m glad you found a meaning within the game, but the game doesn’t actually tell you any of this, you read into it and kinda made all that up. Like I said, I appreciate you found a meaning there, that’s what’s good about art, people can find meaning in anything.
I just don’t really feel the game presents anything you’ve said here, and even if it does it doesn’t exactly do it well. AC1 manages to show us the grey area for bother orders without sacrificing compelling writing to get there. AC3 makes the templars kinda in the right, I find myself completely agreeing with them and feel pretty annoyed that Connor wants to keep killing them despite them having plenty of reasonable things to say. I didn’t feel that way with Altair in AC1, I was always with Altair because he did as he was told yet questioned, we saw him learn, with every assassination we see the evil, which clashes with the good spoken by each target, of which Altair begins to feel conflicted, all of which culminates in him realising what he’s been raised to believe isn’t entirely correct. The templars had a point. Sure they don’t completely align with the Assassins, but they had reason, reason Altair used to grow.
Connor doesn’t grow, he doesn’t want to grow, the templars are more morally correct than morally grey and Connor continues to murder them, because he was told to, not because we observe any actual reason to kill them.
What you’ve said is likely what they were aiming for, and it’s fine if you can feel that potential there and appreciate the smaller things, I just don’t feel they executed it even close to well.
Rogue is one of the best.
AC Unity in 2023 is a fucking masterpiece.. It has soooo much style. Fucking oooooozing! The stealth is incredible, the graphics are incredible, the animations are incredible, the setting is incredible.
Still working on Legendary status.
It falls short of a masterpiece just because the writing. Every other aspect of the game is great. Even the writing starts well, but Arno becomes unlikeable very quickly and simps for Elise who just treats him like shit.
@@kanglongshankz3313That abd the bñoated side content, ala collectables galore.
Once you check the map menu, its not funny that its cluttered with icons everywhere.
Bruh I understand your points on Unity, and they are valid, but ain’t no way is Liberation better than that game 😂
James:talks about unity being broken
My head: "StEaLtH sYsTeM iS fUcKiNg BrOkEn!"
Assassin's Creed Odyssey is the best game in the entire series. Story wise, combat wise, stealth wise, entertainment wise, map wise, graphics wise, all of it and above. The only problem is that it has nothing to do with Assassin's. So that's why lots of you guys don't give it a chance.
The only aspect you named that could be considered as true is the graphics. Everything else absolutely sucks
@@methatis3013 to each their own I guess
hearing the way you said Gloucestershire made my day
That’s how they said it in ye olde times
I agree on pretty much everything. I would move unity a bit up and put ac1 in excellent tier. The rest is spot on
You can’t put unity in e, i know it was an disaster with the bugs,but you have to give props for the combat,the amzing parkour and the stelth and all the gadgets the just made you feel like an assassin and don’t forget how beautiful the game looks,compered to when it was realesed.If they had just realesed a year later,this game could have been one of the best ac game no 🧢
But they didn't release it a year later, they released it fucked and it remains fucked.
For me what will always keep me from liking unity is the fact that they have british accents instead of french ones
Ac Valhalla “When you know what’s gonna happen everything becomes boring” bro that’s like… how story’s work. Your issue seems to be that the game is too long for you to commit to playing it through again and again but that is simply a consequence of any game that massive. Which is why the game was supposed to be supported for 2 years. You weren’t meant to play it over and over but rather it was meant to be built upon over time.
Odyssey was good. Had 200 hours of game time didn’t regret a single bit.
Holy fucking shit, I see a mental person
Who else never heard of ac pirates?
Unity is only 7 years old. Who tf "grew" up with it?
Let me guess...AC odyssey and valhalla F tier? I'd be actually happy those two shitshows are not even mentioned.
EDIT: lmao he didn't mention odyssey as always 🤣
Personally I think there's a lot to like about unity. I mean I was like 14 when I played it for the first time but still, it's fun in a greasy fast food sort of way
I know Assassin's Creed Odyssey isn't one of your favorites (for whatever reason), but... take the mainline title out and probably rename it as "Odyssey of Greece" and you got a solid game. I liked Kassadra more than any other character you play as (don't know why you dissed her), and the game overall is most extensive (especially with DLC). Plus, there's a lot of background stuff happening around Kassandra's story, and how Assassin's Creed Brotherhood came to fruition.
this review literally confirmed that assassins creed fans are the worst kind of fans
Self proclaimed Assassin's Creed master
Fair enough in 2014 but in 2021 unity is really good after the patches
I liked this comment
Unity should’ve been A tier and I’m willing to fight you over that! Also, where’s that video connecting Black Flag and the original you were talking about? Sounds fascinating
I think your analogy with Unity and the Star Wars prequel trilogy is right, but in a different way. Like with the prequels, it's not so much that Unity became a 'good' game, just like the Star Wars prequels didn't become 'good' movies, per se. It's more of a case of "well, look at how bad it got after this", and because of that, people started virulently defending the game (myself included). I don't hold Unity up as a paragon, or even a good game. However, I still defend it because in many ways, I consider it the only true spiritual sequel to the first Assassin's Creed (in terms of gameplay mechanics, and that's not counting the watered down parkour). After seeing what has come after it, it's hard not to. I also remember what most of the people who weren't Assassin's Creed fans were immolating the game critically for. Most of the critiques I remember that weren't bug related (the ones that were justifiable) was that it wasn't Black Flag or 3, as in: it didn't have naval. Directing criticism at Unity for being a broken mess, or the story being dogshit I 100% understand & support; getting mad at a social stealth/assassination game for not having naval combat is some weapons-grade stupidity to me. Those were also the criticisms that Ubisoft listened to. I'd put it at 50/50, truth be told (more on principle, than anything else).
Can't wait for the Black Flag Video
Assassin's creed 1 as a tier S game. That's when I noticed how incredibly personal this is because as much as I can appreciate what AC was trying to make, I really think that the first game was very, very, very flawed in almost every aspect. I was able to beat the game just looking at the minimap. Seriously. The character just goes over any obstacle in any pointed direction and nothing can kill you if you just keep running. The gameplay is broken, the quest side system is barely functional... The story was ok, it was interesting. The idea was creative.
I liked the game but oh my god tier S...
Well, now I know what to expect from the rest XD
He’s trying to prove how smart he is. “If you don’t like the linear and boring gameplay of AC 1 then you don’t understand the creed.” SMH. Try playing metal gear 1-3 and making AC1 S tier.
Once I saw AC1 being put in S, I knew the list would be straight hogwash.
Odyssey was my favorite Love the action
S: AC2, Brotherhood, Revelations
A: AC1
B: Unity, Origins
C: AC3, Black Flag
D: Valhalla
E: Odyssey
F: Syndicate
Bro the way he pronounced Gloucestershire💀💀💀 good video tho
THAT'S HOW THEY SAY IT IN THE GAME 😭 it's the medieval pronunciation
I have no credentials to judge them, and no one asked for it but here’s my list anyway;
S Tier:
Brotherhood - Needs to explanation. My only complaints are basic combat and the story felt a bit short. Everything else is golden.
2 - Perfect storytelling in all respects. Only passed by Brotherhood because of the Brotherhood mechanics.
Revelations - Diminished gameplay but the best story of AC and the most perfect ending to any game I’ve ever played. I cri every teim.
Black Flag - The combat was not very good, but the open world and Edward’s characterisation was phenomenal. If I liked him more than Ezio, maybe this would be the top game.
A Tier:
1 - Misses S tier because of the repetitive and outdated combat, but does many things better than many subsequent games.
Bloodlines - Never played it due to being an Xbox kid but the story in the LPs kept me invested despite the shit graphics and gameplay, so that’s got to count for something.
B Tier:
3 - The worst protagonist I’ve ever seen in anything, decent gameplay and world design and might be higher up if Haytham was the main character and modern day wasn’t so fucked but it is what it is.
Altair’s Chronicles - Just an average DS game. Not much else to say lol.
C Tier:
Unity - Awful story, buggy as hell but the gameplay really has something to recommend and Paris is such a beautifully designed city. I’d love it if it weren’t an AC game.
Origins - Love Bayek, hate the RPG elements, wish we got an Assassin story beside “Hey, maybe we should be good guys” five minutes before the end. Desperately needed a sequel but too late now.
D Tier:
Syndicate - Joke of a game and doesn’t belong in this franchise but also not awful and I have fun playing it.
Rogue - Love the setting and new additions but the missed opportunity to tell a Templar story drags it from what could have been an A Tier game all the way here. Easily the one that disappointed me the most.
Valhalla - It’s complicated. HATE the gameplay, decent setting, and appreciate that it tries to be an AC game… it just doesn’t try hard enough.
E Tier:
2: Discovery - Just a bit shit innit.
Chronicles (all 3) - Appreciate the storytelling in China but was phenomenally bored by these ones. If anything, it just makes me angrier we never got a Shao Jun mainline game.
F Tier:
Odyssey - No.