How fun is the AC series

[Loop Stricken]

Now, I really liked the original Assassin's Creed. I had every intention of 100%ing it... right up until I completed the story mode.

See, after that, every time I wanted to play again for missions, Templar killing or flag collecting, I had to load in a memory, watch the unskippable cutscene, and this took so long that more often than not I just turned the game off halfway through.

AC2 on the other hand, as much as it pains me to admit it considering I actually did like Altair (even with the American accent), is a far superior game. Also Brotherhood.

Only really just started playing Revelations despite buying it on launch so i can't say much about that. But yeah, they get better.

 

[Klagermeister]

It has a mind-blowing story with many difficult (but entirely optional) puzzles, fun methods of assassination, and generally likable characters.
If you haven't picked the series up ye, now is a great time to do so, hot on the heels of Assassin's Creed 3.

 

[Launcelot111]

I've only played the second one, it's moderately fun. The freerunning/climbing works well but can be hair pullingly frustrating if you rush, the combat is a snooze, there's a lot to do/collect but somehow not a lot of variety, it looks pretty good and the setting is pretty well done, the story is nothing special. It's worth giving it a spin if you find it cheap

 

[Waffle_Man]

From a purely ludo-mechanial stand point, it's somewhat dull. But from a contextual stand point, it's incredible.

However, the thrill comes largely from the incredibly amount of detail and groundedness present in the setting. As someone who greatly enjoys history, simply being able to walk among crowds in a civilization that I've previously only been able to read about is breath taking. The combat is fairly simply, but it comes across far more convincingly than the stupid clingity-clank of most representations of sword fighting in fiction. The story is ridiculous, but the actual narrative is able to take itself seriously enough to make it compelling. The game never really presents a major threat to the player, but it goes out of it's way to make the player feel incredibly badass in a refreshingly grounded sort of way.

Id est, it's largely aimed at being a canvas for a certain type of role playing rather than as a series of challenges.

 

[Goofguy]

Give AC2 a shot, it is considerably better than the first one. If you don't like AC2 then there's no point in trying Brotherhood or Revelations.

 

[Loop Stricken]

If you haven't picked the series up ye, now is a great time to do so, hot on the heels of Assassin's Creed 3.

A thing can't be hot on the heels of something that's released afterwards. That's all kinds of wrong.

The freerunning/climbing works well but can be hair pullingly frustrating if you rush

Oh Gods.

Come on Ezio, jump across this tiny ledge and onto th--- NO DON'T LEAP WILDLY TO THE LEFT WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU STUPID OLD MAN!

Good times. ¬_¬

Spoiler: That said though, Altair couldn't walk the dinosaur...

 

[Comando96]

Well, I'm a PC gamer (mainly) who can't tolerate Ubisoft DRM, and the first one was the only one without it on the PC... so I won't be playing the others

I'm a PC gamer who has never had a problem with Ubisofts DRM... ever... honestly I've never had a problem with it...

I refuse to use EA's orgin though...

 

[mysecondlife]

I found ZP review of Assassin's creed 2 to be spot on. The easiness kinda ruined it for me.

Its the only one out of the entire series I played.

 

[Mark Fairfield]

I admit the first installation in the series is very boring and repetitive. But the rest of the games in the series makes up for it by for, (in my opinion). My favorite instalation in the series so far is AC 2 mostly for the music.
Hope this helps.

 

[AD-Stu]

Well, I'm a PC gamer (mainly) who can't tolerate Ubisoft DRM, and the first one was the only one without it on the PC... so I won't be playing the others

I thought they rolled it back - I played AC2 / Brotherhood on PC without any issues, but it did make me sign up for a uPlay account :S

 

[Lunar Templar]

Well you see, I have never heard of Armored Core before so me assuming that AC was short for Assassin's Creed (yes assuming is never the smart thing to do and this proves it)

I will check out Armored Core later on.

Last Raven or Nexus are the two to look at, as those are the last two i played. and Nexus has two disks, which is two separate games in practice.

you play as a 'Raven', their word for 'giant robot piloting mercenary', and i don't mean mercenary in the bright and happy, 'just cause' way, i mean it in the very literal 'working for whom ever pays you the most' way, it's not uncommon to work for a big corporation to take out terrorists one mission, then turn around and work for the guy you just blew up. its a game where mission success is about knowing the missions and prepping your AC (they call them that in game) accordingly.

 

[almostgold]

I have the first Assassin Creed game and I can not really find the fun in the game and I was just curious what other fans of the series enjoyed that would make replaying it equally fun for me.

I thought number 1 was like playing a brick, but I played AC2 every day for months. More variety. I think its the best one in the series. I recommend you borrow it from a friend or rent it if you can sometime.

 

[predatorpulse7]

It's quite simple, in order to enjoy AssCreed you need to like freerunning(dicking around rooftops) and immersing yourself in a certain time period. The actual gameplay itself(besides the parkour'ing which I find enjoyable even after 4 games) isn't terrific, you mainly collect stuff(which ties into exploration), build up the respective city(this is from AC2 onwards) and the assassinations missions are pretty damn easy, as is normal combat.

AC1 put a lot of people off the series because the gameplay is mindnumbingly repetitive, the main character is a bit of a dick(but he gets somewhat better towards the end) to say the least but fortunately the story is framed quite well and Al Mualim is a terrific character.

If you play AC2, be sure to play both Brotherhood and Revelations to end Ezio's story. While these two are clearly more add-ons than actual games, I have to say that, overall, I quite enjoyed them.

 

[DanielBrown]

AC; Dull.
ACII; Awesome!
AC: Brotherhood; Meh. More of the same. Smaller map.
AC: Revelations; Meh. More of the same. Even smaller map than before.

 

[Elamdri]

I have the first Assassin Creed game and I can not really find the fun in the game and I was just curious what other fans of the series enjoyed that would make replaying it equally fun for me.

The 1st one isn't very good. AC2 and it's sub-sequels are MUCH better than AC1.

 

[bojackx]

The second and third AC titles were much better than the first one, but the original AC did seem to be more serious, and if it wasn't so damn repetitive, would have been a great game, in story and gameplay.

The second and AC: Brotherhood were both kind of less serious, but there's a lot more variation, and the gameplay is definitely improved. Lots of cool weapons to use.

If you really disliked the original, it's unlikely that you'll like the sequels, but if you saw the potential for something good in the original, I'd advise trying AC2.

 

[HardRockSamurai]

I really admired the attention to detail the first game exhibited, but I can plainly see why anyone would have trouble enjoying it, since the game itself is sooo god damm repetitive.

That's why I highly recommend that you play Assassin's Creed II as soon as possible, since it pretty much solves every issue the first game has. It's an awesome game, and I've heard even better things about it's sequels (Brotherhood and Revelations, from my friends.

 

[Xannidel]

Well I played the first AC on ps3 and that is probably what I will use to play the others, assuming that I enjoy AC2, and I thought the concept of AC1 was really well done but the combat seemed...lacking or maybe I just really was terribad at it.

 

[karcentric]

Assassins Creed and Assassins Creed 2 were great imo, Brotherhood eh not so good... and I only played Revelations to find out the story. So Now with AC 3 on the way, I'll be hard pressed to enjoy I suspect.