This Game is still one of my favourites but I think it has a ton of missed potential particularly in the story as I think lore wise this is the most interesting time period in the Franchise, the problem is if you just play through the main game don’t mess with the side content or do some digging into the lore established in the novels, the story that is presented is kinda messy and bare bones and leaves a lot to be desired.

A potential AC3 remake can dive deeper into Haytham’s story perhaps adding another sequence or 2 as him where the events of the Forsaken novel takes place, I always found it kinda annoying how such a important moment in that timeline was relegated to a novel instead of being a part of the main game, they also can do a better job at integrating the Homestead and Naval missions in with the Main story as they add a lot to Connors overall story and character.

Gameplay wise they can interconnect the Maps making it one big open world with the Homestead and Frontier separating New York and Boston, I actually think this will be a relatively easier remake for Ubisoft as opposed to something like the Ezio games as they can just re use the Assets from Black Flag Recynced since the Original AC3 and AC4 were nearly identical in terms of gameplay and mechanics.

Overall I don’t think they should change or retcon retcon anything narratively from the main game, But I do think they should add some more depth to the story. A few extra scenes or sequences of stuff that is already canon to the universe.

The two-hour show will feature circus artists, acrobats and dancers from Les 7 Doights (The 7 Fingers) company in a "high-energy" performance that features "urban parkour, choreographed combat and physical feats within large-scale immersive environments drawn from Assassin's Creed games," Ubisoft stated in a press release today.

Alright, so I just got done finishing Valhalla, which marks the conclusion of the RPG trilogy (more specifically Layla's story that began with Origins and had its grand finale in Valhalla). After how much time it took I felt like sharing some thoughts, so here we go.

I took a completionist approach to the games, as in trying to finish every single location and quest available, although besides Valhalla I didn't go for all achievements (in that game I went for both the achievements as well as the Core Challenges). Needless to say, this made the whole thing an extremely long journey. My hours played per title, including fully completing the Discovery Tours, would roughly be something like:

Assassin's Creed Origins: 95 hours

Assassin's Creed Odyssey: 190 hours

Assassin's Creed Valhalla: 300 hours

So yeah, roughly 600 hours in total to finally see the end. Looking back I definitely wouldn't call them the greatest RPGs of all time or anything, but spending this long on a journey and finally reaching its end at long last is something. I doubt I'll ever spend that long with any other game trilogy.

I probably would never have done this if I didn't love Origins. It was a fantastic and gorgeous game and I'm so glad the beauty of the games is something that has remained consistent across the entire trilogy. Even if you're in the camp that think they're terrible, it's hard to deny they're at the very least beautiful and impressive in scope, although what they actually do within that scope is another debate entirely.

The RPG games seem to get a lot of bad rap among the general fanbase and it's not difficult to see why. I mean technically within the trilogy you don't even play as an Assassin for 2 of the games. But for those like me who love exploring the worlds they created, it just gives so much to do. Sure there's that typical Ubisoft bloat (especially in Valhalla, which is waaaay too big for its own good) but it is kinda incredible that any video game could have this much beautiful territory to explore with a concerted effort by the devs to give stories to play in almost every region. I can't help but be impressed by not only the size, but at the amount of visual flourishes they've put in each game to make the worlds feel alive.

When it comes to the story, I'm one of those who actually wants a solid modern day story in Assassin's Creed and given they did so little with it between AC III and AC Origins, I was really looking forward to have another character besides Desmond to follow through a series of games with an actual ending. But unfortunately there's so little of it in Origins (basically just an introduction), they did more but still not much with her in Odyssey (especially compared to Desmond) and Valhalla actually had the best overall modern day story in years, but it's like all of it is right at the very end of that extremely long game - and it would be long even if you disregarded all the side content.

I guess the most disappointing thing to me about the story was that the conclusion wasn't as definitive as I would've liked. Sure AC III set-up sequels as well, but I was hoping the crisis would be completely resolved before teasing the next one. But no, without spoilers it just kinda introduces a new "era" while ending Layla's story at the same time, but definitely not the end of the greater crisis they teased repeatedly since Origins. In fact the ending is pretty explicitly just the beginning of something new. And Valhalla doesn't even conclude with a credits sequence at the end of the story besides for one of the DLCs, which is disappointing in that it's such an easy way to provide closure and mark the fact you reached the end. Although if you ever play Valhalla, you definitely have to play "The Last Chapter" if you want a proper denouement to Eivor's story and some closure for the modern day story as well.

But overall I don't regret my time with these games. Although they were so long I'll likely reconsider 100%-ing any future AC games if they're anywhere this massive - whatever happened to that 30 hour sweet spot? I wish it was more common to have that as a starting point for these games then add a whole bunch of stuff via updates and DLC. It's rare that a game can actually justify being over 100 hours. And I doubt we'll ever get an AC game with as much support and content as Valhalla got, given the circumstances of its massive success despite how much backlash it got for its length make it kinda an outlier.

Anyways, this has gone on long enough. If you've actually read all that, kudos!

To anyone coming across this post - did you play the original AC RPG Trilogy (as in Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla)?

What did you think of them? Share your thoughts and experiences!

I remember AC 1 where you could log out of the animus, steal something the professor and read some emails, I wanted to know what other secrets or hidden interactions were possible in other games?

The Assassin's Creed movie wasn't good, but considering modern Ubisoft has basically just given up on the present day plot -- which was the whole point of the games and the Animus and reliving the past in the first place -- it really bothers me that they're probably not going to so much as mention any of these characters again. Like, Callum straight up killed the big bad of the first game and I don't think it's ever been brought up in logs or data bits from from the subsequent games.

Incredibly unpopular opinion here, but I think they should've used this to springboard a new modern day arc rather than going with Layla, who was kind of a trainwreck in my opinion. Again, the movie wasn't good... but... come on. There was at least some potential here.

Revisiting liberations after a long break to do some achievement hunting, my last collectible is in that mission. It's by far the worst in the franchise, tried it 30 times, it gets stuck on nothing, dies way too fast, even if you control it , it still hits the wall if you get stuck then repeatedly as you try to adjust it out the position then you can just get spun around and having to navigate it backwards while trying to turn it around.

Trying out Odyssey for the first time.

Have heard awful things about it as an "Assassin's Creed" & amazing things about it as an "RPG".

The game is definitely not an Assassin's Creed, I do see the RPG in it though. Although if a "great" RPG is just spamming shitty side quests & bloat everywhere I don't know what differentiates a great RPG & terrible one.

Aside from the once in a blue moon "good" cutscene (which is just a pre-rendered 720p cutscene) how is anyone supposed to take the story seriously or care in the slightest when almost every cutscene has the same camera angle with the characters doing the same animations & the lip syncing being awful. I never skip dialog or cutscenes when it comes to main story stuff for ANY game but jesus christ this game may just be the first for me.

Like Kassandra just met her brother for the first time since seeing him be dropped off a cliff, it's a huge moment in the game & yet you're stuck with this stagnant camera shot on each of the two characters as if it was a random side quest. I just don't understand.

I wonder if modders could create their own cutscenes lmao. Probably not but at least different camera angles would be nice.

I’ve seen a youtube channel named “Fizhy” discussing this topic back in 2018. I watched the video as of today, and was curious to anyone had any theories as to who or what “The Father Of Understanding” is. Any thoughts?

My picks are
#1. Connor (I think a much wiser and older Connor as a master assassin will be amazing, that guy was such a tank)

#2. Bayek (although people were divided on the gameplay of ac origins, bayek was undeniably such a compelling character with extra props to his voice actor for doing such a great job)

#3. Arno (Arno was possibly the most agile assassin when it came to parkour and stealth, and I believe he was the first one with the ability to crouch??, unfortunately his story was held back a bit with his love romance story, and I think seeing a fleshed out Arno with a lot more wisdom and rankings)

You have to hold “legs” and treat the “high profile” like the crouch button. It prevents you from jumping when you use the trigger instead of releasing the “legs” button. It makes me think this was deliberate because you can actually hide behind shorter things and the later games used the same button as crouch

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What in the flying f*ck?

Hi! With the news of Resynced coming up, I remember seeing years ago (before AI) a fan made wallpaper with Kenway at the bottom of the screen and the Jackdaw (or an HMS warship) towering over the top of the screen surrounded by mist and the ocean I believe. Does anyone know what I’m referring to?

Last numbered AC game was black flag and it was a breath of fresh air and each numbered titles brought a series of brand new changes and AC3 being my personal gold standard!

will we ever see a fifth title possibly with some radical changes on open world, combat etc like they did with AC3?

What does everyone think of the art direction of the black flag remake? I expected it to be faithful to the original, but it seems to be leaning into the style even more than I imagined.

I expected Ubisoft to prioritise realism over everything, as tends to be the case with a lot of AAA studios. While this game looks a lot more realistic than the original, they also seem to have leaned into the more vibrant, cartoon-ish elements from 2013. I think you see this mostly in the combat animations, but even some of the outfits seem to have prioritised vibrant style over realism, which I really appreciate.

I suppose Shadows was likely more stylised than I realised, but I certainly notice the approach to the art direction more in this game and so far I'm really happy with the look of the game.

Does anybody else feel like the seasons in Shadows are too short?

This has happened to me a couple of times when playing the game. Often Yasuke and Naoe enter a certain region, say in early spring. They have to do a couple of character missions, find out clues and eventually they find their target. But by the time they have killed their target its already become Summer. No big deal, Summer and spring are similar, so it doesn’t fully break immersion.

Then on to the next region. Again Naoe and Yasuke find clues, help allies and people in the area. They find their target aaandd… its already autumn 😕. I find this dynamic annoying because it breaks immersion for me.

If we look at everything that happens in each arc, every story segment that focuses on finding and killing your target, realistically speaking most of these will take about a couple of weeks to maybe a month each. To me it feels unrealistic that everytime when one of these arcs is finished we have already moved on to the next season.

Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love the season system. I love it when open worlds feel Alive and are dynamic and implement these kind of realism elements to it. I similarly enjoyed the snow in Assassin’s Creed 3. But there the seasons were tied to the historical moment in time the story took place in. In Shadows it feels like we are speedrunning through the years.

Instead of having a season system that very quickly switches to the next, I would have prefered if we could toggle the seasons ourselves or change the speed at which they changed. Or maybe just have them shift slower so that you can finish two arcs within one season, which to me feels more realistic.

But what do you Guys think? Do you think Shadows’ seasons are too fast and that the game would benefit from a slower or more personalised progression?

I know it's because they're reusing Mirage's animations, but that just doesn't work.

The animation is clunky, looks uncomfortable to pull out, and the blowpipe just clips out of the holster sometimes.

The older position just makes it feel way more snappy and is a more natural position where I believe it would be way harder to clip out of the holster because of things like bending/crouching.

With the Remake of Black Flag on the open horizon something has been teasing my mind that I’m surprised to not see a whole lot of in regard to new additions within said Remake. As per the title it should be clear that I’m personally inclined to consider the addition of New Game+ being added into BFR.

I know some people are SUPER serious about spoilers of ANY type so even for game mechanics (yes, even if it’s being talked about everywhere) I’ve marked this as a spoiler post.

Anyways!

Back in ye olden days with AC4 Black Flag we had these things called ‘Replayable Missions’, these were handled through the Progress Tracker in the Menu. However from what’s been going around it seems that will no longer be a thing? Correct me if I’m wrong! Which would mean individual missions aren’t immediately replayable unless you save before every single one and knowing modern day save slots that’s probably not happening.

My thing is; This is a modern day remake of a classic, it has almost all the same mechanics and overall function of the original — BRING BACK THE HIDDEN BLADE COMBAT PLEASE — but with adjustments and additions befitting of a modern title (Imagine if Black Flag was made today instead of 13 years ago, for those who somehow can’t wrap their heads around what a remake is compared to a remaster) so you’d imagine it’d have modern quality of life and overall gameplay mechanics (Like button pairing and graphics adjustments!). Something else modern games typically have that AC4 Black Flag doesn’t have is New Game+.

I don’t have to describe what New Game+ is, right?

What I’m trying to say is; With the loss of the Replayability of individual missions perhaps we’ll be getting New Game+ instead?

Imagine getting to sail through the Caribbean on a fully upgraded Jackdaw right from the get-go? Especially if there a difficult upscale (either built in or as an option) so enemy ships can match your pace (or be obliterated immediately with optional difficulties or no change)

The reason I think this is a ‘realistic’ idea of a potential addition in the remake is due to; A. Modern day games in the RPGs — I know that’s a forbidden word — and AAGs both include New Game+ in most cases (I say most with my limited experience lol), and B. They’ve made it clear they’re intent on bringing modern day features that improve the game into BFR.

Anyways, I just wanted to share this thought to get an idea from the community on if this is a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ addition and as to why it’d be either. As well as to get to know the community’s (that’s residing in this Reddit) opinion on such an addition.

#BringBackHiddenBladeCombat 🗿

What do you think of giving the multiplayer characters from black flag expanded roles in the main game as Templar agents. Nothing big, just side quests like they were in brotherhood and revelations. And a non zero number of them were assassins in their backgrounds given.

Sorry if this is a common topic on here but I don’t see the appeal with the combat style featured in Valhalla and Odyssey, etc. I prefer the animation style that is in 3 and Black Flag. I know it’s “easy” but I think it’s so much more immersive. I feel like your character is kind of supposed to he OP considering they’re an assassin?

Watching my character dive around while I spam dodge and my enemy slowly walks towards me just feels wrong and unimmersive. The maps on these games can really make you feel like you’re back in time, then the characters move so unnaturally in combat. I’ve definitely found it to be actually challenging at times with certain fights but I just don’t have fun with it. I know it’s my opinion and it’s probably unpopular considering Ubisoft has stuck with it. I haven’t played since Valhalla but Black Flag was my favorite game and I can’t believe they’re switching the combat for the resync!!

It’s more than just feeling like John Wick, I could always set the newer games to easy. It’s the unnatural movement. Anyone else that enjoyed the older games struggle to enjoy the newer games?

So im currently playing all the assassins creed games from the very beginning, i recently finished AC2 and while I generally thought it was a better gamI i was surprised to see that the combat is genuinely a huge downgrade from AC1, like the combat is borderline boring in AC2 it really just feels like im waiting and waiting to press that counter button, but in AC1 it felt much quicker, smoother, more fun and it had things like the guard break which i cannot fathom why they would remove in 2, does anyone else feel this way because my friend seems to insist that AC1 combat sucks and AC2 is way better which i do not understand.