In which order would you rate the Assassin's Creed games?

Black Flag
Syndicate
Brotherhood
2
Rogue
Revelations
1
Unity
3

Syndicate is marvelous fun and Evie is a great lead, but no sea shanties. Rogue is too similar to Black Flag and could have done with a few games between them. Unity is beautiful but kind of bland and Connor is a bore.
 
I'll only list the entries I've actually completed.

AC2 - One of my favorite games of all time. Not only took the AC1 formula into the stratosphere but also ended up being the most influential Ubisoft game of the decade.

ACB - Technically I can recognize it as being superior to AC2 but it will never be as memorable to me.

ACR - This was the first warning sign that the series was beginning to run a little stale but I still enjoyed it for what it was.

AC1 - For some reason this was the first game that made me realize that Rockstar wasn't the only studio capable of making beautiful looking open-world cities (even though I had played and beaten Mafia 1 years before) and besides the coolness of the free running, that was the only aspect of the game that kept me interested until the end.

AC3 - Incredibly well realized world plagued by a boring story that dragged on for way too long, alongside uninteresting characters and various technical issues.

I have Black Flag, Rogue and Liberation but while I recognize how good BF is I've just burned out on these games for a good while.
 
1-ACII.
2-ACB (Almost a tie with ACII).
3-Black Flag.
4-Rogue.
5-ACIII (So much wrong and some much right in this game. I learned to love it on my 2nd playthrough. I have great memories of hunting, the homestead and the frontier, mission design was garbage though).
6-Syndicate.
7-Unity.
8-Revelations.
9-Liberation.
10-Chronicles.
11-Bloodlines.
12-DS and Smartphone garbage.

?-ACI (I refuese to compare with the other games, too raw).
 
Nothing will top 2. I have yet to play Unity and Syndicate, but I'm not in a hurry and will probably play them in a couple of years.
 
I've played all but Unity / Rogue.

The ones that stick out the fondest for me are easily 2 (the beginning of the formula and a damn fine experience) and 4 (the best effort yet at offsetting stagnation). Brotherhood was good, but started the annualization.

Revelations, 3, 1, and Syndicate were trash.
 
Syndicate > Brotherhood > AC2 > Black Flag > AC1 >>>> the rest

Have yet to play Rogue. Waiting for HD remaster that will probably never come.
 
My list would be:
- AC 2
- Brotherhood
- Reveletaions
- AC 1

then a huuuuge gap, then

- AC3

Haven't played any since. My disinterest in the franchise is such that I wouldn't bother downloading them if they were free on PS+.
 
Of the four AC's I played (1, 2, 3 and 4) I could stomach Black Flag the longest (4 hours I think). I keep on trying them to see if they got any better, but after BF, I can safely say I will never try another one again.
 
1. AC2
2. AC:Brotherhood
3. AC: Syndicate
4. AC: Unity
5. AC4: Black Flag
6. AC
7. AC3

3 being the worst, especially below the original, may raise some eyebrows. But I'm basing that mostly off how much I enjoyed them. At least AC was a bit new and interesting, AC3 in many ways was an objectively better game than the original, but I didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much.

There isn't much between 3 - 5, I enjoyed all three of those almost as much as each other, the order represented is by the slightest of margins.
 
Assassin's Creed I >= Assassin's Creed II >>>> Brotherhood

and I don't care about the others.

Assassin's Creed I had it flaws, but it had a great atmosphere, the story was very interesting, Altair is the best character in the series, and It portrays an assassin's life pretty more accurate than any other game in the series.

I wished Assassin's Creed II became more stealthy and less direct action based, I love Ezio but Altair is very assassin like character, Ezio was like more of a recreation of the Sands of Time Prince, a teenager getting his shit together after his family gets slaughtered,
though the story was fantastic and the game itself was pretty solid.


The Brotherhood was fun but man that was Like "General's Creed".

And Revelations was not even fun, and then III came out and I kissed the series goodbye, Ubi ruined one of my favorite series and I can't forgive them for that. :(
 
  1. III
  2. Rogue
  3. II
  4. Syndicate
  5. Brotherhood
  6. Black Flag
  7. Revelations
  8. I
  9. Whatever the handheld one was called.

What can I say? I really like the New England.
 
It's hard to make any sense of that kind of list. To me a good game is a game that you want to play again, sometime after you discovered it, and aged well. It's hard with AC game since every game fixes and improves lots of things that makes it hard to play previous game (just try to go back to AC3 after Unity or even AC2 after Unity, it's a nightmare since it's not responsive)

Assassin's Creed brought the core game design. A pure experience that is still playable today because it works. The narration, a redemption quest about faith, loyalty and doubt, is amazing, and fits the gameplay. The repetition of the missions and same objectives has to be seen with this perspective : the more you kill, the more you get powerful, the greater the danger is and the more doubt with his faith Altair has, the more you ask yourselves questions as a player. You can't enjoy the game if you don't feel that. Also, the 3 major cities with the Mayssaf village and the Kingdom area are great hostile playgrounds. That's "raw" but you can't criticize how the last games are "too big" and criticize when Ubisoft kept it simple with key ideas and coherence.

Assassin's Creed II shifted the game into a more linear, cinematic-revenge story with more generic gameplay. It aged very badly. The controls will make you want to smash your gamepad and the cities lost their magic. It's not really fun anymore.

Assassin's Brotherhood and Revelations expanded that formula and the story. Interesting, fun, but I don't want to play them again. Especially after re-trying AC2.
So the Ezio trilogy was a great adventure between 2009 and 2011. It isn't really anymore. Revelations had some interesting ideas thought, with new setting (cool city), a very different Ezio, the Altaïr memories and some narrative tricks that worked.

Assassin's Creed III tried to renew the franchise with better combat, less linear and urban, and great narrative techniques (the prologue!). The father/son relation was greatly written from the beginning. A new leaf that had its flaws —mission structure mainly — but the combat was so much fun, the story so deep and the exotic elements (boat, village building, hunting etc) really added something that bond the different parts of the game together. A fresh point of view.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag brought a fantastic and coherent adventure from both a narrative/story and gameplay perspectives. An even bigger adventure than AC3 was. A massive living open-world with the right amount of things to do and a need to explore all the areas.

Assassin's Creed Unity tried one again to renew the franchise, this time by coming back to the origins with big ambitions. Sadly, the story and narration are the worst from the main games with AC:Brotherhood and they fucked up too many things to let you enjoy everything. I can't forgive the treatment they gave to the historical events, even though Paris is magnifique with their new engine. It added a lot, maybe too much, it lacked a good production and creative direction. Such a waste.
I need to replay it to confirm my thoughts because all the negativity around the game killed pretty much everything positive you could think about it.

Didn't finish Rogue and Liberation yet but they wouldn't really fit into a list. Didn't play Syndicate at all but from what I hear, read, watch it has everything that I like (coherence, identity, key ideas, atmosphere, narrative innovation).

So I'd rank them like this

Assassin's Creed (2007)
Assassin's Creed Black Flag (2013)
Assassin's Creed III (2012)
Assassin's Creed Unity (2014) tied with Assassin's Creed Revelations (2011)
Assassin's Creed II (2009) tied with Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (2010)

So my top 3 is basically 3 unique point of views of a time period and a setting that succeeded at bringing something fresh — even with its flaws —, a lido-narrative coherence, and that's why they aged better than the Ezio trilogy and will probably age better than Unity (and Syndicate?). That's the best formula and that's how they should chose the setting/time period in the next games. If not, that'll be another Unity : a game that lacks identity because they didn't quite identify the French Revolution and Paris, or didn't simplify enough their ideas (just cut 1/3 of the game content, from coop to useless side missions, put that resources-people-money into important things).

Also, special prize to the Black Flag DLC called Freedom Cry because of how he used the tools from AC4 in order to build an engaging story about slavery and maroons people, with two or three key ideas that were — once again — coherent and that you can clearly remember.
 
spiderferi said:
Assassin's Creed I >= Assassin's Creed II >>>> Brotherhood

and I don't care about the others.

Assassin's Creed I had it flaws, but it had a great atmosphere, the story was very interesting, Altair is the best character in the series, and It portrays an assassin's life pretty more accurate than any other game in the series.

I wished Assassin's Creed II became more stealthy and less direct action based, I love Ezio but Altair is very assassin like character, Ezio was like more of a recreation of the Sands of Time Prince, a teenager getting his shit together after his family gets slaughtered,
though the story was fantastic and the game itself was pretty solid.


The Brotherhood was fun but man that was Like "General's Creed".

And Revelations was not even fun, and then III came out and I kissed the series goodbye, Ubi ruined one of my favorite series and I can't forgive them for that. :(
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Too bad you left because Black Flag was excellent. It's only natural to highs and lows in a series this long. Not every game is going to be excellent.
 
Black Flag > 2 > AC 1 > 2's unwanted cousins > Almost all the rest > 3.

I would say that 2 is the best Assassins Creed game but Black Flag is the better game and by far the one I played the most. Sea shanties were awesome.
 
Oh, man. This is hard.

When I first played Syndicate, I was suffering from Assassin's Creed sequel fatigue, and didn't give it as much credit as I should have because of that. It truly is a very solid game and a very good sequel, but there's just been so many of these games and it's Ubisoft's fault for causing that fatigue with yearly releases. After all, these aren't FPS games which are hard to fatigue from. They're involved and a bit niche in some ways.

I've enjoyed most of the Assassin's Creed games I've played, and the only mainline one I haven't played is Revelations. I have owned it for years, though. I just haven't felt interest in playing it because I HATE the Desmond parts. I still need to play India, too, but China was boring.

I'll try to rank them, but I know that my opinion differs from the majority and this will be contentious to some, but I really liked Unity too. Also III.

1. Brotherhood
2. Assassin's Creed II
3. Unity
4. Syndicate
5. Black Flag
6. III
7. Assassin's Creed I
8. Assassin's Creed: Chronicles China
 
InsaneTiger said:
Too bad you left because Black Flag was excellent. It's only natural to highs and lows in a series this long. Not every game is going to be excellent.
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Yeah I have heard it's a great game, but I have also heard it was more like a "Pirate's Creed". I have not yet found enough time to give it a shot but If I could, I would immediately. Thanks for your suggestion.
 
Brotherhood
2
Syndicate
Black Flag

Revelations
1

3
Unity
Liberation

Haven't played Rogue yet. Seems like it would be hard to go back to after the two current-gen games changed movement up so much.

If I came to the series after the 2 trilogy, Syndicate would easily be at the top of this list.
 
Unity > the rest

AC:U ran like crap early on but the freeroam/mission co-op was the saving grace. This is what AC should be, they should focus on adding immersive co-op experiences. Immediately lost interest in Syndicate when it was announced that there was no co-op.

I cringe when I think back. They proudly mentioned that co-op in AC was the future/part of the franchise now and they're ready to embrace a connected future with PS4/X1... then they scrap it in the next title. Shame on you Ubisoft, shame on you.
 
2 > Black Flag > Revelations > Unity

Those are the only ones I actually spent significant time with. Unity wasn't all that great but it was still fun enough. I don't think I made it past like 5% of the story though. Need to go back at some point.
 
Brotherhood is the best, after that comes AC2 and then probably Black Flag. After those 3 I don't really care anymore. Probably III.

Last one I played was Unity and that just got boring after a while. Too many AC games for me I guess.
 
I only played the second one and thought it was very mediocre, with some boring gameplay mechanics (fighting mainly). I did like the traversal system though. Didn't care for the protagonist and felt like the current-day story wasn't going anywhere interesting, so I never played any of the others. From what I've read that was kind of the peak of the series.
 
Got 100% platinum on II and played the others sporadically for a few hours each. None of them have clicked with me like II did.

II my favourite, none of the others are worth my time.
 
AC2 and Brotherhood stand at the top.

The rest sit underneath ranging in varying levels from 'good' to merely 'ok'. Even Unity added a lot of great features and mechanics despite its initial tech problems(which are now mostly all ironed out having played it late last year).
 
I don't have much of an order, but I think Revelations is thoroughly underrated narrative wise. The game does a lot in regards to juggling three characters. We get the origin story of Desmond Miles, the final adventures of Ezio, and a surprisingly effective sendoff for Altair (even though his chapters are rushed). It's really how the ending ties all three characters together and uses its time jumping plot productively for once. It actually felt like Ubisoft had a clear direction for the story, that the pieces had been set into place and that all the craziness had an end destination in mind. Which of course resulted in me being thoroughly disappointed by Assassin's Creed 3 and its very clearly rushed ending and anti-climatic conclusions to certain plot points (Vidic).

Revelations also had a very interesting little DLC with The Lost Archives. I found it incredibly immersive, and surprisingly emotional with a great soundtrack. In fact, Revelations' soundtrack in general was great. Having Lorne Balfe handling the cinematics and sweeping scores, and Jesper Kyd handling the in-game ambience. A very nice mix for Assassin's Creed.

So all up I don't really have a list of my favourite to least, the Assassin's Creed games are all so inconsistent. I've just kind of given up with the series, Unity being the breaking point. I'm at least glad to see Syndicate had a more technically competent launch, though you can tell that it's a much less ambitious game compared to it's predecessor.

The franchise just seems lost with no clear direction. I don't care for the narrative anymore, I don't care for the core design of Ubisoft open world anymore, and I don't care for the janky unresponsive controls anymore. But I still hold out a little hope. If they actually skip a year and revise their fundamental experience, inject something new and interesting into their tired formula, I might be interested. I think the franchise needs a complete overhaul, because if it keeps going as is, it's going to die a slow, miserable death.
 
I wish we could tally up a bunch of votes like the GOTY threads. Curious to see GAF's majority opinion. I could probably guess what would be at the top and bottom, but I'm curious about the middle
 
I come fresh from finishing Rogue yesterday.
This is how I rate them:

AC2 > AC:B > AC: BF > AC: Rogue > AC1

I put Black Flag before Rogue for the sole reason that I love the pirate setting. Rogue is the better game with better story and protagonist.
I haven't really played the rest.
 
Brohood and 2 tied
Revelations
Ass Creed 1
Syndicate
Unity
Ass Creed 3

I haven't played Rogue and barely played 4. I can't bring myself to play Syndicate - it's just boring to me. I think I'm officially done with these games at this point.
 
1) Assassin's Creed 2
2) Brotherhood
3) Black Flag
4) Revelations
5) Syndicate
6) Unity
7) Assassin's Creed
8) Assassin's Creed 3


That's all of them, I think. Still playing Syndicate, so it's possible it could climb a spot or two -- it's fun, I'm just feeling that AC fatigue.
 
Black Flag is easily the best for me. The main missions were kind of weak but I loved everything else. The setting, the characters, the music, and the ships, my god the boat stuff blew me away.

Brotherhood is next. Pretty good all around, what my favorite part being using the assassins you've initiated.

Then Syndicate. Big surprise for me last year. Liked the setting, and Jacob and Evie.

AC2 rounds out what I'd consider the good AC games. A huge improvement over the first.

Rogue was alright. It felt more like an expansion pack to Black Flag than anything else. I did enjoy playing as a Templar for once and there were some pretty cool moments, but the main story was pretty short and felt rushed.

AC 3 has its moments, but most of the game is just boring. And huge. Huge and boring.

AC1 wasn't terrible, but felt like a terrible waste of the setting, and incredibly repetitive. Decent effort for a new franchise I guess.

Unity. Fuck this game.

Never played Revelations.
 
Rogue > 4 > 3 > Brotherhood > 2 > 1 > Revelations

Didn't really like 1. Hated Revelations. The rest were all good though.
 
AC2 > Brotherhood > Revelations > AC1 > literally getting murdered in real life > AC3

3 is where I stopped so I dunno about anything beyond that.
 
  • 2
  • Brotherhood
  • Revelations
  • 4
  • 1
  • 3
  • Syndicate
  • Dumpster Fire
  • Unity

Series totally fell off for me after 4. Maybe even 3, since 4 looks to be an outlier. Syndicate was a marginal improvement on a terrible game, but still a tedious open world collectathon.
 
2 ~= Black Flag > Syndicate > 1 > 3 + DLC > Unity

I don't really break out AC2, if you play one might as well play em all since its all about Ezio.

Playing Rogue right now on PC so can't put it in yet, seems good so far.

Its definitely good they are taking a break, the game has gotten a bit too bland and unwieldy in backstory. Its a series that is crying out for a reboot, change from yearly release to every other year, and a sketch of a 10 year plot so the games flow smoothly from one to the next. And stop setting it constantly in Europe, lets see some shit in India, Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, etc.

I enjoyed Syndicate but it definitely wasn't memorable, just fun to play and easily forgotten whereas I still really enjoy my memories of Ezio and every time I watch Black Sails I think of Edward Kenway and the other characters in Black Flag.
 
I feel like we've had this discussion before, but here goes:

2 > Brotherhood > Black Flag > Revelations > 3 > 1

I haven't played Unity, Rogue, Liberation or Syndicate
 
Syndicate
Brotherhood
Black Flag
AC II

Didn't really care for the rest. I found Syndicate to be the best one by far. My biggest gripe with this series is the lack of any real challenge.
 
Assassins Creed 2
Assassins Creed Brotherhood
Assassins Creed 4 Black Flag
Assassins Creed 3
Assassins Creed

As for the rest of the main games (Revelations, Rogue, Unity, Syndicate) I own them all but did not play more than say a few hours of each before falling off. The 5 I listed I have completed and enjoyed them all. 2 and Brotherhood are the clear high points to me but at the time of the original it was unique and Black Flag was just a joy of sailing and swashbuckling and yes 3 had its problems, pacing mostly, but I did enjoy it quite a bit and was interested enough to see how the Story ended.
 
To be extremely nit-picky, if you look at what Assassins's Creed games actually try to improve on the mechanics of the first game, many of them fall short. I mean, sure, they're technically great games with somewhat-okay characters and interesting settings. But as follow ups to 1, they aren't really good Assassin's Creed games. My view of what an AssCreed game should be is based on what 1 accomplished and what it failed to do. By not improving on the cool Jason Bourne-esque spy/assassin stuff in 1, 2 became its own thing. Every game afterwards is based on 2, not 1.

Assassin's Creed is the best Assassin's Creed game.
 
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