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Judging :The Assassin's Creed Series

I don't like Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD all that much. I'm not enjoying the way the game feels, or lot of the story or world design. The missions are kind of..boring and short. Personally, I think its kind of terrible. But I'm playing it because I want to be able to say "I've played all the Assassin's Creed games." At which point, in my head anyways, someone walks up and nods slowly, in an approving fashion then walks away.

But now that I HAVE played all the games, I think its time we all talk about something..

I don't think the Assassin's Creed series is very good. I mean some games are, but overall the series feels really hit or miss. So I thought, why not take a look back at the series.(Just to be fair- some of these, like the DS games, I only played a bit of, so I'm going off reviews and old memories for those.) I'll do this in release order, and I won't spend a lot of time on each entry.I'll also label each one with a "Good, meh, or bad." Sound fun? Lets begin:

Assassin's Creed - The original.At the time it looked really nice. But it was also really repetitive & had terrible combat. - Meh.

Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles - A prequel to the first game, it saw release on iOS and DS.Not that great. - Meh.

Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines- Set between 1&2, this was a PSP game that I remember having nice visuals.But overall it just wasn't that great. Still, it looked nice. - Meh.

Assassin's Creed II - A fantastic sequel that added just enough to make it feel big, but not too much that it got bloated. -Good

Assassin's Creed II: Discovery - Another DS/iOS game, I actually remember having fun with the game when I played it on my cousin's DS. And reviewers at the time liked it so.. -Good.

Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy- Basically a shitty Facebook game that had some information about the AC story. -Bad

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood- The following year after 2, we got Brotherhood.Which added multiplayer, and I actually really liked it. With friends it was fun. Also, running a Brotherhood of Assassins was kind of neat. -Good.

Assassin's Creed: Revelations- Two things jump out at me when I think of Revelations. First, was that it technically was released less then a year after Brotherhood. (364 days to be exact.) And second, it was the first of the main console games that I just didn't finish. Got about 60% or so in and just lost all interest. Remember that tower defense minigame? - Bad

Assassin's Creed III- I was really excited for this game.New character,new time period,new location. But that 4 hour tutorial intro really deflated my excitement. Then I ran into bugs and a terrible ending chase sequence.Still, I had some fun with it, and I think at times its heavily attacked due to all the hype around it. Not great, but not the worst thing ever. -Meh.

Assassin's Creed Liberation HD - So far it feels like a uglier, more sluggish version of 3. Which is not great. Also, not much to do in that game..but changing outfits is kinda neat. And Aveline is sadly a rarity in this industry, a African american female lead, so it was nice to see something different. But, not very good overall. (So far..) -Bad

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - I'm sort of the odd man out on this one, personally I found myself disliking this game as I played more and more of it. (My review) BUT, a lot of that has to do with playing all the other games, I think I might just be a bit tired of the AC series. I actually totally see why people like this game. So I'll give it a good, even if I feel its more a meh.- Good.

So lets tally up all the goods, and mehs and bads.

Total games: 11

Meh - 4

Good - 4

Bad - 3

So, out of 11 games only 4 are "good" (Whatever that means..) And 7 of them are mediocre or worse. Personally I always found it really interesting how popular the series had become, seeing as I it never screamed "Mainstream hit". And looking back at all the "core" games, it seems like the series has been a roller-coaster of quality. But what do you guys and gals think? Would love to get other people's opinions on the Assassin's Creed series overall.

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