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Assassin's Creed Mirage

  • 🕹️ The game's performance on PC was subpar, with frame rate drops and stuttering, despite exceeding the recommended specs.
  • 🔪 The gameplay took inspiration from earlier games, with features like crowd blending and hiring mercenaries.
  • 🏙️ The parkour system was enjoyable, with a similar feel to Origins, and the ability to parkour down buildings, although sometimes it felt unpolished.
  • 🎯 The "Focus" assassin ability was a highlight, allowing for stealthy takedowns of multiple enemies.

Early Assassin's Creed Games

  • 🏰 Assassin's Creed 1 introduced the series, but hasn't aged well, with sloppy parkour and tedious exploration.
  • 🔥 Assassin's Creed 2 improved upon the first game, with faster parkour and more enjoyable combat.
  • 👊 Assassin's Creed Brotherhood had a frustrating mission design and a lackluster story, but improved combat and a great setting.

Other Notable Titles

  • 🔴 Assassin's Creed Revelations was a great game with a fun parkour system and an interesting story, despite some mixed reviews.
  • 🚫 Assassin's Creed 3 was panned for its poor combat, numerous bugs, and lackluster narrative.
  • 🕵️ Assassin's Creed Black Flag was a phenomenal experience, with a great naval combat system and an enjoyable open world.
  • 👑 Assassin's Creed Syndicate was a hidden gem, with a fun parkour system and an engaging story, despite being overlooked by many.

Later Assassin's Creed Games

  • 🔥 Assassin's Creed Unity was initially buggy, but improved over time, with a great parkour system and enjoyable assassination missions.
  • 🏛️ Assassin's Creed Origins was a soft reboot, with a great setting and enjoyable gameplay, but struggled to balance open-world and linear elements.
  • 🔮 Assassin's Creed Odyssey was the most divisive game in the series, with a massive open world and branching narrative paths, but some fans felt it strayed too far from the series' roots.
  • 🏹 Assassin's Creed Valhalla was an enjoyable, but bloated game, with a great Viking setting and enjoyable combat, but some narrative issues and too much filler content.

Rankings and Conclusion

  • 📈 The speaker's rankings: Odyssey, Assassin's Creed 2, Syndicate, Black Flag, Valhalla, Revelations, Unity, Rogue, Origins, Freedom Cry, ac1, Brotherhood, and ac3 being the worst.
  • 👍 The speaker enjoyed their journey through the series, despite some games being better than others, and looks forward to playing more Assassin's Creed games in the future.