What do you think of the first Assassin's Creed game?

[Deleted member 568892]

It feels like a lengthy tech demo rather than a complete game to me. I never finished it. Assassin's Creed 2 improved on the original in every aspect. It would be nice if the story made it more clear that the Assassins were originally an Islamic cult which got destroyed by the Mongolian Empire. Maybe they did but I didn't notice. Maybe I'm too picky about historical accuracy.

 

[duwen]

I played it back when it first came out, to see what all the fuss was about... it bored me after just a few hours and put me off of the entire franchise for life - along with all the other Ubisoft IP's that follow pretty much the same template.

 

[FAST6191]

I played the PC port (including the several months before time leaked version) which did add a bit more than base console.

While I would agree 2 and maybe 3 were the pinnacle of the series for me (later games might as well have been another franchise entirely) there is something to be said about the simplicity and cohesiveness of the first. I got similar feelings when going back to do some of the GB/GBC originators of some of my favourite GBA/DS franchises -- I like the later versions and consider them defining examples/ones I would point people at but there is something to be said for raw and not cluttered with pointless extras.

 

[Deleted member 568892]

there is something to be said about the simplicity and cohesiveness of the first.

Now that you mention it, the town rebuilding and economy mechanics in AC 2 were unnecessary and the game may have been better without them. Same applies to the brotherhood mechanics in the sequel.

 

[Marc_LFD]

It was fun, it felt like they were testing on converting Prince of Persia into a different game.

 

[DillyDilly]

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[Deleted member 568892]

I liked it & I wonder if it would work on the Switch

It can be ported. Given that it's not already out, it's safe to assume Ubisoft decided it's not worth the time and money.

 

[DillyDilly]

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[danielthedud]

Just beat it for the first time and considering where the series has now gone with its direction, I think this game does hold up pretty well in all aspects besides the repetitive mission structure. It still looks great and the realistic fighting/climbing animations are fun to pull off, the latter being slow but still fun because of how realistic and practical it looks. Sure, this game has since been outmatched by many others since but I think it's still worth playing.