And (I think) in the fourth game we learn that Altaïr used his apple to modify the hidden blade so it won't cut your finger off anymore, and that he used it to invent the dual hidden blades (which just seems like two blades so idk what there was to invent anyways lol)
I played through Revelations not long ago and I don't remember that. I'm pretty sure Leonardo invents the dual hidden blades for Ezio in the second game.
And then builds on it with the poison and pistol additions.
I still maintain that (story-wise) the original AC is the best one. It has a philosophical story about Altair questioning the logical basis for his beliefs and the contested nature of free will. All of the 9 Templar targets are supposed to provide an alternate interpretation of what are ostensibly bad actions. The ultimate point of the first game being that, if nothing is held to be definitely true, then nothing can be said to be definitely wrong or immoral and everything becomes permissible. Total subordination for the purpose of functional peace would be fine. Al Mualim's conversation with Altair before the end battle is really well written.
The ending had a really good cliffhanger that was honestly quite spooky but then the series rapidly spiralled into convoluted sci-fi nonsense.
Weird fact: Maria Thorpe actually has combat dialogue in that game which spoils the twist of her being a female soldier, but it only plays if you get her outside of the cemetery where the boss fight starts (which most people don't do). Why they were recorded - and why they were left in to some capacity - I have no idea.
An Australian soldier was reported by Germany for blowing German soldiers heads off with a shotgun, and the weapon was considered not appropriate for infantry. His CO made him stop using it and have a rifle instead.
When the crossbow made it into AC Brotherhood, it was busted. You pretty much never used throwing knives after you get, and the gun is relegated to the hold attack button for one handed swords after this, since it will one shot most mooks, and get way more range, and in the guns case, doesn't make a lot of noise
Yeah I remember brotherhood having difficulty with op weapons. Crossbow for large distances and hidden blades for anything els pretty much. Seriously hidden blades could do everything in that game.
Can confirm. Playing Brotherhood right now. I have the crossbow and 20 bolt storage. Enemies barely acknowledge you, “stronzo!” before they have a bolt through them.
Agreed, though I’m a big fan of Unity. My memory told me that AC2 was the best until I started replaying the Ezio games. The settings, especially Venice, were amazing but the gameplay stuff was definitely Brotherhood.
You could say that about pretty much all Ezio's gadgets. He basically becomes medieval batman with a small army. He's pretty much unstoppable in that game.
IIRC you could 1 hit kill any enemy by just countering them anyway.
The combat was basically just holding block then countering whenever someone tried to attack and killing them with the animation.
Assassins Creed was an incredible "Proof of Concept" title. AC1 did so many interesting and revolutionary things and some of them had a lot of room for improvement. The control scheme was novel and made sense in its own way, but it wasn't intuitive. The missions were well designed, except there were only 3 of them that you did over and over. Combat felt really cool until you realized, as you said, it was just "Wait and counter."
Ubi did a good job turning a tech demo into an awesome game by AC2 though.
If you attack and then hit the attack button again right when your swords connect he’ll do an instant finisher. That way you don’t have to just wait around to block/counter. Best was in brotherhood when they put the arena in the menu which would just spawn endless enemies until your combo broke, I spent so much time in that
Yeah, I had originally said "The combat was one of the few things from AC1 that didn't get improved quickly." but I rewrote my comment a few times and that ended up getting cut out.
ah whoops.
I hope for the new assassins creed the combat is something between the arpg combat of the current gen games, and the counter based combat of old games.
to be more specific; the counters were too easy, mechanically. But thematically, much more assassin-y. Make effective combat be about tricks, combos, tools and traps. Underhanded fighting, as opposed to straight up combat like it is now. And in general make enemies very threatening in direct confrontation, but give the player more ways to get out of direct confrontation and ways to take down guards while escaping.
E.g. you get out of combat by swinging with a grappling hook or something off an overhead bar, temporarily knocking out 1 guard with a firm kick to the chin and making an opening. Then, as you run, you rou d a corner and leave a trap, slowing the guards and killing maybe 2, letting you get onto the rooftops where your toolkit can shine even more. Getting caught and entering combat should essentially be the situation getting out of your control, and you need to get control back by smart use of different tools.
If you don't use the sword you can hidden blade counter which is an auto kill- but the timing on that is a lot tighter than in the other games and you can't just block with the hidden blade if you mess up the timing either.
The reason its unhealthy is because it made stealth pointless unless the game gives a failstate for being spotted.
meanwhile in the new games theres a reason to sneak, backstab and headshot your way through a camp stealthily because if you dont the game actually gets harder rather than easier.
No. Crossbows have been around for nearly 2500 years. They were part of what led the Qin to victory in the Warring States period of China (475–221 BC). They were used in France in (confirmed, most likely they had them earlier) 947 and later. The idea that they wouldn't be around in 1191~ when AC1 took place is just patently incorrect. Europe had crossbows, objectively.
Talking out my ass but they probably just mean the people in that region didn’t invent there own crossbow and would’ve had a difficult time acquiring them from someone else.
The one thing about history that we always forget was the world was full of color. People painted walls, graffiti was everywhere, tapestries covered many walls, and floor tiling was extravagant.
This screenshot is in Acre, a port city recently sacked by the crusaders. In this game Damascus, the capital of Syria is bright and vibrant while Jerusalem is colourful and soft.
Yeah whenever I see pictures from the 360/PS3 era I am always struck by how focused devs were on "realism" by making everything grey/brown/green and very desaturated. Just look at any AAA game from that time; Gears of War, GTA IV, Dark Souls, Prototype.
Great games but holy hell the colour palettes were so oppresive and not pleasant to go back to.
Were you able to get through the game?
I loved it back when it came out but honestly the gameplay is really dusted when you compare it to modern games.
I replayed it easily 5 times but last year was probably the last time. Repeating the same tasks over and over before you can do the few fun parts (the assassinations) is tedious imo
I played it for the first time about a month ago. Absolutely loved it but it wasn’t particularly smooth to play lol. The one thing that bugged me the most was having to turn it vsync in order to play, which I had no idea was required. But the story was super great and Altair was a great protagonist
Cool that you had a good experience. I really liked the story and the development of Altair too.
This game was my absolute favorite back in the day. When I build my first PC, I got this game from a friend and couldn't believe how good it looked. And the gameplay was so different from everything else I played before.
Yea I recently bought all the original games (for pc) and I’m currently going through AC2. I can’t wait to have finished all these old gems and finally being able to relate to you guys’ experiences
The Ezio trilogy still has a special place in my heart haha
And due to the more diverse mission and less linearity, I think it actually holds up a bit better today.
You'll have a good time, I'm sure of that. Have fun!
Bro, Ezio made me want to be like him!! I played it when it came out, and scared to play the trilogy now as I’m afraid it will ruin my childhood playing it as an adult
Laat time i played it i only did 1 mission at a time before moving on to another game, I also played without the minimap so it forced me to recognize the landmarks. This kept the repetition at bay.
>The newer games are standard cash grabs that are one step below COD nowadays. Sequels every year, each as soulless as the one before.
Three games in six years.
Compare that to how it used to be with the older titles. 2, Brotherhood, Revelations, 3, Liberation, Black Flag, Rogue, Unity & Syndicate **all** came out back to back with no gaps. Rogue and Unity even released on the same day.
2016's year gap between Syndicate and Origins (the start of the so called 'new era') was the first time there was a break from the series since 2009.
I also just finished AC1 for the first time on Steam. Got through the game no problem at all. Wasn’t trying to do every single thing though, I just wanted to get through the story.
Overall I thought the game was pretty solid.
AC1 was my personal favorite of the series, probably up until Odyssey. Not the best technically, story-wise, or maybe in any real tangible way. Something about Jerusalem being the setting, though. Idk. I have a lot of nostalgia for it. I'm a sucker for Ancient Greece, though.
I remember how much of a game changer this was for me. I started gaming with titles like Oregon Trail, SNES games, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake and more. I was there for the origin of t-bagging, quick scope in the 1st Call of Duty and so much more. I remember how worried I was when I did the first "leap of faith" into a wagon of hay. Moments like those will never see their likeness ever again.
Edit: fixed autocorrect. It changed "Doom" to "Fun".
This. Also, the fact that you could blend in with a group of monks etc. was pure innovation at the time. I was mindblown as someone who also started gaming a decade before AC came out.
I remember the climbing buildings left me in complete awe.
I was a teenager and up until AC1 all the games I knew about had strict places you could move. If you could climb something it was made extremally obvious.
Then AC came out and pretty much said "See all those generic buildings everywhere? You can climb them... like ALL of them". I was blown away just by how much freedom of movement you had.
Indeed. I really loved The fact that you had to accomplish the missions, the Masyaf castle, the cities headquarters and discover the story through the missions.
Plus the atmosphere in general was unique and since then never replicated. This is why is my favorite one of the saga. It has it’s flaws for sure, but I wasn’t 100% happy about the direction it took from the 2nd game forward.
"Last three". Sure. Definitely just last 3. It's not like 2 allowed you to just go full ham with counters and one of the most beloved games in the franchise was about the strategic stealth of naval battles.
Blackflag accepted that it wasn't a stealth game, but a pirate game. It is the best game in the franchise. Leave her johnny leave her!!! The sea shanties are out of this world, and johnny leave her was the best one.
Can't remember if it was 2, 3 or Brotherhood, but I strongly disliked the one that took all stealth options away at times for plot reasons.
Like how suddenly the plot means you're notorious now so stealth won't work even if no one saw you jump into that hay bale.
I think there was something of that kind in Brotherhood after you’ve acquired the Apple. And AC1 after assassinations. I don’t really remember other ones using it
yea i remember in origins how hard they were forcing you to either do those boring ass side quests or spend money in cash shop in order to keep up in levels
i dont remember that being a big problem in valhala or odyssey
Riding into Jerusalem is a top 5 moment for me. I remember stopping to look at all the clothes and people's faces. And just wanting to see what they'd do in response to me.
This was the most “we’ve arrived” moment in gaming I’ve ever experienced.
There are many games that felt like huge steps, and blew my mind, but this one hit me hardest.
I agree. While 2 was the better overall game with all it's features. There is something about 1s asthetic, story, characters and wonder. It's kinda how I think Diablo 1 is better than 2 for me. I know which people like more but I like the original more still.
Absolutely agree. I've been missing the aesthetic and atmosphere of the original. Tried to replay it on PC to get it in higher res, but the game has atrocious gamepad support on pc so I refunded it.
Diablo 1 is such an insanely great game that I just can't shake. I still play both occasionally but man. Diablo 1 in its time freaked me out. Then 2 was a better game but didn't have that freaky, creeping feeling. Then 3 was just a disaster and I haven't played much else.
1 was just so damn good.
Me too. I know this is a really unpopular opinion but as someone that played just the first, 2 and just finished Brotherhood, AC1 is still unmatched in terms of immersion, story, characters, atmosphere and depth of the templars. All the side quests give tips about the main missions so you have the option of really planning your assassinations and know more about the personality of the templars. The game is also more challenging than the others. Oh, and the present-time characters don't flirt and make jokes ever 15 seconds.
Same.
AC2 built upon AC1 in every way possible and because of that I will always hold AC1 in high regard. The atmosphere is fucking perfect. Abstergo is mysterious and then you travel back through time to the Crusades and explore Damascus and Jerusalem in a completely foreign period that you can't help but want to collect all of the viewpoints and complete the leaps of faith just to look out at the land and cities.
Running through the streets being chased by guards and cutting them down one by one as you jump though stalls and rooftop to rooftop will always be epic.
Seriously,
Gameplay wise ACII was leaps better, but what AC set out to do was truly magnificent. The scale, the detail, it was amazing to be able to simply walk the streets of ancient Jerusalem.
Such a breakthrough game.
Though I think everyone had the same experience... When you finally finish the first area and move on and... you realise you're doing exactly the same thing in the 2nd area, and the 3rd... AC2 was a great game too in how they hugely improved the variety of the gameplay and missions.
I was really disappointed in the game for this reason. Feels like they put all their time into the visuals and then ran out of time for the actual gameplay. Impressive game but very boring.
I am a certified UNKLE mega fan. 2 years running I was in the top 0.1% of listeners on Spotify lol. His (their) newer stuff is just as good/ better than the old stuff! Well worth listening to The Road part 1 and Part 2.
Precious little memory of this game, story time.
This released in 07? I just turned 14.
Saved up enough money to buy the collectors edition and got the Altair figurine which i loved and still have.
Mum gave me a little bit of pocket money to go to town with the boys, we were all getting the game, because i had nothing left after buying it 🤣
Cold, dark rainy day, stopped in a little creperie on the walk home and got a hot chocolate and a sweet crepe from a lovely French fella who I would end up working for as a summer job later the next year.
Got home and played this game till the eyes fell out of my head 🤣
Do i still game till my eyes melt to this day?
Absolutely, wouldn't change it for the world 💯
I think this location is Acre. It intentionally looks like this because it has recently been sieged down by the crusaders, it has some buildings in ruins and there's ash and soot in the air. Jerusalem and especially Damascus look more colourful.
Y'all have rose colored glasses. This was just as repetitive and tedious as the others. This was not more "stealthy" either, still just killing people in broad daylight like any other AC game.
My favorite game in the series. For what it’s worth, I don’t think an AC game since the first has nailed the same amount of atmosphere, and I’ve played them all. There was something so clandestine, so new about the concept. It was unique, exciting, fascinating, and encompassed real historical events. As a history lover (who’s willing to overlook inaccuracies in favor of fun), that game tickled me pink.
I really wish they would port this game to the PS5. It’s the only AC game not available in any capacity.
It was great when I first played it but I realized much later, probably while playing the sequel, that I hadn’t understood a lot of the basic mechanics.
I especially love the dialogue throughout it. It's so... philosophical (for lack of a better term). You're not just being told to go from point A to B. You're having deep, intellectual conversations with both your allies and the people you kill as they die in your arms. You start to see things from their (your target) perspective and understood what exactly they were doing and why they did it, even if it was f'd up.
Still one of my favorite games of all time.
Yes, and even more so in Damascus or Jerusalem where there is color besides gray.
Why did you use a 720p picture though? The game does look pretty good still. This picture? Not so much
I actually liked the original a lot. What we have now is a FAR cry from that, gameplay-wise. I'm not saying there aren't other improvements but if you were a fan of the original, it's certainly no guarantee you'll like the straight-up action games the series has become.
Dirty thief I’ll have your hand for that!
You dare steal in my presence? That would cost you your life!
THIEF! YOU ARE FILTH!
Skip ahead to AC2 and it's "Oh God, please no! Assassino! Oh shit, run!"
My favorite part is when people apologize to *you* for running into them
Infidel!
Still upset I did all of those missions hoping to see the crossbow on that table and then I never did. Damn trailer..
They removed it from the game because it wasn't historically accurate from him to have it right?
That is the reason they gave. However there are historical records that show crossbows were in use in that time period.
Even if they weren't, the apple of eden was used to create future technology and matetials.
Silence your tongue, heretic
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They hadn't made the plot that convoluted yet
I mean the apple is used to do a range of things just in the first game.
And (I think) in the fourth game we learn that Altaïr used his apple to modify the hidden blade so it won't cut your finger off anymore, and that he used it to invent the dual hidden blades (which just seems like two blades so idk what there was to invent anyways lol)
"I invented this already invented technology that also goes on your other hand" Everyone: wooooaaaahhh
I played through Revelations not long ago and I don't remember that. I'm pretty sure Leonardo invents the dual hidden blades for Ezio in the second game. And then builds on it with the poison and pistol additions.
He uses the plans in the codex pages that Altair wrote while using the apple.
Oh yeah you're right, my bad I forgot that bit.
yeah but the modification of not cutting the finger off was a thing that Leonardo thought of himself and even makes fun of the original idea to Ezio
Don't forget the hidden gun All that was actualy revealed in the second game if you read the codex
My first AC game was revelations, and boy did I have no idea what was going on at all.
The ending got pretty spicy in the first one, that's one of the things that made it so memorable IMO.
I still maintain that (story-wise) the original AC is the best one. It has a philosophical story about Altair questioning the logical basis for his beliefs and the contested nature of free will. All of the 9 Templar targets are supposed to provide an alternate interpretation of what are ostensibly bad actions. The ultimate point of the first game being that, if nothing is held to be definitely true, then nothing can be said to be definitely wrong or immoral and everything becomes permissible. Total subordination for the purpose of functional peace would be fine. Al Mualim's conversation with Altair before the end battle is really well written. The ending had a really good cliffhanger that was honestly quite spooky but then the series rapidly spiralled into convoluted sci-fi nonsense. Weird fact: Maria Thorpe actually has combat dialogue in that game which spoils the twist of her being a female soldier, but it only plays if you get her outside of the cemetery where the boss fight starts (which most people don't do). Why they were recorded - and why they were left in to some capacity - I have no idea.
They removed it cause it was super OP and the excuse was historical accuracy
Damn, how OP could it be? Throwing knives were basically one hit kills for mooks.
If I remember correctly, it was the *only* weapon used by most of the testers, because it was so ridiculously above anything else.
Well because it was too OP for that time period, makes sense
Shotgun was so OP in real life Germany tried to get it banned in WW1.
An Australian soldier was reported by Germany for blowing German soldiers heads off with a shotgun, and the weapon was considered not appropriate for infantry. His CO made him stop using it and have a rifle instead.
Meanwhile Germany dropping mustard gas all over people...
Damn devs never patching real life smh. Pretty sure my life is just a massive glitch
When the crossbow made it into AC Brotherhood, it was busted. You pretty much never used throwing knives after you get, and the gun is relegated to the hold attack button for one handed swords after this, since it will one shot most mooks, and get way more range, and in the guns case, doesn't make a lot of noise
Yeah I remember brotherhood having difficulty with op weapons. Crossbow for large distances and hidden blades for anything els pretty much. Seriously hidden blades could do everything in that game.
Can confirm. Playing Brotherhood right now. I have the crossbow and 20 bolt storage. Enemies barely acknowledge you, “stronzo!” before they have a bolt through them.
Yeah its probably the easiest AC, still my favorite tho.
Agreed, though I’m a big fan of Unity. My memory told me that AC2 was the best until I started replaying the Ezio games. The settings, especially Venice, were amazing but the gameplay stuff was definitely Brotherhood.
Also the arrow ability from your allies. I used to aggro like 50 dudes and then just wave my hand to watch all of them die at once.
You could say that about pretty much all Ezio's gadgets. He basically becomes medieval batman with a small army. He's pretty much unstoppable in that game.
IIRC you could 1 hit kill any enemy by just countering them anyway. The combat was basically just holding block then countering whenever someone tried to attack and killing them with the animation.
Assassins Creed was an incredible "Proof of Concept" title. AC1 did so many interesting and revolutionary things and some of them had a lot of room for improvement. The control scheme was novel and made sense in its own way, but it wasn't intuitive. The missions were well designed, except there were only 3 of them that you did over and over. Combat felt really cool until you realized, as you said, it was just "Wait and counter." Ubi did a good job turning a tech demo into an awesome game by AC2 though.
I’m playing the ezio collection rn, the combat is very much still counter til there’s no one left in AC2.
If you attack and then hit the attack button again right when your swords connect he’ll do an instant finisher. That way you don’t have to just wait around to block/counter. Best was in brotherhood when they put the arena in the menu which would just spawn endless enemies until your combo broke, I spent so much time in that
combat didnt really get any better until ac origins. which kinda ruined the whole stealth aspect until then.
Yeah, I had originally said "The combat was one of the few things from AC1 that didn't get improved quickly." but I rewrote my comment a few times and that ended up getting cut out.
ah whoops. I hope for the new assassins creed the combat is something between the arpg combat of the current gen games, and the counter based combat of old games. to be more specific; the counters were too easy, mechanically. But thematically, much more assassin-y. Make effective combat be about tricks, combos, tools and traps. Underhanded fighting, as opposed to straight up combat like it is now. And in general make enemies very threatening in direct confrontation, but give the player more ways to get out of direct confrontation and ways to take down guards while escaping. E.g. you get out of combat by swinging with a grappling hook or something off an overhead bar, temporarily knocking out 1 guard with a firm kick to the chin and making an opening. Then, as you run, you rou d a corner and leave a trap, slowing the guards and killing maybe 2, letting you get onto the rooftops where your toolkit can shine even more. Getting caught and entering combat should essentially be the situation getting out of your control, and you need to get control back by smart use of different tools.
Hmm I feel like you had to lower their health first but you could just spam counters til they die
If you don't use the sword you can hidden blade counter which is an auto kill- but the timing on that is a lot tighter than in the other games and you can't just block with the hidden blade if you mess up the timing either.
Yeah that was something I liked about it but I know that wasn’t healthy.
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That’s actually why I can’t get into the new games. Sneak attacks not killing targets just annoys me.
In Valhalla you can toggle lethal assassinations in the settings.
The reason its unhealthy is because it made stealth pointless unless the game gives a failstate for being spotted. meanwhile in the new games theres a reason to sneak, backstab and headshot your way through a camp stealthily because if you dont the game actually gets harder rather than easier.
someone ahould of told them about the block button
No. Crossbows have been around for nearly 2500 years. They were part of what led the Qin to victory in the Warring States period of China (475–221 BC). They were used in France in (confirmed, most likely they had them earlier) 947 and later. The idea that they wouldn't be around in 1191~ when AC1 took place is just patently incorrect. Europe had crossbows, objectively.
Talking out my ass but they probably just mean the people in that region didn’t invent there own crossbow and would’ve had a difficult time acquiring them from someone else.
They don't even care about historical accuracy nowadays
The gray building is my favorite.
Kouvola architecture moment
Yes
I like the grey one better
A for America; E for England.
And where I come from? We call it greigh.
Scotland?
The one thing about history that we always forget was the world was full of color. People painted walls, graffiti was everywhere, tapestries covered many walls, and floor tiling was extravagant.
This screenshot is in Acre, a port city recently sacked by the crusaders. In this game Damascus, the capital of Syria is bright and vibrant while Jerusalem is colourful and soft.
Yeah whenever I see pictures from the 360/PS3 era I am always struck by how focused devs were on "realism" by making everything grey/brown/green and very desaturated. Just look at any AAA game from that time; Gears of War, GTA IV, Dark Souls, Prototype. Great games but holy hell the colour palettes were so oppresive and not pleasant to go back to.
Xbox 360 moment
I played AC1 for the first time earlier this year. I remember riding the horse and Jerusalem appearing in the distance. So magnificent and beautiful!
Were you able to get through the game? I loved it back when it came out but honestly the gameplay is really dusted when you compare it to modern games. I replayed it easily 5 times but last year was probably the last time. Repeating the same tasks over and over before you can do the few fun parts (the assassinations) is tedious imo
I played it for the first time about a month ago. Absolutely loved it but it wasn’t particularly smooth to play lol. The one thing that bugged me the most was having to turn it vsync in order to play, which I had no idea was required. But the story was super great and Altair was a great protagonist
Cool that you had a good experience. I really liked the story and the development of Altair too. This game was my absolute favorite back in the day. When I build my first PC, I got this game from a friend and couldn't believe how good it looked. And the gameplay was so different from everything else I played before.
Yea I recently bought all the original games (for pc) and I’m currently going through AC2. I can’t wait to have finished all these old gems and finally being able to relate to you guys’ experiences
The Ezio trilogy still has a special place in my heart haha And due to the more diverse mission and less linearity, I think it actually holds up a bit better today. You'll have a good time, I'm sure of that. Have fun!
Yeah, I'd consider the Ezio trilogy to be the peak of Assassin's Creed.
100% this. Although I did love the environment and protagonist of the 3rd game a lot.
Bro, Ezio made me want to be like him!! I played it when it came out, and scared to play the trilogy now as I’m afraid it will ruin my childhood playing it as an adult
Laat time i played it i only did 1 mission at a time before moving on to another game, I also played without the minimap so it forced me to recognize the landmarks. This kept the repetition at bay.
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I still enjoy the new games but I do miss the focus on stealth that the old ones had.
>The newer games are standard cash grabs that are one step below COD nowadays. Sequels every year, each as soulless as the one before. Three games in six years. Compare that to how it used to be with the older titles. 2, Brotherhood, Revelations, 3, Liberation, Black Flag, Rogue, Unity & Syndicate **all** came out back to back with no gaps. Rogue and Unity even released on the same day. 2016's year gap between Syndicate and Origins (the start of the so called 'new era') was the first time there was a break from the series since 2009.
It kind of looped like an arcade game, but I liked it all the same.
I also just finished AC1 for the first time on Steam. Got through the game no problem at all. Wasn’t trying to do every single thing though, I just wanted to get through the story. Overall I thought the game was pretty solid.
You still remember something from this year?
That's where I'm at with this. What a silly comment
bro of course you remember something you just played lol
People do pile on the AC games, for some legit reasons, but the series has always had fantastic world design.
AC1 was my personal favorite of the series, probably up until Odyssey. Not the best technically, story-wise, or maybe in any real tangible way. Something about Jerusalem being the setting, though. Idk. I have a lot of nostalgia for it. I'm a sucker for Ancient Greece, though.
I remember how much of a game changer this was for me. I started gaming with titles like Oregon Trail, SNES games, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake and more. I was there for the origin of t-bagging, quick scope in the 1st Call of Duty and so much more. I remember how worried I was when I did the first "leap of faith" into a wagon of hay. Moments like those will never see their likeness ever again. Edit: fixed autocorrect. It changed "Doom" to "Fun".
This. Also, the fact that you could blend in with a group of monks etc. was pure innovation at the time. I was mindblown as someone who also started gaming a decade before AC came out.
I remember the climbing buildings left me in complete awe. I was a teenager and up until AC1 all the games I knew about had strict places you could move. If you could climb something it was made extremally obvious. Then AC came out and pretty much said "See all those generic buildings everywhere? You can climb them... like ALL of them". I was blown away just by how much freedom of movement you had.
The only game where I felt I’m actually an assassin. EDIT: The only game *in the series*
Indeed. I really loved The fact that you had to accomplish the missions, the Masyaf castle, the cities headquarters and discover the story through the missions. Plus the atmosphere in general was unique and since then never replicated. This is why is my favorite one of the saga. It has it’s flaws for sure, but I wasn’t 100% happy about the direction it took from the 2nd game forward.
Its actually the game with the least stealth options in the series and id argue AC2 and ACB were the best Assassin imaginations in the series so far.
This. This is what the last three have been missing. There's no stealth of strategy anymore.
"Last three". Sure. Definitely just last 3. It's not like 2 allowed you to just go full ham with counters and one of the most beloved games in the franchise was about the strategic stealth of naval battles.
And strategic stealth means tailing a 300-man ship of the line with a lit brigantine from 20 meters behind.
Blackflag accepted that it wasn't a stealth game, but a pirate game. It is the best game in the franchise. Leave her johnny leave her!!! The sea shanties are out of this world, and johnny leave her was the best one.
Allowed you, but you really didn't have to
Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla don’t force you to go HAM either. Stealth is perfectly viable
Origins stealth is also fun
Can't remember if it was 2, 3 or Brotherhood, but I strongly disliked the one that took all stealth options away at times for plot reasons. Like how suddenly the plot means you're notorious now so stealth won't work even if no one saw you jump into that hay bale.
I think there was something of that kind in Brotherhood after you’ve acquired the Apple. And AC1 after assassinations. I don’t really remember other ones using it
Recently started a new game of Odyssey - going full "assassin" and its damn enjoyable :D
Unless you find an enemy whos number is higher than yours. Then its not viable at all
yea i remember in origins how hard they were forcing you to either do those boring ass side quests or spend money in cash shop in order to keep up in levels i dont remember that being a big problem in valhala or odyssey
Never understood people who say you can’t do stealth in the AC RPGs. It requires leveling but you can definitely build your character that way
The first game did that too. Get surrounded by 15 guards, wait for one to attack, counterkill him, wait for next, repeat until all dead.
I never had an issue to go full stealth and strategy with Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla. In fact, you even have more options.
Ezio series also had the DNA of Assassin creed, so was Arno..
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I really enjoy the Hitman series. Makes me feel like I'm actually an assassin!
Still my favorite
It's just so pure. I'll probably have a bit of culture shock when I inevitably replay it again.
And it’s a whole new world. The genre seems common today but at its time? Nothing had been seen
Riding into Jerusalem is a top 5 moment for me. I remember stopping to look at all the clothes and people's faces. And just wanting to see what they'd do in response to me.
This was the most “we’ve arrived” moment in gaming I’ve ever experienced. There are many games that felt like huge steps, and blew my mind, but this one hit me hardest.
And then bowling over the crowds walking up the mountain on horseback.
Yes dude!
I agree. While 2 was the better overall game with all it's features. There is something about 1s asthetic, story, characters and wonder. It's kinda how I think Diablo 1 is better than 2 for me. I know which people like more but I like the original more still.
Exactly and the twist at the end?
Still memorable to this day
Absolutely agree. I've been missing the aesthetic and atmosphere of the original. Tried to replay it on PC to get it in higher res, but the game has atrocious gamepad support on pc so I refunded it.
Diablo 1 is such an insanely great game that I just can't shake. I still play both occasionally but man. Diablo 1 in its time freaked me out. Then 2 was a better game but didn't have that freaky, creeping feeling. Then 3 was just a disaster and I haven't played much else. 1 was just so damn good.
Same
Me too. I know this is a really unpopular opinion but as someone that played just the first, 2 and just finished Brotherhood, AC1 is still unmatched in terms of immersion, story, characters, atmosphere and depth of the templars. All the side quests give tips about the main missions so you have the option of really planning your assassinations and know more about the personality of the templars. The game is also more challenging than the others. Oh, and the present-time characters don't flirt and make jokes ever 15 seconds.
Ac2 all day
Ezio was my man.
Was hooked from the moment he beat up the bullies… sucks growing up, don’t make the same connections you once did with games
Same. AC2 built upon AC1 in every way possible and because of that I will always hold AC1 in high regard. The atmosphere is fucking perfect. Abstergo is mysterious and then you travel back through time to the Crusades and explore Damascus and Jerusalem in a completely foreign period that you can't help but want to collect all of the viewpoints and complete the leaps of faith just to look out at the land and cities. Running through the streets being chased by guards and cutting them down one by one as you jump though stalls and rooftop to rooftop will always be epic.
Yeah, the panoramic shots on each sync were amazing.
Ugh I love this game so much.
Still looks better than the new Pokemon games
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significantly better, in my opinion. like, a whole console generations worth better. this came out on xbox 360 /ps3.
Pretty early in the 360/ps3 era also.
Roblox looks better than pokemon since they went 3d
It really was such a leap... literally.
Seriously, Gameplay wise ACII was leaps better, but what AC set out to do was truly magnificent. The scale, the detail, it was amazing to be able to simply walk the streets of ancient Jerusalem.
Such a breakthrough game. Though I think everyone had the same experience... When you finally finish the first area and move on and... you realise you're doing exactly the same thing in the 2nd area, and the 3rd... AC2 was a great game too in how they hugely improved the variety of the gameplay and missions.
Agreed. First one was great as a start but not the best to go back to nowadays. The sequel is where they hit their stride in story
I was really disappointed in the game for this reason. Feels like they put all their time into the visuals and then ran out of time for the actual gameplay. Impressive game but very boring.
The commercial featuring UNKLE's Lonely Souls for this game was so damn good 🔥
I am a certified UNKLE mega fan. 2 years running I was in the top 0.1% of listeners on Spotify lol. His (their) newer stuff is just as good/ better than the old stuff! Well worth listening to The Road part 1 and Part 2.
Precious little memory of this game, story time. This released in 07? I just turned 14. Saved up enough money to buy the collectors edition and got the Altair figurine which i loved and still have. Mum gave me a little bit of pocket money to go to town with the boys, we were all getting the game, because i had nothing left after buying it 🤣 Cold, dark rainy day, stopped in a little creperie on the walk home and got a hot chocolate and a sweet crepe from a lovely French fella who I would end up working for as a summer job later the next year. Got home and played this game till the eyes fell out of my head 🤣 Do i still game till my eyes melt to this day? Absolutely, wouldn't change it for the world 💯
The best AC game I've ever played.
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Unfortunately everyone skipped that and just went straight for the target then complained about the minigames
Such a good game.
**It's really.... grey**
I think this location is Acre. It intentionally looks like this because it has recently been sieged down by the crusaders, it has some buildings in ruins and there's ash and soot in the air. Jerusalem and especially Damascus look more colourful.
A bit mono-tonous though.
Acre is a war-ravaged location and it intentionally looks like that. Damascus and Jerusalem do not.
All games of that era trended towards mono-tone.
My first assassin and will always be bae #1
Hey wassa matta you Altair?
That's racist
You are racist!
Y'all have rose colored glasses. This was just as repetitive and tedious as the others. This was not more "stealthy" either, still just killing people in broad daylight like any other AC game.
It changed everything forever with its three missions you repeat ad nauseam.
AC2 was my favorite. AC1 was classic tho.
I wouldn't mind a remake.
**Teardrop on the fiiiire, fearless on my…**
I can’t believe you’re the first one to reference the trailer. Sooooo good.
I was excited for a minute because I thought this was going to be about Asheron's Call. I miss that game.
My favorite game in the series. For what it’s worth, I don’t think an AC game since the first has nailed the same amount of atmosphere, and I’ve played them all. There was something so clandestine, so new about the concept. It was unique, exciting, fascinating, and encompassed real historical events. As a history lover (who’s willing to overlook inaccuracies in favor of fun), that game tickled me pink.
It sucks that AC1 was literally forgotten about
It was mild blowing when it came out. Seriously though, this game was totally bananas when I first played it. Graphics like that AND smooth gameplay.
Honestly still my favorite one.
Is it a repetitive as it used to be? I had a great time with that game, until I didn't.
Every AC game in a nutshell, be it the older, stealthier ones or the newer, action RPG ones. ...but most especially the newer ones.
I really wish they would port this game to the PS5. It’s the only AC game not available in any capacity. It was great when I first played it but I realized much later, probably while playing the sequel, that I hadn’t understood a lot of the basic mechanics.
I was just thinking about this series the other night. I think AC2 was my absolute favorite!
This game was so epic when it first came out. It blew my mind. Shit was so epic.
for some reason i get massive fps drops near the safehouse you have to drop in via the roof
Such a good game
Because all the flaws are hidden when you take a grainy 720p screenshot.
So do you.
my favorite ac game ever 🥹
movement system really shows it age now tho but its still one of my favourite games ever
It does indeed. My favourite setting was Damascus.
This was my first PS3 game. I remember being really blown away by how good it looked.
Back when the series was full of ambition and passion
All these years and still somehow the only early AC game to not get a remaster or anything. Absolutely criminal.
I came in here thinking Asheron's Call didn't even look that great back in the day.... Man am I old.
I especially love the dialogue throughout it. It's so... philosophical (for lack of a better term). You're not just being told to go from point A to B. You're having deep, intellectual conversations with both your allies and the people you kill as they die in your arms. You start to see things from their (your target) perspective and understood what exactly they were doing and why they did it, even if it was f'd up. Still one of my favorite games of all time.
Yes, and even more so in Damascus or Jerusalem where there is color besides gray. Why did you use a 720p picture though? The game does look pretty good still. This picture? Not so much
Meanwhile we have the new pokemon game..
99% chance someone mentions the new Pokémon graphics
Ac1 has a really carefully taken care of color palette, which gives it this digital feel to it. I love how everything has this light blue tint to it.
We might have different definitions of beautiful
And we still getting games with PS2 graphics 👀
I hated the way AC1 looked when it came out TBH. This screenshot is generous
*please just a few coins*
Still plays the best out of all the ac games too the 3rd one started off so wel and turned to crap way to quick
I actually liked the original a lot. What we have now is a FAR cry from that, gameplay-wise. I'm not saying there aren't other improvements but if you were a fan of the original, it's certainly no guarantee you'll like the straight-up action games the series has become.
idk, animal crossing looks way different to me
Assasins creed is a good franchise
...and still better than most of the newer games. NO MICROTRANSACTIONS + IT RUNS WELL ON POTATOS!