Assassin's Creed

[Aragorn]

I have so many opinions on this series it's kinda crazy. Extremely formative and important for me, but then I dipped, but then they roped me back in.

AC1-II are classics. I think I prefer 1 to II overall; II was great for its time but it did have a lot of critical flaws and it kind of shows its age now. The entire franchise up till Rogue had a problem with a combat system that was far, far too simplistic and extremely limited stealth tools. Fucking ridiculous that we couldn't *crouch* up till Unity came out.

Speaking of, I loved Unity. I played it post-release so I didn't have the buggy experience; has the most refined AC core experience for me. Big crowds, towering dense city, great customization, focus on stealth and a somewhat challenging combat system. Story was a massive missed opportunity but game made up for it everywhere else. Syndicate was alright; wish they went for a darker tone but it wasn't bad at all and a decent refinement on Unity.

Hated Origins. Cool world, but couldn't stand what they did to the gameplay loop. Odyssey lost me within 5 hours but Valhalla had me hooked. Ended up platinuming it, really enjoyed Mirage and am now going through Shadows.