Best Assassin's Creed game for PC?

[wNotyarD]

I also feel Brotherhood and Revelations didn't come close to measuring up to AC 2.

Story-wise they may falter. I do think they are very much improved mechanically over AC2, though. That makes them WAY better to handle, especially combat.

 

[nomdeplume]

Valhalla Complete Edition on Epic ends up being 83.5% off combining sale + coupon or under US $25. Basically the same price as Odyssey Ultimate Edition direct from Ubisoft.

Rather the opposite direction than I, or apparently anyone else, was looking. Figured it was still worth a mention.

 

[SchumannFrequency]

Unity wasn't all that bad either, basically the hardest gameplay to master since the beginning of the series.

Unity received many negative reviews because the game had been too ambitious graphically and as a result had many bugs in the first year after its release.

Over time, these bugs have been eliminated.

As you say, the game-play is a strong point.

Another strong point of Unity is that it is still graphically the most beautiful Assassin's Creed game.

Comments on this video:
#1 Its sad that we never gonna see the game like Unity again.
#2 Is it just my bias or AC Unity' graphic truly ahead of time? Paris looks insanely next-gen compared to every one of its successor cities
#3 People often speak about how great Unity's parkour system is, as they should, but one thing I really love about that game is the combat system.
Having to actually look at enemy attacks and time your parries is quite satisfying. And the animation flow between parrying, dodging, rolling and attacking looks very impressive.
#4 The scale and detail of Paris is still unmatched. Definitely the finest open world ever created by Ubisoft.
#5 No Assassin's Creed can beat Unity graphics and parkour.

 

[Shou Miko]

Valhalla Complete Edition on Epic ends up being 83.5% off combining sale + coupon or under US $25. Basically the same price as Odyssey Ultimate Edition direct from Ubisoft.

Rather the opposite direction than I, or apparently anyone else, was looking. Figured it was still worth a mention.

Well never really gotten over 60mins in 2 tried of Valhalla just not my Assassin's Creed game.

I really gotten into Assassin's Creed with Syndicate, afterwards it was Origins and than Odyssey and recently just finished Assassin's Creed 3 Remastered and Liberation both actually good games but the DLC in the 3 with Tyranny of King Washington was not something I liked really weird one.

I am thinking about starting on Assassin's Creed Unity and the French revolution when I feel like it since I do not have Mirage at this time sadly it looks to be one game I might like.

 

[Solid State Soul ( SSS )]

The original trilogy, black flag, unity and syndicate are nothing like origins, if you enjoy the RPG design of origins you should play Odessy next and Valhalla after that

 

[Night]

Unity received many negative reviews because the game had been too ambitious graphically and as a result had many bugs in the first year after its release.

Over time, these bugs have been eliminated.

As you say, the game-play is a strong point.

Another strong point of Unity is that it is still graphically the most beautiful Assassin's Creed game.

Comments on this video:
#1 Its sad that we never gonna see the game like Unity again.
#2 Is it just my bias or AC Unity' graphic truly ahead of time? Paris looks insanely next-gen compared to every one of its successor cities
#3 People often speak about how great Unity's parkour system is, as they should, but one thing I really love about that game is the combat system.
Having to actually look at enemy attacks and time your parries is quite satisfying. And the animation flow between parrying, dodging, rolling and attacking looks very impressive.
#4 The scale and detail of Paris is still unmatched. Definitely the finest open world ever created by Ubisoft.
#5 No Assassin's Creed can beat Unity graphics and parkour.

Yeah, I remember barging in a higher level area at the beginning, I was done for in seconds, whereas in other titles you would simply spam parry, dodge, attack until you beat your opponent. I can't comment on Origins, Odyssey and newer titles because I haven't played them yet. I plan to do so, but with an updated system, even though I might dislike the added RPG genre to the series.

 

[nomdeplume]

The original trilogy, black flag, unity and syndicate are nothing like origins, if you enjoy the RPG design of origins you should play Odessy next and Valhalla after that

The appeal was instant with Origins. Style of game didn't factor in so much as combination of elements providing a highly enjoyable atmosphere obvious from a few screenshots.

Is story linearity or some other critical factor at risk skipping one of the RPG trilogy?

I really gotten into Assassin's Creed with Syndicate, afterwards it was Origins and than Odyssey and recently just finished Assassin's Creed 3 Remastered and Liberation both actually good games but the DLC in the 3 with Tyranny of King Washington was not something I liked really weird one.

I am thinking about starting on Assassin's Creed Unity and the French revolution when I feel like it since I do not have Mirage at this time sadly it looks to be one game I might like.

Unity is what I almost went for next. Good graphics and equally good setting as Origins while retaining stealth.
Syndicate and the full compliment of III remastered were lower in the running. Only slightly older than Origins was a plus.
What didn't appeal in the least was pirates and naval battles.
This was fairly well set until I started looking at II (and by extension the Eizo Trilogy).

The amount of lifestyle affiliation around this franchise... beleaguering. In a perfect world all of the early game would've been redone in a newer engine and the middle ones remastered by now. Start anywhere and refund if it's apparent the full game pack is going to be your thing.

Well never really gotten over 60mins in 2 tried of Valhalla just not my Assassin's Creed game.

The premise of sorta pirates in that period of England put me off in the same way the Revolutionary era US or steampunk London did. At a very early point bad graphics (or pirates) also removed interest in the earlier games. That cuts out a lot.

Slowly coming around to Valhalla as a game you play a few hours and return to afresh later. Saga instead of a single never ending Odyssey. This is I think more in line with my playing style.

As you say, might just not be my type of game though. 30 tries to exit a ladder in the desired direction is certainly not going to make one so. I struggle with paying as much for Syndicate or a few shorter and far older games as new ones when there is no real need to buy any of them.

 

[gffermari]

Odyssey is great and probably the best overall but it's quite lengthy. Also it's very well made and accurate taking the Greek mythology and going a step further.
But because of the fact that it's lengthy, some gamers may find it boring, repetitive or at least...too long to finish.
So, after Odyssey, it's Unity.
The 2 and Brotherhood are also great but quite old technically and not appealing anymore.

 

[nomdeplume]

Truly appreciate all the thoughts here on what game to try next.

Currently Rogue or Unity appear likely unless BF Remastered or AC: [Red/Japan] are announced. Former eliminating Rogue and the latter making the below a higher priority.

Origins and everything after will be immensely more enjoyable after a system upgrade. Not just GPU, full system.

 

[Space Lynx]

The appeal was instant with Origins. Style of game didn't factor in so much as combination of elements providing a highly enjoyable atmosphere obvious from a few screenshots.

Is story linearity or some other critical factor at risk skipping one of the RPG trilogy?



Unity is what I almost went for next. Good graphics and equally good setting as Origins while retaining stealth.
Syndicate and the full compliment of III remastered were lower in the running. Only slightly older than Origins was a plus.
What didn't appeal in the least was pirates and naval battles.
This was fairly well set until I started looking at II (and by extension the Eizo Trilogy).

The amount of lifestyle affiliation around this franchise... beleaguering. In a perfect world all of the early game would've been redone in a newer engine and the middle ones remastered by now. Start anywhere and refund if it's apparent the full game pack is going to be your thing.



The premise of sorta pirates in that period of England put me off in the same way the Revolutionary era US or steampunk London did. At a very early point bad graphics (or pirates) also removed interest in the earlier games. That cuts out a lot.

Slowly coming around to Valhalla as a game you play a few hours and return to afresh later. Saga instead of a single never ending Odyssey. This is I think more in line with my playing style.

As you say, might just not be my type of game though. 30 tries to exit a ladder in the desired direction is certainly not going to make one so. I struggle with paying as much for Syndicate or a few shorter and far older games as new ones when there is no real need to buy any of them.

my only issue with Origins is I seem to get stuttering in it sometimes, maybe its just not a x3d cache friendly game?

 

[GodisanAtheist]

If the Internet has taught me anything, Assassins Creed Black Flag is the only game in the series that doesn't completely suck.

 

[nomdeplume]

my only issue with Origins is I seem to get stuttering in it sometimes, maybe its just not a x3d cache friendly game?

DRM is my uneducated guess.

Ran into a single stutter numerous times where something obviously was interrupting the game to run. At least a few of those the Ubi app running minimized on taskbar opened into an oddly shaped window that flickered above the game a few times too fast to make out what it was

"Checking for more content" at opening screen exhibited the same behavior and then quit after a few days. Now it stays minimized.

 

[Space Lynx]

If the Internet has taught me anything, Assassins Creed Black Flag is the only game in the series that doesn't completely suck.

I like all of them in their own way, even beat the original like 4x now and had fun each time. Guess the internet is dumb.

 

[nomdeplume]

Going to put somewhere under 2 hours into Unity and still have time to refund in favor of another option before sales end if needed.
That other option would probably be Odyssey Ultimate Edition.
Appreciate everyone who opened my eyes to Black Flag and the upcoming remaster.

 

[Shou Miko]

The premise of sorta pirates in that period of England put me off in the same way the Revolutionary era US or steampunk London did. At a very early point bad graphics (or pirates) also removed interest in the earlier games. That cuts out a lot.

Slowly coming around to Valhalla as a game you play a few hours and return to afresh later. Saga instead of a single never ending Odyssey. This is I think more in line with my playing style.

As you say, might just not be my type of game though. 30 tries to exit a ladder in the desired direction is certainly not going to make one so. I struggle with paying as much for Syndicate or a few shorter and far older games as new ones when there is no real need to buy any of them.

I made a thread here on the forums asking if I was the only one and some people online also write you need to but a lot of hours into the game before it's really something.

This is properly when the start is so uninteresting for me hard to do, there are just some games that ain't for everyone.

Well I can start Syndicate over and over again several time a year and never really get bored of it.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Assassin's Creed Syndicate is free forever if you claim it by December 6.
...

Assassin's Creed Syndicate | Ubisoft Store

Ubisoft Official Store

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@nomdeplume if you are interested...

 

[Space Lynx]

I just redownloaded all the old AC's, I prefer AC 1, 2, Revelations, and Brotherhood over any of the other AC's.

Mainly for one simple reason... they scale so damn well with new hardware and have no fps cap. So I can set settings to max and 165hz 165fps in-game 1440p... its gorgeous at 1440p maxed out high refresh...

Unity, Syndicate, and AC3 Remastered all cap at 60 fps, its not the end of the world, but I do prefer the smoothness of high refresh for immersion in games like this.

Origins is ok, but it still stutters for me. Odyssey is ok, but I never gave it much time, I plan to do a full playthrough of Odyssey though someday. Valhalla seems ok to me, but I don't have time for a 100+ hour game at the moment.

I think I am going to replay the Ezio trilogy at 165 fps 1440p fully maxed out. This should be fun

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

stutters

I never had that issue; I got a stable 26FPS through the whole game.

 

[Space Lynx]

I never had that issue; I got a stable 26FPS through the whole game.

26 fps, wtf are you on about mate lmao

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

26 fps, wtf are you on about mate lmao

Considering it was on a mobile Quadro about as powerful as a GTX 550, I think it ran quite well. Oddly, disabling the iGPU dropped it down to 8 FPS.

 

[Klemc]

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[bernie]

syndicate is free right now

 

[nomdeplume]

@nomdeplume if you are interested...

I just bought the most complete version of Unity and the most complete version of Syndicate as a package.
Still within the refund window.
Base game though ↓

At this point the main target is Origins Season Pass on the Ubi store. Took a flyer buying Origins base game because I was concerned about spending more than twice as much on a game that did sit for 6 months before deciding I liked it. To be fair, ample warning was given at the time I'd want the DLC and all extras (XP boosts/Helix credits/magically game altering weapon+outfit packs) that allow you to play the game as it should be experienced.

FWIW Unity is exactly what I wanted. Namely the stealth and movement stripped out of Origins that separated this series from all other games. There are a lot of layers to how you can creatively move through environments requiring some skill and active participation. This appears to have been moved into combat within the RPG trio.

As a final note. I can't be the only one disappointed AC: [Red/Japan] is set in the Feudal era. Two long outstanding requests: Japan and... Simply cannot comprehend how this isn't set in a futuristic Japanese landscape!!!!!!! beyond the present day. It would've been amazing! Not to mention stepping beyond intrusion of gender or any other politics plaguing the mindset of any current development.

I just redownloaded all the old AC's, I prefer AC 1, 2, Revelations, and Brotherhood over any of the other AC's.

Mainly for one simple reason... they scale so damn well with new hardware and have no fps cap. So I can set settings to max and 165hz 165fps in-game 1440p... its gorgeous at 1440p maxed out high refresh...

Which returns me to a large outstanding question.

Do the physical boxed releases of these games have awareness of 1440p in the settings?
Fresh install of Unity opened at something like 680x460(?) that did not impress.

 

[Space Lynx]

I just bought the most complete version of Unity and the most complete version of Syndicate as a package.
Still within the refund window.
Base game though ↓

At this point the main target is Origins Season Pass on the Ubi store. Took a flyer buying Origins base game because I was concerned about spending more than twice as much on a game that did sit for 6 months before deciding I liked it. To be fair, ample warning was given at the time I'd want the DLC and all extras (XP boosts/Helix credits/magically game altering weapon+outfit packs) that allow you to play the game as it should be experienced.



Which returns me to a large outstanding question.

Do the physical boxed releases of these games have awareness of 1440p in the settings?
Fresh install of Unity opened at something like 680x460(?) that did not impress.

not sure about physical releases, but i loaded up all the AC's this morning to check for frame caps, and they all recognized 1440 natively on my system. the strange thing about unity and syndicate is they will let you change the default 60hz to 165hz (or w.e your monitor is) but it doesn't change the game at all. still runs at 60 fps. i don't know why in settings in lets you do this when it doesn't matter, but eh.

the first 4 ac games all run beautifully though, and at 1440p look amazing and hold up nicely. people forget that these old games scale well with new hardware. even dragon age origins looks beautiful at 27" 1440p. i feel so bad for console gamers.

 

[Klemc]

Syndicate, is the one set in most modern years, right ? looks better than others (except Origins, yeah)

His big DLC is about "Jack l'évantreur" (Jack the ripper). Others DLCs are cosmetics, and also additionnal Last Maharaja's missions. 65gb+ (in 2015) !!

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