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saigot@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Not to be overly negative, but what are fans playing for these days? I only played the original 2 games and the (first?) North American one.

It seems people hate the modern stories, the gameplay is shallow at best and it’s parkour has been far surpassed by many other games by now. The games are very often used as examples of modern AAA studios having no creativity and just churning out the same game over and over. The games look beautiful and I’ve heard the educational versions are pretty useful, but what are the primary draw these days?

Again I don’t want to be a hater, that’s just what I’ve picked up from other people talking about it.

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DesolateMood@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
You’ve basically outlined everything people hate about modern assassin’s creed. It’s generally accepted that the last good ac was origins which came out in 2017, and while I do enjoy it, it was the start of ac becoming the generic open-world cookie-cutter rpg that it is today.

As cool as the upcoming game sounds, being set in Japan which people have been wanting for a very long time, and as much as I want to enjoy every ac game, the past few releases have just been chipping away my hope at getting something good

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Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Black Flag was the first one I played. As a result I then played 3, then tried 2, which seemed mechanically a bit outdated (might try it again; just wish it’s health UI were more like Black Flag’s), so played Unity instead. Still have to try Syndicate, which seems to still be mechanically similar enough to the original formula to be interesting.

Played Origins past the first boss fight, but stopped since it no longer felt like an Assassin’s Creed game. Odyssey and Valhalla appear to replicate the Origins formula, so skipped them altogether. Might try Mirage at some point, given its lack of the RPG mechanics of the prior three games, but probably won’t get Shadows due to it seemingly returning in part to the RPG formula.

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