So I was checking Game of the year list on Wikipedia and noticed that Assassin’s Creed was never Game of the Year.

Not on any list around the world did it reach the top. The first one felt very fresh, but it just did not feel complete. But the 2nd one was just an amazing game and that one got beaten on some lists by Uncharted 2 which is understandable, but also by Batman: Arkham Asylum which is basically inspired by AC.

Maybe they should just ditch the whole Animus plot. I wished that Valhalla and Black Flag were just about being a Viking and a Pirate

  • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
    15·
    4 days ago

    Unity is still underrated largely due to its reputation formed during launch with all the bugs. But I think there was also a case around then of “Assassin’s Creed fatigue”, which only amplified the negative reception. It’s actually a very interesting what if scenario, what would have happened if Unity wasn’t broken on release and was successful? It’s well documented that its failure led to the entire rejigging of the franchise into open world RPGs in Origins and beyond.

    • jackal@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      Any time Unity is mentioned all I see in my mind is the floating eyeballs and teeth.

      Struggled to get it to run only to be welcomed by… That…

      Switched me off completely. I do intend to go back and revisit it though now everything is fixed but they certainly did themselves no favours.

      • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        I played it like a year after launch on PS4 and didn’t have any issues. On PC there is also ACUfixes that further fixes and improves things. Honestly Unity was such an ambitious game and both the city of Paris and the crowd system in it is still unsurpassed by later titles. I remember when Mirage came out comparison videos started going viral questioning which game came out 9 years after which. The fluid and varied animations in Unity is still absolute peak, look at how satisfying high level gameplay is.

    • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      The shame of it too was I played all the RPG Creeds except for Origins and was disappointed in them, but eventually I got Origins for free so I went back and played it and it was actually a really good marriage between the old games and the new RPG style that every game since missed the mark on

    • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      Yeah, but I was also fascinated by the dialogue directly speaking to that fatigue and the series’ failings to live up to the fantasy.

      “So what’s the plan here?”

      “Plan? Come up with your own plan! I’m not here to hold your hand!”