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Yet Origins is a dumpster-fire compared to the real AC series - which ends after Black Flag and Rogue, narratively: Unity is a monster-of-the-week side-story that has no relevance to the main story, and Syndicate... who knows what its story is, it was just repetitiously clearing-out zones on the map and doing check-list nonsense without an engaging or noticeable story to tell.
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@jurom6765 Also, in AC3, Connor doesn't care about the AC group, he basically disowns it. He says he's only interested in getting revenge. Edward fulfills a role for the Assassins and wilfully commits himself to their cause. Connor pursues his own interest. AC4's story is much more about the assassins than Connor's is. And in AC2, Ezio's story seems as much about his family's cause and his quest for vengeance as it is about the Assassins.
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@conaldeugenepeterson2147 That is incorrect. Games are in-fact our property - top courts around the world have ruled on this matter. I have not seen the phrase ”you are leasing this IP from the publisher and can be denied access at any time”, but I think you might be referring to the phrase "this software is licensed, not sold". First, a license is not the same thing as a lease. And in that phrase, the "software" which is being licensed is the software IP, and not the software copy which you are purchasing and outright own just as you also own your cars, your clothing, your TV... all those things are licensed instances of copyrighted IPs. Also, that phrase, "this software is licensed, not sold", appears in EULAs and EULAs are not legal documents or contracts. Further, a Terms of Service isn't the same thing as an EULA, and a ToS doesn't apply to your purchased games - it applies to the online servers and the services supplied through them that you might engage and use. You own your games and they are your property. But you don't own the 3rd-party servers that you might use to play a play online with. A company has a right to set the terms for their own servers, but they don't have any rights to dictate how you may use your game properties You can read all about software ownership, licenses, and EULAs here: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/953835-you-own-the-software-that-you-purchase-and-any-claims-otherwise-are-urban-myth-or-corporate-propaganda/
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Black Flag is the pinnacle of the series. The Ezio trilogy suffers from the same repetitiveness as Unity, Syndicate, Origins, Odyssey, and now, it seems, Valhalla. AC3, Black Flag, and Rogue are the best the series has to offer.
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@Hynotama "black flag and rogue were more boat simulators than Assassin's Creed games" That's kind of like saying AC3 is more Native American simulation than an AC game, or that AC Unity is more French Revolution simulator than an AC game. You can get away with minimal boating in AC4 and Rogue. They're still about the best games in the series. AC4 certainly is.
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@jurom6765 AC4's the best game in the series. Its gameplay suits its time and environment. It has more precursor-race lore in it than any other AC before it or since. It has the observatory, templars, an assassin's hideout, lots of climbing and parkour, modern-day story and progression, an ending that set things up for lots of potential (potential that wasn't followed-up on), it even has Desmond in it (audio recordings of him)... it's the ultimate AC game, thus far.
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@jurom6765 In AC4, Edward learns about the Assassins' way as he goes. He gets chastised by them for wearing their uniform without understanding their ideals. He eventually leaves his selfish path and becomes supportive of their cause. He then hunts templars and stops the templar grand-master at the observatory. Not shown in the game, he continues serving the assassins' goal by documenting the first civilization and is killed by the templars for his research. He's also an ancestor of Desmond.
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@VenusAntics ToS and EULAs cannot overrule laws. Freedom of expression doesn't apply in schools because schools are private property. Your games are your property, though, and Ubisoft can't interfere with your usage of your property. They can, however, regulate the usage of their servers which are their property. But they can't claim ownership over things like streaming video of you playing your game that you purchased from them.
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@Archaoen0 Definitely. Black Flag's the best and most AC-ish game of the series.
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No. AC4 is the most AC-ish game of the series. AC4 has the most First Civilization lore in it, it directly continues the story from AC3 where Juno was freed and said now she was going to do her part. AC4 is all about the Sage, who is the reincarnation of Juno's husband, and the observatory. And the Abstergo tech in the modern day is also the reincarnation of Aita, Juno's husband. AC3 is more of a spin-off than AC4, because AC3's protagonist, Connor, doesn't care at all about the assassins and is only joining them for training to be able to get revenge. He pretty much disowns the assassins. Edward in AC4, by contrast, becomes more and more dedicated to the assassins as the game progresses, and he end-up hunting the templars and stopping the Templar grand-master at the observatory. AC3 is a Native American simulator. And Unity is a French Revolution simulator. I guess that AC2 is also a spin-off, because it's more about Ezio wanting revenge and being interesting in looking after his family than it is the assassins order. Seems like there's no actual AC game, because they're all spin-offs. But of all the AC games, AC4 Black Flag is the most AC-ish of them all.
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@johnatanmachadoyt I think Syndicate was the last AC-style game we've gotten, but I think the last true AC game was Rogue, or Black Flag. Unity and Syndicate are spiritually and narratively dead. They're extremely repetitive and feel like they're basically just trying to kill time to fill up a game with menial tasks. They didn't have something to say. And a true AC game has something to say.
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@Hynotama AC4 is the best AC game, and the most AC-ish of the series. It has the most precursor race lore out of any AC game, it has the actual Assassins and Templars organizations and they're at the core of the story, it has a story that's actually about the Assassins and Templars conflict, it has a modern-day story that contains big new reveals, it has the peak refinement of the AC gameplay and controls, it has loads of climbing and parkour, and stealth, it has an actual First Civilization building and technology in it. AC4 is the most AC-ish game of the series, and it's also the best game of the series. Sadly, it's also the last true AC game of the series (unless Rogue is counted - but Rogue focuses on the Templars). Additionally, boating in AC4 can be kept to a minimal. But I don't know why it would be an issue. It's a lot more fun than AC2's base building and store-unlocking. And it doesn't take more time than that. I guess AC2 isn't a real AC game, it's an entrepreneur simulator. AC3 is a Native American simulator (Connor didn't care about the Assassins at all), Unity is a French Revolution simulator.
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@Hynotama The First Civilization has been building-up and central to everything the Assassins and Templars are doing since AC2. Both groups are after their technology and seeking understanding of them, and AC2's ending is all about the FS. AC3 is centred around the FS with Juno wanting to be freed, showing they aren't just something from the distant past. She is freed at the end, and says Desmond's done her part and now she's going to do her part - meaning the FS were planned to have a bigger presence in the game. AC4 continues what AC2 - AC3 was establishing. AC4 added that Juno's husband, Aita, has been reincarnating throughout the ages. AC4 didn't take away from the mystery, it added to it with the stories in the bottles found on beaches that contain glimpses of what happened to Aita during the time of the FS, with the FS' observatory, with the realization that Aita is reincarnating and is keeping tabs on the Templars, that Juno is now up to something that isn't yet revealed... If you didn't see mystery in AC4 at every turn, you were asleep or just not willing to pay attention because you saw boats and decided that meant there's no AC there. There's more AC in AC4 than there is in any other game in the series. BTW, the boats in AC4 are great fun and they suit the period and story. AC3 also has boats. AC4's boats are much refined, though. AC2 has a flying machine made by Leonardo. I've always thought that the inclusion of Leonardo as a friend of Ezio is one of the weakest design points of the classic series, up to AC4. And the flying machine's gameplay is awful - so is the unlocking of towers ad nauseum, and same with AC2's unlocking of storefronts (which you do have to do, by the way, unless you don't plan to upgrade your gear) and scavenging to pull-down wanted posters after every encounter or so. AC2 is far more repetitive than AC4, and more repetitive than AC3, which itself is a lot more repetitive than AC4. You can get by in AC4 spending less time boating than you can in AC2 with unlocking towers and storefronts. But the boating in AC4 is far more engaging and fun then AC2's grind.
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@Hynotama So, you didn't actually play AC4 - that is obvious now. You just watched some YouTube videos and imagined-up a whole lot of nonsense. That's too bad, since due to your petty-mindedness you robbed of enjoying not only the best AC game, but one of the best games ever made. Boating in AC4 doesn't even take up 25% of the game, even if you're trying to stretch it to the extreme. In a normal playthough, without trying to skip or minimize the ship combat, it might take-up 8 - 10% of the game. You clearly don't know much about the AC series but are a whiny little baby who said something extremely stupid and now is too immature to own-up to that fact and is trying to cover their screw-up by doubling-down on their dumb-assery. You're a lying fool. And AC4 is still, by far, the most AC-ish game in the AC series.
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@Hynotama You actually can't complete AC4 without exploring islands. But, you apparently didn't explore them otherwise you'd know that the time spent boating in AC4 is limited compared to the time spent on land. And once you've been to an island, you don't have to sail there again, you can just fast-travel there. You're not a bright person, that's apparent. And it seems that a game like Assassin's Creed is too complicated for you to figure out. And no, it's not practical to play AC2 without revealing the map via clearing towers, without unlocking the underground fast-travel places, and it's not possible without buying storefronts so that you can upgrade your gear and earn money to upgrade them further (which means unlocking more storefronts to get money to upgrade stuff faster). There is more than triple the time spent in AC2 doing menial and grindy things than there is in AC4. But since you don't know what you're talking about in any of this, I don't expect you to be aware of that. You're a joke, and you've now confirmed that you are a liar and were lying to make a false argument. That you're talking absurdities about a game here which you didn't even play other than maybe an hour in speaks to what kind of a pathetic person you are.
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@Melted Synapse Hynotama hasn't even played Black Flag 4. Literally nothing they've said about it is true. That troll absurdly claimed that 75% of the game is boating (more like 10% of it), and that a "minimal" playthrough of Black Flag can avoid exploring islands (no, it can't), and then admitted that they hadn't even played much of the game. Hynotama is a clown and has embarrassed themselves greatly here. Yes, Black Flag is excellently designed, and is easily one of the best games made on any platform to date. It's by far the best AC game. It's music, art direction, character design, voice acting, level design, are all top-notch, and superior to anything that Ubisoft or most any other studio has done since.
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@Hynotama Gothic 1 and 2 are RPGs. Assassin's Creed is Action-Adventure. Gothic 1 and 2 are two of my favourite games of all time, after only Chrono Trigger. Black Flag is probably my favourite game after Gothic 2. Black Flag easily has superb music, art direction, character design, voice acting, level design, and some of the best of those things in the history of video games. And they're much better than anything that Ubisoft had done before or has done since in any game. It's amazing you talked so much ignorant garbage about a game you haven't even played, and which it's painfully-obvious you know nothing about because literally nothing you've said about it is true.
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@Hynotama What you mean is, 'am I don't pointing-out that you don't have any informed information to make your case about Black Flag from?' That really depends on whether you further assert falsehoods about a game which you apparently haven't played.
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