Summary
Assassin’s Creedhas been a long-running franchise that has evolved over the years, giving players new stories innew areas of history. However, even with the games progressing to places like Japan withAssassin’s Creed Shadows, some players are still enjoying theAssassin’s Creedgames from the classic era of the franchise.
From experiencing the Creed as Ezio Auditore in Italy, to becoming a Pirate like Edward Kenway, these classic titles don’t only have great stories, but have also aged the best to allow players to still enjoy them many years after their release. These are by far the classicAssassin’s Creedgames that have aged the best, ranked.
The classic games ofAssassin’s Creedwouldn’t be classics if it didn’t include the fans of the franchise’s favorite assassin, Ezio Auditore. With this Italian Assassin having multiple games involving him, every single one has been a great experience to replay for players, especially as they still hold their ground, even today.
Assassin’s Creed Revelationsmay be the weakest of these, but it’s still a great game to playby Ubisoft, as well as being a brilliant conclusion to the story of Ezio and finally allowing the franchise to move on to another character.
Out of the multiple previous games in theAssassin’s Creedfranchise,some of the spin-off gamesthat have been created alongside the main franchise have been just as great to play again, aging well with their fellowAssassin’s Creedtitles.Assassin’s Creed Rogueis an interesting addition to the franchise, as it’s the only game where players are on the opposite side of the conflict between the Assassins and the Templars.
Playing as Shay Cormac, an assassin that has swapped sides, combines the gameplay ofAssassin’s Creed Black Flag– which will be mentioned later – with this entirely new story to create a classic experience that many players have enjoyed replaying when hoping for another Templar title.
Alternatively, players have also been replayingAssassin’s Creed 3. Although there had been more than three games before it,Assassin’s Creed 3took players to an entirely different period of history as they got to explore Colonial America as a Native American man.
AlthoughAssassin’s Creed 3did have some issues, such as players finding this open-world and parts of the story to be quite weak, the game played brilliantly back in the day, with players still enjoying the gameplay of this title when exploring as Connor.
Assassin’s Creed Shadowsuses a feature that has rarely been used in other games in the franchise, as players can freely swap between the two main characters of the title. Before this, the first game to allow players this sort of exploration in the story wasAssassin’s Creed Syndicate.
Set during the industrialization of London, playingas the Frye twinsbrought a whole new breath of life to the franchise. With Jacob being better suited for less sneaky activities,Assassin’s Creed Syndicatealso added potentially new gameplay that continues to be entertaining to return to every once in a while.
The unfortunate problem withAssassin’s Creed Unitywas the technical issues it faced on its release. This aside,Unityis by far one of the greatest classic eraAssassin’s Creedgames that players have enjoyed returning to due to its incredible parkour mechanics that many players claim the modern titles have not been able to recreate.
Thanks to multiple post-release patches,Assassin’s Creed Unitywas transformed into one of the best classic era games of the franchise, with players adoring both the missions and the world of the French Revolution they could freely explore.
Out of all the classicAssassin’s Creedgames to be released, another highly loved entry from the games that covers the life of Ezio isAssassin’s Creed Brotherhood. WhileAssassin’s Creed 2is adored forintroducing many players to the franchise, Brotherhood is adored for bringing plenty of new features to the game that many players can’t live without.
A staple of the game was the recruitment mechanic that allowed players to acquire more assassins and then use them in combat. With the game following directly the events of the secondAssassin’s Creedtitle, this game does whatAssassin’s Creed 2did, but better to make an experience players have happily returned to.
As previously discussed, besides Ezio being a staple of the franchise that many players miss, besides the adventures in Italy, players also adored the classic title ofAssassin’s Creed Black Flag,where players weren’t a regular assassin but instead an infamous pirate in the Caribbean.
The open-world of this game was so much better than the others, with the game also introducing players to ship combat. To captain their own vessel, the player would have to fight off other pirates, Templars, or even start their own battles with merchant vessels. WhileAssassin’s Creed Odysseymay have ship combat, the story can’t rival Edward Kenway.
Unsurprisingly,Assassin’s Creed 2stands out as one of the classicAssassin’s Creedgames that has aged the best over the years. Even with so many other games coming after it, including titles that involvedmore of Ezio’s storyas seen, none will ever be at the same level asAssassin’s Creed 2.
Since its original release in 2009,Assassin’s Creed 2has been re-released on multiple platforms to allow players to continue to enjoy the first story of Ezio, which some players even rank higher than the originalAssassin’s Creedgame, besides how well this one plays.
