Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, and Assassin's Creed III all launched on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It's worth stepping back for a second to realize that Ubisoft had released five Assassin's Creed games within the same generation. Unfortunately, it was an uneven experience it wasn't horrible, but it didn't live up to the pedigree of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.Ī year later, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 were on the way out, being replaced that year by the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. ACIII also saw the end of Desmond's tale in an ignoble demise. Ubisoft moved to the new AnvilNext engine for the game: Connor could climb trees and sail in the Atlantic in a pair of series' firsts. Ezio was replaced with Connor, a half-English, half-Mohawk warrior with ties to both the Assassins and Templars. While the latter was a spin-off title built for the PlayStation Vita, the former represented the first real sequel in three years.
The franchise didn't completely fall over, but the momentum was slowed.Ģ012 moved from Ezio's tale to a pair of adventures in early colonial America: Assassin's Creed III and Assassin's Creed III: Liberation. While ACII and AC:B felt fresh and innovative, Revelations was a bit of a retread and new mechanics like hideout sieges, didn't feel like they fit within the series. 2011 saw the release of Assassin's Creed: Revelations, which was a rough end to Ezio's life. ACII was followed by Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, a title that continued Ezio's story, perfected the formula, and still stands as one of the high points in the franchise. Most of the game took place in the past, but you were actually Desmond reliving those lives in the near-future of our modern day, via a device called the Animus.Īssassin's Creed II was also the beginning of Ubisoft settling into annual release pace with the franchise. The jump to the sequel firmed up the game's framing story: these adventures of Altair and Ezio were experienced through the genetic memory of their ancestor, Desmond Miles. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood still puts up a good fight for the top spot. That game moved from the Holy Land to Renaissance Italy, and traded out the dour Altair for the charming Ezio Auditore da Firenze. Two years later, they refined the concepts started in the first game, creating Assassin's Creed II. In 2007, the publisher took a chance with a new title, establishing the ongoing, endless war between the Assassins and the Templar Order. It's early 2013 and the Assassin's Creed machine at Ubisoft is in full swing.
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