Tom: Paris is my favourite Assassin's Creed city. James Davenport: Love how it introduced those perfect, perchable V-shaped trees to the series though. It's a shame, because few games tell stories about colonialism, but AC3 manages to make it boring. The game implies that you can hunt redcoats for supplies in wild, wintry forests, but the reality is far more bland, and the towns aren’t as exciting to explore as London, Paris, Venice, or Rome. Tom: Assassin's Creed 3 has some of the worst missions in the whole series, full restrictive invisible walls, unclear instructions and boring tasks. 3 also loses points for having a deeply boring protagonist. But hey, it did debut the boat combat systems that would be built upon in Black Flag (then turned into its own game with Skull and Bones), where the idea of fighting other ships actually made sense. I remember Assassin's Creed 3 as a game that plays itself against a beautiful backdrop. It's a criticism I'd level at the combat, too. Samuel: The third game brought us a beautiful world, but one that felt so devoid of interactivity that you might as well have not been there at all. Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India (2016) Now the series is well and truly established, the first game is more of a curio than something you would install expecting a good time. At the time it was technically impressive, and the idea of a time-hopping historical action game was really novel. Tom Senior: Time has not been kind to the original Assassin’s Creed. If you missed this one, at this point it's best left alone. Even at the outset, the open world was extremely repetitive.

Over 10 years later, things have changed, and going back would only ruin any good memories I have of the game. The first tower you climb is an awesome experience.

Jarred Walton: I played the original back when it was the only option and found plenty to like, but also way too much repetition.

This entry hinted at the potential of an open world assassination game that's about one quarter as intricate as Hitman, but the second game was the one that nailed the formula.

By the time you've finished one Assassin's Creed game, another one will be right around the corner. Samuel Roberts: There are so many Assassin's Creed games that iterate upon the barebones original that I would never recommend anyone playing it under any circumstances.

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