Assassin's Creed Story Rankings: The Best and Worst Plots Revealed

[@jessicastrike5640]

For me Black Flag is the best, whilst the modern day is weak it’s not as weak as a lot of the later entries, but the historical story is the absolute peak. A man so driven by personal gain and glory with an outsider view on the Assassin and Templar conflict Edward’s interactions with both factions and the side characters is incredible. His growth across the game is noticeable when he starts losing people and the conclusion to his arc is masterful. I love the reference to the Jackdaw and Eagle fable it sums up the story perfectly. The parting glass was beautiful as we see everyone Edward lost on his journey. Black Flag stands head and shoulders above all the other games for me

[@TheStickz6]

Im glad. Edwards arc truely is great and I enjoyed it very much. Theres just something about the assassin centric stories that speak to me. Thanks for watching!

[@5226-p1e]

@@TheStickz6 it still doesn't make any sense to me how she could call out desmond and also that Ezio hears the same name. because how could she know that was going to be his name and not only this, but also for the fact that Ezio heard the same name. the only idea that i could possibly believe this narrative is the Isu would have to use this name to be given to desmond somehow via through the brotherhood and his father and mother possibly had some kind of isu message communicated to them about the role that their son would eventually follow, and then that's the name they gave their son, it was not a name they chose, it was a name they were given and the importance of his name. now we were never given this story in any of the games or even the books that i know of, it's just a theory that i have because it wasn't really explained. is it possible the Animus is simply translating the name cipher like the other isu was using but because the animus translated cipher to desmond as another theory or is it more believable that desmond was given the name to his parents to give to him due to some vision they went through? nobody really talks about this point in all the years of playing these games, it's just assumed that the isu were magical beings, when in reality they were just far more advanced than us and had manipulated their DNA genome to have these other abilities.

[@TheStickz6]

@@5226-p1e the isu developed technology to peer into the future. Thats how they are able to talk to ezio

[@5226-p1e]

@@TheStickz6 com on now, that tech wasn't that accurate, it's the reason why they had so many alternate plans or alternate possible outcomes, because they knew they couldn't focus on only one option.

[@TheStickz6]

@user-tp5yb4hr4w exactly and one of those outcomes was the one with desmond. You just never got to see the 5000 attempts that were incorrect.

[@MOO__COWS]

Anything with Ezio >

[@5226-p1e]

yeah, the Ezio games were written very well, but it makes sense because this was back when the writers of the original game in this series was still influencing the story, after he left the story went into some really weird directions. i know this guy in this video says blackflag was the best, but it never came off that good to me, the gameplay was fun sure, but the story was lacking in many ways to me that often felt disconnected to the series as a whole, i feel like he's just biased because he loved the idea of Edward and the gameplay aspects of the pirate life. the story was kind of cool, i mean he just came across this other guy who basically tried to rob him after a shipwreck and then found an opportunistic way in becoming that guy by killing him and pirating his identity for himself and then seeing the larger conspiracy involving this other faction called the Templars and just winging it with the story with the assassins, the bizarre thing was the story involving kidd and a few other figures who got to know who Edward was as a man somehow showed up in his circles but they were assassins i guess? like again the story was kind all over the place and didn't make a whole lot of sense. like you could tell the main original writers of this series were long gone and didn't really have any influence on the story anymore at this point, the original writers had done so well in their execution in how the story was represented.

[@creepy_assassin6234]

Desmond*

[@willdwane156]

It’s a good life we lead brother

[@jackphanenhour6785]

The best

[@Waqar_Khan475]

Best to worst from what I've played unity assassin creed 2 Blackflag - brotherhood can't decide Mariage Revlations Syndicate

[@leonx9726]

No way you said that my favorite ac game is second last

[@tigga2300]

Love your rankings. I think it might be the best AC list i've come across.

[@TheStickz6]

@tigga2300 oh thank you very much. You must be very intelligent 😉

[@green_was_taken]

I Just started playing all of them & im currently on AC3 so heresy ranking so far; 1. AC Brotherhood 2. AC Revelations 3. AC II 4. AC '07

[@TheStickz6]

nice :) Enjoy. Watch out for spoilers in videos like this though!

[@superkid801]

Excellent video. Honestly your top six games are my favorites, not sure how I would rank them. Those games are so good and I enjoyed playing them the most.

[@TheStickz6]

Thank you. Thanks for watching

[@MasterTemplar781]

1. Assassin's Creed III 2. Assassin's Creed Revelations 3. Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag 4. Assassin's Creed Origins 5. Assassin's Creed II 6. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood 7. Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8. Assassin's Creed 9. Assassin's Creed Mirage 10. Assassin's Creed Unity 11. Assassin's Creed Syndicate 12. Assassin's Creed Rogue 13. Assassin's Creed Valhalla

[@TheStickz6]

Thanks for the comment and for watching. Can I ask why odyssey is so high?

[@MasterTemplar781]

@@TheStickz6 Sure. I liked the First blade DLC but i think i ranked Odyssey so high because i also just found ancient greece interesting. But i do have to admit i looked at the stories from a game story perspective more than an AC story. Because Odyssey has a good story but not a good AC story. Plus i was more recent into the franchise and odyssey was my first AC game so it does hold a special place in my heart. But if i was to look at this from an AC story perspective and with no bias then Odyssey would most likely be last place or just above last place.

[@TheStickz6]

@Gamer-Wolf. thank you for being honest. I appreciate it. The first game you play in any series always holds a special place. Its why Dark Souls 3 is so special to me. Cheers mate

[@esiokles7623]

Nice ranking. I personally consider Mirage to have the best writing since black flag but it’s also one of the most nothing stories in the franchise

[@TheStickz6]

Hey thanks for the comment. Can I ask how it can be great writing and be a nothing story. Im not saying you're wrong Im just interested :) thanks for watching

[@esiokles7623]

@@TheStickz6 1) I find the dialogues to be well written 2)Basim, Nehal and Roshan are very good characters for the screen time they have 3) it’s one of the only games that addresses the hypocrisies of the creed like trying to create a philosophical conflict between the beliefs of the brotherhood and the assassins as free human beings However the story as a whole is very small scale, simple, short not allowing for characters to have a lot of screen time , not much stuff happens especially in the middle section mostly because of the non linear structure of the assassinations and the lack of modern day is always sad to see

[@creepy_assassin6234]

Pretty sure thats screenplay and not plot

[@esiokles7623]

@@creepy_assassin6234 yeah for sure, I just wanted to point out how I feel about the writing not the plot itself

[@creepy_assassin6234]

@@esiokles7623 gotchu. In that regard, AC1 remains at the top for me.

[@BigDaddyJinx]

Anyone else notice the most recent entries are also the lowest ranked? I'm not surprised. They're also my lowest ranked.

[@TheStickz6]

Hahaha indeed. All except the game written by Darby

[@adarshsridhar6051]

They’re among my highest ranked. Although I haven’t yet played mirage.

[@TheStickz6]

@@adarshsridhar6051 you talking story? Or overall?

[@adarshsridhar6051]

@@TheStickz6 both tbh. Origins story may be the best in the franchise, and valhalla is pretty good so far (still not done with it as well). I started on mirage and played a couple hours when it was free for a limited time and the start had a great hook to it as well.

[@TheStickz6]

@@adarshsridhar6051 Im glad you liked them. Thanks for watching :)

[@udontgotJack]

So essentially, if you want a good AC story, don’t play any of the latest entries and don’t have hope that they will get better

[@TheStickz6]

Valhalla was up higher than some of the older ones. But essentially yes. I think the days of the desmond series are done

[@udontgotJack]

@@TheStickz6 it’s sad because of the nostalgia many of us have growing up with the Ezio era of games. But I must say in terms of the overall quality of games, I think since then, Black Flag was great, Unity, Origins were good and Mirage was pretty solid. But yes the story’s have fallen off, although I think Origins was pretty good (even though the villains were meh)

[@manikenpachi2760]

Black flag ! bro, you can literally go on a pirate ship and travel the seven seas and capturing other ships that’s insane!😮

[@TheStickz6]

Hey. Thanks for watching. I'll be honest. I'm not sure what your point is?

[@manikenpachi2760]

@@TheStickz6 I just love traveling on open water taking over ships and fighting other pirates

[@TheStickz6]

@manikenpachi2760 sure but what has that got to do with my video? Lol 😆

[@manikenpachi2760]

@@TheStickz6 nothing that’s just my favorite

[@TheStickz6]

@manikenpachi2760 ahh fair enough. Glad you like it. 👍 thanks again for watching!

[@unluckyseabird2888]

1. Black Flag 2. II 3. Origins 4. Assassin's Creed 5. Revelations 6. Mirage 7. III 8. Unity 9. Brotherhood 10. Rogue 11. Liberation 12. Syndicate 13. Odyssey 14. Valhalla Hot take on Brotherhood's placement, I know, but I was disappointed in it's story.

[@TheStickz6]

Fair enough haha. Thanks for watching. Can I ask why Valhalla is last place? I know its bloated so that could be enough for anyone to put it last haha

[@unluckyseabird2888]

@TheStickz6 it's mainly for that reason. Some of the characters were fine and a few arcs were cool but a LOT of it felt like filler to me. I can say that I at least like every single game, but Valhalla dragged on for way longer than it should have.

[@VasileDragos-gs3xo]

12. Assassin's Creed Valhalla 11. Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10. Assassin's Creed Syndicate 9. Assassin's Creed 2 8. Assassin's Creed Mirage 7. Assassin's Creed 3 6. Assassin's Creed Rogue (close to Unity) 5. Assassin's Creed Unity 4. Assassin's Creed Revelations 3. Assassin's Creed Origins 2. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood 1. Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag

[@TheStickz6]

Whoa why is ac2 so low? Thanks for watching :)

[@VasileDragos-gs3xo]

@@TheStickz6 I love every aspect of the game: The music, the characters, the setting but the story... it wasn't for me I think that the story does not give much importance to the big events in the game such as when Ezio's family dies, I didn't think it was very well staged, the sequence didn't make me feel anything (it's an example, but that's how the game turned out for me) I hope you understand

[@TheStickz6]

@VasileDragos-gs3xo fair enough. It really worked for me but each to their own. :)

[@dallasdiaz2130]

I actually thought Assassin's creed Rogue story was going to be at the bootom

[@TheStickz6]

It had Assassins in it, what can I say. Lol

[@dallasdiaz2130]

@@TheStickz6 the reason why I said that because back then when Assassin's creed rogue came out it a lot of people hated Assassin's creed rogue that's Why I said that

[@godzillazfriction]

​@@TheStickz6this never stops with ppl (such as yourself) arguing what the 'complex, deep nuance' if it all was & using those juxtaposed ideas against something like Rogue which didn't fit your artificial nuanced lenses... imagine revelling in the same argument that you're arguing against Rogue for in regards to being overall 'one-noted'. i bet you only perceive on what's the general consensus about a subject matter at hand, such as how majority will just spew out how 'AC3 HAS NUANCE' and so fourth without actually delving as to how that is in actuality; your argument that's been a general consensus for the 'criticisms' against Rogue's story about how the 'AsSaSsiNs aRe SwApED aRoUnD aNd vIcE vErSa' is the epitome of what i argued before regarding your perception and putting into a biased inconvenienced perspective.

[@godzillazfriction]

​@@TheStickz6(im just going to send out a copied & pasted comment that I've made when 'So Jay Says' asked for a debate regarding how Rogue isn't what it seems, so here it goes) so 1st off, 'chaos' is something that is a detrimental factor within the nature that is the group known as 'Assassins' (it's also key to note that both the Assassin's & Templars are in essence the exact same; 2 sides of the same coin as funnily enough, Rogue within the title screen showed exactly that) - with that pointed out, you can then pinpoint exactly to which the case can be made for (or against) the Assassin's Creed in general. The 1st game handles it in a manner that isn't on the nose like Rogue is, but done in a manner through one's progressive actions coming to terms and how it shapes someone such as Altair within the Brotherhood; Altair uses his own status as the youngest Master Assassin to fulfill his desires to what he sees fit and never taking into the consideration that he was subject to from birth as an Assassin or a part of the Creed; Altair breaks the very 3 tenets of the creed with malicious intent of fulfilling his desires & using his status to his own advantage, he goes from offing an old man because he's stands in a way from 'it' aka the artifact that Altair as the perceived higher ranked Assassin scolds his other associated Assassin's for one of them doubting Altair's methods in particularly such as offing an innocent, to which it breaks the 1st tenet of the Creed. Altair then breaks the 2nd by exposing himself intentionally which leads to breaking the 3rd tenet by compromising his brethren and the Assassin Brotherhood as a whole... to make it short, the chaos that Altair caused came back to bite him for the consequences that came with it and when Altair faced the repercussions, he devalued it like he knew better against the mentor Al Mualim to which it was decided for Altair to be supposedly 'reborn' - now to further establish the 'chaos' that is rooted within the Assassin's from the 1st game is how Al Mualim despite his wise intent for (& against) the Creed, he uses it to his advantage to what he ultimately sees fit and while Al Mualim did respect the Creed unlike Altair, he in his own way was drawing parallels with Altair for most of his life until he was 'reborn' by what it seemed like it was just Al Mualim who made the stab knock out Altair, however Al Mualim used the apple at Altairs lowest in his will to be influenced by the Apple of Eden, the power drawn Al Mualim of what he perceived to be fit for his own world views, the world views between Assassin's & Templars are not completely different nor far off to each other at all; this is where Otso Berg from Rogue goes to explain how Al Mualim's philosophy was more that of an Templar than an Assassin despite not actually being on both sides at all. one more thing I'd like to add for Altair and it's his reconciliation for the Assassin's Creed & coming to terms of how this conflict is made to be as through striving for 'chaos' in juxtaposition of what Al Mualim holds true and for the Creeds sake while doubting the whole process of Al Mualim and the Creed that are all against the Templars of just being the 'big bad' of it all... 2ndly (and perhaps finally), Rogue isn't about just a simple switch-eh-roo for the presentation of the Assassin's & Templars to fit the criteria of the story of how it seems and how that apparently boils down towards to just 'negligence' as if it's only done in Rogue with your point of 'negligence' for or against the Colonial Brotherhood of Assassin's. So with that pointed out, the Colonial Brotherhood are no different than the 1st games' brotherhood nor AC2s - Brotherhood ESPECIALLY Revelations which primarily stems from Ezio's partake of recognising what the Creed is standing for while revelling on what the Creed stands for for the sole purpose of 'Revelations' - and his part in life for the Assassin's (which Ezio never wanted himself and it instead chose him for seemingly out of spite because of the circumstances that shaped Ezio into being an Assassin despite never wanting it) but back to Rogue, the 'chaos' was always there within Assassin's Creed, the only difference was that someone whos an assassin within a Brotherhood chose to go against the Creed by seemingly betraying the Assassin's for what they were striving for (at a cost) against the 'big bad' aka the Templars, however there's no determination of right or wrong (in general especially) within the whole ordeal of Shay betraying the Brotherhood and vice versa since both were a subject to the matter at hand, the Colonial Brotherhood never sought out to actually destroy cities since Achilles who was informed by Adewale, thought that it was just a random earthquake and not realising that very artifact was the sole cause behind it, so while Shay did thought he was right by betraying the Assassin's, it was just a matter of not taking into the consideration of an outlook onto different perspectives which goes for both Shay & the Brotherhood against each other and there's more reasons for this such as the desperate strive for seemingly 'winning' against the Colonial Templars since the French did aid the Assassin's a lot by teaming up (although that comes with a cost of contradicting the Creed by not sticking to the tenets especially since that the Colonial Assassin's or i think it was Adewale's involvement that actually went against the French while still teaming up with the French because the French were holding up sl__ves and since Liam brought that up to Shay, Shay started doubting the Creed/Brotherhood), then there's also the fact that Achilles as the mentor of the Brotherhood was grieving for his wife & child's d_ath, which it did affect Achilles a lot by what you hear of Liam. For Shay's reasons however, it was the fact that he never held the Creed to high enough pedestal as the others did to which it indefinitely shaped how others perceived Shay because Shay just took it as a opportunity to move forward with his childhood friend Liam who gave him this path, however that isn't the case for the other Master Assassin's joining the Colonial Brotherhood since Liam, Hope etc. took it as a face value level of meaning of what the Creed stood for to which Achilles made the move for thr others to take this path, and it isn't just the process of an invitation that shifted the others of believing this way for the Creed, it was already in a preconceived notion of wanting 'freedom' - above all else against imperialism & colonism that Humanity sets forward to for a matter of dominance & control, however for Shay's process of recruitment was much different than the others since Shay spiraled down a much darker path in his life by getting drunk and starting bar fights, because his dad who was one of the ppl that Shay held dear was gone and seemingly Liam too because he left unknowingly from Shay's pov to join the Assassin's in actuality, but that all came to a deformation for Shay to join the Assassin's by Liam persuading him take this path in his life. so to end it all off Shay's pov comes from an noble yet idealistic view/perspective on the world that got extremely trifled with, however he spirals down in a much darker path because of it (there's a video called 'Assassin's Creed: Brogue' that further details Shay's part within the Templars and how much he spirals down from his beliefs into what he has shaped to become), then there's the Assassin's who'll go seemingly into desperate measures against those who are in the opposition to win at seemingly 'all cost' - which you can witness the hypocrisie's of the Colonial Brotherhood by teaming with the French & going against them for holding sl_ves while in later times do or revel into the same exact thing as the French did with perhaps desperate measures against the Templars who stand for 'control' above all else in the name of peace.

[@godzillazfriction]

​@@TheStickz6also your argument for (against) Odyssey is just pure brainrot that i won't even delve as to how you have a very one-noted view/perspective/perception in the same way as Rogue...

[@Aravind-ace]

My Ac Story Rankings 1.Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag 2.Assassin's Creed II 3.Assassin's Creed Origins 4.Assassin's Creed Revelations 5.Assassin's Creed III 6.Assassin's Creed Brotherhood 7.Assassin's Creed 8.Assassin's Creed Valhalla (good but way too long) 9.Assassin's Creed Mirage 10Assassin's Creed Syndicate 11.Assassin's Creed Rogue 12.Assassin's Creed Odyssey 13.Assassin's Creed Unity

[@TheStickz6]

Thanks for your comment. I love origins as a game but the story overall is lacking for me. What made you put it so high in your list? Thanks for watching

[@Aravind-ace]

@@TheStickz6 Bayek and Aya has so much conviction and the acting is immaculate and the feeling of Egypt is truly exquisite. and the 'Founding and Tenets of the creed' part is explored in The Hidden Ones DLC and can be further explores in a sequel and it would be perfect

[@TheStickz6]

@Aravind-ace yea bayek and aya are perfect, however you cant give points for what could happen in a sequel :p. I wasn't considering dlc for this list either. Thanks for the reply. 😀

[@pxvl030]

my ranking would be; AC 3 AC 4 AC 2 AC Revelations AC Brotherhood AC Unity AC Origins AC Rogue AC Syndicate AC Valhalla AC Odyssey But your list is very respectable, only game i disagree with is AC 3

[@pxvl030]

also your take on rogue was spot on! perfectly said

[@TheStickz6]

@@pxvl030 haha thanks. I appreciate you taking the time to show me your ranking. What do you think elevates AC3 above the rest for you?

[@maneanims9771]

my list in terms of story Ac 4 Bf Ac Rev Ac Origins Ac 3 Ac 1 Ac 2 Ac BH Ac Syndicate Ac Unity Ac Mirage Ac Rogue Ac Odyssey i havent played valhalla

[@TheStickz6]

Pretty decent list. Cant really find too much fault in it haha. Thanks for watching

[@mikibob3234]

best story ranking

[@TheStickz6]

@mikibob3234 thanks mate :)

[@CaMrYn__7125]

damn, odyssey is my favourite 😅

[@TheStickz6]

Haha no problem. But you gotta admit, its not an Assassins creed story?

[@MasterTemplar781]

@@TheStickz6 I liked Odyssey it isn't my favorite it's my number 7 but idk i kinda enjoyed it even tho the plot twist of who the villain was was kinda stupid. It would've been more of a plot twist if it was Barnabas or Markos. But i did like the legacy of the first blade DLC which brought in Darius but the other DLC was interesting but it didn't work in the AC universe. As a game it's amazing great gameplay good story but as an AC game it isn't good i gotta admit that.

[@vodkavecz]

The others may be argued in many ways, but Unity has to be the last, because it's ultimately a pointless story. Odyssey at least have a big impact on the modern day story, and adds a ton of Isu lore.

[@TheStickz6]

Wouldnt you class mirage in the same boat then? I wouldnt personally make it lowest rank simply because it does nothing overall. Could still be a good story just by itself. Thanks for watching!

[@vodkavecz]

@@TheStickz6 Mirage started development as a DLC, and is meant as an origin story for Basim. Who knows how important will that be in future games. But still, not as big as the other titles, could be considered as Liberation or Freedom's Cry. As for Unity again, besides that it does nothing to further the overall plot, it's also a story of Arno simping for Elise, who is pretty often using him for her own goals. Shay being the one who killed his father was a nice setup, but like with its many other aspects, the game doesn't do anything with it.

[@TheStickz6]

@vodkavecz I cannot rate a story based on what could happen in the future. Maybe they'll do something with unitys story. So that reason doesn't work. I don't think Arno was a simp. Elise loved Arno just not to the same degree as he loved her.

[@Waqar_Khan475]

Supried u dont have more likes ngl

[@TheStickz6]

Small channel mate. But don't worry we'll get there one day.

[@TheStickz6]

Thanks for watching!

[@Tchado1000]

But.... i like rouge 😢. Well even i cant deny , yeah it couldve been better written and the game couldve been better.

[@deepakrao5553]

I would place rogue in the place of syndicate other things are fine

[@TheStickz6]

Fair enough mate :) I am not a fan of the writting as you probably heard lol

[@ac_nerd9794]

1. Assassin's Creed Revelations 2. Assassin's Creed Origins 3. Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag 4. Assassin's Creed II 5. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood 6. Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7. Assassin's Creed 8. Assassin's Creed III 9. Assassin's Creed Mirage 10. Assassin's Creed Syndicate 11. Assassin's Creed Unity 12. Assassin's Creed Valhalla 13. Assassin's Creed Rogue

[@TheStickz6]

Hey, thanks for your list :) can I ask why ac1 is so low in your opinion. Not saying you're wrong just interested in why? Cheers

[@ac_nerd9794]

@@TheStickz6 I like AC 1. It's a great start, but for me, it doesn't have anything else to really offer besides the main story. Its below Odyssey because after reading the book, I believe wholeheartedly that even without much lore for the Brotherhood, the story for Odyssey is one of the best. Its just like AC 2 except instead of being an assassin like Ezio, Alexios is just trying to rebuild his family and kill the people responsible.

[@TheStickz6]

@ac_nerd9794 ok fair enough :) thanks for watching