The Best Thing About Each Era of Assassin's Creed

All Clips Taken From Altair Stealth: / @altairstealth
I'm excited to share with you the best part of each era in the Assassin's Creed series. My journey through these games wasn't just about the adventure; it was about finding something special in every time period. From ancient Egypt to Renaissance Italy, each era taught me something unique. Let's explore what makes each one stand out and see what lessons they hold for us. I wanted to focus on this since the fanbase is so divided lately and tends to have an extreme view on the eras.
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[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

Who here likes a game from every era?

[@RandomlyRandomizedRandomness]

I think all of the games (except odyssey personally) have something to enjoy

[@yoshitv9939]

@@RandomlyRandomizedRandomness think so too

[@crafter7jake874]

@@RandomlyRandomizedRandomness same. Odyssey is in itself a okay game at best but for an assassins creed game it is quite frankly horrible

[@crafter7jake874]

I like pretty much all of the games except for odyssey. and i kind of like origins but not really all that much.

[@Stealthful_]

I like all of them except Valhalla really.

[@timotmon]

As someone who just started playing these games a year ago starting with Odyssey, I've come to the conclusion that AC is just like James Bond. Everybody has their favorites and no one is wrong. I love Orgins and Odyssey the most but I have yet to play AC3, AC4, Rogue, Liberation, Freedom Cry & Mirage. So we'll see.

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

I hope you like them

[@timotmon]

@@TheSpaniardAssassin I like them all so far! Each one has something unique and cool to offer in their own way.

[@DoctorXXIV]

Thank you for keeping an open mind to the old games! I recommend the ezio games and 4 to start with. I

[@timotmon]

@@DoctorXXIV yep, I just finished the Ezio series. So far those have the best tie ins with their modern day stories. I like them. I can 100% see why they were a hit when they came out. 👍🏻 Will start AC3 when it goes on sale again.

[@ni06no]

No one is wrong? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@SinisterCS]

Imagine the Ezio Triology with the Gameplay of Unity 🤯

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

would be insane

[@disasterpiece7583]

nah, what made ezio trilogy truly special was that everything was linear and every aspect of the game was there to serve his story. But if you're specifacally talking about the graphics and animations then i agree

[@xgshwiainr]

​@@disasterpiece7583animations I would say no the unity animations are way too dramatic whilst I see ezio as a perfect assassin without wasteful motions

[@shadow_crne1030]

That would be a solid 10/10.

[@HoodedStealth]

Imagine an ac game with kenway saga tools and ac unity graphics with ac 2 parkour

[@ntanosss]

Mate I just want to show you my appreciation for your channel, you expanded on my love for philosophy and questioning in general with your videos and brought me closer to the franchise. Every post you make is always top notch, wish you the best.

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

I appreciate that! let me know what other videos you want to see!

[@natestadler2352]

My answers are as follows. Classic AC: The parkour, need I say more? Keyway Saga: I agree with you about the introspection, and I think these games have the best stories because of it, Ac3 and 4 in particular. I'm also going to to bring up the exploration, it's peak in these games. The worlds are so beautiful and unique. And it doesn't take 30 minutes to get from one end of the map to another like in Odyssey, yes I timed it. Initiates Dulogy: the stealth and assassinations. From the mission design to the player's tools, the stealth in these games is best. All that would make it better is a better detection system. Rpg games: the combat, origins and Valhalla particularly. Odyssey is great too if you can get around enemies as damage sponges. I appreciate that there is actually some difficulty to the combat in this game. The only other games I feel a threat of death are Ac1 and Unity, so it's refreshing that these games are consistently challenging.

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

based

[@dybiosol]

Combat system is probably THE top thing that RPGs did right and why it's also gotten successful with the wider public. While stealth requires patience, I always knew that if I messed up the stealth it's probably a good idea to restart the mission in the older games. I have friends who even though love the games overall, did get very frustrated with that. In the RPGs if you somehow mess up the stealth, there's always the full arrows-blazing "Levantine approach" of doing things as Pierre Bellec in AC Unity puts it.

[@Zikuto_]

Haven't even watched the full vid yet just saw the title and I know this is gonna be phenomenal

[@jobaki]

9:02 technically it kinda started in Origins but was made much more functional in Odyssey and valhalla

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

fair

[@DoctorXXIV]

Origins was the first game i played. But then i went back and started from the beginning. Altair is my favorite assassin. AC2 is probably my favorite overall, unity had my favorite navigation, syndicate was my favorite setting, my favorite mission is in AC 3 and i probably had the most fun in valhalla. My favorite part of the games is the philosophy but the isu are also pretty cool. Basically i adore this whole series

[@joseortizreflects]

I'm about to play Unity, so I can't talk from that game forward but from the Original games I would say that what I appreciate the most was the characters and the sandbox gameplay that has inspired so many Creed-likes in recent years, a type of gameplay that was so well crafted from the very beginning that it never grows old. From the Kenway Saga I would say that what I enjoyed the most was the sense of belonging they create. The Kenway Saga, in my opinion, is better than the original games when it comes to re-creating the time periods and making you feel as part of them. In AC I and the Ezio Trilogy I enjoy running around their game worlds, but I feel like a fictional character in a fictional story, however, in the Kenway games I feel as if I am playing the role of someone that actually lived in that time period because we do in those game more than just "be the Assassin." We play as a Native American hunting in the Frontier and trying to build a settlement, or a sailor trying to find his fortune as a pirate, or a business woman with a double life, or a former slave freeing other slaves, or an explorer finding pre-historic paintings in ice caves.... We also play board games and can drink rum in the bars and stuff like that which enhances the immersion. At times the Kenway games remind me of Sid Meier simulations. All of these things, however, are interwoven very well with the fictional aspects of the games (the Assassin Fantasy), giving *these* Assassins and Templars, in my humble opinion, a greater sense of authenticity than the characters from the Original games, which felt more like symbolical heroes, rather than people that actually lived in that time period. I am pretty sure that I will find a lot to like in the Industrial Duology and the RPG Creeds and I might update this comment when I play more games, but until then, great video and stay safe.

[@ihtbs5853]

This is a great point I never really realized the Kenway games immersed you so well like this. Although I would say ac2 had great immersion with Italy and culture like ezio going to carnevale or the Italian talk. It also had a really good build up with ezio and his family and then losing them and never finding out what petruccio was going to tell us about all those damn feathers

[@lelgie601]

great gameplay, a well put together script, robust and solid argumentation throughout, how does this video not have millions of views?

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

i wish!

[@astronot1578]

Besides all the obvious reasons, the reason that I love AC so much is that it poses a very powerful question with the whole narrative/ philosophy that very few other entertainment properties really go into. And the fact that it works so well in so many historical settings just goes to show how relevant the message is. Also Odyssey is a good AC game. It has everything needed to be an AC game and its ambitious nature is the very same nature that made the first AC game. Was it perfect, no. But no Ubisoft game is, that's not why we play them. Also hating Odyssey out of a misguided fear that if we like it then that's all we'll ever get from the franchise just goes to show how little people know this franchise.

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

love the philosophy in AC

[@connorwiederich]

Classic Period: Sense of direction. The modern day followed Desmond in each of the 4 games, along with AC 3, and this is the only era to actually have a sequel game for a protagonist. Kenway Saga: Probably exploring the inner conflicts of the protagonists. Connor with losing his village and facing his father and following his beliefs, Edward with seeking riches but going through loss and seeking purpose in something greater, and Shay with killing his old allies and friends and allying eith the Templars. Helix Duologoy: Black box missions. Also Paris and London feel the most alive settings with all the crowds, steamboats, trains, and carriages. RPG: Probably the most enjoyable combat system for me, minus the damage sponge enemies in Odyssey. Also the hunting system with the Cultists and being hunted with the bounty hunters were great, though I feel Odyssey's bounty hunting system was intrusive at times.

[@lethalevasion]

My dream ac game is a mix of Unity missions/stealth, classic parkour, and kenway combat. I would also love smaller versions of the worlds from the rpgs but with more dense cities and populations, retaining the empty spaces but making them a bit smaller, and have 3-4 main key cities and maybe a smaller town, all able to be seamlessly traveled to. It'd essentially be like having AC3 but without the loading screens between the frontier and NYC/Boston. You'd run from Boston to some dense forest and through that forest you'd re-emerge in NYC (obviously the scale needs to be adjusted and wouldn't at all be realistic, but it's a game after all)

[@shira_yone]

So the world would be somewhat like Elden Ring then, the classic dungeons would be equivalent of dense cities. Personally I've never cared much for seamless worlds when instanced ones (classic bethesda games, older AC games, yakuza series) works just fine, and if separating parts of the world helps with optimization to allow for more detailed and dense cities filled with crowds and people then I'd rather have that over the seemingly lifeless cities in the RPG trilogy.

[@ivansleepy4722]

It's both sad and inspiring, knowing that the fanbase of AC, despite it's toxic parts, is, in a lot of ways, better at keeping the games alive than Ubisoft.

[@cinnamongunfire]

I like all the games and I have issues with all the games. They’re just great fun!

[@space.pirate481]

and ac1-3 story was about Desmond too, which originally co-creator wanted to make Desmond like ultimate assasin and after to take Abstergo once and for all, but Ubisoft fired him

[@space.pirate481]

for me isn't a specific time period,but i wish they didn't kill Desmond tbh

[@IvanessenceOurLordAndSavior]

Since AC Red is coming real soon this year, I really hope they implement all the things you said or at least some of the best things about each of these eras into Red. Like a proper cohesive story that ties in into the greater plot of Assassin's Creed while also being its own thing with Feudal Japan, a whole new perspective of the philosophy of the assassins and templars with the arrival of Christian Europeans into Japan and the code of the samurai, a well designed black box mission using the environment and architecture of the era, and a new order assassination system combing the ones from Odyssey and Valhalla with the investigation system in Mirage. Mirage was a step into the right direction, but still has flaws as it was held back by Valhalla's engine and small map and limited side missions. But those are my thoughts, what do you think?

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

i hope so too

[@Hershman545]

5:56 what video is this clip from just curious. great video man:)

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

altair stealth

[@I_am_lj6]

Watching this in class

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

you have the correct priorities

[@I_am_lj6]

@@TheSpaniardAssassin yessir and I did everything so

[@I_am_lj6]

@@TheSpaniardAssassinI liked the video I forgot

[@imamfn]

It's really spot on with these facts. And giving the RPG trilogy "the huge sense of scale" as their 'advantage' is the icing on top, lmao. Idk. It's just my personal taste (& some other early players) feel that the "huge sense of scale" is just actually the disadvantage of them being a part of AC franchise. It may fits for the RPG gameplay but really throw away the "compact-scale" action-adventure feeling that has been around from the beginning I somehow could only tolerate Mirage kind of map as near the perfect size of an AC map (idk if Mirage belongs to the RPG but it just feels like a filler game, lol)

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

I like smaller maps too but like the grandeur of origins

I think that the only thing I disagree is the templar system from Odyssey/Valhalla because we know Ubisoft is not going to give depth to every single templar in that system. I think the interesting part of templars is how their approach and philosophy affects people around which is not something Ubisoft is willing to do with 20 characters. Unfortunately, to me, the templars felt like a checklist because they all had a similar skin so they do not feel unique and you could not feel their ideas or motivations which resulted in killing another NPC. I agree with the rest of the video though because those are things Ubisoft has showed that they can do.

[@ZenciAsigi]

I love your videos man. They feel unique and comforting imo. Hope i can see you reaching a higher amount of audience. Much love ❤

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

Thank you dude, let me know what videos you wanna watch

[@georgewilson8025]

Hot take here the rpg trilogy could have been much better with any of the parkour systems and removing the leveling and perhaps making xp simply about cosmetic items or something like that rather than unlocking the next tool upgrade

[@lilwilly2986]

I love assassins creed I remember the night my father walked in and handed me ac 3 for the first time. I’m not a fan of the rpg style of games but I can see why people would like it even love it it’s just not for me.

[@ayanahmed5281]

I really wish for assassin's creed to take a lot of good elements from other games such as disguises from hitman or when you have a group some it betraying you to the enemy yhings like that

[@parsaamini984]

My favorite era were AC one through origins including Mirage the buildings were unique in each game. AC 3 had interesting designs in terms of buildings and jungle you could traversal on trees and when 4 came out it expanded it.

[@Timotheskyrimfan]

You shpuld get more views your videos are of good Quality and wel said.🎉

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

thank you!

[@joejohnson8966]

4:45 what is the name of the song playing in the background?

[@Ciyhilu]

10:09 I feel like we have two polar opposite perspectives on the rpg trilogy 😂 Obviously we both love mirage (who doesn’t) But I really do not like origins, for 2 main reasons. Level gating Extremely bloated loot. The level gating in origins is some of the worst I’ve ever seen, I think even 30 mins into the game you get level gated, you need to be level 5 for the next mission and at this point your level 2. The side missions are not good, and usually have nothing to do with the story. Not to mention you can grind for hours upgrading all your gear, but that still doesn’t correlate to your main level, which is very dumb when you think about it. And I don’t need to go into the bloated loot pool bc I’m sure you’ve experienced that a lot. It just takes the worst traits form an rpg, and forces them into an ac game. Say your level 24, and the next main quest is L29, that’s over an hour of side content just to be able to play one main quest, just feels like one step forward two steps back. Whereas Valhalla has very limited level gating, there is 0 level gating in Norway at the start of the game, and it’s based on regions, not individual missions. Not to mention Valhalla adds the ability for the player to make choices, which imo is a good rpg trait.

[@cotopaximusic]

What a great fuckin game series

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

IKR

[@SniperJoJo-fo9su]

All ac games are good just some are better in certain ways then others original era focuses on story the revolution era focuses on gameplay and the rpg trilogy focuses on graphic

[@pascalfernandes6957]

The thing is it is an anthology series and the aproche ther trying now is each game is diferent Genre They dont want to repeat what the issue was at thevstart wich Was that each AC feelt the same

[@nitishlikhit2260]

What time period would you personally prefer the upcoming games to take place in, such that it best reflect all of these qualities i.e Templar order vs Assassin philosophy, crowded cities vs larger landscape and so on.

[@unicorntomboy9736]

For me, just one example is the belle epoque period of France (late 19th century france, roughly the same time as AC Syndicate). India is another one too That said, It is somewhat pointless in my opinion, since we already know what the roadmap for this franchise will look like for the next half decade at least, with Red, Hexe and rumored 4 Black Flag Remake, as well as that standalone multiplayer game

[@nitishlikhit2260]

@@unicorntomboy9736 True, but it is fun to hypothesize. A man can dream, right? 😂

[@unicorntomboy9736]

@@nitishlikhit2260 What about my suggestion

[@nitishlikhit2260]

@@unicorntomboy9736 I agree that we must have the upcoming games between 15-19th century revisiting France would seem like a wasted opportunity considering we've explored it quite generously in AC unity albeit, it'll certainly look a lot different. However, I feel there is a lot of untapped civilizations yet to be visualised in the gaming industry. India would be cool though. Vast historical background and cultural diversity would be really great addition to the franchise. I am also Indian so I am personally more invested in getting an AC game reflecting my culture. And with the vast interaction between Colonial, Mughal, Shaivite, Vaishnavite and Buddhist ideologies interacting with each other and the dilemmas coming out of them will be really interesting. Riots were quite frequent in that period and the theology of God and the AC principles could play quite well with the theme, so yeah. That's what I think.

[@unicorntomboy9736]

@@nitishlikhit2260 I agree. I just think the french revolution went to waste in AC Unity, sine it was a botched game failing to live up to its potential. I think aztec empire would be a good one too, reusing the themes of AC 3, about colonialism etc I think India should be in a future AC game, since I think India is a beautiful country in many ways, with so much history and culture, that would be fit to be represented in the franchise. I think there is rumor of Ubisoft Sofia developing a game set in India, according to leaks. I think early 1800s India would be best

[@AlanR8530]

My biggest problem with the rpg saga is that it has miles of nothing the cities are dead, in the previous AC the music and the setting were a 10 and made me feel in that place but since Syndicate I feel that this was lost a little bit, now Origins the only thing I do not like is how the level system works from there on out I like it but Odyssey and Valhalla I have much to complain about honestly despite the settings that I love the execution makes me lose that love for them, now maybe I'm going a bit off topic but if they make some changes in Hexe I would like them to take the best of both AC and Hitman maybe they could have missions in more closed environments where they could put Hitman style gameplay while keeping the open world of AC.

[@miguelm7478]

great video! I actually disagree with you, I think that the game that gets the philosophical discussion between templars and assassins happens on AC1 and with Altair's journeys to understantind the true meaning of the Creed. This does not take the credit and depth of great characters such as Haytham Kenway of AC3.

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

Ac 1 is also fantastic ngl

[@38siddhiwinayaks58]

do you think grouping ac 1 with AC 2 to ac revelations is the right thing? I mean I get that But imo AC 1 is a bit different than the Ezio trilogy but I get what you are implying. I find the Kenway saga to be the best of all the eras as the story and deep philosophic ideas discussed is unsurpassed in the AC universe and the way AC rogue tied into ac unity is what I think makes it unique as no other AC game managed to tie/link two games with different protagonists so well. Well that's my two cents.

[@adamtyniec9154]

I actually disliked the idea of templar/order of the ancients checklist. Those kills are meaningless for me, I don't care about killing them and why exactly I kill them apart from them being "the bad guys". Imo the best portray of "the bad guys" is when you actually meet them and the story gives you reasons why to kill your target like Alberto Uberti in AC2 - personal vendetta unlike in RPGs where you kill those cultists or order members just becouse they ARE those members. Or in AC Mirage (very good AC game but average story) the head of order is some random who is important and you meet him/her (avoiding spoilers) while knowing nothing about her/him. Also I have a request. Could you please make a video about retconed lore in AC? Like Basim beeing the youngest master assassin (not Altair anymore as said in games databased and books) and other stuff? Thanks! Great videos btw!

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

thats fair enough. I tend to tell stories in my own head

[@JONNYtheKIDD]

What is that beautiful white outfit you have in Unity?

[@hellboundchaoscommand7567]

My personal rankings of AC for the 3 of you who care 13th: AC Valhalla it’s just too damn long 12th: AC III I am a completionist and this is the only game I have never 100% because it’s side objectives are just too damn hard and stupid. It’s only saving grace is that it finally killed Desmond 11th(the beginning of the ones I like): AC Syndicate I like Victorian London as a concept less so the execution but it was a nice try 10th: AC 1 a good start to a franchise nothing more nothing less 9th: AC Brotherhood the stupid tank mission 8th: AC Rogue I wish they made the whole Templar switch more interesting 7th: AC Revelations fucking Tower Defense 6th: AC II it had no major flaws but no major boons either 5th: AC Origins it has a good story and it was fun to play as but those elephants were stupid sometimes 4th AC Mirage I like the return to form to the original AC games and it’s fun to actually have a healthbar unlike the older games 3rd AC Unity perfection of the original AC formula once you ignore some of the bugs 2nd AC Odyssey I love it even though it’s not really an AC game I love it all the same 1st Black Flag he’s the best pirate I’ve ever seen

[@38siddhiwinayaks58]

457th view... Thats all i had to say. Great vid btw

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

Chad

[@historynepal509]

I love old style game but still I enjoyed rpg games only thing I hate about them is forced grinding to play main quest

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

yeah the grinding is a bit much

[@GINGERDAHNY]

Wait a second, is the spaniard altaïr stealth?

[@italiancat.5202]

ahaha, I knew there would be at least one comment about it

[@ejirooghenethompson9443]

Na the load out goes very very hard

[@HASEL.mp3]

How to tag ubisoft

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

😂😂

[@ivanstrydom8417]

The RPG combat is just terrible IMO. Hence why eventhough I love Origins, its settings, its protagonist, its world... I still cant force myself to continue playing it after 20 hours. I need an AC with the combat of the first 4 games.

[@Tarcon_Vaagh_69]

I mean I disagree with the grouping just because u kind of generalize the idea that you have upon all the games in the group. Like hollywoodanized narrative w/ Ezio. Yes, and it wasn't a thing of AC1. Also, I'd still say that Cesare Borgia while being as he is, he isn't flat of a character or anything, he's just representing one type of people, of which there are many between the Templars too, obviously. Oh and Rodrigo he's even less flat if I can use this wording. About the praising the Kenway saga for the philosophy, that's back again how AC1 did every single thing it can the best and (only) Black Flag romantizes with it for sure, (Darby is just a supernatural being who really understand what he's supposed to write while including his own style). AC3 while arguably the most loved Templar, Haytham, it has the most bland, stupid protagonist, Connor. Sometimes it just feels it started as telling the story of Haytham leaving the Creed and joining the Templars (that's why it has 5 Haytham sequences) but they for some reason changed to Connor (to have the side of a freedom fighter and show off american history facts about which nobody cares only the americans; I still say AC3 has the most boring setting of all time, yet) and Rogue is just ass (tbf, for fair reasons like ubisoft greed). So only Black Flag is good for me. About the rpg games' aspects you mention, yes, true, but I feel like they only fit that type of game. But like, who knows I never really think about those bc I don't wanna waste energy thinking on the 0.00000000001% of a game of which rest is just garbage. If you pay attention, of all these groups (I guess not Kenway saga, but tbf I cut them to 2 half bc AC3 and the BF&R duo are different gameplay-wise too so I like think of them as seperate things) have the "best" game on the start. AC1, *BF(?)*, Unity, Origins, if we're ordering them only inside their group. Phew, that was complicated to describe :D But yeah, if I had to pick games to recommend to someone in terms of which are worth playing, I'd say: AC1-ACR, Black Flag, Unity, Origins. This is, if I ignore my principle (which stands somewhat like: don't play anything past Black Flag. They introduced mictrotransactions in that game, and it truly shows.) AND watch a short revision of Valhalla's story, especially how the Templars are founded and how they originally were way more religious than how much they are already in Altair's age. (I liked that part of Valhalla the most, not even the main narrative :D. I hate how they just fused mythos and mythical *things* with ISU ever since Odyssey, I think? Origins had that influence too if I remember correctly.) So GENERALLY I share the same thinking that each entry has something but personally that fact doesn't justificate playing a horrendous game for one little aspect. It's really a strange phenomenon how gamers sometimes like more to think and talk about games more than playing, huh. Because of this each generation's first game is the best *rule*, do I really await Hexe. Let's wait it out, shall we?

[@arturikartur9955]

There's no golden age of AC. If you like games, then play it, but don't force people to like it. That's all I'm saying. Good video

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

wise words

[@unicorntomboy9736]

That period of time between 2012 and 2014/15 was the worst era of AC in my opinion (aside from AC 4 Black Flag of course). I did not like those american settings at all, with AC Unity being the single worst game in the entire franchise, as well as Rogue. I have lots of dislike and resentment towards Unity specifically, since it spawned the RPG games. I am somewhat optimistic for the current era of AC, with AC Red featuring the beautiful feudal japan setting. the new protagonist, Naoi, should be a compelling character, i hope. Not holding my breath though, the writing team at Ubisoft has gone downhill, and standards have fallen in the writing of these games.

[@TheSpaniardAssassin]

let's hope red is good