The Future Of Assassin's Creed Could Be Bright... Maybe...

[@LukeStephensTV]

I'm normally live streaming when these videos go up, but I'm super sick today, so we're holding off until Monday. See you then! Much love, Luke

[@davidbryant2504]

ill miss you today (insert crying face here) love ya man i hope you get to feeling better!!!

[@LiamsTheMan22]

Bahseem

[@apprenticeofbeleren]

The one thing I would love to have would be a complete remake of the first game in the style of the newer games, however keep the story and the stealth requirements the same. Remove the load screens and make everything open. I want to ride from Masyaf to Jerusalem with no loads. Give us an open Holy Land

[@victim2077]

Get well mate!

[@Fck_the_atf]

Dude no offense but after that video you did on odyssey I can’t take your opinion seriously when it comes to assassins creed.

[@GageKeye]

I cried when I got my copy of Assassins Creed Black Flag. My family was having financial problems at the time when the game was coming out and a lot of stress because my brother was in and out of the hospital a lot. I was young and wanted the game really bad but did not think I was going to be able to get it. But I was surprised with the game and so happy I had plenty of tears. This game franchise means a lot to me so I am hoping the future is bright.

[@anakindarthjedi9264]

I understand

[@stulongy6967]

Awesome stuff Respect bruh

[@unicorntomboy9736]

That's America's shit healthcare system for you. Go to the UK and use the NHS instead

[@minato_arisato3751]

@Nazar not exactly

[@kthulhukif]

@Nazar that's your take?

[@seanromeramc]

I would love nothing more than to trust in all your optimism, but knowing Ubisoft I'll believe it when I see it

[@GoldenLeafsMovies]

He said something similar right before Valhalla, stating that he had direct contact with one of the people working on the game, but we all know how it turned out.

[@oldskoolplays]

I'm in agreement with this comment They've gradually lost my trust over the years & I'm just Yeah alright like you I'll believe it when I see it.

[@BonzerMrT]

The only Ubisoft game I really play atm is the Divison 2

[@marvelfannumber1]

At this point it's starting to sound like a battered, abused housewife who's still trying to excuse the actions of her abusive husband. "Oh, well the last time he beat me, that was just a one time thing, he had a bad day" "Oh, I talked to him, and he swore he's not going to do it again, and that he's working on his anger issues" "Sometimes he just doesn't know how to treat me, and we're just trying to work that out by testing things". At some point, you should really start accepting that maybe this thing isn't going to get better, and that you have no reason to place your confidence in it when it hasn't given you any reason to for the last half-decade. You know the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over, expecting shit to change.

[@seanromeramc]

@@marvelfannumber1 that's a pretty bang on analogy, hence why until I actually see Ubisoft change, I have no faith in the franchise.

[@Connormurphy141]

Assassins creed 2 was such a beautiful game in terms of the world in the Renaissance era. For a game made in 2009 the game looked and was fantastic.

[@ianmcdonald3053]

That series was magnificent and fun.

[@GRGCompletionist]

The atmospere of that whole trilogy was truly something special

[@cynicalskeptic]

Still is!

[@sheogorath2657]

Tuscany is best map area

[@Giablo1]

Bro its Ezios story that made 2 so amazing, shit was badass as fuck

[@Anteatereatingants]

I just want to feel like a Assassin again and not a super powered warrior who can sneak sometimes. Also I want a dense city with tall buildings map again and not a open map with smaller towns and barely anything to climb

[@Danno5894]

Basically this is it. Just do that and the rest will follow

[@alexx123ify]

Yep give me my verticality back

[@arcanefury3666]

I honestly thought Origins was a phase. I never bought it but I thought,"This looks good but i dont think this'll be good for every game after. This'll probably be the last time its seen." What a fool i was.

[@Danno5894]

Same. Only Played the first one on ps3 and couple years ago got a ps4 and played almost every other prequel because I was looking for that original feel. Sad what it’s become

[@Pillock25]

Remember the days of twin hidden blades, and you'd sneak up from behind and perform that T-pose between two guards and take them both down quickly, quietly, stealthily? I miss those days. Now you blow a giant horn and run up the middle of the road with a raiding party, yelling and screaming.

[@jacekadamczewski6236]

Luke, man, I like you, but corporate greed killed Assassin's Creed. If the OG fans think it's already bad, it's gonna be a lot worse from now on with a ,,live service" type game of whatever. It ain't about what's good, it's now about microtransactions and we won't escape that unfortunately

[@michaelmcqueeferton6911]

Luke, man, I don’t like you and I love that you’re a Ubisoft fan. You deserve it 👍

[@flamebreaker7318]

You see that’s the issue y’all can’t agree on nothing there’s no one assassins creed that every single one of y’all likes

[@MetaEbenenSpinne]

@@flamebreaker7318 AC2?

[@thatlazguy]

Until ubi starta going bankrupt because nobody wants to associate with sex pests, and sony or microsoft then buy them, then and only then, they might make another good game

[@mysterious___1]

“OG fans” are the biggest cry babies

[@mxkingpin91]

AC Unity is the pinnacle of assassins creed games, sure it had its rough release, but it has aged into the ultimate fantasy of being an assassin. Beautiful, lived in, engaging, recognizable city. Great free running mechanics. Solid combat that could and should have improved with the following games rather than being derailed in syndicate. The bugs of that game is the catalyst that caused the downfall of AC into rpg games. The spirit of unity needs to be revived and built upon.

[@NGMING420]

Unity is junk stop lying 😂

[@memecliparchives2254]

@@NGMING420 And especially its sorry excuse of POS protagonist Arno the Assassimp Dorian. BTW, Unity had those RPG elements people hate these days too.

[@pond9875]

@@NGMING420 a better junk compared to Odyssey and Valhalla

[@NGMING420]

@@pond9875 No unity is horrible stop the cap

[@pond9875]

@@NGMING420True unity is junk and horrible but it lives up to the Assassin fantasy rather than bullshit magic skills & seeing numbers goes up.

[@jayDee92133]

Assassin's Creed was at it's best when it was action AND stealth with the story being about the Assassin's vs the Templars... now we have a franchise that doesn't even resemble what the title of the game is.

[@tammyford2661]

Agreed

[@IAWEE91]

The first AC game released during my sophomore year of high school. I've always been a super history geek and the idea of being an assassin during the Crusades was like a gaming dream come true. Been addicted to the series ever since, Valahalla is the first one I haven't seen through to the end. Hope you're right Luke!

[@zoso1up]

I feel that so much man,I've 100 percented every Ac until Valhalla,I've tried3 times getting back into it but there's something about it I just can't get hooked like I did with all the other entries

[@garrettoverstreet5584]

@@zoso1up it actually gets really good towards the end, not trying to support it just saying🤷‍♂️

[@zoso1up]

@@garrettoverstreet5584 I'll give it another try

[@BodhiBushido]

Same… Except I was 28 when the first AC came out. And I went all the way through Valhalla. I just can’t quit these games. So it really doesn’t matter if the future of the franchise is bright or shit… If they keep it steeped in history I’m in.

[@soroushai2374]

I was always a fan of the franchise and loved all the games till odyssey came out. It bored the fuck out of me. I was stock in the game and it was too repetitive. Now I'm scared to get to Valhalla

[@SebCarrasco]

EDIT: Apparently the story of Ubisoft removing Altair’s crossbow because it was historically inaccurate in AC1 is a myth, HOWEVER, the fact that all the earlier games really made the setting, character, and weapons cohesive & grounded, while ALSO working within a science fiction world/premise, were top notch and immserive! Cut to RPCreed, where the magical powers and mythology (ex: Minotaur) felt like the backbone of the AC universe. Ubi should just make Fenyx: Immortal Rising sequels because that’s clearly what they wanna do… I also wanna point out that AC needs to fix their UI. It’s actually something I think is incredibly important in games, ESPECIALLY AC. You are supposed to be in the Animus, a sci fi machine, so it’s supposed to look futuristic and sleek. However, since Odyssey, the devs seem to forgotten this fact, and instead created a generic fantasy layout. ADDENDUM: I do know you can play without UI, my point is that the actual design of the "in game animus" fell to the wayside in lieu of something you'd find in most open world RPGs.

[@adamibnal-alam8917]

That's a myth, they cut the crossbow because it was unbalanced and they found out in testing that it was overused to roll over the enemie, exactly like it is used in AC Brotherhood. Crossbows existed since at least the 11th century. I do agree with the UI - that you should be able to play without like in AC1.

[@Leon_SKennnedy]

The crossbow story is bs, the UI though? It feels like a massive downgrade from the older games, I loved that Unity allowed you to simply press and hold a button at anytime to just immerse yourself in the world

[@adamibnal-alam8917]

@N7Andy 1. If you set a waypoint that appears on screen to direct you then you've ipso facto been using part of the HUD. 2. I was referring exclusively to the first Assassin's Creed game in which all the information you need to complete the missions, traverse the environments and assassinate your target are present in the game assets and enables you to make a complete run without the HUD. This is rendered impossible with AC2 because the missions started at specific coordinates in the game-world and so without the mini-map minimally you cannot complete the game - unless you pop the map every 20 meters but that's just unplayable.

[@adamibnal-alam8917]

@N7Andy 1. I think the main reason you can complete AC1 without the HUD is found in the level design and not so much with the scale of the game. All combined, the cites of Jerusalem, Acre and Damas most likely make 75% of Venice and Florence. But the level design made it so you'd explore the cities one district at the time by having all the investigations concentrated in one. This could've easily been replicated in later games by dividing Florence and making that you go step by step. It is again the level design that is then more linear based like a Rockstar game that creates the necessity of fixed waypoints. In this, I agree with you conclusion that the recent AC games are simply not designed to be played without the HUD - and this is very annoying considering how ugly and blend they are. 2. I agree that a single way point on screen is much better than a thousand useless information. I usually only keep the mini-map on my Ezio runs because that's the only relevant thing. 3. I don't want to be an ass but the flags in AC1 were meant as a joke by the developers, you were never really supposed to go after them since they don't provide anything. Plus, it's not really an argument to use the completionists' perspective since the games are not intented for that audience or structured around the objective of collecting everything on the map.

[@James-gj8rn]

Excuse me? Last i heard Assassin's Creed Infinity was a thing (an ever expanding live service type of Assassin's Creed game) and if that's still the case, the future isn't bright for the series but i'm interested to hear what you think

[@alexghost2099]

Same, it feels bleak for the OG fans the most.

[@verbon47]

could be good tbh, it should just all be things focussed on the actual AC part.

[@daltonm9420]

Assassins Creed already has the features of a live service game. It really is just missing a multiplayer element. They already have microtransactions and content updates.

[@daltonm9420]

Tbf I'm not saying I'm excited for it but it seemed pretty clear it was heading this way after I played Odyssey.

[@fetti_notready]

My sentiment exactly

[@ANGELOFDARKification]

We're at that time of year when Luke is optimistic about AC again then.... Can't wait in a year's time when there is another video of why the franchise 's future is messed up. Don't trust Ubisoft.

[@handsomejas105]

A few weeks later the Iron Man thing has been revealed and it doesn't look as good anymore tbh

[@ymi_yugy3133]

I think the future looks extremely grim. First previews of Skull and Bones look pretty bad, a number high profile titles have just been postponed or cancelled. Meanwhile the rest of the industry is consolidating and aggressively monetized f2p and live services games continue to be cash cows. The limits of what players are willing to endure are shifting rapidly. Ubisoft has been declining for years and if they want to survive they need to improve their financials quickly. That means predatory monetization and no risky projects. They simply don't have the resources anymore to have thousands of people work on an ambitious project for the better part of a decade. They may be able to create some passible maybe even decent AC games, but I wouldn't expect anythinggroundbreaking.

[@memecliparchives2254]

Unless Beyond Good and Evil 2 hits its stride and it better be because it's Ubisoft's last chance.

[@jossebrodeur6033]

Skull and Bones has also been in development hell for 8 years, and they are contractually obligated by the Singapore government to release the game. I wouldn't use a game that should have been cancelled years ago but literally couldn't as your bar for the future.

[@Blacklungs-Sanji]

game have sucked for years but now it’s at its prime. Only 1 or 2 gems release a year nowadays and it’s gotta be covid that fucked this up, many good developers have left alot of different company’s ever since so I’m not surprised anymore. I’m just ready for this generation to take over so they can give what is what the gamin C community has wanted or needed for a long time :/

[@Blacklungs-Sanji]

too many boomers working for game company’s now, thinking every game idea is a golden ticket to Willy Wonkas chocolate factory 🫠

[@nielsmichiels1939]

_"the future is brighter than you think"_ No it isnt, all the good talent has abandoned ubisoft ages ago and the company is not interested into making a good game for gamers but a profitable one for investors.

[@Void-Realm]

I'm personally concerned about companies moving away from discs. I think it has a lot of consequences for the consumer not to mention preservation.

[@holyordersol2668]

Agreed. Ubisoft’s recent faux-pas with the discontinuation of sale, downloadability and DLC content for several past titles is extremely concerning. A hard shift towards a live service model almost definitely means a “Goodbye to all your time and money at any moment, whenever we feel like dropping the End of Service ‘thank you’ letter.”

[@tehhotline4225]

Well the fact if your a precived bold boy they can just take away all your games at the snap of their fingers isn't great

[@abhijith6589]

Iam also concerned with the new trend of fully online server based games and battle royale games being favored by studios over storybased games. Its quick and easy money over any game with a soul I guess. Not just games. Films and music they are all generally been going through a degradation period for quite a while now. Monetary gain and clout >> creativity, soul and risk. Honestly sad to see

[@maineman5757]

My infatuation with Assassins Creed started with the E3 reveal for the original Assassin's Creed. Everything about it blew my mind.

[@GTAVictor9128]

After playing the original AC for the first time, it gave me "parkour vision" where I would always look around my surroundings in different places and ask myself: "I wonder if I could climb that."

[@symboIiq]

@@GTAVictor9128 Dude you just brought back memories. As a kid I’d go to a park and do parkour and shit haha. Assassins creed was my ultimate obsession as a 12-15 year old

[@younismar6044]

My chocolate starfish is brighter than the future of Assassins creed

[@neos.4587]

Oh yeah I would love another bad fanfiction fantasy game of an AC. Please make it a 300 hours long grind with another massive microtransaction market. That is the BRIGHT future of AC and Ubisoft. They killed every single game series they had but I am sure the future is bright right?

[@mcpires21]

i really am hoping Rift sells REALLY well so that we get the good old Assassin’s Creed formula back for Infinity. Every single entry that came out until Syndicate felt really engaging with it’s side content. I’m playing through Unity again and i find myself exploring and completing side missions 80% of the time. As for Valhalla, i can only focus on the story and side content feels useless to me, maybe because of the often non-existent rewards in comparison to older games. We want a game for the fans. We want Assassin’s Creed’s identity back. If that comes in the form of a live-service game, so be it, as long as it stays true to what we grew to love. Ubisoft did a great job with the revival of Far Cry, and i am inclined to trust them for the first time in a long time in order to make a great Assassin’s Creed comeback. Bring on Rift!

[@TheFirebreather]

No. Move on.

[@memecliparchives2254]

There was nothing engaging in Unity's side content. And if you think Rogue has enjoyable side content then I don't what to tell you how that game has the most clutter of collectables in its compact map.

[@LtMewS]

@@TheFirebreather already moved on there are just many o5her franchise which are better most Ubisoft games are shit

[@TheFirebreather]

@@LtMewS okay then why you here

[@LtMewS]

@@TheFirebreather recommendation by KZbin I was interested in this series until 2018

[@AT-bd3fb]

Tbh the future looks pretty bleak to me. The franchise hasn’t had a proper direction since 2012, the last three games have been far more mythical and history focused than assassins creed focused, and Ubisoft are even attempting to make a liver service ac. I think the ac franchise is gonna get a lot worse before it gets better.

[@l2j867]

Facts

[@John-996]

They should just make a historical game with no Fantasy Magic or other crap in it.

[@Sevren_]

Valhalla isn’t really historically accurate

[@ACLA23]

MeltedIceCream none of the games really are if you nitpick them

[@ACLA23]

Jonny 1996 all of the ac games have fantasy magic lol

[@adamibnal-alam8917]

ERRATUM: The engine is the same (AnvilNExt 2.0) from Unity through Valhalla, so the issue is more to be found with the fact that Rift is most likely being based off Valhalla instead of Unity and thus will the suffer the same *game design* limitations. My concern at this point lies with the game -engine- design/level design and its limitations. The physics and the animation of the later games feels goofy and made for large (empty) maps and a RPG style combat system. It does not offer the detail and the precision the precedent Anvil engines provided, which peaked with AC Unity. The problem being that most of the classical AC gameplay and level design focuses on a precise set of movements which enabled a polished free-running with lots of obstacles and a combat system that flowed and was enemy based instead of hit-box based. The stealth gameplay in Origins to Valhalla is thus highly limited because the NPCs animation and movements are way to basic and so inhibit strong and immersive social blending. It thus resort to the most boring and basic stealth mechanics which are crouching and bushes... which feels extremely poor. To me AC Rift might fail because it is going to be attempting to return to a previous style of gameplay but with the wrong tools. The -engine- game design is not built for classical AC to it will overall feel goofy. Too bad because it was long due they return to the based middle-eastern city setting. For the live-service, I think Jim Sterling makes a perfect argument against it which is that the players' time is limited and cannot engage in various live-service XXX hours lenghty eXpErIeNcEs. They most likely will stick to one and keep with it so you find yourself with a divided market that is siphoned in one live-service and litteraly does not have time for the others. It's also a model which enables game producers to break down a single product into various pieces to make you pay more that you would have had for a single game, i.e. the Hitman series. So overall, f*ck live-service.

[@alinpetrescu2309]

Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla are built upon the same engine as Unity and Syndicate. It isn't the engine that is the problem, the problem is what they're doing with it.

[@adamibnal-alam8917]

@@alinpetrescu2309 Oh, I'm glad you're right, this brings hope. ^^

[@alinpetrescu2309]

@@adamibnal-alam8917 It brings me hope too, I agree with your remarks / observations

[@amoryblaine5099]

As much as I admire your optimism, I just cannot see it. AC has been on a downward curve since 2013. Despite the recent Unity revisionism and not withstanding the bugs, I remember before release the return to the single city being seen as step back in ambition after Black Flag. Plus Unity totally wasted the French revolution setting with the romance/revenge plot. E.g. there could have been a story where the assassins actually win over the Templar controlled monarchy at the beginning of the game and then we have a civil war story line of different assassin factions trying to build a new France without success, with one faction taking 'everything is permitted' to its logical conclusion in the Terror, to cleanse France of hundreds of years of Templar rule. This would have built on the themes of 3 and Black Flag and explained the condition of the modern brotherhood. The game would have ended with an assassin helping Napoleon come to power to end the chaos, so setting up the sequels. That's just my hobby horse of an alternative franchise direction though. Like many others I played the Witcher 3 between Unity and Syndicate, and on playing Syndicate felt that the whole AC formula was stale and behind the times in 2015. The Wild Hunt raised the bar massively in every respect, even Origins the most obvious Witcher clone was unable to compete with the Wild Hunt's writing. Nevertheless the transition to RPG in Origins felt like a shot in the arm in 2017. To me Origins is the best of the new style games, it is the only one I have replayed. However in retrospect this may have been because of the strength and novelty of the Egyptian setting. Also Origins is where the micro transactions really started in force. Odyssey is simply not on AC game, as an RPG in a fantasy version of Ancient Greece its perfectly enjoyable, but I have played it for over 300 hours and remember little of the narrative and characters, which is probably concerning. Valhalla was initially an improvement on Odyssey, it felt more grounded, but again the potential is wasted. This is mainly through laziness and poor quality writing, where there is a superficially impressive and interesting premise that is again and again not followed through. E.g. it is fun and interesting to explore the Hidden One bureaus, until you realise Eivor has no idea what he is doing and cannot read the scrolls. This could have been solved by a 30 second debrief conversation back at your settlement after each tomb, building up to Eivor becoming an assassin, but no. There are lots of similar examples throughout the game, ending up with a bloated and unsatisfying mess. The decline in quality and substance between Revelations, Black Flag, Origins and Valhalla is shocking, particular as this is all meant to be produced by the same team. The Valhalla year 1 and 2 content show us what a live service AC will be, endless filler mediocre content. As Valhalla has been very successful for Ubisoft, I expect future games to follow this pattern. I have seen the rumors for an Aztec game and the setting has massive potential. Due to the geographic isolation you could assassin and templar equivalents developing in a totally different way to their Eurasian counterparts, with similar yet distinct ideas. You could have a clash between the Aztec assassins and the European brotherhood. You could have Aztec assassins and templars uniting against the Spanish. You could have an Aztec empire ruled by Isu descendants, as an wannabe Isu state from before the Catastrophe, hence the constant war with and human sacrifice of other peoples. The setting is exotic enough to Western audiences to have relatively free rein in including the mythological elements without breaking immersion. Do I think Ubisoft is competent to give us anything like this or better? No. There will be a gorgeous setting filled with endless, dull repetitive content all to make the real money off micro transactions. When you think about the heights the franchise has hit, this is all very sad.

[@Mickey23kswiss]

I absolutely agree! It’s one thing to be optimistic but another thing entirely to be optimistic after repeated meaningless attempts from Ubisoft. I like Valhalla simply because of the setting, but I’m fully aware it’s a completely stupid game that’s an absolute chore to power thru. Don’t get me started with the dream sequences… FFS!

[@TheDarkChaplain]

Wish it could be that confident. I'm anything but, and the modern era of AC may have not even been in the same franchise. Anyhow, Ubisoft just slashed their expectations for this fiscal year by half, apparently. More gloom than anything.

[@ashutoshnaruka2062]

when I saw the upcoming assassin's creed trailer, I was convinced with this as well..the future of god of war is bright

[@sjmad96]

hahahahaha

[@ashutoshnaruka2062]

@ashyupcoming {assassin's creed}'s trailer..ma bad

[@mohammadsaleem5990]

@@ashutoshnaruka2062 which upcoming assassin's creed? They haven't even announced any upcoming game officially yet.

[@LtMewS]

Fake copy paste generic Ubisoft 's God of war they don't got any creative minds anymore copy pasting and recycling other games not in better way but worst

[@RustyBagel11]

I loved unity and syndicate. The control of the parkour is absolutely insane

[@RustyBagel11]

And it feels so much better after playing Valhalla odyssey and origins. The assassination missions were also awesome

[@jm5887]

Whats even worse is that origins was good. Sure the gameplay was very witchery but the setting was gorgeous and a joy to explore especially the pyramids. And I thought the story was very well told with a few emotional moments. After unity and syndicate it was a return to form for me. an enjoyable protagonist with a great story a brilliant setting I wanted to explore and fun combat. All they had to do was give us either a direct sequel taking place in Rome with bayek or failing that. Go to another interesting time period and tell a STORY. I've for years wanted to play as Darim Ibn-La'Ahad and play through the assassination of ghengis Kahn that would be amazing. But instead they made odyssey which apart from legacy of the first blade. Had nothing to do with assassin's creed. Ubisoft just fumbled the bag from a really promising start

[@Enigmalake]

Guy rags on Tsushima and Horizon and then tells me AssCreed is gonna be fantastic in the future. Hell I’m sensing Ubi$oft gets sold within 2 years. They cancelled 4 games and skull and bones is gonna be a huge flop

[@issahumps]

Just started playing through all of them for the first time (only played rpg ones and 3 &4) currently on brotherhood and having a blast lol. Loved all the references to future games in 1 and 2. They really thought narrative out.

[@missroseanne5791]

I also played them for the first time a few months ago! My first ac game was Origins, then I decided to buy Black Flag since a ton of people recommend it. After that I bought the Ubisoft+ pass and started playing all of the games from the beginning! I'm currently on Valhalla. I really love the Assassin's Creed Franchise.

[@Weiswolfe]

A TIP when you arrive to odyssey, is fucking huge, like, uselessly huge so, dont try going by foot, and ignore naval comabt is lame

[@benparsons4979]

@@Weiswolfe Or just do what you want to do.

[@victim2077]

The idea of "time jumping assassin" in Infinity worries me a lot. Having one created and playable isn't bad but we should be able to do it after we finish main story of any given "experience". Instead we could unlock some stats/skills/abilities that are carried over from "experience" to "experience". IMO that would work better than e.g. Shay, Ezio or some OC assassin jumping from 7 years war to 3rd crusade or fall of Rome.

[@Switch4536]

I think another thing that should be kept in mind is very recently AC origins just came out on Xbox game pass and it has been optimized for the newest generation of consoles, this will like you said provide even more data to Ubisoft and hopefully they will eventually come to this great mix of old AC and new AC

[@xUseTheForks]

Yer they should a mix of the old ac games and new, like have the parkour/free running of the old games and heaps of roof tops but have the combat of origins/odyssey

[@hamoodhabibi2039]

Only way for ac to work now is to make everything after revelations non canon and then give the franchis to a game developer that cares about their games

[@matipelmatip]

Yup this fantasy stuff doesn't work for me, same in Odyssey and Origins DLC's, where we went to the afterlife or something.. felt weird..

[@taylorschippedtooth4690]

But a magical apple created by a race that created humans makes sense

[@MrBread-gt7jd]

Notice how every assassins creed video uses ezio’s family in the background, assassins creed will never be what it used to be, it has only gotten worse and the franchise is more of a comedy at this point. Honestly it’s best to just let go of hope and remember what we used to have

[@stealthkillz3114]

I'll be looking to play Rift. Hopefully it turns out good or decent with parkour/freerunning and classic AC stuff as they are putting out. None of this RUN IN A STRAIGHT LINE and "We aren't Assassins, we're Warrior's Creed" nonsense. I love playing the classics but I don't want to play the old school games all the time. I want something new that respects the OG AC style.

[@SAVAGE-GAMER-]

I just want an Assasins creed in the finalized days of constructing Atlantis, and the rise and speculative downfall of an entire civilization with vastly advanced technology and how it becomes lost forever..something like that would be awesome

[@hiravalley2359]

Assassins Creed since 1 have that Apple of Eden that literally gave magic powers to Altair/Ezio

[@taylorschippedtooth4690]

Literally

[@simonrockstream]

Dude, Ubisoft has LITERALLY NEVER made a "good" live-service game.

[@SnowFrostCollective]

Rainbow Six?

[@babyspoot]

I was skeptical but you just got me really interested in Infinity. It looks like they're using it as a platform to put out different types of AC games. We'll get RPGs, action-adventure games, whatever the hell Hexe is, maybe we'll get telltale-style games. Instead of it being a single AC game with expansions that all use the same combat, stealth, and parkour systems.

[@WILLINGLYWILD]

The pricing model is just the nail in the coffin of assassins creed games recently, it just sours your opinion

[@jaegershoemaker8959]

Assassin‘s Creed was like fifa or madden, but that was around 4, Rogue, and Unity. These days they take their time, I think some hardcore people just moved on from the franchise.

[@taylorschippedtooth4690]

Literally the old games were good but once they did something good they’d make 3 of the same games

[@williammoore1030]

In the middle of playing Assassin's creed rogue remastered for the first time, it has a ton carried over from black flag, which is still either my favorite or 2nd favorite depending on the day. Needless to say I am enjoying it way more then Valhalla.

[@THEDUDE-fv4wj]

If it wasn’t for Ps Plus Extra I would’ve never played Rogue.Great game.

[@shinichiizumi2242]

im in the middle of play syndicate and ong they should have never changed the ac formula to what it is now. I played most old ac games but I stopped playing for a while after unity so I forgot how fun they were

[@taylorschippedtooth4690]

@@shinichiizumi2242 yeah well no one was buying the game

[@NightRogue77]

That’s some seriously apologetic stuff man. Perhaps the problem is, they’re making a video game based on data collected, versus making a game because they want to make a good video game.

[@c_friii]

Started with assassins creed 2 as well. The game literally made you fall in love.

[@falsetitle6940]

This got recommended to me because I watched your video about how you can't defend Assassin's Creed's marvel crossover items.

[@justinpratt3462]

Completely wiped out from work today but after watching this video I will definitely break out Origins. Just got the Pharaoh's dlc and am working upto level 43 to engage. Now I'm Def going to break out the controller. I enjoy the videos!

[@angelcrespo6232]

If I get a unity/syndicate type of stealth gameplay I'd be happy

[@m_h_1988]

I'd be stoked to see them return to a more classic AC experience. Bring back the focus on history and the Assassin vs Templar conflict, the stealth, etc. I don't mind a little bit of magic/sci fi but only if it ties into the Isu and Pieces of Eden stuff. I really hope they don't continue with the constant mythology stuff, it's just not what AC was supposed to be about. Too many times in Valhalla I found myself fighting the blue-skinned Jotuns thinking 'I can't believe this is an AC game'.

[@tobysparrow4491]

There was a focus on history you dafty. (in Odyssey and origins anyway) Odyssey's world is so fucking historically accurate. I've researched ancient Greece to death and seeing the city of Athens in the game is amazing. Especially the city layout. It's not just the world in Odyssey that is amazing, The armour as well. (excluding the helix store armour) I think the same about origins as well but Valhalla on the other hand. Yeah Valhalla is not that accurate.

[@m_h_1988]

@@tobysparrow4491 yeah true. I was thinking about Valhalla's mythology stuff when I was writing that tbh

[@kloakovalimonada]

Possible setting: Gothic Prague. Spires, towers, ramparts, the frikkin Golem, alchemy, all sorts of weird stuff historically going on... Could be fantastic.

[@taylorschippedtooth4690]

Yes we need a major Eastern Europe or Southern Asia

[@cameronwestwood6726]

I guess this makes sense why all the assassin’s creed games have been added to Uplay and PS+, I’ve been replaying the series including ones that I’ve not played before and I’ve got to say, at the moment AC Unity is my favourite game of the series, would love them to go back to some of those ideas

[@TheFirebreather]

Basim is a great character. His Isu storyline and the way it was shown by an analogy with north mythology was sooo clever and interesting

[@pieyeh1]

Unpopular opinion: Unity was peak Assassin's Creed

[@fancyAlex1993]

They did some many things correctly in Origins and proceeds to screw up big time in thenext few entries.

[@TheWizardGamez]

Unity could’ve slapped. They just really shat on its launch. A few more months in the oven and it would’ve been a golden game. As well as setting up a long term co-op campaign. But as is. The looter rpg they have been delivering is just not compelling. At least not for me, a long term fan. I understand that you need filled in between. That’s the point of side missions. And the older games rewarded you quite well

[@revengeofthesynth5430]

Luke, I love your new series about "tried again" games, and since you're a specialist with Ubisoft, there is one game that almost none of the bigtime channels like yours have talked much about, and it has a special mode that was released a month or so after its release that Ubisoft really hit out of the park. That would be Far Cry Primal and the "Survival mode w/ pet permadeath" setting. They found a great balance of intuitiveness and immersion with their typical Far Cry interface/system with this Survival Mode, and it's such a shame it wasn't built upon. If you want to get a peek at it, there's a video on KZbin called Survival Mode Changes Everything FC: Primal -- definitely worth a look for the series if you need some ideas.

[@joaopescusa]

Man, just give me Black Flag 2.

[@taylorschippedtooth4690]

You want 2 tailing missions every sequence?

[@johnarnold7984]

Optimism for Ubisoft is completely misguided. Their actions and statements they have made over the last few years, shows the company is clearly focused on monetization and have no respect for their fans and customer base. They have abandoned franchises with large fan bases (Prince of Persia, Splinter Cell, etc.) and have retooled existing franchises like Assassin's Creed into different games than what made them popular in the first place. Save your money and give it to game developers that create good affordable games who listen to their customers and treat them with respect. Also, your attitude to live services is wrong. If you accept it and give them your money for their BS then of course they will continue to do so. Stop rewarding sanctimonious mediocrity with your money and then the incentive will be there for them not to do it.

[@MetaEbenenSpinne]

This comment is gold

[@jenkins2252]

I appreciate your optimism but I simply don't have it. I don't trust ubisoft with assasins cred or far cry at all anymore😮‍💨. I really hope you're right though

[@protectbabysif]

I can't say I really agree. Ubisoft is struggling to finish Rift, a smaller scale game that has been delayed to Spring 2023 and their mainline titles don't have any clear direction whatsoever. I thought the franchise was handled pretty poorly during the RPG trilogy, but this is probably the bleakest its been to date

[@ellison193]

Man, I COMPLETELY DISAGREE! 1. I wan MORE magic. In fact, I want a solo Havi game.🤷‍♂️ 2. Once you realize that Odin isnt a God and that Evor's dreams is just the only way her mind can make sense of the tech she cant even fathom exist, it makes PERFECT sense. 3. VAlhalla is the only reason I went back to Odessy. I couldnt get into it on my first run and I sat the controller down.

[@GoliathPL1]

Ubisoft is shit. Nobody should be hopeful about any of their games. Next AC is going to be the same RPG map marker-clearing crap with heavy monetization and live service components. Stop giving them money and stop shilling for them.

[@nerodevil.24]

Honestly all the really need to do is remake the first saga of the series with “modern graphics” and not the trash modern engine that their using for the newer games like how you go mocap in AC unity too ac Valhalla Ac Valhalla looks like ps3 GTA 5 😭😭💀 And make it one full long game, even if it’s 300 hours people will play it cuz they love. Classic AC And call it the “Desmond’s legacy” And it would cover Desmond’s time on “The Farm “ during his childhood all the way to him dying in Ac3 Playing the complete full lives of Altair, Ezio , Conor. Progress wise it would be great cuz you literally progress as a child to mentor level Assassin throughout his life/ the game gaining abilities to use during modern segments And like in the story how Desmond obtains thru his use of the animus. They can even makeup some modern day missions for some “live service” that put Desmond in different scenarios to “test him” and maybe even add a multiplayer aspect to it where he’s getting help from other assassins trainee And funny enough this game could tie into the ending of Valhalla where The modern day girl (lol forgot her name 🤣😭) and Desmond said they’re gonna change the timeline thru the ISU tree machine.

[@human_boulder]

I remember spending days playing Assassin's creed games for days in my dorm room in college.

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

The problems arose immeadiately when someone at Ubisoft had the idea that "mytholody = Isu". That simple idea sounds pretty cool, but the problem is that it allows Ubisoft to be lazy and creatively bankcrupt. Mythology is cool. It's not cool if you have that mythology looking like Godfall a.k.a. Animus artstyle. But yeah... I don't trust Ubisoft anymore, nor the industry. This new AC Infinity just sounds like all the core design decisions are made based on monetization.

[@yourdad5799]

Me reading the title: Don't do it, don't give me hope

[@Tolard49]

AC 2 and Brotherhood blew my mind then I took a break from gaming. I came back with AC Unity in 2018 (after the patch of most of the bugs) and I never felt that much joy and excitement in a game, even to this day. Origins was the last AC game I like and Odyssey despite being a good game was not even close to be an AC one. I hope the franchise finds its roots back because it is loosing me fast... Great video btw

[@Mickey23kswiss]

Nah Luke, I used to love AC too but you need to understand… This is Ubisoft. Just learn yo lesson

[@indus7841]

"Introduced social stealth in assassins creed 3"????? You sure you played the old ones mate?

[@kriptic5495]

I guess I’m bias because I’m obsessed with Vikings but I liked Valhalla a lot and have about 300 hours in it. However the older games are by far some of my favorite games of all time!!

[@berkeydjh]

Let's gooo! A new video on a Friday night, now this is a vibe!

[@benmmarino]

It’s frustrating to know that the assassins creed premise, up until odyssey (which I loved really but still it’s a clear departure) could really be so so so good. Imagine the grounded nessm of Kingdom Come Deliverance with that games fantastically written and voiced non generic main cast of characters with the drama of the clandestine aspects of pre origins AC games, and a more complex and very thought-out stealth system coupled with an assassination aspect that would make Hitman fans very happy with free running that is an improved version of Unity’s. Just do that! Take your hundreds of talented artists and writers and programmers, And all your resources and make something

[@peculiar3529]

Who writes the scripts for these videos? “They introduced a sort of social aspect with AC 3” what does that mean??!

[@SIRVER123456789]

I think that one of the coolest potential locations for AC to consider is the Aztec/Mexica capital Tenochtitlan during the Spanish invasion. I know that Ubisoft is incredibly unlikely to do this because it would be difficult to fit it within the lore, but I think it would be an amazing game.

[@Marsc9013]

How would it be hard to fit into the lore

[@ACLA23]

The next ac game is gonna be either in Japan Middle East or with the Mayans or Aztecs

[@mohammadsaleem5990]

I feel like an Aztec game would be even more mythology than what we have now

[@robTCGZ]

If they return to the original form, I bet the series can rise again to the status it once had. It what made it distinctive form other games. The moment they switched to open world, they just became more of the bunch. And I like those 3 open world games, but it's just not the same. We need that AC1-Syndicate design again

[@RossG99]

Stop the cap bro it’s over, AC died a long loooong time ago. I would argue it died with Desmond and will die on that hill. Black Flag may be a fan favourite and Unity has its supporters after the patches but honestly when Desmond died we saw the storyline completely derailed. The reason the original trilogy (plus brotherhood and revelations) was so good was the intertwining story that tied characters, events and motivations together. It was all for a purpose. That purpose died with Desmond and now the modern day is a complete and utter fucking joke.

[@RossG99]

And I’d like to add that even if they try and go back now, I fear the damage is done. How do you back to a grounded story when a game or two ago I was leaping 300 metres off the ground and landing it no problem because I unlocked a skill which means I literally take no fall damage. Granted, the hay bales wouldn’t either but at least there was an attempt at realism there. It went from serious to goofy, from assassinating targets and members of royal families to spam attacking monsters with my axe.

[@MrSpawn229]

Aztec don't even have HB and Assassin's until arrival of Hernan Cortes and Giovanni Borgia (you will be play as a warrior, forget about your assassin fantasy) 😐

[@marcdwonn9772]

Haha, live service... As if people need another one. I'm not interested in online games - it's all about the single player experience for me. If Ubisoft makes AC "always online", i'm out. I'm gonna play AC Origins and Odyssey (and even Valhalla) until i'm tired of them (could take 2-5 years though!), and then i'm gonna move on.

[@vh3914]

I’ve just finished AC:Brotherhood and I am ALL IN for a more old-school AC game.

[@apimb1396]

Ive been having some serious AC fever as of late.... time to open that copy of Unity

[@nilsmadej9091]

This seems like a good idea, there are plenty of interesting concepts for assassin's set in different places/times that can't be used because of commitment required to make a full game. I had an idea for AC set in ancient Egypt years before and it came true, but my idea for a game set in January uprising Poland (mentioned in AC3) did not, this allows to make these ideas come true. They tried something similar with the 2d AC games. Less commitment to execute the concept but the cost of one dimension was too high.

[@Ghost-ql3hl]

It will only be bright when we are once again playing as an assassin fighting templars. Until then no no it is not

[@NoxForest]

They should make an Aguilar game. It was such a missed opportunity to make a game set during the Spanish inquisition rather than a movie. They wasted a great setting, story and music.

[@MrThrowUps]

The videos this year have been.. Perfect. Every single video

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

I disagree on the mythology aspect. The mythology is entwined with Assassin's Creed whether you may like it or not. Mythology adds a whole lot more to the series when it's tightly focused. In my opinion.

[@Hoss_91]

I’d like to see an assassins creed game that takes place around the polish-Lithuanian commonwealth period. Playing as a Cossack turned assassin. Assassins creed Deluge would be awesome!

[@csgunn007]

Your revisit of Origins compelled me to give it a try. I stopped right after III. I'm glad I did it a shot. It's really quite brilliant. Thanks for that

[@mrmeme2917]

Bro this Guy Acts Like Valhalla Bullied him in High School and he never got over it 🤣

[@MajorPineapple]

even though i only really care for AC 1-4 it’s still my favorite game franchise this was my childhood and i vividly remember getting my copy of AC2, and now playing the ezio trilogy on switch made me so happy

[@65firered]

I have no faith or trust in Ubisoft doing justice for the franchise, from the rampant greed to the lack of focus or understanding of games through direct interference with development. There are more reasons to be untrusting of everything that Ubisoft does than to believe they have learned from their mistakes, because not only do they rarely learn they tend to double down.

[@LtMewS]

One of the worst gaming companies to work and buying their crappy products

[@rondopacker]

AC3 was one of my favourite games as a kid, I have been disappointed that I haven’t enjoyed the newer games, but I hope the future is looking up

[@thepolticalone961]

It's not just the game play. I want them to fix the modern timeline.

[@ZeroHxC07]

Ezio killed AC. I am sorry but it’s true. Instead of getting one game he got 3 and then ac happened and well the rest is history.

[@thepolticalone961]

@@ZeroHxC07 how dare you. Ezio did no such thing. AC died with Desmond but not before of Ezio

[@oldschoolgamer5113]

Don't buy secret lab chair. The most uncomfortable thing you will ever sit on. They sit so high even at the lowest when you try to rest your head your looking up under your glasses at the ceiling. 10 mins your butt will think your at a high school basketball game sitting on bleachers. Your lower back gets no support and your upper back is pushed forward, leaving your head and neck with no support. The pillows are useless and provide little to none in support. I have a new one right here and I can't stand 5 mins in the chair. I can't sell it or give it away. It's brand new and in perfect condition. It cost more then half to send back. I wasted 400.00 bucks you have been warned.... sorry I have to strongly object... your buying the name and the idea, not an actual comfortable chair... paper weight...

[@proluk1889]

I'm sorry but I don't trust Ubisoft anymore

[@faresmhaya]

I hate for infinity to just be a game that tips its toe in several different aesthetics, time settings and cultures without committing or excelling at any particular one. If it doesn't offer a satisfactory experience in a given setting, it might contaminate the well, leave a bad taste in the audience's mouth and ruin the likelihood of having another AC game that fully explores that specific setting in the future. I'd rather take a master of one thing than a jack of all trades.

[@aquafusion274]

Hope ubisoft sees this video cause you spoke for us fans so well, they need to stop adding so many quest lines and just pro long a single quest line. It starts getting so confusing and overwhelming. AC Valhalla is a prime example of that

[@jaycarbray836]

Great video, as always luke. Feel better ✊🏻

[@cloverraven]

I think fenyx rising was fairly critically well liked.

[@moukatelmomo6985]

If it is good it is good, for sure. But I just don't play live service games. I have played every AC games and the one and only main game I dislike is Syndicate. But never have I ever played a live service game, I just have no interest in those

[@charleylolz]

I would go crazy for an AC set in Russia in the late 1800s/early 1900s.

[@ACLA23]

Ax chronicles Russia is pretty close

[@mathaslorliam2759]

Luke, I love all of your videos! could you increase the volume of your voice a bit more , please?!

[@OctaviusAu]

So Assassin's Creed, one of my favourite franchise in all video game history, could become like Destiny and like a Mmo as I feared!!! Goodbye my beloved series: it was nice to collect 12 gorgeous historical settings full of art and beauty. R.i.p. Assassin's Creed 2007-2020

[@i_am_hollow4814]

It died long before 2020