Did a platinum run of each game in the trilogy. I always thought the games were some of the best in the series and some of the best games pretty much in general, but when you go out of your way to 100% everything and really pay attention to the 100% synchronization requirments in Brotherhood + Revelations, it really makes it much more of an Assassin's Creed experience than it would be if you just mained the story and put the games down, because it really gives it a stronger sense of stakes, tension and hones your skills much more.

Overall, I think it's aged pretty well, it's a little rough around the edges but it can be really fun if you actually know what you're doing.

watched my wife play this and oh it was so joyous. loved how the parkour elements were refined with each installment, perfectly encapsulating ezio's development as an old hand assassin as well as showcasing his personal growth from a hot headed, horny youngster to a humble messenger, with embers bringing his journey to a satisfying conclusion.

revelations stuck out to me in a way that some sequences don't seem to intersect with each other. the crunch the developers must have gone through publishing these games within a year's timespan becomes visible: while revelations portrays the beautiful city of constantinople ezio's interaction with other characters is kept to a minimum. the story runs flat until it meets a sudden high peak at the end. the city's layout seems a little confused, landmarks don't seem to stick out, and overall it doesn't feel as cohesive as the prior entries - the lack of reusable assets perhaps? thank god the developers got to rest afterwards for ubisoft never made another game

It was a birthday gift and what a gift! It was scary to play them at first, the AC fandom talked about this trilogy as the second coming of Christ.
The first game was fun, with a nice story and cool characters (as an italian, seeing historic figures this way was awesome), however Brotherhood felt a bit too short (the final story mission felt really rushed) and I didn't like how open the parts near the Colosseum were.
My feelings for Ezio would change once again while playing Revelations, my favourite of the three: Istanbul is a beautiful city, the ties between Ezio and Altair are really cool and to see an older Ezio reflect on everything that has happened to him was incredible to watch.
I'd say the whole trilogy is pretty good, but out of the three, revelations keeps my love (except for the first person platforming, that was such a dumb thing to put in the game)

Context: First time playing the ezio games, Played on the Series X. before that, i Played AC3, BF, Odyssey and Valhalla (last two werent completed)

Assassins creed 2 (4/5)
The game holds up incredibly well, and overall is a lot of fun, with story and themes that are quite intriguing. For gameplay, its a bit clunky and the most notable annoyance is how repetitive the animations are - it seems like theres legit only 2 of them lol, but theres few missions that are really cool and fun, so overall its a great experience, that could be polished further.

Played through the Ezio trilogy for the first time through this collection and throughly enjoyed my time! Copy and paste mission structure is still a problem, but the environments are so fun to traverse through and Ezio just has an overall more entertaining and intriguing plot to follow than the first game in the series. Couple that with the many eccentric and fun side characters found throughout all 3 games and the improved / increased mission variety adds a lot to these worlds. Would highly recommend!