I've played every single mainline AC game. For the past like, 10 years, every time a new game gets released/announced, I ask myself "Do I really like this?" and the answer leans heavily on the "no" side. I do not think this is a good GAME series, its batting average is terribly low when it comes to FUN moment-to-moment gameplay.
The stories are usually uninspired, lazy and incredibly dull. (Even Ezio's trilogy isn't incredible, but it's still the best for me.)
The characters are PAINFULLY forgettable, and NPCs act like robots most of the time. The LENGTH of the games in recent years, the incessant monotony of collecting everything (because my ADHD/collector's mentality demands it); many negative points.
And yet, I buy it every damn time. And the reason is pretty simple, I love history and am quite passionate about it.
One of my favorite things about these games is how they teach you about actual history, and how it recreates accurate estimations of how life was during these time periods. It always draws me in.
I love exploring the map, finding viewpoints to reveal MORE of the map, and learning things at the same time. I love playing as a badass assassin, stealthily killing enemies.
Mirage handles this particularly well; I think it excels at and encourages stealth more than most of its predecessors, it wants you to use tools and strategy as opposed to rambo-ing through everything. And this is probably not on purpose, but the combat being largely unsatisfying is another point for that mentality.
Uhh I'm not actually praising the combat being bad though, it sucks. It's fine, but...It just kinda sucks.
One more thing about Mirage, while the story was whatever as usual, Basim's nightmares and the twists at the end were pretty cool, and a treat for someone who's played previous games.
I liked this game overall, good length too. Stop making 100 hour games bloated with filler, 20-30 is long enough.
The stories are usually uninspired, lazy and incredibly dull. (Even Ezio's trilogy isn't incredible, but it's still the best for me.)
The characters are PAINFULLY forgettable, and NPCs act like robots most of the time. The LENGTH of the games in recent years, the incessant monotony of collecting everything (because my ADHD/collector's mentality demands it); many negative points.
And yet, I buy it every damn time. And the reason is pretty simple, I love history and am quite passionate about it.
One of my favorite things about these games is how they teach you about actual history, and how it recreates accurate estimations of how life was during these time periods. It always draws me in.
I love exploring the map, finding viewpoints to reveal MORE of the map, and learning things at the same time. I love playing as a badass assassin, stealthily killing enemies.
Mirage handles this particularly well; I think it excels at and encourages stealth more than most of its predecessors, it wants you to use tools and strategy as opposed to rambo-ing through everything. And this is probably not on purpose, but the combat being largely unsatisfying is another point for that mentality.
Uhh I'm not actually praising the combat being bad though, it sucks. It's fine, but...It just kinda sucks.
One more thing about Mirage, while the story was whatever as usual, Basim's nightmares and the twists at the end were pretty cool, and a treat for someone who's played previous games.
I liked this game overall, good length too. Stop making 100 hour games bloated with filler, 20-30 is long enough.