A Critique of Assassins Creed: Beauty in Simplicity

With an increased amount of retrospectives concerning the Assassin's Creed games, it seems strange that there isn't much being said about the series's very beginnings. This video aims to achieve that.

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A Critique of Assassins Creed: Beauty in Simplicity Chapters -

Intro: 0:00
Presentation: 3:56
Movement: 8:50
Stealth: 11:05
Combat: 14:36
Mission Design & Gameplay Loop: 19:55
Story Synopsis & Analysis: 24:58
Modern Day Synopsis & Analysis: 33:27
Conclusion: 36:20
Post Script: 38:11

Assassin’s Creed as a series has evolved a lot over the years. It has gone from a basic action adventure game with a touch of stealth gameplay to a full blown action stealth simulator with arguably the best parkour traversal in the industry. Eventually it incorporated some RPG elements to spice up it’s gameplay and while it has unfortunately divided the community, a community that seems to be at eachothers throats more than anything, we can’t deny that the series has definitely tried to innovate. While there has been a resurgence in retrospectives regarding the Assassin’s Creed series, a trend I myself have hopped on to an extent, I find there to be little in the discussion of the very first Assassin’s Creed.

I think it’s simply because there isn’t much that really needs to be said regarding the beginning of the series. A Lot of people from what I have seen have acknowledged that it has flaws and that it isn’t perfect by any means, but it was Ubisoft's first stab at the series and so it’s flaws are generally forgiven. On top of that, the reason that a lot of these other Assassin’s Creed games are being looked back on nowadays is likely due to the changes they brought. A Lot of games like Unity or Odyssey had controversial additions or releases that have warranted a reflection, post hype, or more accurately, post hate. And this is indicative of a larger theme within the Assassin’s Creed community. Looking at these games from a different lens however has led to a lot of over exaggeration in my eyes. People saying that X game is the best by far due to XYZ and not really giving the full context to a game's flaws and strengths. I was terribly guilty of this in my Unity video. I think I did do a decent job at recounting the good assets the game has but in attempting to make my argument as seemingly strong as possible I disregarded any actual criticism towards the game for the most part and exaggerated my statements. I bring this up because I see the beginnings of the same thing happening with the first assassin's creed in that a lot of the comments I get seem to say its either the worst game ever or that it’s the best Assassin’s Creed and that it will never be topped.


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